EMT 7/31/22

Happy Sunday.

No internet yesterday, so I'll try to make up for that lack of content just as soon as I have some.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

Comments

1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2022 06:00 AM (k8B25)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, July 31, 2022 , 2022 On this day in 1790 the first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:01 AM (mZwKe)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:01 AM (T4tVD)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 31, 2022 06:02 AM (bwQt7)

5 Looks like all the legal people in Chicago are bailing out on the regime.

https://tinyurl.com/y5t56yhd

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

6 At least you weren't in jail Krak

Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2022 06:02 AM (k8B25)

7 Beef prices set to surge further as farmers sell off cattle herds

So people will have to quit eating steak and go back to beans.

https://tinyurl.com/3zrhcf65

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

8
The assault weapons bill passed in the House but maybe the Repukes will grow some balls in the Senate.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3hbmmx

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

9 FRIENDLY FIRE: Several House Democrats break from party to vote 'no' on assault weapons ban

They knew their vote was not needed.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3hbmmx

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:03 AM (mZwKe)

10 Tucker Carlson: The US is in a recession, the economy has been shrinking all year

Yes we have long been in a recession, no matter what liar Biden says.

https://tinyurl.com/2e6xe3ex

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:03 AM (mZwKe)

11 UK's rugby leagues ban transgender players from women's games

Somebody finally got some common sense.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6p6bh4

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:04 AM (mZwKe)

12 Imagine picking up a bag of popcorn at the grocery store and a snake crawls out of the bag.

https://tinyurl.com/4h7fcyy9

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:04 AM (mZwKe)

13 Will Biden change the definition of inflation next?

https://tinyurl.com/32nmn7nd

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:04 AM (mZwKe)

14 What is the ostensible purpose of Nancy P. going to the Far East?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 06:05 AM (fL5aK)

15 New York City store locks up Spam in plastic case amid crime spike

People are stealing Spam?

https://tinyurl.com/yckjyszw

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:05 AM (mZwKe)

16 Indiana Senate passes bill to ban most abortions

This is surprising.

https://tinyurl.com/yy7xm5df

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:05 AM (mZwKe)

17 More supply side issues.

Hershey warns it won’t ‘fully meet consumer demand’ this Halloween, Christmas

https://tinyurl.com/f3cj7kkk

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:06 AM (mZwKe)

18 Brian Kilmeade: Every administration has challenges, but this one defies logic

It does not defy logic when you factor in the fact that Biden is, and always has been, an idiot.

https://tinyurl.com/4jcks2vj

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:06 AM (mZwKe)

19 "UK's rugby leagues ban transgender players from women's games."

An old bumper sticker: "It takes leather balls to play rugby."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 31, 2022 06:06 AM (C1rbv)

20 Lawrence Jones asks if Democrats should worry about mass exodus from blue states

No, the Red States they are fleeing to need to worry that they are bringing their politics that caused the problem with them. In short, they are locusts.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8s6t6j

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:07 AM (mZwKe)

21 "What is the ostensible purpose of Nancy P. going to the Far East?"

To pick up her winnings.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 31, 2022 06:07 AM (C1rbv)

22 House Democrats want a 20% tax on money you have already paid taxes on. IOW, a wealth tax.

House Democrats push for Biden’s billionaire minimum income tax Lying again, this is not an income tax.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8t2c7t

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:07 AM (mZwKe)

23 Political cartoon of the day:

https://tinyurl.com/ys4muka4

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:08 AM (mZwKe)

24 Yeah Buddy. Top o'the morning y'all wankers and fappers, Scalawags and ne'erdowells and helloo Ladies. How is everyone this morning?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 31, 2022 06:08 AM (R5lpX)

25 RAMIREZ (repeat)

https://www.michaelpramirez.com/index.html

And that's it for today,

Posted by: vic /s at July 31, 2022 06:08 AM (mZwKe)

26
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 31, 2022 06:08 AM (ENBF0)

27 I had a dream last night. I dreamt that my ass was a salad patch and Democrats were a bunch of hogs rooting around in it.

Posted by: Shep Smith's Sheep at July 31, 2022 06:11 AM (R5lpX)

28 How is everyone this morning?
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 31, 2022 06:08 AM (R5lpX)

'Nother full day of wagging scallies and doin' nae well. Not even time left for a fap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:12 AM (6FeV1)

29 'Tis the end of the month, and I already been paid.

Got to pay the rent tomorrow, and the first of the 2 credit cards. Not to mention the horrifying trip to the grocery this am, and gassing up the car tomorrow morning for the 1st.

Ain't it fun being a grownup.

(Actually it is. My father used to ask irritably, "Why do you want to grow up so fast?" I had no answer then, but now I do. PRIVILEGES!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 31, 2022 06:12 AM (c6xtn)

30 Well, off to play golf.

Posted by: Shep Smith's Sheep at July 31, 2022 06:12 AM (R5lpX)

31 I think it depends on the people. Our neighbors went to Georgia because the father left them a house. They are disaffected from the Democrats-too far let

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 06:12 AM (fL5aK)

32 Oh yeah...and week two of the Big Quit.

Posted by: Shep Smith's Sheep at July 31, 2022 06:13 AM (R5lpX)

33 There is a patent leather boot stubbing out an economy that wants to grow and produce.

The only thing that "defies logic" is pretending that the foot inside the boot doesn't want to do the stomping.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:15 AM (6FeV1)

34 Hiya Vic !

Thanks for the VNN !

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:15 AM (T4tVD)

35 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at July 31, 2022 06:16 AM (nb5Ym)

36 Psalms for strength in hard times. Just a caveat: The reflections on these are from a Christian perspective:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2ukyzd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 06:17 AM (fL5aK)

37 Hiya Fen !

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:18 AM (T4tVD)

38 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, July 31, 2022 , 2022 On this day in 1790 the first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
Posted by: vic /s

What's a potash process ?

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:19 AM (T4tVD)

39 What's a potash process ?
Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:19 AM (T4tVD)

(wait for it...)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:20 AM (Xy+M2)

40 I just realized my hash changes when i lose wifi and go on mobile data as i meander about the house....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:23 AM (Xy+M2)

41 I thought this was a very touching story about a man's love for his mom:

https://tinyurl.com/mr48phhu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 06:23 AM (fL5aK)

42 What's a potash process ?
Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:19 AM (T4tVD)

(wait for it...)
Posted by: Warai-otoko

You'd think the price would go down after all these years...

