EMT 05/28/2017

Criminy it's almost June already.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, May 28, 2017. On this day in 1964 the terrorist organization the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed. Since then they have been normalized and now have observer status in the UN.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:51 AM (mpXpK)

2 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 05:51 AM (Ot7+c)

3 Obamanite judge throws out a lawsuit against Scankles by parents of Benghazi victims. The obviously biased black robe ruled the parents didn't sufficiently challenge that Clinton was not acting in her official capacity when she used the private server, and that the families didn't put forward appropriate claims that Clinton defamed them or put them in a false light. Scankles will never be held accountable for her many felonies. IIRC Scankles called them all liars and that does fall into the category of defaming them.

http://tinyurl.com/ybvgahoz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:52 AM (mpXpK)

4 Sears has been struggling for a while, especially after they bought the failing K-Mart enterprise. But some are now saying it is in free fall.

http://tinyurl.com/yddqo2zv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:52 AM (mpXpK)

5 The MFM is making a big deal out of Kushner contacting the Russians to set up a communications channel after the election was over. What is the big deal here, we are not supposed to talk to the Russians now? The MFM has gone absolutely rabid in their Trump hate.

http://tinyurl.com/y8oo3bfa

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:52 AM (mpXpK)

6 Trump's national security adviser says they are not concerned as they have back channel communication setups with many countries. But the MFM is big on any kind of Trump hate.

http://tinyurl.com/y75tlwxy

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:53 AM (mpXpK)

7 Senate RINOs are supporting the Dems irrational Trump "Russia" story now. Don't forget that this whole issue was made up out of thin air by Scankles.

The Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race, has asked President Trump's political organization to gather and produce all Russia-related documents, emails and phone records going back to his campaign's launch in June 2015, according to two people briefed on the request.

There is no "there" there but Republicans are now helping the Democrats keep this BS alive. Richard Burr ACU 62 = big RINO.

http://tinyurl.com/ybaxu6sa

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

8 Recall yesterday when I said Trump needed to fire his economic adviser because of his stupid comments on coal. Well Joe Manchin from WV feels the same way.

http://tinyurl.com/y6vsxqzz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

9 Recall Trump said he would decide what do do with the illegal Obama Paris agreement that constituted an un-ratified treaty this upcoming week? Well the rumors are out now that the Paris crap is dead.

http://tinyurl.com/y8y3xtrr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

10 Gee, aren't we all flabbergasted that Tillerson refuses to host a phony Ramadon celebration at the State Department? I fart in the critics general direction.

http://tinyurl.com/yc9yxklw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

11 And speaking of leakers, three hold-overs from Obama have been identified as the leakers of classified information and will be fired shortly. Also likely prosecuted.

http://tinyurl.com/ybn7md9a

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

12 Criminy it's almost June already.

And the weather in my area feels like mid April, not that I'm complaining.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2017 05:56 AM (5J6OM)

13 A muzzie in MI is suing Little Ceaser's for $100M after they served him pepperoni. Good luck with that one. His lawyer should be disbarred.

http://tinyurl.com/y7t4utm6

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

14 NC Lt Governor says that big business attacked their bathroom bill even though they agreed with it because they had no balls.

http://tinyurl.com/ycwlqnsh

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

15 Companies who make suppressors ridicule Whoreywood and their depiction of silencers in the movies.

http://tinyurl.com/ycxh3s9q

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

16 Gentlemen start your engines, with a cup of coffee at least.
Today is the greatest racing day, First off Monico which is on NBC pre race at 7:30 race starts at 8am, and the Indianapolis 500 e race starts at 11 am race at 12 noon on ABC.
And as always for F-1 during commercials flip to the Spanish channel UniMas for a commercial free veiwing.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (Ot7+c)

17 The latest global warming scam. Global warming in ancient times created so many new plants it caused the earth to cool. The stupid, it burns.

http://tinyurl.com/yap8xt3k

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

18 Ramirez

http://tinyurl.com/h66oy9k

That's it for today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

19 Individual Democrates here and there keep floating out their dream that the Donald is going to resign soon, any day really.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 06:02 AM (Ot7+c)

20 Individual Democrates here and there keep floating out their dream that the Donald is going to resign soon, any day really.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 06:02 AM (Ot7+c)

Well, to be fair, in their feeble (febrile?) minds, living in Fantasyland is better than living in Trump's Amerikkka.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2017 06:09 AM (5J6OM)

21 And speaking of leakers, three hold-overs from Obama have been identified as the leakers of classified information and will be fired shortly. Also likely prosecuted.

http://tinyurl.com/ybn7md9a

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

A treason trial or two would be cheery. IMHO

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at May 28, 2017 06:15 AM (d76uN)

22 The MFM is making a big deal out of Kushner contacting the Russians to set up a communications channel after the election was over. What is the big deal here, we are not supposed to talk to the Russians now? The MFM has gone absolutely rabid in their Trump hate.

Leaking leakers create need for back channel, information about back channel is leaked.

Impeachment. Any. Day. Now.

/ in their twisted little hair-on-fire fantasies

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:24 AM (HTdUD)

23 Criminy it's almost June already.

Wouldn't know it from the unseasonably cool weather and incessant rain in these parts

Though things are finally looking up, relatively speaking.

Off to the gym for some Gainzzz, then to a mega-garage sale in the town park where I intend to only browse but will probably end up spending too much money. Then out to the country for a picnic at my bro's. Lots to do and all of it good.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 06:24 AM (ul9CR)

24 JFK had a back-channel with Russia.

But I guess it's like Her being horrified and frightened by Trump firing an FBI director when Her's husband did the same as POTUS. It's different when Trump does it.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 06:27 AM (ul9CR)

25 We are sure not getting unseasonably cool weather here. It got to 95F yesterday.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 06:27 AM (mpXpK)

26 Sears has been struggling for a while, especially after they bought the failing K-Mart enterprise. But some are now saying it is in free fall.

http://tinyurl.com/yddqo2zv
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:52 AM (mpXpK)

Yeah the original Kmart on Ford & Middlebelt Roads in Garden City, Mi closed about a year ago. All brick & mortar stores are in trouble, due in no small part to that idiot Bozos.
(Or Kame Apart as my brother called them).

Posted by: F.N.G. at May 28, 2017 06:28 AM (kiSdp)

27 We are sure not getting unseasonably cool weather here. It got to 95F yesterday.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

Share the wealth, dude. I put tomato plants in the ground two weeks ago and they've done nothing. Like someone said, it's been April here all month.

May has always been my favorite month, no need for heating or air conditioning. Well heating is still needed at night.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:30 AM (HTdUD)

28 Has every Democrat commencement speaker used their roll as a political cudgel to beat the Trump administration?

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 06:30 AM (Ot7+c)

29 Has every Democrat commencement speaker used their roll as a political cudgel to beat the Trump administration?

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 06:30 AM (Ot7+c)

Two day old bagels make a good cudgel. Or a hockey puck in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2017 06:34 AM (5J6OM)

30 Has every Democrat commencement speaker used their roll as a political cudgel to beat the Trump administration?

Posted by: Skip

Yeah, they're really racking up the victories at the polls with that strategy of antagonizing more than half the population.

Speaking of antagonizing more than half the population -- I broke a coffee carafe yesterday and had to break my Target boycott for replacement. Gayest dude ever was check-out clerk. As we paid I said to wife, within earshot of gayest dude, 'You want to hit the bathroom before we leave, meet some guys?'

If looks could kill, I'd be dead.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:39 AM (HTdUD)

31 Delingpole interviews Douglas Murray

http://www.breitbart.com/podcasts/james-delingpole/

He consistently does great podcasts, but not as frequent as I would like.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 28, 2017 06:41 AM (VdICR)

32 Big LT Gov. Dan Forest fan. He has a bright future ahead him.

Don't forget the Coca-Cola 600 later today, Skip.

Posted by: golfman at May 28, 2017 06:41 AM (48QDY)

33 30 Speaking of antagonizing more than half the
population -- I broke a coffee carafe yesterday and had to break my
Target boycott for replacement. Gayest dude ever was check-out clerk. As
we paid I said to wife, within earshot of gayest dude, 'You want to hit
the bathroom before we leave, meet some guys?'

If looks could kill, I'd be dead.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:39 AM (HTdUD)

You know it is cheaper to go to Walmart and buy the whole coffee maker than to buy a replacement carafe.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 06:43 AM (mpXpK)

34 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 28, 2017 06:45 AM (KCxzN)

35 Mornin' y'all. In three weeks the days start getting shorter. Think about that.

Posted by: Jeffersonian at May 28, 2017 06:46 AM (pI8fU)

36 You know it is cheaper to go to Walmart and buy the whole coffee maker than to buy a replacement carafe.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

Actually I had a brain fart when I typed that, couldn't think of name. It was a set of glass and stainless steel matching 'canisters' I used to store coffee in which I had at bought at Target years ago, before boycott.

