The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 10/13/21

Good morning, kids. Wednesday and even with darkness all around us there are faint glimmers of hope. And dare I hope that those flames converge and coalesce into a firestorm that lights up the world? We shall see. The front line, as it were, seems to be with the pilots, crew and employees of Southwest Airlines, perhaps even the company's CEO but I'll hold off on giving him credit for the time being. But still . . .

Chalk this up as a major victory for personal autonomy and liberty! Even while refusing to admit that resistance to vaccination had anything to do with the massive disruption to operations that occurred last weekend, Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines, backed off from earlier policy and announced that employees who refuse to receive [Chinese] COVID gene therapy "vaccines" will not be terminated . . .
. . . Technically speaking, Kelly is correct: there is no evidence because even if pilots (and other employees) were calling in sick or using vacation time, or refusing overtime, they would not say so -- i.e., provide "evidence" -- because doing so would amount to a confession of violating the law with an illegal work stoppage. So, yes, there is no evidence, but Kelly's reversal of policy, backing away from termination for failure to vax, is hard to explain otherwise. And it is a major reversal . . .
. . . Kelly's recitation of aggravating factors causing the cancelation is correct. Keeping a tightly scheduled airline (Southwest has very quick "turnaround times" -- the time between landing and taking off for the next flight) running smoothly is a challenge at all times. On a holiday weekend with heavy travel, it is all the more intricate. But for that very reason, employees not showing up, or refusing overtime, or otherwise giving less than 100% can have a cascading effect on operations. That is what happened to Southwest (but not to its competitors) last weekend.
Hundreds of employees have been fired at United Airlines, and countless more people at other companies have lost their livelihoods, and in many cases their health insurance and unemployment benefits, for refusing to submit to having their bodies injected with a gene-altering substance that has not undergone the years of testing normally required to understand the long-term side-effects.

STOP THE PRESSES.

A federal judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against United Airlines on Wednesday, blocking the airline from imposing a vaccine mandate against any of its employees in a nationwide class-action lawsuit.
According to the judicial order, which could be the first of its kind in the country against a coronavirus vaccine mandate, United Airlines is prohibited from placing employees with religious and medical exemptions on unpaid leave until October 26 while litigation continues. The judge also prohibited the airline from denying any employee requests for religious or medical exemptions. Previously, the airline did not allow employees to apply for an exemption after August 31.
Earlier in the case, the airline agreed of its own accord to postpone its vaccine mandate until October 15 for employees with exemptions during litigation. The day before the October 8 hearing, however, United filed a partial motion to dismiss, alleging the court lacked jurisdiction over the claims in the lawsuit. In order to allow the court reasonable time to respond to the jurisdictional challenge and to rule in the evidentiary hearing for a preliminary injunction, which was reset for Wednesday, the judge issued the TRO.
United Airlines originally told its 67,000 U.S. employees they must be vaccinated against Chinese coronavirus (or secure an exemption) by September 27 or face termination. As the airline's vaccine mandate stands, any employees with exemptions would still be considered employed but would be placed on unpaid leave and would lose their benefits for up to six years or until the airline deems pandemic conditions safe for unvaccinated employees to return, according to the complaint.
"It is unconscionable to force any person to undergo a medical treatment that they object to as a matter of faith," said Ken Blackwell, formerly the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission and currently with the American Constitutional Rights Union. "When so many other nations recognize that there is no medical reason for people with natural immunity to take a vaccine, it is essential that America lead the way to protect our citizens' rights on that front also". . .
. . . President Donald Trump appointee Judge Pittman is still expected to hold a hearing in the case on Wednesday, which should last approximately six hours as lawyers from both sides present their arguments. The case is one of the largest of its kind in the United States and could arguably create a domino effect and lead to other vaccine mandate cases across the country if the judge leans in favor of the airline's employees.
United Airlines was the first big airline to institute a vaccine mandate. Since then, bedlam has broken out as other airlines follow in its footsteps. Airline employees have protested across the country as companies fire employees by the thousands. Just this past weekend, Southwest Airlines was forced to cancel nearly 2,000 flights. The airline cited "staffing issues" and bad weather (there was no bad weather on record), though there was rumor pilots actually staged a mass protest and refused to fly just two days after the Southwest pilots union asked a federal judge to block the company's vaccine mandate.

One thing that should be noted is that the initial actions of United, as well as Southwest and thousands of other companies across the nation was in response to drooling Chi-Com stooge meat-puppet and tweener-groper Joey the Wonder Corpse Biden issuing an executive order mandating all companies with 100 employees or more must all take the Fauci Fix. But there is confusion as to whether or not this order was even issued or merely proposed, let alone the legality of it. Which it ain't, but go tell that to John Roberts.

While this move by Judge Pittman is certainly good news, the really good news that I was alluding to in my lead-in is the attitude of the Southwest employees.

In the wake of massive Southwest Airlines cancelations and disruptions, a whistleblower within the company reached out to PJ Media to confirm that employees, including pilots, gate agents, flight attendants, and others, are fighting back against the mandatory vaccines ordered by the federal government. "It's a coordinated protest," said the source, on the condition of anonymity.
The employees have coordinated on social media platforms and are standing up at what they believe is a pivotal moment in America that will determine whether the country remains free or slides into despotism. "We know we can stop this," the whistleblower said. "And if we don't do it now, it will be too late. Everyone is very excited! . . "
. . . But it's not just Southwest Airlines employees who have conscientious objections to mandates. According to the source, there are 22 airlines, along with truckers and other transportation employees represented in their ranks and more disruptions are to come. The employees are all joining FreedomFlyers.org, a website that was set up a few weeks ago to connect like-minded people and to fundraise for the effort of fighting against mandatory vaccines. They released a video that keeps being removed from social media but can be seen on their website. . .
. . . "It's growing by tens of thousands . . . every day. We can't even keep track," said one organizer named Shawn on Newsmax. "I had to speak out for everyone. We're all a little afraid. . . I put out the video and the response and love we've gotten from all industries has been phenomenal."

As John Lennon once posed the question "you say you want a revolution?" Well, THIS is how it starts. Forget Tea Parties and rallies and all that stuff, though I do not poo-poo political organizing out of hand. It's just that since the overthrow of the nation last November, we are no longer able to rely on regular order and political processes, since doing so presupposes a mutual respect of same by those who now openly and loudly seek our subjugation, or worse.

Somehow, someway, if the employees of Southwest and American Airlines were to galvanize around the nation's truck drivers and railroad employees - - and then unite with perhaps the nation's parents who are now being officially labeled as domestic terrorists, and so on and so on and scoobie-doobie-doobie. . Get the idea? My advice to Moloch Garland: tell Malig-Nancy Pelosi to throw in another few hundred billion because you're going to need a hell of a lot more than just the 69th Drag Queen Parachute Division and Generalissimo Vanilli Milley to put out this fire.

The absolute fiascos and catastrophic failures of this junta in its goal for absolute power will only make them lash out harder. Even without the trillions of dollars wasted and about to be wasted with these spending catastrophes, the economy is already poised for collapse. Gasoline when its available is through the roof and now, the supply chain is so fouled up we are having actual Soviet-style shortages that will be with us for months to come. But thank goodness we have new mother Peter "Puffer" Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation and Male Breast Feeding on top of things. Or bottom?

"Where's Pete Buttigieg?" a growing number of politicians and pundits are asking.
Buttigieg, [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden's transportation secretary, hasn't had much, if anything, to say about the disruptive, multi-day Southwest Airlines flight cancellations that have stranded thousands of passengers; or the nation's supply chain logjam, where dozens of container ships wait off the California coast for the opportunity to unload. The backlog is partly blamed on a shortage of trucks/drivers to pick up and return the shipping containers.
"The supply chain disruption is a crisis," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) tweeted on Monday. "This will impact every American, especially those who can least afford it. It's past time for President Biden and Pete Buttigieg to explain what they're doing about this."
In a second tweet, Cotton said: "Pete Buttigieg was completely unqualified to serve as Secretary of Transportation. But Biden still picked him. Now, Pete is absent during a transportation crisis that is hurting working-class Americans."
On Monday, Buttigieg retweeted an FAA news blurb that said: "To be clear: None of the information from Southwest, its pilots union, or the FAA indicates that this weekend's cancellations were related to vaccine mandates."

Aside from being a homosexual and a Marxist with zero experience in the area he was nominated and approved of (thanks GOP!) to run, Buttigieg's record as Mayor of South Bend is proof positive of the Peter Principle. To say he sucks is both accurate in the Biblical sense and an understatement in a Cabinet full of understatements. And yet, there he is and there we are. AND we still have very bright people who describe the situation accurately, with shocking clarity yet capping it off with calls to vote harder and, get this "Constitutional Conventions." Democrats stole a national election and the GOP legislatures and Vice President, along with the judiciary, aided and abetted the theft by abrogating their duty to stop it.

We'll have a convention all right, but it won't be a Constitutional one. It will be a convention of people not just holding a rally, no matter how massive. It will be a national strike until the point is made. G-d help us and G-d help them if they need more than that to get the message.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"The true story of how Mark Zuckerberg privatized the government's voter registration and vote counting for Democrats in 2020."
The 2020 Election Wasn't Stolen, It Was Bought By Mark Zuckerberg (semantics - jjs)
"From vaccine mandates to enabling life-altering surgery for children, California's public officials are usurping the role of parents."
Whose Children Are These?
"Ostensibly democratic governments around the world have reacted shamefully to the spread of [Chinese] COVID, with law enforcement personnel helping them abuse their power."
The Police and Sheriffs Will Protect Us. Or Do They? Will They?
"While Communism promised a new day for the workers, today's [Chinese] COVID ideology offers no promises of a better life."
The Emptiness of the Ideology and Tyrants Threatening Us
Daniel Greenfield: "Every society has a choice between trusting authority or trusting each other. The wider our circles of trust, the less government we need. When we trust governments more than each other, the abuses of government become the price we pay for a refusal to live with each other."
Chinese COVID Mandates Were Never Meant for Those Who Made Them
"The continued blackout suppresses discussion of vital questions, such as: Has Hunter's influence-peddling affected not just Joe's work as veep but his presidency? Why is the prez so reluctant to investigate the origins of [Chinese] COVID? Hunter still hasn't, as promised, sold his stake in the Beijing-connected firm."
One Year Later, The NY Post's Hunter Biden Reporting is Vindicated -- But Still Buried

AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

"According to the judicial order, which could be the first of its kind in the country against a coronavirus vaccine mandate, United Airlines is prohibited from placing employees with religious and medical exemptions on unpaid leave until October 26 while litigation continues. The judge also prohibited the airline from denying any employee requests for religious or medical exemptions. Previously, the airline did not allow employees to apply for an exemption after August 31."
Federal Judge Blocks United Airlines From Imposing Employee Vaccine Mandate
"The employees have coordinated on social media platforms and are standing up at what they believe is a pivotal moment in America that will determine whether the country remains free or slides into despotism. 'We know we can stop this,' the whistleblower said. 'And if we don't do it now, it will be too late. Everyone is very excited!'"
Southwest Whistleblower: Canceled Flights the Result of a "Coordinated Protest" Against Vaccine Mandate
"Chalk this up as a major victory for personal autonomy and liberty!"
Southwest CEO Backs Down, Will Not Fire Employees Who Refuse to Get Vaxxed
"According to the survey, less than half, 42 percent, trust the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] 'a great deal or a fair amount" on providing accurate information on the virus."
Poll: Joe Biden Losing Trust on Chinese Coronavirus
"Psaki touted Biden's vaccine press release directing businesses with 100 or more employees to require the [Chinese] COVID-19 jab as 'federal law' on Tuesday."
Piss-Hockey Psaki Touts Biden's Vaccine Press Release as "Federal Law" Before Admitting No Official Rule Exists
And this guy's a Republican. Tell me again we have a two-party system.
Massachusetts Gov. Baker Activates National Guard to Test Students for Chinese Coronavirus, Address Staffing Shortages
"We're literally politically betrayed by our elected officials. Even, let's just say we lose 50 cops -- even if we just lose one -- it's devastating to how many losses we've already incurred."
Seattle Police May Fire "Devastating" Number of Officers Over Vaccination Mandate
"Kyrie has made a personal choice, and we respect his individual right to choose," it continued. "Currently, the choice restricts his ability to be a full-time member of the team, and we will not permit any member of our team to participate with part-time availability."
Brooklyn Nets Ban Kyrie Irving Over Vaccine Refusal
"Governor Jay [Inbreed] Inslee's despotic and arrogant vaccine mandate has been met by a host of lawsuits."
Washington's Vaccine Lawsuits
"Congratulations to this young student for writing her speech and being brave enough to deliver it. She is audibly nervous but maintains a civil tone and gets her points across brilliantly."
[WATCH] Georgia HS Student Brilliantly Destroys Her School Board Over Mask Mandate