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:25 AM (T4tVD)

43 Jokes aside, presumably the first potash process must have been some clever way of separating out the potassium salts from a solution of ashes and water. Probably drying or boiling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:28 AM (Xy+M2)

44 How you separate the potash (potassium) from the lye (sodium), i couldn't tell you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:29 AM (Xy+M2)

45 yo wut sup

Posted by: Capn Ned (Raging Queen) at July 31, 2022 06:36 AM (BRHaw)

46 Why am I awake this early?

Posted by: Squid at July 31, 2022 06:38 AM (9izcN)

47
Biden promised no tax hikes if you make less than $400K per year

The “Inflation Reduction Act” raises taxes for everyone making over $30K per year

Posted by: Capn Ned (Raging Queen) at July 31, 2022 06:38 AM (BRHaw)

48 How you separate the potash (potassium) from the lye (sodium), i couldn't tell you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Tell the potassium that the lye voted for Obama.....

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:40 AM (T4tVD)

49 Tell the potassium that the lye voted for Obama.....
Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:40 AM (T4tVD)

Haaaaaaaaaaaa!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:41 AM (6FeV1)

50 Hot Coffee!!!...going out for an early morning ride on the FZ1...nice sunrise in the ol Dominion!!!

Posted by: Qmark at July 31, 2022 06:41 AM (emnp2)

51 I'm going to dress up a breakfast burrito, and when I'm done she's going to look like Sofia Vergara.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 06:45 AM (0ocXn)

52 The Decades Channel is having a Taxi marathon. You can see why -- despite not being the traditional "movie star" types -- Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito became just that. Character actor stars, of course; nobody would ever consider them for a Robert Redford kind of role; but stars they were. And the show is still funny.

Louie: "If you're inviting me out for a beer, Rieger, like a buddy, that's okay. But if it's out of pity, forget it."
Alex: "It's pity, Lou."
Louie (pauses a moment; then gets up) "A beer's a beer."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 31, 2022 06:46 AM (c6xtn)

53 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 06:53 AM (BRHaw)

54 Adrienne Marshall, executive director of the division, said the services will oversee “election mail strike teams” in every local and district community to address any problems that might arise.

“We are fully committed to the secure and timely delivery of the nation’s election mail,” she said.

An entire division of the Big Govt to cheat!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 06:55 AM (BRHaw)

55 “Someone has been caused anxiety based on your social media post. And that is why you’re being arrested.” British policing, 2022.

Then Uncle Joe and team should get life without parole!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 06:56 AM (BRHaw)

56 Time to crank up the volume, work calls...

https://youtu.be/zRzbCpVMRY8

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2022 06:57 AM (ktqzt)

57 Good morning morons and welcome back krak and Vic

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2022 06:57 AM (EZebt)

58 An entire division of the Big Govt to cheat!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 06:55 AM (BRHaw)

A "strike team" no less. They know they're at war.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 06:59 AM (H8QX8)

59 Boker Tov Patriots
Fuck the Murdochs and faux news

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2022 07:01 AM (Irn0L)

60 Zelinsky‘s aide tells Americans they need to “sacrifice their cozy life to help Ukraine“.

Fuck Ukraine!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 07:01 AM (BRHaw)

61 Hiya Captain !

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 07:09 AM (T4tVD)

62 Off faggoty sock.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 31, 2022 07:11 AM (5Hs+q)

63 Taxi had great writing but few of the stories were memorable and it never created any "catchphrases" like Seinfeld for instance.

"What does a yellow light mean?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2022 07:12 AM (EZebt)

64 Moring peeps.

I feel like I beat Mother Nature. Went out yesterday and mowed most of the yard. I had only about 3/4 of an acre in "the bottoms" left and figured it would wait until today. Nope. Looks like rain all day. Wasn't supposed to start until late this afternoon but we've already had over half an inch.

"Forecasting" How does it work?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2022 07:13 AM (BFigT)

65 Good morning Hordelings

Posted by: Doof at July 31, 2022 07:14 AM (yUjc0)

66 It will be foggy, wet, and cold here. Again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2022 07:15 AM (EZebt)

67 And today's stupid alarmist on climate change from someone in CA:

In one way, the metaphor that Al Gore offered about law-enforcement officers in Uvalde is far too kind (“Al hot shot at Uvalde officers,” July 25).

The orders the police officers in Uvalde were following were largely based upon the incompetence of leadership. That is not the case with blockage of climate legislation — that results from the conscious decision of Republican legislators to follow the orders of fossil-fuel interests and protect the profits that flow from the climate-destroying use of carbon-rich fossil fuels.

This is not incompetence. It is the knowing sacrifice of the lives and well-being of billions of people, to benefit a virtual handful of the already wealthy. The midterm elections are a match-up of plutocracy for the very few versus environmental protection for the very many. Vote like your life depends upon it — because it does.

Gary Stewart
Laguna Beach, Calif.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:16 AM (fL5aK)

68 Zelinsky‘s aide tells Americans they need to “sacrifice their cozy life to help Ukraine“.

Most of us Americans don't have Swiss bank accounts bulging with cash !

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 07:17 AM (T4tVD)

69 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

First World Problems!!

Neither of my bluetooth speakers are working properly and I'm going to church this morning. I'll troubleshoot when I get back home. I'm not spending my morning yelling at technology. Maybe the afternoon instead.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 31, 2022 07:20 AM (sAmhv)

70
Zelinsky‘s aide tells Americans they need to “sacrifice their cozy life to help Ukraine“.

Stuff it, grifter

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 31, 2022 07:20 AM (ZvxPV)

71 And today sensible letter in the NY Post:

Christopher F. Rufo’s LA Puts ‘Gender Theory’ Before Kids (July 23) remarks how Los Angeles public schools are promoting keeping the student’s gender identity a secret from parents if the student so desires.
Rufo forgot to mention that California could be leading the way with a distinct new gender-affirming tool at public schools. Fremont High School in Oakland started a new chapter of The Transition Closet.

The idea is for students to come to school in the clothes their parents prefer, then change into the cross-gender clothes they prefer. Like Clark Kent entering the phone booth and leaving as Superman.

I pine for the good old days when public schools only dealt with the three Rs: reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic.

Dan Arthur Pryor
Belvidere, N.J.