I don't know how the hell I broke the thing without chipping a backsplash tile, but I did. Guess I should count myself lucky, chipping out a tile and re-grouting would have been a huge time sink.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:49 AM (HTdUD)

37 Here in N Illinois, we're supposed to be done with rain for a few days. Only thing doing well in the gardens are the roses. The whole past month has been rainy/misty/pouring rain, almost. It's like we moved to Seattle or some such. Ugh.

Posted by: lizabth at May 28, 2017 06:50 AM (CIDui)

38 K-Mart bought Sears

Posted by: tmitsss at May 28, 2017 06:54 AM (3LAYT)

39 36 Actually I had a brain fart when I typed that,
couldn't think of name. It was a set of glass and stainless steel
matching 'canisters' I used to store coffee in which I had at bought at
Target years ago, before boycott.

I don't know how the hell I broke the thing without chipping a
backsplash tile, but I did. Guess I should count myself lucky, chipping
out a tile and re-grouting would have been a huge time sink.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:49 AM (HTdUD)

OK, that's a different story.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 06:54 AM (mpXpK)

40 38
K-Mart bought Sears

Posted by: tmitsss at May 28, 2017 06:54 AM (3LAYT)

I thought it was the other way around. But I just checked and you are right, K-Mart bought Sears but it was really pretty much a merger of two failing companies.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 06:57 AM (mpXpK)

41 Why wouldn't a Malthusian think than plants would proliferate until limited by available CO2

Posted by: tmitsss at May 28, 2017 07:01 AM (3LAYT)

42 Grand Prix of Monaco coverage starts on NBC in about twenty minutes, kicking of the Greatest Day of Racing.

I'm pleasantly surprised to be awake to catch it this year

Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn at May 28, 2017 07:02 AM (3Liv/)

43
I miss my local Sears. It's now some sort of dented and damaged appliance center -- with thoroughly empty parking lot. Used to be full scale store with a couple dozen cars in parking lot, selling hardware and paint. I was in it all the time buying paint, stain, rollers, brushes, etc.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 07:03 AM (HTdUD)

44 Plants die at >140ppm co2 IIRC. They thrive and retain water better at higher amounts. The top of the effect is 1000 ppm.

Greenhouses will burn propane inside, not for the heat, but the co2 byproduct.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 28, 2017 07:05 AM (VdICR)

45 36>> ISWYDT. Good morning everyone. Birds are up, pups are up. Guess I'm up. Go go gadget coffee!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 07:06 AM (Xr2/U)

46 Greg Allman's autobiography was interesting to this child of the 50's

Posted by: tmitsss at May 28, 2017 07:06 AM (3LAYT)

47 If the Sears in your area closes, get your butt down there for the going out of business sale. At the end, they're almost giving stuff away. I went to my store's closing sale a little to late. Mostly it'd been picked over but everything they still had was super cheap.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 28, 2017 07:07 AM (b8+C/)

48 Peaked at the Chicago Tribune: I quickly glance at this "news" site to see what mayhem happened Sat. (Trying to avoid the Trump hate articles)

11 shot, none killed, I guess those "put you guns down" signs are working, or the weather has kept the gang bangers home.
Baltimore is up to 142 dead now. Chicago 224 dead...Baltimore is doing well in keeping the population down.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 07:09 AM (1ThGZ)

49 Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (Ot7+c)

*high fives*

Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn at May 28, 2017 07:09 AM (3Liv/)

50 Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 06:39 AM (HTdUD)

If iIwere your wife, Id probably give you a look that could kill too. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2017 07:13 AM (qES5k)

51 With Hillary on the cover of New York magazine, reminding everyone she is still willing and able. I remember my days in NYC when I bought that mag. and liked it, that was long ago. (while at City College)

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 07:16 AM (1ThGZ)

52 Prayer request-

I have to go into a meeting that is potentially very conflicted and unpleasant at 10:00 EST. Prayers that rough places would be made smooth would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2017 07:16 AM (qES5k)

53 A new $80 million anti-Trump network is being led by an organization whose top funder is liberal billionaire George Soros and which employs former members of the controversial and now-defunct Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

Passed in 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. It allows prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering activity performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise.

Attorney General Sessions to the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 07:16 AM (HTdUD)

54 I may go see the new Pirates of the Caribbean today. On the other hand, I may go get some more plants at the nursery and spend the day in the yard. Maybe both. What to do, what to do.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 07:17 AM (Xr2/U)

55 G'mornin' Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at May 28, 2017 07:20 AM (yV8pG)

56 If iIwere your wife, Id probably give you a look that could kill too. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Nah. She laughed. The thought of using the womans bathroom with some tranny dude behind the door creeps her out. She's 'old school' that way.

Ripe for the reeducation camps.

That seems like a good t-shirt.
'Re-education Camp Material' -- to remind the commies of just how vile they are.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 07:21 AM (HTdUD)

57 I bought the cheapie Mr. Coffee at Walmart.

No clock. Just on-off button. $15.88

I got a couple of old carafes. Any body want them?

Posted by: JAS at May 28, 2017 07:21 AM (EX4Wr)

58 Good morning all y'all.

Will pray, FS. I trust that yours will be a calming presence.

Unlike here, where you're always stirring things up!!

I have to make a breakfast casserole this morning and can hear a big thunderstorm coming. I'm sure the power will stay on...

Some. Day. I. Will. Have. A. Gas. Stove. Again.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 28, 2017 07:22 AM (wwL6Q)

59 On the other hand, I may go get some more plants at the nursery and spend the day in the yard. Maybe both. What to do, what to do.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Just a reminder to all -- Lowes has the 2 cubic foot bags of their premium mulch on sale until June 5th -- 5 bags for $10.

I saw about 100 skids stacked up outside my local Lowes.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 07:23 AM (HTdUD)

60 These unrelenting dangerous leaks only prove the need for back channel communications; the front channel ones are all criminally leaked on the front page.

The entire Obama Regime was one long back channel to the Ayatollah.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 28, 2017 07:26 AM (Ndje9)

61 Heard Rush state that Washington DC was most surveiled zip code , well maybe in the US, but I am sure its Monico in the world. Past years I have seen there have been tests you can leave your keys in your Ferrari and no one will touch it, drop your wallet on the street some night and it will be there in the morning.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 07:26 AM (Ot7+c)

62 EDU>> Lowes garden center was pretty busy yesterday. I can drop some coin at that place.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 07:27 AM (Xr2/U)

63 Praying, Fen.

Posted by: lizabth at May 28, 2017 07:27 AM (CIDui)

64 All my hopes are left on Bottas's step to break up thse Ferraris, also hoping good things for Haas.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 07:29 AM (Ot7+c)

65 24 JFK had a back-channel with Russia.
__________________

So did his nasty, drunken, corrupt little brother Teddy.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 28, 2017 07:33 AM (riF5p)

66 10 Gee, aren't we all flabbergasted that Tillerson refuses to host a phony Ramadon celebration at the State Department? I fart in the critics general direction.
______________________

Good on him for saying "no" to that PC bull$hit.

Taxpayer money should not be spent on Islamic celebrations of any kind -- and especially not on government property.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 28, 2017 07:35 AM (riF5p)

67 Taxpayer money should not be spent on Islamic celebrations of any kind -- and especially not on government property.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 28, 2017 07:35 AM (riF5p)

You're giving former White House imam, Imam Barry, the sadz. You must be a deplorable h8er.

Posted by: RickZ at May 28, 2017 07:38 AM (5J6OM)

68 Good on him for saying "no" to that PC bull$hit.

It woulda been righteous if he would have had a barbecue featuring pork and local craft beer.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 07:40 AM (Xr2/U)

69 'the Paris crap is dead'

The only reason one man is deciding this is because it was an anti-Constitutional One-Man Treaty to begin with. Why? Because it was so bad that not even the squishy Senate would ever approve. It's just another way to transfer money and power from America.

Obama just poured another $500 million down the UN Climate Rathole as a parting gift to the Transnational Blob. Could your community have used those funds to address real problems?

Too bad. Obama doesn't believe in your community. He believes in the UN.

Did you get to vote for the UN?

That's $500 million that will never solve actual pollution. It will disappear down the maw of the Blob, never to be seen again, to be spent on mistresses at the French Riviera and on wishful thinking that it MIGHT lower temperatures by a fraction.

Of a fraction.

Of a fraction.

A century from now.

Maybe.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 28, 2017 07:42 AM (Ndje9)

70 Since no one knows what fresh hell this day will bring, would be ok for me to go ahead and denounce myself now for whatever I may say later?

