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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com | Sunday Overnight Open Thread (4/19/20)Quote I So look, if this insanity happens again, news sources have to rein it in. Everyone knows corona is no walk in the park, because you literally can’t walk in the park, but at some point, the daily drumbeat of depression and terror veers into panic porn. Enough with ‘the life will never be the same’ headlines, and stop showing us this, you know everything looks scary when you magnified it a thousand times. Here’s a pubic hair, boo!Bill Maher Quote II ‘Households are capitalism’s pressure cookers. This crisis will see a surge in housework – cleaning, cooking, caretaking, but also child abuse, molestation, intimate partner rape, psychological torture, and more.’ Far from a time to acquiesce to ‘family values’ ideology, then, the pandemic is an acutely important time to provision, evacuate and generally empower survivors of – and refugees from – the nuclear household,” Madeline Lane-McKinley Quote III A quarter mil is a stiff price to pay to drink a lot of Old Milwaukee and cavort with eager booty callers for four years. You can do that at home, and without all the pronoun drama. Look for scores of mid-level colleges to die as the vast majority of students move toward a utilitarian model over the pricey vacation model.Kurt Schlichter Quote IV "This is not ok to take picture of people and post them. What is next? Train to Dachau?" Commenter on social media platform on Nextdoor, Los Angeles, CA. ![]() A Georgia high school expelled two white students after they posted a video to TikTok saying negative and racist stereotypes against Black people. I don't expect the ACLU to jump to the students defense now that they are favoring Brown Shirt law enforcement tactics throughout the USA. The ONT would like to salute Command Master Chief Mathew Rife and buy him the beverage of his choice. One man was seen in video and photos taking a patriotic stand against the town’s restrictions. With a sign planted in the sand that read “LAND OF THE FREE,” a fully decked Navy Master Chief stood in the ocean waters and drew the attention of law enforcement officers and curious bystanders on Thursday. Wearing full Navy Service Dress Blue, the man, who was identified in a video as Retired Chief Rife, stood calmly with his back to the waters, making his silent but powerful protest. Command Master Chief Mathew Rife retired from the US Navy in 2019. Think again. A student in Marquette County is suing after allegedly being threatened with arrest if she did not remove her Instagram post about her possible infection with the Coronavirus. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday on behalf of Amyiah Cohoon and her family against Marquette County Sheriff Joseph Konrath for violating the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the Oxford, Wisconsin teen, over the removal from the social media website of a picture of Coon in the hospital. “There are no circumstances that would allow law enforcement to police social media in this way,” said WILL Deputy Counsel Luke Berg in a statement Thursday. “At a moment when civil liberties need to be guarded most, the Marquette County Sheriff must be held accountable.” On the other hand you would think that a LEO of a larger metro area would be in love with his new found "power". That isnt the case. Wisconsin’s Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling indicated in a statement he posted on Facebook he will not enforce the state’s stay-at-home order, which Democrat Governor Tony Evers (D) extended through May 26. Schmaling wrote “state law does not have the power to supersede or suspend the Constitutional rights of American citizens.”Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the State of Wisconsin. I can hear them throughout all of the capitols across the country. Duh! We never thought of that and the Law of Unintended Consequences. NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer, soda and seltzer water – essentials for many quarantined Americans. Brewers and soft-drink makers use carbon dioxide, or CO2, for carbonation, which gives beer and soda fizz. Ethanol producers are a key provider of CO2 to the food industry, as they capture that gas as a byproduct of ethanol production and sell it in large quantities. But ethanol, which is blended into the nation’s gasoline supply, has seen production fall sharply due to the drop in gasoline demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gasoline demand is down by more than 30% in the United States. The lack of ethanol output is disrupting this highly specialized corner of the food industry, as 34 of the 45 U.S. ethanol plants that sell CO2 have idled or cut production, said Renewable Fuels Association Chief Executive Geoff Cooper. Leave it to our "betters" to rub salt into an open wound. But, as the MSNBC report noted and the Elizabeth PD explained, the newest drones were “on loan.” “We have been using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) since 2018, however, the new models are equipped with voice capabilities. We were able to secure 5 DJI Mavic 2 UAV, on loan through DJI’s Public Safety Disaster Relief Program – thank you to Wayne Baker, the DJI Director of Public Safety Integration,” the Facebook post read. And the MSNBC report indicated that the drones were “donated by DJI, a Chinese company,” and “have gone to 43 agencies in 22 states, all to help enforce social distancing rules.” Thou Shalt Not Have Fun. The wages of SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA) — A popular skatepark in San Clemente was filled with sand to discourage skaters from using it during the coronavirus pandemic and to promote social distancing. San Clemente had shut down all its parks and facilities on April 1 under the state’s stay-at-home orders, but skaters ignored signs warning against trespassing at the Ralphs Skate Court, 241 Avenida La Pata.Oh FFS
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Yes
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 09:56 PM (Lhcx9) 2
Hey there.
Posted by: Charles the Simple at April 19, 2020 09:56 PM (HuH1F) 3
Nope.
Posted by: Charles the Simple at April 19, 2020 09:56 PM (HuH1F) 4
As part of the Great Post-Chinkflu Reckoning, Bezos needs to be stripped of the Washington Post-Democrat. There is no larger conflict of interest than owning a newspaper that can be and is used to lobby for actions favorable to its owner. The latest case in point is the wuhan scare, which keeps brick and mortar competitors closed, which is a net benefit to Amazon. Can't leave the house, better shop online. Close the local stores and malls, and who scoops up the shoppers? This particular trend is already playing out of course, but the Post can and is being used to accelerate it. See also AWS DoD contracts, etc, etc.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 09:56 PM (NbiPY) 5
Good Evening
Posted by: wing at April 19, 2020 09:56 PM (JFzNN) 6
I shoulda stood in bed.
Posted by: Charles the Simple at April 19, 2020 09:56 PM (HuH1F) 7
Hello How Are You?
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 09:57 PM (Lhcx9) Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 09:57 PM (WFcrO) 9
coulda been a contender
Posted by: boomers remember stuff at April 19, 2020 09:58 PM (+U5Yr) Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 09:59 PM (NbiPY) 11
Damn.
And I had the answer for the white streak in weasel's camera. Posted by: Diogenes at April 19, 2020 09:59 PM (axyOa) 12
some Fleetwood
youtube.com/watch?v=fDzXbdxeeHI Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 19, 2020 09:59 PM (ykYG2) 13
I'm not a fan of Mitt Romney. I don't want his advice.
Posted by: Donald Trump at April 19, 2020 09:59 PM (o1fzk) 14
Thirſt!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 10:00 PM (7WaWV) 15
Households are capitalism's pressure cookers. This crisis will see a surge in housework - cleaning, cooking, caretaking, but also child abuse, molestation, intimate partner rape, psychological torture, and more. Far from a time to acquiesce to family values ideology, then, the pandemic is an acutely important time to provision, evacuate and generally empower survivors of - and refugees from - the nuclear household
So, the pandemic is going to have the same effect on families as THE SUPER BOWL! BOOGAH, BOOGAH, BOOGAH! Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:01 PM (+lVUW) Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:01 PM (o1fzk) 17
I read that article by Kurt Schlicter, and I thought it was great. I'm a glass half full kind of gal.
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:01 PM (Lhcx9) 18
Mitt Romney could offer his advice to Bofa, I suppose
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (ykYG2) 19
ZOD.
Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (XzT/D) 20
Staying up later than normal to bake cinnamon buns for tomorrow's breakfast. Baking them from scratch is a lot more time consuming than I thought, but they smell pretty good right now. Hope the surprise breakfast for squeakyfamily tastes just as good as they smell.
Posted by: squeakywheel at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (BY0SP) 21
I love you all. That's all I can think of.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (l9m7l) 22
Re the "flying rods" from the last thread. They are artifacts of insects flying at a high angular speed relative to the camera field. Another common artifact that has much purchase in the Woo-woo world is "orbs". Read all about that and the woo theories of what they are. Orbs are causing by dust reflecting light from the flash. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (rCwaK) 23
Aloha fappers
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ) 24
Hi all. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 19, 2020 10:03 PM (G51Gf) 25
The local Stasi Department is closed! Mutter Merkel says they're redecorating. I demand to speak with your manager!
Posted by: Karen at April 19, 2020 10:03 PM (DMUuz) 26
So, the pandemic is going to have the same effect on families as THE SUPER BOWL! BOOGAH, BOOGAH, BOOGAH!
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:01 PM (+lVUW) Think of this as Super Bowl Covid XIX Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:03 PM (o1fzk) 27
That mystery click was awesome too. Had to watch it from beginning to end...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:04 PM (WFcrO) 28
Still waiting for the great Boomer uprising that will "Question Authority". Present company excluded, of course. The American answer to all the petty tyranny playing out is "Fuck you!"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:04 PM (NbiPY) 29
28 That mystery click was awesome too. Had to watch it from beginning to end...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:04 PM (WFcrO) Glad you enjoyed. Sometimes they are awesome ![]() Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:05 PM (aA3+G) 30
Guten abend meine fapperschoen!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (NWiLs) 31
Households are capitalism's pressure cookers. This crisis will see a surge in housework - cleaning, cooking, caretaking, but also child abuse, molestation, intimate partner rape, psychological torture, and more. Far from a time to acquiesce to family values ideology, then, the pandemic is an acutely important time to provision, evacuate and generally empower survivors of - and refugees from - the nuclear household
Whenever I read opinions like this, I wonder what the hell kind of freak family the person came from. I don't know about you people, but I came from a family where there was not child abuse, rape, molestation, psychological torture, none of those things. These people look at the worst people out there, and then assume that all families are like that. That's just stupid. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (+lVUW) 32
OK Top 40
I've got the stacks of wax for you jills and jacks Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (iTXRQ) Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (7WaWV) 34
I'm watching Vincent Price in "The Last Man on Earth", a telling of Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQIhzNpBLQ Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (Dc2NZ) 35
Love the top picture, MisHum! Thanks for the girthy ONT.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (IT/Xb) 36
There were more of us at Sunday morning worship today. It was so nice to see those familiar faces!
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (Lhcx9) 37
Due the ethanol shortage, Trump is in talks with Schumer and Pelosi to ship each American a case of Coke or Diet Coke, their choice.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:07 PM (o1fzk) 38
Ok ok ok.
Since you all asked. The light in the camera is the Bifrost. What it shows is Thor arriving from Asgaard. Its a little known fact that Thor is often confused with Antman. Sure. He looks good in the movies but remember, the theater screen is 30 feet tall. Posted by: Diogenes at April 19, 2020 10:07 PM (axyOa) 39
Whenever I read opinions like this, I wonder what the hell kind of freak family the person came from. I don't know about you people, but I came from a family where there was not child abuse, rape, molestation, psychological torture, none of those things.
These people look at the worst people out there, and then assume that all families are like that. That's just stupid. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (+lVUW) Well...no rape or molestation for me at least. But to say these are defining characteristics inherent to the nuclear family is idiotic. It just means people can be cruel shits. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:07 PM (NWiLs) 40
>>a telling of Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend": Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (Dc2NZ)
Second-best writer in the Twilight bullpen. Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (XzT/D) 41
37 There were more of us at Sunday morning worship today. It was so nice to see those familiar faces!
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (Lhcx9) I've had about all i can take of this online worship. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (aA3+G) 42
Annd 30 rapid fire shots in pacoima wash, sfv, ca.
Posted by: banned downrange at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (5xIJf) 43
Hi! hanging in there!
Posted by: Iris at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (6lKe4) 44
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Households are capitalism's pressure cookers. This crisis will see a surge in housework - cleaning, cooking, caretaking, but also child abuse, molestation, intimate partner rape, psychological torture, and more. Far from a time to acquiesce to family values ideology, then, the pandemic is an acutely important time to provision, evacuate and generally empower survivors of - and refugees from - the nuclear household Even if you live alone? Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (K22Va) 45
It's time for the Boomers to step up and end this thing, OK?
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (o1fzk) 46
42 37 There were more of us at Sunday morning worship today. It was so nice to see those familiar faces!
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (Lhcx9) I've had about all i can take of this online worship. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (aA3+G) Can you fast-forward through the boring bits at least? Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs) 47
It's a comfort to remember what the radio preacher said, " Don't worry 'bout fixing your marriage, there are no marriages in Heaven." Large house are essential and good night.
Posted by: azalea city at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (WX+x0) 48
Was the Chief attacked by a shark? If not, why not?
Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (XzT/D) 49
Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the State of Wisconsin.
Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (WFcrO) 50
I've had about all i can take of this online worship.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (aA3+G) That was me 2 weeks ago. Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (Lhcx9) 51
That top picture is beautiful. It looks like a Bierstadt painting.
Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (/669Q) 52
I love you all. That's all I can think of.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:02 PM (l9m7l) * * * * That's plenty! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (WFcrO) 53
Miley cooked a nice dinner for my mother this evening. My mother later told me that she hasn't had food that good since Aunt Lillian. That is high praise indeed. My great-aunt Lillian was known the best cook on my mother's side. So much so, some of the other aunts were jealous of her. I told me Miley she doesn't know how high that praise was. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (rCwaK) 54
"This is not ok to take picture of people and post them. What is next? Train to Dachau?" Commenter on social media platform on Nextdoor, Los Angeles, CA.
Yeah, Nextdoor has gotten nuts. People are bragging about calling the cops on neighbors who are doing anything deemed nonessential. "Karen" is inaccurate. "Bitches" is much more accurate. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (+lVUW) 55
Insomniac--If I haven't said it before now, congrats on the new employment.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (l9m7l) 56
I, for one, have had way too many possible prayer opportunities posted to me online. I'm glad it is available but apparently, I am not called to be a nun in prayer 24/7....
Posted by: Iris at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (6lKe4) 57
49 Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the State of Wisconsin.
Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (WFcrO) Even if he only had half a ball, he'd still maintain that status. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (NWiLs) 58
Madeline whatever is nuts.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (Uu+Jp) 59
no marriages in heaven?
What's Paolo to do? Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (ykYG2) 60
Hey everybody.
MisHum: Top click is a pleasant musical surprise. Nice work. :-) Also, just a suggestion: we were talkin' blues last night. How about posting 30 days of classic blues? Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton. Just an idea. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (L2ZTs) 61
55 Insomniac--If I haven't said it before now, congrats on the new employment.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (l9m7l) Thank you, my friend! I'm stoked to be gainfully employed once more! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (NWiLs) 62
Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:09 PM (WFcrO) Thats no way to talk about your two windbags ![]() Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (aA3+G) 63
What's this I read in the previous thread about Weasel being a Streaker?
/rumors Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (QzJWU) 64
Dylan has another spoken-word ( with piano accompaniment) song out, "I Contain Multitudes"
Always think of rickl when Dylan puts out a new song. RIP Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (o1fzk) 65
Take the last train to Dachau And I'll meet you at the station You can be here by four thirty 'Cause I made your reservation Don't be slow, oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no! Posted by: 12 Monkees at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (aKsyK) Posted by: teej at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (DEtB+) 67
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs)
Hi Insom, you've got your first week at the new job under your belt, that must feel great. Hope this week coming up is good for you. Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (Lhcx9) 68
I'm speaking in church next Sunday. Speaking to a camera will feel strange.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at April 19, 2020 10:12 PM (Uu+Jp) 69
I've had about all i can take of this online worship.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (aA3+G) ---- Praise him! We cringe and scrape before thee, O Mighty MisHum! *backs away bowing* Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:12 PM (Dc2NZ) 70
Regarding Cheribabe's Comment of the Week, according to some feminist fruitcake, it's only a matter of time before rape and psychological torture set in.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:12 PM (+lVUW) 71
67 Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (NWiLs)
Hi Insom, you've got your first week at the new job under your belt, that must feel great. Hope this week coming up is good for you. Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (Lhcx9) It sure does! And thanks, I think it's going to be a good one. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:12 PM (NWiLs) 72
Quote II, I shudder to think of the upbringing that sociopath had.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:12 PM (2ygtH) 73
teej
I saw it. Let me know your performance sked when we are out of this. I have a very busy summer, but I'll try and get us to a show. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:12 PM (u82oZ) 74
Whenever I read opinions like this, I wonder what the hell kind of freak family the person came from. I don't know about you people, but I came from a family where there was not child abuse, rape, molestation, psychological torture, none of those things. These people look at the worst people out there, and then assume that all families are like that. That's just stupid. Posted by: nerdygirl ======== Whenever I start reading anything about households or some journalist woman's insight about the effect of family life on her own navel, I stop at the headline. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (G51Gf) 75
I told me Miley she doesn't know how high that praise was.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (rCwaK) ------- You better hurry up and marry that girl. Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (/669Q) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (L2ZTs) 77
JoeF, yup. I just discovered some of Dylan's classic albums. Wish I could discuss 'em with Rickl.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (L2ZTs) 78
{{{{{{{Horde}}}}}}}}
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials! Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (/UQ/R) 79
I'm stoked to be gainfully employed once more! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo ========= Congrats! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (G51Gf) 80
Misanthropic Humanitarian
A very nice top picture. Soothing. Ahhhh. And I still need a few years of quarantine for my teenage years. I was in a theater group for some of them. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (u82oZ) 81
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I'm stoked to be gainfully employed once more! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo ========= Congrats! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (G51Gf) Thank you! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (NWiLs) 82
I made fried green tomatoes today. Turned out pretty good, too.
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (Lhcx9) 83
I can't get over Trump's evisceration of Romney at today's presser.
Good for him. He'll never forgive him for that impeachment vote. Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (o1fzk) 84
And I still need a few years of quarantine for my teenage years. I was in a theater group for some of them.
Not gonna judge. I made good money as a chorus girl for a couple years. ;-) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (L2ZTs) 85
https://youtu.be/Ati0xSkX-t8
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (aA3+G) 86
The phrase life will never be the same again really irritates me. I don't know what that means. I think that use the phrase don't know what that means.
As soon as someone says that I stop listening. Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (Uu+Jp) 87
{{{...... westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 ......}}}
Will there be dancing at your MoMeet? Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (u82oZ) 88
MisHum, thanks for that link.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (L2ZTs) 89
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (/UQ/R) Those commercials haven't reached the same level of annoying as the Bloomberg ones. At least not yet. Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (Lhcx9) 90
4 As part of the Great Post-Chinkflu Reckoning, Bezos needs to be stripped of the Washington Post-Democrat. There is no larger conflict of interest than owning a newspaper that can be and is used to lobby for actions favorable to its owner. The latest case in point is the wuhan scare, which keeps brick and mortar competitors closed, which is a net benefit to Amazon. Can't leave the house, better shop online. Close the local stores and malls, and who scoops up the shoppers? This particular trend is already playing out of course, but the Post can and is being used to accelerate it. See also AWS DoD contracts, etc, etc.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings The WashPo is just the beginning. Corporations own all of the media. BURN IT ALL DOWN!! (Sorry about that. The weather is getting better and I now have the work schedule and time to get some quality golf in but can't. Locked down because the ChiComs committed BioChem terrorism) Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2020 10:16 PM (w+I3a) 91
56 I, for one, have had way too many possible prayer opportunities posted to me online. I'm glad it is available but apparently, I am not called to be a nun in prayer 24/7....
Posted by: Iris at April 19, 2020 10:10 PM (6lKe4) Oh, cmon, that's easy. "And God, all that stuff over there." It's not like He doesn't know already. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:16 PM (vVOK2) 92
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM I found a very humourous parody! See my link at #33... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 10:16 PM (7WaWV) 93
Yeah, all of the good ones are taken.
I was taken...and released. I'm not one of the good ones. Moronettes, beware me. Other than that, great to see everyone here. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:16 PM (l9m7l) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:16 PM (u82oZ) 95
77, his voice is an acquired taste for some--it never was for me--but obce you get past that, there's a 60 year recording career waiting for you....
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (o1fzk) 96
Rundgren is a complete asshole and musically brilliant and a complete asshole.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - END THE LOCKDOWN : It's just a damn bug at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (xYFRc) 97
Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants are sparking concern about shortages of beer, soda and seltzer water
- I tried and failed to get a replacement CO2 canister for my SodaStream yesterday. I had to order online and it'll take two weeks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (+y/Ru) 98
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (/UQ/R) Doncha just want to say: "No, you fucking idiot, we are in this apart, alone, singularly, at a social distance." And then start cussing for reals. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (vVOK2) 99
We do have an 'ette that danced in a cage in go-go boots.
--- That Fenelon! The cross and the switchblade, baby! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (Dc2NZ) 100
I can't get over Trump's evisceration of Romney at today's presser.
Good for him. He'll never forgive him for that impeachment vote. Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (o1fzk) * * * * Romney deserves every bit of that, and more! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (WFcrO) 101
These people look at the worst people out there, and then assume that all families are like that. That's just stupid.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (+lVUW) No, in most cases they *are* the worst people, and assume everyone is like *them*. Posted by: ... at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (uEbPt) 102
>>86 The phrase life will never be the same again really irritates me. Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (Uu+Jp)
"It is what it is." Indeed. Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (XzT/D) 103
The picture on top, Yosemite NP?
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (w+I3a) 104
So today, I participated in "Operation Gridlock" in Denver. It was interesting.
Here are some thoughts on it: - I think it was bigger than the City expected. The traffic jam on the main drag that goes in front of the capitol (Lincoln) extended to the vanishing point. On my first pass, it was traffic mayhem. As I approached the capitol itself, the cops descended and started to try to control traffic (erecting roadblocks on side streets, directing traffic away from main choke points, etc.). It was partially successful, but lots of people were running the road blocks anyway. - On Capitol Hill at it's peak, I'd estimate about a thousand people. The press photographers didn't show up until it was petering out, so I reckon that any press coverage will show a dud with few people and little traffic. - Most protesters were on-message. There are always fringe elements and in this instance they were mostly anti-vaxxers and a guy loudly trying to convert any Jews there into Christians. For the most part, though, it was about the shutdown, liberties, small business, etc. - Little counter-protest. There was one authentic counter-protester on Capitol Hill. Many people who live in the area were riding bikes or scooters around and flipping off protesters and shouting at them - from things like "go back to Weld County" (a more rural county) to "I hope you get Coronavirus" to just expletives. - East of the capitol, there were what I suspect are paid counter-protesters. They were dressed in scrubs and masks and came out to block one of the major roads parallel to the capitol. I was first in line at the light when they came out, so I shouted at the bint in front of me, "you do realize that this is a one-way street and most of the side streets are closed, right? Do you get that you're actually *contributing* to Project Gridlock by doing this?" Then they got mad, broke ranks and started tearing signs off of people's cars. When the started to congratulate each other and stopped paying attention, traffic started to slalom between them. - A good mix of ages at the protest proper. I'd say it was about 60% Gen-X, about 30% millennials, and the rest boomers and Zs. - Most of the cars in the gridlock part of everything locked down traffic pretty badly and most were flying flags (US flag, Gadsden flag, Betty Ross flag most common) and had signs. Everyone made liberal use of the horn. - The city was either engaging in pretending that nothing was going on, or they were really caught flat-footed, because they were (slowly and inefficiently) running buses through the mess. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (IT/Xb) 105
What I learned from nursing my husband through [Wuhan flu] covid-19
https://tinyurl.com/y88hcywf https://preview.tinyurl.com/y88hcywf Posted by: Braenyard at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (lkl+P) 106
People are bragging about calling the cops on neighbors who are doing anything deemed nonessential.
"Karen" is inaccurate. "Bitches" is much more accurate. Karma is the sound of one hand SWATting... Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (NbiPY) 107
If those drones are made in China, then they are enemy aircraft. Shoot them down.
We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (miJU3) Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 19, 2020 10:18 PM (Z+IKu) 109
20 Staying up later than normal to bake cinnamon buns for tomorrow's breakfast. Baking them from scratch is a lot more time consuming than I thought, but they smell pretty good right now. Hope the surprise breakfast for squeakyfamily tastes just as good as they smell.
Posted by: squeakywheel My mom used to make cinnamon rolls. It's a yeast bread so, kneading, rising, punching down, more rising, etc. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW) 110
Second-best writer in the Twilight bullpen.
Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (XzT/D) Who's best? Beaumont? Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:18 PM (6vvep) 111
Posted by: deplorable unperson - END THE LOCKDOWN : It's just a damn bug at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (xYFRc)
Mission accomplished Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (aA3+G) 112
Oh Salty......if I ever get to plan one
![]() Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (/UQ/R) 113
My mom used to make cinnamon rolls. It's a yeast bread so, kneading, rising, punching down, more rising, etc.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW) NEVER PUNCH DOWN!!! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (NWiLs) 114
>> You better hurry up and marry that girl.
Yes indeed. I've got to get a her house built first. Before they can get started, turns out they're gonna need water sooner than I thought, so it's time to get a well punched, and hopefully the well digger will get his cold ass out here tomorrow or the next day. Luckily, all construction here is considered essential, so no hiccups there. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (rCwaK) 115
86 The phrase life will never be the same again
really irritates me. Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at April 19, 2020 10:15 PM (Uu+Jp) "It is what it is." Indeed. Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (XzT/D) "you could never do that today" grinds my gears. Not the people who say it, but that we don't change that. We are here today and we can change how sucky things are. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (hHxp2) Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (XzT/D) 117
All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
FenelonSpoke was and still is in theater. But I bet she shows moral rectitude these days. She strikes me as one who leads by example. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (u82oZ) 118
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials!
- Some of us are all in this together in multimillion dollar mansions and some of all of us in this together stuck in the house with Mrs. Wrecks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2020 10:20 PM (+y/Ru) 119
Second-best writer in the Twilight bullpen.
Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (XzT/D) Ok, I'll bite. Which one's number one? Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 19, 2020 10:20 PM (7s3Gx) 120
Before even clicking on the link, I knew that beach protest had to be in NC. Tons of military, active and retired, live at or near the coast and they are greatly appreciated. Spent lots of time in my younger days at Atlantic Beach and Emerald Isle.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 19, 2020 10:20 PM (qe5CM) 121
NaCly, sorry, I'm misunderstanding you. What do you mean?
Yeah, I'm ronery. But life is still good. (Most of the time at least.) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:20 PM (L2ZTs) 122
So today, I participated in "Operation Gridlock" in Denver. It was interesting.
... Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (IT/Xb) Thank you for attending, and for the writeup. The bit about the counter-protesters was interesting. I wonder if they didn't have any worth mentioning in Michigan because they weren't expecting it to go off like it did? Maybe it caught them off-guard. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (t+qrx) 123
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FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials! Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (/UQ/R) ^^^ yes Posted by: Iris at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (6lKe4) 124
28 Still waiting for the great Boomer uprising that will "Question Authority". Present company excluded, of course. The American answer to all the petty tyranny playing out is "Fuck you!"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings What's scary is that the generations younger than boomers are even more pathetic. They all seem to be a bunch of doormats to big government. It's supposed to be younger people who rebel. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (+lVUW) 125
My local nextdoor feed has a snitch posting pictures.
Then after another thread about dog waste, someone offered up her own outdoor garbage can for anyone who wants to use it for same. Gave her home address, and hopes other people will offer up theirs too for the same purpose. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (SIXRk) 126
Ok Zettai.....that was pretty funny!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (/UQ/R) 127
todd rundgen is the prototype asshole from which all assholes evolved. fuck that guy with a flaming chainsaw.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (KP5rU) 128
BREAKING
National Council of Economic Advisors predict 0.3% increase in quarterly GDP due to increased productivity in Insom sector Posted by: MiklosWatch at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (QzkSJ) 129
westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020
Nothing says Morons are here like a Conga line through the building. Although I heard rumors of crashing a bridesmaid party getting out of hand in a NoVAMoMeet. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (u82oZ) 130
107 If those drones are made in China, then they are enemy aircraft. Shoot them down.
We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (miJU3) Do they 360 degree vision? Posted by: Braenyard at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (lkl+P) 131
can't get over Trump's evisceration of Romney at today's presser.