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"Fauci continues to falter as Americans wake up to bureaucratic tyranny."
DATA: Most Americans Say Fauci Has "Lost ALL Credibility"
"There are two irrefutable and intertwined realities of authoritarianism that the citizens of any democratic nation must recognize and understand."
The Traits of the Authoritarians Among Us
"One route to the truth would be a federal grand jury probe to determine if case and death counts have been inflated and not reflective of reality."
How About Some Chinese COVID-19 Data Transparency?
"Our press fails to note that the South leads the way in dropping numbers while some Blue States are 'surging.'"
Chinese COVID-19 Cases Plunge Across the Country
"Lead paint, asbestos, heroin, and cigarettes were all once considered 'safe' by the U.S. government. But now we must not question their vaccine mandate."
Health Officials Said Cigarettes, Heroin, and Asbestos Were Safe. Today They Say, "Get a [Chinese] COVID Shot"
She aided and abetted Angel of Death Cuomo in mass murder. There's no other way to look at it. Justice will never be served unless and until he and she and everyone in the NY state junta that killed these thousands of people are sent to prison or Old Sparky.
Yokel Hochul Apologizes to Families of Nursing Home Chinese COVID Victims in Closed-Door Meeting
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"The message is clear: if you exercise your First Amendment rights for a cause that those in power have not approved, you will be targeted."
The Purpose of the Jan. 6 Select Committee is to Suppress Free Speech
"Rittenhouse's criminal trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, November 1, 2021. And thanks to the kind sponsorship of Legal Insurrection, we'll be here live."
Kyle Rittenhouse Case: Should Misdemeanor Gun Charge Just Be Dismissed?
Robert Spencer: "Is the FBI simply a corrupted tool in the hands of the political and media elites?"
FBI Raids Home of NYPD Sergeants' Union Head Who Criticized DeBolshevik and Angel of Death Cuomo
"There's just no hiding the fact that the Democrats loathe America. They proved it Monday."
They Hate You So Much
"Why a civil divorce won't happen -- if a divorce comes at all -- is that it fails to account for the opposition; that is, the hard left."
The Prospect of a National Divorce
"The reaction to some on the Left to a red state exit (Rexit) is like that of a domestic abuser."
Yes, We Can! (Get a National Divorce)
"Merrick and Joe are building the Reich back better."
I, Domestic Terrorist
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Homeland Security will no longer conduct raids on workplaces that employ illegal aliens."
Mayorkas Declares War on Immigration Enforcement
"The institutional rot of this [junta] continues to grow. It's grown at a rate -- obviously, the wonderful men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol, Texas law enforcement, our national Guard troops that have been down here are experiencing all of the effects of Biden administration policies, and they all affect national security, and they all affect every law enforcement agency here in the country."
Texas Sheriff: Biden Is Practicing "the Most Historically Significant Lack of Enforcement at the U.S. Border Than Any Other Administration" in History
"In August, 1,400 unaccompanied minors a day were in border patrol custody on average. Parents of unaccompanied minors pay human smugglers, also known as 'coyotes,' to smuggle their children across the U.S.-Mexico border."
Unaccompanied Minors Apprehended in Record Numbers at the Southern Border
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
"Evidence grows that the alleged Russian hacking of the DNC server in 2016 was an inside job." (we knew it almost immediately - jjs)
John Durham and the Amazing Disappearing DNC Hack
"A Senate aide may have violated rules when he gave sensitive info to a prominent member of the Russia collusion hoax and received a free report in return."
Anti-Corruption Group Seeks Senate Ethics Probe of Debunked Alfa Bank-Trump Server Research
Resulting in yet more wrist-slaps, book deals and XiNN gigs . . .
Are More Obamagate Charges Coming?
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
"After 20 years of documented failure in Fulton County elections, Georgians are tired of waiting to see what the next embarrassing revelation will be," Raffensperger said in a statement. "The Department of Justice needs to take a long look at what Fulton County is doing and how their leadership disenfranchises Fulton voters through incompetence and malfeasance." (DIAF Raffensperger - jjs)
Two Election Employees Fired For Allegedly Shredding Voter Applications In Georgia
"DeSantis said he has confidence in Florida's elections because of recent election integrity legislation that prohibits meddling by Big Tech moguls."
DeSantis Celebrates Banning Zuckerberg's Election Meddling as a Win For Safe, Secure Voting
Once again, Dan Gelernter makes an excellent analysis of the situation but then suggests a solution that is risible given the gravamen of his discourse. I link it here just the same.
Your Vote Won't Count
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"A concerned mom says she's filed a police report against a local high school for promoting a book with gay pornography to minors in the school library." (language/content warning for those with weak stomachs - jjs)
Mom Reports School to Police for Promoting Gay Porn Book to Children
Lloyd Billingsley: "Government schools are much worse than parents imagine."
Racist Roots of Ethnic Studies
"And what were Abbot's 'controversial' political positions that provoked the wrath of the Twitter mob? Abbot posited that university hiring and admissions should be based on merit not racial 'equity.' Yes, you read that correctly. Abbot had the audacity to go against the leftist narrative that DEI are the most relevant considerations in hiring and admissions standards, you know, because of 'systemic racism.' Of all the white privileged nerve or something."
UPDATE: Professor Canceled by Woke Outrage Mob Has Last Laugh
"There are so many things wrong in Biden's America but, arguably, the one that most immediately needs attention is public school indoctrination." (it should've happened as far back as the Nixon administration if not before - jjs)
Practical Ways To Push Back Against Leftist Indoctrination In Public Schools
"America's public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat from parents, according to the National School Boards Association and Attorney General [Moloch] Garland."
Activist Parents are Painted as Terrorists
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"How many more of these outrages does the public have to find out about before they demand transparency in the judiciary and put some limits on these people? And what does Davenport have to do to be removed from the bench -- kill someone? What horror would she have to inflict for the Tennessee legislature to do its job and remove her?"
Tennessee Family Court Judge Jailed Minority Children Illegally for Years -- and She's Still on the Bench
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"The supply chain disruption is a crisis," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) tweeted on Monday. "This will impact every American, especially those who can least afford it. It's past time for [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden and Pete Buttigieg to explain what they're doing about this."
Southwest Airlines Cancellations, Supply Chain Crisis: Where's Transportation Secretary Peter "Puffer" Buttigieg?
"A government watchdog group filed a complaint Tuesday alleging that Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning violated the False Statements Act."
Watchdog Group Files Interior IG Complaint Over Unrepentant Terrorism-Enabler Tracy Stone-Manning's Apparent Lie To Congress
$1 TRILLION "INFRASTRUCTURE" SELLOUT, $3.5 TRILLION SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION, DEBT CEILING/BUDGETARY INSANITY
"Mind-blowingly corrupt."
GOP Congressman Outlines "Worst" Parts of $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
POLITICS
"Polls show Biden's endorsement makes voters 'less likely' to support McAuliffe."
"Punk" McAuliffe Says "Unpopular" Biden Will Campaign for Him in Virginia
Let a thousand Shit-Midas' bloom . . .
Obama to Campaign for Terry "Punk" McAuliffe in Virginia Gubernatorial Race
"Frustration is at an all-time high."
Biden's Support Collapsing Among Black Voters
"Biden has earned his unpopularity through some combination of weakness and incompetence."
The American People Are Rejecting a President Too Weak to Take On the Radicals in His Own Party
"Lloyd Billingsley: "Doing the opposite of whatever Trump did."
Inside the Biden Junta
"The idea that the vice president would create a video and not have every aspect overseen by someone in the White House is absurd. For all we know, Biden may have had to give final approval for each one of the kids to appear."
White House Throws Kamala Harris Under the Bus
Jeffrey Lord: "The old anti-Reagan wing of me-too Republicans returns."
Just Say No to the Renew America Movement
"Yarmuth, first elected in 2007 and the only Democrat in Kentucky's congressional delegation, has been a central player in helping to craft [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden's multi-trillion-dollar budget bill."
Top Democrat Congressman Opts To Retire Before Potentially Difficult 2022 Elections
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"The video streaming service has admitted to mass removing accounts that posted short interview clips from Bannon's War Room."
YouTube Removes Pro-Family Group's Page for Sharing Bannon War Room Interview Clips featuring Posobiec, Kassam, & Schilling
"Pelosi's remarks came in response to a reporter telling her that a new poll found that only 10% of Americans knew a lot about what was in the bill and that the majority do not know about anything in it."
WATCH: Malig-Nancy Pelosi Berates Reporters For Not Doing A Better Job Selling Democrats' Reconciliation Bill
"We have a duty to wield federal power against Big Tech."
The Law vs. The Borg
"Between 1972 and 1976, 68% to 72% of Americans expressed trust in the mass media; yet, by 1997, when the question was next asked, trust had dropped to 53%," reported Gallup. "Trust in the media, which has averaged 45% since 1997, has not reached the majority level since 2003."
Gallup: Only 7% of Americans Have "Great Deal" of Trust in Media, 34% "None at All"
"Blacklists are back and the Democrats have got 'em: For the crime of representing President Donald Trump during the post-election fervor from November 2020 to January 2021, John Eastman has not only been fired as a teacher by Chapman university back in January, more than 250 professors who belong to the American Political Science Association (APSA) have now petitioned that organization to blacklist and censor both Eastman as well as anyone associated with him."
Today's Blacklisted American: Trump's Former Lawyer and Anyone Associated With Him Shunned and Censored
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China has been ramping up military exercises including night drills in the high-altitude areas in the Xinjiang Military District, which faces India." (note to Pooh Bear: India isn't Taiwan - jjs)
China Holds Tank Drills on Indian Border as Military Talks Fail
"With all of these crises converging in a near perfect storm, Xi, who has concentrated more power in himself than any other Chinese leader since Deng if not Mao, finds himself in the eye of the hurricane."
Pooh-Pooh Platter Xi's Taiwan Saber-Rattling is All About Shoring Up Domestic Power
"The Chinese Politburo sees Taiwan as a renegade province."
The Taiwan Enigma
"They [Biden junta] do not have alternatives and what is truly troubling is that they are not really concerned about it. They see events in a completely different way than we do. It's their right, of course, but it is of great concern to us."
Report -- Israeli Officials Fear Joe Biden Iran Approach: "The Situation Is Very Bad"
"In an apparent effort to drive a wedge between the U.S. and Seoul, Kim also stressed that his military power isn't targeted at South Korea and that there shouldn't be another war pitting Koreans against each other."
Whoa, Fat! Flexes "Invincible" North Korea Military During Rare Weapon Exhibition
"Will Iran and Turkey fill the vacuum?"
U.S. Leaving the Middle East
"Does the kingdom of Spain have to apologize because five centuries ago it discovered the New World, respected those who were there, created universities, created prosperity, built entire cities?" Casado asked in a video posted to Twitter. "I don't think so."
Conservative Politicians In Spain Attack Biden After Indigenous Peoples' Day Proclamation
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"'Strong feminist and very liberal' teacher threatened to move to Australia after 2016 election, New York Times reports." (slap on the wrist by Garland, and then a book deal and XiNN gig - jjs)
Libs Betray America: Submarine Spy Couple Radicalized by Anti-Trump #Resistance
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
This is the equivalent of seeing an unconscious woman and instead of reviving her, pulling down her dress and raping her. The depths of my revulsion and loathing of these fiends is beyond description.
Piss-Hockey Psaki: Biden Wants To Use Pandemic To "Make Fundamental Change In Our Economy"
"The downgrade comes as supply chain disruptions in advanced economies worsen and the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates in emerging markets, according to the report. The IMF predicts global economic growth of 4.9% in 2022."
IMF Expects Less Economic Growth From US Amid Supply Chain Chaos
"Vegetable oil saw the highest increase, followed by sugar, cereal, meat, and dairy."
Food Prices Skyrocket to Highest Level in 10 Years
"The total number of hires fell for the third consecutive month to 6.3 million, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report. Private sector hiring also declined for the third straight month."
Hiring Falls for Third Straight Month, Quits Soar to Record High, Openings Decline
"While the data do not reveal the reasons why so many workers quit their jobs in August, it's assumed by economists that workers are less willing to endure inconvenient hours, low compensation, or bad conditions because they know there are ample opportunities elsewhere."
Big Trouble Ahead as Record Number of Workers Quit Their Jobs in August
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Each day of the five-day protest will feature a theme. Monday's protest was centered on Indigenous Peoples Day."
Insurrection or Protest? Climate Extremists Create Man-Made Storm at White House
"It will still be a long road before they (electric vehicles) dislodge gasoline as the predominant fuel in transportation." (not if the government institutes a 5-year plan - jjs)
Report: Top 10 Car Sales in U.S., Not One Electric Vehicle
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Note: Bob Zimmerman's Behind the Black blog will be carrying the live feed of William Shatner's suborbital flight on the New Shepard rocket this morning. Link up in the sidebar. Per Bob:
"The launch is presently scheduled for 7 am (Pacific). The live stream will start about 5:30 am (Pacific). As I have noted previously, the announcers for Blue Origin tend to blather quite a bit, hyping the situation to a point of nausea. Hopefully during the flight they will shut up and allow the voices of the passengers to take center stage."
The XL rocket is designed to launch smallsats, and will compete with companies like Astra and Rocket Lab. If Skyrora is successful, it will not only be the first rocket to launch from the UK, it will be the first British-built rocket to launch since October 1971.
Shetland Spaceport Gets 10-Year Contract From New British Rocket Company, Skyora
"Once there might have been a sea and water here. No more. As it slowly drained and evaporated away it left behind the chaos terrain of random knobs, mesas, and canyons that now cover this canyon floor. What remained at the equator of Mars is the desert science fiction writers have imagined for the last century."
Dusty Chaos in Martian Canyons (she opened for Dusty Springfield at Red Rocks in '66 - jjs)
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Absent parent pushback, an updated guide used in public schools nationwide will promote abortion and gender confusion and expose kids to sordid, explicit sex education."
New Sex Ed "Common Core" Would Force Explicit Images, Gender Mayhem, and Abortion on Kids
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
There is hope for the next generation after all . . .
Viral Video: Kid Asked to Announce Start of Speedway Race Says, "Let's Go, Brandon!"
"You could visualize how it could pan in the future when the most powerful man in the world is part of the LGBT community. So many things are on the horizon and beyond." (I. May. Vomit - jjs)
Superman is Now Bisexual
"The actor-comedian gets standing ovations and high audience marks on review sites so he's untouchable."
Politically Incorrect in Hollywood: Dave Chappelle Wins the TERF War
Christian Toto: "From Fake News reporting to false framing, journalists weaponize woke bylaws."
How the Media Make Cancel Culture Worse
"Before taking the musings of a 1960s shaman to heart -- or ascribing them a pseudo-theological value -- you should know what you're getting into."
The Enneagram: Helpful Personality Tool or False Theology?
Heather Mac Donald: "A revival of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot tramples on the new theatrical orthodoxy."
Taboo Alert at the Met
"Jon Gruden is a dinosaur. The heretofore Raiders coach is very old school, unrepentant, and of the toxic masculinity persuasion, no less."
The Jon Gruden Dinosaur Hunt
HITHER & YON
"Who would have thought, as Hollywood fervently dishes out girl-bosses, that one of the most compelling, inspiring female leads of late would be a Bond girl?"
In No Time to Die, Bond Gave Us a Truly Strong Woman When No One Else Would

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1 Foist

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 06:42 AM (CZpdf)

2 Not first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 06:42 AM (JUOKG)

3 Thank you, J.J.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 06:43 AM (3D/fK)

4 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2021 06:43 AM (U7wke)

5 Good morning everyone. Thank you, once again, J.J.

What a guy!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 06:43 AM (mD/uy)

6 Morning HOrde.

coffee is ready

back to the content.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 13, 2021 06:44 AM (8D42x)

7 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at October 13, 2021 06:44 AM (u7pQw)

8 Another beautiful fall day

Posted by: IanDeal at October 13, 2021 06:45 AM (5ZCZY)

9 Already put the fertilizer down this morning - in a similar vein, now to read the news.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 06:46 AM (mD/uy)

10 One wonders to what degree "they" are cognizent of how screwed up things can get, if planes and trains and trucks and hospitals and electric, gas, and other utilities don't have crews to do those things that actually need doing.

All that stuff on the shelf doesn't get there automagically.

Posted by: common tater at October 13, 2021 06:47 AM (lAVPT)

11 Hiya

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 06:48 AM (arJlL)

12 Hiya JJ !

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 06:48 AM (arJlL)

13 So Southwest backed down, a Fed judge slapped United across the face, and Intel is saying outright that they do not require the shot of its employees. A breathing space for all of us!

Perhaps my employer will back down too, though I am not going to count on it. Colleges and universities used to be places where people were supposed to think. Not so much any more. Of course, if their lawyers advise them to delay or drop the requirement, they may do it.

I really should have gone to law school. I'd have made an excellent attorney, even if only to defend myself and mine from sharks like these.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 06:49 AM (/XOcP)

14 Yesterday I paid over $3 a gallon for the first time in a long time. Up about $1.20 from last year.

Posted by: f'd at October 13, 2021 06:49 AM (Tnijr)

15 Finally understand that the entire Covid plan is to force everyone to comply with government dictates or lose all of their ability to participate in the economy or society. Couldn't figure out why they wanted people with natural immunity to get the shot; now I do. The goal always was to develop a mechanism for our overlords to control us. First fear porn. Second, force people to give up all of their basic freedoms by locking up healthy people and getting them to comply to lunacy of six feet separation and placing rags on their faces. Now, we have to prove vaccination status to work, eat at a restaurant. This is global and was the plan from day 1.

Posted by: IanDeal at October 13, 2021 06:49 AM (5ZCZY)

16 One thing that should be noted is that the initial actions of United, as well as Southwest and thousands of other companies across the nation was in response to drooling Chi-Com stooge meat-puppet and tweener-groper Joey the Wonder Corpse Biden issuing an executive order mandating all companies with 100 employees or more must all take the Fauci Fix. But there is confusion as to whether or not this order was even issued or merely proposed, let alone the legality of it.

From what I've read, no executive order and no OSHA rule about the vax have appeared. It's completely fictional right now, like Biden's election win.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 06:50 AM (j+u5i)

17 WA, SW has doubled down. Kelley wanted to back down, the Meat Puppet is rumored to have made a Listen, Fat threatening phone call, and Kelley is back on the vaccination bandwagon. I know these pilots. They ain't backing down when the most known side effect of the jabs will ground them permanently. Do not plan to travel without headaches this Christmas.

Thanks for the newz, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at October 13, 2021 06:51 AM (c8cE2)

18 Yesterday I paid over $3 a gallon for the first time in a long time. Up about $1.20 from last year.
Posted by: f'd

That wouldn't have happened if the Dodgers had stayed in Brooklyn !

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 06:51 AM (arJlL)

19 Well either I'm dense as fog or there's two stories out there about the Southwest debacle. I read he WILL comply with the Biden vaccine mandate.

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 06:52 AM (nxdel)

20 Rather than a "firestorm," J. J., how about a beacon of freedom and hope? I'd rather illuminate people than burn them to cinders.

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at October 13, 2021 06:52 AM (z/nZY)

21 One wonders to what degree "they" are cognizent of how screwed up things can get, if planes and trains and trucks and hospitals and electric, gas, and other utilities don't have crews to do those things that actually need doing.

All that stuff on the shelf doesn't get there automagically.
Posted by: common tater at October 13, 2021 06:47 AM (lAVPT)

Urbanites don't understand that there doesn't have to be a Starbucks in every corner. Or that Starbucks could go away entirely some day. They've lived sheltered lives, isolated from nature, and assume that all the conveniences and products of modern life just appear out of the ether. Meat comes from the grocery store.

There's no understanding of how their lifestyle exists. It's just assumed to be axiomatic.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (CZpdf)

22 "After 20 years of documented failure in Fulton County elections, Georgians are tired of waiting to see what the next embarrassing revelation will be," Raffensperger said in a statement"

After you told us repeatedly that it was the most perfect election ever? Go to hell you GD cocksucking demowhore.

Posted by: f'd at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (Tnijr)

23 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (OCTRt)

24 Moderately optimistic Sefton is best Sefton.

Posted by: Miklos, a Ben Franklin pessimist at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (QzkSJ)

25 Logging in present

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (UJoGL)

26 And the Meat Puppet filed some sort of order for review yesterday; so there is more of an order than there had been up to this point. The cabal is ALL IN. I'm following this almost from the inside. Buckle up, maintain those cars, and prepare to drive where you want to go. Let's go, Brandon!

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (c8cE2)

27 I got the sense right from the start, there is this odor about the whole thing, that no attorneys are going to be filing class action lawsuits, it's like the word has gone out "Don't Touch".

Everything about this so far has been a dumpster fire, legally speaking. All these edicts and pronouncements and lysenkoist word salad from governments large and small.

*crickets*

From the folks that, let's face it, can and will file a lawsuit for just about anything. That's what they do.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 06:53 AM (lAVPT)

28 >>"Where's Pete Buttigieg?"

That should be World Economic Forum ' Young Global Leader' Pete Buttigeig.

Yep, he's one of them. He's in it for the Great Reset, not to keep the existing system running smoothly.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (bDqIh)

29 The injunctions are great, but I want one that says, "No, you don't have the right to force someone to take a vaccine, drug, or therapy."

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (EpDzw)

30 China HAS to go to war to get rid of its surplus young male population.

Posted by: Viridian at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (8z3Yb)

31 JT

Posted by: the Brooklyn Dodgers at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (QzkSJ)

32 The employees have coordinated on social media platforms
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Doesn't that mean they can be found out by Garland, and tried for treason? (Charge to be changed to removing the tag from a mattress, but it still will keep them in solitary for years.)

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (7X3UV)

33 There is a blogger who spent sometime traveling around the beautiful city that Pete was mayor of. Calling it beautiful is not what it is. I'd call it Detroit, just smaller. He didn't do anything to make the 'city' livable. Scary place to live for sure. Many moons ago, it was a nice small city.

Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (6XIp1)

34

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 13, 2021 06:55 AM (K2SnJ)

35 Morning, folks. Had a depressing thought on the drive into work (you don't say).

Suppose, as predicted, the Dems are completely wiped out in 2022. The GOP has a super-majority.

Which of Biden's terrible decisions do you think they will undo/reverse?

I'm thinking "none."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (v9pBv)

36 Happy Saggy Boob's Rule Day!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (y7KuV)

37 But for that very reason, employees not showing up, or refusing overtime, or otherwise giving less than 100% can have a cascading effect on operations.
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That's "working to rule," which is also an old-fashioned "slowdown." Common union tactic when they can't - or won't - strike. Unions have an interesting history, and it might be time for a revival. We'll see. The key problem with unions as they are now (or as the were) is two-fold: first, they won. We have safe working conditions, a reasonable work week, overtime compensation for non-exempt employees, etc. They won, and therefore became useless. The other is that many of the union organizations were communists and all of them became political machinery. As a result of these (though especially the former), unions died and became a minority.