And I have a feeling that the letter in the NY Post in post #67 was from a spam letter writer, because there are such people and why would a guy from CA be reading the NY Post?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:21 AM (fL5aK)

72 There have been spats among the group here on the subject and no one likes the Reds, even after all these years. But, going hook, line and sinker for Ukraine will be part of the history of our demise.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 31, 2022 07:21 AM (oWBc3)

73 Should say fuck Europe if they don't fight in Ukraine.
Europe is a wasteland of politically castrated tinkle balls.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 31, 2022 07:23 AM (VL1jj)

74 >>>Zelinsky‘s aide tells Americans they need to “sacrifice their cozy life to help Ukraine“.

Most of us Americans don't have Swiss bank accounts bulging with cash !

>Zelinskyy is a piece of shit who needs to negotiate a settlement with the Russians and quit crying about being Putin's bitch.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 07:23 AM (0ocXn)

75 Fen, that is an amazing post. As a handful of Big Tech plutocrats engage in devastating policies that will at best downgrade the lives of billions of people, Gary Stewart in Laguna Beach, CA can reduce it to profiteering oil execs. But like all of the things they say, you discern their motives through what they blame you for. Fill in "big tech" where this guy says "fossil fuel interests" and I'd say he got it right.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 31, 2022 07:25 AM (pIzTo)

76 Biden has tested positive for Covid again, for the second time in two weeks.

Clearly this is a virus of the ~~vaccinated boosted~~ Paxlovid-ed.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 31, 2022 07:25 AM (VhE0u)

77 Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 31, 2022 07:25 AM (pIzTo)

I agree with you, Erik.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:26 AM (fL5aK)

78 I think if the current president was anyone but *biden our involvement in Ukraine, if any at all would be a fraction what it's been. It's well known the *biden's have laundered millions of dollars through the country and their personal grift from Ukraine is probably the singular source of their wealth. Keeping those facts from an uncurious media and population is worth the effort his handlers have undertaken. Plus, it shields them as well.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2022 07:30 AM (BFigT)

79 Beef prices set to surge further as farmers sell off cattle herds

--

That's ultimately what the goal was meant to do, huh? Looks like a wild success for the globalists who are pushing for that bug diet.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 07:30 AM (sVtYq)

80 Taxi had great writing but few of the stories were memorable and it never created any "catchphrases" like Seinfeld for instance.

"What does a yellow light mean?"

--

"Slow down."
"Whaaaat doooooes a yeeeeellow liiiiiight meeeeean?"

I loved Taxi. That episode is a classic.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 07:36 AM (sVtYq)

81 Regarding Kim Foxx, what better way to raise your profile as a private criminal defense attorney than an office-wide resignation letter blasting the boss? This guy is going to be pleading down drug dealers to simple possession for $5,000 a pop. Nothing whatever to do with principles. Just free advertising.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 31, 2022 07:38 AM (Spr0s)

82 >>>That's ultimately what the goal was meant to do, huh? Looks like a wild success for the globalists who are pushing for that bug diet.

>You know what really sucks? Is I now have to clean at least 15 bugs that I have smashed onto my notebook screen because they're pissing me off.

Also, I hate touchscreens.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 07:39 AM (0ocXn)

83 Regarding Kim Foxx, what better way to raise your profile as a private criminal defense attorney than an office-wide resignation letter blasting the boss? This guy is going to be pleading down drug dealers to simple possession for $5,000 a pop. Nothing whatever to do with principles. Just free advertising.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 31, 2022 07:38 AM (Spr0s)

Maybe, but foxx is still a low life left wing scrunt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2022 07:40 AM (Irn0L)

84 Hmmm...if I posted "I told Chairman Xi that I slice like a fucking hammer", would Joe actually say it? I bet he would, he says whatever I put on the screen....

Posted by: Joe Biden's Teleprompter at July 31, 2022 07:42 AM (wsJPE)

85 48 How you separate the potash (potassium) from the lye (sodium), i couldn't tell you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Tell the potassium that the lye voted for Obama.....

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 06:40 AM (T4tVD)
----
You lie !

Posted by: Ciampino - KNa KNa, KNa KNa at July 31, 2022 07:43 AM (qfLjt)

86 Good morning! 4.5 to tee time and its gonna be in the 90s today. The beer cart girl is gonna make some bank today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 31, 2022 07:43 AM (ikkIg)

87 G'morning, all.

Time for Saltie's uplifting morning greeting, as they continue their most excellent adventure out of the country.

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

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2022 07:43 AM (1n+EO)

88 That's ultimately what the goal was meant to do, huh? Looks like a wild success for the globalists who are pushing for that bug diet.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 07:30 AM (sVtYq)

Yes, soldier fly larvae is what the WEF thinks we will eat.

Posted by: clutch at July 31, 2022 07:43 AM (9UmRs)

89 coffee. It is good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 07:43 AM (wsJPE)

90 Today, in the United States, it is popular to sneer at patriotism. They seem to think that it is axiomatic than any civilized man is a pacifist, and they treat the military profession with contempt. "Warmongers"--"Imperialists"--"Hired killers in uniform"--you have all heard such sneers and you will hear them again. One of their favorite quotations is: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

What they never mention is that the man who made that sneering wisecrack was a fat, gluttonous slob who was pursued all his life by a pathological fear of death.

- - Robert Heinlein

NEVER BEEN MOAR TRUE

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

91 osted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2022 07:43 AM (1n+EO

I got a lovely postcard from Salty. I'm sure some others did too. It was very nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:45 AM (fL5aK)

92 Hollywood will turn increasingly toward vigilante stories about frustrated, white, homophobic, racist males acting out repressed rage at an "unfair" society (i.e., one that promotes "equity" and "diversity.") Think "Falling Down" without the basic humanitarian empathy and "Death Wish" without the default moral justification.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 07:45 AM (H8QX8)

93 I got a lovely postcard from Salty. I'm sure some others did too. It was very nice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I didn't even get a shitty postcard.....

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 07:47 AM (T4tVD)

94 7 prayers against darkness
From "Guideposts" magazine:

https://tinyurl.com/4k78c2m2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:48 AM (fL5aK)

95 "and they treat the military profession with contempt."

