EMT 4-03-22

Happy Sunday!

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

Comments

1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:01 AM (2JoB8)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, April 3 2022. On this day in 1860 the first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, began.

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:01 AM (mZwKe)

3 good morning!

Posted by: Shaftoe at April 03, 2022 06:01 AM (gS/r9)

4 California corporate diversity law ruled unconstitutional

https://tinyurl.com/yc8hy7zz

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

5 Coffee is done, cup then breakfast

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:02 AM (2JoB8)

6 A climate change ~~activist~~ terrorist group who refer to themselves as the Tyre Extinguishers claim that, over the past month, they have taken the air out of 2,000 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs).

Lucky they were doing this over in England. If they were doing near here they would have been shot.

https://tinyurl.com/5n836h45

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

7 New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Donald Trump.

Thank you Biden.

https://tinyurl.com/4bpw6dcm

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

8 California hiker's body found after two weeks with dog, barely alive, still by his side

Damn loyal dog.

https://tinyurl.com/2zykw5yb

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:03 AM (mZwKe)

9 Battered by rising energy prices, the Biden administration is now talking a good game about increasing supply and reducing prices. And yet it is still acting with, well, a forked tongue, that is, loudly cheering for more energy while still quietly seeking to limit it.

What the author here fails to say is Biden IS and always has been a colossal liar.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8z76x3

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:03 AM (mZwKe)

10 Looks like a 3 scoop kind of day!

Posted by: Joey Dickdiaper... at April 03, 2022 06:04 AM (sZmbi)

11 The Pentagon is investigating extremism in the military. Here's how bad the problem is

Bad title, what they found was that extremists in the Army are few and far between. IOW it is not BAD and virtually is non-existent.

https://tinyurl.com/yykjcbyy

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:04 AM (mZwKe)

12 Saturday's political cartoon of the day.

https://tinyurl.com/ynfy86ws

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:04 AM (mZwKe)

13 RAMIREZ repeat

https://tinyurl.com/42y5csj

And that's it for today

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:04 AM (mZwKe)

14 Thanks, Vic!

Mornin' again, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:05 AM (Z/jzm)

15 Morning!
Thanks for the news Vic.

The link for Ramirez doesn't work.

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:07 AM (vd8XM)

16 Willowed: 32 here. Only in the low 40s today. A lot of rainy days predicted this week. We didn't get our normal snow totals this winter, so I'm guessing the rain is much needed
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022

***
A perfect day to stay in and watch a movie or two, take a nap, etc.

I'm trying also to decide if I want to drive 40 minutes or more to the Walmart up Hwy. 90, which opens at 6. It would be a fun pre-dawn drive. The car does not often get such a long run, even at a slow-ish speed like 60. I have to balance the burning of the gas against the fun factor. And the store may not have even 1 manned checkout and will expect me to use the self-checkout, which I refuse to do. I guess I need to look at it as a fun drive, and anything else will be icing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 06:08 AM (c6xtn)

17 Hiker was young guy, don't see they say what killed him.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:09 AM (2JoB8)

18 Hiya Vic !
Thanks for the VNN !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 06:09 AM (arJlL)

19 New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026,

Hardly an inconvenience.

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:10 AM (vd8XM)

20 We are getting rain this week it says often.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:10 AM (2JoB8)

21 Hiker was young guy, don't see they say what killed him.
Posted by: Skip

The cops should question hillary.

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 06:11 AM (arJlL)

22 Hiya MLiiGRAM !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 06:11 AM (arJlL)

23
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2022 06:12 AM (DUIap)

24 2 Because of the danger involved, Pony Express help wanted flyers had "Orphans are encouraged to apply". Pony Express riders went unarmed because of weight and relied on the speed of fresh horses to get out of trouble.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022 06:12 AM (lz5hY)

25 Because of the danger involved, Pony Express help wanted flyers had "Orphans are encouraged to apply". Pony Express riders went unarmed because of weight and relied on the speed of fresh horses to get out of trouble.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022

***
From what I hear about Amazon's policies, maybe they should do the same when advertising for drivers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 06:14 AM (c6xtn)

26 >>A perfect day to stay in and watch a movie or two, take a nap, etc. ...

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 06:08 AM (c6xtn)

Yes it would be! Sadly not gonna happen that way.

Mom duty starts in 45 min. til about 10 a.m. then off to work til 5 (on my day off).

Plan was to make some baked egg custard before son #1 gets back here this morning.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:14 AM (Z/jzm)

27 We met my nieces for lunch yesterday so my wife can start the wedding shower plans. Trying to do it via text was driving my wife crazy. Considering the nieces grew up with cell phones, they don't communicate all that well with them.

Had about a 2 inch wet snowfall to drive through. Noticed on the way home that 3 of the states big snowplows pulled off and waiting to do...something.
Snow wasn't sticking to the roads. So they probably got paid at least time and a half to park the trucks and be at the ready.

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:15 AM (vd8XM)

28 comment

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:15 AM (geLO8)

29 25 Yeah, I bet the life of an Amazon driver can get exciting in certain wards down in NOLA.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022 06:16 AM (lz5hY)

30 Mornin' all. Biden really intends to destroy this country.

Posted by: JM in Florida at April 03, 2022 06:17 AM (L7jyl)

31 Yeah, I bet the life of an Amazon driver can get exciting in certain wards down in NOLA.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022

***
The crazy way they drive makes things "exciting" for the rest of us too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM (c6xtn)

32 Noticed on the way home that 3 of the states big snowplows pulled off and waiting to do...something.
Snow wasn't sticking to the roads. So they probably got paid at least time and a half to park the trucks and be at the ready.
Posted by: Bruce

The Pony Express never did that !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM (arJlL)

33 The dog knows, hope he is being interrogated

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM (2JoB8)

34 Watched the Trump rally last night. The MI candidates he endorsed really had the audience fired up

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM (Z/jzm)

35 Biden really intends to destroy this country.
Posted by: JM

But, he's selling us oil from the strategic reserve that was bought during the lower Trump prices, at todays prices.

The second step of the Underwear Gnomes.

Profit!!

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM (vd8XM)

36 31 UPS driving is pretty good, but they sometimes feel they can park big brown anywhere they feel like. Cop buddy of mine would get a tune up from his sergeant on the lack of citations coming out of his pad. He could make it up real quick going through downtown and citing double parked UPS trucks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022 06:21 AM (lz5hY)

37 I guess I'll play it safe: Go out to fill up the car in a little while, hit the nearby Walmart (I have a pretty long shopping list today, for me), then decide later in the morning if I want to take a drive up the highway. There's a Dollar Tree up there too. Plus I won't have to drive back with the sun right in my eyes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 06:21 AM (c6xtn)

38 Good morning everyone.

We met my nieces for lunch yesterday so my wife can start the wedding shower plans. Trying to do it via text was driving my wife crazy. Considering the nieces grew up with cell phones, they don't communicate all that well with them.
Posted by: Bruce

I have held for years that texting, in particular, is not effective communication. It's almost impossible to convey tone through that medium.