Good for him. He'll never forgive him for that impeachment vote. Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:14 PM (o1fzk) +++++++++++++++++ Oooh, I wouldn't mind seeing that. Have a link, by chance? Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (IT/Xb) 132
I watched "The Patriot" online today, because April 19 1775 was a pretty big day. It was an extended version, just over 3 hours, excellent movie.
The evil British cavalry officer was based on a real person, Banastre Tarleton. Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (iTXRQ) 133
Serling was no slouch in the writing department either. Some people thought his moralizing could be a bit heavy-handed, but one of my favorite episodes is 'The Obsolete Man'.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (6vvep) 134
About Romney's impeachment vote, he couldn't even go FULL backstabber, voting to acquit on one of the two charges. Why, you cocksucker?
It's like fucking your friend's wife but thinking yourself a fine fellow because you didn't pull out come on her face. Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (o1fzk) 135
101 These people look at the worst people out there, and then assume that all families are like that. That's just stupid.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (+lVUW) No, in most cases they *are* the worst people, and assume everyone is like *them*. Posted by: ... at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (uEbPt) Oh FFS, if you don't like your family, change it. It's a big country with lots of other folk and lots of space. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (vVOK2) 136
108 Your welcome teej!
Now for some Frank Zappa before bed...... Hey! Where did Frank go? Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 19, 2020 10:18 PM (Z+IKu) A little birdie says stay tuned................ Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (aA3+G) 137
But I bet she shows moral rectitude these days. She strikes me as one who leads by example.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (u82oZ) Well good for her. Dancing is an insalubrious and unwholesome activity and I for one will have nothing whatever to do with it. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (t+qrx) 138
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials!
- Some of us are all in this together in multimillion dollar mansions and some of all of us in this together stuck in the house with Mrs. Wrecks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2020 10:20 PM (+y/Ru) and let's not forget those who "all in this together" that are alone and have no one. How are they in this together? How are the people on tv with them? Just a reminder that some have no one. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:23 PM (hHxp2) 139
DB, I recently finally watched The Outlaw Josey Wales.
I was shocked that the bad guys (particularly Redlegs) were Union, not Confederate. That couldn't happen in a movie today... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:23 PM (L2ZTs) 140
Serling was no slouch in the writing department either. Some people thought his moralizing could be a bit heavy-handed, but one of my favorite episodes is 'The Obsolete Man'.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (6vvep) +++++++++++++ The last episode in season 1, IIRC. That is a top-quality episode. It ain't subtle, but it sure is good. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:23 PM (IT/Xb) 141
It wasn't a classic take down; more of a -he's dead to me-.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 19, 2020 10:23 PM (lkl+P) 142
My mom used to make cinnamon rolls. It's a yeast bread so, kneading, rising, punching down, more rising, etc.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW) This may be heresy to some, but it is possible to make cinnamon rolls in the form of quickbread (no yeast). Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (SIXRk) 143
131-- I didn't even see it myself. I read about it on a twitter feed.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (o1fzk) 144
In terms of Twilight Zone writers, most of them were pretty good. Matheson was the best, maybe Beaumont 2nd but Serling got in some good ones. "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is a classic, one of the best.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (l9m7l) 145
Sheriff Schmaling has more GD balls than all of the elected Republicans in the State of Wisconsin.
--- Passed that around to my friends. It's good to know there are some cops who are worthy of respect. Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (kOpft) 146
Serling was no slouch in the writing department either. Some people thought his moralizing could be a bit heavy-handed, but one of my favorite episodes is 'The Obsolete Man'. Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (6vvep) he was a tremendous slouch. i kid, Caddyshack reference. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (hHxp2) 147
When it come to beating up your wimmenz, Wuflu quarantine is Super Bowl Sunday, a WBC heavyweight bout, and the WNBA ladies basketball championship all rolled into one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (XVuno) 148
I missed Trump's presser today. Anyone have a link to the transcript?
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (Lhcx9) 149
>>one of my favorite episodes is 'The Obsolete Man'.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (6vvewhat it o Yep. Shame that tv has become such schlock. Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (XzT/D) 150
Since when did we come to depend on ethanol production so much for CO2. I was just reading. The situation is getting dire, and there will be a major disruption in CO2 supply if something isn't done. The industry sent a letter to Mike Pence, saying federal action is needed to get this under control. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 10:25 PM (rCwaK) 151
Rod Serling was a fantastic writer.
Unfortunately he chose television as a medium, which from its inception to not that long ago, has had next to no respect whatsoever for writers. The networks pretty much used him up and spit him out as soon as he got "too old." That finally changed with shows like Sopranos and Breaking Bad, but it took so long to get there. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:25 PM (L2ZTs) 152
107 If those drones are made in China, then they are enemy aircraft. Shoot them down.
We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (miJU3) A shotgun wouldn't do the trick? F 'em. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (vVOK2) 153
148 I missed Trump's presser today. Anyone have a link to the transcript?
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (Lhcx9) I think you can play it again at the CSPAN site. Posted by: Braenyard at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (lkl+P) 154
Puddleglum, no need for apologies, you're among friends here.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (NbiPY) 155
Going to be experimenting with a new prayer set. How long I'll be able to maintain it, I don't know ... I'm not all that good at praying to begin with. But it uses rosary beads, just with the Our Father on the Hail Mary beads, and the Glory Be on the Our Father beads (conventional rosary).
But Jesus said the Our Father was the perfect prayer, so I figure my attempt can't be all bad. Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (T8YHO) 156
The other thing about The Obsolete Man is it has Burgess Meredith in it. Another one of my girlhood crushes!
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (6vvep) 157
I remember my mom making cinnamon rolls for us kids-
whacking that tube of uncooked dough on the edge of the counter top and unrolling it- how the lid of the icing thingie always stuck to the bottom of the last roll- ah memories Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (iTXRQ) 158
FFS.......I am deeply overtired and disgusted with the "we are all in this together" commercials!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:13 PM (/UQ/R) Yeah, we're sick of them, too. Posted by: 1-877-Kars4Kids at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (Y8PSl) 159
It's pretty sad when Bill Maher sees a pube and gets all philosophical, on the correct side of an issue.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (NbiPY) 160
donated by DJU, a Chinese company...blah, blah, social distancing.
--- I'm old enough to remember when collusion with a hostile foreign government was a problem. Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (kOpft) 161
If you miss a Trump presser, it's easy to assemble your own transcript:
REPORTER: "[insert mindbendingly dumb anti-American, anti-PDT, pro-Chinese question here]" PDT: "[insert sound of machine gun fire here]" Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (L2ZTs) 162
Rod Serling was a fantastic writer.
Unfortunately he chose television as a medium, which from its inception to not that long ago, has had next to no respect whatsoever for writers. The networks pretty much used him up and spit him out as soon as he got "too old." . Posted by: qdpsteve I like to think because of TV, an awful lot of folks got to enjoy his writing. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:28 PM (2ygtH) 163
qdpsteve
I got the context now. My apologies for being obtuse. Good ones are available. Here is a video for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84u5k4bboU4 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:28 PM (u82oZ) 164
147 When it come to beating up your wimmenz, Wuflu quarantine is Super Bowl Sunday, a WBC heavyweight bout, and the WNBA ladies basketball championship all rolled into one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (XVuno) So, are they beating their women before, during or after the wuflu? Aren't they too sick to do that? Or is it that everyone is just fucking fine and probably don't need the quarantine anyway. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:28 PM (vVOK2) 165
I like how the one song the Rolling Stones did last night for that Virus telethon was Trump's favorite song, the one that closes out his rallies
You Can't Always Get What You Want. Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:28 PM (o1fzk) 166
I like to think because of TV, an awful lot of folks got to enjoy his writing.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:28 PM (2ygtH) ++++++++++++++ And The Twilight Zone, IIRC, was of two exceptions to the FCC's "vast wasteland" condemnation. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:28 PM (IT/Xb) 167
161 -- LOL!
Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:29 PM (T8YHO) 168
Quint, that is one of the best Caddyshack quotes, and I can quote the entire movie start to finish.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:29 PM (NbiPY) 169
>>155 Going to be experimenting with a new prayer set. How long I'll be able to maintain it, I don't know ... I'm not all that good at praying to begin with. But it uses rosary beads, just with the Our Father on the Hail Mary beads, and the Glory Be on the Our Father beads (conventional rosary). Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (T8YHO)
Consider praying to the idol. A lot less imagination required, zero guilt, just a nod... Posted by: Zod at April 19, 2020 10:29 PM (XzT/D) 170
86 The phrase life will never be the same again really irritates me. I don't know what that means. I think that use the phrase don't know what that means.
As soon as someone says that I stop listening. Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy I think there are those who want to keep this added government control over our lives. "We have to continue ..... or the chinese plague will spike again. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:29 PM (+lVUW) 171
Operation Remind Denver Why They Vote Against Republicans was a success, then.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 19, 2020 10:29 PM (ykYG2) 172
156 The other thing about The Obsolete Man is it has Burgess Meredith in it. Another one of my girlhood crushes!
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (6vvep) --------- Penguins are hot. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM (XVuno) 173
159 It's pretty sad when Bill Maher sees a pube and gets all philosophical, on the correct side of an issue.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (NbiPY) I can't figure out how such a total loser ever sees a pubic hair. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM (vVOK2) 174
DLV, I'm sorry, maybe I'm just bitter and small, but I'm not ready to welcome Bill Maher back to the Decente People Club at all. He's been way too hateful and dismissive of PDT and supporters for way too long.
IMHO the correct response to Maher is "what are you complaining about, comrade? You wanted the market to tank oh so bad and you got your fcuking fondest wish. Now just STFU, go back inside your 200-room mansion and rape a couple more underage girls whose parents signed unenforceable NDAs." Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM (L2ZTs) 175
150- Since when did we come to depend on ethanol production so much for CO2. I was just reading. The situation is getting dire, and there will be a major disruption in CO2 supply if something isn't done.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 10:25 PM Is this an example of that butterfly effect everyone's talking about? This is where it will start to hurt- I can't live without my Pepsi! Posted by: Moonbeam at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM (qe5CM) 176
We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (miJU3) Magnetron and a suitable power source. The practical details are left as an exercise to the reader. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM (t+qrx) 177
What came over Bill Maher. Did he have a complete life changing event happen? Lately it seems he has done a 180 turn from being the ass he was before. Next thing you know, he'll be endorsing PDT. Go Bill.
Posted by: Lump at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM (038dU) 178
We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon A Marx tank, a directional antenna, and a sulfur hexafluoride spark gap = EMP. Needs a generator to power it up. And not too mobile. But stealthy. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:31 PM (u82oZ) 179
Close your eyes
Open your eyes Life will never be the same as it was before you closed your eyes. Posted by: Braenyard at April 19, 2020 10:31 PM (lkl+P) 180
Some rat, true. Unfortunately though, a lot of that great drama was made that way in spite of the networks, not thanks to the networks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs) 181
Greetings on four-twenty eve!
Posted by: Zeera at April 19, 2020 10:31 PM (zUdXR) 182
So, are they beating their women before, during or after the wuflu?
--------- Beating your women when you're already on a ventilator requires grit and a long extension cord. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (XVuno) 183
155 Going to be experimenting with a new prayer set. How long I'll be able to maintain it, I don't know ... I'm not all that good at praying to begin with. But it uses rosary beads, just with the Our Father on the Hail Mary beads, and the Glory Be on the Our Father beads (conventional rosary).
But Jesus said the Our Father was the perfect prayer, so I figure my attempt can't be all bad. Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (T8YHO) Why not just pray the rosary? It is really meditative and takes less than 20 minutes, and you get the entire life of Christ over three days. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (vVOK2) 184
174- "Now just STFU"
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM I agree with everything you said w/r/t Maher. Posted by: Moonbeam at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (qe5CM) Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (o1fzk) Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (TdMsT) 187
Magnetron and a suitable power source. The practical details are left as an exercise to the reader. Posted by: hogmartin I was going down the frequency flooding path... Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (2ygtH) 188
Going to be experimenting with a new prayer set. How
long I'll be able to maintain it, I don't know ... I'm not all that good at praying to begin with. But it uses rosary beads, just with the Our Father on the Hail Mary beads, and the Glory Be on the Our Father beads (conventional rosary). But Jesus said the Our Father was the perfect prayer, so I figure my attempt can't be all bad. Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:26 PM (T8YHO) Got a reminder once about the "Our Father" when I was attending a Catholic service at a nursing home where my grandma lived. They did the "Our Father" and, being raised Protestant, after everyone else had ended I kept going. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (SIXRk) 189
qdp, it'd be unpresidential, but I'd almost rather see Trump sit on the offending tard's head and fart.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (NbiPY) 190
I've had about all i can take of this online worship.
--- I never watched any of it. If I thought the preacher was the important part of Sunday morning worship, I'd just DVR Joel Osteen. Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (kOpft) 191
"It is what it is."
Indeed. Posted by: Zod It's the perfect phrase for losers. Watch the tv court shows. The losers say that a lot. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (+lVUW) 192
No beer, no soda; Save the planet.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (lkl+P) 193
34 I'm watching Vincent Price in "The Last Man on Earth", a telling of Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQIhzNpBLQ Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:06 PM (Dc2NZ) Excellent flick! I do wish for a version more faithful to the source material. Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (di1hb) Posted by: JQ at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (whOIk) 195
Also, just a suggestion: we were talkin' blues last night. How about posting 30 days of classic blues? Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton. Just an idea.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:11 PM (L2ZTs) "Classic Blues" has an actual definition, usually a woman singer with piano or jazz band accompaniment. Like this: https://hooktube.com/watch?v=4H7MUq_o4iY Ma Rainey, 1924. Recorded acoustically, most likely. Your list is electric blues guitarists, and mostly a younger generation of those. No T-Bone Walker? https://hooktube.com/watch?v=0GsRzqbRvus Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (miJU3) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (L2ZTs) 197
>We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Hawk kills drone https://tinyurl.com/o4wswu4 train hawks Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (iTXRQ) 198
Quint, that is one of the best Caddyshack quotes, and I can quote the entire movie start to finish.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:29 PM (NbiPY) i believe you. I can do that with quite a few sitcoms for some reason. I dont' know what good it does me but it is what it is. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (hHxp2) 199
Households are capitalism’s pressure cookers.
Yeah, well, unlike her fellow travelers normal people use pressure cookers to make dinner. Posted by: Ace's liver at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (wGeit) 200
Today's PDT press briefing:
preview.tinyurl.com/y72glof8 Posted by: JQ at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (whOIk) ++++++++++++++ Thanks! Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:33 PM (IT/Xb) 201
The new collegiate model: an attractive and publicly visible auteur or polymath who takes $25K a year to lecture on various topics from would-be students he or she wants to fuck.
Now just need an accreditation body... Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2020 10:34 PM (8erNz) 202
Got a reminder once about the "Our Father" when I was attending a Catholic service at a nursing home where my grandma lived. They did the "Our Father" and, being raised Protestant, after everyone else had ended I kept going.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (SIXRk) ---------- We get to the rest of it, eventually. ![]() Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2020 10:34 PM (/669Q) 203
Before you get all wet over Bill Maher, watch him wear his ass for a hat.
He's not your friend even if he is accidentally right once or twice. https://tinyurl.com/ybcjzspc Posted by: JackStraw at April 19, 2020 10:34 PM (ZLI7S) 204
Methos, did you hear the latest about disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker?
He's now doing infomercials hawking deionized water called "Silver Solution" as a magical cure for CV19. Complete snake oil. Nice to see he never learned a fcuking thing. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:34 PM (L2ZTs) 205
Navy Master Chief Rife is my hero!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (CjFDo) 206
I just realized we Catholics have been reciting the Nicene Creed since the 4th Century.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (o1fzk) 207
Zod --
This one would inquire which idol, in which universe? There are so many, after all, the recommender must be more specific. Akatosh? A small chance. Molag Bol or another Daedric Prince? Not a chance! Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (T8YHO) 208
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:19 PM (NWiLs)
~~~~~ What are you doing up?! You realize this is a work night, don't you?! Get to bed. Now. Posted by: IrishEi at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (sGotD) 209
He's not your friend even if he is accidentally right once or twice.
Posted by: JackStraw Amen brother, amen. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (2ygtH) 210
206 I just realized we Catholics have been reciting the Nicene Creed since the 4th Century.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (o1fzk) Reciting it or reading it from the liturgy? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (aA3+G) 211
I was going down the frequency flooding path...
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (2ygtH) To mess with the control signals, that would work. They're probably remotely piloted. I was thinking of a general-purpose tool that would work on inertially-guided drones too. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (t+qrx) 212
128 BREAKING
National Council of Economic Advisors predict 0.3% increase in quarterly GDP due to increased productivity in Insom sector Posted by: MiklosWatch at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (QzkSJ) And I'm barely getting started! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (NWiLs) 213
Bill Maher tried to claim that Trump was slow to react to the CV threat, but Crenshaw calmly placed him in a chokehold of facts:
https://tinyurl.com/yb482jhx Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (Dc2NZ) 214
206 I just realized we Catholics have been reciting the Nicene Creed since the 4th Century.
How long have you been getting it wrong? Posted by: I'm 'Enery the Eighth I am I am... at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (8erNz) 215
206 I just realized we Catholics have been reciting the Nicene Creed since the 4th Century.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (o1fzk) --------- You guys are still worried about a resurgence of Arianism? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (XVuno) 216
What are you doing up?! You realize this is a work night, don't you?! Get to bed. Now. Posted by: IrishEi at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (sGotD) You're not the boss of me! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (NWiLs) 217
202 Got a reminder once about the "Our Father" when I was attending a Catholic service at a nursing home where my grandma lived. They did the "Our Father" and, being raised Protestant, after everyone else had ended I kept going.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (SIXRk) ---------- We get to the rest of it, eventually. Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2020 10:34 PM (/669 We said the Lord's Prayer for grace at my son's house on Easter. They said "sins" but I always say " trespasses." And I kept going, forgetting that my son married a good Catholic girl... Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT) 218
Hello dahlin Ladyl!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (/UQ/R) Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:38 PM (TdMsT) 220
{{{Ladyl}}}
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:38 PM (NWiLs) 221
Reciting it or reading it from the liturgy?
If you asked me to recite it while I was walking down the street, I couldn't. But at Mass, once it's begun, it's amazing how much of it you recite from memory. Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:38 PM (o1fzk) 222
216 Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
I was waiting for that. Maybe she wants to be. Now that you have a job. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:38 PM (u82oZ) 223
Funny bit from the Corona briefing earlier: Trump starts reading from a complimentary WSJ article, and he does his usual thing where he expands on a phrase he likes.
"He has vivified the American way in action, once it was reluctantly aroused" -- and it was hard to get it aroused, and it *is* hard to get it aroused, but we got it aroused. He also pulled a test swab out of his jacket, and held it up for the cameras and said, "You know what it looks like? It looks like one of these." And then he whipped out three Q-tips. Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at April 19, 2020 10:39 PM (sGnvY) Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:39 PM (TdMsT) 225
We've got Maher on the calendar, but as we're working a short schedule due to Moo Goo Gai Pandemic, he might not be back to his usual off-kilter schedule for a while.
Posted by: Broken Clock Repair LLC at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (8erNz) 226
When it comes to heresies, I was always more of a doscetism guy myself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (XVuno) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (u82oZ) 228
I missed the Mittens beating, what happened
Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (B7KlG) 229
Back to the grindstone tomorrow?
I'm still cheering you on! Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:39 PM (TdMsT) You betcha! And thanks so much! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (NWiLs) 230
I've had about all i can take of this online worship.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 19, 2020 10:08 PM (aA3+G) ..... We keep having more and more visitors to our church services because we are still having them. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (6SvfK) 231
LadyL, I'm Catholic and went to Catholic school for 12 years , and I always said "Forgive us our trespasses"
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:41 PM (o1fzk) 232
Cicero (@cicero)
How many people chant Heritic at you? I had to look that up. I thought only Vic knew about it. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:41 PM (u82oZ) 233
Sunday Swimwear ONT Compliance Pics
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You're not the boss of me!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (NWiLs) ~~~~~ Fine. But don't expect me to write a note for you. Posted by: IrishEi at April 19, 2020 10:41 PM (sGotD) 235
Anyone else here enjoy sudoku?
I admit I just discovered it. I downloaded an app to my cell phone... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (L2ZTs) 236
148 I missed Trump's presser today. Anyone have a link to the transcript?
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (Lhcx9) I caught only the end. Love the exchange where the reporter asked him whether he had excluded Mitt from the task force because he held a grudge against Mitt. Trump's answer: Yeah, pretty much. Posted by: Splunge at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (dOV9E) 237
LOL. Left-wing Twitter is all upset.
You see, the Chinese Communist Party has decreed that any criticism of "China" is by definition racist, and shows that you hate Chinese people. Many left-wing Americans have happily adopted this decree, of course. Well, the Joe Biden campaign, smarting from a Trump ad pointing out that Beijing Biden has been licking the boots of the Chinese Communist Party for years, came out with their own ad, with subtitles like: "But Trump rolled over for the Chinese" "Trump praised the Chinese 15 times" "40,000 Traveled From China into the U.S. After Travel Ban" Good luck trying to portray Trump as a Chinese patsy, Slow Joe. The ad: https://tinyurl.com/ycbdmvu6 Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (I2/tG) 238
qdp, I was unclear or you misunderstood my comment on Bill-do Maher. He's an unmitigated ass, but every now and again he utters something reasonable, a case of "even a blind squirrel catches his nuts in his zipper."
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (NbiPY) 239
Hanging in there! Glad to "see" that you have been able to play with fuzzy balls
![]() Please stop calling this quarantine! I am not sick.....this is house arrest! Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (/UQ/R) 240
231 LadyL, I'm Catholic and went to Catholic school for 12 years , and I always said "Forgive us our trespasses"
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:41 PM (o1fzk) That's right! I'm getting dementia! I meant to say, in our Protestant church we always said "debtors." Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:43 PM (TdMsT) 241
215 206 I just realized we Catholics have been reciting the Nicene Creed since the 4th Century.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (o1fzk) --------- You guys are still worried about a resurgence of Arianism? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (XVuno) Always. The old heresies don't die, they just crop up again and again. Hell, Islam is a heresy of Catholicism, just like Protestantism. We Catholics have also been using the NT in our liturgy since before it was the NT. So, there's that. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:43 PM (vVOK2) 242
Tonypete, Hope you and your family are well. Have you been homeschooling the grandkids?
Posted by: Mrs. JTB at April 19, 2020 10:43 PM (7EjX1) 243
Anyone else here enjoy sudoku? I admit I just discovered it. I downloaded an app to my cell phone... Posted by: qdpsteve Heh, without details...it's the perfect bathroom book. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:43 PM (2ygtH) Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:43 PM (NWiLs) 245
Trump's answer: Yeah, pretty much.
Mitt voted to convict Trump and remove him from office. Yeah, I wouldn't expect any favors from Trump, Mitt. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (I2/tG) 246
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230 I've had about all i can take of this online worship.
I actually sit in on two, one (my wife's) is pretty professionally done, and one (that's more or less mine) is still getting their feet under them. But yeah, being able to crawl out of bed, wander out to the couch, and scratch yourself during the service kinda takes a bit of the moment out of it. Posted by: Broken Clock Repair LLC at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (8erNz) Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (Lhcx9) 249
Fine. But don't expect me to write a note for you.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 19, 2020 10:41 PM (sGotD) I can, um, procure my own notes, thank you very much. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (NWiLs) 250
Bill Maher tried to claim that Trump was slow to react to the CV threat, but Crenshaw calmly placed him in a chokehold of facts:
https://tinyurl.com/yb482jhx Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:36 PM (Dc2NZ) ++++++++++++++++ Except that I suspect he's a snake-in-waiting, Crenshaw is often spectacular and those six minutes against the sniveling weasel Maher were excellent. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (IT/Xb) 251
I've found full episodes of Flying Wild Alaska on YouTube. I'm enjoying it a lot.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (Uu+Jp) 252
TCN --
Yes, the Rosary is nice ... but I cannot seem to recite the prayers and meditate on the Mysteries at the same time. I simply fall asleep around the middle of the second decade, if I even remember what I'm supposed to be meditating on. Mea maxima culpa! Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (T8YHO) 253
Methos, did you hear the latest about disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker?
He's now doing infomercials hawking deionized water called "Silver Solution" as a magical cure for CV19. Complete snake oil. --- Ugh, yes. I'm amazed he still has an audience. Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (kOpft) 254
I feel bad for people living on the edge with a mortgage and no job. Been there. Country will be hurting for awhile. $1200 will get everyone wasted for a couple weeks.
Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (K22Va) 255
Got a reminder once about the "Our Father" when I
was attending a Catholic service at a nursing home where my grandma lived. They did the "Our Father" and, being raised Protestant, after everyone else had ended I kept going. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (SIXRk) ---------- We get to the rest of it, eventually. Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2020 10:34 PM (/669 We said the Lord's Prayer for grace at my son's house on Easter. They said "sins" but I always say " trespasses." And I kept going, forgetting that my son married a good Catholic girl... Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT) that is funny Vendette. We only have one that starts with Our Father.... And I never liked when they changed trespasses to debts. I still say trespasses. I it a broader term and covers more. I don't know why they changed it to debts. I guess some guy decided it was a better translation. There is more to this than translation. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (hHxp2) 256
149 >>one of my favorite episodes is 'The Obsolete Man'.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:22 PM (6vvewhat it o Yep. Shame that tv has become such schlock. Posted by: Zod Alfred Hitchcock Presents is on one of the cable channels really late at night. I should record it. His shows were great. He made murder entertaining. Then there was his commentary. What's fun with both Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents is all of the actors who would later end up being big stars. Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper were in Twilight Zone episodes. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (+lVUW) 257
Remember all those spring breakers who were on the Florida beaches last month who WERE "GOING TO KILL THEMSELVES AND EVERYBODY ELSE"
Seems that the contact tracing the MSM uses can't trace a single case back to any spring breakers Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (qAR6u) 258
Also, just a suggestion: we were talkin' blues last night. How about posting 30 days of classic blues? Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton. Just an idea. Posted by: qdpsteve I would add Paul Butterfield Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (CjFDo) 259
I have a sudden desire to replace my entire wardrobe with fancy tunics.
Posted by: Fritz at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (95j/9) 260
239 Hanging in there! Glad to "see" that you have been able to play with fuzzy balls
Please stop calling this quarantine! I am not sick.....this is house arrest! Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (/UQ/R) Yes! We are on house arrest! My recent 37 year old tennis partner was too hungover to play today. So I played with my "block husband." He hadn't picked up a tennis racket in 20 years, although he's a good racketball player. He hit pretty darned well, considering, but I enjoyed cleaning his clock!! Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (TdMsT) 261
Although I heard rumors of crashing a bridesmaid party getting out of hand in a NoVAMoMeet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:21 PM (u82oZ) I missed it, partly because I was a nice person and drove Gabe Malor to his place, plus I needed to get my car out of the parking garage and I was tired. I know the identities of some of the participants in that escapade, and the location. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (SIXRk) 262
250 those six minutes against the sniveling weasel Maher were excellent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:44 PM (IT/Xb) He figured out how to nail Maher, who is used to succeeding because of his audience, and because he does more homework than most of the people he talks to. Crenshaw had the facts at his fingertips to shut Maher down hard. Posted by: Splunge at April 19, 2020 10:47 PM (dOV9E) 263
Mitt voted to convict Trump and remove him from office.