Until they need them to turn against the citizenry they've abused and disgusted beyond any point of tolerance, which they will sooner or later.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 07:48 AM (H8QX8)

96 Maybe we could remake "The Bourne Identity" except this time, Bourne could identify as a transgender rogue agent.

Posted by: A Netflix Development Executive at July 31, 2022 07:49 AM (wsJPE)

97 Good morning, Sunday morning!

For those of you thinking of travelling to Germany, prepare for a bracing morning routinue:

https://is.gd/xKCIuu

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 31, 2022 07:50 AM (PiwSw)

98 mornin yall. Did Pelosi and her flying bar get shot down yet?

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2022 07:50 AM (sn5EN)

99 I wish I was good enough to write a cook book on the 50 different ways to cook, broil, BBQ rats, and the wonders of eating cockroaches. Promoting the health benefits of bugs in general. I think it will be a big seller in a year or so.
And Biden says..Let them eat cake....as he chows down on a good juicy steak, cut up for him by the staff so he can eat it, or run through the grinder so he can chew it.
Don't forget squirrel meat also.

Posted by: Colin at July 31, 2022 07:51 AM (gYWMK)

100 " got a lovely postcard from Salty. I'm sure some others did too. It was very nice."

One showed up about a week ago here as well.

I will let them tell the tales and stories of their rollicking adventure upon their return. But....they do seem to be enjoying themselves.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2022 07:51 AM (1n+EO)

101 I think the cattle business is suffering from a very brutal drought. I think we're on about day 60 of extreme heat and no appreciable rain and nothing in sight.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 31, 2022 07:52 AM (pIzTo)

102 Don't forget squirrel meat also.
Posted by: Colin at July 31, 2022 07:51 AM (gYWMK)

And Possum's good eatin' too!

Posted by: Daisy Mae Moses at July 31, 2022 07:53 AM (PiwSw)

103 44 How you separate the potash (potassium) from the lye (sodium), i couldn't tell you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 31, 2022 06:29 AM (Xy+M2)
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There's very little sodium in wood ash.
Can be separated by recrystallization.

Posted by: Ciampino - there's always a way at July 31, 2022 07:54 AM (qfLjt)

104 So the Chinese are now saying they will shoot Pelosi's military escort planes out of the sky if she goes to Taiwan. Why all the threats? They should just write her a big check, like everyone else who wants her to do something would do.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 07:54 AM (wsJPE)

105 People now-a-days think that the second amendment is the hurdle to supremacy. Fentanyl, baby! Just kill everybody and then you have no workers. Brilliant.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 07:54 AM (0ocXn)

106 It will be interesting to watch as cultures of affluence, like Germany, fall back into even being moderately deprived of comfort.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 31, 2022 07:54 AM (oWBc3)

107 101 I think the cattle business is suffering from a very brutal drought. I think we're on about day 60 of extreme heat and no appreciable rain and nothing in sight.
Posted by: Erik In Texas

Never let a crisis go to waste.

Posted by: The Great Reset at July 31, 2022 07:54 AM (sAmhv)

108 Slow morning here. Anyway, earlier this week Jonathan Swift was cited and I think it is time for a renaissance of his writing.

A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 31, 2022 07:56 AM (MIKMs)

109 Falling Down copped out at the end by making the lead character a racist wife-beater, instead of the regular working guy the initial setup made him out to be.

It's like Schumacher md the writers wanted to make a real statement, but took the argument to its logical conclusion before they finished shooting and decided not to upset the suits and the elites, so they changed the last third of the movie accordingly.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 31, 2022 07:56 AM (mdjgu)

110 "Jonathan Swift was cited and I think it is time for a renaissance of his writing."

For the children!

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2022 07:56 AM (sn5EN)

111 We were supposed to get some rain yesterday evening, but all we got was some sky farts.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2022 07:57 AM (1n+EO)

112 Samuel Johnson was an Englishman who lived in the 1700's, so it's hard to know about who the quote about patriotism is in reference to and in what contex it comes out oft. Johnson-whatever his feelings about death and his eating habits was a very brilliant man who had religious faith:

https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/samuel-johnson/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:57 AM (fL5aK)

113 Maybe the Chinese have enough contempt for us that check writing is no longer necessary and they can go straight to direct threats.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 31, 2022 07:58 AM (pIzTo)

114 Taiwan is apparently off Pelosi's travel plans so shooting down her plane is probably not an issue now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:00 AM (fL5aK)

115 113>> Maybe the Chinese realize she's an insatiable glutton for alcohol, money and power and she'll always demand more of each so it's time to put her out of their misery.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 31, 2022 08:01 AM (ikkIg)

116 Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 07:45 AM (H8QX

And they will be failures at the box office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:01 AM (fL5aK)

117 Well, good morning all. Got to go figure out thermostat wiring and other operational imponderables.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 31, 2022 08:01 AM (pIzTo)

118 China is not going to do us any favors.

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2022 08:01 AM (sn5EN)

119 Women's rugby - a sport with elegance, style, finesse, and spectator appeal. Why ruin it by allowing cross-gendered individuals to participate?

Posted by: Parallelogramps at July 31, 2022 08:02 AM (kXYt5)

120 Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 07:47 AM (T4tVD)

I expect that he doesn't know your real name or address.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:02 AM (fL5aK)

121 115 But yeah, that.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 31, 2022 08:03 AM (pIzTo)

122 Realizing everything the junta does is cleared with China, better than even money Nancy skips Taiwan - demonstrating to the proles who the new boss actually is.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 31, 2022 08:03 AM (oWBc3)

123 @106

>>It will be interesting to watch as cultures of affluence, like Germany, fall back into even being moderately deprived of comfort.

Germans like to go on 8 week vacations so if the masterminds machinations start cutting into that, the German people, may, MAY, become a little perturbed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 31, 2022 08:04 AM (I/A9t)

124 Taiwan is apparently off Pelosi's travel plans so shooting down her plane is probably not an issue now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:00 AM (fL5aK)

If that is true, then we have surrendered, China has won. Game over in Asia. Japan, you are on your own. Good Luck

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2022 08:04 AM (Irn0L)

125 Well, good morning all. Got to go figure out thermostat wiring and other operational imponderables.
Posted by: Erik In Texas

I'm re-wiring a bathroom for my son. Changing where the feed comes in. Then, we get to poke a hole in the roof to run a fan vent out. Oh, joy.