My favorite from the youngun's is : I didn't get your text.

How does 'Bullshit!' sound to you? Your face is forever buried it the device.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2022 06:22 AM (F6McX)

39 You can't wish in a 50% mileage average improvement in 4 years. These people are idiots.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 03, 2022 06:22 AM (ZzuCP)

40 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 03, 2022 06:23 AM (ju2Fy)

41 40 mpg in less than 4 years. Insane. Soccer Moms in mini vans will have a hard time; Toyota's Sienna minivan -- a hybrid -- gets 38 mpg.

Guess we'll all have to drive cars the size of a Yugo.

FJB

Posted by: JM in Florida at April 03, 2022 06:24 AM (L7jyl)

42 Thanks for the news, Vic. Have a good day, all.

Posted by: JM in Florida at April 03, 2022 06:25 AM (L7jyl)

43 41 Guess we'll all have to drive cars the size of a Yugo.

FJB

Posted by: JM in Florida at April 03, 2022 06:24 AM (L7jyl)

I'm thinking after Biden is banished to Hell where he belongs the Republicans will reverse it back to where Trump put it.

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:27 AM (mZwKe)

44 Good morning! Put out the cash for materials to build a 1/4 circle, stone retaining wall for a garden at the end of the patio next week. I guess I'll go to the store later today and buy a large bottle of ibuprofen.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2022 06:29 AM (+I4ai)

45 The MPG requirement is so simple anybody can see it's to force manufacturing of EVs. If they don't sell, production averages out on the mileage requirement. Because they don't sell, manufacturers have to increase prices on those that do. Then they force feed the non selling EVs to the dealers, and their floor plan payments go through the roof. Chevy Volts sat around a real long time.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022 06:29 AM (lz5hY)

46
How does 'Bullshit!' sound to you? Your face is forever buried it the device.
Posted by: Tonypete

What was driving my wife crazy was the responses to her questions of how many, where at, what kind of menu, etc.

Responses of, not sure, I'm good either way, and I'll get back to you, was not what the wife was looking for. Shower is the end of June and the clock is ticking, for my wife anyway.

If it was me? A 6 foot sub. Couple cases of beer and two, no make that three different flavors of chips and dip.

Party!!

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:29 AM (vd8XM)

47 I'm guessing the car companies are gonna have to offer a lot of shitty little cars that get good mileage to be able to sell an suv or muscle car

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2022 06:29 AM (fvJFK)

48 Watched the Trump rally last night. The MI candidates he endorsed really had the audience fired up
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM (Z/jzm)

I agree. If Trump runs he'll need a VP along these lines.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2022 06:29 AM (2Mz/W)

49 I am beginning to re-think the presidency

this 'executive order' shit is getting out of hand, and seems more like legislating by decree

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:31 AM (geLO8)

50 "30 Mornin' all. Biden really intends to destroy this country.

Posted by: JM in Florida at April 03, 2022 06:17 AM (L7jyl) "

We've known this for years, but it is starting to become increasingly apparent to more people all the time ... which is what needs to happen if the decline is ever going to be reversed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (c1v4f) at April 03, 2022 06:31 AM (WdIWr)

51 Rev. Matthew Henry-17th and early 18th century English pastor and Biblical scholar:

Prayer on the morning of the Lord's Day:

https://tinyurl.com/y2h76s8z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2022 06:31 AM (xYN0G)

52 I agree. If Trump runs he'll need a VP along these lines.
Posted by: Ordinary American

I'm still available. Go Rah!!

Mikey "six" Pence...with egg on his face

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:31 AM (vd8XM)

53 The 40 mpg requirement even if it somehow actually goes into effect will not affect me. I no longer have a car and my neighbor who gets my groceries drives a hybrid.

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:33 AM (mZwKe)

54 49 this 'executive order' shit is getting out of hand, and seems more like legislating by decree

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:31 AM (geLO

This is exactly what it is and so-called executive orders are not supported by the Constitution.

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:35 AM (mZwKe)

55 sounds like a perfectly good plan to me, Bruce ! maybe you can sell it to Mrs if everyone continues to evade and go limp.

also consider adding baked beans, potato salad, & cole slaw ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (c1v4f) at April 03, 2022 06:35 AM (WdIWr)

56 Hiya Fen !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 06:36 AM (arJlL)

57 The fleet average mpg that the govt mandates is full of smoke and mirrors and accounting gimmicks. You won't find many cars that match the numbers in press releases.

https://tinyurl.com/yck5jp9n

"You can anticipate that 49 mpg unadjusted will yield a figure somewhere in the mid-30s on an average window sticker."

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 03, 2022 06:36 AM (Y5qcH)

58 Watched the Trump rally last night. The MI candidates he endorsed really had the audience fired up

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:18 AM

Did PDT endorse anyone for governor? I wouldn't blame him if he didn't.

There's a baker's dozen of candidates in the clown show; James Craig being the only one with any "name recognition" and that's only in the metro Detroit (Rock City) corner of the state. There's the usual collection of faceless blue suit, white shirt, red tie GOPe types; a "radio talk show" host with a funny name who no-one's ever heard of; a retired chiropractor, and a guy who thinks he can "fix the government" with statistical process control

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2022 06:36 AM (DUIap)

59 Todays Gospel - Jn 8:1-11
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him,
he straightened up and said to them, "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him.
Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She replied, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more."

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2022 06:37 AM (F6McX)

60 Currently electric vehicles are assigned a figure of 95-125 mpg for the mpg calculation. I'm guessing the regime will just change that figure to get their required number in 2026.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 03, 2022 06:37 AM (ZzuCP)

61 Hi, JT.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2022 06:38 AM (AYcg3)

62 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 03, 2022 06:39 AM (cknjq)

63 Thanks TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 06:39 AM (arJlL)

64 >>This is exactly what it is and so-called executive orders are not supported by the Constitution.

Posted by: Vic

also I don't like this 'rule-making' stuff. We always hear about 'such and such agency releases new rules on..' whatever-

other than spelling, what's the diff between a rule and a law? You break either, you're in trouble, right?

'Rule-making' should be the sole province of a legislature- the executive branch enforces rules- it doesn't make them-- if we were to follow the Constitution, that is...

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:39 AM (geLO8)

65 The govt rules takes into account the vehicles "footprint". Large vehicles get to have lower mpg. The govt has incentivized the US to build bigger cars and no one has called them on this BS.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 03, 2022 06:40 AM (UuD2k)

66 sounds like a perfectly good plan to me, Bruce ! maybe you can sell it to Mrs if everyone continues to evade and go limp.

also consider adding baked beans, potato salad, & cole slaw ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Whoo Hoo, now your talking a party!