It may be time for a revival. Not for pay or working conditions and rules in most cases, but to go against management over non-work invasions. No more getting fired for personal choices (faith, social media usage, etc.), no more forced medical procedures, no more intellectual cancer like CRT, etc. I'd support and likely join such a "bright lines union" who's job was war with HR.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (7U3R4)

38 The employees have coordinated on social media platforms
_________

Doesn't that mean they can be found out by Garland, and tried for treason? (Charge to be changed to removing the tag from a mattress, but it still will keep them in solitary for years.)
Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (7X3UV)

We are fast approaching the time when we have nothing left to lose. As a SW pilot, you can get fired from your gig or take a shot that has the possibility of keeping you from flying ever again.

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (c8cE2)

39 China HAS to go to war to get rid of its surplus young male population.
Posted by: Viridian at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (8z3Yb)

If the West blinks and gives them Taiwan, they'll probably go after Vietnam next.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (CZpdf)

40 Hiya Miklos !

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (arJlL)

41 I'm thinking "none."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (v9pBv)

I'm thinking BeckoningChasm Johnson is right.

Posted by: Warai-otoko Johnson at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (6FeV1)

42 Hiya Catherine !

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (arJlL)

43 Good morning morons and thanks JJ

Israel, Taiwan making "Go It Alone" plans

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (EZebt)

44 I thought they had already dropped the misdeamenor gun charge against Kyle Rittenhouse. Guess not.

Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (45fpk)

45 Went to Sams yesterday to get a brisket to smoke. The first one I picked up was $117. I did not buy a brisket.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (JUOKG)

46 ...and so on and so on and scoobie-doobie-doobie...

You know... I'm sorry. I don't mean to quibble but it seems like your heart is always going either high-Dee, hey-Dee, ringy-dingy or scoobie-doobie.

Posted by: Niles Crane at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (Do5/p)

47 Unions have an interesting history, and it might be time for a revival.

Watching hard leftists shriek that unions shouldn't be able to strike may be the funniest thing about this situation.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (y+iNp)

48 Trans Sec Buttplug has transportation experience. Didn't he drive some colenel around the base in Afghanistan?

Posted by: redenzo at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (E7vND)

49 Rather than a "firestorm," J. J., how about a beacon of freedom and hope? I'd rather illuminate people than burn them to cinders.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at October 13, 2021 06:52 AM (z/nZY)
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If you build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a night.

If you light a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Perverse Proverbs at October 13, 2021 06:58 AM (7U3R4)

50 >>One wonders to what degree "they" are cognizent of how screwed up things can get, if planes and trains and trucks and hospitals and electric, gas, and other utilities don't have crews to do those things that actually need doing.

It's like with Mayor Bloomberg, the come intp office chomping at the bit to implement their pet policies ("We must stop people from buying big sodas!"), and then it snows 12" and they have no clue how get the roads cleared. They want to power to force "change" without having the competence to actually do their freakin job.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 06:59 AM (bDqIh)

51 Since when, in all of the history of bio science, has the placement of somebody's little ittie bittie Petey in someone's anus been the reliable way to propagate a species??? And since when does a celebrated person who believes such nonsense have the skills to direct the infrastructure needs of the greatest nation on Earth? DemoNcrats are aberrant in every way.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rats and Unqualified Back Door South Bend Mayors at October 13, 2021 07:00 AM (LBDTv)

52 Willowed:

Bit Coin miners are moving to Texas to take advantage of cheaper power. Just heard that mining for 1 bit coin uses the same amount of electricity as 150,000 houses.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2021 05:58 AM (ABlt3)

One bitcoin farm per hour uses as much electricity as 20,000 homes. And there's a huge bunch of them coming and already here.

Yay! Another powerless winter in Texas!

Gaia screams each time a bitcoin is squeezed out of the internet's anus.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2021 07:00 AM (5NkmN)

53 China HAS to go to war to get rid of its surplus young male population.
Posted by: Viridian

Why don't they simply kill them off via, oh, I don't know, a bio-weapon of some sort?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 07:00 AM (mD/uy)

54 If the West blinks and gives them Taiwan, they'll probably go after Vietnam next.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 06:56 AM (CZpdf)

I think they'll spend more time rebuilding the Silk Road, dumping resources into central Asia.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:00 AM (6FeV1)

55 Cato, you are correct. We're all guilty of this to some degree.

"We" tend to think all this stuff is the default, that water comes out of the tap when we are thirsty, that reliable electricity is always available, the garbage gets picked up on Mondays, the stores will be stocked with the staples, the roads stay plowed in the winter, ambulance will pick me up if I get hurt, the fire department will rush to my house if needed, the police will show up if there's a burglary in process, etc etc etc.

None of that is true, all of that, and mire it was all built through great effort and needs to be maintained constantly. Civilization is hard.

What is the totalitarian academia answer to this? They are banning the word civilization. I'm not making this up. I guess they have to lower people's expectations, or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:02 AM (lAVPT)

56 "They want to power to force "change" without having the competence to actually do their freakin job."

They all wanna be big thinkers, setting the world on fire with their own personal hot button topic.

When their actual role is to get the garbage picked up, and fill potholes.

And oddly enough, they generally fail at that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:02 AM (3D/fK)

57 Federal Judge Blocks United Airlines From Imposing Employee Vaccine Mandate
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Can't United just change the venue to Honolulu?

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 07:02 AM (7X3UV)

58 What is the totalitarian academia answer to this? They are banning the word civilization. I'm not making this up. I guess they have to lower people's expectations, or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:02 AM (lAVPT)

The uncivilized are just as civilized as the civilized, bigot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:03 AM (6FeV1)

59 China HAS to go to war to get rid of its surplus young male population.
Posted by: Viridian at October 13, 2021 06:54 AM (8z3Yb)
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They do, but it's tremendously difficult. What has happened in China is extremely unusual (maybe unique in history) because it is artificial. They have a massive surplus male population but it happened during a reproduction crash because of the One Child Policy. That complicates matters dramatically. On a gross numbers basis, they can grind up many millions men (although many aren't so young anymore) on wars of conquest and come out ahead regardless because of their structural problems.

There are other factors, though, and the homefront might have something to say about it. The reason there are so many men is sex-selective abortion and the main reason for that is because people need someone to care for them in their old age and that means you prefer a man if you can choose only once. Moreover, you might be willing to put up with a war of conquest that chews up your kids if you have a lot of them - but if you have just one precious son and no one else, you might not be so willing. The risk of domestic strife is really high, too.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:03 AM (7U3R4)

60 Unions have an interesting history, and it might be time for a revival.

Watching hard leftists shriek that unions shouldn't be able to strike may be the funniest thing about this situation.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 06:57 AM (y+iNp)

With the corporate world sucking up to the Left, unionization is a monkeywrench we could use to jam up the machinery...

It's definitely worth considering.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 07:03 AM (gRZQq)

61 Off to the grind of life. Have a great day, everyone!

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at October 13, 2021 07:03 AM (c8cE2)

62 With the corporate world sucking up to the Left, unionization is a monkeywrench we could use to jam up the machinery...

It's definitely worth considering.
Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 13, 2021 07:03 AM (gRZQq)

Workers of the world, Untie!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:04 AM (6FeV1)

63 Off to the grind of life. Have a great day, everyone!
Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse.

You too, No Cuss Catherine !

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 07:04 AM (arJlL)

64 With the corporate world sucking up to the Left, unionization is a monkeywrench we could use to jam up the machinery...

Posted by: Cato

Don't be a Ludite. Hey, wait a minute. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 07:05 AM (mD/uy)

65 The risk of domestic strife is really high, too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Yep.

Oh wait...China.

Sorry

Posted by: sorry-not-sorry Miklos at October 13, 2021 07:05 AM (QzkSJ)

66 Mister Scott. Yep, I can only afford hamburger now. Last steak I had was in AZ back in August. Local Safeway had a hell of a deal on T-Bones. Haven't had one since. I guess rich people can still buy meat but we're on a fixed income. Not happening here. So it's chicken (which is ridiculously high) or pork. Most fish is out of sight as well.

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (nxdel)

67 Morning peeps.

We've discussed this before; when people are really uncomfortable with things, whether it be the cost of goods and services, mandates, or anything else that intrudes too far into one's personal space they'll resist.

Resist much we will... hopefully this will be the winter of the elites discontent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (BFigT)

68 Once again, Dan Gelernter makes an excellent analysis of the situation but then suggests a solution that is risible given the gravamen of his discourse.
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While in my gut I want to agree with him, I simply do not see why many conservatives think we can win in a constitutional convention, when we can't win anywhere else.

We should start calling it Bullwinklism. "This time, for sure!"

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (7X3UV)

69 I have been in favor of a General Strike since 1/6. Starve the blue cities into submission.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (xopIz)

70 Good morning.

Have an eye doctor appointment later this morning.
More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (88xKn)

71 Somehow, someway, if the employees of Southwest and American Airlines were to galvanize around the nation's truck drivers and railroad employees - - and then unite with perhaps the nation's parents who are now being officially labeled as domestic terrorists, and so on and so on and scoobie-doobie-doobie.
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What you're describing is, in essence, a general strike or general work slowdown until things fly to pieces. I concur. Mass direct political action (actual million-man marches in cities across the land) will help make the point, but throwing wrenches into the works across industries and geographies through a de facto general strike would likely cause a response.

That response will be capitulation or aggressive escalation. I'd say that's a coin flip right now. Only one way to know.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:07 AM (7U3R4)

72 "Kyrie has made a personal choice, and we respect his individual right to choose," it continued. "Currently, the choice restricts his ability to be a full-time member of the team, and we will not permit any member of our team to participate with part-time availability."
Brooklyn Nets Ban Kyrie Irving Over Vaccine Refusal

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BULL. JUNK. You do not respect his right to choose. At all. You did not fight for him. You did not support him. You cowered and threw him to the wolves.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:07 AM (sVtYq)

73 >> Trans Sec Buttplug has transportation experience. Didn't he drive some colenel around the base in Afghanistan?

IIRC, he was part of that crosscountry "how do you do fellow Americans!"roadtrip with his college pal Mark Zuckerberg.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:07 AM (bDqIh)

74 We are all Solidarity now.

Posted by: Wacko Jaco at October 13, 2021 07:08 AM (7wbnw)

75 Lizzy, you know I've pondered that a while. At least, Bloomberg has some sort of concern over people's health. I mean, I guess.

"Big Gulp" of sugar water is basically poison, at least for modern sedentary humans. He stopped short of mandatory 6 AM physical training for all the fatties. He just isn't willing to go far enough! That's it.

The problem with fascists and totalitarians, communists, nazis, whatever you call it - it is always a "one size fits all" kind of thing. One person shits their pants, we all gotta wear diapers.

Posted by: common tater at October 13, 2021 07:08 AM (lAVPT)

76 You cowered and threw him to the wolves.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:07 AM (sVtYq)

Meh, who wants to play for the Brooklynettes anyway?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:08 AM (6FeV1)

77 That should be World Economic Forum ' Young Global Leader' Pete Buttigeig.

Yep, he's one of them. He's in it for the Great Reset, not to keep the existing system running smoothly.

That would explain how someone that's that much of an unlikable fuckup somehow keeps being promoted by the media.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 07:09 AM (j+u5i)

78 The Southwest strikers are going to be smeared as domestic terrorist and investigated by the FBI, count on it. Let them keep this shit up, at some point they are going to create a critical mass of pissed off people that are not going top back down. Our parents group fighting CRT and masks aren't the least bit impressed or intimidated by regime show of force and MSM/leftist smears.

Posted by: Ripley at October 13, 2021 07:09 AM (MxEKc)

79 Garbage is boring. Potholes are boring.

There are dinners to attend!

Gavin declared the homeless crisis is solved. Move on, people!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2021 07:09 AM (EZebt)

80 Mister Scott. Yep, I can only afford hamburger now. Last steak I had was in AZ back in August. Local Safeway had a hell of a deal on T-Bones. Haven't had one since. I guess rich people can still buy meat but we're on a fixed income. Not happening here. So it's chicken (which is ridiculously high) or pork. Most fish is out of sight as well.
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (nxdel)
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Pork and chicken are still affordable in my area. Beef is completely ludicrous. I cracked open the piggy bank to buy a bunch of steaks a few months ago just in case. They're in the freezer and I don't indulge often. Fish is spotty - sometimes unachievable, sometimes okay. It seems to move a lot more.

That beef was an interesting exercise. I had no place store it, so I also bought a small (half-width) chest freezer on the same trip. I bought like fifteen or so pounds of steaks. They cost more than the freezer I put them in. Hamburger is still affordable for now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:10 AM (7U3R4)

81 "Big Gulp" of sugar water is basically poison, at least for modern sedentary humans.

The "do you even lift, bro" conservatives like Dave Reaboi insist that the soda ban was correct.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 07:10 AM (j+u5i)

82 Oh, Bootyedge was qualified to be in #FJB's phony administration. He's prominently gay. That's all that mattered.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:10 AM (sVtYq)

83 "Garbage is boring. Potholes are boring.

There are dinners to attend!

Gavin declared the homeless crisis is solved. Move on, people!"

Speaking of which....we haven't seen much of AOC lately. I wonder what she's up to.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:11 AM (3D/fK)

84 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:11 AM (Zz0t1)

85 "I will be found by you", declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity". I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you", declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile".

Jeremiah 29:14

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:11 AM (Tckfm)

86 One bitcoin farm per hour uses as much electricity as 20,000 homes. And there's a huge bunch of them coming and already here.

Yay! Another powerless winter in Texas!

Gaia screams each time a bitcoin is squeezed out of the internet's anus.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2021 07:00 AM (5NkmN)

Well, charging them a huge amount for their power usage would put an end to it.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at October 13, 2021 07:11 AM (EpDzw)

87 Libs Betray America: Submarine Spy Couple Radicalized by Anti-Trump #Resistance
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That can't be true. It must have been Qanon. Or Jordan Peterson.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 07:12 AM (7X3UV)

88 As said before, firing 2/2 pilots or them calling out/ boycotting it's the same ending so which do they want?

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 07:12 AM (UJoGL)

89 The risk of domestic strife is really high, too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:03 AM (7U3R4)
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Filial obligations may overcome any obligation to let your only son be ground up in the PLA.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2021 07:12 AM (EZebt)

90 Walgreens takes it upon itself to not give the requested flu vaccine, but jabs 2 kids with the killer vax instead. The kids now both have heart inflammation.

Bat to the forehead should be administered to whomever approved and gave the lethal injection to those kids.

Enough is enough.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:12 AM (Zz0t1)

91 BTW, Margaret Thatcher was born 96 year ago today.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 07:12 AM (7X3UV)

92 "Where's Pete Buttigieg?"

He and his partner recently gave birth to twins so they are probably pretty busy. I'm sure they will get sick of it soon and turn them over to nannies to do the hard work of taking care of kids and he will resume is important work on behalf of the Party.

Posted by: Ripley at October 13, 2021 07:13 AM (MxEKc)

93 There are dinners to attend!

Gavin declared the homeless crisis is solved. Move on, people!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Dinner is served

Revenge is a dish best enjoyed cold.

Posted by: the perpetually masked servant class with Old Hungarian Saying at October 13, 2021 07:13 AM (QzkSJ)

94 >>And this guy's a Republican. Tell me again we have a two-party system.

He's a Massachusetts Republican, which means he's as conservative as William Weld and Mitt Romney.

I had thought we was doing a decent job, all things considered, and then covid hit. He's been a trainwreck ever since them.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:13 AM (bDqIh)

95 I think they'll spend more time rebuilding the Silk Road, dumping resources into central Asia.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:00 AM (6FeV1)

Bingo!

It's their "Lines and Roads" program or whatever it's called.

It's simple imperialism aimed at tying down worldwide resources (including Africa and South and Central America) and feeding them all into China.

Enjoy the Pax Sinoica(?), y'all!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2021 07:13 AM (5NkmN)

96 Did labor unions exist in the Soviet Union? I doubt it.

You couldn't remain unemployed. Even the communists weren't that stupid. They required you to work, while they pretended to pay you. They found you a job. It was not optional.

"Greeting Comrade. You will report to the Glorius Widget Factory number 16 in Peoria, Illinois no later than 2 Nov."

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:14 AM (lAVPT)

97 Butt-plug was middle car in a "train" once. Or more.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 07:14 AM (xopIz)

98 Well, charging them a huge amount for their power usage would put an end to it.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at October 13, 2021 07:11 AM (EpDzw)

Let them have 1 wind turbine, their in charge of maintenance

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:14 AM (/6GbT)

99 Garbage is boring. Potholes are boring.
There are dinners to attend! ...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2021 07:09 AM (EZebt)
++++
It's outrageous on every conceivable level. Medicine helps a lot, but the main reason for our long lives and general good health comes down to sanitation and refrigeration.

Virtually every town and city in this country has good water. That's expensive and difficult to achieve. The places in this country where you *can't* drink tap water are few and far between. We have excellent, world-beating sewage management across the board. Clean water and taking the shit away does wonders for health. We have good physical waste management, too. People bitch about landfills, but they keep us alive and the systems around them of men taking your refuse and safely dumping it in a place where it doesn't fuck with the water is a damned *miracle.* All of this also requires gobs of energy.

Refrigeration reduces spoilage and makes a diverse diet possible. It also requires great gobs of energy. The energy alone requires the work of *millions* of men at all times. And this stuff keeps us alive and lets us thrive. And the elites take all of it for granted.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:14 AM (7U3R4)

100 People are starting to realize it is they, not the government and corporations, who ultimately hold the power. Do you now understand why they want us divided against each other? A handful of people just shut down a major airline. Imagine what can be done of more people band together. Nobody in Congress is going to save you. It's tie for us to save ourselves.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:15 AM (Tckfm)

101 "Where's Pete Buttigieg?"

He and his partner recently gave birth to twins so they are probably pretty busy.

Umm... what? Did I miss a breakthrough in modern science or something?

