cOrPoRaTiOnS aRe OuR fReNz

Be sure to write to Mitch McConnel and Liz Cheney and demand that they do further favors for these wonderful pillars of the Surveillance Society. The only purpose of the Republican Party is to deliver favors to corrupt oligarchs.

We've moved American industry to China, and now we're moving the Chinese government to America.

Can't wait to see all the defenses of BoA posted by our paid-for Paycheck "Conservative" Media, nearly all of whom are on the corporate payroll.

(Re-Education Camp Cafe below.)

Tucker Carlson reveals that Bank of America was flagging the purchasing history of its customers and sending it to the federal government in order to find out if they were involved in the Capitol riot.

The feds later interrogated a customer who was cleared of wrongdoing. pic.twitter.com/QtwNv8EaWQ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 5, 2021

Posted by: Ace at 08:30 PM

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1 Oh my. Just walked in.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:31 PM (OTzUX)

2 Dabg.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 04, 2021 08:32 PM (puu6v)

3 Why/how would BoA records give any idea about participation in the "riot"?

Except as a confirming bit of evidence of presence in DC (use of an ATM), for someone you already want for a specific reason - that I can see. Though I have no idea about the propriety/legality of what BoA did.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:32 PM (OTzUX)

4 BOA DOA

Posted by: AJ Duie at February 04, 2021 08:32 PM (Yw73i)

5 Eff these guys.

But I bet if we VOTE HARDER and get Kevin McCarthy in charge, we'll be saved!

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 08:34 PM (ZfRYq)

6 I know most here are allergic to the twatters, but since that's the bulletin board where most useful and accurate info and analysis are linked or noted, anyone know of anyone following the investigation/prosecution of Cap Hill perps?

I'm just dying to see 2 things: the charges, and the personal background and political resumes of the accused.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:34 PM (OTzUX)

7 What the fucking fuck?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2021 08:35 PM (89T5c)

8 BoA was also, I think, among the first/most aggressive of the big banks to bend over to allow illegals to open accounts. Pretty nice ironic disgrace for a company founded by a legal immigrant.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:35 PM (OTzUX)

9 Bank of America has been a bad actor a long time. Don't banks have to be chartered in individual states? I think that's the case and, if so, individual bank commissioners need to yank this bad actor's charter.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 04, 2021 08:36 PM (puu6v)

10 Worst. Corporatist. Dystopia. EVER.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 04, 2021 08:36 PM (nakwk)

11 I'm so old I remember when the left argued that the patriot act should
be rejected because if might allow the feds to go through your library
records without a warrant.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2021 08:36 PM (qlFIA)

12 Secret ballots FTW, bishes.

LOLOL

Posted by: Liz Cheney at February 04, 2021 08:36 PM (I1Wgu)

13 -6:

Same. Also e pectin a lot of police state games with bail.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 04, 2021 08:37 PM (puu6v)

14 Bank of Anti-America is more like it.

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 08:37 PM (ZfRYq)

15 1 Oh my. Just walked in.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:31 PM (OTzUX)

Did you see what condition your condition is in?

Posted by: April, Freedom Now! at February 04, 2021 08:37 PM (OX9vb)

16 The C&S Bank in my town turned into NationsBank, and then BoA.

I don't trust a bank that changes its name that much.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2021 08:37 PM (vuisn)

17 Tucker also flambéed Shemp Smith.

It was Hill Arious.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2021 08:38 PM (3k74F)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2021 08:39 PM (arJlL)

19 We'd just like to be very clear that we only spied on our white customers. We would never snitch on a Customer of Color to the FBI. But you do have to keep on eye on the white ones since most of them are terrorists.

At Bank of America we passionately believe that Black Lives Matter. We also believe that Latinx Lives Matter and Asian Lives Matter. And we are committed to finding a final solution to the white problem that threatens all People of Color all over this great land.

Posted by: Bank of America at February 04, 2021 08:39 PM (nX+pf)

20 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:39 PM (Zz0t1)

21 rhomboid,
BofA is going to get sued if they turned over bank records voluntarily. Bank privacy is a thing and BofA is also going to have their chain jerked by state banking commissioners in red states because of this.

Ultimately, the fines will be pennies but they will lose some business over it and get some bad press.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:39 PM (pO7gM)

22 Before you cancel your BoA account, make sure you donate some small amount to the DNC.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (rdbLX)

23 This seems, well, illegal in some way.

Too bad we don't have any rights anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (Zz0t1)

24 The only thing you should ever say to the feds is....

F
-and-
Y.

Then tell them to pound sand, and to gtfo.

Posted by: Loki, when is The Plan happening? at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (KqiMr)

25 And this is one of the reasons for a push to a cashless society - surveillance.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (nakwk)

26 Though I have no idea about the propriety/legality of what BoA did.

Out here is the real world, whatever you do online is between you and whomever you trade with and absolutely no one else unless you give them specific permission.
Inside the corporate boardroom, what's yours is also theirs, Constitution and/or and or common sense be damned. They have all the gold, so they rule.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (HaL55)

27 11 I'm so old I remember when the left argued that the patriot act should
be rejected because if might allow the feds to go through your library
records without a warrant.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2021 08:36 PM (qlFIA)

That's only bad when they weren't in charge.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 08:41 PM (rdbLX)

28 Today on The Cuckshed: The Conservative Case for Handing the Gold Teeth of Liquidated Trumpers to BoA.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 08:41 PM (ZBd2j)

29 Didn't they start life as The Bank of Italy?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 04, 2021 08:41 PM (9d4A3)

30 This sort of thing is exactly why tech-savvy folks think cryptocurrency is the future. Sure, the transactions can be traced by following the blockchain but everyone's on a level playing field.

Fiat currency + corporate 'governance' + phony revolving-door regulatory environment = Calvinball

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 08:41 PM (zcf1k)

31 Ok, been drinking.

Whew! I almost posted what I was thinking what to do with BofA.

That was close.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (sy5kK)

32 ANNND F Crenshaw AOC didn't lie but she mislead, as I tell my 8 son, That's a lie son

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (dKiJG)

33 6, rhomboid, That would take access to a Pacer account, technofog might do it or someone like Margot Cleveland at the Federalist but pacer downloads can get pricey if you do it in bulk.

Saw a story that most are misdemeanor charges so far.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (pO7gM)

34 Lawsuit.

Unless you can sue them and make them pay nothing changes.

BOA is a gangster outfit so no surprises here.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (R/m4+)

35 I bought a box of extra large box of condoms in D. C. and AOC sent the cops after me. True story.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (03n3v)

36 I'm so old I remember when the left argued that the patriot act should
be rejected because if might allow the feds to go through your library
records without a warrant.

Posted by: 18-1

Librarians are overjoyed that the stinky deplorables who use their library will finally be put in re-education camps.

Homeless people who knife their other patrons? No problem!!!

Posted by: Loki, when is The Plan happening? at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (KqiMr)

37 Don't like it? Start your own bank!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (dNzKv)

38 whig, thanks for putting knowledge to us on those specifics.

Not being sarcastic, though I guess that works too, but anyone know if anything remotely comparable (the full-court intense all-source pursuit of perps) was done for *ANYONE* involved with *ANY* of the months' long actual riots that resulted in about 40 deaths and billions of dollars of damage? Or how about the Lafayette Park riot (proper use of the word) in which I believe 60 Park Police and uniformed Secret Service were injured, and the SS thought it prudent to f***ing move the president into his secure area??

If it happened, I missed it. Also missed the plea deals or big upcoming trials.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (OTzUX)

39 BOA was also a willing participant in Operation Chokepoint.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (WEBkv)

40 B of A has been a shitty organization from the day it was founded... and IIRC, had links to the mafia from jump street.

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (NYIfp)

41 37 Don't like it? Start your own bank!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (dNzKv

Also your own government to get the banking licensing and all that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (rdbLX)

42 I can't wait until we are cashless, and are forced by government mandate to use Visa, MC, or Amex. Then those companies can start disallowing purchases they view as "problematic"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (dNzKv)

43 Bank of America, the lender who screwed me over with a mortgage modification after the 2008 meltdown. FOAD BOA!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (ch6++)

44 I have a cc from that I haven't used for years. Will call tomorrow to cancel it.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (twGU3)

45 And it has been 2 weeks since the CCP installed their round eye divisional leader to manage their newly conquered territory.

Just two weeks.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:44 PM (sy5kK)

46 Yeah, BoA cut off all credit for gun manufacturers.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 08:44 PM (rdbLX)

47 Jonah Goldberg and other NRO hacks will only care if they were in DC that day and BoA sent to the feds receipts of them buying ball-gags for when their wives' boyfriends come around next.

Posted by: Thrawn at February 04, 2021 08:44 PM (AUfiu)

48 I don't and won't do business with BoA. I am stuck doing business with AT&T, until Elon Musk gets his web satellite constellation up and running. As soon as I can, I will kick their evil asses to the curb.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 04, 2021 08:44 PM (ImbxL)

49 To me the interesting dynamic is whether the Dems in the exec and legislative branches are in the lead threatening the corps backstage to do dirty things, are the corps pushing the dystopia themselves and having the Dems do the dirty work, or is it some third party that is the puppetmaster of the Dems in office and corporations.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:44 PM (pO7gM)

50 They could not have had time to subpoena the records and respond. And when consumer records are subpoenaed (I think
Everywhere) the law requires that the subpoenaing party also send a notice to the consumer to allow them time to object. I think minimal notice is 21 days but it may be longer.

Class action lawsuit? Signs point to yes

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 08:45 PM (Ed8Zd)

51 42 I can't wait until we are cashless, and are forced by government mandate to use Visa, MC, or Amex. Then those companies can start disallowing purchases they view as "problematic"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (dNzKv)

Won't happen.

Until next year.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:45 PM (sy5kK)

52 25 And this is one of the reasons for a push to a cashless society - surveillance.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (nakwk)

Yep.

Posted by: Moki at February 04, 2021 08:45 PM (+X9Vs)

53 PS: do NOT close your account. leave some chump change in it.

they have to maintain it for X amount of time, then turn it over to the SecState (at least in CA), who then has to maintain it C amount of time longer... costing both entities more $$$ than what you put into the process.

be the sand in the gears people!

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 04, 2021 08:45 PM (NYIfp)

54 Tucker also flamed ShepSmith.

It was Hill Arious.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2021 08:38 PM (3k74F)
*********
Yes it was. I was LMAO.
He's now doing Sandy Cortez. Hehehe.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (NpAcC)

55 So glad I don't have anything with Bank of Assholes any more. Had a mortgage with them many years ago, not by choice, but because it'd been sold a bunch of times.

Fortunately that property was sold and paid off long ago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (ZBd2j)

56 whig that's exactly what I had in mind - people like Techno Fog were a godsend for things like the Flynn case. Knowledgeable observers who walked through primary sources (court documents) and put things in perspective.

330M people in the country and it's usually one or two amateur online observers who provide the only useful actual reporting and analysis. Astonishing.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (OTzUX)

57 Dems do the dirty work, or is it some third party that is the puppetmaster of the Dems in office and corporations.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:44 PM (pO7gM)

The second one.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (89T5c)

58 I see now where it may be a great idea to buy some gift cards and a Trac Phone or three.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (WEBkv)

59 @gregkellyusa

The President of the United States falsely claimed today to have been "shot at" -- STOLEN VALOR.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/yxadlqq4

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (cF8AT)

60 At least I.G. Farben had to be coerced. Bank of America is volunteering to round up deplorable.

Posted by: Walsingham at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (4yLm/)

61 Spent the last thread watching Indiana Jones, thanks.

Jazz vibraharp?, this is it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hqgCUCB-Yk

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 08:47 PM (eKvOA)

62 > Bank of America, the lender who screwed me over with a mortgage modification after the 2008 meltdown. FOAD BOA!

I guess I should calrify that it was an attempt at a mortgage modification. Strung me along for a year and claimed I hadn't responded to a request months earlier for certain financial information.

At least they had to absorb some of the loss on the subsequent short sale. I'm sure it was nothing more than a minor annyonce to them, though.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (ch6++)

63 20 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:39 PM (Zz0t1)

Hey!

I thought you were one of those packed out restaurants or bars that we had here in Seattle about a year or so ago.
The closest thing now around here is a long line at a fast food drive-thru.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (sy5kK)

64 43 Bank of America, the lender who screwed me over with a mortgage modification after the 2008 meltdown. FOAD BOA!
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 04, 2021 08:43 PM (ch6++)

BofA, Citi, Wells Fargo...actually, Wells Fargo sucks, but might not deserve being put on the list of the lowest of the low.

Posted by: Eric Schmidt at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (YkawN)

65 ANNND F Crenshaw AOC didn't lie but she mislead, as I tell my 8 son, That's a lie son
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (dKiJG)

I'm curious. I should send Mr. Crenshaw an email and request how much it cost to buy him. Because, he's not the man he was when he first arrived in Washington, unless, of course, he LIED.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (Zz0t1)

66 28 Today on The Cuckshed: The Conservative Case for Handing the Gold Teeth of Liquidated Trumpers to BoA.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 08:41 PM (ZBd2j)

That's precious, Rodrigo. Bravo.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:49 PM (sy5kK)

67 38 rhomboid

The riots this summer have not produced this level of leo and DA interest even at Portland federal court house confrontations and a lot of people have pointed out how the FBI can work in a hurry when it wants to like the Capitol but ignore its job when it does not.

Glenn and co-bloggers keep up their rather pointless memes (Ed is worst) about the hypocrisy and double standards that exist on Instapundit. The left cares only about power and nothing about constraints so pointing out hypocrisy of the left is like pointing out Stalin did not follow the Soviet Constitution of the time when Beria's men were disappearing ordinary people.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:49 PM (pO7gM)

68 Wells Fargo sucks, but might not deserve being put on the list of the lowest of the low.
Posted by: Eric Schmidt at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (YkawN)
----------

Wells Fargo said, "No" when they were approached about Operation Chokepoint.

Shortly thereafter, they got nailed for account shenanigans.

Obviously, just a coincidence.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 08:50 PM (WEBkv)

69 You know the banks now feel empowered as well as the government to just go start searching through our records.
They will be doing this with ammo, guns and any purchases that are deemed patriotic.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 08:50 PM (NpAcC)

70 Hey!

I thought you were one of those packed out restaurants or bars that we had here in Seattle about a year or so ago.
The closest thing now around here is a long line at a fast food drive-thru.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (sy5kK)

LOL! I'm still recovering from Wednesday, actually.

S told me the tails of his drinking escapades when in your neck of the woods. Most entertaining conversation was with the guy whom he overheard talking about how he was heading to DFW and was SOOOO looking forward to it because he'd heard "they're open and you can actually sit INSIDE and drink WHILE you eat!!!"

I'm sorry, man.....