Yeah, I wouldn't expect any favors from Trump, Mitt. Posted by: The ARC of History! No shit! "Ummm Mr. President, this guy has shit on you for 4 years, why haven't you embraced him?" Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:47 PM (2ygtH) 264
259 I have a sudden desire to replace my entire wardrobe with fancy tunics.
Posted by: Fritz at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (95j/9) Is this Hillary? Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:47 PM (TdMsT) 265
254 I feel bad for people living on the edge with a mortgage and no job. Been there. Country will be hurting for awhile. $1200 will get everyone wasted for a couple weeks.
Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (K22Va) Consumer news reporter said to stay out of Walmart for the next week as the stores will be overrun by people spending their stimulus money like it was burning a hole in their pockets. Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:48 PM (Lhcx9) 266
252 TCN --
Yes, the Rosary is nice ... but I cannot seem to recite the prayers and meditate on the Mysteries at the same time. I simply fall asleep around the middle of the second decade, if I even remember what I'm supposed to be meditating on. Mea maxima culpa! Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 10:45 PM (T8YHO) That's okay, St. Therese used to fall asleep during the rosary and she made saint. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:48 PM (vVOK2) 267
"But Trump rolled over for the Chinese"
"Trump praised the Chinese 15 times" "40,000 Traveled From China into the U.S. After Travel Ban" ... Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (I2/tG) +++++++++++++ - In what way did Trump "roll over" for the Chinese? Was it his tariff structure and major first-phase trade deal? Was it his constant pressure on them in international organizations? Was it his support for Hong Kong and Taiwan? - Everything is YUGE and luxurious and beautiful and wonderful. It's Trump's way. Hell, he described *Kim Jong Un* in human terms when they were in negotiations. Gimme a break. - Those thousands of people who came in from China were US passport holders or US green card holders. Citizens and permanent residents get to come in. They were screened and many were quarantined - except for the ones the State Department smuggled back into the general population against orders because State is a worthless, anti-American agency and has been for about a century. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:48 PM (IT/Xb) 268
264 Hillary Clinton
Ah, the really scary one has arrived. A great Old One from the outer cosmos. Everyone make a saving throw for sanity. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (u82oZ) 269
Of course the oh so smaht lefties made a #FloridaMoron hashtag because we opened a few beaches.
Most of the beaches in California are still open, while most of the beaches in Florida are still closed. So why no #CaliforniaMoron hashtag? Oh... the governor's (D) shield... Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (qAR6u) 270
I could never do the rosary the way you're supposed to do it. I can't meditate on a theme while saying completely different words. I can meditate on the words I'm saying, but there's no way my mind can also occupy itself with the set of Mysteries that are supposed to accompany each decade.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (6vvep) 271
I just realized we Catholics have been reciting the Nicene Creed since the 4th Century.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:35 PM (o1fzk) Reciting it or reading it from the liturgy? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Reciting it in Latin and Greek instead of the Apostles Creed on my chaplet Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (B7KlG) 272
..We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon A Marx tank, a directional antenna, and a sulfur hexafluoride spark gap = EMP. Needs a generator to power it up. And not too mobile. But stealthy. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:31 PM (u82oZ) ..We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon A Marx tank, a directional antenna, and a sulfur hexafluoride spark gap = EMP. Needs a generator to power it up. And not too mobile. But stealthy. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:31 PM (u82oZ) Copper windings around a 48 in. high-strength steel tube, with a 1 in. smooth bore. Parabolic antenna at the breech end, facing downrange. Massive breech reinforcement. "Propellant" will be 1 oz. of C-4 and the "slug" will be a rare-earth magnet encased in a nylon sabot, so as not to bind against the steel barrel. Upon firing (the slug need not hit the drone at all, here) the resultant Electro Magnetic Pulse will be hugely energized, directional and broad-spectrum. You'll wanna carriage mount it though. Recoil is gonna be... rough. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (QzJWU) 273
Also, just a suggestion: we were talkin' blues
last night. How about posting 30 days of classic blues? Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton. Just an idea. Posted by: qdpsteve ... or maybe this one imcluding a LOT of the greats.. https://youtu.be/SgXSomPE_FY Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (CjFDo) 274
Always. The old heresies don't die, they just crop up again and again.
Hell, Islam is a heresy of Catholicism, just like Protestantism. --------- Islam isn't really a heresy. It follows the time-honored practice of hijacking the history and characters from an existing religion and building an entirely new theology around it. See, e.g., Manichaeism. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (XVuno) 275
Is it just me, or is the Media being especially vicious lately because there is nothing to report besides Trump's pressers?
Posted by: ALH at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (Lhcx9) 276
Remember all those spring breakers who were on the
Florida beaches last month who WERE "GOING TO KILL THEMSELVES AND EVERYBODY ELSE" Seems that the contact tracing the MSM uses can't trace a single case back to any spring breakers Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (qAR6u) I believe you. The drive -bys have moved on. Only Fox would air this and still most would not care. They Drive- By media carpet bombs and moves on. Still people watch CNN, a lot of them. They are getting censored news as if this presidency never happened. And people think that is ok for some reason. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (hHxp2) 277
DLV, sorry I misunderstood you.
Yeah Maher's a lifetime member of the Broken Clock Country Club. I just can't bring myself to be happy when he make sense anymore. As soon as I praise him, he says something so horrible I feel embarrassed. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:50 PM (L2ZTs) 278
227 {{{......Ladyl......}}}.
Did you thrash someone younger again ... on the courts? Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:40 PM (u82oZ) No. I thrashed an older man! Dear {{{Salty dog}}} Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT) 279
Reciting it in Latin and Greek instead of the Apostles Creed on my chaplet
Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (B7KlG) -------- The OGs recite it in Aramaic. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:50 PM (XVuno) 280
Blue states and blue cities are starting to pound the table and cry to mommy media that they're going to need bailouts.
All because the shitstorm coming of their own creation of killing taxpaying businesses, and they don't want to face the music Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 10:50 PM (qAR6u) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:51 PM (u82oZ) 282
So just watched the ad. Trump "rolled over" for the Chinese by allowing them to reject having American medical experts on the ground in China. Biden says he wouldn't have permitted that.
So, Joe, how? Unless you're willing to invade, it's a sovereign nation. Be more bellicose? Would any amount of bellicosity have gotten Xi to change his mind? Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:51 PM (IT/Xb) 283
177 What came over Bill Maher. Did he have a complete life changing event happen? Lately it seems he has done a 180 turn from being the ass he was before. Next thing you know, he'll be endorsing PDT. Go Bill.
Posted by: Lump He likes to pretend that he isn't 100% SJW/politically correct. It makes him feel like an intellectual. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:51 PM (+lVUW) 284
I could never do the rosary the way you're supposed to do it. I can't meditate on a theme while saying completely different words. I can meditate on the words I'm saying, but there's no way my mind can also occupy itself with the set of Mysteries that are supposed to accompany each decade.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse When I'm getting ready to shoot at a competition, it distracts some of the competition, I can completely zone out in Greek or Latin while holding a 338. Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 10:52 PM (B7KlG) 285
Remember all those spring breakers who were on the Florida beaches last month who WERE "GOING TO KILL THEMSELVES AND EVERYBODY ELSE"
Which is more dangerous in terms of infection - hanging out on a Florida beach, or taking a trip on the New York subway? Funny that they didn't shut the subway down, if they were so concerned about infection risk. Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 19, 2020 10:52 PM (I2/tG) 286
Far from a time to acquiesce to family values ideology, then, the pandemic is an acutely important time to provision, evacuate and generally empower survivors of - and refugees from - the nuclear household. Madeline Lane McKinley ---- One a these days -- to the moon, Madeline! bang-zoom Posted by: Ralph Kramden at April 19, 2020 10:53 PM (t5m5e) 287
I missed it, partly because I was a nice person and drove Gabe Malor to his place, plus I needed to get my car out of the parking garage and I was tired. I know the identities of some of the participants in that escapade, and the location.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:46 PM (SIXRk) --- One person in particular was drawn to tipsy bachelorettes like a bee to honey. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:53 PM (Dc2NZ) 288
Ladyl
Well, before your "block husband" (sounds like a spare you keep when your younger polo player needs to recover) keels over, ask which pocket his wallet is in. It's so awkward to search the bodies. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:53 PM (u82oZ) Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:53 PM (K22Va) 290
He likes to pretend that he isn't 100% SJW/politically correct. It makes him feel like an intellectual.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:51 PM (+lVUW) +++++++++++++++ He and every other "intellectual" can fuck directly off. There are two ways to use that word - as an adjective or as a noun. "He's intellectual" or "he's an intellectual man" has a wildly different meaning from "he's an intellectual." Anyone who's "an intellectual" - the noun form - can fuck directly off. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (IT/Xb) 291
chi-town, those are both great, thanks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (L2ZTs) 292
All because the shitstorm coming of their own creation of killing taxpaying businesses, and they don't want to face the music
Posted by: kbdabear Just read Ill. wants an additional 10Bil for their pensions. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (2ygtH) 293
I never thought of my home as capitalism's pressure cooker before. I'd like to think of it as liberty's waffle iron instead.
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (COzlW) 294
177 What came over Bill Maher. Did he have a
complete life changing event happen? Lately it seems he has done a 180 turn from being the ass he was before. Next thing you know, he'll be endorsing PDT. Go Bill. Posted by: Lump He likes to pretend that he isn't 100% SJW/politically correct. It makes him feel like an intellectual. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:51 PM (+lVUW) yeah he does this from time to time. It is like how Jake Tapper used to pretend to be fair and conservatives used to beg to go on his show. It was a joke really, he offered a morsel once in a long while and we all begged. Maher is the same way. He is still a leftist and a real shit. But you can pick any year out and he delivers a monologue like this. I am not saying don't support him in this. But he is not changing, it is something he has done for years. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (hHxp2) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:55 PM (u82oZ) 296
293 I never thought of my home as capitalism's pressure cooker before. I'd like to think of it as liberty's waffle iron instead.
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (COzlW) --------- I see it as more of freedom's juicer. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:55 PM (XVuno) 297
Joe was going to drop in airborne viral pathologist?
Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 10:55 PM (B7KlG) 298
Just read Ill. wants an additional 10Bil for their pensions.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (2ygtH) Heh. Hah hah! HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! Fuck off and die, Illinois... Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 10:56 PM (NWiLs) 299
288 Ladyl
Well, before your "block husband" (sounds like a spare you keep when your younger polo player needs to recover) keels over, ask which pocket his wallet is in. It's so awkward to search the bodies. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:53 PM (u82oZ) Ha!!! I'll do that next time! He was holding his back when we left the court. Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:56 PM (TdMsT) 300
Funny that they didn't shut the subway down, if they were so concerned about infection risk.
Posted by: The ARC of History! When Insleep decided buses were cleaner than restaurants, is when I decided his orders were bullshit. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:57 PM (2ygtH) 301
Just read Ill. wants an additional 10Bil for their pensions.
Gee, I can't guess where that will come from. Not from the backs of IL taxpayers like that fat prick keeps saying, I'm sure. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:57 PM (K22Va) 302
Same service as the "Let's keep going because I'm Protestant" incident, they did the full Rosary. My grandma prayed the Rosary every single day for decades upon decades. At that point she was getting pretty far into dementia. She kept drifting into and out of stages of wakefulness, but throughout she fingered the beads with very little help from my mom. As far as I know that may have been the last time she did that.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:57 PM (SIXRk) 303
"I never thought of my home as capitalism's pressure cooker before. I'd like to think of it as liberty's waffle iron instead. "
My home is a George Foreman grill. Posted by: George Foreman at April 19, 2020 10:57 PM (Tnijr) 304
Fritz, so have I; you must be seeing the same ads I have. Those fancy embroidered ones.
Posted by: skywch at April 19, 2020 10:58 PM (Y/Ps0) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 10:58 PM (u82oZ) 306
Salty Dog--how are you doing? How are things out your way?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 10:58 PM (TdMsT) 307
235 Anyone else here enjoy sudoku?
I admit I just discovered it. I downloaded an app to my cell phone... Posted by: qdpsteve It's the only thing I miss from the daily newspaper. I should start doing online or downloaded versions. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:58 PM (+lVUW) 308
Anyone else here enjoy sudoku? Is that when you slice yourself open with a knife? Don't think I'd like that much. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (aKsyK) 309
POS media uses phony photos to show "crowded beaches" in Jacksonville. Bright sunshine in the pictures even though it was cloudy in Northern Florida on Friday and Saturday.
Some locals took pics in real time of sparsely used beaches. To top it off, the media didn't even use pics of Jacksonville Beach this weekend, they weren't even in Florida. Hills in the background indicated the beach definitely wasn't Florida. Then today BCochran tweeted news headlines for stories about Jacksonville beaches and Los Angles beaches using the EXACT SAME FUCKING PICTURE! https://tinyurl.com/y8nn8hom Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (qAR6u) Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (K22Va) 311
To pass the time on quarantine I was sitting on the back deck strumming my guitar and singing a little. I heard a voice yell out, "Hey! You suck! Shut the hell up! I'm trying to get some sleep!"
I replied, "Yes dear! I'll be right in!" Posted by: Muldoon at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (Fc5rx) 312
Islam isn't really a heresy. It follows the time-honored practice of hijacking the history and characters from an existing religion and building an entirely new theology around it.
See, e.g., Manichaeism. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 10:49 PM (XVuno) Read Belloc. He demonstrates how Islam was formed from Catholicism but removed all of the sin aspects, and to do so, removed natural law. It's all there. Worth a perusal. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 11:00 PM (vVOK2) 313
The OGs recite it in Aramaic.
Posted by: Cicero I reached my Max languages for an INT of 17 before Last Temptation came out Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 11:00 PM (B7KlG) 314
I dont think NJ will have a revolt similiar to the other states. After seeing people out n about today, we're just gonna ignore Jackass Murphy, do what we want to do until he sends his thugs after us. Then its game on
Posted by: BluesFish at April 19, 2020 11:00 PM (WQZ1O) Posted by: deplorable unperson - END THE LOCKDOWN : It's just a damn bug at April 19, 2020 11:00 PM (xYFRc) 316
Ladyl
We are doing fine. I helped with spousal computer IT issues, and did a lot of administrative paperwork. I have a scorching letter to the editor going in, and my lab building construction has been moved up a month. Good times. I just found out we can recall our Dem governor, so things are looking up. I may lead that locally. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:01 PM (u82oZ) Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 11:01 PM (B7KlG) 318
Just read Ill. wants an additional 10Bil for their pensions.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 10:54 PM (2ygtH) DeBlasio is already banging the drum for a whole bunch of money for NYC. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:01 PM (SIXRk) 319
If you asked me to recite it while I was walking down the street, I couldn't.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2020 10:38 PM (o1fzk) ------------ I bet you could. "I believe in One God, the Father Almighty,. . . " You kept going, didn't you?! Ladyl, all the Catholics I know say "trespasses" too. It's printed that way in all our Mass books and other prayer books at church and the ones I have here too. Good night everyone! Posted by: bluebell at April 19, 2020 11:01 PM (/669Q) 320
Rest assured Bill Maher is still an insufferable Lefty jerk. He is, however, a rarity in that he is quick to point out the boneheaded moves his side makes in their futile attempts to lock down the 2020 election.
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2020 11:01 PM (COzlW) 321
301 Just read Ill. wants an additional 10Bil for their pensions.
Gee, I can't guess where that will come from. Not from the backs of IL taxpayers like that fat prick keeps saying, I'm sure. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:57 PM (K22Va) ************ whoa Nellie! That's some monkey on their back! And everyday the state stays closed expands that by million$ They could do what California did some years ago...issue IOU's. Illinois could also rig the lottery so the state wins at least a few million. Posted by: torabora at April 19, 2020 11:02 PM (Y274z) 322
It's the only thing I miss from the daily newspaper. I should start doing online or downloaded versions.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:58 PM (+lVUW) I print the LAT daily crossword at home. I have a phone app, but it feels weird not doing it on paper. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:02 PM (t+qrx) 323
More traffic on the freeways, more people doing things outside. I predict traffic jams in Portland in two weeks. And I discovered one of my springers gets car sick on windy roads.
I am moving things around in the living room, which means moving some things in my office. Then I need to start packing again. Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2020 11:02 PM (Lqy/e) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:02 PM (u82oZ) 325
Good night, Bluebell!!!
Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:02 PM (TdMsT) 326
Same service as the "Let's keep going because I'm
Protestant" incident, they did the full Rosary. My grandma prayed the Rosary every single day for decades upon decades. At that point she was getting pretty far into dementia. She kept drifting into and out of stages of wakefulness, but throughout she fingered the beads with very little help from my mom. As far as I know that may have been the last time she did that. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:57 PM (SIXRk) the thing they lose last it what is most ingrained. I was going to say most important but that is not true. Family is most important. But from what i have seen, the thing they lose last is what is most ingrained. In my family's situation, the sufferer last lost math and then music. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:03 PM (hHxp2) 327
Anyone else here enjoy sudoku?
******* We use them as a bedtime "wind down" exercise. Putting the numbers in their boxes seems to work on my brain like tidying up a sock drawer. Pro Tip: Look where the numbers aren't (negative space) rather than where they are. Posted by: Muldoon at April 19, 2020 11:03 PM (Fc5rx) 328
More traffic on the freeways, more people doing things outside. I predict traffic jams in Portland in two weeks. And I discovered one of my springers gets car sick on windy roads.
I am moving things around in the living room, which means moving some things in my office. Then I need to start packing again. Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 19, 2020 11:02 PM (Lqy/e) +++++++++++++++ Traffic in the Denver area (west side, where I live) has been building for the past week and change. Nothing like normal levels yet, but a lot more people seem to be ignoring the "stay at home" order. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:03 PM (IT/Xb) 329
Read Belloc. He demonstrates how Islam was formed
from Catholicism but removed all of the sin aspects, and to do so, removed natural law. It's all there. Worth a perusal. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 11:00 PM (vVOK2) Islam also rejects the concept of the Trinity. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (SIXRk) 330
Some locals took pics in real time of sparsely used beaches.
We use video from Italian hospitals to show how bad things are in New York, too! Posted by: The Media! at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (I2/tG) Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (2ygtH) 332
Good night bluebell. Prayer for you and other in occupied VA.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (u82oZ) 333
That's some monkey on their back!
And everyday the state stays closed expands that by million$ They could do what California did some years ago...issue IOU's. Illinois could also rig the lottery so the state wins at least a few million. --- Maybe someone should ask obama to take care of it from his stash Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (kOpft) 334
https://tinyurl.com/y86tgwx2
0.99 on Kindle, Hillaire Belloc, The Great Heresies. It's masterful. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (vVOK2) Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:05 PM (hHxp2) 336
Good night bluebell. Prayer for you and other in occupied VA. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:04 PM (u82oZ) The chair is against the wall. And Northam is a jagoff. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (hHxp2) 337
Islam isn't really a heresy. It follows the time-honored practice of hijacking the history and characters from an existing religion and building an entirely new theology around it. See, e.g., Manichaeism See, e.g., Mormonism Posted by: Jean at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (B7KlG) 338
A fellow in my town laughs at all those "We're Here For You" ads by the big companies. They've never been here for you, and they never will be here for you.
Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (qAR6u) 339
nyone else here enjoy sudoku?
If your pouring. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:05 PM (hHxp2) Isn't that the Korean liqueur made from spoiled kimchee? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (miJU3) 340
316 Ladyl
We are doing fine. I helped with spousal computer IT issues, and did a lot of administrative paperwork. I have a scorching letter to the editor going in, and my lab building construction has been moved up a month. Good times. I just found out we can recall our Dem governor, so things are looking up. I may lead that locally. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:01 PM (u82oZ) Salty Dog--you are leading a much more exciting life than I am! Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (TdMsT) 341
If a firing range in Kentucky can be Syria, any old beach pic will do for Florida. Wait, what? They're wearing bloomers? Find something more recent for crissakes. Sun rising in the west? That's okay, nobody'll notice. Crop out the Atlantic City ferris wheel and you're good to go.
Posted by: News editor at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (COzlW) 342
I don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (7WaWV) 343
Quint
With that government, she really is behind enemy lines. I saw it coming in 2008. Took until 2011 to convince my wife to move. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:07 PM (u82oZ) 344
To pass the time on quarantine I was sitting on the
back deck strumming my guitar and singing a little. I heard a voice yell out, "Hey! You suck! Shut the hell up! I'm trying to get some sleep!" I replied, "Yes dear! I'll be right in!" Posted by: Muldoon at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (Fc5rx) You live in Colorado, right? Tell her the hills are alive with the sound of music. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:07 PM (SIXRk) 345
Bedtime. See y'all tomorrow on the EMT.
Posted by: Empire1 at April 19, 2020 11:07 PM (T8YHO) 346
veryones a music critic.
You could sing a lullaby instead. Posted by: NaCly Dog ******** Aw, I'm just teasing my lovely wife. She lurks here regularly. That's a running joke we have. Posted by: Muldoon at April 19, 2020 11:07 PM (Fc5rx) 347
nyone else here enjoy sudoku?
If your pouring. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:05 PM (hHxp2) Isn't that the Korean liqueur made from spoiled kimchee? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (miJU3) I t hink you're right. It sounds like a few of those foreign drinks. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (hHxp2) 348
The most bizarre Quarantine thing if my area in Western Denver Metro: howling at the moon.
Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (IT/Xb) 349
Illinois could also rig the lottery so the state wins at least a few million.
I think they get most of it anyway. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (K22Va) 350
I don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (7WaWV) You don't even have to be able to count. You could use any arbitrary symbol, doesn't have to be numbers. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (t+qrx) 351
Isn't that the Korean liqueur made from spoiled kimchee?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (miJU3) +++++++++++++ Soju? Not cabbage-related ![]() Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (IT/Xb) 352
Ladyl
I owe you a story. Which I still have to write. If you proof it, it would go in the Garden thread. But I have the cover letter to the newspaper owner and the Letter to the Editor available right now. But there is context missing since you are out of town. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (u82oZ) 353
Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (IT/Xb) Not if you been hittin' that Chinese opium! Posted by: Curly Bill Brosius at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (qAR6u) 354
>> don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
There's no math or even romper room 'rithmetic in Sudoku. If you want to analyze it and right programs to solve and create them, math is very useful of course. It's just a game of arranging things according to a certain pattern. You could use letters or any set of symbols you like instead of numbers. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (rCwaK) 355
Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (IT/Xb) Report them to the authorities for violating the lockdown and putting everyone's lives at risk. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (t+qrx) 356
310 Fuck off and die, Illinois...
Drop dead and lose your job asshole. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (K22Va) LOL!!! Here, have a Midol. You'll feel much better! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 11:10 PM (NWiLs) 357
Report them to the authorities for violating the lockdown and putting everyone's lives at risk.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (t+qrx) +++++++++++ For I know, nobody is leaving his yard. And also, no. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:10 PM (IT/Xb) 358
When you drink Sunoco you gotta yell BANSAI and slap a Jap...anese person all of whom I greatly respect.
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 19, 2020 11:10 PM (COzlW) 359
You don't even have to be able to count. You could use any arbitrary symbol, doesn't have to be numbers.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM Hmmm... I'll have to check it out, then -- I had no idea what it's about, really... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:10 PM (7WaWV) 360
Good Night Horde
Posted by: wing at April 19, 2020 11:11 PM (JFzNN) 361
314 I dont think NJ will have a revolt similiar to the other states. After seeing people out n about today, we're just gonna ignore Jackass Murphy, do what we want to do until he sends his thugs after us. Then its game on
BluesFish, that's pretty much my take on what is happening from my family members in NJ!!! my cousin is still coaching his kid's ice hockey team! they are getting ice time! how is this possible? lol he is LE and some of the other team dads are police also ![]() whatever I think it's great! good luck in NJ I know it's a lot "hotter" there than here ![]() Posted by: BlackOrchidMasked at April 19, 2020 11:11 PM (j9HX3) 362
In terms of Twilight Zone writers, most of them were pretty good. Matheson was the best, maybe Beaumont 2nd but Serling got in some good ones. "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is a classic, one of the best.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 19, 2020 10:24 PM (l9m7l) I lean towards Matheson myself. And the fact that he wrote Hell House (the basis of The Legend of Hell House movie) seals the deal for me... Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (7s3Gx) 363
Sodoku is simple on the surface, but has a surprising depth the more you play. You need to have a strong facility for logic to excel at it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (XVuno) 364
For I know, nobody is leaving his yard. And also, no.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:10 PM (IT/Xb) You don't know that for a fact. Don't take the chance. It's the right thing to do. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (t+qrx) Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (/UQ/R) 366
Good Night, wing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (u82oZ) 367
The most bizarre Quarantine thing if my area in Western Denver Metro: howling at the moon.
Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM (IT/Xb) How this is showing support for all of your fellow quarantiners and also for first responders and medical personnel is beyond me. Mercifully, I haven't heard it around here. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (SIXRk) Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (NWiLs) 369
You don't know that for a fact. Don't take the chance. It's the right thing to do.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (t+qrx) ++++++++++++++++++++ There's a reason I'm not on Nextdoor ![]() Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (IT/Xb) 370
oju? Not cabbage-related
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (IT/Xb japanese shochu is close. It is more expensive than soju because it is nantural. Tastes like feet. The Chinese version really tastes like feet and moldy cheese. It is called Baiju or Soduko. I kid. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (hHxp2) 371
You need to have a strong facility for logic to excel at it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM Definitely not for me then... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (7WaWV) 372
Good night, Insom!
Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT) 373
How this is showing support for all of your fellow quarantiners and also for first responders and medical personnel is beyond me. Mercifully, I haven't heard it around here.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (SIXRk) +++++++++++++ Is that the game? Huh. I figured it was started by someone going nuts and drunkenly howling at the moon and then the neighbors joined in. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:14 PM (IT/Xb) 374
Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd.
Could it be some variant on the "Clap for the NHS" thing going on in the UK? Don't quite see why it would build solidarity, but maybe it makes sense to the people doing it. Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 11:14 PM (6vvep) 375
Oops--I meant good night Wing!
Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT) 376
Portion of willowed comment. Did get to spend time with great friends yesterday and today caught an 18.5" (maybe mjnus a mm or 2) smalley and 2 nice crappie. All on light action rod w/6lb test line. Healthy, chunky fish too. The fishing tolks will know what that was like. Tomorrow I'll have a rod out for blue cat and hopefully catch a handful more crappie to add to those 2 to make a nice batch (for a single guy) for the freezer. Still eating sandwiches off the last batch I fried up. Good night and May God Bless Who knows who it was that always closed his show with that? If you do, you may hang out on my lawn. Posted by: teej at April 19, 2020 11:14 PM (DEtB+) 377
Miley is into Sudoku, and managed to get my mother addicted to them as well. Their interest prompted me to write a routine to solve them. It works well enough, and will solve most of them in no time flat. However, one time, one of them threw it for a loop. Big time. It got the right answer, but only after an hour of iterating. The trouble was that one just happened to be arranged such that my program had to take just about the longest possible "guess path" to arrive at the solution. The trouble was I need to up my deterministic detection. I'd put a few simple ones, and when those were exhausted, it just began to guess from the candidates. To avoid that long iteration possibility (which has only happened once), I need to go to more complicated deterministic detection schemes. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:15 PM (rCwaK) 378
japanese shochu is close. It is more expensive than soju because it is nantural. Tastes like feet. The Chinese version really tastes like feet and moldy cheese. It is called Baiju or Soduko. I kid.
Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:13 PM (hHxp2) +++++++++++ i got the kidding ![]() I have never had the Japanese or Chinese versions. Sounds ... unpleasant. The Korean stuff is nearly flavorless. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:15 PM (IT/Xb) 379
363 Sodoku is simple on the surface, but has a surprising depth the more you play. You need to have a strong facility for logic to excel at it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 11:12 PM (XVuno) I'm a Sudoku savant, I admit. Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:15 PM (TdMsT) 380
To avoid that long iteration possibility (which has only happened once), I need to go to more complicated deterministic detection schemes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:15 PM (rCwaK) I still know a couple Calvinists from when I lived in Grand Rapids, they could probably help. Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (t+qrx) 381
To avoid that long iteration possibility (which has only happened once), I need to go to more complicated deterministic detection schemes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:15 PM (rCwaK) ++++++++++++ I think writing software to solve sudoku defeats the purpose in such a way that *only* engineer would conceive of it ![]() Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (IT/Xb) 382
Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd.
my dogs would love this maybe they're trying to get actual wolves or at least dogs to join them or something ![]() so tomorrow is our PA protests but I really do have to work sadly. I hope it goes well! I got to see our Lt Gov today. he makes Richard/Rachel seem normal. I don't think the Lt Gov is actually human where did wolf find these freaks?!?! ANYWAY! out of desperation for tax revenues, Wolfie is opening a few state stores this week but only for preorders and curbside pickup. I don't care I won't ever go to a PA state store again. Not ever. This was a crisis and they didn't want to do their jobs (but they of course wanted to be paid). they can go jump in a lake! Posted by: BlackOrchidMasked at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (j9HX3) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (u82oZ) 384
322 It's the only thing I miss from the daily newspaper. I should start doing online or downloaded versions.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 10:58 PM (+lVUW) I print the LAT daily crossword at home. I have a phone app, but it feels weird not doing it on paper. Posted by: hogmartin Good idea. For me the sudocu needs to be done in pencil for when you get to numbers you aren't sure of. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (+lVUW) 385
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Every night this week, as the moon rises, my apartment is surrounded by the sound of people howling at the moon. Very odd. Didn't that start in support of first responders in Italy? Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:17 PM (K22Va) 386
I used to be good at Sudoku, but I stopped doing them and lost my touch. Have to go back to easy ones and practice again. The puzzles I like are cryptoquizzes - you get good at spotting patterns in the codes.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at April 19, 2020 11:17 PM (6vvep) 387
Is that the game? Huh. I figured it was started by
someone going nuts and drunkenly howling at the moon and then the neighbors joined in. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:14 PM (IT/Xb) Yes, that's what it is. There were posts about it on my Nextdoor feed but it hasn't caught on here. Neither has the clapping for first responders and medical personnel idea. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:17 PM (SIXRk) 388
352 Ladyl
I owe you a story. Which I still have to write. If you proof it, it would go in the Garden thread. But I have the cover letter to the newspaper owner and the Letter to the Editor available right now. But there is context missing since you are out of town. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (u82oZ) I would be honored to proof your story, Salty Dog. Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:18 PM (TdMsT) 389
235 Anyone else here enjoy sudoku?
I admit I just discovered it. I downloaded an app to my cell phone... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 10:42 PM (L2ZTs) It's one of my daily "brain exercises. I like the MySudoku site, as they have different varieties. Posted by: Sal at April 19, 2020 11:18 PM (bo8pf) 390
dartist
The Italians started with local songs, about the great town they were in. Actual traditional songs. Not the same. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:18 PM (u82oZ) 391
Good idea. For me the sudocu needs to be done in pencil for when you get to numbers you aren't sure of.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (+lVUW) -------- iOS has a good version for iPad and iPhone. Look for Sudoku+ by Peoplefun GG Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 11:19 PM (XVuno) 392
Sudoku is how Joe Biden pronounces "seduction".
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2020 11:19 PM (COzlW) 393
Matheson is one of my all time favorites. I loved his introspective stuff, and I also loved how campy he could get when he worked with Roger Corman!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2020 11:20 PM (q3gwH) 394
I have never had the Japanese or Chinese versions. Sounds ... unpleasant. The Korean stuff is nearly flavorless.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:15 PM (IT/Xb) I have had both. The Chinese stuff was at a free tasting, it was godawful. This is what they tortured Nixon with. I did buy a bottle of the Japanese stuff out of curiosity. It is hard to find and pretty much impossible if you don't have an Asian population. You might be able to find it at a good Japanese restaurant. I found one bottle and it was ok at first. For sure it it higher quality and all natrual. I think they make it out of sweet potatoes. A bottle will cost you around $30 which is way more than soju. The first few shots are ok but after a while that stink comes in. The Japanese drink a lot more shochu than sakai. that is not well known here. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:20 PM (hHxp2) 395
Sudoku is how Joe Biden pronounces "seduction".
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2020 11:19 PM (COzlW) ++++++++++++++++ Does it grow expidentially? Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:20 PM (IT/Xb) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:20 PM (u82oZ) 397
The Italians started with local songs, about the great town they were in. Actual traditional songs. Not the same.
Pretty cool either way. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:20 PM (K22Va) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:22 PM (u82oZ) 399
>> I think writing software to solve sudoku defeats the purpose in such a way that *only* engineer would conceive of it
Miley razzed me about that as well. Why do you want to write a program to do it. I had also written a routine to solve some of these word jumble puzzles in the paper that my mother does as well. When she can't figure one out, bam, I can tell her the answer. Miley couldn't understand that -- don't you want to solve it for yourself. I explained that, on the contrary I am solving the myself. I wrote a program to do it, that program is my brain working so to speak. The computer just does the tedious work. My brain solved it once, generally, and the slave computer does the grunt work. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:23 PM (rCwaK) 400
Dartist, LadyL and Insomniac, have a great night.
May everyone's dreams be sweet and fulfilling. Hand washing is the new head on a swivel. Because COVID-19 Wuhan crazed politicos and bureaucrats have a Mattis plan. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:23 PM (u82oZ) 401
I am pretty good for Jeopardy/trivial pursuit questions on history, geography, and potent potables. I like logic in theory but not sure how well I do that these days.
Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:24 PM (hHxp2) Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:24 PM (7WaWV) 403
359 You don't even have to be able to count. You could use any arbitrary symbol, doesn't have to be numbers.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 19, 2020 11:08 PM Hmmm... I'll have to check it out, then -- I had no idea what it's about, really... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto I think it appeals to people who like to have everything in its place. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:25 PM (+lVUW) 404
Miley couldn't understand that -- don't you want to solve it for yourself. I explained that, on the contrary I am solving the myself. I wrote a program to do it, that program is my brain working so to speak. The computer just does the tedious work. My brain solved it once, generally, and the slave computer does the grunt work.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:23 PM (rCwaK) +++++++++++++++++ Oh, trust me, I get it. It's just like having a big "E" branded on you. I went through this when my mom started spinning wool to make yarn to use for knitting. As I watched the process, I sketched out a way that we could easily build a rig to do it with electric power and motors and make it easier. She laughed and said, "But I *want* to spin it myself." Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:25 PM (IT/Xb) 405
Fuck off and die, Illinois...
Drop dead and lose your job asshole. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 10:59 PM (K22Va) LOL!!! Here, have a Midol. You'll feel much better! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 11:10 PM (NWiLs) Illinois just needs to be made comfortable while the rest of the country has a discussion about what to do with it. Posted by: Methos at April 19, 2020 11:25 PM (kOpft) 406
We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM (miJU3) Being they're being used in Elizabeth NJ, I'd be surprised if the dindoos haven't already been taking shots at them. Posted by: Curly Bill Brosius at April 19, 2020 11:25 PM (qAR6u) Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (NWiLs) 408
A fast moving marketplace for devices which will take out surveillance drones will soon come into being, if it hasn't done so already. Ima not talking bang bang devices but things like nets, bolos and what have you that would entangle propellers and cause them to drop like a stone. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (pNxlR) 409
All on light action rod w/6lb test line.
Nice. Nothing like catching something big with light tackle. Skillz! Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (K22Va) 410
Blue State governors are now responsible for the largest undergound economy ever. Im not gonna rat out anyone trying to survive right now.
Posted by: BluesFish at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (WQZ1O) 411
The key to sudoku is figuring out what numbers a square can't be, not figuring out what they can be.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (XVuno) 412
Braenyard,
Thx for the link. Your article is full of helpful tips. Sounds like you and your husband went through a real trial but glad you are on the other end of it. Posted by: groovygirl at April 19, 2020 11:27 PM (ybC9u) 413
The Italians started with local songs, about the great town they were in. Actual traditional songs. Not the same.
Pretty cool either way. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:20 PM (K22Va) (puts rustic italian song through Gurgle Translate) "There ain't no Chinese laundries where the river Tiber flows, Those dirty filthy Roma types don't even wash their clothes. Dirty old Roma, filthy old Roma, The 7 hills of Roma are covered in shit." Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:27 PM (miJU3) 414
Hey B.C., Do I remember right that Tues is a pivotal day for you?
God keeps you on my mind so I'm sending up prayers. Posted by: groovygirl at April 19, 2020 11:28 PM (ybC9u) Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:28 PM (K22Va) 416
Michigan's Cruella de Vil lookalike governor (you know, the dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks bint who banned the sale of fucking garden seeds) appears to be trending on Facebook as the new Uber-Karen, savior of all Holy Democratic Values. Because Orange Man pointed out how stupid she is, and Orange Man Bad.
I wonder if they're considering running her in to replace Plugs. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:31 PM (mNq/0) 417
"There ain't no Chinese laundries where the river Tiber flows,
Those dirty filthy Roma types don't even wash their clothes. Dirty old Roma, filthy old Roma, The 7 hills of Roma are covered in shit." Look how proud they are! Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:31 PM (K22Va) 418
The key to sudoku is figuring out what numbers a square can't be, not figuring out what they can be.
******** I disagree. The key to Sudoku is understanding the personality types of the different numbers, and from that basic psychologic understanding, then making educated guesses about their preferred positions within the given puzzle grid. Ones are straightforward. Fives are sneaky bastidges. Never trust a seven any further than you can throw it. Threes, sixes and nines tend to congregate. And it matters how you write the number. Twos need a squiggly tail, fours have to be closed at the top and eights have to be 'snowman' style, two separate ovals stacked up. Don't attempt logic. Posted by: Muldoon at April 19, 2020 11:32 PM (Fc5rx) 419
> We need to brainstorm stealthy ways to knock drones out of the sky.
12 gauges wouldn't be very stealthy, but I'll bet they would be damned effective. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:32 PM (mNq/0) 420
>> It's just like having a big "E" branded on you.
Or a big "P" in my case. Physics is what I was edumucated in. Me, I'm really more of a knowledge for the sake of knowledge type. A contrast comes to mind. Hertz vs Marconi. Hertz, a physicist, first proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by Maxwell. His students asked what were the practical uses of this new phenomenon. He just sort of shrugged his shoulders and said "I dunna know. Nothing, I guess." Didn't much care. It took a Marconi to figure that out. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:32 PM (rCwaK) 421
A fast moving marketplace for devices which will take out surveillance drones will soon come into being, if it hasn't done so already. Ima not talking bang bang devices but things like nets, bolos and what have you that would entangle propellers and cause them to drop like a stone.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (pNxlR) Every surveillance device made for law enforcement seems to be offset by counter devices made for drug cartels. Watching the Watchers. It's not like the Chinese have any scruples about who they sell to. Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2020 11:32 PM (qAR6u) 422
Cicero (@cicero) ,
Thanks. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:32 PM (+lVUW) 423
IL has a "soak the rich" graduated income tax proposal on the ballot, endorsed by the guv & the legislature, of course.
It'll likely pass, since it "only" hits taxpayers with reported income of over $200,000... for now. Because who needs high earners, anyway? Anyway, what the hell can they do except pay up? It's not like they can just move to FL or TX or TN... right? Posted by: mnw at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (Cssks) 424
> The Chinese stuff was at a free tasting, it was godawful.
Aren't the Chinese the ones who make "Three Penis Wine"? Donkey, dolphin, and dog, as I recall. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (mNq/0) 425
A fast moving marketplace for devices which will take out surveillance drones will soon come into being, if it hasn't done so already. Ima not talking bang bang devices but things like nets, bolos and what have you that would entangle propellers and cause them to drop like a stone.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 19, 2020 11:26 PM (pNxlR) Counter-drones with dangling streamers of mylar tape from old audio cassettes. Light and amazingly tough. Entangle the props. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (miJU3) 426
Quint
With that government, she really is behind enemy lines. I saw it coming in 2008. Took until 2011 to convince my wife to move. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 19, 2020 11:07 PM (u82oZ) very smart move. Virginia Repubs could always boast that they voted for Ford when most of the South, including Texas went for Carter. And they held on by voting for Bush twice. But the writing was on the wall, they always voted for Dem Senators or one liberal Repub. The Swamp grew and grew and it is not just a numbers game. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (hHxp2) 427
Y'all probably remember I've been tracking numbers since late Feb/early Mar on the dreaded crud-flu.
Definitely see very positive trends for all of the 19 states I follow--even though it is clear that some of the death stats are juiced up some days (for the obvious, and heinous reasons of higher reimbursements, or perhaps to prove the "narrative). What is interesting is to see the % of "closed cases" that are increasingly ending in recovery, praise God. Also am starting to look at some variables to look at different levels of ubiquity of the crud-flu. Density, presence of a major international gateway and date of first infection appear to be statistically significant. Avg. age of population and comorbidities we know are an issue with likelihood of survival (or not) but it is hard to get a decent publicly available data set to represent those. But interestingly, and as I expected, average temperature does appear to affect prevalence of the crud flu. No surprise--just think of NYC where not only is it cold, dense, highly international and has mass transit, but also the buildings are tall and limit how easily sunlight can get to the street. Posted by: groovygirl at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (ybC9u) 428
Look at the grid for 10 seconds. Then close your eyes for 10 seconds. When you open your eyes they will automatically drift to the square that can only be one number. Proceed from there.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (Fc5rx) 429
422 Cicero (@cicero) ,
Thanks. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:32 PM (+lVUW) -------$ My pleasure! Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2020 11:34 PM (XVuno) 430
I wonder if they're considering running her in to replace Plugs.
Oh, please, please, please let it be so. Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 19, 2020 11:35 PM (SchxB) 431
Bill Maher is still an asshoe. He helped train the millions of easily panicked lemmings.
Posted by: Ripley at April 19, 2020 11:35 PM (sGobE) 432
Nice to see so many people here know what sudoku is. :-)
Cicero, exactly, it's basically a logic game. It helps to play via elimination of numbers IMHO. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 19, 2020 11:35 PM (L2ZTs) 433
Alright, time too get ready for bed. Have a good night, you despicable morons!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2020 11:36 PM (IT/Xb) 434
> Counter-drones with dangling streamers of mylar tape from old audio cassettes. Light and amazingly tough. Entangle the props.
Old-school: peregrine falcons. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:37 PM (mNq/0) 435
that all makes a lot of sense groovy girl - thanks
interesting! this April is cold and not as sunny as I'd like. hoping that Philly area gets our week of spring soon to knock this bug OUT! Philly is actually doing great tho - why so much better than NYC? it's dark there too ![]() I think it's just more to do with international travel patterns ("death ambassadors" and their destinations). and NYC is just a bit more dense in general than Philly is. regardless, half of the deaths in PA have been in nursing homes. awful, but take that out and we are REALLY doing well here Posted by: BlackOrchidMasked at April 19, 2020 11:37 PM (j9HX3) 436
416 Michigan's Cruella de Vil lookalike governor (you know, the dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks bint who banned the sale of fucking garden seeds) appears to be trending on Facebook as the new Uber-Karen, savior of all Holy Democratic Values. Because Orange Man pointed out how stupid she is, and Orange Man Bad.
I wonder if they're considering running her in to replace Plugs. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia Apparently he referred to her as "that woman from Michigan". So now "woman" is a perjorative? Whenever she does a briefing, she's surrounded by women. It looks like she doesn't want to hire men. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:38 PM (+lVUW) 437
Good night, Salty Dog!
Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:38 PM (TdMsT) 438
> Whenever she does a briefing, she's surrounded by women. It looks like she doesn't want to hire men.
Yeah, I'd nry that her softball team is sponsored by the local Subaru dealership, if you know what I'm saying. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:39 PM (mNq/0) 439
I wanna see how the beer virus likes a lovely, warm St. Louis summer!
Posted by: mnw at April 19, 2020 11:40 PM (Cssks) 440
But interestingly, and as I expected, average
temperature does appear to affect prevalence of the crud flu. No surprise--just think of NYC where not only is it cold, dense, highly international and has mass transit, but also the buildings are tall and limit how easily sunlight can get to the street. Posted by: groovygirl Lately it appears Covid can decrease the ability of the flu or pneumonia to kill people. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 11:40 PM (2ygtH) 441
> Yeah, I'd nry
That was supposed to be "I'd wager". No idea what happened there. I don't even have the excuse of being on my phone. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:40 PM (mNq/0) 442
Got a reminder once about the "Our Father" when I
was attending a Catholic service at a nursing home where my grandma lived. They did the "Our Father" and, being raised Protestant, after everyone else had ended I kept going. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 10:32 PM (SIXRk) Wait until you are the one saying "forgive us our trespasses" when visiting a congregation that uses the modern version. Posted by: Kindltot at April 19, 2020 11:40 PM (WyVLE) 443
Definitely see very positive trends for all of the 19 states I follow--
I hope you're right and that you post more of your calculations. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:41 PM (K22Va) 444
423 IL has a "soak the rich" graduated income tax proposal on the ballot, endorsed by the guv & the legislature, of course.
It'll likely pass, since it "only" hits taxpayers with reported income of over $200,000... for now. Because who needs high earners, anyway? Anyway, what the hell can they do except pay up? It's not like they can just move to FL or TX or TN... right? Posted by: mnw 2 K isn't particularly high if it's a 2 income family. Definitely not rich if you live in Chicago. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:41 PM (+lVUW) 445
Apparently he referred to her as "that woman from Michigan". So now "woman" is a perjorative? Whenever she does a briefing, she's surrounded by women. It looks like she doesn't want to hire men.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:38 PM (+lVUW) Well, "insane lesbian c***" would be un-Presidential. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:41 PM (miJU3) 446
Counter drone weapon? Repurpose a microwave oven magnetron and feed it's 2.4 GHz signal into a small parabolic dish. Might not destroy the drone, but could overload the receiver circuits and cause a loss of control.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 19, 2020 11:42 PM (SchxB) 447
All the drones I've seen are pretty slow, can't be harder than shooting skeet. Distance could be an issue.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2020 11:42 PM (q3gwH) 448
Ladyl!!!
Posted by: Miley, the 449
#428 kinda like a Ouija board but only if you mutter the proper incantation while your eyes are closed.
Eenie meanie, jellybeanie The Sudoku is about to speak Posted by: JuJuBee at April 19, 2020 11:43 PM (COzlW) 450
Marconi played the mamba, listen to the radio. Don't you remember, member, member... Hertz didn't play the mamba. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:43 PM (rCwaK) 451
Counter drone weapon? Repurpose a microwave oven
magnetron and feed it's 2.4 GHz signal into a small parabolic dish. Might not destroy the drone, but could overload the receiver circuits and cause a loss of control. Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair Magnetrons are not to be trifled with...they cook soft tissue and will boil your eyeballs. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 11:44 PM (2ygtH) 452
Counter drone weapon? Repurpose a microwave oven magnetron and feed it's 2.4 GHz signal into a small parabolic dish. Might not destroy the drone, but could overload the receiver circuits and cause a loss of control.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 19, 2020 11:42 PM (SchxB) That would be worth a try. I have the guts of an old microwave in a box in the garage at home. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:44 PM (miJU3) 453
Wait until you are the one saying "forgive us our trespasses" when visiting a congregation that uses the modern version.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 19, 2020 11:40 PM (WyVLE) I can change on the fly. Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2020 11:45 PM (SIXRk) 454
I don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (7WaWV) One day I decided to try it, and became addicted. Now Publius' mother is also addicted. We do one together every evening over a cup of tea, while Publius grins.
Posted by: Miley, the 455
2 K isn't particularly high if it's a 2 income family. Definitely not rich if you live in Chicago.
No, it's all bullshit. We're going to get the shit taxed out of us for this. They have no other source of revenue. Posted by: dartist at April 19, 2020 11:46 PM (K22Va) Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 19, 2020 11:47 PM (2ygtH) 457
I prefer the ongoing political protests to messing with drones.
Politicians are the softer target. Not famous for standing up to public pressure. Posted by: mnw at April 19, 2020 11:47 PM (Cssks) 458
> Repurpose a microwave oven magnetron and feed it's 2.4 GHz signal into a small parabolic dish. Might not destroy the drone, but could overload the receiver circuits and cause a loss of control.
You could probably cook off at least the input stage, if you had a tight enough beam, and maybe the whole circuit board. Just resistive heating might do the job, without even worrying about matching the frequencies. You could power it with an inverter from a car battery, at least for short bursts. I think I'd try pulling out the entire magnetron board and the waveguide, to avoid having to fabricate those. Then point the waveguide into your dish. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:47 PM (mNq/0) 459
where did wolf find these freaks?!?!
ANYWAY! out of desperation for tax revenues, Wolfie is opening a few state stores this week but only for preorders and curbside pickup. I don't care I won't ever go to a PA state store again. Not ever. This was a crisis and they didn't want to do their jobs (but they of course wanted to be paid). they can go jump in a lake! Posted by: BlackOrchidMasked at April 19, 2020 11:16 PM (j9HX3) I have been really disappointed by PA. They gave Trump the victory in 2016 and that was big freaking deal. Since then it has been all downhill. To bad because large sections of PA are as pro Trump as anywhere in the country. I have seen their signs, they are permanent signs made out of wood. But I guess the Dems figured out how to get the victories. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:47 PM (hHxp2) 460
Similar to the streamers - drag a lightweight net under the counter drone, just enough to foul a propeller
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2020 11:47 PM (q3gwH) 461
About time for me to hit the hay. Goodnight all, and don't burn the place down without me!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 19, 2020 11:48 PM (NWiLs) 462
They say "soak the rich" but you know who will wind up getting soaked.
Posted by: Case at April 19, 2020 11:48 PM (UELWC) 463
> Magnetrons are not to be trifled with...they cook soft tissue and will boil your eyeballs.
Yeah, the ability to transmit large amounts of power to a distance is why he wants to use one. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:48 PM (mNq/0) 464
Drone dogfighting! Yes, make attack drones, the purpose of which is to destroy any drones that come over your property. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:48 PM (rCwaK) 465
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Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 11:48 PM (/UQ/R) 466
Magnetrons are not to be trifled with...they cook soft tissue and will boil your eyeballs.
It's S-band, or close to it, Follow the same procedures and you'll be fine. One of those is don't look into the feed horn. Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 19, 2020 11:48 PM (SchxB) 467
My brain solved it once, generally, and the slave computer does the grunt work.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:23 PM (rCwaK) Do you wear a white pointy hood when you program? Because it sounds like you wear a white pointy hood when you program. Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2020 11:49 PM (Y8PSl) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2020 11:49 PM (aKsyK) 469
Good night, Insomniac!
Posted by: Miley, the Posted by: Kindltot at April 19, 2020 11:50 PM (WyVLE) 471
It's not the drones. It's the bluestate governors.
Posted by: mnw at April 19, 2020 11:51 PM (Cssks) 472
WMD!!!
Posted by: Miley, the 473
I like logic in theory but not sure how well I do that these days.
Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:24 PM (hHxp2) I found the logic course I took in college to be one of the hardest courses I took. Right up there with college calculus. It was a real brain twister. Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2020 11:51 PM (Y8PSl) Posted by: Ladyl at April 19, 2020 11:52 PM (TdMsT) 475
I had no idea you were into sudoku, Ladyl. I need you to help me level up.
Posted by: Miley, the 476
Good night, Ladyl!
Posted by: Miley, the 477
Similar to the streamers - drag a lightweight net under the counter drone, just enough to foul a propeller
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2020 11:47 PM (q3gwH) It would be important to have breakaway connectors to attach the snaring devices to the counter-drone, or else it becomes a kamikaze mission. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:53 PM (miJU3) 478
> The Chinese stuff was at a free tasting, it was godawful.
Aren't the Chinese the ones who make "Three Penis Wine"? Donkey, dolphin, and dog, as I recall. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (mNq/0) Well i hope not but it sounds likely. i know a few cultures put those types of things in booze along with snakes. They say they are fertility drinks. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:54 PM (hHxp2) 479
Hey Rickz, could you give me amounts on your meatball recipe? I was going to make it, but I need guidelines. You provided only the weight of the ground meats.
I'm that kind of cook.
Posted by: Miley, the 480
I think it appeals to people who like to have everything in its place.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 19, 2020 11:25 PM (+lVUW) Now I understand why I never liked sudoku at all. /My Mom was always yelling at me to clean my room and make my bed. What's wrong, Mom? The floor is my dirty clothes hamper! Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2020 11:55 PM (Y8PSl) 481
314 I dont think NJ will have a revolt similiar to the other states. After seeing people out n about today, we're just gonna ignore Jackass Murphy, do what we want to do until he sends his thugs after us. Then its game on BluesFish, that's pretty much my take on what is happening from my family members in NJ!!! my cousin is still coaching his kid's ice hockey team! they are getting ice time! how is this possible? lol he is LE and some of the other team dads are police also whatever I think it's great! good luck in NJ I know it's a lot "hotter" there than here Posted by: BlackOrchidMasked at April 19, 2020 11:11 PM (j9HX3) Where I am people are doing whatever. There are cars and trucks parked by the lake behind me and are fishing, or unloading dirt bikes and quads. There are families riding bicycles, and I saw a little girl in a smaller quad following her dad on a larger quad buzzing down the street and zip into the woods. Nobody gives a shit. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 19, 2020 11:56 PM (9Om/r) 482
I like logic in theory but not sure how well I do that these days. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:24 PM (hHxp2) I found the logic course I took in college to be one of the hardest courses I took. Right up there with college calculus. It was a real brain twister. Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2020 11:51 PM (Y8PSl) I enjoyed logic but yeah you had to work at it. Calculus was not my thing. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:56 PM (hHxp2) 483
It's not the drones. It's the bluestate governors.
Posted by: mnw at April 19, 2020 11:51 PM (Cssks) And asshole County supervisors, and asshole sheriffs, and asshole mayors. And there's room for both approaches: political pressure on the assholes, and also civil disobedience directed at the hardware being used by the Stasi to oppress the populace. Make it too expensive for them continue. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2020 11:57 PM (miJU3) 484
I've been playing a lot of grunge on the guitar, Stone Temple Pilots et al.
Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at April 19, 2020 11:57 PM (LxTcq) 485
I don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto --- Numbers have nothing to do with it. The numbers are just symbols. Images of nine different kinds of fruit would work just as well. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 19, 2020 11:57 PM (X22L5) 486
Well i hope not but it sounds likely. i know a few
cultures put those types of things in booze along with snakes. They say they are fertility drinks. Posted by: Quint at April 19, 2020 11:54 PM (hHxp2) I had a bottle of snake wine that I got from North Korea. My then-roommates mother was with State and she got it for me. Years later - maybe 12 years later, I gave it to a work friend who actually drank it. I don't think anything weird happened, though.
Posted by: Miley, the 487
Have to say goodnight! To all of you be true!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 19, 2020 11:57 PM (/UQ/R) 488
It's not the drones. It's the bluestate governors.
True, but deploying improvised microwave weapons against people is generally considered a bad idea. Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 19, 2020 11:57 PM (SchxB) 489
Thirst!