Posted by: dantesed at October 13, 2021 07:15 AM (88xKn)

102 I must suffer from old timer's disease, even though I'm only in my late 50s. I have no idea what this bitcoin stuff is or why it uses a lot of electricity to produce.
Now, where'd I put that 8-track...?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:15 AM (sVtYq)

103 The "do you even lift, bro" conservatives like Dave Reaboi insist that the soda ban was correct.
Posted by: Ian S.

That would be the "boi" part.

Posted by: Miklos thinks SNAP cards are another matter at October 13, 2021 07:15 AM (QzkSJ)

104 Walgreens takes it upon itself to not give the requested flu vaccine, but jabs 2 kids with the killer vax instead. The kids now both have heart inflammation.

Bat to the forehead should be administered to whomever approved and gave the lethal injection to those kids.

Enough is enough.
Posted by: Sponge

That's what it's going to take.
Because there's a good chance they are messed up for life.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:16 AM (OCTRt)

105 the sick out at SW was just "employees" in anticipation of being fired, are burning up their sick time, which is use it or lose it type... Bravo!!

Posted by: qmark at October 13, 2021 07:16 AM (nGOuT)

106 100 People are starting to realize it is they, not the government and corporations, who ultimately hold the power. Do you now understand why they want us divided against each other? A handful of people just shut down a major airline. Imagine what can be done of more people band together. Nobody in Congress is going to save you. It's tie for us to save ourselves.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:15 AM (Tckfm)

THIS.

And this is a very dangerous point we are at. The junta knows this and will do whatever it can to prevent us from following suit. This is a Solidarnosc moment, or at least it has the potential to be.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)

107 Is Seattle burning?

Posted by: torabora at October 13, 2021 07:17 AM (J0WdG)

108 #1 reason that I am NOT getting a flu shot this year.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 07:17 AM (xopIz)

109 Walgreens takes it upon itself to not give the requested flu vaccine, but jabs 2 kids with the killer vax instead. The kids now both have heart inflammation.

--

Wow, that's unbelievable. Who was doing the injected, a janitor???

I think Walgreens just bought themselves a very expensive lawsuit.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:18 AM (sVtYq)

110 Walgreens takes it upon itself to not give the requested flu vaccine, but jabs 2 kids with the killer vax instead. The kids now both have heart inflammation. ...
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:12 AM (Zz0t1)
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Depending on outcome and causes, this is either reckless endangerment, manslaughter or murder.

Pick one, Walgreens employee.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:18 AM (7U3R4)

111 Let them have 1 wind turbine, their in charge of maintenance
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:14 AM (/6GbT)

I like that they have to use only renewable, green energy. And they are responsible for building it. Any excess energy they have to give away for free.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at October 13, 2021 07:18 AM (EpDzw)

112 Enough is enough.
Posted by: Sponge

Who gives their kids a flu shot?

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at October 13, 2021 07:19 AM (EpDzw)

113 from your mouth to His ears, JJ !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (jDHSU) at October 13, 2021 07:19 AM (jDHSU)

114
Wow, that's unbelievable. Who was doing the injected, a janitor???

I think Walgreens just bought themselves a very expensive lawsuit.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:18 AM (sVtYq)

Accidentally........

https://tinyurl.com/sndjyjv3

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:20 AM (Zz0t1)

115 Who gives their kids a flu shot?
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at October 13, 2021 07:19 AM (EpDzw)

A selfish, terrified wine mom

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:20 AM (/6GbT)

116 "Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2021 07:16 AM (s2VJv)"

It's already started with the DoJ and the FBI going after free speech. They want to intimidate people into silence because people speaking out is crushing their tyranny. I expect more to come, especially with trying to force corporations to comply with their illegal fiats.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:21 AM (Tckfm)

117 Hunter Biden and Rapey Joe shared bank accounts, and Hunter paid for his meth-fueled $25,000 Russian hooker weekend in LA with money from Joe Biden's bank account.

That was news when we first talked about it last fall and it's even bigger news now, since the press might be willing to report it more broadly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 07:22 AM (vRbbs)

118 I still have no idea how to properly pronounce Reaboi.

"REE-boy"?
"RAY-boy"?
"Ree-AH-boy"?
"Ree-ah-BOY"?
"Ray-boh-EE"?
"Dave"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:22 AM (6FeV1)

119 I still have no idea how to properly pronounce Reaboi.

"REE-boy"?
"RAY-boy"?
"Ree-AH-boy"?
"Ree-ah-BOY"?
"Ray-boh-EE"?
"Dave"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:22 AM (6FeV1)

Dave's not here.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:23 AM (Zz0t1)

120 This is what happens when pharmacists are given a license to jab.

I bet the vaccine was injected into a vein.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 07:23 AM (xopIz)

121 "And this guy's a Republican. Tell me again we have a two-party system."

we don't have a two-party system, thankfully most people are catching on to that

Posted by: Shoey77 at October 13, 2021 07:23 AM (fcWVN)

122 "Refrigeration reduces spoilage and makes a diverse diet possible. It also requires great gobs of energy. The energy alone requires the work of *millions* of men at all times. And this stuff keeps us alive and lets us thrive. And the elites take all of it for granted.

Posted by: Joe Mannix "

Nonsense! Farmers markets with locally grown organic foods are the best way to feed hundreds of millions of people. And will save the climate.

Posted by: Ripley at October 13, 2021 07:24 AM (MxEKc)

123 Wow, that's unbelievable. Who was doing the injected, a janitor???

I think Walgreens just bought themselves a very expensive lawsuit.
Posted by: Lady in Black

The same nosey pharmacist that took it upon themselves to refuse to fill LEGAL HCQ & Ivermectin prescriptions.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:24 AM (OCTRt)

124 Walgreens where everything is twice as expensive. Fuck Walgreens.

Posted by: Clark Bent at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (2xGy+)

125 Good morning y'all!

Posted by: tbodie at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (na0uG)

126 Folks, despite what you may deplorably think about the $3.5T spending bill, you should rest easy, because Nancy Pelosi says "whether they [Americans] know it or not, they overwhelmingly support this bill".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (a3Q+t)

127 Nonsense! Farmers markets with locally grown organic foods are the best way to feed hundreds of millions of people. And will save the climate.
Posted by: Ripley at October 13, 2021 07:24 AM (MxEKc)
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Right, of course. Apologies. I don't know what I was thinking.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:26 AM (7U3R4)

128 >>At least, Bloomberg has some sort of concern over people's health. I mean, I guess. . . The problem with fascists and totalitarians, communists, nazis, whatever you call it - it is always a "one size fits all" kind of thing. One person shits their pants, we all gotta wear diapers.

Except it's never one size fits all -- it's one size fits all of you commoners, while my pals and I are exempt.
recall that one of Bloomberg's other schemes with "micro-apartments" (highrises with ~900 sq ft units) to save the planet. This while he owns many mansions around the globe, a fleet of cars, private jet, etc.. Bloomberg also wanted to regulate salt, while being known for putting extra salt on his pizza.

This happens again and again. Even if you agree with the current "it's for your health" intrusive policy, just know that the ones demanding it will continue to indulge.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:26 AM (bDqIh)

129 The Brooklyn Nets have Mayor Commiecrat requiring a jab, so they had no choice. The question is how the rest of the team will react, and will they stand united? It's not like Kyrie has made a lot of friends over the years with other players.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 07:26 AM (vRbbs)

130 Walgreens where everything is twice as expensive. Fuck Walgreens.
Posted by: Clark Bent at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (2xGy+)

This IS OUR SHOT!!!!!

- John Legend

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (Zz0t1)

131 Nonsense! Farmers markets with locally grown organic foods are the best way to feed hundreds of millions of people. And will save the climate.
Posted by: Ripley

*visualizes Greta Scoldberg with basket of organic vegetables balanced on head and tree branch with water buckets across shoulders, walking toward the nearest village*

Posted by: Miklos is a Smiling Miklos at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (QzkSJ)

132 Folks, despite what you may deplorably think about the $3.5T spending bill, you should rest easy, because Nancy Pelosi says "whether they [Americans] know it or not, they overwhelmingly support this bill".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (a3Q+t)
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Really? How does she figure? That my unconscious mind, yearning to be a slave, knows that this is right even if my renegade, regressive and repellent conscious mind reached an erroneous conclusion?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (7U3R4)

133 The problem for Southwest is that urban centers WILL ban them from major hubs if they go full anti-vax, with the complete support of the Wall Street airlines.

Then again, they are in excellent position to bring a suit against anyone who tries under the Commerce Clause.

Posted by: trev006 at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (IUiMS)

134 It's interesting, in a sad way, that the entire 60s generations got epic conned. "Power to the People!" and "Make Love Not War" and the Berkely free speech movement and "free love" and the "Establishment". It was all a con.

Those fuckers seized power and are the worst sons of bitches. Goddamned hippies should have been ... ahem, dealt with. There's no way around this. They are in charge now, they are the ones they've been waiting for. They are getting long in the tooth, and just like the new young cannibals displaced Scoop Jackson and Hubert Humphrey and Dan Moynihan, this latest crop of revolutionaries are licking their chops waiting for Schumer and Pelosi and the nanogenerians to expire.

You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (lAVPT)

135 Hopefully Santa will bring me oodles of Blue Shitholes burned to the ground. Maybe he will salt them, too?

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (fWTJL)

136 Nancy Pelosi says "whether they [Americans] know it or not, they overwhelmingly support this bill".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (a3Q+t)

"If they know what's good for them...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (6FeV1)

137 Yesterday Walgreen's announced it is closing another 5 locations in San Francisco, including the one in our neighborhood.

It is built inside one of the old historic single screen movie houses and has been there since the property was redeveloped. It is the anchor in that part of the commercial district which is now filled with empty boarded up and graffiti covered storefronts.

Thanks Gavin. Thanks London Breed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2021 07:28 AM (EZebt)

138 Now, where'd I put that 8-track...?
Posted by: Lady in Black

Gimme a pencil and I'll rewind that cassette tape for you.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 07:28 AM (mD/uy)

139 Nancy Pelosi says "whether they [Americans] know it or not, they overwhelmingly support this bill".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (a3Q+t)

"If they know what's good for them...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (6FeV1)

".....these are not the droids you're looking for....."

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:29 AM (Zz0t1)

140 131 Nonsense! Farmers markets with locally grown organic foods are the best way to feed hundreds of millions of people. And will save the climate.
Posted by: Ripley
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Ever notice that Farmer's Markets in Urban Areas always charge more than the Piggly Wiggly?

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:29 AM (fWTJL)

141 You ain't seen nothin' yet.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (lAVPT)

True. But neither have they. The police and the owned politicians (usually homos like Larry Craig and Lindsay Graham) were the major factor protecting the left from a full on legitimacy crisis.

Posted by: trev006 at October 13, 2021 07:29 AM (IUiMS)

142 People are starting to realize it is they, not the government and corporations, who ultimately hold the power. Do you now understand why they want us divided against each other? A handful of people just shut down a major airline. Imagine what can be done of more people band together. Nobody in Congress is going to save you. It's tie for us to save ourselves.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:15 AM

The government wants everybody fighting with their neighbors / 'Cause they know that if we get along, we'll probably go against 'em

The whole world's brainwashed / It's us against them, it ain't you against me

-- "Brainwashed"

Posted by: Tom MacDonald at October 13, 2021 07:29 AM (Do5/p)

143 ---------------
Ever notice that Farmer's Markets in Urban Areas always charge more than the Piggly Wiggly?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:29 AM (fWTJL)

Piggly Wiggly still exists?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:30 AM (Zz0t1)

144 See, Kurt really does have a sense of humor!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:30 AM (6FeV1)

145 144 ---------------
Ever notice that Farmer's Markets in Urban Areas always charge more than the Piggly Wiggly?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:29 AM (fWTJL)

Piggly Wiggly still exists?
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I hope so. They were basically an independent grocer network with the same logo.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:31 AM (fWTJL)

146
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 13, 2021 07:32 AM (iLSIN)

147 "Piggly Wiggly still exists?"

Sure do.

We have one right here in town.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:32 AM (3D/fK)

148 See, Kurt really does have a sense of humor!
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Sense of humor? I was kind of thinking he may have overdosed and we should alert 911

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 07:32 AM (vRbbs)

149 Yes Piggly Wiggly still exists. But it only exists in God's Country.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:33 AM (fWTJL)

150 Posted by: Kurt at October 13, 2021 07:28 AM (iV88S)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at October 13, 2021 07:33 AM (Zz0t1)

151
Right index finger in left palm, tap, tap, tap. Hook 'em Horns. "OK" sign, index finger of other hand through the hole, open palm vertical squiggle, twice. Dolphin leaps right to left then left to right. Two fingers up bunny hop, hands in armpits flap elbows, flap, flap. Thumb and finger "L" to forehead, tap, tap, tap, squiggle, mark of Zorro in the air, hesitate, catch breath.

Thumbs in ears waggle fingers, thumb and pinkie "Hang Loose" waggle.

Posted by: Mandela Funeral Fake Sign Language Guy at October 13, 2021 07:33 AM (Izzlo)

152 JUST world has turned upside down as now he is on the side of the commie unions fighting against Southwest's blood ducking capitalists owners and their foul mouthed running dog management
Posted by: Cocksucker at October 13, 2021 07:28 AM (C0ck$)
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That must be parody, right? I mean, it can't be serious.

Mewling about the "blood-sucking capitalists" and "running dogs" is a tad bit ... early 20th century and completely ignores that the theater of war has entirely changed.

This troll *has* to be a sock.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:33 AM (7U3R4)

153
Sure do.

We have one right here in town.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:32 AM (3D/fK)

I haven't seen one in QUITE some time.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:33 AM (Zz0t1)

154 Walgreens is closing a bunch of stores in SF, don't know why. Could be that restocking the shelves after a visit by the local preps, isn't working out. Same thing may happen in NYC, at least while the present mayor still is in control. When in college in Manhattan, I was always stopped on the street by mostly young men of a certain color, selling stuff they carried in bags.

Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (6XIp1)

155 Nancy Pelosi says "whether they [Americans] know it or not, they overwhelmingly support this bill".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2021 07:25 AM (a3Q+t)

Pelosi is convinced Americans all believe in the things she believes in. After she opens the Death Camps and commences work, she will be right, too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (vRbbs)

156 Inflation increased in September. Quelle surprise.

But it's "transitory". No, really. Stop laughing.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (Tckfm)

157 Piggly Wiggly still exists?
Posted by: Sponge

thepig.net

Posted by: Miklos is a Smart and Thrifty Shopper at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (QzkSJ)

158 "I haven't seen one in QUITE some time."

Yeh, they went through a huge contraction several years ago.

But a few do exist.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:35 AM (3D/fK)

159 Inflation increased in September. Quelle surprise.

But it's "transitory". No, really. Stop laughing.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (Tckfm)
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It is. It's in transition to higher inflation next month.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:35 AM (7U3R4)

160 It's Groundhog Day for the FJoe Biden administration - every day is Jan 6 til further notice.

Posted by: Jbspry at October 13, 2021 07:35 AM (pQ77z)

161 Now, where'd I put that 8-track...?
Posted by: Lady in Black

Gimme a pencil and I'll rewind that cassette tape for you.
Posted by: Tonypete

Save a dollar! Re-wind before you return!
--Blockbusters

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (OCTRt)

162 WATCH: Malig-Nancy Pelosi Berates Reporters For Not Doing A Better Job Selling Democrats' Reconciliation Bill
_________

To me, her best line was that "whether they know it or not, they support it."

See? All of us really are strong Pelosi supporters, but we're too sinful to see it. And the Democrats are really just doing what we want. When they change my vote to D, they are actually fulfilling my dearest wish.

There is a sort of beauty to the complete unassailability of that. Any supposed counter evidence is REALLY proof that it's true.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (7X3UV)

163 Piggly Wiggly operates in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (strange this), Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (fWTJL)

164 Walgreens is closing a bunch of stores in SF, don't know why. Could be that restocking the shelves after a visit by the local preps, isn't working out.
Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (6XIp1)

Correct. When they stopped prosecuting theft, the shelves were emptied over and over, causing the loss to be greater than the income. I thought they had already pulled out of the city completely, however. I guess it's getting there.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (Zz0t1)

165 You know... I'm sorry. I don't mean to quibble but it seems like your heart is always going either high-Dee, hey-Dee, ringy-dingy or scoobie-doobie.
-----------------------------------
I just saw that one on the weekend. Poor Aunt Louise!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (UHVv4)

166 "Save a dollar! Re-wind before you return!
--Blockbusters"

Don't forget...Please be kind, and rewind

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (3D/fK)

167 Folks, despite what you may deplorably think about the $3.5T spending bill, you should rest easy, because Nancy Pelosi says "whether they [Americans] know it or not, they overwhelmingly support this bill".

--

It pairs nicely with their Obumblescare "Christmas present" to the American people.

Nancy is a drunk.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (sVtYq)

168 132 Really? How does she figure? That my unconscious mind, yearning to be a slave, knows that this is right even if my renegade, regressive and repellent conscious mind reached an erroneous conclusion?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:27 AM (7U3R4)

=========

Everyone loves government spending.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (LvTSG)

169 FUN FACT

Piggly Wiggly was the first American grocery store to have aisles where customers selected their own items, rather than having them brought to a counter by a grocery clerk.

Posted by: Miklos thinking InstaCart is a regression at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (QzkSJ)

170 Piggly Wiggly operates in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (strange this), Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (fWTJL)

No Texas.....that would explain why I haven't seen one in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (Zz0t1)

171 156 Inflation increased in September. Quelle surprise.

But it's "transitory". No, really. Stop laughing.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (Tckfm)

I'll file that next to... The illegal aren't here to stay long term. Just visiting

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (/6GbT)

172 Speaking of farmer's markets; it's worthwhile to contact local beef ranchers and find out if they sell off market. Many here do, you just have to ask. Our neighbor typically slaughters 2-3 calves a year, most of the meat is sold to friends or given to family. I've already reached out to him and he seemed favorable to a future purchase.