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:50 PM (Zz0t1)

71 25 And this is one of the reasons for a push to a cashless society - surveillance.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (nakwk)

One of the benefits of crashing the US Dollar and eliminating it as the World's Reserve Currency.
Don't think for a second that THIS is part of the plan.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:51 PM (sy5kK)

72 The name for this sort of behavior by business is National Socialism

Posted by: Hobbiehawk at February 04, 2021 08:51 PM (OyAvP)

73 >>I have a cc from that I haven't used for years. Will call tomorrow to cancel it.
Posted by: Infidel

Keeping an account open that is used very little and paid off in full every time it is used isn't doing the bankcard issuer any favors.

Posted by: Aviator at February 04, 2021 08:51 PM (0FTCx)

74 The Jan 6 dilly, fears not seen since Airplane 1980, credit card.

I see a commercial.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 08:51 PM (yTRuK)

75 doomed.

Posted by: trump 4 ever at February 04, 2021 08:52 PM (er/ld)

76
B of A has an exclusive contract for processing unemployment payments in California. They make quite a lot of money. The arrangement is secretive and fishy. Remove space before america.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/03/how-edd-bank-of- america-make-millions-on-california-unemployment/

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2021 08:52 PM (t5m5e)

77 I'm curious. I should send Mr. Crenshaw an email and request how much it cost to buy him. Because, he's not the man he was when he first arrived in Washington, unless, of course, he LIED.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:48 PM (Zz0t1)

Yes. My son had some interactions with him and warned me a year or more ago that he was not trustworthy. I guess others also found his Achilles heel

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (Ed8Zd)

78 The courts will put a stop to this!

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Just messing with you.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (pky3b)

79 37 Don't like it? Start your own bank!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

It isn't the bank, it is the federal regulations which control all financial institutions (and more so for FDIC institutions) which allow/require such unconstitutional and treasonous activity.

So I guess you are really saying..... Start your own government?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (LWu6U)

80 BoA as a bank is a real slacker, Wells Fargo is nothing to write home about, Chase has been OK by me.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (eKvOA)

81 I'm sure those of us buying My Pillows will be turned over to the Feds. We'll be on the suspicious domestic terrorist list.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (NpAcC)

82
Wells Fargo said, "No" when they were approached about Operation Chokepoint.

Shortly thereafter, they got nailed for account shenanigans.

Obviously, just a coincidence.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 08:50 PM (WEBkv)

Wait, what? 3 years ago I wouldn't have believed it, but now, yeah, the feds very well could have set them up.

Posted by: Eric Schmidt at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (YkawN)

83 bitcoin? As Ann Barnhardt says

" As I have been saying all along. if you cannot stand in front of with an assault weapon and physically defend it, the it isn't your, and probably never was."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 04, 2021 08:54 PM (2BZBZ)

84 I had a small balance with BOA with no interest. Fuck it. Paid it off and told the nice service Thai she sounded fuckable.

I don't care anymore.

Posted by: AJ Duie at February 04, 2021 08:54 PM (MZPL9)

85 As a rule state banks will give better service but they are more expensive.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 08:54 PM (eKvOA)

86 56, Rhomboid, the problem on the right and its media comes from almost zero actual reporting but big sinecures for commentators using main stream media sources.

There are people like the Other McCain, Michael Yon, and some others that are journalists doing valuable reporting by begging for dollars on their websites. The left reporters mainly rewrite AP , WaPo, and NYT stories with the occasional Reuters story on foreign stories thrown in there.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (pO7gM)

87 So I guess you are really saying..... Start your own government?
Posted by: Gentlemen

We thought we did:

-- Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hancock, et. al.

We tried guys.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (Rvt88)

88 @78:

Crenshaw has a Lincoln Project problem, most likely.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (puu6v)

89 LASue, thanks for that.

whig, I know it puts me out in freak territory around here, but I actually think the bad actors in America are, you know, bad actors, whose behavior is 1,000% explicable by, you know, their life-long records and openly stated views and mindset.

There seems to be some weird absolute need for there to be hidden evil mysterious forces "behind" the people who are doing exactly what they/their party/their organizations have been doing/trying to do my almost my entire life. The "bakuryo" (the powers behind the curtain, the term used in Japan as the militarists took over in the 20s and 30s).

As with what's "really" happening with DOJ investigations and other things, 347-dimensional chess is almost always nonsense, and everything you need to know if right in front of you.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (OTzUX)

90 The C&S Bank in my town turned into NationsBank, and then BoA.

I don't trust a bank that changes its name that much.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2021 08:37 PM (vuisn)

Whenever I see one of these corporate takeover situations, it makes me think of a man who is mugged at the side of a road, and left for dead. Never seeing who did the mugging, he limps and crawls into town, and upon his arrival he sees one man wearing his watch, another his shoes.

So which one did the mugging? In the end, does it matter?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (oQ94s)

91 The name for this sort of behavior by business is National Socialism
Posted by: Hobbiehawk at February 04, 2021 08:51 PM (OyAvP)

Concur.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (R/m4+)

92 I think the banks are required to report any withdrawal greater than $10,000 to the federal government.

But if you withdrawal $9000 too many times, you get charged with a conspiracy to avoid having your withdrawals reported.

The law is tricky that way. It says what it means and it also says what it doesn't mean.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (pky3b)

93 I'm sorry, man.....
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:50 PM (Zz0t1)

No apologies, you aren't my dipshit CCP Guvnor.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (sy5kK)

94 37 Don't like it? Start your own bank!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (dNzKv)

OK!

Posted by: Credit Unions at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (49Dnm)

95 Wasn't BoA basically given to Warren Buffett in the financial crash? Pretty sure he got it for nothing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (r+sAi)

96 rhomboid & whig...you can follow Techno_fog on substack (and Telegram)

Substack link:

https://technofog.substack.com/

Click 'let me read first' at the bottom.

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (cF8AT)

97 53 PS: do NOT close your account. leave some chump change in it.
they
have to maintain it for X amount of time, then turn it over to the
SecState (at least in CA), who then has to maintain it C amount of time
longer... costing both entities more $$$ than what you put into the
process.
be the sand in the gears people!

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 04, 2021 08:45 PM (NYIfp)
Due to some transfers not being done in a timely manner I have a IRA account in Schwab of less that $1.00. I tried to close it but they couldn't be bothered. So now I insist on getting my paper statement every month. Even have a file on it.

Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (8SSHh)

98 Bank of America is asshoe.

This is known.

Anyone doing business with BoA should have his head examined.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (woUN+)

99 I think the banks are required to report any withdrawal greater than $10,000 to the federal government.

But if you withdrawal $9000 too many times, you get charged with a conspiracy to avoid having your withdrawals reported.

The law is tricky that way. It says what it means and it also says what it doesn't mean.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (pky3b)

10k and you're a suspected drug dealer, unless you can prove otherwise.

Because in America, you're innocent until PROVEN guilty.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:57 PM (Zz0t1)

100 Google probably gives the FBI a master password to all of your data and emails on their servers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 08:57 PM (dNzKv)

101 58 I see now where it may be a great idea to buy some gift cards and a Trac Phone or three.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (WEBkv)

This is a good idea.

It's also a good idea to have at least one other email address and associated digital artifacts (ecommerce accounts, etc.) for things you don't want easily traced back. Obviously this is tricky for physical goods shipments, so usually the thing to do is have one (or more) pseudonymous personas for spouting off on the interent and another, clean one for things going to your home address. And don't cross the streams.

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (zcf1k)

102 81 BoA as a bank is a real slacker, Wells Fargo is nothing to write home about, Chase has been OK by me.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (eKvOA)

We've had Chase for a long time. No complaints....yet.

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (cF8AT)

103
No apologies, you aren't my dipshit CCP Guvnor.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (sy5kK)

True, but you deserve better.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (Zz0t1)

104 Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (pky3b)

It doesn't matter the sum if a bank thinks it's hinky they are supposed to report it.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (eKvOA)

105 @89

We got to keep an eye on that Crenshaw guy, he's trouble.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (3k74F)

106 I am guessing this is all Patriot Act "legal"?

Posted by: vmom Fiat justitia ruat caelum at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (nUhF0)

107 I think the banks are required to report any withdrawal greater than $10,000 to the federal government.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Yeah - it's called a Currency Transaction Report (CTR). Lots of little known features within the Bank Secrecy Act.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (Rvt88)

108 Because in America, you're innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt

That is so cute. What a memory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (u82oZ)

109 Due to some transfers not being done in a timely manner I have a IRA account in Schwab of less that $1.00. I tried to close it but they couldn't be bothered. So now I insist on getting my paper statement every month. Even have a file on it.
Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2021 08:56 PM (8SSHh)

I did that with an account in the US when I moved to Europe. They sent me statements in Europe - airmail - for years and years thereafter.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (woUN+)

110 82 I'm sure those of us buying My Pillows will be turned over to the Feds. We'll be on the suspicious domestic terrorist list.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (NpAcC)

At least we will get a good night's sleep before they kick down the doors.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (sy5kK)

111 Wells Fargo also resisted (I believe) the insane financial garbage that the Fed and Treasury were pushing on the big banks in connection with the 2008 "crisis". They eventually caved. Not saying they don't have their unseemly side, not at all, but if they also resisted Op Chokepoint, there was, at least, a trace of decency and an American mindset there.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (OTzUX)

112 Keeping an account open that is used very little and paid off in full every time it is used isn't doing the bankcard issuer any favors.
Posted by: Aviator at February 04, 2021 08:51

Maybe I will hang on to it. It's in a drawer. Paid off a few years ago, I never use it.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (twGU3)

113
That is so cute. What a memory.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (u82oZ)

I guess my sarcasm was dripping......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (Zz0t1)

114 25 And this is one of the reasons for a push to a cashless society - surveillance.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 04, 2021 08:40 PM (nakwk)

This is one thing I find heartening about Sweden's failure to do away with cash - that's a small country, with the infrastructure to do it. Yet, it couldn't.

But, as a friendly reminder, surveillance is the name of a demon. Observe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjBg7Zp8-E

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (49Dnm)

115 Because in America, you're innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt

Except in tax court. There you're guilty unless you can prove you're innocent.

Hey, there's money involved here. Bugger principle!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (woUN+)

116 109 Because in America, you're innocent until PROVEN guilty.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt

That is so cute. What a memory.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 08:58 PM (u82oZ)

Both of you are cracking me up.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (sy5kK)

117 Wells Fargo is my favorite of the banks I've ended up with (due to mergers I went from bank to bank to bank!)

they seem less evil than the others

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (j9HX3)

118 whig as with most things I reserve 80% of what there is to say to avoid a food fight, but "hypocrisy" has struck me as the most boring, lamest, least interesting "criticism" in political matters for years. We are way, way, way beyond a point where "hypocrisy" is of any importance or interest.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (OTzUX)

119 BoA as a bank is a real slacker, Wells Fargo is nothing to write home about, Chase has been OK by me.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 08:53 PM (eKvOA)
***********
Chase is not your friend.
Back in 2019 Chase sent
a Texas Trump supporter a letter informing him that "after careful consideration," the financial institution could "no longer support" his banking account.
And this isn't the only account.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:01 PM (NpAcC)

120 Not saying they don't have their unseemly side, not at all, but if they also resisted Op Chokepoint, there was, at least, a trace of decency and an American mindset there.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (OTzUX)
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Wells Fargo was party to a shotgun wedding. They had to take over Wachovia when Wachovia failed.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:01 PM (WEBkv)

121 108 I think the banks are required to report any withdrawal greater than $10,000 to the federal government.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Yeah - it's called a Currency Transaction Report (CTR). Lots of little known features within the Bank Secrecy Act.

They report smaller amounts... In fact, they have prosecuted people for taking less than $10K - claiming that they were avoiding the $10K limit, and its a federal crime. Which it is.

I shiite you not...

Posted by: Loki, when is The Plan happening? at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (KqiMr)

122 We want everyone in America to know that we are rigorously monitoring all of our disgustingly white customers for signs of extremism and will do our best to ruin their lives the moment we see or even suspect a sign that they don't hate themselves for being born white.
We're also monitoring the % of purchases they make at black-owned business and the % of books and movies they buy that feature predominately white authors and actors. You can trust us that we will file reports with the FBI, SPLC, and ADL the moment there are any signs of extremism, like buying gadsden flags, Trump hats, or books praising the Founding Fathers.

Posted by: Bank of America at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (nX+pf)

123 'Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice! And let me remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice in no virtue.'Barry Goldwater, American

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (em79L)

124 Sponge, is S coming around soon?

Would like to tip a few with him!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (sy5kK)

125 yep I went from local philly bank I can't remember to some other philly thing to wachovia to wf

damn was the first bank PSFS? I think it was!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (j9HX3)

126 gregkellyusa

The President of the United States falsely claimed today to have been "shot at" -- STOLEN VALOR.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/yxadlqq4
Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021

It took me a while... I was thinking, Trump falsly claimed He was shot at?

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (Ed8Zd)

127 90, It is not unknown for wealthy oligarchs to have an above average interest in government policies from JP Morgan and the elites getting the Fed legislation through, ITT's interest in Chilean politics in the 70's, United Fruit Company's interest in Central America, and so on. I think that the Citizen's United decision opened the floodgates to unimaginable spending levels by these quasi political organizations that have by and large bypassed the old PACs and party organizations with iterative shell political organizations almost all on the left. BLM finances are a perfect example.

The old saying is politics is downstream of culture and the radicalization of America started with culture after the Cold War ended and that culture was created by and large outside of government officials.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (pO7gM)

128

Man, both of Giada's tits are prominently displayed on Beat Bobby Flay tonight...

Posted by: Large Hardon Collider at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (J25cC)

129 May I interest you in my new enterprise ?

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (zr5Kq)

130 >ANNND F Crenshaw AOC didn't lie but she mislead, as I tell my 8 son, That's a lie son
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 04, 2021 08:42 PM (dKiJG)

At this point, no one here actually thinks Crenshaw is on our side, do they?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (7cERy)

131 Maybe it's time for an army of Redditors to train their mischief on the Executives and Directors of B of A. They don't respect our privacy? Maybe we should have every bit of their lives made public. Every public record, DUI, divorce, tax lien, brush with the law, indiscretion, embarrassing photo, high school yearbook, or just unpleasant allegations. If every executive and Director of corporations was to fear having the worst day of his life celebrated by angry citizens, maybe they'd back off on violating our privacy and trying to cancel us.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at February 04, 2021 09:04 PM (d9Cw3)

132 What did Crenshaw do now?

Have no idea, assume the worst, but was hoping that some of the foul odor he has been generating, intermittently, has been sensed back in his district?