Seems more efficient this way.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 28, 2017 07:42 AM (b8+C/)

71 Obama had a back channel for Reggie.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2017 07:44 AM (oVJmc)

72 Islam is the new darling of the Left, little do they know Islam wants Leftists dead as anyone else.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 07:46 AM (Ot7+c)

73 They said there has been a ramadon celebration in the WH for 12 years(?). Can you imagine if the annual Easter Egg hunt (secular) was changed to a real Easter celebration?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 07:47 AM (mpXpK)

74 .....I wanna fly like an eagle...

Posted by: redenzo at May 28, 2017 07:48 AM (5wSNN)

75 69 Obama just poured another $500 million down the UN Climate Rathole as a
parting gift to the Transnational Blob. Could your community have used
those funds to address real problems?
-------------------------------------------------------

I thought Trump got to those funds and froze them before they got sent. That didn't stop the original $500M he sent them back when that illegal agreement was first made.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 07:49 AM (mpXpK)

76 17 The latest global warming scam. Global warming in ancient times created so many new plants it caused the earth to cool. The stupid, it burns.

http://tinyurl.com/yap8xt3k
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

"Previous research from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of California-Irvine found plants use water more efficiently when exposed to higher concentrations of CO2, suggesting that droughts could be less severe.

Other research suggests that more CO2 increases plant growth, which would limit the impact of global warming. High CO2 levels cause plant life to thrive, particularly in arid regions where carbon emissions are literally causing deserts to bloom."

Terrible. Just terrible.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 07:50 AM (sdi6R)

77 "kicking of the Greatest Day of Racing."

No, yesterday was the greatest day in racing because I had the best time at our local Rallycross. Yea those F1 guys are fast but do they ever do it in the dirt?

Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2017 07:52 AM (BO/km)

78 Alonso just called Jenson Button to wish him luck, Alonso is on row 2 in Indy

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 07:53 AM (Ot7+c)

79 They said there has been a ramadon celebration in the WH for 12 years(?).

I wouldn't take anything they said seriously, but I'd be willing to bet that there was a Ramadan celebration every year Barky was there. Of course there was no hue and cry about religion and gummint being mixed together from the juice box mafia.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 07:53 AM (Xr2/U)

80 65 24 JFK had a back-channel with Russia.
__________________

So did his nasty, drunken, corrupt little brother Teddy.

Since learning about JFK's, which has been known about for many decades, I guess I always figured ALL Presidents had a secret back channel to Russia, and other key nations as well. In certain delicate situations, each side has to have a way to say one thing publicly but reassure them privately. Teddy of course was different. Not POTUS but trying to sway an election.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 07:54 AM (ul9CR)

81 Watching the Monaco race. Those cars look huuuuuge. Like the length of a crew cab pickup.

Posted by: Bruce at May 28, 2017 07:58 AM (8ikIW)

82 We still have a Kmart here in Kansas City, along I-70 between Independence and the city. Also have a Sears at the mall in Independence. I'm keeping my ears open for when Sears closes. I honestly never had problems with merchandise I bought there so I will definitely be looking for some good deals.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:00 AM (CNHr1)

83 Beautiful day out there right now. Clear blue skies and 73F. Makes me want to hit the porch rocker. There will not be many of these days left before it gets stifling hot.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:00 AM (mpXpK)

84 75 Hope so, Vic.

Didn't he stop a payment to the PLO Crime Family, too?

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 28, 2017 08:04 AM (Ndje9)

85 Would be very suprised if there is no safety car, also leary of leaving
F-1 Timing and scoring as seem to lose gap times late in race flipping between web sites.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 08:06 AM (Ot7+c)

86 The weather here has been great lately. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s, so windows open and no need for heating or air conditioning.

I got my yard work done yesterday, and will try to do some housecleaning today.

I can handle mowing and weed whacking, but I contacted a landscaping company to get an estimate for tree and shrub trimming. I'm also thinking about doing something with the shrub beds around the house in the front yard. Currently they're overgrown with weeds and the rotted remnants of railroad ties. I hit them with the weed whacker now and then but that's about it. So maybe have them get rid of the weeds and put down mulch.

All that is more than I want to tackle myself, particularly the tree trimming. Once the shrub beds are de-weeded and mulched, hopefully I will be able to keep on top of them and pull new weeds when they emerge. Right now they're out of control.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 08:08 AM (sdi6R)

87 Somehow I don't think on-line shopping is killing Sears/Kmart. I know that is the line I always read in the news. I live very close to a major shopping street in a suburb, and I just think once the perception they were failing was in the news, shoppers just stopped going. Home Depot and Loews killed the hardware/garden/appliance business for Sears. etc.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:08 AM (1ThGZ)

88 84
75 Hope so, Vic.

Didn't he stop a payment to the PLO Crime Family, too?

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 28, 2017 08:04 AM (Ndje9)

Had not heard about that one.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:09 AM (mpXpK)

89 NC Lt Governor says that big business attacked their bathroom bill even though they agreed with it because they had no balls.

http://tinyurl.com/ycwlqnsh

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

ISWYDT

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 28, 2017 08:09 AM (vRcUp)

90 Speaking of money, it's funny to hear all the same geniuses that gave the Housing Crash, $20 trillion Debt and no budgets for years all trash Pres. Trump's budget.

As if.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 28, 2017 08:09 AM (Ndje9)

91 87
Somehow I don't think on-line shopping is killing Sears/Kmart. I know
that is the line I always read in the news. I live very close to a major
shopping street in a suburb, and I just think once the perception they
were failing was in the news, shoppers just stopped going. Home Depot
and Loews killed the hardware/garden/appliance business for Sears. etc.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:08 AM (1ThGZ)

Sears used to have the best appliances, particularly refrigerators. I still have my original Sear refer I bought when I bought my house in 1981. It is out in the shed out back but it still works as far as I know. But their refers have severely degraded in reliability now. So there is more of a reason that there business is failing than just "perception".

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:12 AM (mpXpK)

92 Local Gannett paper says we are in serious trouble because Trump is maybe dumping the Paris accord on GW.
The new French leader squeezed Trumps hand so hard you could see the white knuckles. (do reporters have that great eyes they can see that?) He is just showing he is only 39, and the future of Europe.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:13 AM (1ThGZ)

93 Home Depot and Loews killed the hardware/garden/appliance business for Sears. etc.

Posted by: Colin

You know what I used to absolutely hate about Sears? The check-out beg for SJW something. Or the nag to sign up for the credit card. I don't care how many dollars I can save on this purchase or next purchase or whatever - my payment gets to you ONE DAY late and your late charge eats up every cent I ever saved.

I came in because I need a part to fix something RIGHT NOW. Give me my change, damn it.

That's one of the great things about self check out. None of that bullshit.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 08:14 AM (HTdUD)

94 Other research suggests that more CO2 increases plant growth, which would limit the impact of global warming. High CO2 levels cause plant life to thrive, particularly in arid regions where carbon emissions are literally causing deserts to bloom."

Terrible. Just terrible.

Posted by: rickl

Homeostasis. Complex systems, like the body, or the Earth, have a tendency to compensate for changes.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 28, 2017 08:14 AM (vRcUp)

95 92
Local Gannett paper says we are in serious trouble because Trump is maybe dumping the Paris accord on GW.
The
new French leader squeezed Trumps hand so hard you could see the white
knuckles. (do reporters have that great eyes they can see that?) He is
just showing he is only 39, and the future of Europe.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:13 AM (1ThGZ)

All newspaper chains or just PR organs for the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:15 AM (mpXpK)

96 Somehow I don't think on-line shopping is killing Sears/Kmart.

I don't know about the stores in your neck of the woods but whenever I had to go to a Kmart in mine, the parking lots were full of trash and the baskets were never collected. Then when you got inside, if you needed anyone to help you find something they were nowhere to be found or didn't know if you did find someone. Or they didn't speak English.

El Wallo Marto is on the same trajectory. Unfortunately.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 08:17 AM (Xr2/U)

97 Today is catch-up cleaning day at Casa de Monet. The first floor needs to be whipped into Better Homes and Garden picture shape for tomorrow's celebration of the youngest de Monet's high school graduation celebration.

90% chance of rain tomorrow while I'm doing the grilling thing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2017 08:17 AM (JO9+V)

98 Read the incredibly fulsome puff piece on Skankles that Breitbart linked to at New York Magazine.

The upper left corner had a portrait type picture of her; immediately below was an ad for Fear of the Living Dead.

Was struck by the similarity and the unintentional irony.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 28, 2017 08:18 AM (DMUuz)

99 One other thing that I think has hurt Sears is eliminating their catalog sales. Especially the Christmas Book. Since the closet Sears store to me is 35 miles away it is a lot easier to drive a couple of miles over to Walmart. I can't remember the last time I was in a Sears store.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:18 AM (mpXpK)

100 Happy Birthday Wanda

Posted by: June at May 28, 2017 08:20 AM (NBHj5)

101 >>>Obama had a back channel for Reggie.

I was dating a white guy, but I thought that it might hurt my political career, so I dumped him for Reggie.