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:40 AM (vd8XM)

67 >>Did PDT endorse anyone for governor? I wouldn't blame him if he didn't.
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2022 06:36 AM (DUIap)

I don't remember that. Sec of State, Attny General and someone else....cant remember who

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:41 AM (Z/jzm)

68 This is a really nice psalm -psalm 96:

https://tinyurl.com/3hyudah6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2022 06:41 AM (AYcg3)

69 California corporate diversity law ruled unconstitutional

https://tinyurl.com/yc8hy7zz
Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)
===

Good morning morons and thanks for VNN

This is proof they do what they want without regard for the law, and only rarely is their leash yanked.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2022 06:42 AM (EZebt)

70 64 other than spelling, what's the diff between a rule and a law? You break either, you're in trouble, right?

'Rule-making' should be the sole province of a legislature- the executive branch enforces rules- it doesn't make them-- if we were to follow the Constitution, that is...

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:39 AM (geLO

This is something the Supreme court said they were going to be taking a hard look at. The use of regulations far beyond the law passed by congress.

Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2022 06:43 AM (mZwKe)

71 I was watching a recorded Motorweek episode yesterday and saw that Pat Goss, the long time mechanic on the show had passed away..

RIP

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2022 06:44 AM (vd8XM)

72
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:41 AM

thanks

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2022 06:45 AM (DUIap)

73 Kentanji's comments that she doesn't have a view on natural law should be immediately disqualifying. She basically said she doesn't believe in the Declaration. Let's go Brandon!

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 03, 2022 06:47 AM (ZzuCP)

74 >>This is something the Supreme court said they were going to be taking a hard look at. The use of regulations far beyond the law passed by congress.

Posted by: Vic

faster, please!
the country is being whip-sawed back and forth, left and right, every time the administration in DC changes, and one man wipes out everything the previous guy did-

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:47 AM (geLO8)

75 Children Cheer On Worker Every Time He Shovels Some Dirt

https://tinyurl.com/43bau3rm

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 06:52 AM (geLO8)

76 They are going to install KBJ on the court, I can feel it.
Can't wait to read one of her CRT verdicts

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:52 AM (2JoB8)

77 https://www.the-sun.com/news/5038734/
mum-daughter-sculpture-pencil/

Miniature art, you will be amazed

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 06:54 AM (2JoB8)

78 I would have been first, but you guys (and gals) move fast.

Posted by: fluffy at April 03, 2022 06:56 AM (UnQlg)

79 Good morning all!
Son continues to have a great season. As of yesterday, he is now up to 7 RBIs. He is having a blast. It took lots of batting practice and lots of tears (his and mine) to get here. Thank you all for putting up with me talking about baseball all of the time.

Posted by: jmel at April 03, 2022 06:59 AM (bVhJi)

80 That's pretty cool Skip

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 06:59 AM (Z/jzm)

81 Ok, mom duty calls.

Later, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 03, 2022 07:01 AM (Z/jzm)

82 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Church this morning, then some puttering, and then a nap. Yay Sundays!! Probably watch some golf and racing too, between naps. A full day, I tells ya!

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2022 07:03 AM (sAmhv)

83 Church this morning, then some puttering, and then a nap. Yay Sundays!! Probably watch some golf and racing too, between naps. A full day, I tells ya!
Posted by: Puddleglum

Don't forget to rest up for your naps. You don't want to just dive in without preparing.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2022 07:04 AM (F6McX)

84 The Revised Common Lectionary-which many Protestants use-the 3 year cycle of Biblical readings -has as the Gospel/ the anointing of Jesus at Bethany-John 12: 1-8.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2022 07:04 AM (nk00D)

85 Haven't followed the tournament much this year. Duke lost so all is well. Loath Duke.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2022 07:07 AM (sAmhv)

86 Music to my heart. A devotional about God's presence:

https://tinyurl.com/3tvx2yay

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2022 07:12 AM (nk00D)

87 Polish guest is here and sleeping. He had to switch airlines, got delayed from original landing by 10 hours, and got his luggage lost by British Air...and I haven't seen him yet (spouse picked him up and they didn't get back til 1am)...but, it's over. I'm exhausted and didn't even travel (and somehow woke up to soon), so early Church and then I'll hopefully see him awake...

Posted by: Nova local at April 03, 2022 07:12 AM (exHjb)

88 to = too

Posted by: Nova local at April 03, 2022 07:13 AM (exHjb)

89 That is amazing miniature art, Skip. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 03, 2022 07:14 AM (nk00D)

90 Simply put, Laws (statutes) are made by legislatures and interpreted by courts

Regulations (rules) are made by bureaucrats and interpreted by administrative law judges.

The way it usually works is like this, the legislators pass a law that says "The Secretary shall regulate x,y,z..." and then the Secretary of whatever bids his minions to write regulations. There is a process for regulating and rule making. They are published in the Code of Federal Regulations. Tens of thousands of pages.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2022 07:16 AM (EZebt)

91 Alton Jackson, any R is better than wRetchin' Gretchen. Is there a cat running? And same day registrations to vote? I've always wanted to live in Michigan for a day, max.

Still better than that wretched bitch. And can catch mice on the side.

Mornin', y'all.

Welp, it looks like Putin has decided to tuck tail and advance in a negative motion around Kiev.

Oops. Oopsies. I just wish Ukraine wasn't such a corrupt shithole that I could whole-heartedly root for them.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2022 07:18 AM (F0YaR)

92 The way it usually works is like this, the legislators pass a law that says "The Secretary shall regulate x,y,z..." and then the Secretary of whatever bids his minions to write regulations. There is a process for regulating and rule making. They are published in the Code of Federal Regulations. Tens of thousands of pages.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2022 07:16 AM (EZebt)

Pass the buck FUBAR legislation. After all, the House has much more important matters to attend to, like banning lynchings. Or declaring April 2 as National Chocolate Day.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2022 07:21 AM (F0YaR)

93 SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson gave lenient sentences even in child porn cases involving infants and APOLOGIZED to one defendant, court transcripts show

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 07:22 AM (geLO8)

94
There are those what says this Sunday is 'appy, and there are those what says it ain't.

T'ell with the latter.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 03, 2022 07:22 AM (pNxlR)

95
SloJo's in town, according to the signs outside his place.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 03, 2022 07:24 AM (pNxlR)

96 mornin yall. They are closing downtown near here next week to film the musical version of "The Color Purple". I'm not sure how they will hide all the bums and meth heads though, they have taken to standing in the road with no clothes on so they have more of a blue tinge.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:25 AM (vrz2I)

97 I think he gets his weekly orders on the weekends, as well as his juice shots.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2022 07:25 AM (2JoB8)

98 @19

>>Hardly an inconvenience.

That would mean every vehicle would have to have an EV or EV/Gas Hybrid engine, have a curb weight of no greater than 3k lbs, have a hauling capacity of under 1k lbs and be as bare and spartan so that this could even possibly be accomplished.

In other words, every car will have to be a useless POS Nissan Leaf.