We're still stocked from our early pandemic purchase back in early 2020.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (BFigT)

173 164 Correct. When they stopped prosecuting theft, the shelves were emptied over and over, causing the loss to be greater than the income. I thought they had already pulled out of the city completely, however. I guess it's getting there.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (Zz0t1)

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Probably thinking of CVS.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM (LvTSG)

174 Walgreens are being robbed here every day all day long.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM (EZebt)

175 Instead of fighting communists on the other side of the world, they should have been rooting them out here at home, in congress, state department, Madison, Ann Arbor, Columbia U., etc etc. It's all so clear in hindsight. Oh well. They imported plenty of "not an ardent nazi" wink wink Germans right after the war, too. Lots of chemical and biological warfare specialists.

And propaganda and mind control specialists. I know this is getting off into the weeds, but a large component of the mind fvckery going on fir decades is a result of this kind of thing. The totalitarian governments perfected this kind of thing 100 years ago, and have refined it over the years, literally a science.

That's why everything feels like an open air insane asylum in some places. They really di build that, that's why.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM (lAVPT)

176 Walgreens where everything is twice as expensive. Fuck Walgreens.
Posted by: Clark Bent at October 13, 2021

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All the drugstore chains are too expensive: CVS, Rite-Aid, and Walgreens. There was a time when you'd duck into a Walgreens or local drugstore, even a local chain, and find everything you needed at a decent price: razors, blades, pipe tobacco, magazines and paperback books, records. All of those are gone from drugstores now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM (/XOcP)

177 The dollar isn't getting weaker, it's just that everything has gotten so damn expensive!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM (6FeV1)

178
thepig.net
Posted by: Miklos is a Smart and Thrifty Shopper at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (QzkSJ)

Closest one to here is 840 miles away, according to their website.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (Zz0t1)

179 But it's "transitory".
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Because it's just like being run over by a city bus.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (UHVv4)

180 Originally based in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, the company moved the main warehouse to North Charleston, South Carolina in 1959... Under Joe Newton's guidance and leadership, Piggly Wiggly Carolina, and the name Piggly Wiggly, soon became household names, known for its national brands, fair prices, and friendly service.

I knew Mr. Newton back in the 80's. Very nice man. I'm sure the family is still involved.

Posted by: Deep State 910 at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (HwtiA)

181 Local Pizza place sign. Despite the high cost of living,it remains popular

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (/6GbT)

182 Piggly Wiggly operates in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (strange this), Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021

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There's only one left in the metro area here in Da Swamp. It's actually fairly near where I live. A comparison shop says, "Meh" when it comes to prices.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (/XOcP)

183 after Jenn Psaki's announcement yesterday that the Junta does not care about the midterms, abour economic performance, about security overseas, all the care about is ramming through socialism in the same way they rammed through Obamacare, Republicans are on notice.

No "compromise" is possible. They are uncompromising. Sure, they might give you a few billion off the price tag, but the Junta fully intends to well establish their "changes".

Anyone who even talks compromise is an enemy of our Republic. Proactively, fuck you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (vRbbs)

184 Instead of fighting communists on the other side of the world, they should have been rooting them out here at home

Now that would be an awesome story for an alternate timeline.

"Where did you serve?"
"Two tours in Harvard and one in Berkeley."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (4olE8)

185 156 Inflation increased in September. Quelle surprise.

But it's "transitory". No, really. Stop laughing.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (Tckfm)

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It was also transitory in Weimar Germany. It eventually stopped.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (LvTSG)

186
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Probably thinking of CVS.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM (LvTSG)

That's a possibility.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (Zz0t1)

187 Conservative Politicians In Spain Attack Biden After Indigenous Peoples' Day Proclamation
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How dare they fail to grovel for their suppression of indigenous religious rites in Mexico?

BTW, sometimes it is pointed out that Cortes had thousands of Indian allies. Why in the world would their neighbors turn against the loving Aztecs? The must have been the first people to be infected, and become white adjacent.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (7X3UV)

188 The dollar isn't getting weaker, it's just that everything has gotten so damn expensive!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I'm still big. It's the currency that got small.

Posted by: Janet Yellin, ready for her closeup at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (QzkSJ)

189 JJ will be happy to know that Piggly Wiggly tee shirts are available on line. I saw one that proudly boasts Pork Rub. Its time for JJ to walk on the wild side.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (fWTJL)

190 A nation using energy resources to chase an imaginary coin is a sign of mental decline.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (oWBc3)

191 180 Originally based in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, the company moved the main warehouse to North Charleston, South Carolina in 1959... Under Joe Newton's guidance and leadership, Piggly Wiggly Carolina, and the name Piggly Wiggly, soon became household names, known for its national brands, fair prices, and friendly service.

I knew Mr. Newton back in the 80's. Very nice man. I'm sure the family is still involved.
Posted by: Deep State 910 at October 13, 2021 07:40 AM (HwtiA)

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They sold most of their South Carolina stores to Harris Teeter a few years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (LvTSG)

192 By my reading labor unions, the beginning of the Communist revolution were banned as soon as the Soviets took over.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (UJoGL)

193 Piggly Wiggly still exists?
Posted by: Sponge

thepig.net
Posted by: Miklos

Georgia and the Carolinas. We used to have one in Lewisville, Tx, north of Dallas, back in high school.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (OCTRt)

194 Might have already been said but asking the DOJ to come look at Fulton County is like having the FBI look into Hunter. I'm just saying. When will we ever learn... oh that's right we are talking about the so called repukicant Guv of GA. Ok then it makes perfect sense.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (R5563)

195 Mister Scott. Yep, I can only afford hamburger now. Last steak I had was in AZ back in August. Local Safeway had a hell of a deal on T-Bones. Haven't had one since. I guess rich people can still buy meat but we're on a fixed income. Not happening here. So it's chicken (which is ridiculously high) or pork. Most fish is out of sight as well.
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 07:06 AM (nxdel)

hey Jewells, if you have an Aldi near you, they usually have a decent selection of beef that's not expensive. it's not always the prime filet, but there's good options that won't break a bank. and their chicken is pretty reasonable too. i actually stop there most days on the way home from work to pick up dinner for the night.

just a thought.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (8D42x)

196 While I can see terrible ramifications plus obvious upside, Biden really is close to having a Ceausescu moment, isn't he? The United States could stagger along a few more decades but the smart money would be on dissolution sooner rather than later. Something about the transportation general strike greatly resembles the Gdansk Shipyard.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (nMx88)

197 "It is. It's in transition to higher inflation next month.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:35 AM (7U3R4)"

I have to laugh at some of the reporting I'm seeing. "Inflation is welcome" at places like Bloomberg. We need more government spending and Fed QE in other pubs. This garbage is hurtling us towards destruction and they know it. The new one I saw today is that the market won't dip going into Q4. LMFAO. They moved the GDP estimate from 6 to 1.4. What's going to support corporate earnings going into Q1 next year? The jobs picture is mixed and hard to predict for the next few quarters and spending is down with inflation. This is far from settled.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:42 AM (Tckfm)

198 There was a time when you'd duck into a Walgreens or local drugstore, even a local chain, and find everything you needed at a decent price

Walgreens was never affordable that I remember. Some of the older franchised drug stores like Rexall had decent prices, but those went belly-up in the 80s.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 13, 2021 07:42 AM (P9pDS)

199 Somehow, someway, if the employees of Southwest and American Airlines were to galvanize around the nation's truck drivers and railroad employees - - and then unite with perhaps the nation's parents who are now being officially labeled as domestic terrorists, and so on and so on and scoobie-doobie-doobie. . Get the idea?

[snip]

It will be a national strike until the point is made.

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Atlas Shrugged 2: Unite The Clans Boogaloo!

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at October 13, 2021 07:42 AM (mZ3xv)

200 Its good to know that CVS and Walgreens are open borders grab and go retailers. Maybe this will slow the growth of these bandits.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:42 AM (fWTJL)

201 The worst part of the Biden driven decline in America is the recovery process is painful and not short.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 07:42 AM (oWBc3)

202 Instead of fighting communists on the other side of the world, they should have been rooting them out here at home, in congress, state department, Madison, Ann Arbor, Columbia U., etc etc. It's all so clear in hindsight. Oh well.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 13, 2021 07:38 AM

in re: The Peoples' Republik of AnnArbor: I say we dust off and nuke the site from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 13, 2021 07:43 AM (gxRD9)

203 There's only one left in the metro area here in Da Swamp. It's actually fairly near where I live. A comparison shop says, "Meh" when it comes to prices.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Schwegmans

Posted by: Miklos recalls that they had their own beer and sold bonds and had hurricane maps on the bags at October 13, 2021 07:43 AM (QzkSJ)

204 That video should be linked directly to the front page. It is really powerful.

The airline protesters are right. THIS is the time to make a stand.

December 8th is shaping up to be a day that lives in infamy.

That is also the day I will lose my job after a 44 year career and being considered a national resource in my field. I filed my religious exemption yesterday but no one has said what exactly a religious accommodation will be, if granted.

I WILL force them to fire me. I do not consent.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (fC3dn) at October 13, 2021 07:43 AM (5p7BC)

205
Georgia and the Carolinas. We used to have one in Lewisville, Tx, north of Dallas, back in high school.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (OCTRt)

There was one in Denton not far from TWU that some friends of mine used to work at.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:44 AM (Zz0t1)

206 hey Jewells, if you have an Aldi near you, they usually have a decent selection of beef that's not expensive. it's not always the prime filet, but there's good options that won't break a bank. and their chicken is pretty reasonable too. i actually stop there most days on the way home from work to pick up dinner for the night.

just a thought.
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 13, 2021

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We're supposed to be getting an Aldi any day now. Or maybe we already have. I'm hardly excited unless I know they won't hassle me about face diapers AND are more affordable than other places.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:44 AM (/XOcP)

207 170 Piggly Wiggly operates in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (strange this), Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (fWTJL)

No Texas.....that would explain why I haven't seen one in a while.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:37 AM (Zz0t1)

We had them in San Antonio when I was a kid, but that was **mumble-mumble** years ago.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 07:44 AM (dfRN6)

208 It's pretty bad when Spain calls you a pussy.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (oWBc3)

209 If a nation should not have controllable sovereign borders, why should a business?

In particular, lefty owned and run physical businesses.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (3D/fK)

210 I have started shopping at Aldi for groceries. Way cheaper than even Walmart. The selection is a lot smaller and some items are transitory in stock - but you can save a lot of money shopping there.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (mbFEM)

211 I like Piggly Wiggly.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (mRs+e)

212 Just a reminder..no official mandate. Companies gettin' there stasi on

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (/6GbT)

213 "Two tours in Harvard and one in Berkeley."

"Berkeley, eh, brother? I served in the Hairy Triangle one tour too."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (UHVv4)

214 Btw, did you see Kevin McCarthy's legislative plan for what Republicans will do with a majority. First 90 days and all that?

Yeah, me neither. Send out the SAR.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (Tckfm)

215 The National Strike Party must prevail. Seriously must prevail if liberty is to survive the illegal junta.

Shut. It .Down.

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (FCPbW)

216 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate

https://tinyurl.com/2dcub8kt

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (NpAcC)

217 There are 3 Pigs here in town. There used to be 4, all owned by the same guy, but Walmart made a really great offer for the land under one of them. The old building was torn down and a nice new Neighborhood Market was built.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (xopIz)

218 They sold most of their South Carolina stores to Harris Teeter a few years ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (LvTSG)
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Which is now Kroger.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (7U3R4)

219 Our local Aldi "recommends" masks regardless of vax status according to CDC guidelines (actually true - we are elevated risk or whatever they call it) but nobody says boo about it.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (mbFEM)

220 Heard on conservative radio this morning that the California shipyards are considering working 7 days a week/24 hours a day to help reduce the backlog of container ships waiting to offload chinese junk. Someone in CA just NOW figured this out??

Posted by: TXMarko at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (q+cYW)

221 Piggly Wiggly operates in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (strange this), Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:36 AM (fWTJL)

We have two here, in MyTown, Wisconsin

Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (45fpk)

222 Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 13, 2021 07:41 AM (8D42x)

Yes we have one close by. I may run in there tomorrow and see what they have. They don't sell my wine there anymore though dammit!

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (nxdel)

223 "Berkeley, eh, brother? I served in the Hairy Triangle one tour too."
"Must have just missed each other. Did you end up burning your cammies instead of trying to get the hippie stink out of them?"

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (4olE8)

224 @NewGranada1979

REPORT: UK Police tried to arrest a fan for "being racist". The crowd turned on the cops and pushed them out of the stadium. - Wembley, World Cup Qualifier Match.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/ydsyrng6

Posted by: Tami at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (cF8AT)

225 AND are more affordable than other places.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:44 AM (/XOcP)

Don't know about the mask deal but Aldi is excellent for produce, canned goods and snacks. Just remember to bring your own bag. They deliver, too.

Posted by: Deep State 910 at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (HwtiA)

226 Elle Reynolds (Federalist movie review) writes well of the latest Bond flick and I thank her; now, I don't have to see it!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (vRbbs)

227 Well, I can remember the old A&P from long ago. But, I'm really only 29.

Posted by: dantesed at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (88xKn)

228 214 Btw, did you see Kevin McCarthy's legislative plan for what Republicans will do with a majority. First 90 days and all that?

Yeah, me neither. Send out the SAR.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:45 AM (Tckfm)

When he is Speaker it's going to be GREAT. I can't contain my excitement.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (mbFEM)

229 That is also the day I will lose my job after a 44 year career and being considered a national resource in my field. I filed my religious exemption yesterday but no one has said what exactly a religious accommodation will be, if granted.

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I'm so sorry for your predicament, Dave. After 44 years, this is how it will end? It angers me so deeply, for all who are being put in these positions, that I can hardly stand it. Most especially, given the carveouts and exemptions #FJB has given others. It is so grossly unfair and unjust.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (sVtYq)

230 Aldi's is not bad for basic foodstuffs.

For those that argue that poor people are unable to make nutritious meals, Aldi's is indeed one answer.

But also keep in mind that they are a German based company.
Which means that during the holidays, when the 'Made in Germany' stuff appears on the shelf, it is top notch stuff. Never overlook their German products.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (3D/fK)

231 I have to laugh at some of the reporting I'm seeing. "Inflation is welcome" at places like Bloomberg. We need more government spending and Fed QE in other pubs. This garbage is hurtling us towards destruction and they know it. The new one I saw today is that the market won't dip going into Q4. LMFAO. They moved the GDP estimate from 6 to 1.4. What's going to support corporate earnings going into Q1 next year? The jobs picture is mixed and hard to predict for the next few quarters and spending is down with inflation. This is far from settled.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:42 AM (Tckfm)

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When they're finally on the verge of inducing their genocidal utopia, and bodies actually do begin stacking up in the streets like cordwood -- they'll be "reporting" on the many ways this is great for the economy and planet ... but mostly the planet.

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (mZ3xv)

232 Schwegmans > Schwegmanns 2 n's

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (BFigT)

233 >>216 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate

Freemont is where they have a statue of Lenin in the town square.

Posted by: Clark Bent at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (2xGy+)

234 Apparently there is an Aldi now on my side of the river. Maybe it hasn't opened yet -- I can't find hours or an opening date. I can drive by there on Saturday morning and see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (/XOcP)

235 REPORT: UK Police tried to arrest a fan for "being racist". The crowd turned on the cops and pushed them out of the stadium. - Wembley, World Cup Qualifier Match.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/ydsyrng6
Posted by: Tami

Soccer hooligans for the WIN

Posted by: Miklos is re-thinking previously held opinions at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (QzkSJ)

236 Aldi's makes me depressed. It's so dim in there.

Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (45fpk)

237 @204:

Forcing them to fire you is exactly the thing to do, Dave. That preserves your legal rights and there will be much feasting on the carcass of corporate America to be had soon
Just take a smaller settlement if the defendant will agree to pay in yuan.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (nMx88)

238 We had an awesome Rite Aid in Denver, huge and friendly staff (we got handwritten Christmas cards from the pharmacist). However, Walgreens bought Rite Aid about 4 years ago and closed a bunch of the Rite Aid stores.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (bDqIh)

239 220 Heard on conservative radio this morning that the California shipyards are considering working 7 days a week/24 hours a day to help reduce the backlog of container ships waiting to offload chinese junk. Someone in CA just NOW figured this out??
Posted by: TXMarko at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (q+cYW)

I am guessing union rules preclude such thinking. They probably had to work out a way to pay off the union heads well enough to take such an action.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (mbFEM)

240 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate

https://tinyurl.com/2dcub8kt
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 07:46 AM (NpAcC)
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What planet do these people live on? When I was a kid, there were black kids in my trick-or-treating group. They come to the door on Halloween for candy, too. What the hell is the basis for this absurdity? Well:
A Seattle elementary school canceled Halloween activities over concerns about student equity and inclusion. Specifically, Seattle Public Schools says Black males do not celebrate and, more generally, students of color feel marginalized by the holiday.

Ahh. The school board asserts that it is true, and thus it is true. Of course.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (7U3R4)

241
REPORT: UK Police tried to arrest a fan for "being racist". The crowd turned on the cops and pushed them out of the stadium. - Wembley, World Cup Qualifier Match.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/ydsyrng6
Posted by: Tami at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (cF8AT)

That's awesome. And OMG the British rozzas are PUSSIES!!!! Geez....they have the weapons and the peasants just fling wild kicks and they duck tail and run.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (Zz0t1)

242 Harvard is moving a "language program" from Beijing to Taiwan next year due to strained U.S.-China relations.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (UHVv4)

243 Schwegmans > Schwegmanns 2 n's
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Fair enough.

It was always called "da Schweg's"

Posted by: Miklos with reasonably decent Yat accent at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (QzkSJ)

244 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (oWBc3)

245 Heard on conservative radio this morning that the California shipyards are considering working 7 days a week/24 hours a day to help reduce the backlog of container ships waiting to offload chinese junk.