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2020 11:58 PM (YtJs4) 490
Anti-drone technology. Drone Defender is the name of an anti-drone device. It's a point and shoot jammer. Unfortunately it can't be sold to the public because of rules. But they are selling it to govt agencies. Cheap drones will just fall out of the sky when they are jammed. Another one is hijacking. The command signals can easily be hijacked. Just give it a stronger command signal. And one outfit is training eagles to attack drones. They can easily overpower and take one out, even bring it back to you. Another device is indeed a net. Bazooka like thing fires a weighted net at the drone. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:58 PM (rCwaK) 491
I wonder if they're considering running her in to replace Plugs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 19, 2020 11:31 PM (mNq/0) We've replaced Joe Biden with Gretchen Whitmer on the ballot. Let's see if Democrat voters can tell the difference. Posted by: The DNC at April 19, 2020 11:59 PM (Y8PSl) 492
Black Orchid: "interesting!
this April is cold and not as sunny as I'd like. hoping that Philly area gets our week of spring soon to knock this bug OUT! Philly is actually doing great tho - why so much better than NYC? it's dark there too cloudy, cold, has subways? I think it's just more to do with international travel patterns ("death ambassadors" and their destinations). and NYC is just a bit more dense in general than Philly is. regardless, half of the deaths in PA have been in nursing homes. awful, but take that out and we are REALLY doing well here" You are right that the nursing home component is huge. Not just in PA, but also in VA, NJ, TX and MI that I know of. WSJ had an article on it this week but as is sadly true these days not a very in-depth or well researched piece. I think you are spot on Black Orchid, regarding the int'l travel aspect. FWIW, NY is 1.5X more dense than PA (state level figures--city to city would be different but as I recall Philly is not quite as tall as NYC. I worked in the latter for many years). PA is also warmer on average by several degrees. Posted by: groovygirl at April 19, 2020 11:59 PM (ybC9u) 493
Meatballs. I have to make meatballs soon. I like them without pasta.
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (K22Va) 494
Now I understand why I never liked sudoku at all.
/My Mom was always yelling at me to clean my room and make my bed. What's wrong, Mom? The floor is my dirty clothes hamper! Posted by: RickZ at April 19, 2020 11:55 PM (Y8PSl) Plus once you organize your disorganization, you can't find anything. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (SIXRk) 495
True, but deploying improvised microwave weapons against people is generally considered a bad idea.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 19, 2020 11:57 PM (SchxB) Yeah, riiight. Posted by: Cuba State Intelligence at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (miJU3) 496
Make it too expensive for them continue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon They spend your money, it'll never be too expensive for them. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (2ygtH) 497
Horde,
I just have to compliment the RANGE of topics on the ONT--from Sudoku to The Lord's Prayer to drone targeting with a bit of philosophy, music and assorted updates. All the above of interest to me, and a big improvement over an overall pretty sucky weekend (husband sick thank goodness not with the cruflue though) Posted by: groovygirl at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (ybC9u) 498
Plus once you organize your disorganization, you can't find anything.
Posted by: Vendette So kinda like getting redrunk to remember where you put stuff when drunk? Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (2ygtH) 499
Miley, I only downloaded a sudoku game for my cell phone last night and I'm already addicted.
I'm up to medium-level puzzles already, though I do use a lot of 'second chances.' :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (L2ZTs) 500
IL has a "soak the rich" graduated income tax proposal on the ballot, endorsed by the guv & the legislature, of course.
It'll likely pass, since it "only" hits taxpayers with reported income of over $200,000... for now. Because who needs high earners, anyway? Anyway, what the hell can they do except pay up? It's not like they can just move to FL or TX or TN... right? Posted by: mnw at April 19, 2020 11:33 PM (Cssks) NY is finding out that, yes, high earners do in fact move. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (Y8PSl) 501
Another device is indeed a net. Bazooka like thing fires a weighted net at the drone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:58 PM (rCwaK) A high-powered laser could burn out the drone's camera, too. Posted by: Cuba State Intelligence at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (miJU3) 502
LOVE Todd Rundgren! Would be happy if MisHum gave us a month or more of him.
Posted by: keena at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (RiTnx) 503
This gym closure crap has put eight new pounds on me. I never thought I'd be eager to get back to the gym.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:03 AM (XVuno) 504
Another device is indeed a net. Bazooka like thing fires a weighted net at the drone. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear Sounds like a Bat-Zooka! Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2020 12:04 AM (aKsyK) Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:05 AM (A5zUN) 506
They spend your money, it'll never be too expensive for them.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (2ygtH) True, in the abstract. But if Podunk Police Department gets 30% of their drones destroyed in short order, with nothing to show for it, the city might just say, "Well, that didn't work out too well, did it?" Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:05 AM (miJU3)
Posted by: Miley, the 508
If you really want to understand how our country is starting to recover, you can get good tracking by following American Airlines from the Tulsa Airport (TUL). When this whole mess started, AA was flying in a dozen aircraft a day from their international routes. When they do this, they use funky 9000 flight numbers and they park their international aircraft on some of the taxiways and lesser used runways. They are carried on the boards as "arriving flights only. The are now doing departures of four or so flights a day to their international terminals, using those funky flight numbers. So, instead of dozens a day coming in and parking, we now have a handful a day departing. Google TUL. There ain't no new York politicians "adjusting this data. I just wonder where they stashed the crews for these aircraft for the past few weeks. By the way, these flights appear to be going to Miami, or LA, not NY.
Posted by: Ol' Country boy at April 20, 2020 12:06 AM (HwUVt) 509
So kinda like getting redrunk to remember where you put stuff when drunk?
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (2ygtH) That really doesn't work, it just gives you the opportunity to hide more sh*t while aiming for that perfect balance. Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2020 12:06 AM (WyVLE) 510
I could see farmers and security companies being able to survey property with drones.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:07 AM (A5zUN) 511
True, in the abstract. But if Podunk Police
Department gets 30% of their drones destroyed in short order, with nothing to show for it, the city might just say, "Well, that didn't work out too well, did it?" Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:05 AM (miJU3) Yeah, but don't get caught because they will treat it like you spit on the K9 or took a screwdriver to the patrol car. Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2020 12:08 AM (WyVLE) 512
"Well, that didn't work out too well, did it?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon 10 bucks says you can't find a gov entity that EVER said that. (smiley face icon here) Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 20, 2020 12:08 AM (2ygtH) 513
I'm up to medium-level puzzles already, though I do use a lot of 'second chances.' :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (L2ZTs) I use 247sudoku.com, and play against time. I don't bother with candidates when I'm playing against time.
Posted by: Miley, the 514
I could see farmers and security companies being able to survey property with drones.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:07 AM (A5zUN) They absolutely have legitimate uses. But trampling on citizens' Constitutional rights is not a legitimate use. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:10 AM (miJU3) 515
> NY is finding out that, yes, high earners do in fact move.
Note that Trump is now a Florida resident. He's far from the only one. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:10 AM (mNq/0) 516
Yeah, but don't get caught because they will treat it like you spit on the K9 or took a screwdriver to the patrol car.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2020 12:08 AM (WyVLE) Hence that "stealthy" qualifier. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:11 AM (miJU3) 517
Eight new pounds plus the shag of five weeks with no haircut. This is starting to feel like Gotham City.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:11 AM (XVuno) 518
I fucking hate Beshear and the people who carry water for him. Checked the numbers for Kentucky 'Kentucky covid 19.'
First story: KENTUCKY REPORTS HIGHEST CORONAVIRUS INFECTION INCREASE AFTER A WEEK OF PROTESTS TO REOPEN STATE Fuck these guys. Total cases is still 2707. 4.5 million people statewide. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:11 AM (A5zUN) 519
Horde,
I just have to compliment the RANGE of topics on the ONT--from Sudoku to The Lord's Prayer to drone targeting with a bit of philosophy, music and assorted updates. All the above of interest to me, and a big improvement over an overall pretty sucky weekend (husband sick thank goodness not with the cruflue though) Posted by: groovygirl at April 20, 2020 12:02 AM (ybC9u) This is a pretty talented place. Hope hubby feels better soon! Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 12:12 AM (SIXRk) 520
Trump rewrites the book on emergencies
as printed in the WSJ https://tinyurl.com/y79yb5df https://preview.tinyurl.com/y79yb5df They are surprised he didn't make a centralized power grab.. and "lauding the patriotism and proficiency of our fantastic governors and mayors, our incredible business leaders and genius companies, our heroic doctors and nurses and orderlies, and our tremendous truckers. By shouting out many of them by name and documenting their deeds on a daily basis, he has vivified the American way in action..." Posted by: Braenyard at April 20, 2020 12:12 AM (lkl+P) 521
They absolutely have legitimate uses. But trampling on citizens' Constitutional rights is not a legitimate use.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:10 AM (miJU3) Not saying it is. Or should be, just saying that enterprising people could do the same shit the government is doing by trampling on rights, and get people to pay for them. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:13 AM (A5zUN) 522
517 Eight new pounds plus the shag of five weeks with no haircut. This is starting to feel like Gotham City.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:11 AM (XVuno) And I cannot buy a pair of trimmers. Every one I check is sold out at walmart. Amazon has most of the items as out of stock and 'high demand'. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:14 AM (A5zUN) 523
One can make a 2.4 ghz disrupter, plans ca be found online. Kicker is that they are illegal according to the feds.
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at April 20, 2020 12:14 AM (gSgAd) 524
Take that back, they have the really expensive models in stock- available to be shipped by May 5th!
I am not trying to open a salon. I am just tired of looking like the wolf man when I walk the dog. 'Which one is Ajax?' Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:16 AM (A5zUN) 525
Awww, the fascists are upset that Trump is cheering freedom protesters
https://tinyurl.com/y9un5s2s 'Dangerous': Governors decry Trump support of coronavirus protesters Half-Whitmer of course shows zero awareness of the economic suffering... "Who among us wouldn't rather forgo jet skiing or boating right now it's going to save your grandparent or your neighbor's life," she later told CNN. "And that's precisely what the trade-off is in this moment." Posted by: kbdabear at April 20, 2020 12:17 AM (qAR6u) 526
354 >> don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
There's no math or even romper room 'rithmetic in Sudoku. If you want to analyze it and right programs to solve and create them, math is very useful of course. It's just a game of arranging things according to a certain pattern. You could use letters or any set of symbols you like instead of numbers. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 19, 2020 11:09 PM (rCwaK) Yeah there are Sudoku puzzles out there that don't even use numbers. Just symbols instead. Even the shit game Mass Effect: Andromeda used a Sudoku style puzzle for it's hacking/lockpicking minigame. Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2020 12:17 AM (Z7lwY) Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 12:17 AM (YtJs4) 528
"Who among us wouldn't rather forgo jet skiing or boating right now it's going to save your grandparent or your neighbor's life," she later told CNN. "And that's precisely what the trade-off is in this moment."
Posted by: kbdabear at April 20, 2020 12:17 AM (qAR6u) Emotional blackmail. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (A5zUN) 529
I am not trying to open a salon. I am just tired of looking like the wolf man when I walk the dog.
'Which one is Ajax?' Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:16 AM (A5zUN) --------- I got two cases of toilet paper in the garage. Charmin. The good stuff. You get those clippers and maybe we can make a deal. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (XVuno) 530
527 drone vs air rifle w/lead pellet.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 12:17 AM (YtJs4) 20 ga shotgun? Long barrel? Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (A5zUN) 531
He's far from the only one.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:10 AM (mNq/0) The guy with the largest tax bill in NJ moved in the last few years. I don't recall what he paid, but I he is a hedge-fund principal, and they make ridiculous amounts of money. David Tepper...I think. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (dLLD6) 532
I am not trying to open a salon. I am just tired of looking like the wolf man when I walk the dog.
You don't have a knife in your house? Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (K22Va) 533
525: Bitch and her govt, pussyhead buddies get to keep their paycheck. Fuck that asshoe! She makes Murphy look like a rose
Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (ONvIw) 534
525 Awww, the fascists are upset that Trump is cheering freedom protesters
https://tinyurl.com/y9un5s2s 'Dangerous': Governors decry Trump support of coronavirus protesters Half-Whitmer of course shows zero awareness of the economic suffering... "Who among us wouldn't rather forgo jet skiing or boating right now it's going to save your grandparent or your neighbor's life," she later told CNN. "And that's precisely what the trade-off is in this moment." Posted by: kbdabear at April 20, 2020 12:17 AM (qAR6u) How does being forbidden from being able to buy seeds for your garden save your grandparents life? Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (Z7lwY) Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (YtJs4) 536
> Who among us wouldn't rather forgo jet skiing
Because, yep, jet skiing is how you catch it. Totally. Not in the densely packed human zoo of Detroit, but out on on Lake Michigan, with no other people within a hundred yards. Totally. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:19 AM (mNq/0) 537
"Who among us wouldn't rather forgo jet skiing or boating right now it's
going to save your grandparent or your neighbor's life," she later told CNN. "And that's precisely what the trade-off is in this moment." Posted by: kbdabear What the actual fuck? Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at April 20, 2020 12:19 AM (2ygtH) 538
I got two cases of toilet paper in the garage. Charmin. The good stuff. You get those clippers and maybe we can make a deal.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (XVuno) I found out the seven rolls I thought I had was actually 12 (minus two I have used since this shit began.) At that rate of use, I am good til September. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:20 AM (A5zUN) 539
How does being forbidden from being able to buy seeds for your garden save your grandparents life?
Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (Z7lwY) Especially since seed can be found at any grocery store and are often used to grow the food this POS still "allows" her subjects to buy. Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 12:20 AM (ONvIw) 540
> Especially since seed can be found at any grocery store and are often used to grow the food this POS still "allows" her subjects to buy.
Communists like food shortages. Gives them more leverage over the population. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:21 AM (mNq/0) 541
I use 247sudoku.com, and play against time. I don't bother with candidates when I'm playing against time. Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - Hydroxy Chloro Queen and Bat Soup Nazi at April 20, 2020 12:09 AM (rCwaK) I can't sleep! I've played Sudoku for years., timed, online. Posted by: Ladyl at April 20, 2020 12:21 AM (TdMsT) 542
And how much jetskiing is being done in Michigan in April?
Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 12:21 AM (ONvIw) 543
You don't have a knife in your house?
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:18 AM (K22Va) I have thought about that. Seriously thought. Is it weird that I am worried it might not grow back if I actually shaved it off? I realize it is completely irrational and ludicrous, but still. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:21 AM (A5zUN) 544
egardless, half of the deaths in PA have been in nursing homes. awful, but take that out and we are REALLY doing well here
Posted by: BlackOrchidMasked at April 19, 2020 11:37 PM (j9HX3) the nursing home thing is really sad when you think about it. Obviously someone from the outside brings it in and the residents have no place to go to prevent it. I know it is more easily said than done, but avoiding nursing homes in general is a good idea if you can do it. I am talking about the residents here, best not to be one. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:22 AM (hHxp2) 545
Email me the latest, Heartless.
And on that note, I will say goodnight to the ONT. Word of the day: PEPFAR
Posted by: Miley, the 546
Night Miley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:22 AM (A5zUN) 547
Aren't the Chinese the ones who make "Three Penis Wine"
Just the tri-tip, just to see if we like it. Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 20, 2020 12:23 AM (Te5xr) 548
This is a pretty talented place.
Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 12:12 AM (SIXRk) Your words offends me! Posted by: talentless hack at April 20, 2020 12:24 AM (ufFY8) 549
Anti-drone falconry. What a world!
Posted by: klaftern at April 20, 2020 12:24 AM (RuIsu) 550
493 Meatballs. I have to make meatballs soon. I like them without pasta.
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (K22Va) I love meatballs... Posted by: Ladyl at April 20, 2020 12:24 AM (TdMsT) 551
549 Anti-drone falconry. What a world!
Posted by: klaftern at April 20, 2020 12:24 AM (RuIsu) Who's a good boy? Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:24 AM (A5zUN) 552
517 Eight new pounds plus the shag of five weeks with no haircut. This is starting to feel like Gotham City.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:11 AM (XVuno) And I cannot buy a pair of trimmers. Every one I check is sold out at walmart. Amazon has most of the items as out of stock and 'high demand'. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:14 AM (A5zUN) I'm guessing they'll refer to these few months as the Neanderthal period. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2020 12:25 AM (9Om/r) 553
Aetius - try going directly to wahl.com. I got my clippers there (actually, they were in stock at AMZN too, but slightly cheaper at Wahl, and no 1.8 cents to Bozos).
Just a thought. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 12:26 AM (El6T/) 554
One can make a 2.4 ghz disrupter, plans ca be found online. Kicker is that they are illegal according to the feds.
Of course they are. You're deliberately creating interference for RF devices. Which is the entire point of such a device. Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 12:26 AM (SchxB) 555
I'm glad that I bought a new set of blades for my clippers earlier in the year, just by coincidence.
I'm too old to use a bowl and a pair of scissors. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:26 AM (mNq/0) 556
Is it weird that I am worried it might not grow back if I actually shaved it off?
No, even if it doesn't. I'm going early 70's with a half bald head, but my brother did a numba one on his beard trimmer. Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:27 AM (K22Va) 557
Us guys think we have it bad with no haircuts.
I shudder to think of the feminist women who don't, er, trim the hedges, 'down there'... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:29 AM (L2ZTs) 558
Just a thought.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 12:26 AM (El6T/) Hmmm, they are a hell of a lot cheaper. Everything I am checking though is out of stock. Still checking. Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:29 AM (A5zUN) 559
Especially since seed can be found at any grocery store and are often used to grow the food this POS still "allows" her subjects to buy.
The philosophy is that if the Detroit metro area has to take steps to deal with an epidemic, then by god the rest of the state will have to suffer as well. A lot of states run by Democrats are like that. Posted by: The Media! at April 20, 2020 12:31 AM (I2/tG) 560
I can still get a haircut at the barber shop here in Apache Junction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:31 AM (miJU3) 561
Yeah, even the cheap ones on Wahl's site are sold out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:32 AM (A5zUN) 562
Interesting info on TUL air traffic, but note that passenger airline travel will be, well, a "lagging" recovery sector, almost surely.
So many many things will be getting much much better before the airlines corpses even twitch a little. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 12:32 AM (El6T/) 563
> I shudder to think of the feminist women who don't, er, trim the hedges, 'down there'...
Bah. I grew up on 70s porn and (later) 70s women. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:33 AM (mNq/0) 564
Reminds me of being in the field in the army. We dug 2 man fox holes, chest deep, halfway down a side slot to fit one man and a grenade hole at the bottom. Slept like babies.
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:35 AM (K22Va) 565
Hey Rickz, could you give me amounts on your meatball recipe? I was going to make it, but I need guidelines. You provided only the weight of the ground meats.
I'm that kind of cook. Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - Hydroxy Chloro Queen and Bat Soup Nazi at April 19, 2020 11:54 PM (rCwaK) I'll try. 50/50 ground meat and ground pork. Lots of fresh chopped Italian parsley, more than you think you need. A hefty amount of grated Parmigiano Regiano cheese (none of that boxed garbage or the cheaper American stuff); don't skimp, at least a cup. 1-2 eggs depending on the meat amount; figure about 1 large egg for every 2-3 pounds of meat. A good dose of powdered garlic, 2 or so teaspoons. A good sprinkling of fresh-cracked black pepper, about a teaspoon. 1-2 teaspoons of dried basil. Gently mix well (don't over mix as it toughens the meatball). Shape into 2-3 inch diameter meatballs. Cook the meatballs in a skillet in batches, browning all 'sides'. (They don't have to be completely cooked as they finish cooking in the sauce.) Make your favorite sauce and submerge the meatballs in the sauce and cook, stirring gently, for as long as you want, at least 4 hours. With three pounds of meat, you should get around 20-22 meatballs. To taste test your meatball mix, make a small, teeny tiny burger and cook it first. Taste that and see if you want to add more of something. /Why, no, I don't give exact measurements. Something I learned from my Mom; she was big on 'pinches' and 'dashes', 'a little of this and a little of that'. It drove everyone crazy when they asked her for a recipe like this. I know the mix is right by feel and sight. //How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:36 AM (Y8PSl) 566
Nieman Marcus filed for bankruptcy this week, but Nanny Botox has an industrial grade freezer in her home for artisanal ice cream, so it's all good
Posted by: kbdabear at April 20, 2020 12:37 AM (qAR6u) 567
A high-powered laser could burn out the drone's camera, too.
Posted by: Cuba State Intelligence Aiming "high-powered" lasers at the sky can get you a visit from the feds. FAA doesn't like that much. Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2020 12:37 AM (P1f+c) 568
Plus once you organize your disorganization, you can't find anything.
Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (SIXRk) So you've seen my desk? Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:38 AM (Y8PSl) 569
I wonder how good $15/pint ice cream can really be? Best I have had is Graeters. It is not too bad, but already at the limit of what I consider 'worth it all the time.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:39 AM (A5zUN) 570
Also, how good can a $24K refrigerator be? Spacious? I hope that is a given.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:40 AM (A5zUN) 571
Meatballs. I have to make meatballs soon. I like them without pasta.
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:00 AM (K22Va) At home meatball heroes and sliced meatballs on home-made pizza. Yummy! Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:40 AM (Y8PSl) 572
>> Bah. I grew up on 70s porn and (later) 70s women. Big bush is making a comeback. It will go in cycles. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 12:41 AM (f1Vqw) 573
Aiming "high-powered" lasers at the sky can get you a visit from the feds. FAA doesn't like that much.
Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2020 12:37 AM (P1f+c) The powers that be don't "like" anything that one can do to destroy flying drones, or any other "law enforcement assets". This is a form of civil disobedience, which involves lawbreaking, by definition. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:42 AM (miJU3) 574
Aetius, bought mine off the "professional" side at wahl.com. Kind I bought still in stock. Not cheap, but not a fortune ($76) - for a real, compact, corded/cordless small clipper that will probably last, and has replaceable parts. Just an option.
I initially was looking at the cheaper consumer versions on AMZN, first week of the Great Hunkering Down, dallied and hemmed and hawed, and both models I'd short-listed then sold out. Glad I went the way I did - I really prefer buying decent products that will last (increasingly difficult, across all categories, and NOT just Chi-Nah issues). Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 12:43 AM (El6T/) 575
I shudder to think of the feminist women who don't, er, trim the hedges, 'down there'...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:29 AM (L2ZTs) --------- I think that's mostly a DIY job, IYKWIM. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:43 AM (XVuno) Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2020 12:44 AM (A5zUN) 577
560 I can still get a haircut at the barber shop here in Apache Junction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:31 AM (miJU3) --------- Hard pass on a haircut by tomahawk. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:45 AM (XVuno) 578
/Why, no, I don't give exact measurements. Something I learned from my
Mom; she was big on 'pinches' and 'dashes', 'a little of this and a little of that'. It drove everyone crazy when they asked her for a recipe like this. I know the mix is right by feel and sight. This man knows meatballs. My ma would drop them into the sauce raw and not stir them for 30 minutes so they didn't fall apart. Cut your sausage in half and throw a pound in as well. With fresh bread she'd have to slap us away from it. Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:45 AM (K22Va) 579
Aetius - Beret, model I bought. Very nice.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 12:45 AM (El6T/) 580
I think that's mostly a DIY job, IYKWIM.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:43 AM (XVuno) Moths. Highly-trained moths. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:46 AM (miJU3) 581
my hair hasn't been this long since i went into the Army in '83.
i'm 8-9 weeks overdue, and my regular barber lady has apparently done to visit family back home in Mexico. herself got a cut/coloring a few weeks ago, so maybe she can get her guy to cull my shit. i've got a Whal trimmer, and it's got guides, but a man has got to know his limitations, and i know mine. Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 12:46 AM (YtJs4) 582
/Why, no, I don't give exact measurements.
Something I learned from my Mom; she was big on 'pinches' and 'dashes', 'a little of this and a little of that'. It drove everyone crazy when they asked her for a recipe like this. I know the mix is right by feel and sight. //How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:36 AM (Y8PSl) sounds great, you cook like I do it seems. I never simmered them for four hours so I have to try that. I know Italian Americans would make a sugo sauce or Sunday Gravy and cook it for hours and hours. I have done that a few times but mostly make marinara. I even cheat with jarred stuff at times. But the meatballs are always on point and the ingredients are legit. Just like making the pasta just right, it takes a lot of practice. Now it is as comfortable as anything as I make spaghetti weekly and have done so for decades. Sure there are other pastas and recipes, but I am glad I call it spaghetti because that is what it is. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) Posted by: Sapwolf at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (nuv3n) 584
redc I view it as a learning experience. I used the biggest guide, was careful, and did not end up looking like an art project or a gulag inmate. Typically keep it pretty short now (what's left of it), so just want to be able to do that. Short's easier than actually having a style of some kind.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 12:49 AM (El6T/) 585
Bah. I grew up on 70s porn and (later) 70s women.
--- women in their 70's are great! they don't swell, they don't tell, and they are grateful as hell... ![]() Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 12:49 AM (YtJs4) 586
One thing I have learned over the last few days:
Men can be Karens too. Posted by: Sapwolf at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (nuv3n) some of the guys today are probably the worst of Karens. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:49 AM (hHxp2) 587
Howdy roonz and roonettez! Mowed the lawn today (well, yesterday I guess) and Mrs Hades vacuumed and dusted and then spent the rest of the day hacking and wheezing from her allergies, poor thing. But I did get the trailer hitch put on the Jeep so now I can tow my trailer again. I have to fix the wiring first though. F'n squirrels.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 12:49 AM (ZXnzo) 588
Fvck it, lets get like a mountain man.
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:50 AM (K22Va) 589
I even cheat with jarred stuff at times.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) {Holds up crucifix} Heathen! /Said the Bohunk. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:50 AM (Y8PSl) 590
Mrs Hades cut my hair the other day, she was worried about getting it too short but I told her to hack it right off. She did OK, looks like my Navy haircuts from back in the day, but the first thing I'm going to do when the Bat Flu Lockdown is over is go get a haircut and tip generously.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 12:51 AM (ZXnzo) 591
My mom is smart, she's intelligent, but man. She loves these outlining network TV courtroom dramas.
"Your honor, in order to make my point about rape and #metoo, I'm going to strip naked right here in the middle of the courtroom..." Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:52 AM (L2ZTs) 592
outlining = outlandish
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:52 AM (L2ZTs) 593
> Big bush is making a comeback. It will go in cycles.
I hope so. The pedo look has never appealed to me. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 20, 2020 12:54 AM (mNq/0) 594
>>> And I cannot buy a pair of trimmers. Every one I check is sold out at walmart. Amazon has most of the items as out of stock and 'high demand'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Well, you get really desperate you could always check out a pet store for clippers. May not be as cheap though. But essentially the same. Posted by: Turn Two at April 20, 2020 12:54 AM (vBkXF) 595
I even cheat with jarred stuff at times.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) {Holds up crucifix} Heathen! /Said the Bohunk. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:50 AM (Y8PSl) I used to go as far as making my own cannoli shells. But things happen and time became a factor. I usually use Rao's if I use a jar but not always. I have used Barrilla and few others. I even used Prego just for a change. I hadn't had that in probably 30 years. I still like to make it from scratch with San Marzanos. Never ever will I use ragu. That is another thing from the 70s. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:56 AM (hHxp2) 596
Been reading a bit of Paul Elam at FB. Geez that guy gets so much hate from feminists.