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 28, 2017 08:20 AM (vRcUp)

102 Beautiful day out there right now. Clear blue skies and 73F. Makes me want to hit the porch rocker. There will not be many of these days left before it gets stifling hot.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

You need one of those big-ass fans that sits up off the ground. I remember them in 'jersey during the dog-days of August. You couldn't sit outside without them. They also blew the gnats, black flies, mosquito, and green head flies into the next county.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 08:23 AM (HTdUD)

103 Local Gannett paper says we are in serious trouble because Trump is maybe dumping the Paris accord on GW.
The new French leader squeezed Trumps hand so hard you could see the white knuckles. (do reporters have that great eyes they can see that?) He is just showing he is only 39, and the future of Europe.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:13 AM (1ThGZ)

The future of Europe will be in a burka and that pajama boi's head will be on the end of a pike.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2017 08:23 AM (auHtY)

104 I can't remember the last time I was in a Sears store.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:18 AM (mpXpK)

I did go and buy a replacement garage door opener last fall for a 20 year old Craftsman opener. I figured it would be similar and easier to install, it was. Of course its just made by Liftmaster. As all the appliances are made by White Industries as they have been for years.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:23 AM (1ThGZ)

105 Sears always had great tools and appliances. When I got out of the Corps and went to work as an A&P, I bought a Craftsman tool set. I still have it and they're just as serviceable today as they were when I bought them.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 08:24 AM (Xr2/U)

106
So Jared is now in the cross hairs for being Ivan's best buddy. Hopefully this pushes him and Princess Ivanka and their fashionably left views back to Manhattan. I doubt it but would like to see both of them along with Gary Cohn gone.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2017 08:25 AM (auHtY)

107 One other thing that I think has hurt Sears is eliminating their catalog sales. Especially the Christmas Book. Since the closet Sears store to me is 35 miles away it is a lot easier to drive a couple of miles over to Walmart. I can't remember the last time I was in a Sears store.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

They are a stupid company. With their history of catalogue sales, they could have transitioned smoothly into Internet sales (ala Amazon). But they had no vision.
My ex-BiL's father was a long time Sears employee, and had worked his way up to being the Store manager in a Sears anchor store in a shopping mall in Louisville. Very gregarious and outgoing guy, very well liked, knew his job, was actually very popular with other store owners/managers in that mall. Because they knew if the anchor stores were healthy, they would be successful.
In his early 60's, some big wheel at Sears told him, "I have just the guy in mind to replace you!"

What a way to treat a life time loyal employee. Imagine that sort of thinking repeated all over the country.

Sears has done a plethora of dumb things to kill themselves. Whatever happened to Montgomery Wards?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 28, 2017 08:25 AM (S6Pax)

108 Macron has a weird looking nose, in profile. He needs a nose job.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 28, 2017 08:26 AM (vRcUp)

109 Hell, Sears and all the other traditional Department Stores began their downhill slide, when they eliminated firearms sales from their Sporting Goods departments.

The nail in the coffin though, was when Craftsman hand tools started being "Made in China".

Was a time when the top line item in a Sears product line was labeled "Sears Best". And thirty or so years ago, that label actually meant something valid, in terms of quality and fitness of the product.

But the true origin of the decline of Sears. When you walked into the door, and no longer smelled the popcorn.

That, my friends, was the beginning of the end.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 28, 2017 08:26 AM (v5iqM)

110 102 You need one of those big-ass fans that sits up off
the ground. I remember them in 'jersey during the dog-days of August.
You couldn't sit outside without them. They also blew the gnats, black
flies, mosquito, and green head flies into the next county.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 28, 2017 08:23 AM (HTdUD)

I've got a fan that I take out there in the Summer.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 08:27 AM (mpXpK)

111 What a way to treat a life time loyal employee. Imagine that sort of thinking repeated all over the country.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 28, 2017 08:25 AM (S6Pax)

Unfortunately that is done in retail all over the country.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:28 AM (1ThGZ)

112 rickl.. I have a similar situation on the south side of my house. When we moved in the previous owners had 4 or 5 rose bushes. We decided to add 2 knock out rose bushes. Everything looked great for a few years. Now it's the worst part of our landscaping. One knock out has died, the other is dying and the whole area is being over run with vinca vine. I can't keep up.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:28 AM (CNHr1)

113 "Craftsman" is sexist. It should be Craftsperson. Seriously, who is craftier than I?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 28, 2017 08:31 AM (vRcUp)

114 I can tell you what isn't helping Sears' financial problems - and that's printing a 14 foot long receipt each time you make a purchase. Their paper supplies cost must be outrageous.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:31 AM (Sfs6o)

115 I read somewhere that the future of the remaining malls is in doubt because there simply aren't enough anchor stores left. All the major ones are closing stores not opening them. Some malls have compensated by moving in large fitness centers, but there aren't enough of those to solve the problem.

My own local Sears is attached to a Dead Mall. When the mall died, the anchors were allowed to stay open because they have their own separate entrances (IOW you don't have to enter the mall to shop there.) But since the mall is dead, the parking lot is a weed-strewn, crumbling mess and that Sears is a ghost town. I don't see how it's even still open. But it can't be for long.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:31 AM (ul9CR)

116 The list of fail retail stores is long...A friend and I made a list one day of the changes in the last 20 years on the shopping in suburbia. (cities don't count anymore) So much churn in retail, it just happens over the years, sometimes we just forget. About the only building still much the same near me is McD and Wendys.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:32 AM (1ThGZ)

117

Macron said his weird handshake with Trump was "a moment of truth"

Really little boy? What a weirdo

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:32 AM (jHJXx)

118 Local Gannett paper says we are in serious trouble because Trump is maybe dumping the Paris accord on GW.

The commie rags are hitting on all cylinders. Ours had this today: Lots of seniors love Donald Trump. So why doesn't he love them back?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 28, 2017 08:33 AM (Tyii7)

119 Didn't Sears sell the Craftsman name?

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:34 AM (1ThGZ)

120
Sears?

Gross.

Tools, yuck.
Paint, yuck.
Repair items? Throw them away.

I have my iPhone. Everything I need.

Posted by: Millenial Youth at May 28, 2017 08:34 AM (HTdUD)

121 Kissinger lived in the back channel

The IC seems to think it is a new, over arching branch of government to which all others are subservient

No longer a tool, it seeks to rule

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:34 AM (jHJXx)

122 Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:31 AM (ul9CR)
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Landmark Mall?

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:34 AM (Sfs6o)

123 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:35 AM (SjImc)

124 Bossy.. same thing that's happening to Sears I would imagine. I know this is just anecdotal but many years ago, I want to say 1978,79 a huge mall was built out in the suburbs. JC Penny, Sears and The Jones Store were anchor stores. On the other side of the street was a huge strip mall and Wards was the anchor store. As the years went by the neighborhood got worse and worse. Wards was the first to go. Then eventually the whole mall closed. They tore it down about 2006 or 07. Barely 30 years later and it's just a big ass slab of pavement. Sad as hell. Use to be THE mall to go to.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:35 AM (CNHr1)

125 My washer, dryer, and refrigerator are all Sears Kenmore. I inherited them from my parents, and they're all from the late 80s or early 90s. Since I've lived here I've had two service calls for the dryer and one for the refrigerator. All were pretty inexpensive compared to buying new ones.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 08:35 AM (sdi6R)

126 My local K-Mart is a pigsty. Filthy, under-stocked, usually overpriced and staffed by absolute retards.

Our "super" Wal-Mart is actually not bad at all, grading on the Wal-Mart curve. It's very clean, well-stocked and most of the employees are actually pretty decent.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:35 AM (ul9CR)

127 Our Gannett Sunday newspaper (which I dropped) is mostly USAToday now. Even most of the ads have moved to mail delivery.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:36 AM (1ThGZ)

128 Macron said his weird handshake with Trump was "a moment of truth"

Really little boy? What a weirdo
Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:32 AM (jHJXx)

Really? I thought marrying a women 25 years older than you was that "moment of truth" and a revolting one to boot

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:36 AM (SjImc)

129 Landmark Mall?

Summit Park Mall in Wheatfield, NY

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:36 AM (ul9CR)

130 I was in a WalMart Super store in NC a couple of weeks ago. It was actually a very nice store.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:37 AM (Sfs6o)

131 Yep Craftsman made great tools. Almost as good as Snapon for half the price. Many of my hand tools have had over 40 years of sometimes abusive treatment.

I haven't bought any Craftsman in a long time though as I have purchased or inherited almost everything I might need. I wonder though if Harbor Freight has contributed to their decline.

Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2017 08:37 AM (BO/km)

132 Use to be THE mall to go to.
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:35 AM (CNHr1)

10 years from now, not sure there will be any "Malls" to go to...at least not the kind of malls we are used to. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:37 AM (SjImc)

133 As soon as I heard about all the racing happening today, I knew Skip was going to have a good day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2017 08:37 AM (EZebt)

134 Mama Macaroon taught me that a wet, limp handshake was a sign of tolerance and diversity.

Posted by: Le Macaroon at May 28, 2017 08:38 AM (Tyii7)

135 The Allman Brothers - "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"

Recorded live, 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbZfxval2pM

Posted by: grammie winger at May 28, 2017 08:38 AM (lwiT4)

136 Whatever happened to Montgomery Wards?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 28, 2017 08:25 AM (S6Pax)

I haven't seen a Wards store in I can't remember when. I looked it up, all of the stores closed in 2001 but it is still an online retailer. News to me

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2017 08:38 AM (auHtY)

137

Macron will fall over with a gust of wind. Next Islamic unrest this summer, and he will be a tea light holding singing push over

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:38 AM (jHJXx)

138 We're going to a Wedding today..and my wife and 2 daughters are getting ready...LOL...telling at each other...the tension is high. It's nice being a boy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:38 AM (SjImc)

139 When Sears closed their tire center many years ago I did get a sweet, sweet deal on some Pirellis for my truck at the close-out sale.

Damn those were some nice tires. I was in line 45 minutes before they opened to make sure I got 'em.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:39 AM (ul9CR)

140 129 Landmark Mall?

Summit Park Mall in Wheatfield, NY
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:36 AM (ul9CR)
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Sounds like the mall down the street from me - Landmark Mall in Alexandria VA. A very nice mall about 8 miles south of Washington, DC, and an absolute ghost town for years. They're finally tearing it down.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:40 AM (Sfs6o)

141

We just got a new very very high end mall in Houston. Channel, Tom Ford, Stella McCartney, Prada.

No regular stores at all. Nothing affordable

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:40 AM (jHJXx)

142 There is a YouTube channel of abandoned malls. An eyeopener, seeing rather new malls, empty. Many are in the midwest.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:40 AM (1ThGZ)

143 I hope Ivanka and Jared are feeling very hurt and confused by the hate from their peers. Before the election, they were darlings of society, moving like water through the elite circles. And all because of her daddy's name. Now they are pariah and they see their friends in secret. I hope they realize this is the true face of democrats.

Posted by: Abby at May 28, 2017 08:41 AM (HBU7W)

144 Our malls are ok

Jcpenny, sears, not so much. People buy that stuff online now. Target is suffering too. People shop online

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:41 AM (jHJXx)

145 We do still have a Sears here but it's stuck in a corner of a strip mall next to a PetSmart. The pet store is probable twice the size of the Sears store. Anyway I've never been that Sears since they move from the old mall and predict that it is not long for this world.

Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2017 08:42 AM (BO/km)

146 I have to drive past Lowes and HD to get to Sears, so I'd need a good reason.

The mall is not too bad, but I've been to the Farmer's Market in the parking lot more than I've been to the mall itself in the last couple years.

If we had a mall that was entertaining for the kids, I'd have been there plenty in hot or rainy weather. But there's just not that much there. The best mall is the outdoor outlet mall. With a carousel and good restaurants, a movie theater...

The main reason I have for going to the department stores is selection in clothing. They seem to have more than one of each size, unlike some other places.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 28, 2017 08:43 AM (wwL6Q)

147 We have two malls here in my town. Both outdoor malls and both are thriving. Go figure.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:43 AM (CNHr1)

148 I hope Ivanka and Jared are feeling very hurt and confused by the hate from their peers. Before the election, they were darlings of society, moving like water through the elite circles. And all because of her daddy's name. Now they are pariah and they see their friends in secret. I hope they realize this is the true face of democrats.
Posted by: Abby at May 28, 2017 08:41 AM (HBU7W)

Hopefully...most smart people would and do...but there are still that group of truly stupid conservatives like McSenile who still think they will love him for being a maverick?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:43 AM (SjImc)

149 I grabbed him by the mish, and now he's mine.

Posted by: Brigitte Macron at May 28, 2017 08:43 AM (vRcUp)

150 He is just showing he is only 39, and the future of Europe.

I remember when Sarkozy was the future of Europe.

This guy could pop like a soap bubble.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2017 08:44 AM (oVJmc)

151 People shop online
Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:41 AM (jHJXx)

Yup...I had to go to the Mall to buy a suit and shoes for this wedding and I was miserable...I am not sure if I hate crowds or just people, but I can't stand being in a Mall anymore

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:44 AM (SjImc)

152 Sears appliance repair is terrible. My triple door refrigerator was not working. still under warrantee. Called sears, they send a guy out, needs a new compressor. Have to wait for the part and wait a week for service person to come back out and install it. They used to be back out the next day with the part.
I will never buy another appliance from them.

Posted by: cicero skip at May 28, 2017 08:44 AM (3N/o1)

153 There's a mall near me that I remember when it was built in the 1970s. I used to go there all the time, but don't nowadays. At one end is an Acme supermarket, which is still doing well. The anchor store at the other end was a department store that changed hands numerous times. I don't remember them all. At one time it was Grant's. Eventually it became Wal-Mart, but it didn't last long. There's a much larger Wal-Mart not too far away.

A few years ago it was converted to some kind of indoor go-kart racing or something. I've never been in there.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 08:44 AM (sdi6R)

154 We do have a very successful mall that isn't going anywhere. In fact, it keeps expanding and expanding. But that's one of those Outlet Malls, a huge one, with big names like Saks and Macys and scores of others. People come from miles around and even from other states to shop that mall.

I'll hit it for a few certain stores that I've shopped for years, but in general, for a big famous Outlet Mall, I personally find it overpriced.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:44 AM (ul9CR)

155 I'm synical enough to think Vettel passing Raikkonen was planned all along.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 08:45 AM (Ot7+c)

156 "We're going to a Wedding today..and my wife and 2 daughters are getting ready...LOL...telling at each other...the tension is high. It's nice being a boy"

Weddings are easy for men. Just put on the suit and go. I actually don't mind going to one if it's someone I like and there will be food.

Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2017 08:45 AM (BO/km)

157 I think the general store model is in trouble. You can get all that on amazon. You don't need penny's or sears for cute cheap clothes. I like Ken,ore, but I can get appliances from Lowes and Home Depot. I avoid going to the mall whenever I can.

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:45 AM (jHJXx)

158 We have two malls here in my town. Both outdoor malls and both are thriving. Go figure.
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:43 AM (CNHr1)

Well they might be crowded, but all surveys show that sales are way down and dropping...And many of those people are returning things they bought on line

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:46 AM (SjImc)

159 I was at Lowes yesterday too. Very busy had sales on mulch and charcoal going on. Bought a pallet of mulch and got my gainzz in my front yard.

Posted by: Big V at May 28, 2017 08:46 AM (NX0K0)

160 I wanted to start a company Seers Roebuck, but I foretold that it would go out of business anyway.

Posted by: Nostradamus at May 28, 2017 08:47 AM (vRcUp)

161 there will be food.
Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2017 08:45 AM (BO/km)

Sorry I missed most of what you said except the last part. LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:47 AM (SjImc)

162 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined to host an event to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, ending a bipartisan tradition of marking the occasion for nearly 20 years, Reuters has revealed.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:48 AM (SjImc)

163 97 Today is catch-up cleaning day at Casa de Monet. The first floor needs to be whipped into Better Homes and Garden picture shape for tomorrow's celebration of the youngest de Monet's high school graduation celebration.

===

Congratulations to all of the de Monets!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2017 08:49 AM (EZebt)

164 There are a couple of named outlet mall brands - Prime and something else - that don't seem very outlety to me at all. The only discounted merchandise appearing to be the retarded shit that wouldn't sell in stores - size 18 orange sneakers, sweatshirts with one arm - that sort of thing.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:49 AM (Sfs6o)

165 Nevergiveup.. well one of the stores is JC Penny and yeah we all know they are in trouble. But seriously this place keeps expanding and adding new stores all the time. The two malls are literally across 50 highway from each other and the new one just built a Dick's when there was already one in the other mall (?)

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:49 AM (CNHr1)

166 Our Gannett Sunday newspaper (which I dropped) is mostly USAToday now. Even most of the ads have moved to mail delivery.
Posted by: Colin
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Gannett acquired a very large number of local papers, and destroyed them. I'll bet that not a single one of them has a local publisher. Ours is from Hawaii, and absolutely clueless about western NC, let alone local culture.

In every one of these cases, local opinion and influence has been lost...worse...suborned to Gannett's left-leaning philosophy.