Someone in CA just NOW figured this out??
Posted by: TXMarko

No. They've been fighting the Kali Covid Mandate. That had the guys who unload the boats working at half staff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (OCTRt)

246 That is also the day I will lose my job after a 44 year career and being considered a national resource in my field. I filed my religious exemption yesterday but no one has said what exactly a religious accommodation will be, if granted.

I WILL force them to fire me. I do not consent.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

Same here, if they don't accept my request for religious accommodation I will be retiring, about five years before I wanted to. But I am NOT letting them needle rape me, that is not happening.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (GZ/yK)

247 240 A Seattle elementary school canceled Halloween activities over concerns about student equity and inclusion. Specifically, Seattle Public Schools says Black males do not celebrate and, more generally, students of color feel marginalized by the holiday.

Ahh. The school board asserts that it is true, and thus it is true. Of course.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (7U3R4)

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"The black kid who wants to go as Harry Potter has to explain that he's Harry Potter unlike the white kid who does the same. This is deeply problematic, and we must tear down all of capitalism, starting with the sacrifice of JK Rowling, to begin this conversation."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 07:51 AM (LvTSG)

248 Don't know about the mask deal but Aldi is excellent for produce, canned goods and snacks. Just remember to bring your own bag. They deliver, too.
Posted by: Deep State 910 at October 13, 2021

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Odd, but their own store locator tool does not show the Marrero location. Maybe it's not open yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:51 AM (/XOcP)

249 "Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate "

The hell they don't!

We would watch the minivans full of the little types park in our school parking lots, and fan out, hitting every house possible.
TBH, most of them were more polite than our local kids were.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 07:51 AM (3D/fK)

250 A lot of the Piggly Wigglys are independently owned.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (xopIz)

251 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate

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The kids aren't inherently tranny or gay either, but that wouldn't stop Seattle schools from jamming it down their throats.

And it's pure hogwash that black kids don't trick or treat. They've only been seen doing it my whole life.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (sVtYq)

252 Aldi's makes me depressed. It's so dim in there.
Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (45fpk)
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Mine's brightly lit. I've only ever been in two Aldi stores (Wichita, KS and where I live now) and neither of them were dark. Is there more than one in your area? Are they all dark? I wonder if it's a weird idiosyncrasy (or if my bright one is)/

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (7U3R4)

253 Massachusetts Gov. Baker Activates National Guard to Test Students for Chinese Coronavirus, Address Staffing Shortages

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I initially read that as "Massachusetts Baker" ... which makes about as much sense in this Felliniesque simulation within which we now find ourselves living.

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (mZ3xv)

254 "When he is Speaker it's going to be GREAT. I can't contain my excitement.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (mbFEM)"

My vote is for Chip Roy. He's one of the few people in the entire caucus with a set of balls. I actually called McCarthy's office and asked if they located him yet because nobody has heard from him. The 12 year old on the phone didn't know what to say.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (Tckfm)

255 Schwegmans > Schwegmanns 2 n's
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Fair enough.

It was always called "da Schweg's"
Posted by: Miklos with reasonably decent Yat accent at October 13, 202

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Or "Schweggie's" or "Mista Schweg-a-mann's"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (/XOcP)

256 535,000 healthcare workers have left their jobs.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (ABlt3)

257 Plague so deadly you have to be tested to know if you have it

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (/6GbT)

258 Harvard is moving a "language program" from Beijing to Taiwan next year due to strained U.S.-China relations.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (UHVv4)
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Or to insert CCP spies into Taiwan academics after they are laundered through Harvard.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (7U3R4)

259 This is deeply problematic, and we must tear down all of capitalism, starting with the sacrifice of JK Rowling, to begin this conversation."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone

"Shut up" they explained.

Posted by: Miklos says boo at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (QzkSJ)

260 "Must have just missed each other. Did you end up burning your cammies instead of trying to get the hippie stink out of them?"

"Patchouli oil gives me flashbacks, man, and the V.A. don't give a shit."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (UHVv4)

261 "The People's Grocer", a book about Schwegmann's Giant Supermarkets and founder is an interesting read. History of the family but also details about how grocery stores evolved from the late 18th century to what they are today. A lot of economics too. Plus some local color about New Orleans.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (BFigT)

262 Is there more than one in your area? Are they all dark? I wonder if it's a weird idiosyncrasy (or if my bright one is)/

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:52 AM (7U3R4)

There is another location that my daughter goes to and swears by. I should give it a try.

Posted by: grammie winger at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (45fpk)

263 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks

And the Colored Girls went Doo Ta Doo over at Lou's place.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (mD/uy)

264 At some point there is bound to be an airline incident traceable to distressed employees orsome other breakdown in the system due to this inhumane madness.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (H8QX8)

265 We're supposed to be getting an Aldi any day now. Or maybe we already have. I'm hardly excited unless I know they won't hassle me about face diapers AND are more affordable than other places.
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Use Aldi's for all your staples. You will save a ton.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (fWTJL)

266 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate

https://tinyurl.com/2dcub8kt
Posted by: redridinghood

Then cancel Kwaanza. Because whyt pipl don't celebrate.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (OCTRt)

267 The Aldi's here is like one of those cheap dollar stores with food. Any minute I expect someone to come out and yell, "you break, you buy".

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (Tckfm)

268 The airline protesters are right. THIS is the time to make a stand.

December 8th is shaping up to be a day that lives in infamy.

That is also the day I will lose my job after a 44 year career and being considered a national resource in my field. I filed my religious exemption yesterday but no one has said what exactly a religious accommodation will be, if granted.

I WILL force them to fire me. I do not consent.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (fC3dn) at October 13, 2021

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Same here; I'll retire a year early, collect unemployment, and sue.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:54 AM (/XOcP)

269 >>Heard on conservative radio this morning that the California shipyards are considering working 7 days a week/24 hours a day to help reduce the backlog of container ships waiting to offload chinese junk. Someone in CA just NOW figured this out??

Apparently a CA policy caused this:

The NEWS says the California port situation is caused by a driver shortage. Not so fast: It is in part caused by a California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.

Traditionally the ports have been served by Owner Operators (non union). California has now banned Owner Operators. Long term, truckers in California are not investing in new trucks because California has a law that makes them illegal in 2035.

https://tinyurl.com/4jejd2jr

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (bDqIh)

270 Has anyone in the GOP, including Trump, mentioned the human rights violations occurring in Australia? I didn't think so.

Posted by: Capital Eff at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (2xGy+)

271 "Must have just missed each other. Did you end up burning your cammies instead of trying to get the hippie stink out of them?"

"Patchouli oil gives me flashbacks, man, and the V.A. don't give a shit."
Posted by: andycanuck

"This is a no-shit story. There I was. . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (mD/uy)

272 535,000 healthcare workers have left their jobs.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (ABlt3)
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It's the most insane thing I have ever seen in my life. We have wildly perverse incentives and massive unemployment with a growing potential workforce while numbers of open positions continue to climb - and the companies (in coordination with the government) are firing or making quit millions of people.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (7U3R4)

273 Gaia screams each time a bitcoin is squeezed out of the internet's anus.
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Is this on a Tee Shirt yet? Cuz it needs to be on Tee Shirt.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:56 AM (fWTJL)

274 Chip Roy is the Neidermeyer of the Texas delegation.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 07:56 AM (oWBc3)

275 I have no idea what to believe on the Southwest stuff. Everybody knows somebody who tells them "the truth." My pilot buddy says its over outdated computer systems and that SWA is trying to blame the pilots. The union is legally required to say that there is no work action since their contract says that they can't have a work action. Some pilots or pilot adjacent people are saying it IS a work action related to the mandates, but SWA says we aren't enforcing any mandates.

We have a low trust society when it comes to information.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:56 AM (mbFEM)

276 LET'S GO BRANDON
LET'S GO BRANDON
LET'S GO BRANDON!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 07:56 AM (flINI)

277 That had the guys who unload the boats working at half staff.
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Bob Dole has a cure for that!

Posted by: Bob Dole at October 13, 2021 07:56 AM (UHVv4)

278 Ha! After identifying Charlie Parker as a Republican in the headline, Breitbart follows with

"'While we are overall pleased with the progress we are seeing with Commonwealth employees submitting vaccination attestations, we will take whatever steps are necessary to safely run all correctional facilities,' the Democrat added."

ISWYDT, Breitbart. Well played.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (m+jkK)

279 Aldi's also owns Tradder Joe's

Posted by: Miklos with addendum at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (QzkSJ)

280 Plague so deadly you have to be tested to know if you have it
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (/6GbT)

"I'm not dead yet."

"Sorry, sir. You're dead. Test says you have COVID."

"No, really, I'm okay. Just a bit of the sniffles."

"Yessir, I understand....Into the plague pit with'm, boys. Extra lime on this one."

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (5NkmN)

281 Use Aldi's for all your staples. You will save a ton.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021

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I'm all for that. The "storeopeninghours" website that shows the Aldi in my area says the face diaper nonsense is for "unvaccinated." I've been walking right into places that say that on the door, and have had no trouble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (/XOcP)

282 ISWYDT, Breitbart. Well played.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (m+jkK)
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Subtle trolling or poor editing?

We report. You decide.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (7U3R4)

283 We're supposed to be getting an Aldi any day now. Or maybe we already have. I'm hardly excited unless I know they won't hassle me about face diapers AND are more affordable than other places.
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Use Aldi's for all your staples. You will save a ton.
Posted by: Puddin Head

Only complaint with Aldi?
You'd better enjoy an upper midwest regional brand you've never heard of, because that's pretty much the only choice you get. It's rare you get two or more choices on anything and rarer to find national brands.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 07:58 AM (OCTRt)

284 224 @NewGranada1979

REPORT: UK Police tried to arrest a fan for "being racist". The crowd turned on the cops and pushed them out of the stadium. - Wembley, World Cup Qualifier Match.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/ydsyrng6

Posted by: Tami at October 13, 2021 07:47 AM (cF8AT)
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This warms my heart. Go Soccer Hooligans!

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 13, 2021 07:58 AM (prSvo)

285 We have a low trust society when it comes to information.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 07:56 AM (mbFEM)

Give me PRAVDA over the traitorous shit we call newz here

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:58 AM (/6GbT)

286 272 535,000 healthcare workers have left their jobs.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (ABlt3)
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It's the most insane thing I have ever seen in my life. We have wildly perverse incentives and massive unemployment with a growing potential workforce while numbers of open positions continue to climb - and the companies (in coordination with the government) are firing or making quit millions of people.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (7U3R4)

Not to mention the palpable insanity of depleting the healthcare workforce during a - cough - "pandemic."

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 13, 2021 07:58 AM (H8QX8)

287 244 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.
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They'd better hurry up. They seem to be dropping like flies.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 07:59 AM (fWTJL)

288 What planet do these people live on? When I was a kid, there were black kids in my trick-or-treating group. They come to the door on Halloween for candy, too. What the hell is the basis for this absurdity? Well:
A Seattle elementary school canceled Halloween activities over concerns about student equity and inclusion. Specifically, Seattle Public Schools says Black males do not celebrate and, more generally, students of color feel marginalized by the holiday.

Ahh. The school board asserts that it is true, and thus it is true. Of course.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:49 AM (7U3R4)
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Yeah, most of the black kids that come trick or treating in my neighborhood have really cool and expensive costumes. They love Halloween.

Also, the school has told the kids not to dress up, and they'll be replacing it with equity day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 07:59 AM (NpAcC)

289 I'm all for that. The "storeopeninghours" website that shows the Aldi in my area says the face diaper nonsense is for "unvaccinated." I've been walking right into places that say that on the door, and have had no trouble.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM (/XOcP)
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I've been ignoring mask mandates for a long time. How I have been treated varied widely by region and store. Costco was always full-on Karen about it about they rescinded the policy. In Denver, everyone was vicious about it. Where I am now, no one cares and hasn't cared since I moved here in February. A couple of stores pushed on the mask thing, but they were independents and not corporates. I declined to shop and when I went back to one of this summer, that crap was over even there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:59 AM (7U3R4)

290 Use Aldi's for all your staples. You will save a ton.
Posted by: Puddin Head

That was easy

Posted by: Staples at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (QzkSJ)

291 Apparently a CA policy caused this: https://tinyurl.com/4jejd2jr

Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM

Trent Telenko at_TrentTelenko: https://bit.ly/3oSYhzI

This thread is on the unexamined local political issues affecting the supply chain blockage at California's Ports of LA & Long Beach.
1/

https://portoflosangeles.org

Posted by: Tom MacDonald at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (Do5/p)

292 I had no idea AB 5 outlawed owner operator trucks in Cali. Best be careful picking up that union sword folks.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (oWBc3)

293 A new lava stream forces 800 people from their homes in La Palma.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (UHVv4)

294 Israel is well and truly screwed, and what is most troubling is that the present leadership failed to see it coming. Their obsequious approach to the Junta was amazing to me, especially given that Sullivan et al were talking to Iran even before the election, which Israel knew.

This is all but a war now, and Democrats eagerly brought it forward.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (vRbbs)

295 Piggly Wiggly is about the same an A and P in the northeast. The small town I grew up in had one as well as most other small towns. I don't know if any exist now. But they did have 8 o'clock coffee and a grinder. As a kid, I could smell that wonderful aroma of freshly ground coffee. Where I live in upstate NY, some privately owned Big M's still exist along with Sure Fine. Aldi has pretty much taken over the low cost food such as it is 'low cost'.

Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (6XIp1)

296 One wonders to what degree "they" are cognizent of how screwed up things can get, if planes and trains and trucks and hospitals and electric, gas, and other utilities don't have crews to do those things that actually need doing.
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Well, they're "investing" in human infrastructure so we don't need any of that anymore

Posted by: Lrrr at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (jIL4c)

297 Regarding the Airlines, is that a form of what the Blogfather, Glenn Reynolds, called "Irish Democracy"?

Posted by: another anon at October 13, 2021 08:01 AM (46s0O)

298 Joe Biden is losing trust in his Depends.

Who trusts this clown? I wouldn't let him cut my lawn.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 13, 2021 08:01 AM (Tckfm)

299 I have no idea what to believe on the Southwest stuff. Everybody knows somebody who tells them "the truth." My pilot buddy says its over outdated computer systems and that SWA is trying to blame the pilots. The union is legally required to say that there is no work action since their contract says that they can't have a work action. Some pilots or pilot adjacent people are saying it IS a work action related to the mandates, but SWA says we aren't enforcing any mandates.

We have a low trust society when it comes to information.
Posted by: blaster

It's over the jab. They've run the same computer system last year and the year before with no trouble.
The computer system wouldn't affect pilots. Forcing them to get jabbed would.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:01 AM (OCTRt)

300 244 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 07:50 AM (oWBc3)

That song brings up a painful memory for me. I don't want to talk about it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 13, 2021 08:01 AM (Y5qcH)

301 [i[292 I had no idea AB 5 outlawed owner operator trucks in Cali. Best be careful picking up that union sword folks.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (oWBc3)

It isn't so much that it bans owner operator trucks but it keeps the self-employed from having more than 5 independent gigs a month (I think) so while it is legal to be an owner operator, it isn't economically feasible.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:02 AM (mbFEM)

302 I had a black friend in my trick or treat group that dressed up as a white person, complete with white out face, for Halloween one year... must have been '78 or '79. Of course we were much too old to be out there but Jimmy got a lot of laughs.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 08:02 AM (flINI)

303 Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (vRbbs)

My disillusionment with Israel mirrors that for Australia.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 13, 2021 08:02 AM (H8QX8)

304 Give me PRAVDA over the traitorous shit we call newz here
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 07:58 AM (/6GbT)
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I have said before and I still assert that Pravda and Izvestia were better than our press. Why? Simple.

Somewhere in those organizations there was at least one person who was talented - a press operator, a layout editor, etc. - who was working there at the point of a gun. There was someone who didn't want to be there, but had to show up at work and do the job or he would be thrown in a gulag or murdered.

In our press organs, every single person there is there voluntarily. They do what they do, to every last man, because they want to.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:03 AM (DU+/6)

305 "The "storeopeninghours" website that shows the Aldi in my area says the face diaper nonsense is for "unvaccinated." I've been walking right into places that say that on the door, and have had no trouble. "

Well, I self identify as 'vaccinated'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:03 AM (3D/fK)

306 293 A new lava stream forces 800 people from their homes in La Palma.
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La Palma and Lava Stream make me think fappery.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 13, 2021 08:04 AM (fWTJL)

307 Rexall is still a major drugstore chain in Ontario [probably all or most of the rest of Canada too although I don't know for sure] and Shoppers Drugmart that's now owned by the UK's Boots people I think.

Rexall died in the States but was fine in Ontario while Target died in Canada but is fine in the States!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:04 AM (UHVv4)

308 Posted by: Lizzy at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (bDqIh)

So when my South African boss said the LA dock mess was all about "politics," he was dead on!

Of course this impacts us-we can't get raw materials right now, including the base ingredient for our traffic paint. "But PG!" you say, "It's October! Who paints roads in October?!" Well, no sane person does, but this is when states *buy* the paint they'll use in March/April. This is also when we stock our stores with 5-gallon pails of traffic paint (what you need for a parking lot or so), and guess what? WE'RE OUT OF PLASTIC PAILS TOO!

Posted by: pookysgirl, muttering curses at October 13, 2021 08:04 AM (XKZwp)

309 One wonders to what degree "they" are cognizent of how screwed up things can get, if planes and trains and trucks and hospitals and electric, gas, and other utilities don't have crews to do those things that actually need doing.

And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there.

And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile at my fucking face.

I want a fucking car right fucking now.