Or is he now another mostly useless but unassailable inertial incumbent? With a military background, guaranteeing a lazy GOP/"conservative" electorate will assume he deserves support.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:04 PM (OTzUX)

133 At this point, no one here actually thinks Crenshaw is on our side, do they?
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (7cERy)
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He made a spiffy commercial, but, his advocacy of red flag laws was, well, still a red flag.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:04 PM (WEBkv)

134 >>>This sort of thing is exactly why tech-savvy folks think cryptocurrency is the future. Sure, the transactions can be traced by following the blockchain but everyone's on a level playing field.

Some cryptos are emerging to protect privacy but that's not really the important part. What's really neat is of course since the system is decentralized no one can stop or hold a transaction, because if they tried someone else would process it. Now when you get a few hundred million doing everyday transactions through Bitcoin, try and follow the blockchain then.

Posted by: mikethemoose at February 04, 2021 09:04 PM (Y6UV7)

135 Sponge, is S coming around soon?

Would like to tip a few with him!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (sy5kK)

Not sure. His boss is still up there a lot, so I'm sure he'll need to go sometime in the near future.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (Zz0t1)

136 The President of the United States falsely claimed today to have been "shot at" -- STOLEN VALOR.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/yxadlqq4
Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 08:46 PM (cF8AT)

Michael Malice uses anecdotes from time to time, of how the Norks are required to believe certain things about Dear Leader that are of course absurd on their face. But if it gets said, no one is allowed to dispute it, which is how you get examples such as his ability to operate complicated machinery, getting holes in one on golf courses, and of course, his ability to stop time.

It's a sinister, less cute way of illustrating the "Emporer's New Clothes" type scenario, and I have the feeling the next few months/years, however long they keep that clown in office, we're going to see things like that here, in this country.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (oQ94s)

137 Except in tax court. There you're guilty unless you can prove you're innocent.
Hey, there's money involved here. Bugger principle!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (woUN+)

Yup....I actually requested to go to tax court once because the IRS kept sending me different amounts I owed from a particular year. LaShonda Jackson sent me a letter saying I owed one amount, Ching Chang Chew sent another saying I owed this much and Len Zweibel sent another saying this amount. The IRS attorney said my time had expired to contest in tax court and pay this amount.

Insane. By the time they were done, they didn't even know how much I needed to pay.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (R/m4+)

138 Chicks

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (Ed8Zd)

139 If i were to be involved with competitive animals and wanted to legally weaken the banks solvency....

What i was wondering is who would come to kill me first?

Would it be a specialist like half assassin half lawyer?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (yTRuK)

140 I use a credit union. I love them. My mortgage is with them, a money market, savings and checking. Soon as I have the US Bank card paid, they get dumped.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (twGU3)

141 If we just make everything free, there would be no need for banks.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (dNzKv)

142 Wells Fargo also resisted (I believe) the insane financial garbage that the Fed and Treasury were pushing on the big banks in connection with the 2008 "crisis". They eventually caved. Not saying they don't have their unseemly side, not at all, but if they also resisted Op Chokepoint, there was, at least, a trace of decency and an American mindset there.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (OTzUX)

OTOH, Wells Fargo got rung up for generating bogus accounts for its customers. So they're no day at the beach, either.

Not in the BoA class, but not that far off it, either. BoA made me spend a whole fucking day to transfer my mother's accounts to another bank. I had to 1) produce the most recent statement, 2) write and hand-deliver a letter to them, 3) leave and get the letter notarized, etc., each requirement being associated with going home or somewhere else.

I used to bank at Chase, but they pissed me off by sneaking in fees surreptitiously from time to time. I had to scour their statements every month to make sure they weren't doing the cable company trick on me.

We now bank through Fidelity, and are happy with them. So far.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (woUN+)

143
At this point, no one here actually thinks Crenshaw is on our side, do they?
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (7cERy)

Trump's gone. I don't think ANYONE in DC is on our side.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (Zz0t1)

144 I don't know if it makes much difference, but I have always liked credit unions better than banks. I began the process of switching my accountsfrom a bank to a tcredit union in late December. The entire change won't be complete until late March but I think it will be worth all the work.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (TdMsT)

145 whig as with most things I reserve 80% of what there is to say to avoid a food fight, but "hypocrisy" has struck me as the most boring, lamest, least interesting "criticism" in political matters for years. We are way, way, way beyond a point where "hypocrisy" is of any importance or interest.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (OTzUX)

Exactly. It's why I got sick of Insty and that cesspool Twitchy and all the others who think a "sick BURRRNN!" will suddenly open the eyes of people on the left. Spoiler Alert - it won't. The ones on board with shit like BoA don't care if you call them hypocrites, because, after all, words can't hurt them. And for the ones on the left who don't know what's going on, but suddenly learn - well, they don't care about morality either. In fact, they're glad that someone is taking on the Trumpkins.

A gateway to a final solution, as it were.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:06 PM (2JVJo)

146 So, Twitter and Facebook and all the other totalitarian Interwebs outfits are on the lookout for misinformation and lies and the like.

I wonder: Do they screen all the ads they allow to be posted? For false claims about products and services, misinformation about products and services, bait-and-switch operations, and the like?

Maybe that is an attack avenue on those outfits? Does Section 230 permit them to screen for and suppress only certain types of misinformation? I doubt it, but could be wrong.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2021 09:06 PM (AMIL/)

147 One-sentence summary of whatever Greg Kelly was talking about?

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:06 PM (OTzUX)

148 Believe it or not, this is part of the Dodd-Frank bill. If you are suspected of anything, they can go through every credit/debit card bill, and check.

Posted by: jeff at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (LalK6)

149 Chicks
Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (Ed8Zd)

That's hot.

However, the best way to get the thread changed is to say "Boobs" or "Guns."

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (Zz0t1)

150 Man, both of Giada's tits are prominently displayed on Beat Bobby Flay tonight...
Posted by: Large Hardon Collider at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (J25cC)

I have no doubt she's a lunatic lefty, but oh, my. I could eat her with a spoon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (2JVJo)

151 i want BoA sued and ruined completely

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (zr5Kq)

152

It took me a while... I was thinking, Trump falsly claimed He was shot at?
Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:02 PM (Ed8Zd)

Heh.
Yeah, I did the same double-take, LASue. For a moment or two.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (sy5kK)

153 Is Tucker our friend again? I thought we gave up on him when he whined about Sidney Powell, among other times. And I thought we were banned from Fox...

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (MPYWI)

154 One-sentence summary of whatever Greg Kelly was talking about?
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:06 PM (OTzUX)

Biden says "I was with some of you when we were shot at" for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (Zz0t1)

155 JuT a year ago I scoffed at North Koreans supposedly believing their dear leader shot an eagle on every hole.

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (Ed8Zd)

156 I just get tired of the fucking aviator sunglasses and AF leather flight jacket. You never served, asshole. And Dover gave it to you as a gift, not an invitation to wear it like a poser.
.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (dNzKv)

157 Biden's now claiming to have been shot at.

https://bit.ly/3cLXESn

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (i0wNm)

158 At this point, no one here actually thinks Crenshaw is on our side, do they?
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (7cERy)

When I saw his dumbass "Tom Cruise" play-acting campaign commercial, I wrote him off as a grifting nickelfucker.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (2JVJo)

159 I did that with an account in the US when I moved to
Europe. They sent me statements in Europe - airmail - for years and
years thereafter.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 08:59 PM (woUN+)

After my Step Dad died I inherited a bank account from some bank in PA. It had a balance of zero. I received monthly statements and tried several time to close it, with no luck. He died in 2008. I just got a notice closing the account couple of months ago. Evidently people are actually out of the loop in mayor banks.

Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (8SSHh)

160 Ultimately, the fines will be pennies but they will lose some business over it and get some bad press.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 08:39 PM (pO7gM)

And the Feds will feed them tons of cash. Hoping for the courts or regulators to do anything is a fools game at this point.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (b9Gb2)

161 Man, both of Giada's tits are prominently displayed on Beat Bobby Flay tonight...
Posted by: Large Hardon Collider at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (J25cC)

Funny story: a long time ago I found the Food Network and started watching it all the time. One day I was watching Giada and my husband came in, and I was expecting a boobs comment. Instead he said, "damn, that chick is all teeth." I love him.

Posted by: Jordan61 at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (lPYy2)

162 It's to bad the R's didn't win the Senate, they could use this to hold some hearings and get some great footage for their next campaign.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (qH6FZ)

163 Oh, and thank you GA Republicans who stayed home on 1/5.

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (zr5Kq)

164 Man, both of Giada's tits are prominently displayed on Beat Bobby Flay tonight...
Posted by: Large Hardon Collider at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (J25cC)

I have no doubt she's a lunatic lefty, but oh, my. I could eat her with a spoon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (2JVJo)

She's got a bit of a big head for her body, but yeah, she's on the high side of the 1 scale.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (Zz0t1)

165 Biden says "I was with some of you when we were shot at" for some reason.

In spirit. It is literally the same thing.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (dNzKv)

166 because, this is much better than having a carpetbagger and and a Rino in office

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (zr5Kq)

167 I use only local, independent banks.

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (Q9w+/)

168 well, they don't care about morality either. In fact, they're glad that someone is taking on the Trumpkins.

A gateway to a final solution, as it were.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

And this is exactly why my best friend walked out on me a few weeks ago. After over 25 yrs. I received my house key by mail today. And she is a Trump supporter. Only gets news from CBS and facebook.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (twGU3)

169 Another head scratcher... this one from Wells Fargo. I have a mortgage with them. 3 out of the last 4 years my escrow was short. They simply cannot figure out how to adjust taxes. This year I'm short by $1.34. I shit you not. If I choose to ignore it my payments got up by about a buck.... for the next 20 years. Amortize that shit.

So... I will write a check, mail it in their envelope and enjoy watching Wells Fargo take my $1.34 and spend several thousand dollars processing it.

Fucking fucktards.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (3H9h1)

170 We'll be on the suspicious domestic terrorist list.

LOL. Every single person who has donated to the Trump campaign is already on a domestic terrorist list.

Posted by: shibumi at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (tjZg/)

171 Jim Jordan gave a good speech on the House floor today.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (NpAcC)

172 >>> 144
.....
Trump's gone. I don't think ANYONE in DC is on our side.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (Zz0t1)

*looks skyward*

Here, SMODy SMODy SMODy...

What *do* you bait a SMOD with anyway??

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (TK8Ry)

173 Yup....I actually requested to go to tax court once because the IRS kept sending me different amounts I owed from a particular year. LaShonda Jackson sent me a letter saying I owed one amount, Ching Chang Chew sent another saying I owed this much and Len Zweibel sent another saying this amount. The IRS attorney said my time had expired to contest in tax court and pay this amount.

Insane. By the time they were done, they didn't even know how much I needed to pay.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (R/m4+)

I wrote a hefty check for the taxes on my deceased father's estate last April. Come June, I get a nasty letter from the IRS threatening to put my balls in a vice if I don't pony up in three days. I send another check. Six months go by, and they realized I'd paid twice, they deposited both checks (i.e., they fucked up) and they refunded one payment with some piddling interest. No apology, though.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (woUN+)

174 119, Glenn at Insty and others are still stuck in the clickbait hypocrisy era of the early internet where they take a main stream media story, add a few comments, and then a hackneyed catch phrase.

Recently, I have been getting better reporting on US politics from overseas (pace the Economist) than from US sources.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (pO7gM)

175 Oh, and thank you GA Republicans who stayed home on 1/5.
Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (zr5Kq)

I guess you missed the part where they cheated in the EXACT SAME FASHION as they did in November......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (Zz0t1)

176 I had a Wells Fargo account that I closed years ago. Recently they sent me $14 refund for possible overcharges

Posted by: vmom Fiat justitia ruat caelum at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (nUhF0)

177 I have a credit union too. My husband used to give me a bad time because I have to drive to the other end of town or over to Portland to go into a physical branch. But I rarely need to do that. It's been a good credit union to deal with, no problems setting up the car loan.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (5HBd1)

178 Jim Jordan gave a good speech on the House floor today.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (NpAcC)

Just words......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (Zz0t1)

179 Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at February 04, 2021 09:04 PM (d9Cw3)

Damn, Buck, great post!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (sy5kK)

180 @147

As I relayed previously, I posted the meme of Josef Stalin with the quote, "It's not the votes that count, It's who counts the votes."

FarceBook instantly added a context flag saying, Joseph Stalin was not talking about a Presidential Election, follow this link to learn more.

If you follow it takes you to Snopes and the bullshittery that entails.

If the DemoTechnoFascists want to dial it up to 11, and it's a good bet that they are going to, there is no end to the enemies of the state they can emanitize.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (3k74F)

181 BoA used to be ok, but went downhill after 2008 crash. Must have been the Merrill marriage.

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (zr5Kq)

182 Believe it or not, this is part of the Dodd-Frank bill. If you are suspected of anything, they can go through every credit/debit card bill, and check.
Posted by: jeff at February 04, 2021 09:07

That may be true but that is not what happened here - this is backwards- the bank is going thru records to figure out who to accuse simply because they were in dc.

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (Ed8Zd)

183 Actually runner, aren't the kudos owed to prominent GA GOP officials and the national GOP, who apparently really motivated people to vote in the runoff?

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (OTzUX)

184 California specifically has a right of *financial privacy* in the state constitution.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (KAi1n)

185 No apology, though.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (woUN+)

Because you're PRIVLEGED to do business with them.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (Zz0t1)

186 LOL. Every single person who has donated to the Trump campaign is already on a domestic terrorist list.
Posted by: shibumi at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (tjZg/)
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*raises hand*

Yep.

But, I'm pretty sure I was on their terror list long ago. Donating to President Trump probably just confirmed my inclusion.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (WEBkv)

187 Biden says "I was with some of you when we were shot at" for some reason.

In spirit. It is literally the same thing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (dNzKv)

He was also with some of you when his adult diaper was changed - and I'm sure you're sorry for that.

Posted by: Boswell at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (w2LAm)

188 155 One-sentence summary of whatever Greg Kelly was talking about?
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:06 PM (OTzUX)

Biden says "I was with some of you when we were shot at" for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (Zz0t1)

That is what he said. I watched him, live, at the State Dept. this afternoon.

Next up - Joe was in Dealy Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963, and was just a micro-second late in jumping up and taking the fatal bullet. His word as a Biden!

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (AMIL/)

189 BoA is only the first to be caught doing this. All others will fall in line unless an example is made. One of the only tools we have left is to vote with our pocketbooks, If you have accounts, pull them out and explain to them why, with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: WendyELee at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (rVO2v)

190 At this point, no one here actually thinks Crenshaw is on our side, do they?
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:03 PM (7cERy)

A lot of people like him. I, for one, have my doubts, and am very leery of the pirate. Beware.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (49Dnm)

191 and thank you GA Republicans who stayed home on 1/5.

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (zr5Kq)

We love runner!