Posted by: MkY at July 31, 2022 08:04 AM (cPGH3)

126 71 And today sensible letter in the NY Post:
and why would a guy from CA be reading the NY Post?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 07:21 AM (fL5aK)
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Why not? I in S IL used to read the STL Post Dispatch
rather than Chicago Tribune/Times.

Posted by: Ciampino - maybe an ex-NYC person at July 31, 2022 08:05 AM (qfLjt)

127 When we remodel the bathroom, I want to have heated floors and a solar tube for natural light.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 31, 2022 08:06 AM (ikkIg)

128 Why not? I in S IL used to read the STL Post Dispatch
rather than Chicago Tribune/Times.
=====

I forget where The Pantograph was published. Another regional newspaper.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 31, 2022 08:07 AM (MIKMs)

129 Posted by: Ciampino - maybe an ex-NYC person at July 31, 2022 08:05 AM (qfLjt)
-
It's possible. However, I have read the "NY Post" long enough and done a little investigation to know that certain writers are spam writers and they send letters to various papers around the country using the same name. But he may be a legit crank.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:08 AM (fL5aK)

130 Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 07:47 AM (T4tVD)

I expect that he doesn't know your real name or address.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Well, I don't know his, either !

So THERE !

Posted by: JT at July 31, 2022 08:08 AM (T4tVD)

131 119 Women's rugby - a sport with elegance, style, finesse, and spectator appeal. Why ruin it by allowing cross-gendered individuals to participate?

I hope you're not being sarcastic b/c women's rugby is pretty great.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:11 AM (w0NJk)

132 The guy who travels around DC on a scooter was able to get a picture of the President resting on the Truman balcony yesterday. He walked around a bit, and looked very frail and kind of shuffled. His grand daughter visited him and she is getting married on the WH grounds to a big wedding. Also saw the new dog 'Commander' walking around on the balcony. Can't tell what breed it is, but its a brown, medium sized dog.

Posted by: Colin at July 31, 2022 08:11 AM (gYWMK)

133 Hmm. Should I get a military surplus German Police leather jacket with "Polizei" on the back and a patch on the shoulder for only $79?

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2022 08:14 AM (sn5EN)

134 One of the great joys in life is playing with romex in a residential setting. There is nothing worse.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 08:14 AM (0ocXn)

135 68 Zelinsky‘s aide tells Americans they need to “sacrifice their cozy life to help Ukraine“.

Most of us Americans don't have Swiss bank accounts bulging with cash !
_____________

Or multiple, multi-million-dollar mansions in Miami, Tuscany, etc.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 31, 2022 08:15 AM (MvHI3)

136 "b/c women's rugby is pretty great."

Not really. Even bigger gap between woman's rugby and men's than in basketball.

But it's a varsity sport at many colleges because of Title IX

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 08:15 AM (i0slg)

137 76 Biden has tested positive for Covid again, for the second time in two weeks.

Clearly this is a virus of the vaccinated boosted Paxlovid-ed.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 31, 2022 07:25 AM (VhE0u)
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From last night's ONT
eGads would be an Internet disease. An eMail virus perhaps? eCovid?
iGads would be an Apple dysfunction.

Posted by: Ciampino -- FJB has eCovid-0x14 at July 31, 2022 08:16 AM (qfLjt)

138 You can't watch Super Six rugby and then be serious about women playing the game, sorry. You just can't feminize certain athletic endeavors - boxing, wrestling, rugby.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 31, 2022 08:16 AM (oWBc3)

139 "An old bumper sticker: "It takes leather balls to play rugby.""

"Rugby players eat their dead"

Inspired by the team that crashed in the Andes. The bumper sticker inspired a producer to make the movie Alive

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 08:17 AM (i0slg)

140 > Imagine picking up a bag of popcorn at the grocery store and a snake crawls out of the bag.

Probably a similar feeling to realizing you voted for Mitt Romney.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:17 AM (bW8dp)

141 " The guy who travels around DC on a scooter "

I haven't seen him post here in ages

Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2022 08:18 AM (xhaym)

142 Almost 20k Maricopa County ballots were received after 7 PM Nov 3rd. Interesting is that they were averaging about 20k per day up to the 30th or 31st and then a trickle of 1k or so.

Then BAM 20k showed up on the 4th thru the 6th!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 31, 2022 08:18 AM (BRHaw)

143 > Biden has tested positive for Covid again, for the second time in two weeks.

It will be interesting to see if he can keep "having COVID" so he doesn't have to make any public appearances for the rest of his term.

Weekend at Joeys.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:18 AM (bW8dp)

144 138 You can't watch Super Six rugby and then be serious about women playing the game, sorry. You just can't feminize certain athletic endeavors - boxing, wrestling, rugby.

fair but that's any sport really

and I totally wasn't talking about US college rugby at all! a lot of schools have coed teams anyway just b/c they don't have enough players.

I was thinking more of the international teams

the "spirit" of rugby (which I love) is still there in the ladies' play and while they obviously are not as fast or strong it's still fun (to me). then again I watch ladies field hockey and the mens game there is a whole other level - so much better! regardless, I still watch the girls.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:20 AM (w0NJk)

145 It will be interesting to see if he can keep "having COVID" so he doesn't have to make any public appearances for the rest of his term.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:18 AM (bW8dp)

Yes, perpetual Covid. An apt fate.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 08:21 AM (H8QX8)

146 Bag of whole pecans are more than a steak

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 31, 2022 08:21 AM (k8B25)

147 >>>You just can't feminize certain athletic endeavors - boxing, wrestling, rugby.

>When these women's events come on, I'm back in the kitchen loading up on BBQ ribs, chicken, burgers, steak and side dishes. Time to pour some drinks for the lads and take a shit.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 08:22 AM (0ocXn)

148 Yes, perpetual Covid. An apt fate.

with his age and tenuous health, his immune system likely will NEVER clear the SARS II virus fully.

he literally probably will continue to test positive, maybe for the rest of his life.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:22 AM (w0NJk)

149 *biden's second round with the coof is really trashing the vax narrative.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2022 08:22 AM (BFigT)

150 mornin' y'all. To the surprise of no one it is hot humid with a 50 50 shot at a thunderstorm in the Great Dismal Swamp.

A day ending in Y in the month of July hereabouts.