Alabama

Montgomery Advertiser

Arizona

The Arizona Republic, Phoenix
Tucson Citizen

Arkansas

The Baxter Bulletin

California

Redding Record Searchlight
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs
The Salinas Californian
Tulare Advance-Register
Ventura County Star
Visalia Times-Delta

Colorado

Fort Collins Coloradoan

Delaware

The News Journal, Wilmington

Florida

Florida Today, Brevard County
Fort Myers News-Press
Naples Daily News
Pensacola News Journal
Tallahassee Democrat
Treasure Coast Newspapers
The Stuart News, Stuart
Indian River Press Journal, Vero Beach
The St. Lucie News-Tribune, Fort Pierce
FSView & Florida Flambeau
Central Florida Future
Seminole Chronicle
Pensacola News Journal

Guam

Pacific Daily News, Hagatna

Indiana

The Indianapolis Star
Journal and Courier, Lafayette
The Star Press, Muncie
Palladium-Item, Richmond
Evansville Courier & Press

Iowa

The Des Moines Register
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Kentucky

The Courier-Journal, Louisville
The Gleaner, Henderson

Louisiana

The Town Talk, Alexandria
The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette
The News-Star, Monroe
Daily World, Opelousas
The Times, Shreveport

Maryland

The Daily Times, Salisbury

Michigan

Battle Creek Enquirer
Detroit Free Press
Lansing State Journal
Times Herald, Port Huron

Minnesota

St. Cloud Times

Mississippi

Hattiesburg American
The Clarion-Ledger

Missouri

Springfield News-Leader, Springfield

Montana

Great Falls Tribune

Nevada

Reno Gazette-Journal

New Jersey

Asbury Park Press
Courier-News, Bridgewater
The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill
Home News Tribune, East Brunswick
Daily Record, Morristown
The Daily Journal, Vineland
Ocean County Observer, Toms River
Suburban Trends, Butler
The Record (Bergen County), Hackensack

New York

Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton
Star-Gazette, Elmira
The Ithaca Journal
Poughkeepsie Journal
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester (original flagship newspaper)
The Journal News, Westchester County

North Carolina

Asheville Citizen-Times

Ohio

Newspaper Network of Central Ohio
Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus
Chillicothe Gazette
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Coshocton Tribune
The News-Messenger, Fremont
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield
The Marion Star
The Advocate (Newark), Newark
News Herald, Port Clinton
Times Recorder, Zanesville

Oregon

Statesman Journal, Salem

Pennsylvania

Lebanon Daily News
Public Opinion
York Daily Record

South Carolina

The Anderson Independent-Mail
The Greenville News
Link (magazine)

South Dakota

Argus Leader, Sioux Falls

Tennessee

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis
The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro
The Jackson Sun
The Knoxville News-Sentinel
The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville
The Tennessean, Nashville

Texas

Corpus Christi Caller Times
San Angelo Standard-Times
Times Record News, Wichita Falls
The Abilene Reporter-News

Utah

The Spectrum, St. George

Vermont

The Burlington Free Press

Virginia

The News Leader, Staunton

Washington

Kitsap Sun, Bremerton

Wisconsin

Door County Advocate
The Post-Crescent, Appleton
The Reporter, Fond du Lac
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc
Marshfield News-Herald
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh
Stevens Point Journal
The Sheboygan Press
Wausau Daily Herald
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Wisconsin Rapids

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 28, 2017 08:50 AM (ZO497)

167 Must be a thrill to be able to squeeze the President of the Untied States until he squirms...While the rest of the European leader quietly snicker. Merkel was probably especially pleased.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:50 AM (1ThGZ)

168 Clothing is something I still prefer to buy in a brick-n-mortar.

Clothing sizes are all BS, you have to try stuff on. Or I do, anyway. I've had terrible luck with buying clothing online.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:50 AM (ul9CR)

169 162 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined to host an event to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, ending a bipartisan tradition of marking the occasion for nearly 20 years, Reuters has revealed.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:48 AM (SjImc)

Bush 43 started that, didn't he? Because Islam is a Religion of Peace (tm).

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 08:50 AM (sdi6R)

170 What is the difference between an outdoor mall and a shopping center?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 28, 2017 08:50 AM (LTHVh)

171 For the second day in a row, Pope Francis has expressed his solidarity with Egypts Coptic Christians following an attack on a bus carrying Coptic pilgrims to a remote desert monastery.

Yeah and? Maybe you should also stop kissing up to Radical Islam and call a Spade a Spade.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:51 AM (SjImc)

172 sweatshirts with one arm - that sort of thing.

where is that store sounds perfect.

Posted by: rick allen at May 28, 2017 08:51 AM (3N/o1)

173 I think more affordable store have such fierce completion and Walmart is a pretty big player

The new Walmart by me is nicer than target. You go in and it's like the UN. For people with little income, the place is heaven. I get shirts and studs there all the time

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:51 AM (jHJXx)

174 What is the difference between an outdoor mall and a shopping center?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 28, 2017 08:50 AM (LTHVh)

A roof

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:52 AM (SjImc)

175 I absolutely hate shopping, especially for clothes and shoes. I don't see how you can buy shoes without trying them on. If I find the brand/size that fits then I'll buy them online.

Usually cheaper and with Prime or Walmart you can get them in two days anyway.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 28, 2017 08:52 AM (b8+C/)

176 I wish Trump would've cock punched Macron with his other hand

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:52 AM (jHJXx)

177 I've had terrible luck with buying clothing online.

Yep. Half the time the sizes for men appear to have been patterned for the Lollipop Guild.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 28, 2017 08:52 AM (Tyii7)

178 The only discounted merchandise appearing to be the retarded shit that wouldn't sell in stores - size 18 orange sneakers, sweatshirts with one arm - that sort of thing.
Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:49 AM (Sfs6o)

See... this is what I don't get about those outlet malls. You are absolutely correct. I went in a Skechers at an outlet mall here and the cheapest pair of slip on sneakers were $60!!! Shit, I can go to Kohl's use my 30% coupon and get them for around $45 including tax.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at May 28, 2017 08:52 AM (CNHr1)

179 Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:49 AM (Sfs6o)

Yep, that's pretty much the case.

There are some good ones. There's a huge footwear outlet that's been there forever with terrific, sometimes unbelievable prices on name brand footwear. And if I have the time, Marshall's almost always yields some treasures. But that's an old-school, dig-thru-the-racks kind of outlet. You need the time to dig.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:53 AM (ul9CR)

180 But the true origin of the decline of Sears. When you walked into the door, and no longer smelled the popcorn.

That, my friends, was the beginning of the end.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

===

*gets off Jim's lawn*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2017 08:53 AM (EZebt)

181 Stuff not studs. I do not get studs at Walmart. Yikes

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:53 AM (jHJXx)

182 ...but there are still that group of truly stupid conservatives like McSenile who still think they will love him for being a maverick?

I think part of what makes McShitty so shitty is that he knows the only reason anyone pays any attention to him is because he can be reliably counted on to back stab his party. He is irrelevant and inconsequential with regard to getting anything constructive accomplished. He's just a bitter old man making others bitter so he can feel good about accomplishing something.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 08:53 AM (Xr2/U)

183 At least the USPS is getting some benefit for the loss of newspaper advertising, since around here, most of the ads that were in the paper come by mailman now.

Posted by: Colin at May 28, 2017 08:54 AM (1ThGZ)

184 I hope Ivanka and Jared are feeling very hurt and confused by the hate from their peers. Before the election, they were darlings of society, moving like water through the elite circles. And all because of her daddy's name. Now they are pariah and they see their friends in secret. I hope they realize this is the true face of democrats.

Posted by: Abby at May 28, 2017 08:41 AM (HBU7W)

After all of the hate flung at Ivanka and companies not carrying her products any more because she's Hitler's daughter and now Jared going through the meat grinder you'd think it might wake them up. But I doubt it. I really wish they'd get lost

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2017 08:54 AM (auHtY)

185 I've bought all my clothes from L.L. Bean for about 20 years. First from the catalog and now online. They're very good about returns and exchanges. I keep track of the sizes I order. When a pair of chinos wears out, I just look up what I ordered last time and order it again.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 08:55 AM (sdi6R)

186 Stuff not studs. I do not get studs at Walmart. Yikes

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:53 AM (jHJXx)

Barry O: Where do you get studs at? Asking for a friend...

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2017 08:55 AM (auHtY)

187 I once played a Craftsman 1/2" drive ratchet next to an Easco brand of the same size.

They both came from the same mold.
The casting irregularities in the unpolished web of each were identical.

And that was at least twenty years ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 28, 2017 08:55 AM (J+eG2)

188 played=laid

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 28, 2017 08:56 AM (J+eG2)

189 Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 08:55 AM (sdi6R)
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*LLB fistbump*

Wonder what will happen to Lands End when Sears goes tits up?