They will pry the keys to my 16mpg Jeep Wrangler from my cold deaf hands.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 07:25 AM (N0mP0)

99 >>The way it usually works is like this, the legislators pass a law that says "The Secretary shall regulate x,y,z..."...

Posted by: San Franpsycho

I have discovered that I don't like this-
it seems to me, the legislature is empowering unelected bureaucrats to legislate for them-

and yes, all this might be codified in law already- but I don't like it- there is much about government I don't like

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 07:27 AM (geLO8)

100 @93

>>SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson gave lenient sentences even in child porn cases involving infants and APOLOGIZED to one defendant, court transcripts show

She's a leftist activist apparatchik masquerading as a jurist.

Seriously, I can't wait to read her first opinion, it will make Kamala Harris lucid and sober by comparison.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 07:27 AM (N0mP0)

101
You can't wish in a 50% mileage average improvement in 4 years. These people are idiots.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

You can if you intend to shove EVs down consumers' throats and you make vehicles so expensive that they are priced beyond affordability for the hoi polloi.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 03, 2022 07:28 AM (pNxlR)

102
Seriously, I can't wait to read her first opinion, it will make Kamala Harris lucid and sober by comparison.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Perhaps mandating that dunce caps be worn by those on SCOTUS who've earned them.

I see at least two dunce caps already.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 03, 2022 07:30 AM (pNxlR)

103 I'm back from the Walmart near me, and I have no desire to go into one again. Nobody is manning the regular checkout line, whereas they usually have someone even early when the store opens. I politely ask a nearby employee, "Is there anyone scheduled to run the checkout?" She gives me a stupid and arrogant look. "I dunno. Ain't my depawtment."

I ask the greeter, again politely, if she knows. She calls to some other drone, who repeats sullenly, "I dunno."

I wouldn't mind their not knowing, if they would say, "I'm sorry I can't help you." Instead I get an arrogant stare and a growled "I dunno." WM makes a point of hiring the stupidest people in town -- and here, that's really saying something. I'll go to the local chain and pay 5-10% more for the privilege of having real checkouts and sensible employees.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 07:30 AM (c6xtn)

104 There were a few imports in the mid 70s that easily exceeded the 40mpg requirement. Most would seat a family of four very small people, had the structural integrity of a Kleenex box, and got lighter as weeks went by, increasing mileage. This was due to parts rusting away, sometimes starting on the showroom floor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 03, 2022 07:31 AM (lz5hY)

105 The transcripts, described by the New York Post in a report on Saturday, show that Jackson disregarded prosecutors' sentencing recommendations even in some cases involving sickening abuse images of 'infants and toddlers' and in one case apologized to the defendant for handing down prison time.

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 07:32 AM (geLO8)

106 The most infamous of the eight cases in question involves the 2013 sentencing of Wesley Hawkins, who was 18 when he was busted posting videos to YouTube of boys as young as 11 being raped by adult men.

Jackson, citing his young age, sentenced Hawkins to just three months in prison, as opposed to the 24 months recommended by prosecutors.

'I am not persuaded that two years in prison is necessary,' she said at the time, according to the new transcripts, citing Hawkins' 'future potential'.

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 07:32 AM (geLO8)

107 On the good side, I gassed up and saw 23.57 mpg for the last week on 1/2 ethanol-free gas and 1/2 E10. And the price of regular at that store is $3.63 with my Exxon card. The E0 is 3.99, only .36 more -- so filling up with that, getting a ~10% increase in mileage, means I pretty much break even.

Thank God I don't have to interact with those employees. Rude, arrogant, AND don't speak English.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 07:34 AM (c6xtn)

108 Truck not starting, will give it a little more time

Posted by: Skip's Phone at April 03, 2022 07:35 AM (2JoB8)

109
They will pry the keys to my 16mpg Jeep Wrangler from my cold deaf hands.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 07:25 AM

16 mpg? Luxury!

they'll never take my 14 mpg '01 F-150

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2022 07:37 AM (DUIap)

110 they'll never take my 14 mpg '01 F-150
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2022 07:37 AM (DUIap)

My Escalade would like a word.

Posted by: blaster at April 03, 2022 07:40 AM (RWfpo)

111 @109

>>they'll never take my 14 mpg '01 F-150

That's beautiful. ** Tears **

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 07:41 AM (N0mP0)

112 I saw an article on the Wrangler hybrid that only goes 20 miles on a charge. The thing is only possible thru government regulations and subsidies.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:41 AM (vrz2I)

113 20 miles most days wouldn't get me to work and back

Posted by: Skip's Phone at April 03, 2022 07:42 AM (2JoB8)

114 20 miles most days wouldn't get me to work and back
Posted by: Skip's Phone at April 03, 2022

***
I live 12 miles from work. I can just imagine running out of juice 4 miles from home on a hot afternoon in the middle of the bridge. Uh-huh.

Not to mention I'd have no place to charge the thing at home or at work. Screw these people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 07:44 AM (c6xtn)

115 If I'm four wheeling out is the desert 100 miles from anything I really want a complex hybrid vehicle with a 1000 more things that can break and create buzzard food.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:45 AM (vrz2I)

116 @113

>>20 miles most days wouldn't get me to work and back.

The compelling thing about the Hybrid Wrangler is that you can select engine operation from full gas, full electric or hybrid operation.

Electric only operation is optimal for rock crawling in 4x4 Low gear in MOAB environments because of the tremendous amount of instantaneous amount of torque that can be generated by electric engines.

I have no problem with Hybrid Engines, Electric only vehicles are extraordinarily stupid, pointless and useless.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 07:47 AM (N0mP0)

117 Hybrid Wranglers start at $50k. The last new car I bought in 2017 was $11,000 and gets 38mpg.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:48 AM (vrz2I)

118 Maybe Ford will bring back the Pinto...0-60 in 20 seconds flat.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2022 07:49 AM (fvJFK)

119 Complex systems break more often than simple systems, cost more, and are more expensive and time consuming to diagnose and fix. I want none of that in an off road vehicle.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:51 AM (vrz2I)

120 I'd take a Pinto, Gremlin, or even a Vega over any hybrid. At least I could drop an LS into the Vega.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:53 AM (vrz2I)

121
Maybe Ford will bring back the Pinto...0-60 in 20 seconds flat.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2022 07:49 AM

Speaking of flaming wrecks, when is French CarBQ season? Isn't that a traditional spring event?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 03, 2022 07:53 AM (dQvv7)

122 Executive orders should only be allowed if the order reduces or eliminates a federal rule, regulation or position.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2022 07:54 AM (R/m4+)

123 118 Maybe Ford will bring back the Pinto...0-60 in 20 seconds flat.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

'81 Chrysler K-Car!! If it got over 60mph, the engine shut off! Fortunately, I grew up in hilly W.Pa. The only way it was getting to 60mph is if it was going downhill and somebody was pushing you!