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at July 31, 2022 08:23 AM (PbwT0)

151 Legal Insurrection says Oberlin is on the verge of successfully driving Gibson's Bakery into bankruptcy, by defaming them and then failing to pay the judgement the jury ordered the college to pay. The Gibson family is down to their last few months of business, unless the courts finally order the amount paid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:23 AM (wsJPE)

152 Hey! Jill says I got Donkeypox so have to stay in. No kidding. I don't mind because I can watch TV and eat ice cream. I like it when Matlock gets that space junk. That Opie is a cute little kid huh? No joke.

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2022 08:23 AM (sn5EN)

153 On darn sock

Posted by: Joe Biteum at July 31, 2022 08:24 AM (sn5EN)

154 funny (sort of?!?!) bit of violence out of Philly:

https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/
comments/wc6fwt/
car_struck_by_person_wielding_basketball_flail/

remove spaces to see something apparently not unusual for Manayunk nowadays

the local crackheads are becoming pretty crafty!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:25 AM (w0NJk)

155 149 *biden's second round with the coof is really trashing the vax narrative.

how's it doing for the paxlovid narrative?

lol it was all garbage, all of it.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:25 AM (w0NJk)

156 I hope you're not being sarcastic b/c women's rugby is pretty great

Making fun of women's sports-except maybe for tennis- is an established theme here. It's like the sun coming up in the morning.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:26 AM (fL5aK)

157 Zelinsky‘s aide tells Americans they need to “sacrifice their cozy life to help Ukraine“.

Fuck that guy in particular.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 31, 2022 08:27 AM (nxdel)

158 It says right here:

WE are not in a recession
YOU still have Covid

Who are you going to believe? Your lying eyes or this little card right here?

Posted by: Joe Biteum at July 31, 2022 08:27 AM (sn5EN)

159 Making fun of women's sports-except maybe for tennis- is an established theme here. It's like the sun coming up in the morning.

yeah good point Fen, I forgot

also good morning! pretty day and my garden is looking fantastic. I made my own food!

next step: chickens.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:27 AM (w0NJk)

160 Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:23 AM (wsJPE)

Just a terrible and a nasty college, which is a shame because it was started by two clergymen. It's only religion now is wokeism. Unless you were sending your kid to the school of music, it's a complete waste of time and money.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:28 AM (fL5aK)

161 On deck, Last cup and book

Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2022 08:28 AM (k8B25)

162 151 Legal Insurrection says Oberlin is on the verge of successfully driving Gibson's Bakery into bankruptcy, by defaming them and then failing to pay the judgement the jury ordered the college to pay. The Gibson family is down to their last few months of business, unless the courts finally order the amount paid.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:23 AM (wsJPE)

This could be the story of our time as it plays out the sinister nature of the Left from its raging mob to its vindictive administrative mandarins, and of the victims, Christian citizens and small business owners whose family has served its community for 100 years and is now on the verge of ruin. A story made for the telling but Hollywood won't touch it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 08:28 AM (H8QX8)

163 Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:27 AM (w0NJk)

Good morning and good for you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:28 AM (fL5aK)

164 Back when I started playing rugby I was in the B match against the UMass Men's team. They had a woman center named Cindy who later starred on the #1 woman's team at the time.

So one of our guys had to line up opposite her. Of course we made no comment about this to him.

Cindy passed a lot. No crash ball as guy centers are wont to do.

Finally our guy got a line on her and gave her a solid direct hit. He got up and yelled "take that bitch!"

It was the 80s.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 08:30 AM (i0slg)

165 Holy crap, just tried my first Yellow Devil's Tongue from my pepper plant. Hotter than nine hells! Too hot!

I grew one last year and it was like a milder, flavorful habanero.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 31, 2022 08:32 AM (Dc2NZ)

166 Fox News has a clickbait headline up asking "Will your daughter's college roommate be a man?". I believe my wife and I asked ourselves that question about our daughters a few times ourselves, but since they are now married I'm pretty secure with their roommate choices.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:33 AM (wsJPE)

167 I love ladies field hockey. Great skirts. Athletic women.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 08:33 AM (i0slg)

168 Legal Insurrection says Oberlin is on the verge of successfully driving Gibson's Bakery into bankruptcy, by defaming them and then failing to pay the judgement the jury ordered the college to pay. The Gibson family is down to their last few months of business, unless the courts finally order the amount paid.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:23 AM (wsJPE)

This could be the story of our time as it plays out the sinister nature of the Left from its raging mob to its vindictive administrative mandarins, and of the victims, Christian citizens and small business owners whose family has served its community for 100 years and is now on the verge of ruin. A story made for the telling but Hollywood won't touch it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 31, 2022 08:28 AM (H8QX

Oberlin is a nest of left wing hate America. They must be made to pay and hopefully thrown into bankruptcy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 31, 2022 08:34 AM (Irn0L)

169 Heh. College roommates. Last night some antenna movie channel had on Mr Belvedere.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 31, 2022 08:35 AM (MIKMs)

170 167 I love ladies field hockey. Great skirts. Athletic women.

that's right! this year is going to be fun actually for college play just b/c so many girls we know (who are great, great players) will be starting out.

I do wish the US team would improve but that's really bc our national org kind of sucks (very political) and also the college system hurts our young players - too long to post about.

the other countries have separate club/league play throughout into adulthood and that is just a far better system for improving as you develop into a full adult player. (this problem affects many US sports not just fockey)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:35 AM (w0NJk)

171 I always thought the womens rugby parties were pretty hardcore events. Our own mens team was second best.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:35 AM (wsJPE)

172 I'm tall, so I have a thing for Eastern European Women high jumpers. Long and lean for me please.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 31, 2022 08:35 AM (sRUs0)

173 Oberlin will never, ever pay.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:36 AM (w0NJk)

174 High school health teacher wore her fieltwenty something. To class, was probably only a twentysomething. Often sat on the desk not behind it.

Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2022 08:36 AM (k8B25)

175 If Pelosi were to travel to the Kalahari region imagine how confused the click language people would be trying to interpret the sounds her dentures make!

Posted by: Parallelogramps at July 31, 2022 08:36 AM (kXYt5)

176 My daughters played field hockey right straight through college (well, one did) and I have no fucking clue what the rules are. I've literally seen hundreds of games too. The rules suck. And the refs do too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:38 AM (wsJPE)

177 STETSON MIDDLE SCHOOL makes the news!

because of drag queens

yayyyyy (link in sig but it's what you expect)

Middle. School. in Karentopia, formerly a nice red area, then God knows what happened here.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:39 AM (w0NJk)

178 Why is the Speaker of the House flying around the world like she's the Queen of France?

Posted by: Bearded Spock Universe Journalist at July 31, 2022 08:39 AM (oTZbj)

179 119 Women's rugby - a sport with elegance, style, finesse, and spectator appeal. Why ruin it by allowing cross-gendered individuals to participate?