Posted by: Planes, Trains and Automobiles at October 13, 2021 08:04 AM (Do5/p)

310 I had a black friend in my trick or treat group that dressed up as a white person, complete with white out face, for Halloween one year... must have been '78 or '79. Of course we were much too old to be out there but Jimmy got a lot of laughs.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 08:02 AM (flINI)
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Ha! It reminds me of that scene from, I think, the original Ocean's 11 when the Rat Pack is in a truck and all of the white guys are smearing shoe polish onto their faces to camouflage for the job while Sammy is sitting there laughing his ass off at them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:05 AM (DU+/6)

311 Lidl is another European based low cost chain that likes to compete directly with Aldi's.

We happen to have both brands locally.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:05 AM (3D/fK)

312 Has anyone in the GOP, including Trump, mentioned the human rights violations occurring in Australia? I didn't think so.
Posted by: Capital Eff at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (2xGy+)
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I've heard a few on Maria Bartiromo's show. Ron DeSantis has also given speeches about it.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:06 AM (NpAcC)

313 Only complaint with Aldi?
You'd better enjoy an upper midwest regional brand you've never heard of, because that's pretty much the only choice you get. It's rare you get two or more choices on anything and rarer to find national brands.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021

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That was the way Save-a-Lot worked -- good brands that normally were never advertised mixed with a few national brands. We still have such a store, but it's not close to me any longer. The last time I was in it, the place had devolved to be worse than Dollar General.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:07 AM (/XOcP)

314 If only there was a party that could take advantage of our reliance on disease spreading Chyna. Maybe making America self reliant again

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 13, 2021 08:07 AM (/6GbT)

315 " and guess what? WE'RE OUT OF PLASTIC PAILS TOO!"

Death trap drowning pools for toddlers.

Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:07 AM (3D/fK)

316 Well, I self identify as 'vaccinated'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:03 AM (3D/fK)
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I got my vaccine the natural way, by getting infected and recovering. In my case it was a fairly mild case.

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 13, 2021 08:07 AM (prSvo)

317 Walgreens is closing a bunch of stores in SF, don't know why. Could be that restocking the shelves after a visit by the local preps, isn't working out.
Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 07:34 AM (6XIp1)

Saw video the other day where someone hopped over the counter into the pharmacy area and walked out with several of their large pill bottles.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2021 08:08 AM (U7wke)

318 Well, I self identify as 'vaccinated'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I say "I had my syphilis shot! Gonorrhea is next week, after the Ebola thing is over."

Posted by: quasi-vaxxed Miklos at October 13, 2021 08:08 AM (QzkSJ)

319 That is also the day I will lose my job after a 44 year career and being considered a national resource in my field. I filed my religious exemption yesterday but no one has said what exactly a religious accommodation will be, if granted.

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I'm so sorry for your predicament, Dave. After 44 years, this is how it will end? It angers me so deeply, for all who are being put in these positions, that I can hardly stand it. Most especially, given the carveouts and exemptions #FJB has given others. It is so grossly unfair and unjust.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 13, 2021 07:48 AM (sVtYq)

National strikes/job actions must commence now ---to SAVE jobs. And the country.

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 13, 2021 08:08 AM (FCPbW)

320 Lidl is another European based low cost chain that likes to compete directly with Aldi's.

We happen to have both brands locally.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:05 AM (3D/fK)
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And then there's the "Other Aldi." Aldi in Germany is two companies (the original company split up due to, IIRC, a family quarrel). There is Aldi Nord (North) and Aldi Sud (South). Both also operate in the United States. The stores branded "Aldi" in this country are all Aldi Sud. The Aldi Nord stores here have a different name: Trader Joe's.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

321 I want a fucking car right fucking now.
Posted by: Planes, Trains and Automobiles at October 13, 2021 08:04 AM (Do5/p)

https://youtu.be/-eREiQhBDIk

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:09 AM (mbFEM)

322 And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there.
And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile at my fucking face.
I want a fucking car right fucking now.
Posted by: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Guy that was stranded by SWA? No cars, busses or trains available. So he rents a UHaul truck and drives the wife and himself the 500 miles home. Adapt and overcome. Ooh-rah!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:09 AM (OCTRt)

323 Subtle trolling or poor editing?

We report. You decide.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 07:57 AM

While it's probably the former, I'm choosing to believe the latter. Because FCB, that's why.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 13, 2021 08:09 AM (m+jkK)

324 To be honest, I have never once been asked my vaccine status by any store employee since the beginning of the entire shit-show.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:09 AM (3D/fK)

325 312 Has anyone in the GOP, including Trump, mentioned the human rights violations occurring in Australia? I didn't think so.
Posted by: Capital Eff at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (2xGy+)

We're failing on so many levels to keep up with the assaults on our lives and liberties it is scary.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 13, 2021 08:09 AM (H8QX8)

326 No word on whether it will come with pepper-spray and billy-club attachments but Australia to build Nasa's latest lunar rover meant to search for oxygen there as early as 2026.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (UHVv4)

327 324 To be honest, I have never once been asked my vaccine status by any store employee since the beginning of the entire shit-show.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:09 AM (3D/fK)

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Well, South Carolina.

Sure, there are signs, but the only person who ever actually stopped me to put on a mask was when I went to LabCorp for my drug screening.

No one else says a word. Probably too many alpha dudes running around saying, "Fuck you," to anyone who demands they put on a mask for retail workers to consider the fight worth it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (LvTSG)

328 Death trap drowning pools for toddlers.

Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:07 AM

Let the bodies hit the floor

Posted by: Drowning Pool at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (Do5/p)

329 Texas is clearly the front line of the current war between the forces of the US As Founded and the USG as currently seeks to subjugate the citizenry.

At the border Texas builds and tries to enforce while the USG tells it to stand down.
Internally Texas tries to protect unborn life and Brandon sics the DOJ on them.
Now its Covid "mandates" and a struggle to ban them versus the push to enforce them.
And SW Airlines.

How long before SW Air pilots get put on the No Fly List?

Posted by: Zek's Covid Recovered Ass at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (OzNIz)

330 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks

Now do Some Girls, Mick.

Posted by: Biergood at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (FQWHA)

331 This is all but a war now, and Democrats eagerly brought it forward.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:00 AM (vRbbs)

yes

Posted by: CN at October 13, 2021 08:11 AM (ONvIw)

332 well the Upper Middle Class (and above) around me are either getting "special order" vaccine cards (for a price) or actually getting "not-shot" vaccinated (for an even higher price, but that one will be tracked to your healthcare system).

not even kidding.

I mean it's good, people are getting around it. but not everyone has a few hundies around to toss at this problem

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 13, 2021 08:12 AM (j9HX3)

333 Back in a former life, we would drive from southern Italy up to Garmisch Germany for vacation.
And there was an Aldi's in that tiny little Bavarian town.
We shopped the hell out of it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:12 AM (3D/fK)

334 > companies (in coordination with the government) are firing or making quit millions of people.

This was always the plan. Corporate Amerikka went woke long before the plandemic as a precursor to implementing the leftist's agenda. Big Tech led the way and others quickly followed suit. All they really needed was cause. They have one. The fed can claim ignorance and push "fair market" platitudes up our asses. Bring businesses in the country to their knees and they'll cave. Or all is lost.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:12 AM (BFigT)

335 In a second tweet, Cotton said: "Pete Buttigieg was completely unqualified to serve as Secretary of Transportation. But Biden still picked him
___________

And the senate still confirmed him.

Gee, if only there had been some organization that had the power to stop the confirmation of this obviously unqualified small-town mayor of a dysfunctional, failed town.

Oh, wait, there was. It's called the Senate. And despite being majority Republican, it voted to confirm little "completely unqualified" Petey as head of DOT by a vote of 86-13.

Sure, Petey knows squat about transportation, but he likes butt sex, and that's what really matters!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:12 AM (k4dH2)

336 and guess what? WE'RE OUT OF PLASTIC PAILS TOO!

*

If folks haven't figured out that yesterday was the best time to start buying up a few dozen cans of soup and beans and 50 gallons of water or so (and you'd best use that sparingly), a big box of baby wipes and dry shampoo, and a cheap shotgun and ammo to feed it, it's best to figure it out today.

Hopefully you'll be able to laugh at yourself in a few years for your foolishness. More likely you'll be glad you had it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:13 AM (g7CEa)

337 I'll never wear a face diaper again. I just walk in like I own the place and no one has ever confronted me. I am in the West Virginia red part of Maryland so maybe that's why.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 08:13 AM (flINI)

338 He sucks in the biblical sense... LOL.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at October 13, 2021 08:13 AM (QGl7O)

339 337 I'll never wear a face diaper again. I just walk in like I own the place and no one has ever confronted me. I am in the West Virginia red part of Maryland so maybe that's why.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 08:13 AM (flINI)

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Great swaths of America are pretty fucking free right now.

That's probably why we're not nearly as prone to rioting as people in Sydney, Australia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

340 Denzel Washington is the US Army's newest (honorary) Sergeant Major

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=118443

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 08:14 AM (9YMCH)

341 330 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks

Now do Some Girls, Mick.
Posted by: Biergood at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (FQWHA)

"Black girls just want to get F----d all night..."

The Stones' stock in trade was being black. If they meant what they said they'd quit right now AND surrender all their royalties to the NAACP.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 13, 2021 08:14 AM (s2VJv)

342 The Stones announced they will stop playing Brown Sugar due to the songs racist overtones. Sellouts. Punk was born 4 decades too early.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks

Real Rock Rebels, those guys.

Posted by: Archer at October 13, 2021 08:14 AM (gmo/4)

343 "High energy prices prompt EU leaders to recommend tax cuts, state aid for residents in 27 member countries."

Build more windmills!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:14 AM (UHVv4)

344 ... And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. ...
Posted by: Planes, Trains and Automobiles at October 13, 2021 08:04 AM (Do5/p)
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Hey, at least you got keys. One of the few times I have ever seen a guy quit on the spot (well, over the phone) was when I was visiting a customer who is a major retailer. They had a hardware fault in one of their distribution hubs. They had a part in the home office, but not in the warehouse. The vendor needed a day to get the part to the warehouse. So the retailer put the vendor's agent at their home office on a private plane with the part to send him out to get the other location back up faster than waiting for the vendor to get there.

Then they sent the plane back home. Empty. They stranded the guy at the other location. When he called from the airport and got told this, he put the retailer on hold and then called his boss and connected the calls together. That is when he told his boss that he would be removed from that account or the boss could consider this his resignation, effective immediately.

He was removed from the account.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:15 AM (DU+/6)

345 I have no idea what to believe on the Southwest stuff. Everybody knows somebody who tells them "the truth." My pilot buddy says its over outdated computer systems and that SWA is trying to blame the pilots. The union is legally required to say that there is no work action since their contract says that they can't have a work action. Some pilots or pilot adjacent people are saying it IS a work action related to the mandates, but SWA says we aren't enforcing any mandates.

We have a low trust society when it comes to information.
Posted by: blaster

**

VIA posted a really great video a couple of nights ago from a pilot who was discussing it. Very accessible. I'll see if I can find the link.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:15 AM (g7CEa)

346 343 "High energy prices prompt EU leaders to recommend tax cuts, state aid for residents in 27 member countries."

Build more windmills!!!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:14 AM (UHVv4)

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(And a couple of nuclear plants for the connected.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:15 AM (LvTSG)

347 Oh, wait, there was. It's called the Senate. And despite being majority Republican, it voted to confirm little "completely unqualified" Petey as head of DOT by a vote of 86-13.

Sure, Petey knows squat about transportation, but he likes butt sex, and that's what really matters!
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:12 AM (k4dH2)

Not among the 13 who voted not to confirm: McConnell. Graham.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:16 AM (mbFEM)

348 They've lived sheltered lives, isolated from nature, and assume that all the conveniences and products of modern life just appear out of the ether. Meat comes from the grocery store.

There's no understanding of how their lifestyle exists. It's just assumed to be axiomatic.
Posted by: Cato,

It's the internet dude!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * whiskey tango foxtrot at October 13, 2021 08:16 AM (rfI47)

349 "They imported plenty of "not an ardent nazi" wink wink Germans right after the war, too. Lots of chemical and biological warfare specialists. -- And propaganda and mind control specialists. ..."

There is certainly some evidence that The Red Thread runs right through WW2 into the USA (CIA?) and the global conquest never really stopped ... even if maybe it changed teams/localities.

We expect to just "do our civic duty" by being good citizens that show up for work and mow our yards, and then Leave It To Beaver land just magically maintains itself. -- But no, the 50s was mostly a golden post WW2 era Utopia, while the seeds of destruction were being sown. (Prescott Bush, Joe Kennedy, a long list?)

That Utopia is now under assault as White Supremacy, and being good citizens will require more than just expecting life to go back to Normal (Utopia).

Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 08:16 AM (Cus5s)

350 Denzel Washington is the US Army's newest (honorary) Sergeant Major

Nice !

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:16 AM (arJlL)

351 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate

**

"Celebrate" being the key word.

10-18 year olds walking up to your door in plain street clothes demanding candy is pretty standard.

I suspect that's closer to the truth, too.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:16 AM (g7CEa)

352 "Great swaths of America are pretty fucking free right now.

That's probably why we're not nearly as prone to rioting as people in Sydney, Australia."

We made it to the Summerville Flowertown festival on Sunday.

Thousands of folk walking shoulder to shoulder, enjoying the vendors.

Hardly a mask to be seen, including Law Enforcement.

Watch the local case load for the next ten days or so. If we don't see a spike in cases, this shit is over with.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:17 AM (3D/fK)

353 What is dry shampoo ?

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:17 AM (arJlL)

354 In a second tweet, Cotton said: "Pete Buttigieg was completely unqualified to serve as Secretary of Transportation. But Biden still picked him
___________

And the senate still confirmed him. ...
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:12 AM (k4dH2)
++++
Confirmed 86-13. They not only confirmed him, they handed Biden a supermajority on that appointment, a supermajority that required at least 36 Republican turncoats.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:17 AM (DU+/6)

355
Let the bodies hit the floor
Posted by: Drowning Pool at October 13, 2021 08:10 AM (Do5/p)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE LEAD SINGER'S BODY ACTUALLY DID HIT THE FLOOR OF THEIR TOUR BUS.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

356 "This is a no-shit story. There I was. . . . "
Posted by: Tonypete at October 13, 2021 07:55 AM (mD/uy)
I'm really going to have to sit down and write this story.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (4olE8)

357 What is dry shampoo?
Posted by: JT
___

Powder, pretty much.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (9YMCH)

358 VIA posted a really great video a couple of nights ago from a pilot who was discussing it. Very accessible. I'll see if I can find the link.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:15 AM (g7CEa)

I saw it. But here is the thing. One guy on youtube or TikTok or whatever. How many people does he speak for? Unknown.

I suspect there is more to the vax mandate part of the sickout than my friend says but I suspect there is less to it than some people are making of it.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (mbFEM)

359 I WILL force them to fire me. I do not consent.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (fC3dn) at October 13, 2021 07:43 AM (5p7BC)

Right on, dude. In the meantime, continue to kick ass at your job- it ups the ante in this game of chicken.

Posted by: Drerbrerard at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (kPMrr)

360 If folks haven't figured out that yesterday was the best time to start buying up a few dozen cans of soup and beans and 50 gallons of water or so (and you'd best use that sparingly), a big box of baby wipes and dry shampoo, and a cheap shotgun and ammo to feed it, it's best to figure it out today.

Hopefully you'll be able to laugh at yourself in a few years for your foolishness. More likely you'll be glad you had it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Water I don't need. I'm set on that. 5 ponds on the property and a half mile from the Red River and a lake with no people in between.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (OCTRt)

361 The Aldi Nord stores here have a different name: Trader Joe's.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 13, 2021 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

Heh. Your kid's history professor could have a field day with the name Trader Joe's and all it conjures up about European colonial disruption and exploitation of indigenous peoples' economic systems.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (dfRN6)

362 352 Watch the local case load for the next ten days or so. If we don't see a spike in cases, this shit is over with.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:17 AM (3D/fK)

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It was over last year (when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor). South Carolina got over it, but South Carolina isn't a major media hub.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (LvTSG)

363 Last summer I bought two pails of survival food, suppose to have a 25 year shelf life. I have tired a couple of the meals, and not bad. Not great, but good to have. At least as good as the MRE meals I tried while in the army, maybe better.

Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (6XIp1)

364 Noticed a job on LinkedIn for a metal 3D printer startup in Hawthorne CA (read SpaceX)

Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (RHGPo)

365
Its been said by others, but I really have come to believe that the Big Picture of what's going on at the border, Covid-control and the general war on our constitution and institutions is the uber-powerful globalists (Gates, Soros, Clinton Inc, etc) who are convinced that they must control the planet to Save The Planet, especially from Global Enwarmening.

And we, or more precisely, the US-As-Founded is the main obstacle in their way. Because only the US-As-Founded has the culture of freedom and the real-world power to oppose them. Therefore, the corollary to their need to Save the Planet is that the US-As-Founded must be crushed at all costs.

Posted by: Zek's Covid Recovered Ass at October 13, 2021 08:19 AM (OzNIz)

366 > What is dry shampoo ?

Sand

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:19 AM (BFigT)

367 Looks like an Iowa state House seat flipped from Blue to Red.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate
@IowaSOS
Unofficial results from Iowa House District 29. With all precincts reporting:
Republican Jon Dunwell: 2,820
Democrat Steve Mullan: 1,890
#ialegis

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

368 "Very accessible. I'll see if I can find the link."

Ta da!!

https://tinyurl.com/n7tx8dma

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)

369 367 Looks like an Iowa state House seat flipped from Blue to Red.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate
@IowaSOS
Unofficial results from Iowa House District 29. With all precincts reporting:
Republican Jon Dunwell: 2,820
Democrat Steve Mullan: 1,890
#ialegis
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

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Where's your Dominion now?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

370 Dry shampoo is arrowroot powder.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:20 AM (mbFEM)

371 Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate
________________

Cool. I guess that means "Juneteenth" is no longer going to be celebrated either? Because that's not a holiday that white people in Seattle have typically celebrated (being a TX slave event).