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2022 07:55 AM (sAmhv)

124 From the Guardian-
The CDC is beholden to corporations and lost our trust. We need to start our own
The People's CDC
We're epidemiologists, nurses and physicians, artists and biologists. We have come together with a common anger at the US government's handling of Covid

I think we have found the main hive of Karens. This is some 5th column bullshit from "scientists" which combines every piece of COVID propaganda and hysteria into the coming BA2 surge and wraps it into a pretend attack from the right.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 07:55 AM (qnVBz)

125
'81 Chrysler K-Car

Truly a turd on wheels. Another product of government regulations.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:56 AM (vrz2I)

126 @119

>>Complex systems break more often than simple systems, cost more, and are more expensive and time consuming to diagnose and fix. I want none of that in an off road vehicle.

True, Jeep is currently the only automaker where you can spend 40k on a vehicle and you can order it without air conditioning, manual windows, manual locks, a rag top and manual transmission.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 07:57 AM (N0mP0)

127 124: "The People's CDC" is a tell and a really bad one.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2022 07:57 AM (sAmhv)

128 If I'm four wheeling out is the desert 100 miles from anything

Hey! Nobody is coming for your 4WD truck...yet. If you want your truck you can keep your truck. Promise!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 07:57 AM (qnVBz)

129 It's called the 'Administrative State'. A guy named Hamburger wrote of it and why it is against the law.
The administrative state implements the power of the old British Kings only with the power of technology to screw us.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2022 08:01 AM (7Nl5T)

130 The Pentagons most recent search for extremists within the ranks was just the latest failure to find evidence that the military is a breeding ground for violent radicals, a Fox News review has found.

The Department of Defense identified fewer than 100 instances of confirmed extremist activity in 2021, the Pentagon reported in December. Despite significant rhetoric from Democrats, media pundits and activists, the finding was unsurprising to more than 30 current and former service members who spoke with Fox News.

I noticed zero extremism during my time in the military, Matthew Griffin, a former Army Ranger, told Fox News. None. Didnt witness it at all.

Of course..A total waste of time and money

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:02 AM (Irn0L)

131 Wrangler hybrid weighs over 5000 lbs. Not really the thing you want for mudboggin.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:02 AM (vrz2I)

132 The Gremlin was actually a pretty good car. Their straight 6 was very reliable. Ugly as hell though.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 03, 2022 08:02 AM (flINI)

133 Skip -

We're not gonna get malaria today.

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 08:03 AM (arJlL)

134 My Sorento is probably the last ICE I will own and I will own it for a long time. Everything about EV's will be regulated to restrict movement.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 03, 2022 08:03 AM (rugLi)

135 Jews behind Russia-Ukraine war to form new Jewish state - Islamic scholar
According to MEMRI, Mraweh Nassar said that the West has forsaken the Jews because the Zionist project will fail in two years.

Sounds like a plan to me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:04 AM (Irn0L)

136 Truck just started, has to electonic issue

Posted by: Skip's Phone at April 03, 2022 08:05 AM (2JoB8)

137 >>Despite significant rhetoric from Democrats, media pundits and activists, the finding was unsurprising to more than 30 current and former service members who spoke with Fox News.

a solution in search of a problem

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 08:05 AM (geLO8)

138 Two men have been charged in the shooting death of an off-duty Texas deputy who was gunned down after leaving a grocery store Thursday night and a third male is being sought, authorities said Friday.

Joshua Stewart, 23, and Fredarius Clark, 19, are both charged with capital murder in connection with the death of Harris County Sheriffs Deputy Darren Almendarez.

Wait till the trial and they get pictures of these two misunderstood yoots in their bar mitzvah pictures

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:08 AM (Irn0L)

139 Former president Donald Trump slammed the Biden administrations endorsement of surgery and medical therapy for transgender minors at a rally in Michigan on Saturday.

This week the Biden administration released guidance endorsing hormone therapy, puberty blockers and sex-changing surgeries for children and minor youth, Trump told the crowd in Grand Rapids.

Can you imagine a child and then they grow up and they say why the hell did you do that to me mom or dad or government?

Spot on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:10 AM (Irn0L)

140 120 I'd take a Pinto, Gremlin, or even a Vega over any hybrid. At least I could drop an LS into the Vega.
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 07:53 AM (vrz2I)

We had a Vega growing up. Proved a very reliable little car for my mother.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 03, 2022 08:10 AM (H8QX8)

141 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2022 08:12 AM (3D/fK)

142 The Gremlin was actually a pretty good car. Their straight 6 was very reliable. Ugly as hell though.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 03, 2022 08:02 AM (flINI)

AMC produced a lot of non stylish but functional cars in the late 70s. I kind of liked the Matadors but that was definitely a minority opinion. They did have a big time rust problem that never seemed to get resolved.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 03, 2022 08:13 AM (y7DUB)

143 I always thought the AMC Javelin was cool. Wasn't that the one they used for a barrel roll jump in a Bond film?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2022 08:14 AM (fvJFK)

144 "We had a Vega growing up. Proved a very reliable little car for my mother."

You could put a modern turbo twin cam 4 banger in one and have a Cosworth beater beater.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:15 AM (vrz2I)

145 Another impossible ruling by the elite. In just a few short years in my state, schools must buy buses that are all electric. School buses are heavy for a reason, and the best they can do is 30 miles between charges. I live in a rural area and 30 miles is a one way run, recharge somewhere and then make the 30 mile run back to the school. Children will be lucky to even make it to school riding one of those buses. Thanks Governor, your fucking up again.

Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2022 08:16 AM (YVx1O)

146 Most hikers who die alone die from a slip and fall.

If you are on an isolated trail even if you survive the fall it is just a matter of time.

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at April 03, 2022 08:16 AM (4TZI4)

147 "Children will be lucky to even make it to school riding one of those buses. "

They might be pushing.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:17 AM (vrz2I)

148
Can you imagine a child and then they grow up and they say why the hell did you do that to me mom or dad or government?

Spot on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:10 AM

In one of my art books on surrealistic painters there is a painting by Salvatore Dali. In one of the paintings he depicts himself as a naked six year old girl, because he believed himself to be a young girl at that age. His perception mostly occurred in the late 1890's. So this stuff isn't some brand new phenomenon. Kids grow out of it.

If you do an image search on 'Dali sleeping dog' you can find the painting.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 03, 2022 08:17 AM (dQvv7)

149 Very nice campaign song in the sidebar for future President DeSantis.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:18 AM (V6b71)

150
Mom: GET OUT OF BED NOW! YOU'LL MISS THE BUS!!

Child: Naw they have to stop for charging at Billy's house.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:18 AM (vrz2I)

151 I am confused regarding the end of this Title 42 at the border that will cause yet another flood of illegals. Are we supposed to believe the regime has been not been allowing a flood from day one? If you listen to the MSM they make it sound everything has been fine and quite there for the past year or so and just now the regime is "worried" about this. The reality is yes, there will be a new wave of caravans but that will be on top of the already huge numbers crossing. It is staggering to even think about.