Posted by: Parallelogramps at July 31, 2022 08:02 AM (kXYt5)
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As a former rugby player I can state that watching the ladies play was a lot of fun. Seeing them coming off a muddy field, almost unrecognizable was a hoot.
And don't tangle with them, just buy them a beer when they are cleaned up.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Rugby:90 minutes of non-stop action at July 31, 2022 08:39 AM (qfLjt)

180 I hope the Gibson family gets the judgement it is rightfully owed. However, it's a no winner for the College. I followed this case over at Legal Insurrection as well as I could. Oberlin is wealthy but their legal harassment p'd off the alumni who has used and liked Gibsons and giving dropped and I think enrollment is down, because why would you send your kid to a college which was so malicious towards a small business. unless you were a completely crazy leftist and they want to send their kids to school with a bigger name.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2022 08:40 AM (fL5aK)

181 176 My daughters played field hockey right straight through college (well, one did) and I have no fucking clue what the rules are. I've literally seen hundreds of games too. The rules suck. And the refs do too.

omg Huck they change the rules it seems like EVERY YEAR

so dumb!

I umpire sometimes so we're not all bad ... but the rules changes are constant

lacrosse is similar

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:40 AM (w0NJk)

182 DaveInFla would be delighted to read the latest Cook Report assessment of Democrat chances in the midterms. "They are headed for a wipeout", says left-leaning Cook, and "don't believe" the optimism some Democrats have for the Senate or even many House or Governors races.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:41 AM (wsJPE)

183 This silly notion that Nancy Pelosi would be shot down by the Chinese is completely laughable. She is a fucking celebrity in China like the Feinsteins or the Clintons.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 31, 2022 08:42 AM (0ocXn)

184 Yikes. The midterms are 100 days away.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2022 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

185 the other countries have separate club/league play throughout into adulthood and that is just a far better system for improving as you develop into a full adult player. (this problem affects many US sports not just fockey)
=====

Our small town has a girls' softball league, but when the kids are young, the boys' league has better training in general sporting rules and techniques. Girls are usually more coordinated and bigger as kids, so there was some grumbling about girls taking over, but the girls' group devolved into princess training. Learning sportsmanship is an important skill as we saw this week with a USRepresentative displaying the training she received.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 31, 2022 08:42 AM (MIKMs)

186 I saw Potash Process open for Salt-N-Pepa at the Salt Lake City Civic Center in '85.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2022 08:42 AM (5NkmN)

187 When did the White House turn into a wedding venue for a president's (albeit illegitimate) grandkids?

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 08:42 AM (sVtYq)

188 188 When did the White House turn into a wedding venue for a president's (albeit illegitimate) grandkids?

I know, so gross

It's the Bidens! what do you expect

they're like the summer ... no class

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:43 AM (w0NJk)

189 Won't be around for the gun thread, but check out this "gun buyback" in Houston.

Looks like someone 3D printed a whole box of pistol frames.

The cops paying fifty bucks apiece, apparently.

Ka-CHING!

https://tinyurl.com/2khyacbe

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:43 AM (bW8dp)

190 > When did the White House turn into a wedding venue for a president's (albeit illegitimate) grandkids?

I think it was all over when the Clintons pimped it out as a very expensive Motel 6.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:44 AM (bW8dp)

191 Why is the Speaker of the House flying around the world like she's the Queen of France?
Posted by: Bearded Spock Universe Journalist at July 31, 2022 08:39 AM (oTZbj)
===

Your agonizer, please!
*holds out hand expectantly*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2022 08:45 AM (EZebt)

192 I think if you had the money and a little juice you too could have a wedding at the White House. Make your check payable to Joseph R. Biden and you're good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2022 08:46 AM (BFigT)

193 Oberlin will never, ever pay.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:36 AM (w0NJk)

My strategy is to file CPT11 bankruptcy, and then get a list of the properties that Oberlin owns and is leasing out to third parties, get the list of stock accounts, and get the list of undergrads from last term, and issue garnishments based on the court decision.

"IF YOU OWE A DEBT TO THE DEBTOR THAT WILL BECOME DUE WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER THE DATE YOU RECEIVED THE NOTICE, you must send your payment directly to the Garnishor at the address provided in the notice when the debt becomes due. Make your check payable to the Garnishor . . ."

Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2022 08:47 AM (xhaym)

194 At least lacrosse is recognizably lacrosse, but in field hockey they constantly stop the flow of play for "reasons". Indoor hockey is at least very fast moving. And why can't the girls wear helmets? Dumb rule. One time, at an indoor game, my daughter took a shot right off her head and it knocked her out. Obviously illegal shot, and purposefully done by a frustrated little shit of a forward tired of getting her clock cleaned. A helmet would have helped, and, also, they should have banned that twat permenantly except Pennsylvania field hockey protects its own (just look at who dominates US Field Hockey). I'm still mad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:48 AM (wsJPE)

195 My youngest three all rowed crew in HS. The two boys were on fantastic teams that went to nationals and placed.

My daughter's team was so-so - it was more a recreational sport for them.

Guess who was heavily recruited and then had college mostly paid for due to the demands of Title IX?

C'mon - guess. (There is damn little scholarship $$$ for men's crew).

ps - she partied her brains out, fully embraced deviant lifestyles and then flunked out. And when you are a Div I athlete, that takes some doing.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 31, 2022 08:48 AM (Msys3)

196 March 2019- A record home crowd turned out at Sandy Park to watch the Red Roses move within touching distance of clinching the Grand Slam on Saturday. England defeated Italy 55-0 in front of 10,545 supporters to continue their unbeaten run in the Women’s Six Nations, with the free-scoring Jess Breach scoring a brace for the hosts. The attendance more than doubled the previous English record for a non-World Cup game, which was 4,674

I take back what I implied about massive fan appeal. Must have been standing room only. And hey, that 55-0 score just screams'compelling competitive narrative'.