He let's us lie and manipulate him and all he wants is moar!

Posted by: GOPe at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (ZqoJU)

192 whig as with most things I reserve 80% of what there is to say to avoid a food fight, but "hypocrisy" has struck me as the most boring, lamest, least interesting "criticism" in political matters for years. We are way, way, way beyond a point where "hypocrisy" is of any importance or interest.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:00 PM (OTzUX)

You mean 90% of InstaWimp postings? Arguing facts with a group of people who morally despise you and hate you with the burning heat of fanatics is losing.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (b9Gb2)

193 Jim Jordan gave a good speech on the House floor today.
Posted by: redridinghood

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen!. . . . "

Something like that?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (Rvt88)

194 I guess you missed the part where they cheated in the EXACT SAME FASHION as they did in November......
Posted by: Sponge

Or where Loefller was stabbing us in the back before the votes were even counted. But yes, I'm sure if the two RINOs were elected, America would be right back on track. Ffs

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (MPYWI)

195 @mtracey 3h

Congress has turned into some kind of bizarre public psychotherapy session where elected officials compete amongst one another for who can exhibit the most overbearing narcissistic personality disorder

AOC is on the floor of the House saying that anyone who questions the claims of "survivors" -- because everyone in Congress is apparently a "survivor" now -- is guilty of exacerbating the "trauma" of ALL "survivors" everywhere in the country. Again, this is insanely manipulative

Pelosi gave AOC a special 60-minute order to allow "space" for members of Congress to publicly express their emotions and "lived experience" on the floor of the House. That is what's occurring right now

Whole thread on it:

https://tinyurl.com/y2t8nk99

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (cF8AT)

196 M4E1 Enhanced 8" .300 Blackout Quantum Handguard Complete Upper Receiver

4.09 benjamins

https://bit.ly/39NEQA9

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (i0wNm)

197 I once got a letter from a collection agency asking for a different amount than the payment I was defaulting on. I sent a letter asking for proof that I owed the company the money, proof that I owed the amount they were asking for, and proof they were legally allowed to collect that amount. I never heard from them again, never showed on my credit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (dNzKv)

198 >Trump's gone. I don't think ANYONE in DC is on our side.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (Zz0t1)

Correct.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (7cERy)

199 Actually runner, aren't the kudos owed to prominent GA GOP officials and the national GOP, who apparently really motivated people to vote in the runoff?
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (OTzUX)

no my friend, that was stupid what happened there. that was not a national problem, they had a local GOTV problem

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (zr5Kq)

200 *raises hand*

Yep.

But, I'm pretty sure I was on their terror list long ago. Donating to President Trump probably just confirmed my inclusion.
Posted by: blake

I hope we all get bunked in close quarters.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (MPYWI)

201 When I saw his dumbass "Tom Cruise" play-acting campaign commercial, I wrote him off as a grifting nickelfucker.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (2JVJo)

"Nickle Fucker". Second funniest phrase I've ever read on the internet. "I like pudding" was the funniest. Think it was from a commenter on LGF one night. Had to be there.

Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (8SSHh)

202 You know Google and Apple have turned over their GPS data.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (b9Gb2)

203 I believe the results of the GA runoff are what's known as "a start".

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (OTzUX)

204 A gateway to a final solution, as it were.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:06 PM (2JVJo)

If only someone could decipher the reason that the New York elites are helping Soros, Bloomberg and Zuckerberg destroy the American nation.

Posted by: trev006 at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (0HpOW)

205 Just words......
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (Zz0t1)
**********
I'm listening to him right now and he loves Trump.
He's been fighting for him for over 4 years.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (NpAcC)

206 Biden says "I was with some of you when we were shot at" for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:07 PM (Zz0t1)

That is what he said. I watched him, live, at the State Dept. this afternoon.

Next up - Joe was in Dealy Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963, and was just a micro-second late in jumping up and taking the fatal bullet. His word as a Biden!
Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (AMIL/)

Has anyone checked... was Neil Kinnock ever shot at?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (oQ94s)

207 Posted by: GOPe at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (ZqoJU)

you are getting tiresome one name poster

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (zr5Kq)

208 A lot of people like him. I, for one, have my doubts, and am very leery of the pirate. Beware.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (49Dnm)
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The only pirate I trust is the Church Pirate, AKA grammiewinger.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (WEBkv)

209 During the Obama years we went to a republican fundraiser and wrote a big check. All of our friends that attended were audited. I don't think it was a coincidence.
the chick doing the audit acted like all the tax money was her personal property. She was to angry for the situation.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (MYL08)

210 201 *raises hand*

Yep.

But, I'm pretty sure I was on their terror list long ago. Donating to President Trump probably just confirmed my inclusion.
Posted by: blake

I hope we all get bunked in close quarters.
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (MPYWI)

I bought a Trump campaign MAGA hat. I'm screwed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (oHd/0)

211 no my friend, that was stupid what happened there. that was not a national problem, they had a local GOTV problem
Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (zr5Kq)

No they had a national "We won't fight election fraud because Orange Man Bad" problem.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (b9Gb2)

212 How does one go about fucking a nickel? There's no hole.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (i0wNm)

213 Oh, and thank you GA Republicans who stayed home on 1/5.
Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (zr5Kq)

You can't say "stayed at home" any more.

In Georgia you can mail in your ballot.

From this point forward you must say "thank you GA Republicans for not voting for the Uniparty because you figure it won't matter because they'll defraud the election anyway".

I know that's a lot more to type, so you can copy and paste it to a document if you want to use it in the future.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (pky3b)

214 check. All of our friends that attended were audited. I don't think it was a coincidence.
the chick doing the audit acted like all the tax money was her personal property. She was to angry for the situation.
Posted by: CaliGirl at Fe

We were audited too. The lady was really rude.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:16 PM (MYL08)

215 >>> 169 well, they don't care about morality either. In fact, they're glad that someone is taking on the Trumpkins.

A gateway to a final solution, as it were.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

And this is exactly why my best friend walked out on me a few weeks ago. After over 25 yrs. I received my house key by mail today. And she is a Trump supporter. Only gets news from CBS and facebook.
Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:09 PM (twGU3)

Infidel, WTF?? I'm sorry your (ex) friend got her head up her ass.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 04, 2021 09:16 PM (TK8Ry)

216 >nickelfucker
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:08 PM (2JVJo)

My favorite Horde neologism.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:16 PM (7cERy)

217 92 The name for this sort of behavior by business is National Socialism
Posted by: Hobbiehawk at February 04, 2021 08:51 PM (OyAvP)

Concur.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 08:55 PM (R/m4+)

Indeed, the Nazis were happy to let businesses operate, so long as they did the state's bidding. So you COULD made a profit so long as you kept your head down, your mouth shut, and did what you were told.
(Communists would just take the business outright and have the owners shot.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 04, 2021 09:16 PM (49Dnm)

218 Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (oQ94s)

Joe was at Nakitomi Plaza, at Christmas, to rescue AOC!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2021 09:16 PM (oHd/0)

219 132 Maybe it's time for an army of Redditors to train their mischief on the Executives and Directors of B of A. They don't respect our privacy? Maybe we should have every bit of their lives made public. Every public record, DUI, divorce, tax lien, brush with the law, indiscretion, embarrassing photo, high school yearbook, or just unpleasant allegations. If every executive and Director of corporations was to fear having the worst day of his life celebrated by angry citizens, maybe they'd back off on violating our privacy and trying to cancel us.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at February 04, 2021 09:04 PM (d9Cw3)

This is so beautiful, I had to repost it.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:16 PM (TdMsT)

220 Tonight at dinner my SIL was talking about how something was against the law and that people would not be able to do X or Y because of that, and I just said, the law doesn't matter anymore, it only matters what side you are on. They only use the law to oppress the people they want to oppress.

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (ZfRYq)

221 No apology, though.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (woUN+)

Yup...I actually called their office in Atlanta when Ching Chang sent me his letter. I figured he was a Chinaman (rayciss!) who would clear up the matter. The lady on the phone said I was not allowed to simply call an "agent" but had to call the 800 tax help line. I told her he sent me the letter to call his ass.

Customer service at it's finest.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (R/m4+)

222 Pelosi gave AOC a special 60-minute order to allow "space" for members of Congress to publicly express their emotions and "lived experience" on the floor of the House. That is what's occurring right now

Whole thread on it:

https://tinyurl.com/y2t8nk99
Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (cF8AT)
**********
She's going to have a meltdown tomorrow when she sees the segment Tucker did about her tonight.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (NpAcC)

223 Again, at Bank of America, we welcome all of our white customers even though you are all Nazi scum and worse than Hitler.

Mostly because it makes it easier to spy on you.

Posted by: Bank of America at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (nX+pf)

224 I'm actually looking forward to Nov. 2022, when we have lots of people in lots of states getting yelled at for not getting out to vote.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (oQ94s)

225 You can't say "stayed at home" any more....

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (pky3b)

no ? how about "did not participate" ? better ?

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (zr5Kq)

226 Or where Loefller was stabbing us in the back before the votes were even counted. But yes, I'm sure if the two RINOs were elected, America would be right back on track. Ffs
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (MPYWI)

Yeah, I'm aware........#WASTF either way.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (Zz0t1)

227 Wells is no saint--I remember the fake account thing--but at least when they're screwing around with customers it's been local yokels doing dumb shit that (theoretically) doesn't directly impact the customers. Not organized, centrally planned ops for the oligarchy.

Something I forgot to mention in my how2privacy post, remember that IP addresses can and often are recorded by websites you visit so throw in Tor or a VPN for the really sensitive stuff. And run the browser in privacy mode so Google's all seeing tracking cookies have a harder time. Tracing IPs across multiple sites through system logs is more of a DOJ thing than something an SJW brigade or corporate slut would do when doxing the proles, but something to keep in mind if they start explicitly outlawing wrongthink and blacklisting non-compliant vendors like the pillow guy.

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (zcf1k)

228 I once got a letter from a collection agency asking for a different amount than the payment I was defaulting on. I sent a letter asking for proof that I owed the company the money, proof that I owed the amount they were asking for, and proof they were legally allowed to collect that amount. I never heard from them again, never showed on my credit.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:13 PM (dNzKv)
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Heh, I hate collections agencies with a passion.

One got a hold of me a while ago, past tax bill, I'd moved out of state and forgot I needed to file in the state I left, so, I contacted the State IRS, asked how much I owed, paid it, then, when the collection agency called, I told them to check with the state IRS.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (WEBkv)

229
I bought a Trump campaign MAGA hat. I'm screwed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (oHd/0)

SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!

Posted by: Communist Party of China, June 1966 at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (49Dnm)

230 Oooh maybe Joe's starting to really slide, and he'll be providing some dark entertainment as he gets worse and worse. Though having been around him for decades before this, it's important to note that he's always been an idiot, a careless and casual liar, and once again an idiot - so he's always been saying ridiculous things.

But it's OK, the NPR listeners won't hear of these things, and if somehow it "leaks" to them they're too dim and uninformed to enjoy the idiocy.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (OTzUX)

231 BoA used to be ok, but went downhill after 2008 crash. Must have been the Merrill marriage.
Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:11 PM (zr5Kq)

No. They've always sucked dick. A friend of mine from grad school went off to teach at the American University in Beirut just about the time the SHTF there. They refused to repatriate his deposit for years afterward.

When trying to close my mother's account(s) there, it became obvious that they were jerking me around to keep the money in BoA (including 17 proposals to sweeten the deal). I'd never do business with them myself after seeing their business practices.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (woUN+)

232 I'm sure google maps is busy handig over phone numbers as well as complete movements down to the inch.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (buTO7)

233 I hope we all get bunked in close quarters.
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (MPYWI)

I called top bunk a LONG time ago so I have dibs.

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (ZfRYq)

234 I bought a Trump campaign MAGA hat. I'm screwed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (oHd/0)

I bought mine from Amazon. They know.

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:19 PM (ZfRYq)

235 no ? how about "did not participate" ? better ?
Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (zr5Kq)

It's getting better.

But I'm gonna need you to remove the 1/5, because Georgia allows ballots to come in well after Election Day.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:19 PM (pky3b)

236 213 How does one go about fucking a nickel? There's no hole.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (i0wNm)

People get creative in their need for the horizontal hokey-pokey.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 04, 2021 09:20 PM (49Dnm)

237 Jim Jordan gave a good speech on the House floor today.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:10 PM (NpAcC)

The time for speeches is over.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:20 PM (2JVJo)

238 Maybe go with something like "Thanks GA Republicans that didn't participate some time around January."

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (pky3b)

239 Pelosi gave AOC a special 60-minute order to allow "space" for members of Congress to publicly express their emotions and "lived experience" on the floor of the House. That is what's occurring right now

I've always thought AOC was stupid, what with tits not being brains and all, but only recently have I realized that she's mentally ill.

I'd always thought that mental illness was more likely in the highly intelligent, kind of like a high-powered car spinning out of control on ice. But she's definitely now a counter example.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (woUN+)

240 True Grift

A cowboy community organizer takes Annie's gun.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (yTRuK)

241 >I'm actually looking forward to Nov. 2022, when we have lots of people in lots of states getting yelled at for not getting out to vote.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (oQ94s)

Right, it's definitely not the fault of a corrupt Uniparty or massive election fraud, it's your fault we're in this mess for not voting hard enough. Feels like being an abused spouse.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (7cERy)

242 (rhetorical question follows)

Can the country be any more degraded and pathetic than to have these airheads in Congress doing a public whine-fest about "surviving" a near non-event in which they never were in any danger?

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (OTzUX)

243 The stylish Antifa uniforms will be delivered on time and will be FABULOUS
Posted by: Hugo Boss-Miklos, adapting at February 04, 2021 09:21 PM (QzkSJ)
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And if the uniforms are uniformly ugly, you will be reminded why they are fabulous.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (WEBkv)

244 I hope we all get bunked in close quarters.
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:14 PM (MPYWI)

I called top bunk a LONG time ago so I have dibs.
Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (ZfRYq)

I'm always astonished when we see pictures/video of someone being marched to the gallows, or before the firing squad. Calmly being led. I often wonder, "is there no point at which you fight back? A point at which you spit in their eye?" I guess it's something in human nature, to be led to the slaughter without a fight. If my time comes, I don't think I want to, but hell, I don't know. Maybe you just give up at some point.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (oQ94s)

245 Maybe go with something like "Thanks GA Republicans that didn't participate some time around January."
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (pky3b)

All 700, 000 of them ? OK.

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (zr5Kq)

246 From Lee Smith's The Thirty Tyrants in Tablet Magazine:

"Biden's inauguration marks the hegemony of an American oligarchy that sees its relationship with China as a shield and sword against their own countrymen. Like Athens' Thirty Tyrants, they are not simply contemptuous of a political system that recognizes the natural rights of all its citizens that are endowed by our Creator; they despise in particular the notion that those they rule have the same rights they do. Witness their newfound respect for the idea that speech should only be free for the enlightened few who know how to use it properly.