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2017 08:56 AM (Sfs6o)

190 Yup...I had to go to the Mall to buy a suit and shoes for this wedding and I was miserable...I am not sure if I hate crowds or just people, but I can't stand being in a Mall anymore

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:44 AM (SjImc)

You're not alone there. I remember when malls used to have all kinds of interesting and varied merchandise. It was a rare trip that I didn't come back with at least 3 books and a video game, and stop by the food court on the way out for some ultra-thin pizza or Chinese. Now they're pretty much nothing but clothing stores for rich tweens. The only reason I even go to the local one anymore is for the shoe outlet, and that'll probably stop if they ever quit carrying my shoe.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 28, 2017 08:56 AM (X52ZZ)

191 The malls that are succeeding are the ones that are offering entertainment ....restuarants n entertainment mixed with shopping. In socal they are doing fine.

...and the leaks, the leaks, the leaks...im tired of hearing about it. Have they ever heard of a polygraph?

Posted by: E.T. at May 28, 2017 08:57 AM (P1GJy)

192 Mike...oh my!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (J+eG2)

193 Sears was the first Amazon - their catalog hurt the local retail general stores and specialists of the day.

Posted by: Jean at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (9TU00)

194 "It was a rare trip that I didn't come back with at least 3 books and a video game, and stop by the food court on the way out for some ultra-thin pizza or Chinese. "

You forgot the cool blacklight poster from Spencer's.

Posted by: freaked at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (BO/km)

195 I recently bought an oil lamp online. A Kirkland, which is an old and very respected brand. Right out of the box, the mechanism that raises and lowers the wick was broken, rendering the lamp useless. Now I have to go through the hassle of returning it.

If I had bought it in a store I guarantee I would have checked that mechanism before purchasing it. Online shopping is very hit or miss with me.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (ul9CR)

196 Congratulations to all of the de Monets!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2017 08:49 AM (EZebt)

Thanks! The HS graduate is the youngest of four so she is making everyone else feel olderish. Exactly two score years ago I was where she is now. Hope she makes better, wiser choices.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (JO9+V)

197

I think most of the leaks are coming from the FBI.

They need to take a blow torch to that

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (jHJXx)

198 I hope Ivanka and Jared are feeling very hurt and confused by the hate from their peers. Before the election, they were darlings of society, moving like water through the elite circles. And all because of her daddy's name. Now they are pariah and they see their friends in secret. I hope they realize this is the true face of democrats.
Posted by: Abby at May 28, 2017 08:41 AM (HBU7W)

Hopefully...most smart people would and do...but there are still that group of truly stupid conservatives like McSenile who still think they will love him for being a maverick?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:43 AM (SjImc)

Well, as always among the institutional Left (Nazis, Commies)-

children gain Ultra-Super-Mega-Double Plus Good
Leftard Virtue Points for betraying their parents.

They could regain they're position overnight and more with a simple betrayal of Trump.

I suppose it depends on whether or not they can logically analyze the fact that Leftist positions require compulsion of and destruction of "the other".

And positions of the Right simply require you to leave other people alone and enjoy the fruits of freedom.

Who knows what's in their mind and them living in New York certainly doesn't help.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (9q7Dl)

199 .and the leaks, the leaks, the leaks...im tired of hearing about it. Have they ever heard of a polygraph?

Water boarding sounds better

Posted by: cicero skip at May 28, 2017 08:59 AM (3N/o1)

200 nood book

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at May 28, 2017 08:59 AM (WcAaY)

201 138 We're going to a Wedding today..and my wife and 2 daughters are getting ready...LOL...telling at each other...the tension is high. It's nice being a boy
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 08:38 AM (SjImc)

===

Bet you're looking forward to that car ride.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2017 08:59 AM (EZebt)

202 Turkeys military killed 13 members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said in a statement.

???

THIS is bat shit crazy, we are letting our "NATO" "Allie" kill our Kurdish Allies.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 09:00 AM (SjImc)

203 You forgot the cool blacklight poster from Spencer's.

...and the whoopee fart cushion.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 28, 2017 09:00 AM (Tyii7)

204
There are some malls in Houston I would never go in, and never at night. Packs of feral youth clogging the halls, yelling and generally being a nuisance. Esp on weekend nights

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 09:01 AM (jHJXx)

205 Bet you're looking forward to that car ride.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2017 08:59 AM (EZebt)

Thank G-D it's a short ride

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 28, 2017 09:01 AM (SjImc)

206 How to stop the leaks ... resurrect James Jesus Angleton ... fire everyone even remotely connected to the leaks. Put some retired Marine Gen in charge and clear the swamp with napalm.

Posted by: Jean at May 28, 2017 09:01 AM (9TU00)

207 197

I think most of the leaks are coming from the FBI.

They need to take a blow torch to that

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 08:58 AM (jHJXx)

See the link above at the top of the thread. They have caught three of them, all Obama hold-overs. Expect them to be fired soon.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 09:01 AM (mpXpK)

208 I think most of the leaks are coming from the FBI.

They need to take a blow torch to that
Posted by: ThunderB

Starting with McCabe

Posted by: Jean at May 28, 2017 09:02 AM (9TU00)

209 182 ...but there are still that group of truly stupid conservatives like McSenile who still think they will love him for being a maverick?

I think part of what makes McShitty so shitty is that he knows the only reason anyone pays any attention to him is because he can be reliably counted on to back stab his party. He is irrelevant and inconsequential with regard to getting anything constructive accomplished. He's just a bitter old man making others bitter so he can feel good about accomplishing something.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 28, 2017 08:53 AM (Xr2/U)

Yeah, he's the Republican's Hillary!.

Except, and here's an actual compliment for the Horrible Old Bag(TM),

she would never betray her party and continues to work for it's agenda,

even as she whines and seethes.

McCain? Pure dickweed.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 28, 2017 09:02 AM (9q7Dl)

210 PKK are not our allies. They ill and kidnap us too. They are no shit communists.

Turkey kills all Kurdish groups, and claims they are all PKK.

PKK has been engaging in terrorism in Turkey on the regular since the 80s, and with increasing frequency and severity in the last two years.

But northern Iraq is where the oil fields are, and its more or less been independent Kurdistan since the Gulf War

Killing PKK is ok in my book. They kill us. But I doubt Turkey killed PKK. I bet they are making a play for the oil fields of northern Iraq. They would love that

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 09:05 AM (jHJXx)

211 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined to host an event to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, ending a bipartisan tradition of marking the occasion for nearly 20 years, Reuters has revealed.

Posted by: Nevergiveup

Seriously, what would have happened if we nuked the Kabaa right after 9/11? Maybe it would have spurred a backlash by Muslims in western countries, to the point where they would all have to be removed. It would be nice to have gotten that over with back in 2001.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 28, 2017 09:05 AM (vRcUp)

212 fen, prayers going up that God will send you wisdom and patience.

Posted by: vivi at May 28, 2017 09:07 AM (11H2y)

213 If Turkey takes the oil fields of northern Iraq, who will stop them?

Iraq? Syria? Iran? Us? Seriously. I don't think anyone would

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 09:07 AM (jHJXx)

214 sweatshirts with one arm - that sort of thing.

where is that store sounds perfect.

Yes, where is this store?!?

Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 28, 2017 09:09 AM (oVJmc)

215 it's not enough for leakers to be fired. they have to lose their pensions and benefits and go to jail.

Posted by: vivi at May 28, 2017 09:09 AM (11H2y)

216

Prayers for you Fen

Posted by: ThunderB at May 28, 2017 09:10 AM (jHJXx)

217 The Montgomery Ward website is owned by the same people who own The Swiss Colony. There's no connection to the original store.

The nearest mall from my town seems to be doing well, but it seems to be the exception.

I stopped in to a KMart in Clinton, OK, on a trip last summer. It was just like the other stores the Horde has described this morning.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at May 28, 2017 09:11 AM (rJUlF)

218 Crash at Monico, car in bad position for driver, no word on driver yet.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 09:12 AM (Ot7+c)

219 215
it's not enough for leakers to be fired. they have to lose their pensions and benefits and go to jail.

Posted by: vivi at May 28, 2017 09:09 AM (11H2y)

That article I linked above said they are likely to be prosecuted too because they leaked classified info.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 09:13 AM (mpXpK)

220 "All were pretty inexpensive compared to buying new ones." Posted by: rickl

"They" say the much older frigs (like over 15 years old) use so much more electricity that is "cost effective" to buy a new one.

I had one delivered a few years ago from some online seller, which saved me a little, but still like $850 iirc. Not sure if I'm really saving that much on electricity, but the interior lights are nicer.

My water heater is probably 25 years old and I've looked at those with their own heat pump, but haven't figured out if that is worth it. I'm rural so my electricity is higher at $0.11/kwh. But they meter my heat pump heat/AC at a lower rate.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 09:13 AM (yKkG7)

221 211
Seriously, what would have happened if we nuked the Kabaa right after 9/11? Maybe it would have spurred a backlash by Muslims in western countries, to the point where they would all have to be removed. It would be nice to have gotten that over with back in 2001.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 28, 2017 09:05 AM (vRcUp)

Yep, that's what I would have done. Like pulling off a Band-Aid. Instead we allowed the would to fester.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 09:14 AM (sdi6R)

222 The wife is watching an old cooking show from the 1950s on RetroTV.

She's cooking sweet and sour beef tongue on a bed of spinach. With sour cream. And sauteed mushrooms.