He posted recently: if you're married to someone who refuses to have sex with you, and they refuse to have sex with you? Going outside the marriage for said release is therefore NOT CHEATING. (Please note, I'm only reporting the above opinion. Not endorsing, not denouncing.) I think the massive volume of angry responses from women almost set an FB server on fire... :-P Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:57 AM (L2ZTs) 597
And once again my redundancy is so redundant...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:57 AM (L2ZTs) 598
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>>> And I cannot buy a pair of trimmers. Every one I check is sold out at walmart. Amazon has most of the items as out of stock and 'high demand'. Grow it out. It'll help keep the dindu nuffins off of you. Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 12:58 AM (K22Va) 599
One thing I have learned over the last few days:
Men can be Karens too. Posted by: Sapwolf at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (nuv3n) --- those aren't "men". they may be biological males, but they aren't Men. soi bois, whinny bitches, sniveling shitbirds, self-induced eunuchs, or garden variety pussies, the one thing they are not is men. and they can all ESAD in a fire. Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 12:59 AM (YtJs4) 600
597 And once again my redundancy is so redundant...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:57 AM (L2ZTs) --------- Here's your Redundancy Award for Greatest Achievement in Redundancy. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 12:59 AM (XVuno) 601
Cicero, thank you and I'm so appreciative!
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:59 AM (L2ZTs) 602
I never simmered them for four hours so I have to try that. I know Italian Americans would make a sugo sauce or Sunday Gravy and cook it for hours and hours.
You'd be surprised at how long I cook the beef cubes in the broth before I add the barley when I make my beef barley soup. Which I have to make again -- soon. I like to make a big batch of some soup (navy bean, split pea, carrot-ginger, beef or mushroom barley, curried lentil) and freeze bowl-sized portions so that I have my own varieties to choose from when I want soup. Now it is as comfortable as anything as I make spaghetti weekly and have done so for decades. Sure there are other pastas and recipes, but I am glad I call it spaghetti because that is what it is. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) I use the # 9 spaghetti. The 'Goldilocks' spaghetti: Not too thick and not too thin. I also use the restaurant trick to make the servings. I precook the spaghetti al dente and drain. In a large skillet I put in the sauce and turn the heat on medium low Then I add the spaghetti to finish cooking, adding more sauce as the pasta soaks up the sauce. My Mom didn't do that but doing that really flavors the pasta. And there's never enough parm cheese on it. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:00 AM (Y8PSl) 603
So you've seen my desk?
Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:38 AM (Y8PSl) I'm a kindred spirit. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:01 AM (SIXRk) 604
597 And once again my redundancy is so redundant...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:57 AM (L2ZTs) --------- Here's your Redundancy Award for Greatest Achievement in Redundancy. Just to be thorough, shouldn't he get two cards? Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 01:01 AM (SchxB) 605
Well, I had a mixed-bag day today. Started off by hoeing weeds in the driveway until it became too warm in the midday Sun. But got all but the least conspicuous corner done, so it is looking good.
Then I unscrewed the barrel out of my Chinese Mystery Pistol, in an effort to determine if it could be screwed in further in order to correct an apparent headspace issue. Answer is no. A shoulder on the forward end of the threaded area precludes that. Probably the best solution is for me to buy a Tokarev TT-30 barrel, and adapt that. They are fairly inexpensive, too. Then I cut some panel board, and finished the interior walls of the closet for my guest bedroom. Next step is to put down some click-together laminate flooring in the closet. Got to establish that floor level, in order to get the opening the correct height for the bifold door. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 01:03 AM (miJU3) 606
I even cheat with jarred stuff at times.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) {Holds up crucifix} Heathen! /Said the Bohunk. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 12:50 AM (Y8PSl) The lasanga recipe my family used for years called for cottage cheese. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:03 AM (SIXRk) Posted by: Anne rose abler at April 20, 2020 01:03 AM (JCQZq) 608
Suduko is weird. First of all because that's how everyone I know pronounces it. Second of all, I did get into it for a while but only because I was very bored. It's addictive and it's entertaining for a spell.
Posted by: ... at April 20, 2020 01:04 AM (uEbPt) 609
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I never simmered them for four hours so I have to try that. I know Italian Americans would make a sugo sauce or Sunday Gravy and cook it for hours and hours. Throw in a bunch of pork neck bones. Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 01:04 AM (K22Va) 610
some of the guys today are probably the worst of Karens.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 12:49 AM (hHxp2) Based on my Nextdoor feed, yes. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:04 AM (SIXRk) 611
After extensive, peer-reviewed research using a sound design study and all available data (= quick searches on Ammoseek) I can report that it does not appear to be a serious ammo shortage, or reloading component panic, going.
Common calibers available, powder and primers (the reloading warning indicators) not 100% but plenty out there of most kinds. Carry on. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:05 AM (El6T/) 612
The lasanga recipe my family used for years called for cottage cheese.
Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:03 AM (SIXRk) --------- Man, that's messed up. Your family must be Scandis. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 01:05 AM (XVuno) 613
And once again my redundancy is so redundant...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:57 AM (L2ZTs) --- did you poast something? Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 01:06 AM (YtJs4) 614
redc1c4, see my 596.
Wondering if I shouldn't have posted it however. I don't want to make anyone angry with me. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 01:07 AM (L2ZTs) 615
Jeez, AOP, you're making me feel like a slacker. All I did was hang some pegboard today.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 01:07 AM (SchxB) 616
Heck, AOP, drive up to Prescott and get yerself a nice C&R or used pistol or revolver, cheap, at J&G. Wish I could do that. As a furriner, but in AZ, you have access to whole categories of handguns denied to me here in CA.
Plus, Chi-Nah. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:07 AM (El6T/) 617
Started off by hoeing weeds in the driveway until it became too warm in the midday Sun. But got all but the least conspicuous corner done, so it is looking good.
Used the new Craftsman weeding hoe today. Works great. The old style - solid blade - gave up the ghost last year. Need to get one of those before the cement project commences ... Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:08 AM (LPnfS) 618
Man, that's messed up. Your family must be Scandis.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 01:05 AM (XVuno) British Isles, Poland, probably another European country or two or three, but not Scandi as far as I know. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:08 AM (SIXRk) 619
Cottage cheese is an ingredient in a very good mac + cheese recipe from some UT diner I saw on FoodTV ages ago. Good recipe. Cottage cheese and smoked paprika. Really make it better.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:09 AM (El6T/) 620
use the # 9 spaghetti. The 'Goldilocks' spaghetti: Not too thick and not too thin.
I also use the restaurant trick to make the servings. I precook the spaghetti al dente and drain. In a large skillet I put in the sauce and turn the heat on medium low Then I add the spaghetti to finish cooking, adding more sauce as the pasta soaks up the sauce. My Mom didn't do that but doing that really flavors the pasta. And there's never enough parm cheese on it. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:00 AM (Y8PSl) for sure I cook it until just before al dente and finish in in the sauce. Yeah, in the old days everyone just poured the sauce on top. We know better now. And depending on the sauce, a bit of the starchy water can be thrown in, it helps keep is from drying too quickly and the starch can help bring structure to a thin sauce. one thing you did not spell out before but for sure you know. I am only saying for others, don't ever get pre grated parigiano reggiano. Grate it yourself when you need it. I wish i took that effort with soups and stocks. I have done it for sure. I even make ice cubes out of fresh stock four sauces. But no way I do this regularly. It would be awesome to have homemade soup ready in the freezer whenever you want it., Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:09 AM (hHxp2) 621
All I did was hang some pegboard today.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 01:07 AM (SchxB) Peg ??? It will come back to you. Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:09 AM (LPnfS) 622
Suduko is weird. First of all because that's how everyone I know pronounces it. Second of all, I did get into it for a while but only because I was very bored. It's addictive and it's entertaining for a spell.
Posted by: ... at April 20, 2020 01:04 AM (uEbPt) I have never gotten into Sudoku, or similar puzzles. I used to do the NYT crossword puzzle in ballpoint pen, quite routinely. Been years since I did that. I enjoy solving puzzles if there is a tangible reward, like getting my truck to run again. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 01:10 AM (miJU3) 623
Believe 'em, don't believe 'em, the 4/19 Covid stats have been posted:
2020-04-14 604,165(+4.5%) 25,776(+10.2%) 2020-04-15 633,630(+4.9%) 28,214(+9.5%) 2020-04-16 665,706(+5.1%) 30,355(+7.6%) 2020-04-17 696,621(+4.6%) 32,435(+6.9%) 2020-04-18 724,895(+4.1%) 34,178(+5.4%) 2020-04-19 751,218(+3.6%) 35,809(+4.7%) Posted by: Cherry Ames, Covid19 Nurse at April 20, 2020 01:11 AM (GBHAb) 624
The lasanga recipe my family used for years called for cottage cheese.
Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:03 AM (SIXRk) No offense, but that sounds awful. Ricotta only for me. I make three types of eggplant parm, depending on my mood. My mood most times is traditional, breaded eggplant, sauce, ricotta, mozzarella and parm. Sometimes I go for a veggie one adding sliced mushrooms, Kalamata olives, walnuts and a layer of roasted (and peeled) red pepper. Then there is the one with the eggplant and sliced salami, cappicola and pepperoni, or another combination of Italian cold cuts, even sweet or hot precooked crumbled sausage and pepperoni. I like pepperoni. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:12 AM (Y8PSl) 625
Clearer:
---Cases-----------------------------Deaths------ 2020-04-14 604,165(+4.5%) 25,776(+10.2%) 2020-04-15 633,630(+4.9%) 28,214(+9.5%) 2020-04-16 665,706(+5.1%) 30,355(+7.6%) 2020-04-17 696,621(+4.6%) 32,435(+6.9%) 2020-04-18 724,895(+4.1%) 34,178(+5.4%) 2020-04-19 751,218(+3.6%) 35,809(+4.7%) Posted by: Cherry Ames, Covid19 Nurse at April 20, 2020 01:13 AM (GBHAb) 626
redc1c4, see my 596. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 01:07 AM (L2ZTs) --- the problem with irony/sarcasm is that not everybody gets it. ![]() Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 01:13 AM (YtJs4) Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 01:13 AM (SchxB) 628
You can cut all your hair with a 1" guide and a clipper and it will be short. Then 1/2" for the sides and back, then angle the 1/4" guide around the ears.
I made meatloaf in a slow cooker today. I put diced tomatoes in ... we will see. Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at April 20, 2020 01:14 AM (LxTcq) 629
AOP, J&G has Yugo Tokarevs for $200.
If I were the Stelter type, I'd be crying over all the nice cheap used handguns I can't get. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:14 AM (El6T/) 630
Throw in a bunch of pork neck bones.
Posted by: dartist at April 20, 2020 01:04 AM (K22Va) My friend, an Italian, does that. Found out the best place around me to get pork neck bones is at the Chinese grocery's meat counter. Go figure. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:14 AM (Y8PSl) 631
My friend, an Italian, does that. Found out the best place around me to get pork neck bones is at the Chinese grocery's meat counter. Go figure.
Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:14 AM (Y8PSl) --------- That's not pork. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2020 01:15 AM (XVuno) 632
Cottage cheese is an ingredient in a very good mac +
cheese recipe from some UT diner I saw on FoodTV ages ago. Good recipe. Cottage cheese and smoked paprika. Really make it better. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:09 AM (El6T/) This one, right? https://tinyurl.com/yc84q2w9 Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:15 AM (SIXRk) 633
I am really getting tired of every fucking commercial telling me to stay inside and 'stay safe' in these 'times'.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 20, 2020 01:15 AM (ufFY8) 634
I recollect that Publius wrote a program to solve Sudoku puzzles, as did I.
After that I lost interest in working them, it's kind of a cookbook process. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2020 01:15 AM (GBHAb) 635
They absolutely have legitimate uses. But trampling on citizens' Constitutional rights is not a legitimate use. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 12:10 AM (miJU3) And that right there is my beef with them, too. "Mind your own fucking business" Time to get a good slingshot and start practicing, I guess. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 20, 2020 01:15 AM (pNxlR) 636
the added starch if you do it also helps the sauce cling to the pasta. I might be off in stating that alone will thicken a sauce per se. Either way it is not required but some do it with thinner sauces other than a gravy.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:16 AM (hHxp2) 637
Used the new Craftsman weeding hoe today. Works great.
The old style - solid blade - gave up the ghost last year. Need to get one of those before the cement project commences ... Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:08 AM (LPnfS) Sold around here as a "hula hoe". That's what I used today. They say it works on the pull stroke too, but in the hard packed dirt in my driveway, only the push stroke can get 'er done. Mostly. I placed a rubber crutch tip on the end of the handle, and wear gloves while using it. Result: no blisters. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 01:17 AM (miJU3) 638
It's like a dream come true.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 01:13 AM (SchxB) It sure looks good on you ... r wall ... Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:17 AM (LPnfS) 639
No offense, but that sounds awful. Ricotta only for me.
I make three types of eggplant parm, depending on my mood. My mood most times is traditional, breaded eggplant, sauce, ricotta, mozzarella and parm. Sometimes I go for a veggie one adding sliced mushrooms, Kalamata olives, walnuts and a layer of roasted (and peeled) red pepper. Then there is the one with the eggplant and sliced salami, cappicola and pepperoni, or another combination of Italian cold cuts, even sweet or hot precooked crumbled sausage and pepperoni. I like pepperoni. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:12 AM (Y8PSl) No offense taken. I knew you would be appalled. But when we switched to ricotta we had to up the egg content to make up for the lack of liquid (the combo also had Parmesan). Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:17 AM (SIXRk) 640
Cherry Ames, AKA publius, you could add that the "gating" numbers proposed for assessing when to relax restrictions do not include deaths - only the trajectory of symptoms and cases, or positive tests. By "trajectory" I assume they mean what it usually means in situations like this - X is higher than X+14, with any bumpiness featuring lower highs and lower lows.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:18 AM (El6T/) 641
634 I recollect that Publius wrote a program to solve Sudoku puzzles, as did I.
After that I lost interest in working them, it's kind of a cookbook process. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2020 01:15 AM (GBHAb) Can the programs solve more complex sudokus? like the ones that put a cross in them or an X pattern that also has to match up. Or the ones that don't use the 3X3 patter and instead are different shaped. Or the ones that are all color coded? Posted by: buzzion at April 20, 2020 01:18 AM (Z7lwY) 642
After extensive, peer-reviewed research using a sound design study and all available data (= quick searches on Ammoseek) I can report that it does not appear to be a serious ammo shortage, or reloading component panic, going.
Common calibers available, powder and primers (the reloading warning indicators) not 100% but plenty out there of most kinds. Carry on. I keep 1000 ea on hand for .223, 9MM, 2000 for .22 and 8lbs of powder and 500 bullets for .308. In case I need it Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 20, 2020 01:20 AM (WF/xn) Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:20 AM (El6T/) 644
I get bored enough to do a sudoku sometimes, can't say I enjoy them.
Posted by: pus-faced little pimp stick at April 20, 2020 01:21 AM (yygAw) 645
Read "Craftsman Wedding Hoe".
Posted by: klaftern at April 20, 2020 01:21 AM (RuIsu) 646
Result: no blisters.
Yeah, verily ! I switched to gripper gloves last week 'cause the lawn gloves can be to thick for weed grabbing. But dang, the grass seed can go right thru 'em. No blisters, but golly gee wilikers are my hands sore. Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:21 AM (LPnfS) Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 01:22 AM (SchxB) 648
Vendette - yes, I think that's it!
Wait ..... are you stalking my recipe file?? Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:20 AM (El6T/) Just knowing the identity of the show to which you were referring and doing some DuckDuckGofu. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:23 AM (SIXRk) 649
No offense taken. I knew you would be appalled. But
when we switched to ricotta we had to up the egg content to make up for the lack of liquid (the combo also had Parmesan). Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:17 AM (SIXRk) i haven't tried it but I have heard a few chefs mention using cottage cheese in place of riccotta or at least along with it. I was never a cottage cheese fan but the last time I had it was ages ago. I have heard or recipes where they say it is an improvement on old school recipes. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:23 AM (hHxp2) 650
Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:12 AM (Y8PSl)
--- pro tip: eggplant isn't food. you feed them to food, then eat the animal. HTH! ;-) Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 01:24 AM (YtJs4) 651
"I think the massive volume of angry responses from women almost set an FB server on fire... :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:57 AM (L2ZTs)" I saw a FB post that said never let your man leave the house hungry or horny cause somewhere out there is a ho with a sammich. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 01:24 AM (ZXnzo) 652
Somewhere on Ventura Highway, In the Sunshine (I added the America lyrics there), a few years ago when I first got into guns I made sure to put away a reserve of a case of each of my calibers (just a few common handgun types). That grew slowly, then I started reloading and stopped shooting factory ammo, then I made sure I had plenty of specialty/self-defense ammo of interest, as well as components (after the last panic).
So at the moment, though I haven't done an inventory in a while, I'm sure I could not buy another round, primer, or bullet, and shoot at my "normal" rate for ..... um, a long time. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:25 AM (El6T/) 653
>> Can the programs solve more complex sudokus? like the ones that put a cross in them or an X pattern that also has to match up.
No, mine was just for the standard 9x9x3 grid. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 01:26 AM (f1Vqw) 654
12 bth
Thank you thank you, that is one of my favorite albums. That brings back the college days. There are trees album was very good and I can't remember the name of the album but if she go back Christine McVie was in a band called Chicken Shack. Keep Rockin buddy. Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 01:26 AM (X+jSR) 655
And I have enough spam cans of 54R stacked to suffice for a Red Army rifle company in 1944, depending on their situation.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:28 AM (El6T/) 656
Lyrid meteor shower tonight but I don't think the viewing is good-ish. Windy & dusty earlier today.
Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:28 AM (LPnfS) Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 01:29 AM (f1Vqw) 658
My Lord in the last post I sound like raimondo I hate this phone recognition but yes. Haha see what it just did That's supposed to be be and S. Anywho someone who doesn't know and wants to look for some good music should go back to early origins of Fleetwood Mac very much fun.13th
Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 01:30 AM (X+jSR) 659
So at the moment, though I haven't done an inventory
in a while, I'm sure I could not buy another round, primer, or bullet, and shoot at my "normal" rate for ..... um, a long time. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:25 AM (El6T/) My reloading bench is dusty. ![]() Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 01:30 AM (ZXnzo) 660
GGE, true.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 01:30 AM (L2ZTs) 661
I wish i took that effort with soups and stocks. I have done it for sure. I even make ice cubes out of fresh stock four sauces. But no way I do this regularly. It would be awesome to have homemade soup ready in the freezer whenever you want it.,
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:09 AM (hHxp2) One time I made shrimp cocktail, I bought shrimp with the heads on. So I cut off the heads and peeled the shrimp and cooked them in my flavored boil. Chilled (stored in a glass container in layers with thin sliced lemon). Served with homemade cocktail sauce, sometimes with fresh chopped cilantro for a change of pace. But I did not discard those heads and shells. Put them into a heavy duty sauce pan and dry stir cooked until they turned pink. Then I added lots of water to cover and simmered down over low heat for a few hours. (Make sure your kitchen exhaust is up and running as it is stinky.) Once I got it to a golden hue, I strained it. I froze it and later used it to make a linguini (adding some of the shrimp stock to the water) with shrimp and sliced fresh-pitted green olives and a red sauce with more shrimp stock added. Made that one up on the fly and it was good. But for me, the best broth to make at home is beef bone broth. The smell is intoxicating while simmering (better than any pot pourri) and goes into lots of things. Also freezes well. /My grandmas would be proud that I cook bones to make my own beef/pork/chicken broths. Don't really make a whole turkey anymore but if I did, I'd make turkey broth, too. Waste not, want not. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:31 AM (Y8PSl) 662
hell i don't understand Cherry Ames. I has been going on for a day or so and I still have no clue what it is about. I usually only focus on what I say and what others say back.
Naw just kidding. but I don't know what that term is about. Makes me think of the Cherry Arms. I think that was some old school put or hotel way back when. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:32 AM (hHxp2) 663
hell i don't understand Cherry Ames. I has been
going on for a day or so and I still have no clue what it is about. I usually only focus on what I say and what others say back. Naw just kidding. but I don't know what that term is about. Makes me think of the Cherry Arms. I think that was some old school put or hotel way back when. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:32 AM (hHxp2) There's an apartment complex with that name on Route 1 in Fairfax County. Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:35 AM (SIXRk) 664
Can the programs solve more complex sudokus? like the ones that put a cross in them or an X pattern that also has to match up. Or the ones that don't use the 3X3 patter and instead are different shaped. Or the ones that are all color coded? Posted by: buzzion ------- Mine certainly can't. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2020 01:36 AM (WZ5i4) 665
Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:31 AM (Y8PSl)
I made that shrimp shell stock once too. I saved the shells in the freezer until I had enough. I think the idea was to make a boullibaise. I don't recall how it turned out but I did try that. I have done a tonne of chicken stock over the years but never went all out and made a beef stock. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:37 AM (hHxp2) 666
Hmmm. Last few days some regular had posted an identically formatted comment with case/death numbers - though it was you, publius, but maybe Mike H.? Or neither. Somebody. Not "Cherry Ames", I don't think, so assumed that was just a sock.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:37 AM (El6T/) 667
Rhomboid, I don't understand that AKA me part? Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear ------- Heh. Rapscallion Nurse. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (WZ5i4) 668
There's an apartment complex with that name on Route 1 in Fairfax County.
Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:35 AM (SIXRk) yeah, I think that was what I was thinking of. I knew I saw that name before. Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (hHxp2) 669
For Operation Counter-Drone, let's pull a bit of late WWII tech into the picture.
Let us stipulate that the arm in question will be the venerable 10 ga., 3-1/2" shell. Lots of single shots, double barrels, and Marlin made a pump-action in this bore for a while. In WWII The U.S. Military had perfected the Radar Proximity Fuse for Anti-Aircraft work. Most of those were affixed to the 5 inch projectiles as fired by the 5/38 and 5/50, Dual Purpose Naval Rifles. Later in the war, smaller and cheaper fuzes found their way onto 40mm Bofors shells. With the gunlaying provided by radar control, those shells would detonate when the circuit sensed being near enough to a radar-reflective object (enemy aircraft), that it would explode in close proximity to the enemy plane. Well, we won't have the radar guidance. But with modern miniaturization, and dirt-cheap circuitry, we can haz the fuze. Let's avoid though, Federal Lockup for an truly explosives-based shell? How bout a pre-HIGH-PRESSURIZED sphere of some suitable gas in the shell, arranged as to deploy a cloud of Carbon Dust into the air immediately surrounding the offending drone. They might be able to develop a carbon dust resistant drone. But it won't be next week. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (QzJWU) 670
Oh - and what do I win for nailing #666?
I gather there is cash and maybe some vintage port involved? Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (El6T/) 671
pro tip: eggplant isn't food.
you feed them to food, then eat the animal. HTH! ;-) Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 01:24 AM (YtJs4) I'm like Forest Gump with eggplant. Can't eat the peel, though. Love baba ganouj. Thin sliced, lightly floured and fried eggplant topped with parm. Eggplant parm. Eggplant terrine with goat cheese. Greek stuffed eggplant with feta and meat. Japanese eggplant nuked with soy and ginger. Yes, nuked. Came out great! Eggplant is good food. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:39 AM (Y8PSl) 672
My socking is only for humor. Or when I accidentally use a computer Miley was using that will still have her tag in the box. Or forget to change one of those back. If I want to say something serious, it will be under my normal handle. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 01:40 AM (f1Vqw) 673
Heck, AOP, drive up to Prescott and get yerself a nice C&R or used pistol or revolver, cheap, at J&G. Wish I could do that. As a furriner, but in AZ, you have access to whole categories of handguns denied to me here in CA.
Plus, Chi-Nah. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:07 AM (El6T/) Can a furriner like me legally own a C&R handgun? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 01:40 AM (miJU3) 674
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Oh - and what do I win for nailing #666? I gather there is cash and maybe some vintage port involved? Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (El6T/) You are lucky it is not the barbed pineapple tonight. Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 20, 2020 01:41 AM (ufFY8) 675
AOP, lessee.
I know resident legal aliens can own firearms, same rules as US citizens. Don't know your visa status - that would determine the answer. I think, yes, most likely. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:41 AM (El6T/) 676
And the C&R part is not relevant to whether you can legally purchase a gun, AOP. Just a category of firearm that in many states does not require a dealer/FFL involvement.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:43 AM (El6T/) 677
I made that shrimp shell stock once too. I saved the shells in the freezer until I had enough. I think the idea was to make a boullibaise. I don't recall how it turned out but I did try that.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:37 AM (hHxp2) I've made shrimp stock with just the shells before and it was pretty weak. The heads added lots of flavor and gave the stock a lovely amber color. Or 'liquid gold' as I called it. Posted by: RickZ at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (Y8PSl) Posted by: Vendette at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (SIXRk) 679
Hmm. Quick check of ATF guidance sez aliens on non-immigrant visas cannot have guns, except for various categories that would not apply to you, AOP. So if you're here on a non-immigrant visa, looks like no joy.
Renting is OK - must be - about half the business at indoor ranges seems to be foreign students and other furriners (most students from .... Chi-Nah, at least in these parts). Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (El6T/) 680
Somewhere on Ventura Highway, In the Sunshine (I added the America lyrics there), a few years ago when I first got into guns I made sure to put away a reserve of a case of each of my calibers (just a few common handgun types). That grew slowly, then I started reloading and stopped shooting factory ammo, then I made sure I had plenty of specialty/self-defense ammo of interest, as well as components (after the last panic).
So at the moment, though I haven't done an inventory in a while, I'm sure I could not buy another round, primer, or bullet, and shoot at my "normal" rate for ..... um, a long time. I hear ya, I load a lot of stuff for my bolt rifles, .223, .308 but still keep a lot of factory stuff on hand. I shoot my old ruger standard pistol for fun a lot along with the .308 and . 223. The nines and the .357 get shot less. Also love to shoot skeet with my niece. We don't go in order but switch it up a lot for quail practice. The most relaxed I ever feel is when I come home from shooting long range. Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (WF/xn) 681
Oh - and what do I win for nailing #666?
I gather there is cash and maybe some vintage port involved? Posted by: rhomboid ...Served in a giant goblet. Oh, and a nice scarlet and purple robe to wear! We also tattoo your victory on your forehead! Posted by: RKae at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (96aYX) Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 01:48 AM (kFkpX) 683
Oh - and what do I win for nailing #666?
I gather there is cash and maybe some vintage port involved? Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (El6T/) Well, some naked womyns give you some lime in a coconut and you have to drink it all up. Unfortunately not all are kbdabear naked womyns ... Posted by: Adriane the Landscaping Critic ... at April 20, 2020 01:51 AM (LPnfS) 684
not wanting to flame any....tired...really tired....maybe should just sit in the corner tonight and lurk.
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 01:51 AM (kFkpX) Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 20, 2020 01:51 AM (WF/xn) 686
same adios all.
Posted by: Quint at April 20, 2020 01:52 AM (hHxp2) 687
The people behind all the "stay inside" ads are the same ones that won't let any families be all white and hetero, make all the fathers idiots, and promote phony "grrrl power". So no surprise really.
Posted by: ... at April 20, 2020 01:52 AM (CGXMi) Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 01:54 AM (kFkpX) 689
Posted by: raimondo at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (YHKX0)
Somehow you think you're upsetting us during our eight year Trump Party, but we love having you as our pinata.Sad cunt. Posted by: ... at April 20, 2020 01:54 AM (CGXMi) 690
Yo nightwatch, how is you.
Posted by: ... at April 20, 2020 01:54 AM (CGXMi) 691
If anyone wants to see that Suduko solver, I'd be glad to let you have the source code. It's in a git repository, and I could sign up for a Github account and publish it there, allowing anyone to download/clone it. I'll have to figure out how to create the github account. It's written in C, plain old C, and is a command line program. Input is from a text file with the Sudoku entered in. Also, it makes use of an arg parser library I wrote, which is a work in progress, so I'd have to put that in there. And document the user interface for it too. My code is very poorly commented and cryptic, I must warn. I would not want to try to figure out my own code. Not a team player I am on programming. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 01:56 AM (f1Vqw) 692
I'm going just...