Posted by: Ripley at April 03, 2022 08:20 AM (PTDkx)

152 What's Pence's campaign song? Something by Beck right?

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:20 AM (vrz2I)

153 Solution: Overhead power cables through every neighborhood so busses can charge while they drive.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 08:21 AM (qnVBz)

154 >>Most hikers who die alone die from a slip and fall.

happens in CO from time to time-
recently, some human 'skeletal remains' were found in Clear Creek Canyon, which is less than an hour from Denver-
people hike alone, digging their 'wilderness experience', then one misstep- and they're at the bottom of a ravine with a broken leg and no one close enough to hear the cry for help-
Colorado has so many ways to kill a person

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 08:22 AM (geLO8)

155 Solution: Overhead power cables through every neighborhood so busses can charge while they drive.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 08:21 AM (qnVBz)

fuck that, kids can walk 20 miles to school in blizzards and hurricaines like I used to

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:23 AM (Irn0L)

156 It's called the 'Administrative State'. A guy named Hamburger wrote of it and why it is against the law.
The administrative state implements the power of the old British Kings only with the power of technology to screw us.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2022 08:01 AM (7Nl5T)
===

Dwight Waldo is recommended.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2022 08:24 AM (EZebt)

157 It's called the 'Administrative State'. A guy named Hamburger wrote of it and why it is against the law.
======================

Join my campaign: Philip Hamburger for the Supreme Court!

He's Professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia and is no wild-eyed radical, but he has been making the case for decades that much of the fat Federal bureaucracy which rules our country is entirely outside the law.

https://tinyurl.com/y3zjndnp

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:24 AM (iJ2Uh)

158 >> Solution: Overhead power cables through every neighborhood so busses can charge while they drive.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

there could be some kind of steel rails anchored to the ground, and the buses could have special wheels that would follow these rails
hmm...

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 08:24 AM (geLO8)

159 So nice to see Sacramento has become Kiev's Sister City. Let's get some RPGs in there!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2022 08:24 AM (pNhkh)

160 Or maybe Pence would prefer something by the Beatles?

I'm a loser
And I lost someone who's near to me
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be

What have I done to deserve such a fate
I realize I have left it too late
And so it's true, pride comes before a fall
I'm telling you so that you won't lose all

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:25 AM (vrz2I)

161 Colorado has so many ways to kill a person

The Rockies! The Australia of mountain ranges! And on that note, off to Church! I'll be lurking in and out today. Later...(makes driving noises)

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 03, 2022 08:25 AM (sAmhv)

162 Yes! 400VDC power rails embedded into every neighborhood street!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 08:26 AM (qnVBz)

163 fuck that, kids can walk 20 miles to school in blizzards and hurricaines like I used to
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:23 AM (Irn0L)

Concur. Abolish skool busing.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2022 08:26 AM (R/m4+)

164 Pence will have "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 08:27 AM (qnVBz)

165 Many public transit busses I see are hydrogen fuel cell powered. Those seem to work, though I am no expert.

Why move to electric?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:27 AM (iJ2Uh)

166 I thought all Karen moms drove their kids to school anyway so they didn't get diddled by the bus driver? Because Karen is ok with everyone else's kid getting groomed by pedos, but not hers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 08:28 AM (qnVBz)

167 When younger, I hiked in the mountains of Colorado alone. One trap for the unaware was mine shafts everywhere. Some were marked but not all, and a fall down an abandoned mine shaft wasn't survival, if your alone.

Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2022 08:28 AM (YVx1O)

168 So nice to see Sacramento has become Kiev's Sister City. Let's get some RPGs in there!
Posted by: Dr. Bone

Or they could just let the 'monitor water canons (of Pale Rider fame) flood the Sacramento river as it did before they were outlawed. (The judge who ruled had had his house flooded when the silt caused the river to 'go' everywhere in Sac.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2022 08:29 AM (7Nl5T)

169 Why move to electric?
Posted by: Huck Follywood,

More opportunities for graft?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 03, 2022 08:29 AM (qnVBz)

170 New Jersey outlawed grocery store bags. As of May 1, you have to bring something yourself to carry home the groceries, a la Costco. No paper or plastic bags will be supplied by the store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:32 AM (iJ2Uh)

171 >> I thought all Karen moms drove their kids to school anyway so they didn't get diddled by the bus driver? Because Karen is ok with everyone else's kid getting groomed by pedos, but not hers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

this is really offensive to persons who work as school bus drivers, like me

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 08:32 AM (geLO8)

172 Haha. The 'Nova Kneelers got housed by Kansas.

Good for them.

Posted by: redenzo at April 03, 2022 08:33 AM (E7vND)

173 New Jersey outlawed grocery store bags. As of May 1, you have to bring something yourself to carry home the groceries, a la Costco. No paper or plastic bags will be supplied by the store.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:32 AM (iJ2Uh)
===
Now you will always carry your collapsible string grocery bag like a 70s Soviet housewife, in case you find a store with toilet paper.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2022 08:35 AM (EZebt)

174 Good morning. Anyone here use Ring? We want to get something because there have been some problems around here.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 03, 2022 08:35 AM (nxdel)

175 Good morning. Anyone here use Ring? We want to get something because there have been some problems around here.
Posted by: Jewells45

Ring around the collar ?

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 08:36 AM (arJlL)

176 Now you will always carry your collapsible string grocery bag like a 70s Soviet housewife, in case you find a store with toilet paper.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 03, 2022 08:35 AM (EZebt)
===========
Well, I am certainly willing to do my part for the EastAsia war effort.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:37 AM (iJ2Uh)

177 There are still many places in the US with no cell service. I know its hard to believe living in a city, but rural living is different. So if you hike alone in the mountains, your on your own. Our family has a camp on the Delaware River in NYS and cell service is pretty sparse, with the mountains everywhere. And your only about 100 miles from NYC. Even getting Direct TV is difficult unless you hunt for a signal with all the trees.

Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2022 08:37 AM (YVx1O)

178 fuck that, kids can walk 20 miles to school in blizzards and hurricaines like I used to
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:23 AM (Irn0L)

Concur. Abolish skool busing.

More coffee.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2022 08:26 AM (R/m4+)

Those yellow shitboxes are surely major causes of early type 2 diabetes of those fat fucks.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 03, 2022 08:37 AM (y7DUB)

179 apologized to the defendant for handing down prison time.

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 07:32 AM (geLO

Wonder what he looked like.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2022 08:38 AM (dscaa)

180 Morning peeps.

I can honestly get behind the banning of grocery bags. Nearly every bagger who's put my groceries or merch in bags is retarded. Retarded in the sense that they can't put more than 3 items, regardless of type or size in one bag.

Two large cans of soup and a loaf of bread in one bag is not proper.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2022 08:38 AM (BFigT)

181 @173

>>Now you will always carry your collapsible string grocery bag like a 70s Soviet housewife, in case you find a store with toilet paper.