I'm just glad this show is in black and white.

Ick.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 28, 2017 09:16 AM (oVJmc)

223 Crash at Monico, car in bad position for driver, no word on driver yet.
---
Driver says he's good

He probably benefitted from that being a fairly slow turn.

I'm kind of amazed an F1 car can sit on it's side like that given the way the wheel assemblies come to pieces in nearly any kind of impact.

Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn at May 28, 2017 09:19 AM (3Liv/)

224 The car was flipped up by another, amazing it stayed where it did.The lower speed probably made that happen and saved driver . At least he didn't have to go swimming which happened twice, once in a race and once in movies.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 09:23 AM (Ot7+c)

225 220
"They" say the much older frigs (like over 15 years old) use so much more electricity that is "cost effective" to buy a new one.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 09:13 AM (yKkG7)

I'm sure that's true about saving electricity, but if the new ones only last 10 years or so I'm not so sure that I would save money when all is said and done.

Maybe 5-10 years ago I had to call a repairman for my refrigerator. It turned out to be a simple repair, a voltage regulator or something like that. The repairman said that as long as the compressor was still working, he'd keep it. He said the old compressors were better made.

My water heater was about 23-24 years old when I had it replaced last year. The large puddle of water on the laundry room floor was a sign that something was amiss.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 09:26 AM (sdi6R)

226 225 My water heater was about 23-24 years old when I had
it replaced last year. The large puddle of water on the laundry room
floor was a sign that something was amiss.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 09:26 AM (sdi6R)

The most I have ever gotten out of a water heater is about 15 years. And I had to replace the heating elements in it twice. I think the water here has something to do with that.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 09:28 AM (mpXpK)

227 226
The most I have ever gotten out of a water heater is about 15 years. And I had to replace the heating elements in it twice. I think the water here has something to do with that.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 09:28 AM (mpXpK)

It probably does. I have fairly hard water here. It leaves scale on the faucets and sinks, but it's not so bad that I have to use a water softener.

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 09:33 AM (sdi6R)

228 All newspaper chains or just PR organs for the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

Vic, I've come to believe that it is the DNC that is an appendage of the MFM. Seriously.

Also, check out the new Brad Pitt Netflix offering called War Machine. They take some surprisingly tough shots at Fredo Dogeater.

Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at May 28, 2017 09:34 AM (Xluzf)

229 Good f'ing riddance, you Euroelitist cow.

https://tinyurl.com/y7yjfwe7

It is indeed time for realignment. I'd like to see Trump invite the Polish prime minister to the WH soon.

Posted by: phineas gage at May 28, 2017 09:35 AM (XsVWn)

230 Slabberment: It's that feeling you get when you patiently post a thoughtful and insightful reply to Vic and then realize you been enstompened by the Book Thread.

Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at May 28, 2017 09:38 AM (Xluzf)

231 Congratulations to Haas on double points

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 09:38 AM (Ot7+c)

232 Vic I go through water heaters within two years, getting good at replacing my own.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 09:39 AM (Ot7+c)

233 Two years??? Do you have sulphuric acid in your water?

Posted by: rickl at May 28, 2017 09:41 AM (sdi6R)

234 232
Vic I go through water heaters within two years, getting good at replacing my own.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 09:39 AM (Ot7+c)

If you are only getting 2 years out of a water heater you are buying a bad brand. See if you can find an A.O. Smith brand. They are made just down the road from me.
And I had always replaced my own, but I can no longer lift them on and off the truck.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 09:43 AM (mpXpK)

235 My water heater could no doubt use new elements at least, but I haven't tackled that project. The well water here is very hard, but it's my grandparents old place and it still has the original aluminum roof from the late 40's, with a catchment system and a probably 1500 gallon cistern.

I replumbed it to try to use the soft rain water for hot water, but the water wouldn't come through the pipe, so that's another project for my list. That is a multiple year wait list it seems. lol

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 09:45 AM (yKkG7)

236 235
My water heater could no doubt use new elements at least, but I haven't
tackled that project. The well water here is very hard, but it's my
grandparents old place and it still has the original aluminum roof from
the late 40's, with a catchment system and a probably 1500 gallon
cistern.

I replumbed it to try to use the soft rain water for
hot water, but the water wouldn't come through the pipe, so that's
another project for my list. That is a multiple year wait list it seems.
lol

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 09:45 AM (yKkG7)

If it still heats the water you don't need to replace them. Usually the one on the top goes out first and then it takes longer to recover. The heating elements are like an on/off switch. They either work fine or not at all.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 09:50 AM (mpXpK)

237 Oh yeah, what the hell would Vic know about heating water?
"Heh."

O O O one cannot wait to hear auld Kimmie discuss team orders.
Mister Excitement is looking a little...intense...up there.
Because beneath every Finn? Is a shark.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 28, 2017 09:56 AM (H5rtT)

238 237
Oh yeah, what the hell would Vic know about heating water?
"Heh."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 28, 2017 09:56 AM (H5rtT)

Oh yeah, I used to operate a yuuuge hot water heater.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 10:00 AM (mpXpK)

239 " The heating elements are like an on/off switch. They either work fine or not at all. Posted by: Vic

OK .. thx. well it still makes hot water, but it does seem slow to recover, so I should check the top one. I put a blanket on it when I bought the place 12 years ago and haven't checked it since.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 10:08 AM (yKkG7)

240 239 OK .. thx. well it still makes hot water, but it
does seem slow to recover, so I should check the top one. I put a
blanket on it when I bought the place 12 years ago and haven't checked
it since.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 10:08 AM (yKkG7)

If it is the top one you do not have to drain it all the way. However, you may want to because if you got to go to all that trouble go ahead and replace both. The elements are cheap, but changing them is an aggravation because you have to isolate the heater, drain it, and disconnect the thermostats. If the top one is out, the bottom probably hasn't got long to go. When you pull the element it will be obvious if it is out. The element will be burned out with a gap in it.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 10:15 AM (mpXpK)

241 Oh, BTW you will need a special type of socket to remove the element.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 10:17 AM (mpXpK)

242 excellent advice ... thx Vic.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 28, 2017 10:23 AM (yKkG7)

243 Dead and Company had a nice tour opener. Knocking on Heaven's Door tribute to Gregg

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at May 28, 2017 10:30 AM (6leiI)

244
Criminy it's almost June already.

0nly 23 days left till the first day of summer (longest day of the year).

Posted by: YIKES! at May 28, 2017 12:11 PM (t6XCL)

245 Indy 500 in parade laps, should be on your ABC affiliate.

Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn at May 28, 2017 12:13 PM (3Liv/)

246 Would hate to clog up the book thread but have the 500 on. Really want Alonso to win, but know at the closing laps, after a few accidents this race is a crap shoot to win.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2017 12:52 PM (qcbvC)

247 17 The latest global warming scam. Global warming in ancient times created so many new plants it caused the earth to cool. The stupid, it burns.

http://tinyurl.com/yap8xt3k
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 28, 2017 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

Feedback loops, how do they work?

I weep for science education in this country.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 28, 2017 01:57 PM (SRKgf)

248 To the designers who dressed Michelle but dissed Melania:

http://tinyurl.com/y8qzn3wh

links to twitter

Posted by: kallisto at May 28, 2017 02:41 PM (kD8Fh)

249 .

Posted by: Wicket at May 28, 2017 02:55 PM (l4aLi)

250 >>To the designers who dressed Michelle but dissed Melania:

She looks like a circus clown without the face painting.

Hideous.

Posted by: Wicket at May 28, 2017 02:57 PM (l4aLi)

251 Count de Monet, congratulations on the graduation of your Dear Daughter!

Posted by: booknlass at May 28, 2017 04:55 PM (tfQTV)

252 Ah, Sears.

In the late sixties me and my high school tri-power GTO buddies ALL bought our tools at Sear.

Once.

If a Craftsman tool broke, you simply went back to Sears, flagged down a clerk (they were always friendly and knew their stuff) and exchanged the broken one for a new one. No muss, no fuss and no paper. Quick as a hand shake.

Those tools didn't break themselves. We abused them with all the subtlety of banging second at 6 grand. If we had to. we would use a 1/4 inch socket with an adapter to half inch, an extention, another adapter, a breaker bar with a 3 foot piece of pipe on the end for leverage. We also had ratchets explode. Give the clerk a handful of broken bits and bingo! new ratchet.

We were "shade tree", but without the tree.

Posted by: 1921 C DRUM at May 28, 2017 08:51 PM (h7sWp)

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