Hi....nice to post ya...hope you are well...virtual hug if I can without violating some HR ZOOM protocol....hating our social spacing life....so hating hating how we can't share a beer elbow to elbow or interlock arms for a shot of the REALLY GOOD STUFF!!! sighes an sadness.....me Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:02 AM (kFkpX) 693
"A Georgia high school expelled two white students after they posted a video to TikTok saying negative and racist stereotypes against Black people."
The kicker is the white students were making a video responding to one blacks made making racist insults about whites. So whites get punished again for something blacks can do with impunity. The original black anti-white video: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1251620181488484352 The white students' response: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1250945662327361537 ^ This is the tweet some cunt posted doxing the kids. Posted by: KRockFM at April 20, 2020 02:04 AM (qzlMS) Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:04 AM (kFkpX) 695
If I want to say something serious, it will be under my normal handle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 01:40 AM (f1Vqw) --- have your forgotten you are @ AOSHQ withe "say something serious" business? ![]() Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 02:06 AM (YtJs4) 696
Aren't you glad liberals are nice people...
Posted by: raimondo at April 20, 2020 01:46 AM (YHKX0) --- why do you always start out with a lie? didn't you learn *anything* in "Lame Troll 101"? Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 02:07 AM (YtJs4) 697
How bout a pre-HIGH-PRESSURIZED sphere of some suitable gas in the shell, arranged as to deploy a cloud of Carbon Dust into the air immediately surrounding the offending drone.
They might be able to develop a carbon dust resistant drone. But it won't be next week. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at April 20, 2020 01:38 AM (QzJWU) That's getting into a whole lot of engineering to accomplish what could be done more simply, I think. Remember the old Gyrojet pistols (and carbine)? They had a light barrel, smooth bore, and the rounds were small rockets burning smokeless powder, ignited by a standard pistol primer, The butt end of each projectile had 4 rocket nozzles, inclined along tangent lines to the circle of the base, so that the rocket jets would impart spin, as well as accelerate the projectile to normal bullet velocity. Anybody with a small lathe could build those projectiles. One would need to build a jig to drill the canted holes, but with a good jig, the drilling would take only seconds per hole. Might be amenable to being made by 3D printer, too. Now you take a slab of tough plastic like Delrin or UHMW, and drill a row of holes in it. There are your barrels. Instead of having springs and strikers to fire the primers, you have a row of sharpened steel nails, spring-loaded to lightly press the primers. And you can dump the full output of the drone's storage battery into those nails. Just like a spot welder. The primers will cook off in a tiny fraction of a second, I expect. You mount this thing on your quadcopter drone, and use the drone's power supply to run it. Have it bore-sighted to line up with the drone's forward-looking camera at, say, 10 yards. Instead of the projectiles being solid bullets, they could be saboted birdshot. Or you could have a mix of types. Sneak up behind an enemy drone, and take a potshot. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 02:07 AM (miJU3) 698
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I feel like I'm coming around the bend in my current crisis of life and facing up to the gates of hell.....naw maybe not that bad just yet....but ya get my drift? Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:10 AM (kFkpX) 699
I shudder to think of the feminist women who don't, er, trim the hedges, 'down there'...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:29 AM (L2ZTs) Keep your nose out of our hedges! Posted by: Women everywhere at April 20, 2020 02:11 AM (rCwaK) 700
Years back I recall seeing an interesting looking short-range drone defense that was basically a short-range rocket that deployed a small net when approaching the drone, snaring it and forcing it down. Kind of a "soft" kill.
Wonder if there are any practical (as in, consumer-level, or adaptable, legal) RF or directed energy solutions to impair/blind/damage a drone. Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 02:13 AM (El6T/) 701
As for trump and the supreme court nominees AOC will clean them out when she becomes president.
Posted by: raimondo at April 20, 2020 02:09 AM (YHKX0) If Trump cannot "clean out" RBG, and the other leftard judges. what makes you think that AOC would be able to clean out Trump's appointees? Besides, she will never become President, not once the sex video with the pangolin comes out. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 02:15 AM (miJU3) 702
Horny posting seems to be bubbling to the surface........
WHAT???...just noting....nothing more to it...jeeeeezzzz ya all so twitchy...what the heck? Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:15 AM (kFkpX) 703
644 I get bored enough to do a sudoku sometimes, can't say I enjoy them.
Posted by: pus-faced little pimp stick at April 20, 2020 01:21 AM I only do them when I am on an airplane. I have this weird habit. I have to start and finish one between the time I get in my seat and when the plane takes off. Posted by: Moonbeam at April 20, 2020 02:17 AM (qe5CM) 704
..You mount this thing on your quadcopter drone, and use the drone's power supply to run it. Have it bore-sighted to line up with the drone's forward-looking camera at, say, 10 yards. Instead of the projectiles being solid bullets, they could be saboted birdshot. Or you could have a mix of types. Sneak up behind an enemy drone, and take a potshot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 02:07 AM (miJU3) Perhaps. But now we're getting into the sphere of Drone vs. Drone dogfighting. And that's when you deploy the 1/5 scale P-51, and do it right. But, I digress. Bubba with a Shotgun, is damn near everywhere. Give him a box of Proximity Shells, and there won't be an enemy drone in the sky. Well, at least at altitudes below 300 ft. The "nagging" drones have to close to within a dozen feet, or so. I can take those out with a BB pistol. Reading the Proximity Fuse history, the WWII costs of those started at about $732 per in 1942, dropping to appx. $18 per in 1945. With today's circuitry, those things would cost nickels and dimes. I'd be thrilled to pay $5 per shell. $10, even. Imagine chasing the Statist's Drone Fleet to altitudes above 300 ft., Or Else. Oh, and a swarm of 20 Bubbas with 10 gauge shotties and those shells? That would be a much HIGHER hard-deck than a mere 300 ft. With those, we could drive the drones from the lower skies. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at April 20, 2020 02:18 AM (QzJWU) 705
People, people, people, anytime the politicians say "tax the rich" what they mean is- if you got a job we're going to raise your taxes. Read the fine print on the bill. Most people don't give a damn if the rich has to pay more taxes so they don't care or pay attention. Politicians have been doing this for years (decades). And don't be surprised if they exempt people who "are servants of the people". You don't expect them to raise their own taxes, do you? They are assholes. They don't give a damn about you. They don't deserve your trust. Don't take them at their word.
Posted by: Case at April 20, 2020 02:19 AM (tWAkG) 706
Besides, she will never become President, not once the sex video with the pangolin comes out.
Wait, AOC rufied a pangolin? Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 02:19 AM (SchxB) 707
Wonder if there are any practical (as in, consumer-level, or adaptable, legal) RF or directed energy solutions to impair/blind/damage a drone.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 20, 2020 02:13 AM (El6T/) You know, ordinary, legal, consumer-grade fireworks, like Roman candles, could mess up a drone, if fired at it en masse. Plausible deniability, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 02:19 AM (miJU3) Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:22 AM (kFkpX) 709
..Wait, AOC rufied a pangolin?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 02:19 AM (SchxB) Other way around, bucko. Pangolin ain't got no shame it it's game. But it didn't have to roofie her to get the snatch. That was a given. It had to roofie her to shut her the hell up. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at April 20, 2020 02:23 AM (QzJWU) 710
raimondo
Jill Stein was robbed. But her recount effort was halted fast when it showed that the voting fraud was so massive for the Democrats. Based on that recount, the numbers of illegals that voted in Ca, and the over-expression of votes vice registered voters in Dem urban areas, Donald Trump received more votes from qualified American voters (American citizens) than Hillary. Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 20, 2020 02:24 AM (u82oZ) 711
Well, it is getting late. Time for me to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2020 02:24 AM (miJU3) Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:24 AM (kFkpX) Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 02:25 AM (SchxB) Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:25 AM (kFkpX) 715
G'night, AOP.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - hiding out in the secret mountain lair at April 20, 2020 02:26 AM (SchxB) 716
Night John-Boy....
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 20, 2020 02:28 AM (kFkpX) 717
Posted by: raimondo at April 20, 2020 02:09 AM (YHKX0)
--- delusion: you are there. lame troll is lame Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 02:30 AM (YtJs4) 718
701
I shudder to think of the feminist women who don't, er, trim the hedges, 'down there'... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 20, 2020 12:29 AM (L2ZTs) Keep your nose out of our hedges! Posted by: Women everywhere at April 20, 2020 02:11 AM (rCwaK) If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now.... Posted by: The Paolo, channeling Robert Plant at April 20, 2020 02:33 AM (ufFY8) Posted by: redc1c4 at April 20, 2020 02:36 AM (YtJs4) 720
My assumption is Train to Dachau is referring to Karen learning a new skill.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 20, 2020 02:44 AM (e1mEI) Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 20, 2020 02:50 AM (u82oZ) 722
"Cherry Ames" was a series of books written in the 40s-60s that dealt with a nurse and her adventures. Geared towards young girls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Ames Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at April 20, 2020 03:03 AM (VqNuf) 723
Only in raimondo's world is motor voting laws made to give illegals driving license and not to vote.
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 03:38 AM (ZCEU2) 724
I don't feel like getting up but I have to
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 03:45 AM (ZCEU2) 725
Hello, I have been a "lurker" since 12/06/13 after hearing the article about "MacGuffinization of Politics" mentioned by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show.
I have enjoyed the atmosphere here ever since. Please help. I want to know where the "moron" moniker originated. I feel sure I is one but it pays to be accurate. I like the entire outfit you have here but I would like to know that I fit in. Thanks,Half Ear Posted by: Half Ear at April 20, 2020 03:52 AM (Jbgzu) 726
Trump disbanded the vote fraud commision because Democrat run States refused to provide the necessary data. Andd that is because they are the ones doing the cheating.
Posted by: Vic at April 20, 2020 03:55 AM (mpXpK) 727
Time to start out and shaming the isolation narcs.
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at April 20, 2020 04:03 AM (ABuva) 728
Cant say I know where the moron term came from, don't think it was used 10 years ago though, but then these things take time to build up .
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:05 AM (ZCEU2) Posted by: Gooshy at April 20, 2020 04:12 AM (dpEpr) 730
342 I don't think I could do sudoku, what with being functionally innumerate and all...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 19, 2020 11:06 PM (7WaWV) === I never would have guessed yoy were a Democrat. Posted by: Vlad the impaler,whittling away like mad at April 20, 2020 04:13 AM (d6mdH) 731
--- It's pretty sad when Bill Maher sees a pube and gets all philosophical, on the correct side of an issue. Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 19, 2020 10:27 PM (NbiPY) I can't figure out how such a total loser ever sees a pubic hair. Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2020 10:30 PM -------- Sometimes the glory-hole stares into YOU. Posted by: Bill Maher at April 20, 2020 04:16 AM (RVcmP) Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:16 AM (N4ZRs) 733
Only in raimondo's world is motor voting laws made to give illegals driving license and not to vote.
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 03:38 AM (ZCEU2) Another funny thing is how democrats find votes in car trunks and closets but the only case of voter fraud that was actually prosecuted was against the republicans. Everywhere else it has been undermined. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 04:18 AM (ZXnzo) 734
Who was it that said the votes don't count, it's who counts the votes...or words to that effect...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 04:19 AM (ZXnzo) 735
Who was it that said the votes don't count, it's who counts the votes...or words to that effect...
Comrade buttfucker Raimondo Stalin! Posted by: Tentotwo at April 20, 2020 04:21 AM (yhf6w) 736
The Italians started with local songs, about the great town they were in. Actual traditional songs. Not the same
-===== Speaking of Italy, have they proposed doing a Mussolini on the mayor of Florence(?) who pushed the 'hug a Chinese otherwise you're a racist' PC idiocy. A peek at his Swiss bank account would prove enlightening. Posted by: Vlad the impaler,whittling away like mad at April 20, 2020 04:24 AM (d6mdH) 737
https://tinyurl.com/y8wyjeor
Medium.com - Moving the goalposts 4 more reasons it is safe to open America Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:25 AM (ZCEU2) 738
I think 'moron' came longer than 10 years ago. Somewhere there's a link to the older memes. Maybe. Thought i read it somewhere.
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:27 AM (N4ZRs) 739
Levin is a total disappointment tonight.
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 04:30 AM (nvc6v) 740
Anti-lockdown protests are starting up all over the Western World, I see, including France and Germany. The Kraut and Frog cops are getting rough with them, beating the shit out of some of them. Krauts arrested some female lawyer who was calling for protests and threw her in a psych facility. To teach her a lesson. Why she must be crazy to oppose our safety measures. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 04:30 AM (f1Vqw) 741
737 G' morn to you Mlii and Skip if he is rambling around.
And for half-ear at 728 I really can't recall either the origins of the moron term. But correct etiquette is that those here are Morons with a capital M. It's just been kind of a meme like the smart military blog thing. Somethings just said in jest. Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 04:35 AM (X+jSR) Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:38 AM (N4ZRs) 743
publius, while reading that, I was thinking of taking the park closed sign down, then my mind went, no, shoot the damn thing.
Alas, house cameras, damnit. Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 04:38 AM (nvc6v) 744
Hey, not Het
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:38 AM (N4ZRs) 745
>>publius, while reading that, I was thinking of taking the park closed sign down, then my mind went, no, shoot the damn thing.
Alas, house cameras, damnit. Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 04:38 AM (nvc6v) Wear a mask? Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:39 AM (N4ZRs) Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:40 AM (N4ZRs) 747
Have a Great day MLii
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:41 AM (ZCEU2) 748
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 20, 2020 04:39
I took it down last wknd. It was up the next day. I have not was to sneak around unless I walk a couple miles. Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 04:41 AM (nvc6v) 749
Mlii
We are just a bit south of you in Northern Illinois so we hit 62 today oh, that was nice. But that couple inches of snow the other day a bit late, but it happens. How is business at the store, less then usual or approaching usual? Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 04:42 AM (X+jSR) 750
I for one commend raimondo on his increasing proficiency in the English language. When it first started, its word salads could not be deciphered by anyone.
In another 3 months at this rate, he'll have us all marching in lockstep. Posted by: george at April 20, 2020 04:42 AM (yygAw) 751
George, in another three months he might get close to Joe Biden's proficiency with English language. But that's a pretty high bar to meet unfortunately.
Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 04:47 AM (X+jSR) 752
Not liking my vanilla ice cubes, a bit overpowering, but am using my smaller cup.
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:48 AM (ZCEU2) 753
Mandatory face masks today, and a store trip will be necessary by tomorrow.
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:49 AM (ZCEU2) 754
So Skip, did I get this right, you were off for a while but you're back to work now?
Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 04:50 AM (X+jSR) Posted by: Gooshy at April 20, 2020 04:50 AM (dpEpr) 756
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo, F*ck BofA & uckfay ancercay at April 20, 2020 04:52 AM (Dhht7) Posted by: Gooshy at April 20, 2020 04:53 AM (dpEpr) 758
NY at 13,800s
NJ at 4,200s 6 in 1000s including Pa which is jumping up fast 4 less than 1,000 to 500s 6 in 500s to 200s 13 in 100s 19 less than 100. Why are 38 states under lockdown? Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:55 AM (ZCEU2) 759
>> I still find Trey Gowdy's hair deeply disturbing.
Hannity had him on the other night, and my God, that hair was deformed. Boris Johnson would look at him and say, WTF dude! If you've ever seen those Incel memes with "Chad". Well, Trey's hair looked sort of like a white Chad shock of hair. Or he looked sort of like some aging bull dyke with a bad mohawk or something. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 04:57 AM (f1Vqw) 760
Farmer yeah was off a month but started Friday. In Pa medical building construction projects can continue. Makes no sense to me because its not like its going to be done by end of summer.
But also if someone is found with Covid-19 it would get shut down for 2 weeks while quarantined as another job we are doing did. Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 04:58 AM (ZCEU2) 761
Gooshy, who doesn't? He looked like crap in the show I saw of him tonight. These people having stuff shot at home don't know how to distance themselves from the camera cuz his head looked the skinniest and pointiest I've ever seen it. But others shoot up from below as they're on their computers and they look like idiots too.
Posted by: Farmer at April 20, 2020 04:59 AM (X+jSR) 762
I love it. Ex-Prince Harry and that idiot Bitch are making the Duke and Duchess of Windsor look good in comparison: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8235215 Harry's name is mud in Britain. He has just about burned his last bridge. And all over that stupid gold digging yacht whore. Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 20, 2020 05:02 AM (f1Vqw) 763
Morning olddog. The sign is down. Wish I could pull it out, but would need tools. Motion lights are not your friend sometimes.
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 05:03 AM (nvc6v) 764
americanthinker.com/put pennsylvanians back to work
https://tinyurl.com/yauqg5t9 Should have been a county by county shutdown from the start. Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 05:05 AM (ZCEU2) 765
hiya
Posted by: JT at April 20, 2020 05:07 AM (arJlL) 766
How is Mrs. Olddog?
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 05:10 AM (nvc6v) 767
dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/this would be good for those really ( hard to reach places)
https://tinyurl.com/ydenrasa Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 05:11 AM (ZCEU2) 768
Should have been a county by county shutdown from the start.
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 05:05 AM (ZCEU2) Should have been that way in every state, county by county. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 20, 2020 05:13 AM (ZXnzo) 769
But the You shut everything down because we have thousands of deaths keeping our mass transportation open is the socialist way.
Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 05:19 AM (ZCEU2) 770
Hey, Infidel. She's happy to be home. Calling her Drs this morning to schedule appts for post-hospital follow up. Her meds were changed and couple seem like low dosage so going to ask about that as well.
Posted by: olddog in mo, F*ck BofA & uckfay ancercay at April 20, 2020 05:21 AM (Dhht7) 771
olddog happy for you both.
Got to hit that short road, stay out of trouble horde. Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 05:26 AM (ZCEU2) Posted by: Gooshy at April 20, 2020 05:33 AM (dpEpr) Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 05:43 AM (nvc6v) 774
A Georgia high school expelled two white students after they posted a video to TikTok saying negative and racist stereotypes against Black people.
-- Boy, I sure hate to imagine someone in Atlanta promoting negative and racist stereotypes about black people. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 05:46 AM (IwDj9) Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 05:47 AM (jol/7) 776
Heck yeah Olddog.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 05:47 AM (IwDj9) 777
I don't expect the ACLU to jump to the students defense now that they are favoring Brown Shirt law enforcement tactics throughout the USA.
________ Isn't the preferred usage nowadays "Black and Brown Shirt law"? Posted by: Eeyore at April 20, 2020 05:50 AM (ZbwAu) 778
jsg, hitler bday. no thanks.
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 05:51 AM (nvc6v) 779
784 jsg, hitler bday. no thanks.
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 05:51 AM (nvc6v) Did not know that, thanks. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 05:52 AM (jol/7) Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 05:53 AM (jol/7) 781
But the You shut everything down because we have thousands of deaths keeping our mass transportation open is the socialist way.
-- Someone on a thread yesterday made a really great point that was being glossed over by everyone who is usually concerned about this sort of thing. Blacks were the bulk of the people riding the subways and working in the nursing homes in places like NYC and NJ, and then they'd take it back to their families, homes, and communities. They represent somewhere around half of the COVID deaths while only 14% of the population. IIRC last week blacks were 100% of COVID deaths in St. Louis. But shh... We can't talk about that or it would be too awkward for the Democrat mayors to explain why they don't think black lives matter. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 05:54 AM (IwDj9) 782
Good morning all. Once I turn the coffee pot on, I'm officially "up".
Re: 4/20, now that I'm retired I can participate in herbicide, yet I have no desire to. How sad! It's like a pothead O. Henry story. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2020 05:54 AM (Dc2NZ) Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 05:55 AM (dmYb7) 784
770 americanthinker.com/put pennsylvanians back to work
https://tinyurl.com/yauqg5t9 Should have been a county by county shutdown from the start. Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2020 05:05 AM (ZCEU2) That is much too reasonable for a totalitarian asshoe to accept. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 05:55 AM (jol/7) Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 05:55 AM (9UmRs) 786
Vanilla Ice Cube would be a great rap cover band.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2020 05:56 AM (Dc2NZ) Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 05:57 AM (nvc6v) 788
Vanilla Ice T Cube would be an even better Rap Cover Band.
Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 05:58 AM (jol/7) 789
Should have been a county by county shutdown from the start.
- "Hey folks, there's a bug going around that kills elderly people and folks with these conditions. It sucks but that's the truth. If you are scared to go outside, don't. This website will show you how to properly wear these masks if you want to try. And for goodness sake stay off of subways and airplanes if you think you could die from it." (Stock market continues rising and hits 35K as additional measures against China are put into place and Trump is re-elected in a landslide) Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:00 AM (IwDj9) 790
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:00 AM (IwDj9)
And you just described exactly why we couldn't do what you said. The big question is whether Americans see through this farce. Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:04 AM (9UmRs) 791
Morning, Horde
Posted by: fluffy at April 20, 2020 06:05 AM (NGm/n) Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 06:06 AM (nvc6v) 793
I have asked the CDC to review all death certificates this year and stamp them with Covid19 and reissued. From this date forward all new death certificates for any adult who expires this year will be on a new CDC pre-printed or CDC internet form with primary and secondary cause of death as Covid19 even if the individual is extracted from a burning automobile. I think that will prove the MSM as your best source of news and best source of voting advice. Good day.
Posted by: Barkier One at April 20, 2020 06:07 AM (ZA5QI) 794
A nephews daughter has her 14th birthday today 4/20. She kind of surprised her dad by noting he birthday was the same as Herr Hitler. Not sure how she learned that.
Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:08 AM (MhLJ2) 795
I know it's early (or late), and not too many morons here, but I have a question. Does anyone know of a book, or song, or movie in which the flawed protagonist seeks redemption but has it snatched from him/her by the antagonist?
Posted by: SFGoth at April 20, 2020 06:09 AM (KAi1n) 796
Posted by: Barkier One at April 20, 2020 06:07 AM
You'd better hurry up. I saw a photo of a bunch of Eyetalians hanging upside down yesterday. Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:09 AM (9UmRs) 797
And you just described exactly why we couldn't do what you said.
The big question is whether Americans see through this farce. -- Yep. It's pretty fascinating to look around at the world that is 99.91% exactly the same as it was back around Christmas except with 30%+ of businesses shut down permanently, 20-30% unemployment, and $16T in wealth flushed down the toilet. And a Greater Depression coming. We're f*cked for the next decade, and all because Democrats were still angry that they lost one election. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:09 AM (IwDj9) 798
>>> Should have been a county by county shutdown from the start.
I live in Middlesex county in Massachusetts. At one end is Cambridge, barely disitinguishable from Boston. At the other end is Ashby, still more people than livestock, but just barely. One size does not fit all. Posted by: fluffy at April 20, 2020 06:10 AM (NGm/n) 799
And on tuesday, we burn tires!
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 06:11 AM (nvc6v) 800
Dumb is that dumb does. Everyone overreacted. It was a mistake.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 06:11 AM (dmYb7) 801
Robbie, not sure I agree. PDT said he rebuilt the economy once and he can do it again. If he has the energy, I believe it.
Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:14 AM (9UmRs) 802
Every time I see Trey Gowdy I think he's going to die in two weeks.
Posted by: george at April 20, 2020 06:14 AM (yygAw) 803
>> I know it's early (or late), and not too many morons here, but I have a question. Does anyone know of a book, or song, or movie in which the flawed protagonist seeks redemption but has it snatched from him/her by the antagonist?
Yes. Presumed Innocent. Harrison Ford and Bonnie Bedelia. And of course Mr. Denahy. Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 06:16 AM (dmYb7) 804
I'm making every day until the end of the shutdown a Ruin A Karen's Day day.
Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 06:19 AM (jol/7) 805
jsg, I did my part a bit ago. Sometimes motion lights are not your friend.
Posted by: Infidel at April 20, 2020 06:22 AM (nvc6v) 806
And the MSNBC report indicated that the drones were donated by DJI, a Chinese company, and have gone to 43 agencies in 22 states, all to help enforce social distancing rules.
And that is when Winston realized he loved Big Brother. Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:23 AM (JFO2v) 807
Who said 'You just don't have the sense of what is going on'
Of course thats Trump talking to a CNN reporter...At yesterdays presser.Can you even imagine Biden ever saying that..of course he will never have pressers. Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:23 AM (MhLJ2) 808
I know it's early (or late), and not too many morons here, but I have a question. Does anyone know of a book, or song, or movie in which the flawed protagonist seeks redemption but has it snatched from him/her by the antagonist?
-- Probably every Cormac McCarthy story. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:26 AM (IwDj9) 809
788 Good morning all. Once I turn the coffee pot on, I'm officially "up".
Re: 4/20, now that I'm retired I can participate in herbicide, yet I have no desire to. How sad! It's like a pothead O. Henry story. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2020 05:54 AM (Dc2NZ) Yep I sold my shinbones to get wife gold cuticle frames. Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:27 AM (JFO2v) 810
>>Probably every Cormac McCarthy story.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:26 AM (IwDj9) All the Pretty Horses. Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 06:30 AM (dmYb7) 811
Robbie, not sure I agree. PDT said he rebuilt the economy once and he can do it again. If he has the energy, I believe it.
Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:14 AM (9UmRs) -- He's the best one to do it, but the cost will be substantial. All of that money I've been saving for retirement will be worth half (or worse) soon, because the only way to keep this ship from sinking is to plug the holes with money. And we will, same as what they did to Bush leading up to Obama and his perpetual "stimulus." But we'll be lucky to get there. There's no avoiding businesses closing and employees losing their jobs and health insurance. Guess who can fix it, and give you what you need for absolutely noting, no cost to you except one tiny little vote? Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:30 AM (IwDj9) 812
All the Pretty Horses.
- Yeah, I've read all his stuff but forgotten most of it, but I'm honestly trying to think of one that didn't end that way. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:31 AM (IwDj9) 813
Good Morning!
I read the Kurt Schlicher piece. How the WooHoo Flu didn't conveniently fit into the computer models. I enjoyed his analogy of the climate change Karens getting their scream on because of a weather forecast models for 2040. Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:32 AM (vd8XM) 814
But shh... We can't talk about that or it would be too awkward for the Democrat mayors to explain why they don't think black lives matter.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 05:54 AM (IwDj9) Black women are 4X more likely to die at childbirth than white Women. In some states it is more like 10X. Yet all I here about is funding for PP and Prep for HIV. Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:33 AM (JFO2v) Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 20, 2020 06:34 AM (SAK2A) 816
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:30 AM (IwDj9)
I think you underestimate the pissedoffedness. It will show in November. Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:35 AM (9UmRs) 817
BZ Master Chief
Posted by: Garbone at April 20, 2020 06:36 AM (0vzJL) 818
Chicago utes that refused to SIP this weekend, overnite totals not in yet...
4 killed 29 wounded Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:37 AM (vd8XM) 819
I do not see people listening to the next great master death bug plan. When things reopen and this will be tried again for the October surprise. I hope everyone has the sense to say fuck that.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:39 AM (JFO2v) 820
362 Today was hubs first day on home quarantine.
I cooked breakfast, I made lunch, we had an afternoon snack. He said today was the best day ever! He's lucky he's cute with a great ass! Posted by: Cheriebebe at April 13, 2020 10:57 PM (a4qVe) It really is a hall-of-fame comment of the week! Posted by: m at April 20, 2020 06:39 AM (M5wRT) 821
I think you underestimate the pissedoffedness. It will show in November.