I've been doing this for roughly the last decade, I shop at stop and shop, they have hand scanners that you can carry with you and scan your purchases as you go, I use canvas shopping bags, it makes the food shopping experience so much better.

The problem is stop and shop seems to be the only company that does this.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 03, 2022 08:39 AM (N0mP0)

182 Two large cans of soup and a loaf of bread in one bag is not proper.

This is why I prefer self check out or at least bagging my own stuff.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 03, 2022 08:40 AM (nxdel)

183 Pence Official Campaign Official Song: DOA

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2022 08:42 AM (taPSh)

184 So this stuff isn't some brand new phenomenon. Kids grow out of it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 03, 2022 08:17 AM (dQvv7)

The abusers know.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2022 08:43 AM (dscaa)

185 I can honestly get behind the banning of grocery bags. Nearly every bagger who's put my groceries or merch in bags is retarded. Retarded in the sense that they can't put more than 3 items, regardless of type or size in one bag.
===============

Well, obviously a law is necessary. Because we don't have enough laws.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:43 AM (iJ2Uh)

186 Good morning.

I see that Duke lost their game against North Carolina. Thank God , I was getting sick of the Coach K farewell tour.

More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at April 03, 2022 08:43 AM (88xKn)

187 fuck that, kids can walk 20 miles to school in blizzards and hurricaines like I used to
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:23 AM (Irn0L)

Concur. Abolish skool busing.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2022 08:26 AM

We only have school busing because of SCOTUS forcing a racial experiment on us. Before that I literally had to walk a mile and a half to and from kindergarten through 6th grade. And no I am not making that up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 03, 2022 08:43 AM (bVYXr)

188 Pence Official Campaign Official Song: DOA
===============
Does Pence have a campaign? Didn't notice.

Maybe radio static could be his campaign song.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 03, 2022 08:44 AM (iJ2Uh)

189 This is why I prefer self check out or at least bagging my own stuff.

We do too... except when half the self check out kiosks are down, one has an elderly person confused on how to operate it and the woman at the next available one is committed to write a check for her sugar cookies and cat food.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 03, 2022 08:44 AM (BFigT)

190 Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:25 AM (vrz2I)

Nowhere Man

Posted by: REDACTED at April 03, 2022 08:44 AM (us2H3)

191 There are still many places in the US with no cell service. I know its hard to believe living in a city, but rural living is different.

Driving from Anchorage to Fairbanks had surprisingly few Spotify dead zones. North of Fairbanks probably gets much worse.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 03, 2022 08:45 AM (y7DUB)

192
Two large cans of soup and a loaf of bread in one bag is not proper.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Did you forget to mention that the loaf is on the bottom or was it implied?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 03, 2022 08:46 AM (7Nl5T)

193 Good morning. Anyone here use Ring? We want to get something because there have been some problems around here.
Posted by: Jewells45

We use SimpliSafe as our security setup. I like it - reasonably priced, you just get the equipment/cameras/sensors you want. Easy to install.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2022 08:47 AM (F6McX)

194 These weasel governors issuing constitutional carry have felt the pressure that is the conservative way forward. If we don't pick up the W every once in a while the "orient" part of OODA loop is broken.

The conventional wisdom about the out-party being crazy isn't wrong. It runs true even though the cathedral keeps an inner party and an outer party.

Perhaps Ace was a bit of a lone voice in 2010 when he talked about "failure theater" but we have come a long way. Thank God.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 03, 2022 08:48 AM (ybIRR)

195 This bagging law in NJ is gonna suck.
I guess more commissary trips to West Point are in my future

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:49 AM (Irn0L)

196 "Kool-Aid Kids" should be somebody's Official Ditty.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2022 08:49 AM (taPSh)

197 Pence theme song: Liar, by Three Dog Night (written by Russ Ballard of Argent)

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 03, 2022 08:50 AM (PiwSw)

198 Thanks Tonypete I will check them out as well.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 03, 2022 08:50 AM (nxdel)

199 Sunday Morning Book Thread

T-10 minutes

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2022 08:51 AM (K5n5d)

200 "Nowhere Man
Posted by: REDACTED "

How about a Beatles Disco Medley!

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:51 AM (vrz2I)

201 195 This bagging law in NJ is gonna suck.
I guess more commissary trips to West Point are in my future
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:49 AM (Irn0L)

All anti-bag laws suck...it's just one more way to screw the people at the profit of the government or big corps, usually...it does nothing for the environment nor public health, but it sure inconveniences the least able (big families, elderly and infirm folks, poor folks, etc)...

Posted by: Nova local at April 03, 2022 08:52 AM (exHjb)

202 Sacramento Mass Shooting: 6 Killed, 15 Injured As Gunfire Erupts Near Capitol Building

A video posted on Twitter allegedly shows a fight broke out. Then moments later, gunfire erupted, along with the sound of automatic gunfire.

Another video shows the incident area around 0300 local time with a large police presence and the capitol building in the background. Some say at least 50 rounds were fired in a matter of seconds.

https://bit.ly/36Px6z6

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 03, 2022 08:52 AM (Do5/p)

203
At Aldi's you put your stuff in your cart, then unload it onto the conveyor belt, then the clerk scans it and puts it into a empty cart. There's an area for people to bag, and you can buy really good paper bags there that last for months for less than a dime. We have five plastic crates that we carry in the back of the car and we tend to 'bag' out in the parking lot. When we get home *I think* it takes less trips to and from the car using plastic crates vs shopping bags.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 03, 2022 08:52 AM (dQvv7)

204 174 Good morning. Anyone here use Ring? We want to get something because there have been some problems around here.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 03, 2022 08:35 AM (nxdel)

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Don't use it personally, but a lot of my neighbors have it. I see posts on NextDoor about suspicious behavior that includes Ring video.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 03, 2022 08:53 AM (CAJOC)

205 Now you will always carry your collapsible string grocery bag like a 70s Soviet housewife, in case you find a store with toilet paper.
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I used to take a smug walk up to the local stores with my string bag. Bought wine, beer, and cigarettes.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 03, 2022 08:54 AM (MIKMs)

206 Another video shows the incident area around 0300 local time with a large police presence and the capitol building in the background. Some say at least 50 rounds were fired in a matter of seconds.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Mom always told us "Nothing good happens after midnight."

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2022 08:54 AM (F6McX)

207 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 08:54 AM (u82oZ)

208 Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 03, 2022 08:55 AM (+4oV5)

209 Hiya Salty !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 08:55 AM (arJlL)

210 Good morning NaCly!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 03, 2022 08:55 AM (nxdel)

211 200 "Nowhere Man
Posted by: REDACTED "

How about a Beatles Disco Medley!
Posted by: fd at April 03, 2022 08:51 AM (vrz2I)

if on a cruise ship

Norwegian would

Posted by: REDACTED at April 03, 2022 08:56 AM (us2H3)

212 Hiya Ladyl !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 08:56 AM (arJlL)

213 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
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Striking fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere is guaranteed to make me happy and put a smile on my face.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2022 08:56 AM (K5n5d)

214 I wouldn't mind their not knowing, if they would say, "I'm sorry I can't help you." Instead I get an arrogant stare and a growled "I dunno." WM makes a point of hiring the stupidest people in town -- and here, that's really saying something. I'll go to the local chain and pay 5-10% more for the privilege of having real checkouts and sensible employees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 07:30 AM (c6xtn)

there's another, not so honorable, way to deal with this situation. You go to the self scan lane, you only scan every other item in your cart, pay that price, and walk out confident that no one will care about paying the least attention to what you've done.