Like Critias and the pro-Sparta faction, the new American oligarchy believes that democracy's failures are proof of their own exclusive right to power--and they are happy to rule in partnership with a foreign power that will help them destroy their own countrymen."

Highly reccomended.

China was supposed to become us. Instead, we've become China.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (Ndje9)

247 Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:05 PM (twGU3)

USBank is the only one of the big banks that I trust. I honestly have very good reason to do so that I can't share, but I have had positive experiences with their senior leaders. Very conservative bank (in the way it is run).

Wells is abusive, Citi is well known as "shitty bank", BOA are commie scum, and Chase is anti-gun. Not a great lineup.

If there was a local bank I knew, all of my relationships would be there.

Posted by: In Exile at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (kzzyk)

248 The time for speeches is over.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:20 PM (2JVJo)

The people who like to talk about so and so blasted X are living in denial. They believe it matters.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:24 PM (b9Gb2)

249 I called top bunk a LONG time ago so I have dibs.
Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (ZfRYq)

No, no, no. I called top bunk LONG LONG ago.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:24 PM (woUN+)

250 Yeah I'm way past done with speeches.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2021 09:24 PM (uEbPt)

251 "I'm actually looking forward to Nov. 2022, when we have lots of people
in lots of states getting yelled at for not getting out to vote."

I'm going to make it my mission to campaign against anyone that runs as a Republican. Door to door begging campaign to get people to not vote Republican if I have to.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 04, 2021 09:24 PM (qH6FZ)

252 190 BoA is only the first to be caught doing this. All others will fall in line unless an example is made. One of the only tools we have left is to vote with our pocketbooks, If you have accounts, pull them out and explain to them why, with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: WendyELee at February 04, 2021 09:12 PM (rVO2v)

No. No prejudice. State your case. Make it clear. The person on the other end of that phone or across the desk didn't make this decision. Brian Moynihan and the board authorized it; the people you interact with are simply the ones taking the heat to make ends meet.

At the top of the 2007-2008 collapse, we had two associates at our location for the institution I worked at commit suicide within a matter of weeks due to the abuse. Both under the age of 25, one a new father who was working full time to go to school nights- to make a better life for his family.

He didn't choose for the institution to be forced into a TARP loan at gunpoint. But he certainly looked at a barrel to check out after being treated like he had.

BofA is going to be made to pay; but it's not the ones at the bottom who should be filling the till to do it.

Posted by: fringe at February 04, 2021 09:24 PM (FPur3)

253 the chick doing the audit acted like all the tax money was her personal property. She was to angry for the situation.
Posted by: CaliGirl

So much this. The family business was audited years ago for not paying sales tax. Well everything we bought, tents, tables chairs, etc., were purchased from a neighboring company, all taxes paid.

2 auditors came over from Denver, 250 mi. Spent two days to go thru all the records. Ended up we owed about $250. I had the checkbook at my full time job, so the guy had to drive to me to pick up the check. I asked for an ID and made him sign a receipt. He was pissed.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (twGU3)

254 How come a thing like nickelfucker is a word but not dimefuckers or quarterfuckers?

Is it because of inflation?

Posted by: We Be Fucked at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (XqxgX)

255 USBank is the only one of the big banks that I trust. I honestly have very good reason to do so that I can't share, but I have had positive experiences with their senior leaders. Very conservative bank (in the way it is run).

Posted by: In Exile at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (kzzyk)

The one time I had a loan with them, they were great to work with.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (b9Gb2)

256 Bonging just said on Hannity that they are shooting for Monday for Parler to be back up.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (NpAcC)

257 We're going to nationalize the banking system soon.

Don't worry.

Posted by: Sanders at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (Muyfa)

258 Deplorable Jay Guevara

How many of us will be alive to get bunks? I have a very bad feeling about all this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

259 132, Buck,
I think that they would do like in Wall Street Bet's Gamestop situation. Investigate a hedge fund for misdeeds and shilling to support a short position among other things, heaven forbid, instead, the fedgov is investigating the individuals posting on Wall Street Bet's subreddit reportedly for promoting a pump and dump.
Ace gets it, essentially our new aristocracy are corporations which are kind of like the titles of aristocrats of old. Many of these corporations are structured like Ford where the control rests with a few founders and the plebes get stock appreciation but little control. They view America as a resource to be strip mined because essentially, they don't identify with the country they happen to reside in (aka cloud people) and the rest of the citizens in that country (dirt people more or less).
The cloud people believe that the Earth is flat and from their perspective, that is what they see. The common people of the world see something else-elites that basically do not care if the common people thrive or benefit from the flattening.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (pO7gM)

260 Bongino

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (NpAcC)

261 If anyone in anti-fa could put 2 brain cells together and look at their own f^cking name , they might focus their attention on actual fascisim going on all around us since 1/6. I might even give them a smidge of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at February 04, 2021 09:26 PM (99Nt9)

262 I'm actually looking forward to Nov. 2022, when we have lots of people in lots of states getting yelled at for not getting out to vote.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:17 PM (oQ94s)

Right, it's definitely not the fault of a corrupt Uniparty or massive election fraud, it's your fault we're in this mess for not voting hard enough. Feels like being an abused spouse.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (7cERy)

I'm absolutely certain Kevin McCarthy and Cocaine Mitch get the only stiffies they're capable of, when they think about the majorities they're going to have after Nov. '22. And maybe they're right, but me personally? I'd like to chop off their little... Gope hopes.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:26 PM (oQ94s)

263 Can the country be any more degraded and pathetic than to have these airheads in Congress doing a public whine-fest about "surviving" a near non-event in which they never were in any danger?
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (OTzUX)

I dunno. Is the week over?

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2021 09:26 PM (uEbPt)

264 Right, it's definitely not the fault of a corrupt Uniparty or massive election fraud, it's your fault we're in this mess for not voting hard enough. Feels like being an abused spouse.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen

If she loved harder, maybe he wouldn't have hit her. And if you voted harder, maybe the GOP would have had to send one less email asking for money.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:27 PM (MPYWI)

265 232 Oooh maybe Joe's starting to really slide, and he'll be providing some dark entertainment as he gets worse and worse. Though having been around him for decades before this, it's important to note that he's always been an idiot, a careless and casual liar, and once again an idiot - so he's always been saying ridiculous things.

But it's OK, the NPR listeners won't hear of these things, and if somehow it "leaks" to them they're too dim and uninformed to enjoy the idiocy.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:18 PM (OTzUX)

An interview with Joe will be aired an hour or two before the Super Bowl kickoff. The game is on CBS, so Norah O'Donnell is the interviewer. No word on if it will be live; it may have already been taped.

On a day when people just want to get together with friends and watch Brady vs Mahomes, I think it's a given that Unity Joe will rant about white supremacy and extremists and how taking a knee during the National Anthem is patriotic. Any doubters?

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2021 09:27 PM (AMIL/)

266 Trump wasn't on the ballot on 1/5. Trump was the draw in November. The two candidates were weak and would've drawn less people to their rallies than Joe Biden.

Trump had two rallies for them and asked his voters to vote for them. But sure, someone named Lin Wood, someone no one knows, had more sway over voters than Trump. Sure.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2021 09:27 PM (kTF2Z)

267 Bonging just said on Hannity that they are shooting for Monday for Parler to be back up.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (NpAcC)

Bonging?

Is that a pot reference I don't get because I don't smoke it?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:27 PM (Zz0t1)

268 Meanwhile, our elected "representatives" are having an utterly pathetic group therapy session on the floor of the House of freaking Representatives.

We are a ludicrously unserious country.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (zWl33)

269 Yeah, US Bank, the one that I had to show marriage license, husband's death certificate, 2nd wife's death certificate and a form that I needed saying that his estate could be closed. They couldn't tell me what form I needed, so I called their headquarters, got that form, then had to fight with the branch when they told me it wasn't the right one. All for about $130. And every time I talked to their customer service, they were snotty to me. I'd never bank with them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (5HBd1)

270 I was going to go on a panty raid, i'm afraid of being executed.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (yTRuK)

271 Anyone else longing for the halcyon days of March, 2020?

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (WEBkv)

272 "I'm actually looking forward to Nov. 2022, when we have lots of people
in lots of states getting yelled at for not getting out to vote."
----
I'm going to make it my mission to campaign against anyone that runs as a Republican. Door to door begging campaign to get people to not vote Republican if I have to.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 04, 2021 09:24 PM (qH6FZ)

Of course there are some who are deserving of the vote. It's becoming increasingly easier to tell the difference between them and the phonies.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (oQ94s)

273 sra blaster and I have decided that living life and moving ahead is more important than these nickelfuckers. (which nickelfuckers? Take your pick.)

We decided to just fly to Florida in a couple weeks and look at a bunch of acreage and maybe pick up a convertible.

It's crazy talk, I know.

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (ZfRYq)

274 247 BurtTC, the usual threat is to do something to your family or loved ones in tyrannies to keep them from resisting.

Criminals often accept a death penalty as part of the game and they lost.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (pO7gM)

275 bonhomme, the 9mm ammo showed up from a site you recommended. Ammo Shop Online. GECO brand.

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (Xih1H)

276 Is it because of inflation?
Posted by: We Be Fucked at February 04, 2021 09:25 PM (XqxgX)

Ummmmmm....Yes.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (R/m4+)

277 How many of us will be alive to get bunks? I have a very bad feeling about all this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

If you look at the old pictures of the camps, there were very few individual bunks. In reality, they were long, filthy, wooden shelves.

To stuff humans into.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (Rvt88)

278 We are a ludicrously unserious country.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:28 PM (zWl33)
--------------

If the press would report honestly on the idiots in government, half those people wouldn't have jobs.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (WEBkv)

279 At Bank of America, we just want everyone to know that we proudly stand with Black Lives Matter and Antifa and agree with them that most white people are terrorists who need to be constantly spied on and vanned by the FBI if they show any sign of not hating themselves or having even the slighting hint of pride in their race and ancestors.
Having pride in your people is good, of course, if you're Black or Brown or like to pretend that you're a woman, but white people should obviously do nothing but spend their entire worthless lives groveling in the dirt and begging for forgiveness from People of Color.

Posted by: Bank of America at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (nX+pf)

280 I'm always astonished when we see pictures/video of someone being marched to the gallows, or before the firing squad. Calmly being led. I often wonder, "is there no point at which you fight back? A point at which you spit in their eye?" I guess it's something in human nature, to be led to the slaughter without a fight. If my time comes, I don't think I want to, but hell, I don't know. Maybe you just give up at some point.
Posted by: BurtTC

I was on the coaches call for my 7 year old son's baseball team. They went over the COVID rules of "baseball bags have to be put 6 feet apart" and other bullshit. When they asked if there were any questions, I said "I don't have any questions- but I do have some feedback. These rules are pretty silly." And then I went back on mute. Not one person said one other word in GEORGIA. Everyone accepts it. I did feel like there is no point in fighting any more. No one has my back. Everyone is a sheep. I don't wear my masks into Publix, Home Depot, and other places that require them, yet EVERY SINGLE OTHER PERSON is wearing them. So yes, I would spit in the guys eye being led to my death, but you can run out of spit.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:30 PM (MPYWI)

281 the chick doing the audit acted like all the tax money was her personal property. She was to angry for the situation.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:15 PM (MYL0

I paid the annual LLC tax to California for several years but neglected to include the right form to indicate the year for which the tax was being. One Hung Low from the Franchise Tax Board broke my balls over it, as all the payments were credited to one year. So, just transfer the payments to the various years, right? (Another person at FTB had said, "Sure, no problem.")

One Hung Low says "no can do, the statute of limitations has expired." So I say, if the statute of limitations has expired and that precludes transferring the payments, then I'm also off the hook, right?

No. I get to pay ... twice. I seriously wondered if One Hung Low got a commission.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:30 PM (woUN+)

282
Oh thank the lord.

Parler shall save us.

That's all we were missing - another aol im.

Posted by: Trust the plan. Past is not indicative of future at February 04, 2021 09:30 PM (puS7T)

283 Bonging?

Is that a pot reference I don't get because I don't smoke it?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:27 PM (Zz0t1)
***********
Bongino.
My new IPad autocorrects everything to its own liking even if I go back and correct it.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:30 PM (NpAcC)

284 People are actually going to watch the game? Wow.

Will there be Volksgericht show trials at center field at half-time for "insurrectionists"? Or just some grotesque and jaw-dropping "tribute" to the health care "heroes" cowering, masked, in the stands? (maybe try to outdo the London Olympics opening ceremony for cringe-factor?)

Will there be moments of silence and required kneeling? The "black national anthem" replacing the real one?

My fervent wish remains unchanged for injuries all around.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (OTzUX)

285 If you look at the old pictures of the camps, there were very few individual bunks. In reality, they were long, filthy, wooden shelves.

To stuff humans into.
Posted by: Tonypete

I thought they were long, open dirt beds we all shared. The bulldozers tucked us in.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (MPYWI)

286 If someone started doxxing BoA Directors with the moniker: "I support giving your location and spending information to the government without a warrant" what can they say?
Muh privacy?

Posted by: Zek at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (w/5KC)

287 NoVa peeps I turned up with some extra 7.62x51 (.30

and yeah, I know, extra ammo, what the heck, but, yes, I have 4 x 100 rd boxes that I literally do not need. They were sold as factory blem and the boxes are labeled tarnished.

I would like to give a Moron a good deal.

Code to get to me. Initialsuccess. At.

The new secure email that everyone is using now that is part of the nucleus of an atom.

Posted by: blaster at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (ZfRYq)

288 I was on the coaches call for my 7 year old son's baseball team. They went over the COVID rules of "baseball bags have to be put 6 feet apart" and other bullshit.

You remember when they put all the restrictions on fruits to quell the AIDS epidemic, right?

Yeah, neither do I.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:32 PM (woUN+)

289 If the press would report honestly on the idiots in government, half those people wouldn't have jobs.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (WEBkv)

Sorry, I can't agree. Most people know their CONgressman is an idiot - but it's their idiot. It's the others who are corrupt.

Voters are stupid, Part 36587669724

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:32 PM (zWl33)

290 You ain't even a real Colonel.
Posted by: Miklos, over by the Popeye's at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (QzkSJ)

At a local KFC, they have a new sign in their drive thru lane.

"Made The Hard Way.....By Hand". I laughed thinking of Al Czervik.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 09:32 PM (R/m4+)

291 I wonder how long until Google, Amazon, and Apple start proactively ratting people out, using geolocation, purchases, online commenting, website visits, and smart device microphone use.