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:20 AM (k4dH2)

372 535,000 healthcare workers have left their jobs.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 13, 2021 07:53 AM (ABlt3)

That's how you know the pandemic is real. When you get rid of half a million healthcare workers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (U7wke)

373 What is dry shampoo?
Posted by: JT
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Powder, pretty much.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual

Does it work ?

Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (arJlL)

374 The Rolling Stones hasn't been relevant since the 80's. Who the fuck cares what they do with their show?

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

375 Dry shampoo is arrowroot powder.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:20 AM (mbFEM)

***

Witchcraft

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (flINI)

376 Water I don't need. I'm set on that. 5 ponds on the property and a half mile from the Red River and a lake with no people in between.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (OCTRt)
======================

I wish I was in your position. The wifey and I are looking at properties now, with the intention of having at least 2 acres away from the city. Wish me luck, the properties are few and far between at our price point.

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (prSvo)

377 The Rolling Stones hasn't been relevant since the 80's. Who the fuck cares what they do with their show?
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

***

The AARP

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (flINI)

378 December 8th is shaping up to be a day that lives in infamy.

That is also the day I will lose my job after a 44 year career and being considered a national resource in my field. I filed my religious exemption yesterday but no one has said what exactly a religious accommodation will be, if granted.

I WILL force them to fire me. I do not consent.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (fC3dn) at October 13, 2021 07:43 AM (5p7BC)

I'll be praying right here alongside you, Dave.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (HK8/E)

379 373 What is dry shampoo?
Posted by: JT
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Powder, pretty much.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual

Does it work ?
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (arJlL)

My wife and daughters use it, but only as a stopgap when they don't have time for the real thing.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (dfRN6)

380 Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate
@IowaSOS
Unofficial results from Iowa House District 29. With all precincts reporting:
Republican Jon Dunwell: 2,820
Democrat Steve Mullan: 1,890
#ialegis
Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK ON!!!!!!

- Mortimer Dominion

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

381 I got the sense right from the start, there is this odor about the whole thing, that no attorneys are going to be filing class action lawsuits, it's like the word has gone out "Don't Touch".

Yes. There are topics that are forbidden to ever discuss. This is why there are topics the GOP will not bring up or even allow to be said. Almost all so-called talk show hosts are controlled opposition. Especially people like Dan Borgino. He only drones on for hours on things that don't matter. Zero facts on mRNA (he will just say "If it works so well, why isn't it working so well") No serious talk about the election. No mention of clear collaboration to disrupt the supply chain.

The Party controls everything, and if you see something that appears to leak, look carefully at it and you will see that it too is controlled and limited to just making sure that we are left with the impression that we are all helpless and exist at The Party's pleasure.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (+LCoQ)

382 "Very accessible. I'll see if I can find the link."
-
Ta da!!
https://tinyurl.com/n7tx8dma
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)

**

Small town Piggly Wiggly levels of service right there.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (g7CEa)

383 "Does it work ?"

Better than a hickory stick.

Or so I've been told.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (3D/fK)

384 Souf they get their exemption they essentially lose their job anyway until it is " safe" from the coof?

Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:23 AM (CYnTg)

385 If you want to see what a good job Butgig did in Southbend, take a little drive through the place. Granted its been a 3rd world shithole since 1950, and almost looks stuck in 1950 (much like cuba). The only thing its missing is 50's era Chevys.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at October 13, 2021 08:23 AM (buTO7)

386 And of course it never will be

Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:23 AM (CYnTg)

387 Does it work ?
Posted by: JT at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (arJlL)
********
It's good in between shampoos. Gives my hair a lot of volume

Posted by: redridinghood at October 13, 2021 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

388 Aside from his work with the foundation (Fisher House), Washington was also recognized for an upcoming movie he's directing about an Army first sergeant who was killed in Iraq in 2006.
___

I like Denzel, but that is one movie I probably will never watch.
Anything dealing with Iraq during that time, I don't watch.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 08:23 AM (9YMCH)

389 My wife and daughters use it, but only as a stopgap when they don't have time for the real thing.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (dfRN6)

**

This is the answer. It's not the same as washing your hair, but it will make it less oily.

I discovered it when a relative was in a nursing home and then hospice. We've kept some in the camper ever since. Nice to have at times. Burning times will be one of those times.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:24 AM (g7CEa)

390 "Small town Piggly Wiggly levels of service right there."

Aw shucks....twern't nuttin'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:24 AM (3D/fK)

391 The Fulton County Republican Party hosted a campaign event for Democratic candidate for mayor Felicia Moore, and the Buckhead Young Republicans hosted one for Kasim Reed. That ought to give you a clue about Fulton County.

Posted by: f'd at October 13, 2021 08:24 AM (Tnijr)

392 I saw it. But here is the thing. One guy on youtube or TikTok or whatever. How many people does he speak for? Unknown.

I suspect there is more to the vax mandate part of the sickout than my friend says but I suspect there is less to it than some people are making of it.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:18 AM (mbFEM)

Any group on any issue will have people joining for different reasons. When I lived in Arizona in the '80s, the MLK holiday debate was going on, and I heard a guy say, "I don't care if it's Stalin's birthday, I'm voting for a paid holiday." So yeah, union issues, vax stuff, and just some people who think, "Screw it. Chaos sounds fun." Whatever the case, leverage it to get what you want.

Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2021 08:24 AM (FJYfm)

393 366 > What is dry shampoo ?

Sand

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:19 AM
I think it's what some folk use to 'freshen' dreadlocks. It don't work for that purpose, just makes it look dusty. Personally I think the cow blood and dung styling technique looks much more dashing.

Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 08:24 AM (0OP+5)

394 Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 13, 2021 08:22 AM (+LCoQ)

We'll see how long Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson lasts. He cannot be tolerated.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 13, 2021 08:25 AM (H8QX8)

395 "Gives my hair a lot of volume"

So does 220 volt.

And it's dry, too.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:25 AM (3D/fK)

396 I used to use dry shampoo on the doggo. Was better than nothing.

Posted by: steevy at October 13, 2021 08:26 AM (CYnTg)

397 I wish I was in your position. The wifey and I are looking at properties now, with the intention of having at least 2 acres away from the city. Wish me luck, the properties are few and far between at our price point.
Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (prSvo)

Buy dirt!

Take a look at Farm Credit unions. Their lending for property is very easy to navigate.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:26 AM (mbFEM)

398 Big manufacturers like Dove are in the game now, too. You can easily find it at major retail stores these days. Use it sparingly though because it sprays out fast (daughter used an entire can in two days once)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:26 AM (g7CEa)

399 390 "Small town Piggly Wiggly levels of service right there."

Aw shucks....twern't nuttin'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:24 AM
I visit WigglyPig when in their AO. They're ok in my book.

Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2021 08:27 AM (0OP+5)

400
Buy dirt!

Take a look at Farm Credit unions. Their lending for property is very easy to navigate.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:26 AM (mbFEM)

Land loans are still risky and they require a large down payment to prevent 'unserious' applicants. I would already own land if this were NOT the case.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

401 385 If you want to see what a good job Butgig did in Southbend, take a little drive through the place. Granted its been a 3rd world shithole since 1950, and almost looks stuck in 1950 (much like cuba). The only thing its missing is 50's era Chevys.
_________________

They didn't care that he was a failed mayor of a shitty, dysfunctional town. He was "openly gay" and they wanted to vote for the first "openly gay" cabinet member. That's what mattered to those assholes. Not silly things like actual, relevant experience, knowledge, training, qualifications, etc., in the industry he was being put in charge of. No, they just wanted to be able to "virtue signal" that they had voted for the first "openly gay" cabinet secretary.

F*cking imbeciles.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:28 AM (k4dH2)

402 If you want to see what a good job Butgig did in Southbend, take a little drive through the place. Granted its been a 3rd world shithole since 1950, and almost looks stuck in 1950 (much like cuba). The only thing its missing is 50's era Chevys.
Posted by: Jimco Industries at October 13, 2021 08:23 AM (buTO7)

Mayor Pete benefitted from 3 things: 1. Obviously; 2. He's young; and 3. For most of America, South Bend means Notre Dame, and that's a really beautiful place, right?
If he'd been the mayor of Gary, Indiana, his campaign never would have gotten off the ground.

Posted by: Wally at October 13, 2021 08:28 AM (FJYfm)

403 Maybe deference to the president's cabinet choices isn't always a good thing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the West with Leone at October 13, 2021 08:29 AM (LvTSG)

404 And we, or more precisely, the US-As-Founded is the main obstacle in their way. Because only the US-As-Founded has the culture of freedom and the real-world power to oppose them. Therefore, the corollary to their need to Save the Planet is that the US-As-Founded must be crushed at all costs.

The juxtaposition of the World Expo 2020 Dubai and the remnants of The West are staggering. I was watching the opening ceremonies - probably the greatest extravaganza of light, music, dance and aspiration ever. There has been and never will be an equal.

The UAE is preaching a message of hope, future, prosperity, human flourishing in a most grand way. In the West the Malthusians are doing the exact opposite.

If you get sick of this mess and need some uplifting outside of Faith, check out the opening ceremonies.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 13, 2021 08:29 AM (+LCoQ)

405 Mayor Pete benefitted from 3 things: 1. Obviously; 2. He's young; and 3. For most of America, South Bend means Notre Dame, and that's a really beautiful place, right?

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Don't forget the butt-f*cking.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:29 AM (g7CEa)

406 Go back and find videos about Trump's thought on BootyJudge.

"They tell me it's pronounced 'Boot Edge Edge.' What the hell kind of name is that!?!?"

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

407 I'm having second thoughts about draining the pool for winter. Thousands of gallons, gone. It's still half full, but has all those wonderful chemicals to stabilize it until next spring.

Assuming there will be a next spring.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:29 AM (BFigT)

408 Moderately optimistic Sefton is best Sefton.
Posted by: Miklos,

Need me a pair of those rose tinted glasses.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * whiskey tango foxtrot at October 13, 2021 08:30 AM (rfI47)

409 Land loans are still risky and they require a large down payment to prevent 'unserious' applicants. I would already own land if this were NOT the case.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, sure. But try going to a regular bank to borrow for unimproved land. Farm Credit is a good way to go.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:30 AM (mbFEM)

410 Yes I know you said 1) gay, but plenty of church choir directors are gay.

Pete actively celebrates butt-f*cking.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Listen to this SC doctor tell you about ivermectin, spoilers, only two deaths at October 13, 2021 08:30 AM (g7CEa)

411 "Maybe deference to the president's cabinet choices isn't always a good thing?"

But one could ALMOST build a case that letting Resident Biden make the choices that he wished to has pretty badly damaged the Biden brand amongst many people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

412
Well, sure. But try going to a regular bank to borrow for unimproved land. Farm Credit is a good way to go.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:30 AM (mbFEM)

Not arguing that. We went to them first......they also want the big down payment before they'll even consider talking to you.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

413 Captain Kirk is on a hold, so the Blue Origin "Please Pay Attention To Us" launch presently delayed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (vRbbs)

414
The AARP
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 13, 2021

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What's the name of that alternative organization for retired people, the conservative-leaning one that did not push O'Care?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (/XOcP)

415 They didn't care that he was a failed mayor of a shitty, dysfunctional town. He was "openly gay" and they wanted to vote for the first "openly gay" cabinet member.

Ric Grenell would like a word.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (mbFEM)

416 >>Jason Rantz: Seattle school cancels Halloween over 'equity,' says Black kids don't celebrate.

The hell they don't. For 50 years their parents have been dropping them off in my (largely non-black) neighborhood to trick or treat.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (m/Gc2)

417 No, they just wanted to be able to "virtue signal" that they had voted for the first "openly gay" cabinet secretary.

F*cking imbeciles.

Remember, the previous sinecure of the Department of Transportation is blood related to those within the Chinese Communist Party.

Everyone knows that Cabinet Secretary is a worthless, toothless sinecure, exists for grift, resume padding, and patronage.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 13, 2021 08:32 AM (+LCoQ)

418
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What's the name of that alternative organization for retired people, the conservative-leaning one that did not push O'Care?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (/XOcP)

AMAC, I believe.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

419 Le Art NOOD.

Smirking wench.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:32 AM (3D/fK)

420 But one could ALMOST build a case that letting Resident Biden make the choices that he wished to has pretty badly damaged the Biden brand amongst many people.

I seriously doubt rezident retard picked any of his cabinet members. It's not like he knows who they are.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (BFigT)

421 nood art cliche!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 13, 2021 08:33 AM (UHVv4)

422 Not arguing that. We went to them first......they also want the big down payment before they'll even consider talking to you.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

Depends on the branch I guess. They will talk to you without the money up front, but it won't go very far. Terms are pretty well set. The credit union for our region wanted 15% down on a 15 year loan and 20% down on a 20.

Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (mbFEM)

423 Land loans are still risky and they require a large down payment to prevent 'unserious' applicants. I would already own land if this were NOT the case.

Largely because of environment regulation. You could end up thinking you found a great deal of a property that checked off all of the boxes, then discover that if you turn over one shovel full of dirt, the EPA will throw your ass in prison and seize your property because it messed with some wildlife or happened within a watershed.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (+LCoQ)

424
Depends on the branch I guess. They will talk to you without the money up front, but it won't go very far. Terms are pretty well set. The credit union for our region wanted 15% down on a 15 year loan and 20% down on a 20.
Posted by: blaster at October 13, 2021 08:34 AM (mbFEM)

Yes. That seems the going rate.

I'd have to sell my house FIRST to have the money to put down on what we want. Can't do that yet.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

425 "A Journal for Jordan" tells the story of 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, a U.S. soldier who wrote a 200-page journal for his son, Jordan, while he was deployed to Iraq.
The movie, which will be released later this year, is based on the memoir of the same name written by King's fiance, Dana Canedy, who was "determined to preserve his memory for their son."
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He was 1SG for 1-67 Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th ID.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 13, 2021 08:36 AM (9YMCH)

426 "Almost all so-called talk show hosts are controlled opposition. Especially people like Dan Borgino."

yes, he seems to spend a lot of time getting to things "we knew" two years ago. And in the news now ... hey, it wasn't the Russians that hacked DNC servers. duh, that was shown from the start (poor Seth).

imo Sidney Powell is a warrior, but not that many will stand up like her, and she is under full assault. We have the full federal government destroying lives of people that rise up to any level of threat to their junta. We are allowed to go maskless in the Hinterlands, for now, but the laws are being put in place, the cages are being built (legal and mental, if not physical).

Posted by: illiniwek at October 13, 2021 08:37 AM (Cus5s)

427 Notre Dame University is pretty much isolated off from South Bend. They have their own FD and probably PD and aren't really part of the small city. I drove around the city a couple years ago, and was glad to see the leaving South Bend sign. Detroit Junior, I'd call it.

Posted by: Colin at October 13, 2021 08:38 AM (6XIp1)

428 Ric Grenell would like a word.
__________

He didn't count because Trump. And also because he doesn't tweet out photos of himself and his "husband" sitting in a swing together, or pretending to birth babies together in a hospital bed.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 13, 2021 08:39 AM (k4dH2)

429 Jimco. That's a bit harsh about South Bend. It doesn't in any way look like Cuba and stuck in the 50's. It's no longer a manufacturing town and it reflects that. The University of Notre Dame and the local hospital system is the biggest employer not Bendix or Studebaker. It's a nice town with areas that aren't so nice. You know like a lot of other towns in this country.
Mayor Pete didn't accomplish anything, ND got him his wins. Look at what they accomplished in the campus area, cleaning up a whole lot of nasty city blocks.
Of course he and ND displaced a lot of low income individuals, not sure where they ended up.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 13, 2021 08:42 AM (2NHgQ)

430 "Of course he and ND displaced a lot of low income individuals, not sure where they ended up."

A well made omelette is a beautiful thing.

Just don't look at all the broken shells in the trash can.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 13, 2021 08:43 AM (3D/fK)

431 The port of LA will supposedly work 24/7 and be announced by Joe. Next up is port of Long Beach.

Problem is: all thar overtime kicks inflation up. You know who's going to pay that premium. And so, inflation kicks in even more.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 13, 2021 08:46 AM (qD5ZX)

432 377 Yeah. . . the one album should have instead been titled Steel Wheelchairs

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rats and Unqualified Back Door South Bend Mayors at October 13, 2021 10:27 AM (5DfsO)

433 377 The Rolling Stones hasn't been relevant since the 80's. Who the fuck cares what they do with their show?
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at October 13, 2021 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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Yeah. . . .the one album should have instead been titled Steel Wheelchairs

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rats and Unqualified Back Door South Bend Mayors at October 13, 2021 10:28 AM (5DfsO)

434 The government and police ALL have King George attitudes..... "Fucking peasants.... It is our divine right to rule you....so be quiet about it."

Posted by: Caitlyn's Bidet at October 13, 2021 10:30 AM (Bx9IC)

435 Interesting factoids about Das Butt, Mayor Pete. His father was a professor at Notre Dame (a Catholic! university) who translated Gramsci's Prison Notebooks into English and then started a Gramsci Society to study his horrid philosophy and became the world expert on the Italo-commie. https://tinyurl.com/x9d5rmpd

But there's more! Mayor Pete's security adviser during his presidential campaign was Tarek Ghani, son of "president" Ghani of Afghanistan, a university prof in the US for his adult life, no doubt installed by the ruling class. And Tarek is married to the legislative aide of Elizabeth Warren. So Ruling Class all the way. And hey, where's all that money that Dad stole from the Afghan government on his way out the door.

Posted by: PJ at October 13, 2021 11:17 AM (G1dq6)

436 Superman now Bisexual...does he take it up the ass now?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 13, 2021 11:37 AM (ynpvh)

437 As one headline-writing wag at the Babylon Bee noted, "Buttigieg concerned that his ports are plugged."

Posted by: Dan at October 13, 2021 11:38 AM (+NG5U)

438 Superman.... If he doesn't like them.... He lets them enter and then pinches it off.

Posted by: Caitlyn's Taint at October 13, 2021 11:57 AM (Bx9IC)

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