I can guarantee that most every customer inside that store besides you is already doing that. THAT's the true cost of self-checkout lanes, and the big corps don't care.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2022 08:57 AM (evAgx)

215 I can guarantee that most every customer inside that store besides you is already doing that. THAT's the true cost of self-checkout lanes, and the big corps don't care.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I suppose they calculate that the theft is cheaper than paying cashiers.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 03, 2022 08:58 AM (F6McX)

216 {{{Jewells45}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

217 Really good rant from a black pastor on the tranny movement, which he calls demonic. 2 min worth your time. Link goes to twatter.

https://bit.ly/3LEqyC4

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 03, 2022 09:00 AM (sVtYq)

218 Tom Servo

In my talks with Walmart scanners and managers, theft at the self-checkout lanes is a known, and worrying problem.

I would not be surprised if the camera and payment method are used to adjust the final bill to correct, if cheating is observed. Except for using cash, which is what I do.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

219 >>>Now you will always carry your collapsible string grocery bag like a 70s Soviet housewife, in case you find a store with toilet paper.

>Why don't assholes use all of those fucking Amazon boxes they spread everywhere overfilling the dumpsters? Too lazy to break them down and put them in a cardboard recycle bin.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2022 09:01 AM (pNhkh)

220 {{{Jewells45}}}
Posted by: NaCly Dog

(and he calls ME Mr. Smooth !)

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2022 09:01 AM (arJlL)

221 "Anyone here use Ring? "

It uses you.

Posted by: Bilbo at April 03, 2022 09:01 AM (vrz2I)

222 JT

But you are. Think of all the greetings you give and get. You seem to be an 'ette favorite, Mr. Smooth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

223 >>there's another, not so honorable, way to deal with this situation. You go to the self scan lane, you only scan every other item in your cart, pay that price, and walk out confident that no one will care about paying the least attention to what you've done.

that doesn't work
at the grocer I use (King Sooper/Kroger), when you scan an item, the scanner expects the item to be placed on a carousel next to the scanner. This carousel is pressure sensitive. each scanned item has to be detected by this pressure-sensitive carousel- the weight of your scanned stuff has to go up- or the process is halted and an employee is summoned.

Posted by: DB at April 03, 2022 09:02 AM (geLO8)

224 there's another, not so honorable, way to deal with this situation. You go to the self scan lane, you only scan every other item in your cart, pay that price, and walk out confident that no one will care about paying the least attention to what you've done.

I can guarantee that most every customer inside that store besides you is already doing that. THAT's the true cost of self-checkout lanes, and the big corps don't care.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2022

***
I might try that when I have only 2-3 items. If I'm caught I can say I forgot and skipped one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2022 09:03 AM (c6xtn)

225 Wolfus Aurelius

As prices go up, I expect store scanners to go away, and long checkout lines return.

Because grocery stores can not get any more people to work there, and are quite shorthanded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 09:05 AM (u82oZ)

226 theft at the self-checkout lanes is a known, and worrying problem.

It happens at mine all the time. They now have someone who stands there and watches everyone. Supposedly. She watches 6 checkouts. And she's tiny. What's she gonna do if she does catch someone stealing?

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 03, 2022 09:05 AM (nxdel)

227 Book Thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 09:05 AM (u82oZ)

228 All this talk about the annoyances of grocery shopping. Am I the only one here who quit in-store grocery shopping 4-5 years ago when Kroger introduced Clicklist Pick-up? I have not set foot inside a grocery store since then. "Shop" on the website, place my order for a date and 1-hour timeslot, park in area to pick up my order at that date/time, employee brings out my order and loads it in back of my Jeep, 5 minutes later I am on my way back home with my order.

Been saving at least an hour per week with this - not to mention the aggravation of dealing with people and lines in store - for the past 4-5 years.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 03, 2022 09:08 AM (Do5/p)

229 They have talked about putting ID tags on all merchandise that will be recorded with out humans. You walk through the checkout and scanners pickup every tag and charge you, and you don't even know it. I believe Amazon might be using this already in their grocery stores.

Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2022 09:10 AM (YVx1O)

230 Been reading WWII alternate history short stories by Peter Tsouras. Specifically Third Reich Victorious: Alternate Decisions of World War II and Rising Sun Victorious: The Alternative History of How the Japanese Won the Pacific War.

The first book has a couple of good stories. The second book is rubbish. There was no path for even a plausible story there.

Still easier to read than setting up detailed war games and playing the wars out over the next 5 years.

He has some other what if books, so I might pick them up on Abe books.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

231 Wrong thread. Oops.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 03, 2022 09:28 AM (u82oZ)

232 Oh goody. Mass shooting in Sacramento. Get ready for a flurry of gun-grabbing EOs from our favorite brain-dead Child Molester in Chief.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik [DHS Verdict: MDM] at April 03, 2022 09:30 AM (DTX3h)

233 This bagging law in NJ is gonna suck.
I guess more commissary trips to West Point are in my future
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2022 08:49 AM (Irn0L)
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Once my supply of plastic bags is gone, I'm very tempted to simply order some of the same plastic bags from out of state and simply bring those to the store. Make it obvious that I'm bagging my groceries with plastic bags.

Posted by: Revenant at April 03, 2022 09:35 AM (Gcdtg)

234 I learned something yesterday. Gas would not flow from my 20lb LP bottle. I thought there must be something wrong with the valve but YouTube showed me that modern LP bottle valves have an emergency cut off that should trigger if the flow rate gets too high, if the hose was cut for instance. It is basically a piston that gets pushed out by the flow, and then sticks. So I had to take the hose off and push into the output with a screwdriver until the piston clicked back into the valve innards.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2022 10:01 AM (yQpMk)

235 @233

I would previously reuse the plastic bags that didn't have holes in them as liners for the multiple small trash cans I have throughout my apartment. They were, by definition, not "single-use plastics" which is one of the modern day worse-than-Hitlerisms.

Now that the stores at which I shop have largely abandoned them in lieu of paper bags, I've purchased and use small plastic bags for the sole purpose as bin liners thus creating more plastic waste. Congratulations, dum-dums.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik [DHS Verdict: MDM] at April 03, 2022 11:12 AM (DTX3h)

236 Most of my recent reading has been picture books with trains , some with sound effects, because I'm in Montana for a couple of weeks to watch my 17 month old grandson while son and dil do some stuff. His current fascination is with choo-choos!

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