Amazon is building their giant HQ-2 in Virginia, right outside D.C., and I expect Google will soon want to be there, too. Definitely more convenient to be there, since big tech is basically our new government.

I only wish they'd build their complexes in the Federalist architectural style, just to be honest.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 04, 2021 09:32 PM (OssQ4)

292
I thought they were long, open dirt beds we all shared. The bulldozers tucked us in.
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (MPYWI)
---------------

The dirt shelves were to get people ready for the long open dirt beds where they wound up.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (WEBkv)

293 I've been using credit unions for all my banking needs for at least 45 years. I've hated banks since they screwed me over with my paper boy checking account back in the 70s.

Also Wells Fargo got caught creating fake accounts for it's customers.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (necEF)

294 "Of course there are some who are deserving of the vote." BurtTC

Don't care anymore, they're still members of the gop.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (qH6FZ)

295 266 Can the country be any more degraded and pathetic than to have these airheads in Congress doing a public whine-fest about "surviving" a near non-event in which they never were in any danger?
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:22 PM (OTzUX)

I dunno. Is the week over?

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2021 09:26 PM (uEbPt)

When the Gauls sacked Rome in the 4th Century BC, the Senators did not run away. They stayed in their homes in Rome, wearing their Senatorial togas, and died at the hands of the Gauls. AOC and her pals couldn't begin to comprehend.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (AMIL/)

296 Will there be moments of silence and required kneeling? The "black national anthem" replacing the real one?

My fervent wish remains unchanged for injuries all around.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (OTzUX)

Mine too. Or at least, convictions.

And what the hell is the "black national anthem?" It's nonsense. A whole RACE gets a NATIONAL anthem?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (woUN+)

297 Im watching a movie I love to hate. Twister. I hate everything about it Helen hunt. The stupid relationships. Bad dialogue. The gal fromSquare pegs, the guy from Ferris bueller and the guy from the ATT Commercials. The hippy aunt. Even Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Pullman are awful.
But Im sucked in by my hate

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (Ed8Zd)

298 How come a thing like nickelfucker is a word but not dimefuckers or quarterfuckers?

I've told the story before - I was driving and got cut off by an idiot. I started to yell, "Fuck you, knucklehead!" but my tongue got twisted and it came out as "nickelfucker"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:34 PM (2JVJo)

299 "I wonder how long until Google, Amazon, and Apple start proactively ratting people out, using geolocation, purchases, online commenting, website visits, and smart device microphone use."

I'm sure it is already being worked on, and tied to a "profile of domestic extremist" algorithm.

Posted by: Zek at February 04, 2021 09:34 PM (w/5KC)

300 > bonhomme, the 9mm ammo showed up from a site you recommended.

Nice!

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2021 09:34 PM (i0wNm)

301 2 auditors came over from Denver, 250 mi. Spent two days to go thru all the records. Ended up we owed about $250. I had the checkbook at my full time job, so the guy had to drive to me to pick up the check. I asked for an ID and made him sign a receipt. He was pissed.
Posted by: Infidel at Februa

We have three business, she was there for weeks. She thought our seed purchase were too high. She thought promotion was too high. Our attorney had to talk to her boss. We did end up paying something but it was minimal, plus penalties just to get it over with. Nice business you have there, shame if something happened to it.
Everyone else at that same fundraiser was audited

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:34 PM (MYL08)

302 I mean if they wanna *be" our rulers, might as well look the part.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 04, 2021 09:34 PM (OssQ4)

303 All 700, 000 of them ? OK.
Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (zr5Kq)

I think that's reasonable.

You might want to post it in a different thread though, because Republicans have been comfortable with the federal government looking at your records for 40+ years.

I'm pretty sure the act that allows your banks to give your info to the feds was signed into law by Nixon.

So maybe go with something like "Thanks GA Republicans that chose not to participate on or about January 5, give or take a week, even though Republican politicians passed the ability to invade your privacy into law and further enhanced those abilities after 9/11."

I think that would probably be a good shame post.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:35 PM (pky3b)

304 278 247 BurtTC, the usual threat is to do something to your family or loved ones in tyrannies to keep them from resisting.

Criminals often accept a death penalty as part of the game and they lost.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (pO7gM)

Yeah...and keep in mind that with the political purges, it's usually one half of the victorious gang of thugs purging the other half. The actual moral-high-ground opposition already went to ground, got KIA, or left the area.

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 09:35 PM (zcf1k)

305 People are actually going to watch the game? Wow.

My dad reminded me The Super Bowl was this weekend. I thanked him and reminded him that I've not watched a sportsball game in over a year and had no intention of starting with The Super Bowl. Why? Well because I'm sick and tired of financially supporting people who would just assume put me in a gulag.

But But But I like my sportsball and I'm not gonna let them take that from me.

I almost dropped the OK, Boomer on him, but basically just told him thanks again for the reminder and I won't bother him during The Game.

But yeah, we're "voting our way out of this".

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:35 PM (zWl33)

306 Bank Of Amigo pretty much blows. Mrs. E and I consolidated when we got married mumblemumble years ago and we merged Navy Federal, Air Force Federal, NCNB and Wells Fargo into or Local Credit Union. Plus we each have accounts at a local-grown bank.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (em79L)

307 278 247 BurtTC, the usual threat is to do something to your family or loved ones in tyrannies to keep them from resisting.

Criminals often accept a death penalty as part of the game and they lost.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:29 PM (pO7gM)

I suspect it's happening in many of these situations, on a deeper level. It's not so much a calculated decision, as it is the resignation that comes from an antelope caught in the jaws of the lion.

We freeze because in a very real sense, it's over.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (oQ94s)

308 301 Will there be moments of silence and required kneeling? The "black national anthem" replacing the real one?

My fervent wish remains unchanged for injuries all around.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2021 09:31 PM (OTzUX)

Mine too. Or at least, convictions.

And what the hell is the "black national anthem?" It's nonsense. A whole RACE gets a NATIONAL anthem?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (woUN+)

It's for the nation of Blackistan.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (Zm+LZ)

309 You might want to post it in a different thread though, because Republicans have been comfortable with the federal government looking at your records for 40+ years.

I'm pretty sure the act that allows your banks to give your info to the feds was signed into law by Nixon.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:35 PM (pky3b)

Yes, but they are our SOBs.

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (zr5Kq)

310 Im watching a movie I love to hate. Twister.
Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue

I did dig the scene where (iirc) all the scythe blades where getting blown around and somehow, miraculously, no one was hurt/stabbed by any of them.

But other than that, the movie blew donkey balls.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (Rvt88)

311 Just received a vm from Loren Boebert re telephone town hall. I won't bother.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (twGU3)

312 I gamed BAC for $100 for their credit card and cancelled it after I got it. Think ill be doing this again soon.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:37 PM (fQbD4)

313 You remember when they put all the restrictions on fruits to quell the AIDS epidemic, right?

Yeah, neither do I.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I thought Fauci mandated butt masks? Maybe I'm mistaken.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:37 PM (MPYWI)

314 When these kids grow up and learn some grown up science, they are going to hate the present establishment because how their Gargantua amount of deception and lies. Or Beavis and Butthead become father figures

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 09:38 PM (yTRuK)

315 So, is the accordion a wind or a percussion instrument?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RLwZS5_gZ0

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 09:38 PM (eKvOA)

316 I do not understand why the national anthem is played before games. Just because it's been done for hundreds of years (slightly exaggerating), so what? Deplatform the disrespecters by taking it away from them.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 04, 2021 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

317 Deplorable Jay Guevara

Given the state of education in predominately black school districts, there is no need to worry.

We are needed to run things.

We are also only one human race, divided by single-nucleotide polymorphisms and culture. Mostly culture.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 09:39 PM (u82oZ)

318 So yes, I would spit in the guys eye being led to my death, but you can run out of spit.
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:30 PM (MPYWI)

I do find myself playing the scenarios out in my mind, sometimes. It's hard to imagine the point at which I go down shooting, but I want to believe I would, if I could.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:39 PM (oQ94s)

319 311 People are actually going to watch the game? Wow.

My dad reminded me The Super Bowl was this weekend. I thanked him and reminded him that I've not watched a sportsball game in over a year and had no intention of starting with The Super Bowl. Why? Well because I'm sick and tired of financially supporting people who would just assume put me in a gulag.

But But But I like my sportsball and I'm not gonna let them take that from me.

I almost dropped the OK, Boomer on him, but basically just told him thanks again for the reminder and I won't bother him during The Game.

But yeah, we're "voting our way out of this".
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:35 PM (zWl33)

Yup, I haven't watched for 3 years now. I stopped with the kneeling. I find that I always find something worthwhile to do and I can watch the ads later if I want.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:39 PM (fQbD4)

320 OK, folks, think I'll hit the sack. Hope you all have a lovely night.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:39 PM (2JVJo)

321
No. I get to pay ... twice. I seriously wondered if One Hung Low got a commission.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara a

Are you f-ing kidding me, that's ridiculous. For the, what 800 a year FTB fee?
If I ran my business like that I'd be out of business.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:39 PM (MYL08)

322 Everyone else at that same fundraiser was audited
Posted by: CaliGirl

I accepted PPP money on two occasions. I view this as a hook so that the federal government has dirt on me if they want in the future using some bs auditing techniques. Ain't no thing as a free lunch

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (MPYWI)

323 I thought Fauci mandated butt masks? Maybe I'm mistaken.
Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:37 PM (MPYWI)

Oh, you mean the guy who said that AIDS was going to ravage the hetero community? That guy?

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (zWl33)

324 Polymorphism, sounds kinky.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (eKvOA)

325 >From Lee Smith's The Thirty Tyrants in Tablet Magazine:

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 04, 2021 09:23 PM (Ndje9)

Thanks, the portion that I've read so far is excellent.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (7cERy)

326 So I have a govt job. Anyone else finding creative ways to increase the cost of how work is done? Would love to hear some new suggestions.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (fQbD4)

327 Just received a vm from Loren Boebert re telephone town hall. I won't bother.
Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (twGU3)

I didn't read it, but there was the story recently about the town hall she had to cancel, had something to do with the lack of security. She's got a target on her back right now.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (oQ94s)

328 My new IPad autocorrects everything to its own liking even if I go back and correct it.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:30 PM (NpAcC)

Turning off autocorrect was one of the smartest things I've done. It will still give you the chance to auto fill but only if you direct it to.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:41 PM (y7DUB)

329 A whole RACE gets a NATIONAL anthem?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 04, 2021 09:33 PM (woUN+)

Its almost as if people are remembering the etymology of the word "nation". Hmm.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 04, 2021 09:41 PM (OssQ4)

330 So, is the accordion a wind or a percussion instrument?
Keyboard.

Posted by: davidt at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (l3+k2)

331 333 So I have a govt job. Anyone else finding creative ways to increase the cost of how work is done? Would love to hear some new suggestions.
Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (fQbD4)

Call a meeting for every single thing.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (TdMsT)

332 We spent the night in a Hotel in New Jersey years ago. We left some paperwork in the room, when going to dinner, that included a bank deposit slip on our local bank. "Someone" got hold of that and, using photo shop, created a facsimile of a check and deposited $1800.00 into their Chase bank account, electronically. When we got home a day or two later my bank called to verify the check. We denied writing it and they stopped the transfer. I asked if their computer caught the fraud. They said "No, we have people". My bank, think I'll keep them.

Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (8SSHh)

333 So, is the accordion a wind or a percussion instrument?

Instrument of torture.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (zWl33)

334 So I have a govt job. Anyone else finding creative ways to increase the cost of how work is done? Would love to hear some new suggestions.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (fQbD4)

......

Do it correctly and efficiently.

It'll confuse the hell out of them and screw the whole system up.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (pky3b)

335 I was at Target.
I asked the clerk if she had a squeeze box.
She spit on me.
She forgot to remove the mask.
the end

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (yTRuK)

336 I got a PPP check last year, but it came in the mail. Same way I pay my taxes. Although they could keep my check info. I doubt anyone there has that much smarts.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (twGU3)

337 Physical and emotional fatigue is definitely also a factor. Usually the purge-ee has been physically and psychologically pummeled for a long time leading up to the final ride to the scaffold.

And in the aristocratic era, when personal and family honor was Kind Of A Big Deal, it was expected for notables to die well and those watching would fondly remember the gallant ones. This was, after all, a time when having one's sentence changed from beheading to hanging was a great humiliation; the nobility, being of a warrior tradition, are supposed to die bloody, not being moked out by a piece of wood and a rope.

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (zcf1k)

338 I've told the story before - I was driving and got cut off by an idiot. I started to yell, "Fuck you, knucklehead!" but my tongue got twisted and it came out as "nickelfucker"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 04, 2021 09:34 PM (2JVJo)

I wish I had one mistake nearly that good.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (y7DUB)

339 So I have a govt job. Anyone else finding creative ways to increase the cost of how work is done? Would love to hear some new suggestions.
Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (fQbD4)

Call a meeting for every single thing.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (TdMsT)

I think they already do that.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (oQ94s)

340 Call a meeting for every single thing.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (TdMsT)

Ha not a bad suggestion, but would totally tick of my co-workers, who are actually conservative and I don't want to waste their time.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (fQbD4)

341 He forgot he already 'revised' his 'shot at' story....

Biden revises claim he was 'shot at' in Iraq
BY SUSAN CRABTREE - 08/08/07

https://tinyurl.com/yy4prsc3

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (cF8AT)

342 I do find myself playing the scenarios out in my mind, sometimes. It's hard to imagine the point at which I go down shooting, but I want to believe I would, if I could.
Posted by: BurtTC

When the government takes all you have, it makes it easier to go down shooting. When your belly is full and it's just a minor inconvenience what they're asking, it's harder.

The fact that we are about to let the government make examples of Andrew Rittenhouse, the redditt traders, Ashley Bibbitt, Donald Trump's stolen election, fencing in the Capitol, BoA spying on its customers, Facebook silencing us, Twitter shadowbanning us, Google censoring results, Youtube deleting every video we agree with.....makes me question what we will fight for. The fact that we didn't have an army in the capitol fully armed on November 4th was the tell tale sign. I think I'll buy some land, keep to myself, and raise my boys as men and hope for the best. I'm no Andrew Breitbart.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (MPYWI)

343 Im watching a movie I love to hate. Twister.

I just watched that the other night. For about the 10th time.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (nxdel)

344 50% union time
Posted by: Miklos Cloward-Piven at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (QzkSJ)

It's illegal to have a union for my gig.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (fQbD4)

345 I accepted PPP money on two occasions. I view this as a hook so that the federal government has dirt on me if they want in the future using some bs auditing techniques. Ain't no thing as a free lunch
Posted by: BacktoGA at Febr

You live in a different state, no offense meant here to you and I'm not sure if different states have different rules. I know people that took the PPP loans, they really didn't need them they were working the whole year and it's my understanding that they don't have to pay it back and it's tax free. Good for you!
We didn't get any loans/ we didn't need them and there were strings attached, my husband was concerned. We could have used it at the time but we ended up fine this year. We are an essential business.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:45 PM (MYL08)

346 Biden revises claim he was 'shot at' in Iraq
BY SUSAN CRABTREE - 08/08/07

https://tinyurl.com/yy4prsc3
Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (cF8AT)
----------------

Yeah, sure, Biden revised his claim. No, Crabtree, someone heard that, thought, "Yikes" and contacted their favorite white house stenographer to "correct" the record.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:45 PM (WEBkv)

347 337 So, is the accordion a wind or a percussion instrument?
Keyboard.
Posted by: davidt at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (l3+k2)
-----------------

Keyboard is percussion

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 09:45 PM (eKvOA)

348
Ha not a bad suggestion, but would totally tick of my co-workers, who are actually conservative and I don't want to waste their time.
Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:43 PM (fQbD4)

You are lucky.