- I hope so. I suspect promises of an additional two years of no-questions-asked unemployment (or a universal basic income) for people who aren't sure how to pay their mortgages and medicare-for-all for the same reason is going to make even staunch conservatives Democrat curious, though. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:39 AM (IwDj9) 822
818 Chicago utes that refused to SIP this weekend, overnite totals not in yet...
4 killed 29 wounded Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:37 AM (vd8XM) They were shooting people not following social distancing rules. Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:40 AM (JFO2v) 823
If the majority of the media was laid off right now what would the narrative be?
Posted by: Buzzion at April 20, 2020 06:41 AM (G2zl5) 824
Yeah, I've read all his stuff but forgotten most of it, but I'm honestly trying to think of one that didn't end that way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:31 AM (IwDj9) You are absolutely right. No Country for Old Men is a great example. So is No Blood for Oil. All tragic outcomes Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 06:41 AM (dmYb7) 825
They were shooting people not following social distancing rules.
Posted by: rhennigantx Ahhhh, vigilantes. I approve! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:42 AM (vd8XM) 826
Ahhhh, vigilantes.
I approve! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:42 AM (vd8XM) As long as your 6 feet away when you shoot, that should be fine. Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:45 AM (MhLJ2) 827
26 Ahhhh, vigilantes.
I approve! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:42 AM (vd8XM) As long as your 6 feet away when you shoot, that should be fine. Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:45 AM (MhLJ2) The way they hold their guns they might not have been. Posted by: Buzzion at April 20, 2020 06:45 AM (G2zl5) 828
Early in the WooHoo Panic, someone on Nextdoor suggested that we leave our garage doors open...so people know we are home...as solidarity....?
They were told to F off. I'm not worried so much about someone stealing from my garage. But the squirrels, chipmunks etc would have a field day. Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:47 AM (vd8XM) Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 20, 2020 06:48 AM (gAXBD) 830
Crap I meant "There Will Be Blood."
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 06:50 AM (dmYb7) 831
I think you underestimate the pissedoffedness. It will show in November.
Posted by: clutch I think this is true. In my little area of blue Illinois, we're hearing less from the Karens, and more from angry people who want some semblance of freedom back. The Karens aren't so quick to spout off the guff since the protests. Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 06:50 AM (L3Rsz) 832
Bruce...ugh..that sort of cloying 'we're all in this together, so do the right thing(as defined by Karen)' crap is wearing real thin.
Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 06:52 AM (L3Rsz) 833
Looking at the Illinois Flu tracker,
22% of available hospital bed are occupied for WooHoo flu patients..... Open up the damn state FatAss! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:52 AM (vd8XM) 834
Too bad the Rs are pussies. Now would be a great time to do the Fairtax. No paycheck deductions. Pay all your taxes at the retail purchase. Prebates every month to cover the cost of the taxes for necessities.
Reduces number of people dealing with IRS by about 75%. And forces illegals, drug dealers, and other off the books people to pay their fair share. Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:53 AM (JFO2v) 835
On the local Next Door some good person has erected a mailbox type of box by the road for people to help themselves and contribute to the box items like baked goods etc.
I would like to see Nancy P put a box outside her wall with this nice idea for her people in SF. Maybe some of her expensive icecream, to show her good will to her constituents. Then i woke up.... Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:54 AM (MhLJ2) 836
833 Looking at the Illinois Flu tracker,
22% of available hospital bed are occupied for WooHoo flu patients..... Open up the damn state FatAss! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:52 AM (vd8XM) We are at about 1300. With 55k hospital beds. Posted by: rhennigantx at April 20, 2020 06:54 AM (JFO2v) Posted by: Steve Perry at April 20, 2020 06:55 AM (jol/7) 838
I would like to see Nancy P put a box outside her wall with this nice idea for her people in SF. Maybe some of her expensive icecream, to show her good will to her constituents. Then i woke up....
Posted by: Colin Nanzi would have her recycled Kohls flyers in there that you could use for TP. Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 06:56 AM (vd8XM) 839
Lizabth, I'm thinking PDT will also campaign on how public sector workers haven't suffered a lick this whole time. All kinds of things to exploit, maybe even the Karens.
Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:56 AM (9UmRs) 840
I'm trying to think of something along the lines of the protagonist, who is flawed and would otherwise seem to many to be unsympathetic, is trying to do the right thing, the doing of which would overcome the apparent unsympathy (antipathy) -- the redemption -- but the bad guy interferes and prevents the redemption, so the protagonist's mission is to bring the bad guy to justice which ends up being the protagonist's redemption. In the end, the formerly unsympathetic (but not irredeemable) protagonist is seen as a good person whose redemption has made up for the bad stuff in earlier years (though none of it harmed another person).
Maybe I'm writing it this very moment. Posted by: SFGoth at April 20, 2020 06:56 AM (KAi1n) 841
If the state miraculously starts to open on May 1st, this will be my last week of real 'vacation'. I wonder what Pritz will do. I am kinda surprised he hasn't extended it yet.
Yesterday he was blathering on about masks, and that maybe we need to wear them ANYTIME we are outside. Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 06:57 AM (L3Rsz) 842
Too bad the Rs are pussies. Now would be a great time to do the Fairtax. No paycheck deductions. Pay all your taxes at the retail purchase. Prebates every month to cover the cost of the taxes for necessities.
-- They're too busy giving $1200 to generations of people who have never paid taxes and denying the same amount to people who have been paying them for decades. But hey, we still have our tax cuts that will expire. Yay. Posted by: Moron Robbie - hilarious April 4 photo of NYC hospital staff using their gloves and masks at April 20, 2020 06:57 AM (IwDj9) 843
I have to keep my garage door closed or I will start seeing poop from chipmunks everywhere, and they can get up over head in the house like squirrels do.
Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:58 AM (MhLJ2) 844
Nieman Marcus should have some great sales in the coming days, reducing inventory with its impending bankruptcy. Pelosi could get that miniature giraffe she's always wanted. Keep the pangolin the chinks sent her company.
Posted by: bill in arkansas at April 20, 2020 06:59 AM (C1Lsn) 845
Lizabth, I'm thinking PDT will also campaign on how
public sector workers haven't suffered a lick this whole time. All kinds of things to exploit, maybe even the Karens. Posted by: clutch Definitely. As much as this whole thing was a mother lode of opportunity for tyrants, it is also a mother lode of opportunity for crushing said tyrants. They've outed themselves so completely, to a population really harmed by their actions in real ways everyone can understand. All while they got paid, ate fancy ice cream, got hair cuts, etc. All this fire needs is a match, and DJT is already lit. Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:00 AM (L3Rsz) Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 20, 2020 07:01 AM (SAK2A) 847
839 Lizabth, I'm thinking PDT will also campaign on how public sector workers haven't suffered a lick this whole time. All kinds of things to exploit, maybe even the Karens.
Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 06:56 AM (9UmRs) Yeah, he needs to hit on this point. There are people I know who are maybe doing 10 hours a week and getting full pay. We are NOT all in this together. That's just a slogan to keep the public unions suckling off of the working class. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 07:01 AM (jol/7) 848
I hate to see Niemans go.
Posted by: Case at April 20, 2020 07:01 AM (tWAkG) Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 20, 2020 07:02 AM (SAK2A) 850
>>I'm trying to think of something along the lines of the protagonist, who is flawed and would otherwise seem to many to be unsympathetic, is trying to do the right thing, the doing of which would overcome the apparent unsympathy (antipathy) -- the redemption -- but the bad guy interferes and prevents the redemption, so the protagonist's mission is to bring the bad guy to justice which ends up being the protagonist's redemption. In the end, the formerly unsympathetic (but not irredeemable) protagonist is seen as a good person whose redemption has made up for the bad stuff in earlier years (though none of it harmed another person).
Maybe I'm writing it this very moment. Posted by: SFGoth at April 20, 2020 06:56 AM (KAi1n) I'd read it. It kind of sounds like you are writing a "True Grit" piece. Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 07:03 AM (dmYb7) 851
"We're all in this together" is Commie-talk and I shant have it.
Posted by: Guy Smiley I really like the way you put this, and am going to use it for my slogan of the day. Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM (L3Rsz) 852
843 I have to keep my garage door closed or I will start seeing poop from chipmunks everywhere, and they can get up over head in the house like squirrels do.
Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:58 AM (MhLJ2) I get birds. Stupid, messy birds. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM (jol/7) 853
Mornin', all,
Big black cat woke me at 2:30, throwing up on the carpet. With what I'm feeding him and his brother for his brother's digestive troubles, the result is dark. I had to get up right away and clean the carpet. No hope of going back to sleep, so here I is. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM (rpbg1) 854
I have to keep my garage door closed or I will start seeing poop from chipmunks everywhere, and they can get up over head in the house like squirrels do.
Posted by: Colin Same here. Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM (vd8XM) 855
-Re-building the economy-
If I was Trump I would spend the time before the election hitting the point that he can rebuild the economy again this time without cheap Chinese labor and start hammering those U.S. based companies that refuse to go along. I think the right and the left have had with the Chinese. Posted by: lowandslow at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM (4thlk) 856
mornin yall. Angry dreams again last night. Woke up ready to kick some ass. Maybe I shouldn't fall asleep watching King Fu movies.
Posted by: fd at April 20, 2020 07:05 AM (Tnijr) 857
Yet with all that money, Pelousy can't buy a pair of dentures that fit.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 20, 2020 07:01 AM --- I speculated about that some time ago. With her wealth she should have gotten implants years ago. I suspect there is some underlying bone destruction or disease that prevents her form getting them. Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 20, 2020 07:05 AM (JUOKG) 858
I have to keep my garage door closed or I will start seeing poop from chipmunks everywhere, and they can get up over head in the house like squirrels do.
Posted by: Colin at April 20, 2020 06:58 AM (MhLJ2) I get birds. Stupid, messy birds. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 * * "Doity, lice-ridden boids." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:05 AM (rpbg1) 859
I don't have a drone, but wouldn't it be fairly simple to fly a private drone with a basket of yarn or even a loose kite tail of fishing line with treble hooks over the rotors of a surveillance drone? No need for marksmanship or worry about descending rounds in the distance.
Posted by: Downcast at April 20, 2020 07:06 AM (xgpfE) 860
'd read it.
It kind of sounds like you are writing a "True Grit" piece. Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 07:03 AM (dmYb7) There is nothing new under the sun. Posted by: Buzzion at April 20, 2020 07:06 AM (G2zl5) 861
"We're all in this together" seems to really mean "Do as you're told."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 20, 2020 07:09 AM (oVJmc) 862
>>There is nothing new under the sun.
Posted by: Buzzion at April 20, 2020 07:06 AM (G2zl5) Don't you know it brother? Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 07:09 AM (dmYb7) 863
I really like the way you put this, and am going to use it for my slogan of the day.
Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM (L3Rsz) Yeah, that's pretty good. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 07:09 AM (jol/7) 864
854 As cute as the chipmunks can be, the little bastards get pretty bold if given free rein. Shop I worked in in Erie had a shed for the maintenance gang, and in nice weather, the chipmunks damn near took over. You only left a sack lunch laying around once.
Posted by: bill in arkansas at April 20, 2020 07:10 AM (C1Lsn) 865
"We're all in this together" seems to really mean "Do as you're told."
Posted by: Mr. Peebles Everyones opinions matter! Well, not yours so much. And in regards to you, there are dumb questions. NEXT! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:11 AM (vd8XM) 866
We are NOT all in this together.
That's just a slogan to keep the public unions suckling off of the working class. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 07:01 AM (jol/7) Yep Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 07:11 AM (9UmRs) 867
"Doity, lice-ridden boids."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:05 AM (rpbg1) There is a cartoon character who smokes a cigar and talks like that. And now I keep saying it. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 07:11 AM (jol/7) 868
I get birds. Stupid, messy birds. Posted by: jsg I had a Robin enamored with himself as he gazed into the window on my vehicle. He perched on the sideview mirror and apparently got so excited by his beauty he pooped every two minutes. Gross. I had to get a big sheet of aluminum foil and put it around the mirror. That did it. Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:13 AM (L3Rsz) 869
I think some of the kids in our neighborhood are playing social distancing basketball competitions. One kid takes a shot in his driveway, followed by the kid across the street and then a kid a couple of houses down the street takes his turn, and then back. It's almost like real life!
Posted by: Sundown Joe Biden at April 20, 2020 07:14 AM (NVYyb) 870
Posted by: lowandslow at April 20, 2020 07:04 AM
Yeah, and my company is a big made in Chy-nah proponent, even though we make no money there. We also appeal to patriotism, this would be a great opportunity to bring the work back here. Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 07:14 AM (9UmRs) 871
I had to get a big sheet of aluminum foil and put it around the mirror. That did it.
Posted by: lizabth Thanks for reminding me. We put crumpled foil on our deck lights until nesting season is done Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:15 AM (vd8XM) 872
In the end, the formerly unsympathetic (but not irredeemable) protagonist is seen as a good person whose redemption has made up for the bad stuff in earlier years (though none of it harmed another person).
Maybe I'm writing it this very moment. Posted by: SFGoth at April 20, 2020 06:56 AM (KAi1n) I'd read it. It kind of sounds like you are writing a "True Grit" piece. Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 20, 2020 * * I don't know. Rooster Cogburn was not painted as a bad guy, not as evil, except by the elements who hated him and didn't want him to handle the outlaws he captured as they needed. He was rough, very rough, but not evil. Mattie is the protagonist in True Grit, and she's hard-edged even at 14 and sometimes a little hard to like, but never evil. So I'm not sure where the "redemption" would come in with that novel. We've seen this recent years on TV: Angel and Xena: Warrior Princess come to mind. Both were working the good side of the street to atone for horrible things they did in earlier years. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:15 AM (rpbg1) 873
"Cant say I know where the moron term came from, don't think it was used 10 years ago though, but then these things take time to build up"
Ace called us morons and it stuck. Posted by: fd at April 20, 2020 07:15 AM (Tnijr) 874
It's our "m" word.
Posted by: fd at April 20, 2020 07:16 AM (Tnijr) 875
One of my friends is trying to find a way to stop the tree sparrows from mating in the bushes outside her living-room window. Apparently they're going at it non-stop and she's had it with the sparrow porn.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 20, 2020 07:17 AM (SAK2A) 876
Yes, time to take anti-nesting actions for sure. I'll never forget the size of the sparrow nest built into the chimney of our woodstove one year. Or the dryer vent, or the lid to the propane tank, etc, etc.
Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:17 AM (L3Rsz) 877
Scouting the toilet paper supplies on Amazon yesterday I saw the only paper available appears to be Chinese in origin, based on the labeling. Incredibly, Americans seem to be declining to even wipe their asses with Chinese made paper products.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 20, 2020 07:17 AM (NVYyb) 878
"Doity, lice-ridden boids."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:05 AM (rpbg1) There is a cartoon character who smokes a cigar and talks like that. And now I keep saying it. Posted by: jsg at April 20, 2020 * * I was thinking of the landlady of the author of Springtime for Hitler. When Max and Bloom go to find him, she complains that he's on the roof with his "doity, lice-ridden boids." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:18 AM (rpbg1) 879
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We do have an 'ette that danced in a cage in go-go boots. --- That Fenelon! The cross and the switchblade, baby! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2020 10:17 PM So is Fenelon like the character Hild (Eva Birthistle) in the Netflix series "The Last Kingdom"? That would be awesome. Fiercely devoted to God, but also a fierce sword and knife fighter for the ones she loves. The line that Uhtred, son of Uhtred, always said to her: "You are much too good a woman for God alone." I imagine that to be Fenelon. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 20, 2020 07:18 AM (Do5/p) 880
I got a repeating sparrow trap, and that thing is worth it's weight in gold. No way to get rid of all of them, but I've trapped so many that the population is no where near what it once was.
Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:18 AM (L3Rsz) 881
I'd love to see manufacturing brought back to the states,but before I retired we had a real hard time getting american kids to work in good paying construction jobs.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 20, 2020 07:19 AM (N8G3E) 882
"That Fenelon! The cross and the switchblade, baby!"
I saw that last night and laughed. Fenelon is all right. Posted by: fd at April 20, 2020 07:20 AM (Tnijr) 883
Yeah, I can't park under the trees at my apartment any more. Something in what the birds eat right now gives them loose stools, and that means my car gets bombarded. Earlier it was those tree buds and pollen dust.
The trouble with parking away from the trees, of course, is that the car gets hot inside even with sunshades up and window tinting in place. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 20, 2020 07:20 AM (rpbg1) 884
getting american kids to work in good paying construction jobs.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby Hunger is a powerful motivator. That cossetting, gentle life we once knew is over. For a time, anyway. This here's a real lesson in building lives upon sand, otherwise known as Chy-na. Maybe our young will be more prone to learn something useful instead of getting a degree from some 'liberal arts' program, going forward. Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:22 AM (L3Rsz) Posted by: Squid_Hunt at April 20, 2020 07:23 AM (S5OQe) 886
I'd love to see manufacturing brought back to the states,but before I retired we had a real hard time getting american kids to work in good paying construction jobs.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby We had a older neighbor that worked on Hydroelectric turbines. Got to travel and would be away month or so at a time. One of the requirements for the job was, no alcohol or marijuana, 24 hours before working. Since quite often they would work 10 or 14 days straight (HA) while the turbines were shut down, this was not acceptable to the younger workers. Good pay, time off, travel.....nope, gotta get my buzz on. Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:24 AM (vd8XM) Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:24 AM (nRk/c) 888
Pretty day here in Pritzkerland. Time to go toil in the garden. Have a fine day, all. As much as possible, anyway.
Posted by: lizabth at April 20, 2020 07:25 AM (L3Rsz) 889
840 The last qualifier - though none of it harmed another person makes it a difficult ask. Without that caveat it's Eastwood's Unforgiven; with it, maybe Hi Fidelity?
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at April 20, 2020 07:25 AM (nFRLh) 890
Hiya Captain !
Posted by: JT at April 20, 2020 07:25 AM (arJlL) 891
I speculated about that some time ago. With her wealth she should have gotten implants years ago. I suspect there is some underlying bone destruction or disease that prevents her form getting them.
-- She doesn't need fake knockers. Hers are already enormous. She needs a lift and reduction. Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:26 AM (O+I8R) 892
Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters
Cunt Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:26 AM (nRk/c) 893
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 20, 2020 07:19 AM
We have 0 problems getting young people to take non-union jobs in vehicle assembly in MI. Posted by: clutch at April 20, 2020 07:27 AM (9UmRs) 894
Remember that skate park in California that some govt karen had filled in with sand?
Teens turned it into a dirt bike park ![]() https://twitter.com/JoeySalads/status/ 1252101549355986945 Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 20, 2020 07:29 AM (G546f) 895
She doesn't need fake knockers. Hers are already enormous. She needs a lift and reduction.
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:26 AM (O+I8R) ============= Wasn't the original subject dentures versus tooth implants? But I really like the way you think! Posted by: Mr. Nanzi Pelousi at April 20, 2020 07:29 AM (NVYyb) 896
Trump to CNN Reporter: You Dont Have the Brains You Were Born with
My daddy the Colonel would say " The best part of you dripped down your daddy's leg" I think that is what the President really meant Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:30 AM (nRk/c) 897
Wasn't the original subject dentures versus tooth implants? But I really like the way you think!
-- LOL, now you tell me! That's what I get for coming into the conversation from the bottom up. Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:30 AM (O+I8R) 898
LOL, now you tell me! That's what I get for coming into the conversation from the bottom up.
Posted by: Lady in Black ***Shep gets excited*** Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:31 AM (vd8XM) Posted by: Marianne, Hee Haw Honey at April 20, 2020 07:32 AM (O+I8R) 900
I read YahOOOo news that Tom Hanks and wife caught the flu and had a tough time getting rid of it.
Almost 3 weeks of feeling lousy. Now I haz the sadzz... Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:32 AM (vd8XM) 901
Mornin' all. Dad gummed t-storms moving through. Means the grass will be too wet to mow. Shame, that. Now what could I do after the rain quits and the sun comes out and me with a half dozen minnows left and some blue cat bait? Hmmm Posted by: teej at April 20, 2020 07:34 AM (DEtB+) 902
I remember when Tom Hanks career was dressing up like a Canadian girl named Buffy.
Posted by: Case at April 20, 2020 07:36 AM (tWAkG) 903
Now what could I do after the rain quits and the sun comes out
and me with a half dozen minnows left and some blue cat bait? Hmmm Posted by: teej Make tofu? Good luck on the fishing! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:36 AM (vd8XM) 904
Now I haz the sadzz...
Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:32 AM (vd8XM) And they got HCQ, but say "we woulda got better anyway" Rita Wilson is almost as great a doctor as Jill Biden ! Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 07:36 AM (ONvIw) 905
And they got HCQ, but say "we woulda got better anyway" Rita Wilson is almost as great a doctor as Jill Biden !
Posted by: CN She played a doctor in a play that one time Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:37 AM (vd8XM) 906
I was supposed to return to work today but CO gov Jared Polesmoker thought it best to cancel the balance of the school year
friggin mooks Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 20, 2020 07:37 AM (iTXRQ) 907
I read YahOOOo news that Tom Hanks and wife caught the flu and had a tough time getting rid of it.
-- Yahoo News, as well as every other media outlet, including "Recommended" or "Trending" crap that gets thrown in your face everywhere you venture on the internet, is nothing but a petri dish of anti-Trump garbage. I usually never pay attention to it, but when you do, it sure hits you just how pervasive it is. It's a full-on tsunami of negativity. It's breathtaking, really. Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:37 AM (O+I8R) 908
Holy fuck batman Oil is down 12-13 $ a barrel
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:37 AM (nRk/c) 909
I remember when Tom Hanks career was dressing up like a Canadian girl named Buffy.
Posted by: Case I thought that was Obama? Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:38 AM (vd8XM) 910
892Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters
Cunt Name of columnist? Posted by: Floridachick at April 20, 2020 07:38 AM (uUJI/) 911
Yahoo News, as well as every other media outlet, including "Recommended" or "Trending" crap that gets thrown in your face everywhere you venture on the internet, is nothing but a petri dish of anti-Trump garbage. I usually never pay attention to it, but when you do, it sure hits you just how pervasive it is. It's a full-on tsunami of negativity. It's breathtaking, really.
Posted by: Lady in Black I find it's like back in the day, reading the tabloids as you stood in line at the grocery store. Without all that fancy fact checking Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:39 AM (vd8XM) 912
A bunch if idiot celebs gave a concert to benefit the Chinese Communist Oarty tool, WHO, and thank it's crazed totalitarian director. Guess who endorsed the effort? Laura Bush.
The line-up of stars for the event included Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, and Lady Gaga, who even described W.H.O. Director-General TedrosAdhanom as a "superstar." The concert also attracted contributions from political figures such as former first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush, as well as celebrity supporters of the cause including former soccer star David Beckham and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 20, 2020 07:39 AM (NVYyb) 913
Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago
Posted by: DB- just DB. at April 20, 2020 07:40 AM (iTXRQ) 914
The line-up of stars for the event included Taylor Swift, Paul
McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, and Lady Gaga, who even described W.H.O. Director-General TedrosAdhanom as a "superstar." Kinda playing fast and loose with the word "stars" there aren't they? Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:41 AM (vd8XM) 915
Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters
Cunt Name of columnist? Posted by: Floridachick at April 20, 2020 07:38 AM (uUJI/) Fabiola Santiago Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:41 AM (nRk/c) 916
Fabiola? Sounds like a laundry detergent.
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:42 AM (O+I8R) 917
894 Remember that skate park in California that some govt karen had filled in with sand?
Teens turned it into a dirt bike park https://twitter.com/JoeySalads/status/ 1252101549355986945 Posted by: vmom 2020 Posted by: Puddleglum at April 20, 2020 07:42 AM (JIkrm) Posted by: Puddleglum at April 20, 2020 07:43 AM (JIkrm) 919
Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters
She took down her tweet and apologized, so all is good now! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:43 AM (vd8XM) 920
Name of columnist?
Posted by: Floridachick at April 20, 2020 07:38 AM (uUJI/) ============== Fabiola Santiago. She's horrible. Totally a leftist partisan. Every now and again she publishes some mild Castro criticism to pump up her bona-fides but then goes right back to class-consciousness. She is a Karen by inclination who would happily go full Che if she could. Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 20, 2020 07:43 AM (NVYyb) 921
Let me try that again.
894 Remember that skate park in California that some govt karen had filled in with sand? Teens turned it into a dirt bike park https://twitter.com/JoeySalads/status/ 1252101549355986945 Posted by: vmom 2020 Life will find a way. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 20, 2020 07:43 AM (JIkrm) 922
George and Laura Bush sure love to cozy up to the other side that so viciously maligned them for 8 years. I'd call that some kind of mental disconnect.
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:43 AM (O+I8R) 923
Name of columnist? Posted by: Floridachick at April 20, 2020 07:38 AM (uUJI/) Fabiola Santiago Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:41 AM (nRk/c) Imagine being so full of hatred for Trump that you want so many people to die. Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 07:44 AM (ONvIw) 924
George and Laura Bush sure love to cozy up to the other side that so viciously maligned them for 8 years. I'd call that some kind of mental disconnect.
Posted by: Lady in Black, We're all in this together!!! Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:44 AM (vd8XM) 925
Imagine being so full of hatred for Trump that you want so many people to die.
Posted by: CN I can't imagine ...This is CNN... Posted by: Bruce at April 20, 2020 07:45 AM (vd8XM) 926
922 George and Laura Bush sure love to cozy up to the other side that so viciously maligned them for 8 years. I'd call that some kind of mental disconnect.
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at April 20, 2020 07:43 AM (O+I8R) Globalists larping as conservatives Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 07:45 AM (ONvIw) 927
Guten morgen meine fapperschoen!
Having my morning covfefe and getting ready for another glorious day of employment! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 20, 2020 07:46 AM (NWiLs) Posted by: Puddleglum at April 20, 2020 07:46 AM (JIkrm) Posted by: fd at April 20, 2020 07:46 AM (Tnijr) 930
Imagine being so full of hatred for Trump that you want so many people to die.
Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 07:44 AM (ONvIw) Ya mean 45% of the Country? Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:46 AM (nRk/c) Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 20, 2020 07:46 AM (SAK2A) 932
Nood!
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 20, 2020 07:47 AM (Q1e7E) Posted by: teej at April 20, 2020 07:47 AM (DEtB+) 934
Good morning!
Another day in Sino Sinus Syphilis paradise. I'm so glad we're in this together. I fucking despise that Kiaser Permanente bitch. Whew! Better get some coffee. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 20, 2020 07:48 AM (Ds0hh) 935
"Yahoo News, as well as every other media outlet, including "Recommended"
or "Trending" crap that gets thrown in your face everywhere you venture on the internet, is nothing but a petri dish of anti-Trump garbage. Posted by: Lady in Black " They don't even bother accusing Trump of racism, misogyny , divisiveness etc... They just state it early on in the story to make sure everybody know it is a proven fact and then move on to he BS distortions and lies. It is mind numbing to read that garbage. Posted by: Ripley at April 20, 2020 07:51 AM (MxEKc) 936
Ya mean 45% of the Country?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2020 07:46 AM (nRk/c I don't think it's that many. But I do think the fabiolas are working on it. Currently its hitting donk strongholds harder than anywhere else. Fabiola and Jen Rubin are too blinded by hatred to notice this. They only hate the idea of people going back to work and the economy improving. Posted by: CN at April 20, 2020 07:52 AM (ONvIw) 937
"Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters
Posted by: Bruce" So I guess the We Are All In This Together love fest is over then? Posted by: Ripley at April 20, 2020 07:53 AM (MxEKc) 938
To fly a drone, say for video shoots, there are specific rules (not sure if they're staye or FAA) you're required to follow, and I've seen a few of these that don't follow said rules, such as how you should never be flying over a person who isn't wearing a helmet. I'd now love to see all these localities fined to hell, as we'd all be if we did the same thing.
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