When I worked in county government, 90 percent of my staff and coworkers were conservative.

When I worked for the state of Ohio I had only one conservative colleague.

I was miserable.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:46 PM (TdMsT)

349 Do it correctly and efficiently.

It'll confuse the hell out of them and screw the whole system up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:42 PM (pky3b)

How I'm running the strategy now. I won't get caught with what I've been doing.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:46 PM (fQbD4)

350 Wanna know how we defeated prohibition, we got drunk.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 04, 2021 09:46 PM (yTRuK)

351 324 BurtTC,
There is plenty of literature regarding people about how some manage glory or death--most usually death and a lot of it involves drugs and alcohol. Others are driven by rage and revenge.

A few are natural bad to the bone genuine killers of men like Wild Bill Hickok. He was once queried about his success as a gunman and he basically said, he will willing to pull the trigger when he drew when the other guy wasn't quite there yet mentally. Army studies also indicate that most of the effective killing by small arms fire was done by a relatively small percentage of men that had an outsized effect on enemy casualties. A military officer wrote a book, On Killing, Col. Grossman I believe, that describes on how the Army more or less reprograms recruits to be more lethal in combat.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (pO7gM)

352 Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (MPYWI)

Concur. My fighting time is past. It's not necessarily the job of every-man to take-up arms. Some people's roles involve simply keeping the lights on. I'm building a library of classics of western civ in hopes it will eventually find it's way to someone who will want to rebuild once this all goes to shit.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (zWl33)

353 What's their email?

Posted by: NewLeaf at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (OOE1Z)

354 So I have a govt job. Anyone else finding creative ways to increase the cost of how work is done? Would love to hear some new suggestions.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (fQbD4)

I'm assuming you've worked all the COVID angles.

You know the "Hey boss, I had a temperature of a 100.2 when I woke up this morning. Should I come in?" routine the day after a meeting in which everyone was present.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (pky3b)

355
But But But I like my sportsball and I'm not gonna let them take that from me.

I almost dropped the OK, Boomer on him, but basically just told him thanks again for the reminder and I won't bother him during The Game.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:35 PM (zWl33)

I actually admire your principles, I don't watch either. For a certain kind of man, it's not about the game (or the fishing), but a chance to catch up with their sons.

I'd take the offer if I were you.

Posted by: trev006 at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (0HpOW)

356 322 I do not understand why the national anthem is played before games. Just because it's been done for hundreds of years (slightly exaggerating), so what? Deplatform the disrespecters by taking it away from them.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 04, 2021 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

Sometimes I wonder if the ZFG attitude that many youngers have regarding the concept of national identity is a consequence of the dry, largely meaningless ritualization of the anthem and the pledge of allegiance. Like how the most mystically oriented religions tend to produce the most hardcore, dyed in the wool atheists.

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (zcf1k)

357 We didn't get any loans/ we didn't need them and there were strings attached, my husband was concerned. We could have used it at the time but we ended up fine this year. We are an essential business.
Posted by: CaliGirl

I'm of the mindset that I might as well get some for the taking as long as I qualify for the rules. If they're going to come and get me, it isn't going to be because I took PPP money. It's going to be because I'm a conservative. This will just help their case. At least I'll have a little more jingle to defend myself at that point.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (MPYWI)

358 I don't mind seeing the federal debt go up now. It's like a scorecard and I don't own any US treasuries, so why mind?

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (fQbD4)

359 What's the moron verdict on TD Bank and PNC? Haven't seen either mentioned yet.

Posted by: Qwinn at February 04, 2021 09:49 PM (c9HOh)

360 Good news ! Andrew Gillum's marriage is saved !

Posted by: runner, Hawaladar in Chief at February 04, 2021 09:49 PM (zr5Kq)

361 I'd take the offer if I were you.
Posted by: trev006 at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (0HpOW)

He's in New Jersey, I'm in Mass. If I want to visit I have to quarantine IN STATE for 3 fucking days. Thank you Governor Murphy. So no, I won't be visiting.

He's also not one who likes "catching up" during "The Game".

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:50 PM (zWl33)

362 I'm assuming you've worked all the COVID angles.

You know the "Hey boss, I had a temperature of a 100.2 when I woke up this morning. Should I come in?" routine the day after a meeting in which everyone was present.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (pky3b)

I love the Covid protocols. Lots of opportunities. Clean my desk every day with the supplies.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:50 PM (fQbD4)

363 Celine Dion
Posted by: Miklos

She's got a neck like a giraffe.

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2021 09:50 PM (arJlL)

364 > I'd always thought that mental illness was more likely in the highly intelligent

There's a strong bimodal distribution there, I think.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 09:50 PM (ZBd2j)

365 On Killing, Col. Grossman I believe, that describes on how the Army more or less reprograms recruits to be more lethal in combat.
Posted by: whig

Phenomenal book. Basically said that 25% of the firearms found at Gettysburg were found loaded which means no one was firing them. A large percentage of them were loaded up to 12 times as they were fake firing. If the Confederacy only had good training....

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:50 PM (MPYWI)

366 You wanted good news , right ?

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (zr5Kq)

367 Army studies also indicate that most of the effective killing by small arms fire was done by a relatively small percentage of men that had an outsized effect on enemy casualties. A military officer wrote a book, On Killing, Col. Grossman I believe, that describes on how the Army more or less reprograms recruits to be more lethal in combat.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (pO7gM)

Yup....I had a Captain tell us once that the most important thing in combat is to fire your weapon. He alluded to studies done where 3 in 10 would fire their weapons while the rest were waiting to be told to shoot.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (R/m4+)

368 A military officer wrote a book, On Killing, Col. Grossman I believe, that describes on how the Army more or less reprograms recruits to be more lethal in combat.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (pO7gM)

I was in the infantry, during Desert Storm... but was stateside when it all went down. There's a certain point I think, when one's training kicks in, and even if you don't THINK you might pull the trigger, you do. In part due to training, and in part due to your buddy next to you pulling his trigger. And once that initial time, that baptism occurs, it's infinitely easier the next time, even if the the next time it's only tiny fractions of a second difference.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (oQ94s)

369 qualify for the rules. If they're going to come and get me, it isn't going to be because I took PPP money. It's going to be because I'm a conservative. This will just help their case. At least I'll have a little more jingle to defend myself at that point.
Posted by: BacktoGA at Febr

My husband wishes he would have taken the loans now.
We are on lists I'm sure.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (MYL08)

370 368 I don't mind seeing the federal debt go up now. It's like a scorecard and I don't own any US treasuries, so why mind?
Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:48 PM (fQbD4)

If you're old enough to remember the Carter and Clinton years, you're left scratching your head as to how inflation is no longer a problem when we are borrowing from the Fed like Hunter Biden at a Crack Hooker Convention.

You never hear anyone talk about inflation anymore. It just magically became a non issue.

But I think it's still there. They just all agree to hide it. We should be paying fifty bucks for a loaf of bread by now.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (rdbLX)

371 Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (MPYWI)

Concur. My fighting time is past. It's not necessarily the job of every-man to take-up arms. Some people's roles involve simply keeping the lights on. I'm building a library of classics of western civ in hopes it will eventually find it's way to someone who will want to rebuild once this all goes to shit.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February

I would love to see the list of the books

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:52 PM (Ed8Zd)

372 369 What's the moron verdict on TD Bank and PNC? Haven't seen either mentioned yet.
Posted by: Qwinn at February 04, 2021 09:49 PM (c9HOh)

TD restricted trades on GME. I'd only use them for bonus gaming. Made $300 off them last year for checking and a credit card. Canceled both now.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:52 PM (fQbD4)

373 But I think it's still there. They just all agree to hide it. We should be paying fifty bucks for a loaf of bread by now.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (rdbLX)
--------------

Interest rates on mortgages should be running about 17% too.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 04, 2021 09:52 PM (WEBkv)

374 A military officer wrote a book, On Killing, Col. Grossman I believe, that describes on how the Army more or less reprograms recruits to be more lethal in combat.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (pO7gM)

Love that book. I've got a copy.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:53 PM (fQbD4)

375 Concur. My fighting time is past. It's not necessarily the job of every-man to take-up arms. Some people's roles involve simply keeping the lights on. I'm building a library of classics of western civ in hopes it will eventually find it's way to someone who will want to rebuild once this all goes to shit.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom

I'll follow the right leadership to support the proper missions, but I am too easy a man to make a target out of. It makes my wife uneasy as I make COVID difficult for everyone. They held one of my boys out of elementary school for two weeks because he sat at a lunch table with someone who was COVID positive based on the seating chart. I was a dick to the person who called me, the nurse who followed up with me, and the principal and the teacher. My wife was not happy, but I told her you have to put up resistance at every single point or else this will continue forever. If they had to inform 10 families their kids were being kept out for 2 weeks, I hoped they got 8+ ear fulls. I imagine I was probably the only one.

I just need one state to secede and I'll move there and be happy.

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (MPYWI)

376 Just received a vm from Loren Boebert re telephone town hall. I won't bother.
Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:36 PM (twGU3)

I didn't read it, but there was the story recently about the town hall she had to cancel, had something to do with the lack of security. She's got a target on her back right now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (oQ94s)
********
I like her. The Dems hate her because she's carrying a gun on Capitol Hill and they're worried for their safety.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (NpAcC)

377 >>>On Killing, Col. Grossman I believe, that describes on how the Army more or less reprograms recruits to be more lethal in combat.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (pO7gM)
----------------

Moron pulled a quote, something like
Of 100 men 10 shouldn't be there
80 are targets
9 are warriors
1 is a leader

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (eKvOA)

378 CppThis,
Serfs in the Middle Ages did not have much concept of nationalism either. Kids have more or less been bombarded with one worldism and that the world is going to end via global warming and there is little time to do something about it.

In addition, they have been trained to gain status through victimhood rather than striving, maybe losing, but sometimes winning.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (pO7gM)

379 He's also not one who likes "catching up" during "The Game".
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:50 PM (zWl33)

Got it. Shame some old men can't even see how much of their country they lost, but what can you do?

Posted by: trev006 at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (0HpOW)

380 I do not understand why the national anthem is played before games. Just because it's been done for hundreds of years (slightly exaggerating), so what? Deplatform the disrespecters by taking it away from them.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 04, 2021 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

I was against it being played by rote even when sports were well run and arguably patriotic. I thought it cheapened the anthem but am willing to admit others can think I'm stupid for feeling that way and am missing the point.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (y7DUB)

381 Anyone ever watch the Time Team series? I've watch the whole series before but recently started it over. I love this shit!

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (cF8AT)

382 I would love to see the list of the books
Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 09:52 PM (Ed8Zd)

Basically trying to work my way through the OGB (Online Great Books) and Adler's "How To Read A Book" lists. I'm only about 10% or so in and I'm already filled a room. I've raided all the second-hand stores in the region and pretty much go to same whenever I have to travel. It's gonna be a long process and I don't expect to get more than 1/3 unless I hit a trove somewhere and have the cash to grab it.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (zWl33)

383 387 Braenyard, seems about right.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (pO7gM)

384 > Crenshaw has a Lincoln Project problem, most likely

Probably one of his buddies had pictures of him with a 14-year-old hooker at Subic Bay or the like.

That would be my guess.

Although maybe he's not old enough to have been at Subic Bay, come to think of it. Doesn't matter... all Naval bases and Army posts are the same in this respect.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (ZBd2j)

385 If you're old enough to remember the Carter and Clinton years, you're left scratching your head as to how inflation is no longer a problem when we are borrowing from the Fed like Hunter Biden at a Crack Hooker Convention.

You never hear anyone talk about inflation anymore. It just magically became a non issue.

But I think it's still there. They just all agree to hide it. We should be paying fifty bucks for a loaf of bread by now.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 09:51 PM (rdbLX)

yup, i was there for then. I don't believe the inflation numbers. The loss in purchasing power studies for social security are better for seeing what inflation is i think.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (fQbD4)

386 351 Im watching a movie I love to hate. Twister.

I just watched that the other night. For about the 10th time.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 04, 2021 09:44 PM (nxdel)

I love that movie. I root for the tornado and think that Jamie Gertz' character got the raw end of the deal. She was actually supportive of her jerk fiance who treated her like dirt. Or maybe she dodged a bullet.

Posted by: Moki at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (+X9Vs)

387 369 What's the moron verdict on TD Bank and PNC? Haven't seen either mentioned yet.
Posted by: Qwinn at February 04, 2021 09:49 PM (c9HOh)

I'm in the process of leaving PNC for a credit union, primarily because it is closing the branch closest to me. Also, PNC has changed its on-line banking platform to "Virtual Wallet," which I hate with the heat of 1000 suns.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (TdMsT)

388 I didn't read it, but there was the story recently about the town hall she had to cancel, had something to do with the lack of security. She's got a target on her back right now.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:40 PM (oQ94s)

I like her. The Dems hate her because she's carrying a gun on Capitol Hill and they're worried for their safety.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (NpAcC)

She's awfully green, and she's in a den of vipers. I'm worried about her safety.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (oQ94s)

389 Ever have a spider on your monitor and play tag with your mouse pointer?

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (eKvOA)

390 Im watching a movie I love to hate. Twister.

That was, like, THE DVD movie. Companies wanted to show off how awesome DVDs were, they showed Twister. I think the original HD flatscreens, too

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:56 PM (dNzKv)

391 The best way to screw up the system if you are on the inside is to work by the rules assiduously. If the rules don't cover a situation, then you request a meeting to get it clarified. If you have conservative co-workers, they should understand the point and participate. Following the rules to the letter and having endless meetings was actually an OSS recommendation for resistance in a WWII handbook.

Posted by: WiNO at February 04, 2021 09:57 PM (1JtC2)

392 CppThis,
Serfs in the Middle Ages did not have much concept of nationalism either. Kids have more or less been bombarded with one worldism and that the world is going to end via global warming and there is little time to do something about it.

In addition, they have been trained to gain status through victimhood rather than striving, maybe losing, but sometimes winning.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (pO7gM)

Probably why we should not encourage conservatives to enlist in the military anymore. Make the government draft kids again.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 09:57 PM (fQbD4)

393 Posted by: trev006 at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (0HpOW)

He'll bitch and moan all the live-long about Biden, and Trump getting screwed, and pedowood, and on and on and on - and then switch the channel to Big Bang Theory and laugh his ass off.

He's a boomer civnat - not gonna change now. Hell, I met plenty of Brits on my last trip to London for work several years ago who still swear The Sun Never Sets On The British Empire. It's sad.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:57 PM (zWl33)

394 399 Ever have a spider on your monitor and play tag with your mouse pointer?

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 09:55 PM (eKvOA)

Not a spider but a cat. If I moved it really slowly the the edge of the screen, she'd look around the back of the monitor for it. It amused me.

Posted by: Tami at February 04, 2021 09:57 PM (cF8AT)

395 Remember when people flipped out over Regan's 3.5 trillion debt? 350 billion military budget.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:57 PM (dNzKv)

396 Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:54 PM (zWl33)

Thankfully, Dad was a history buff. Tons of old history books here.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:58 PM (twGU3)

397 > I'd always thought that mental illness was more likely in the highly intelligent

There's a strong bimodal distribution there, I think.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

With different chapters of the DSM represented at either end, I'm sure.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2021 09:58 PM (P1f+c)

398 Hey now

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 04, 2021 09:58 PM (9dzlp)

399 Kids are fed a never ending stream of global "we are all in this together!"

Global warming, the virus, America bad.....

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:58 PM (dNzKv)

400 Or maybe she dodged a bullet.

She dodged the bullet. He was a jerk. Love the movie though. I live in tornado alley so maybe that's why.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 04, 2021 09:59 PM (nxdel)

401 405 Remember when people flipped out over Regan's 3.5 trillion debt? 350 billion military budget.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 04, 2021 09:57 PM (dNzKv)

Ronnie was a damn miser comparatively speaking.

Schumer's 50k student loan thing along will dwarf that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2021 09:59 PM (rdbLX)

402 > Must be union, disabled, and POC

Like the old Dilbert where the boss congratulates the employee on being named the Gay Disabled Employee of the Year. Employee says he's neither gay nor disabled. Boss says the ceremony isn't for a week, so he's got time to address those issues.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 10:00 PM (ZBd2j)

403 She dodged the bullet. He was a jerk. Love the movie though. I live in tornado alley so maybe that's why.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 04, 2021 09:59 PM (nxdel)

I miss a lot about Oklahoma, but not running for the shelters so many times I can't count.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 10:00 PM (fQbD4)

404 Kids are fed a never ending stream of global "we are all in this together!"

Global warming, the virus, America bad.....
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Yeah - someone mentioned earlier, the masks were supposed to be worn to "prevent the spread to others" yet now it's turned to "you're not wearing a mask? You deserve to die when you get the virus"

The CS Lewis quote of robber barons vs busy bodies is spot on as their thirst for control for our own well being is never satisfied

Posted by: BacktoGA at February 04, 2021 10:00 PM (MPYWI)

405 Thankfully, Dad was a history buff. Tons of old history books here.
Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 09:58 PM (twGU3)

Older is always better. Always. I'm a bit of a geek about that. I have the first edition of a Calculus book from the early 60's, and a more recent edition of the same book. The newer edition is thicker, has nicer graphics, and does an absolutely horrible job of teaching calc one. The old book? Yeah, pretty much anyone with a solid HS level math background could pick it up and work through it.

And don't get me started on the changes to Webster's Dictionary over the years. I have 7 of them.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 10:01 PM (zWl33)

406 Alright, I'm calling it a night all. Thanks for the short chat.

Posted by: Brometheus at February 04, 2021 10:02 PM (fQbD4)

407 She's awfully green, and she's in a den of vipers. I'm worried about her safety.
Posted by: BurtTC

****

I agree Burt. I hope she's got some good smart folks on her team. She's going to be a lightning rod.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 04, 2021 10:03 PM (m45I2)

408 SFGoth,
Much of our civic nationalism came about due to the massive immigration to the US from about 1870-1920 and the Civil War. Things like the Pledge of Allegiance, the emphasis on the national anthem,even the Civil War monuments, common history, etc. were meant to bind disparate regions together to prevent another Civil War. WWI and WWII, with a large percentage of males serving and almost universal effects in the US bumped up civic nationalism again. However, since the 1970's to the 2020's, massive immigration has been accompanied by identity politics and essentially destroying the idea of nationhood as racist. Education and culture have separated generations from each other and any social glue like the national anthems, public recognition of faith, pledges of allegiance, honoring military service, sharing a common history, etc. are gone. In the breach, 2021 civilization has individualism, identity with a tribe, and virtue signalling.
Remove the social glue from a society, all you have is like a chair with no glue in the joints of society--shaky and likely to collapse under a load.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 10:03 PM (pO7gM)

409 I miss a lot about Oklahoma, but not running for the shelters so many times I can't count.

Oh yes. Can't count how many times we've had to run down to the damn basement.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 04, 2021 10:03 PM (nxdel)

410 Eye-patch man speaks lies.
How odd, Pete Davidson is
My favorite now.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2021 10:03 PM (kdWoL)

411 And don't get me started on the changes to Webster's Dictionary over the years. I have 7 of them.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom

I treasure my old dictionaries. Have one from the late 50's.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 10:04 PM (twGU3)

412 Go ahead, ONT. Stomp the boss.

Posted by: mindful webworker
existential experiencer
at February 04, 2021 10:05 PM (xdNUT)

413 > Schumer's 50k student loan thing along will dwarf that.

Looks like the amount of outstanding student debt is around $1.6 trillion.

They've already been a couple of "stimulus packages" in that ballpark. Biden's first (of no doubt many) is $1.9 trillion by itself.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 10:05 PM (ZBd2j)

414 401, WiNO,
Allo, Allo, is a comedic take on the French Resistance based on a serious BBC series dealing with Resistance networks rescuing downed Allied flight crews. Some pretty funny stuff there but consistent with how much of the Resistance actually operated.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 10:06 PM (pO7gM)

415 whig

Good analysis. Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:06 PM (u82oZ)

416 I treasure my old dictionaries. Have one from the late 50's.
Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 10:04 PM (twGU3)

Currently my oldest is from 1963. I'd love to get my hands on a 1916 but I only buy originals and anything pre-WWII is really hard to come by.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 10:06 PM (zWl33)

417 @380:

If interest rates were tied to reality now, the United States might be unable to service its debt and the *wrong* people almost assuredly would be hurt. No link, but recently read a compelling piece that if rates went above seven percent default would start. Obviously savers are being hurt by artificial rates, but I can see the logic behind it even though it is fake and gay.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 04, 2021 10:06 PM (puu6v)

418 mindful webworker
existential experiencer

425 is not stomping.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

419 I told her you have to put up resistance at every single point or else this will continue forever

+1000

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 04, 2021 10:07 PM (W4eKo)

420 And what about those of us who scrimped and paid our off?

Fkd, I know.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 10:07 PM (twGU3)

421 362 Concur. My fighting time is past. It's not necessarily the job of every-man to take-up arms. Some people's roles involve simply keeping the lights on. I'm building a library of classics of western civ in hopes it will eventually find it's way to someone who will want to rebuild once this all goes to shit.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 09:47 PM (zWl33)

That's where I expect to wind up as well, unless someone starts directly shooting at me. One of the reasons I got so deeply involved with 3D printing is because it enables decentralized manufacturing--with the right materials and tools, someone can make what they need to a 'good enough' standard with a greatly simplified supply chain.

FYI it is, or at least used to be, possible to download an archive copy of the text portion of Wikipedia. Not sure about images, though if it's possible you're talking many, many terabytes of data. Say what you will about the objectivity of their current-events articles, but it's a good resource for historical and technical information. Project Gutenberg also offers some kind of a downloadable collection of all their stuff but I've not messed with it. I should.

Posted by: CppThis at February 04, 2021 10:08 PM (zcf1k)

422 Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at February 04, 2021 10:06 PM (puu6v)

At 4% debt servicing becomes unsustainable for the USA after 1-year. Translation - you will never see better than 2% return on "savings" ever again.

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at February 04, 2021 10:09 PM (zWl33)

423 Biden tells Putin: U.S. no longer 'rolling over'
-------

Putin laughs and pours another shot of vodka in his mimosa.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 10:09 PM (eKvOA)

424 CppThis

I know a fellow former patent examiner that has a filing cabinet full of critical patents for rebuilding technology.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:09 PM (u82oZ)

425 425 is not stomping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

One of us is a mite confused, and I'm pretty sure it's me.

Posted by: mindful webworker
existential experiencer
at February 04, 2021 10:09 PM (xdNUT)

426 In the breach, 2021 civilization has individualism, identity with a tribe, and virtue signalling.
Remove the social glue from a society, all you have is like a chair with no glue in the joints of society--shaky and likely to collapse under a load.
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 10:03 PM (pO7gM)

In Rat areas, even this will not be enough. Urban America is far less stable than post-Tito Yugoslavia. Quite a few of the disparate factions only tolerate each other because they're being fattened up by government money. When that ends, hello!

Posted by: trev006 at February 04, 2021 10:09 PM (0HpOW)

427 > Currently my oldest is from 1963. I'd love to get my hands on a 1916 but I only buy originals and anything pre-WWII is really hard to come by

Project Gutenberg has the 1913 edition available for download.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2021 10:09 PM (ZBd2j)

428 Currently my oldest is from 1963. I'd love to get my hands on a 1916 but I only buy originals and anything pre-WWII is really hard to come by.
Posted by: Doctor.Boom at Fe

My mom has one probably from the 50s, it's huge. I bet it weighs 10 pounds. I remember the ol' how do I spell this word, look it up.
I don't recall if its a Websters. It has a cloth bound.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 10:10 PM (MYL08)

429 No shots fired, no cattle cars, just grey.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 10:10 PM (eKvOA)

430 "Every one has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"
Mike Tyson

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:10 PM (u82oZ)

431 423, The limit on recounciliation being used to pass a bill is 1.9 trillion is why.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 10:11 PM (pO7gM)

432 Got a 1933 set of Funk & Wagnals.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 10:12 PM (eKvOA)

433 What up, Hordelings?! Where's that confounded ONT?

Posted by: Doof at February 04, 2021 10:12 PM (mZUr4)

434 Where's that confounded ONT?
Posted by: Doof

HERE NOOD

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=392547

Posted by: mindful webworker
existential experiencer
at February 04, 2021 10:13 PM (xdNUT)

435

Remember the lebowitz project? Take a book especially valuable to you or to society package it up vacuum packet put it in a ammo can and bury it or otherwise secure it for posterity to find and use after the end of the world...

Posted by: Large Hardon Collider at February 04, 2021 10:13 PM (eUwxv)

436 ONT is nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 04, 2021 10:14 PM (kTF2Z)

437 I have a great collection of history, chemistry, and Science Fiction. One day it will all go into the cardboard shredders at the recyclers, like all the older library books.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:14 PM (u82oZ)

438 436, The Yugos also had NATO air dropping supplies which is less likely in civil unrest in the US.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2021 10:15 PM (pO7gM)

439 My mom has one probably from the 50s, it's huge. I bet it weighs 10 pounds. I remember the ol' how do I spell this word, look it up.
I don't recall if its a Websters. It has a cloth bound.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Blue cloth. Our mothers must have been long lost sisters. Can't spell it, look it up.

Posted by: Infidel at February 04, 2021 10:15 PM (twGU3)

440 >>>like all the older library books.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:14 PM (u82oZ)
----------------

Shocked I was. "Well, they are obsolete"
Wait! WTF about the word library don't you understand?

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 04, 2021 10:16 PM (eKvOA)

441 Blue cloth. Our mothers must have been long lost sisters. Can't spell it, look it up.
Posted by: Infidel at Febru

Oh my gosh, yes. Blue cloth. That sounds like the same one.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2021 10:18 PM (MYL08)

442 I do like Marjorie Taylor Greene's statement masks.
Since masks are required in DC, why not make a statement.
This is the next one she should wear-

tinyurl.com/y2knm3eo

Posted by: redridinghood at February 04, 2021 10:19 PM (NpAcC)

443 @301 A whole RACE gets a NATIONAL anthem?
Old and busted. New hotz? The local city-county-state office building has a monthlong display of the "Pan-African" flag, even with the US and state flags. As we know, most slaves were not taken in areas that had national identities, and they were taken by others who were not operating under national colors. Descendants of those people, for the most part, cannot say what country their ancestors would have been from (although I'll give you this, that DNA testing can give some fractional clues for regional tribes).

There is no vexillology at all involved in African background until well after the slave trading era of the western hemisphere was over. And yet somehow "we" have come up with one flag to represent a whole continent -- free tribesmen, slave captives, slave hunters, slaver merchants, the whole shebang -- for a month. Bet they can find a way to blame the Jews.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 04, 2021 10:27 PM (zMFmR)

444
Bank Of ~~America~~ China.

Posted by: YIKES! at February 04, 2021 10:30 PM (t6XCL)

445 Braenyard, Patriot dog

Yup. Found out the hard way. Lots of great wisdom - turning into cardboard. I was very sad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 04, 2021 10:32 PM (u82oZ)

446 The little girl in the small Midwest town was famous for her soft hair that smelled of sweet, ripe peaches. For years, her parents vigilantly protected her from the visitors who travelled from all over the world just get a sniff of her magically sweet hair. But one fateful summer day, there was a knock on their door The mother opened it just enough to see the old man in a leather jacket and aviator sunglasses casually leaning against her porch railing . Ive come to smell her hair, he slurred. Before she could react, the old man whipped off his sunglasses, glared at her with lifeless, dilated black eyes and screeched. Trunalimunaprzure! The mother screamed in terror.

Posted by: Pres elect LA Sue at February 04, 2021 11:56 PM (Ed8Zd)

447 No warrant from DOJ?? That sounds like a violation of the Constitution against unreasonable search & seizure. A fishing expedition among millions of customers? Anyone who got "caught" in this way should immediately sue the government.

Posted by: Delilah at February 05, 2021 12:16 AM (mOM31)

448 He's a boomer civnat - not gonna change now. Hell, I met plenty of Brits on my last trip to London for work several years ago who still swear The Sun Never Sets On The British Empire. It's sad.
----
True ,but the British Empire could fall and Britain remains. If the US falls then California remains?
It's one thing to lose an empire and altogether another thing to lose your country.

Posted by: Deplorable Underpants at February 05, 2021 01:42 AM (kN2//)

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