Oh, and /sock off

Posted by: Muldoon at July 31, 2022 08:50 AM (kXYt5)

197 Sunday Morning Book Thread

T-10 minutes

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 31, 2022 08:51 AM (K5n5d)

198 I saw a comment over at MOTUS saying Greg Hunter from USA Watchdog is saying he's close friends with a prominent pollster, who says Biden's approval is actually around 11%. I don't know if it's that low, considering the halfwits and lofo's that comprise the D base, but I do believe it's way lower than they are reporting.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 08:51 AM (sVtYq)

199 I watch Rugby 7's every time it's on, fast paced, exciting game. You can watch 4 games in the time of one traditional Rugby game.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 31, 2022 08:51 AM (sRUs0)

200 The cops paying fifty bucks apiece, apparently.
Ka-CHING!
https://tinyurl.com/2khyacbe
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:43 AM (bW8dp)

When it is Ivan the Troll, or spectrumy engineering students printing lowers, the question is still in play

When it is a greybearded pot bellied guy who is comfortable wearing a polo shirt, it is over. 3D printing firearms is here to stay until better tech arrives.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2022 08:52 AM (xhaym)

201 Rugby 7's is really good tv.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:53 AM (wsJPE)

202 Isn't potash used in tanning leather or something?

Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2022 08:54 AM (k8B25)

203 I located my long lost "Midvale School for the Gifted" coffee mug this morning.

Oh Happy Day!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 31, 2022 08:54 AM (Msys3)

204 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 31, 2022 08:54 AM (cknjq)

205 My brother is getting ready to graduate from the FBI Academy in a couple weeks. Yesterday, he texted me a pic of him skateboarding in front of the WH. In the background, there was a handful of "protesters" there at the gate...holding up cards to hold Russia accountable. Accountable, I say! Can you imagine taking time to go to the WH gates over Russia? Ridiculous. Either they're being paid, or they have a less than zero personal life.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 08:55 AM (sVtYq)

206 Rugby 7's is really good tv.
=====

Aussie Rules Football is good tv as well. Have not found a free antenna channel in my area.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 31, 2022 08:55 AM (MIKMs)

207 Try the recent third rugby match between Ireland and New Zealand. It's on youtube. Twice the action of an NFL game in half the time

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 08:55 AM (i0slg)

208 Just saw a Betx O'Cuck "rally" on Twitter.

He must have 12 or 13 people there, at least!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2022 08:56 AM (bW8dp)

209 203 I located my long lost "Midvale School for the Gifted" coffee mug this morning.

Oh Happy Day!!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 31, 2022 08:54 AM (Msys3)

My favorite Larsens were the aliens: "Ok, you locked the keys in the car, YOU do the talking!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 31, 2022 08:56 AM (PiwSw)

210 Aussie Rules is Gaelic football, played with a rugby ball on a cricket pitch

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 08:56 AM (i0slg)

211 A poll question on the approval of the President should contain 4 questions:

Do you approve of President Biden's performance?
Do you approve of the Democrat Party?
Do you believe the President is actually the one making decisions?
Will you continue to vote for the Democrat Party?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 31, 2022 08:56 AM (t0g24)

212 Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2022 08:55 AM (sVtYq)

Morning Dear Lady,

What does he say about the corruption of the leadership?

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 31, 2022 08:56 AM (cknjq)

213 Rugby 7s is LIT. field hockey is gonna try to match that with the new Hockey 5s game ... we'll see

194 At least lacrosse is recognizably lacrosse, but in field hockey they constantly stop the flow of play for "reasons". Indoor hockey is at least very fast moving. . .A helmet would have helped, and, also, they should have banned that twat permenantly except Pennsylvania field hockey protects its own (just look at who dominates US Field Hockey). I'm still mad.

Well indoor tends to leave us all with bad memories. Indoor SHOULD be a better (safer) game but yeah I'll blame USAFH for a lot of that PLUS the clubs themselves. Did you see that Delaware just decided - forget helmets! - in DE no facemarks are allowed at all? EVEN FOR CORNERS IN INDOOR?!?!

anyway this is all inside "baseball" for everyone else here. glad your daughter enjoyed the game enough to play in college! that's when it (usually) gets way more fun. my daughter is loving her college team and coaches.

the rules changes usually seemingly have to do with pissed off and influential club coaches making them happen lol...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:57 AM (w0NJk)

214 Apparently, Nanzi's trip to Taiwan is cancelled. At least it disappeared from her itinerary.

https://fxn.ws/3Se0bal

More foreign policy by blithering idiocy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 31, 2022 08:57 AM (FVME7)

215 ugh facemarks = faceMASKS

if an Ashley Sessa is whaling a shot at you during a corner and your state says no face masks ... hide

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 31, 2022 08:57 AM (w0NJk)

216 Twice the action of an NFL game in half the time
Posted by: Ignoramus

The NFL started going to hell when NFL Film's greatest voice, John Facenda, died.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 31, 2022 08:57 AM (Msys3)

217 I located my long lost "Midvale School for the Gifted" coffee mug this morning.
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Sent a pic around to my kidlets yesterday of the spelling test mug from the coffee thread.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 31, 2022 08:58 AM (MIKMs)

218 New Jersey Democrat City Councilwoman Allegedly Involved in Hit-and-Run of Cyclist Refuses to Resign

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What part of "Democrat" don't they understand?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 31, 2022 08:59 AM (FVME7)

219 Nood

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 31, 2022 08:59 AM (PiwSw)

220 208 Beto is a professional campaign loser. Pocket the donations for "expenses" and go about your day without having to show up at the office. A lazy fucker too, I might add.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 31, 2022 09:00 AM (lz5hY)

221 BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip advising you of your Nood threads at July 31, 2022 09:00 AM (k8B25)

222 All sports have idiosyncratic rules.

In rugby the big one is the offside rule. You can be on the wrong side of the ball but can't doing anything to help your team until you get back onside. Once you see this, a lot of what's going on makes sense.

The other thing is why do people kick when they do. It's usually a tradeoff of giving up possession vs. gaining territory

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 09:03 AM (i0slg)

223 Apparently, Nanzi's trip to Taiwan is cancelled. At least it disappeared from her itinerary.
https://fxn.ws/3Se0bal
More foreign policy by blithering idiocy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 31, 2022 08:57 AM (FVME7)

Well...you don't spit in the face of your masters.

A proper response would've been to fly into Taiwan anyway with back channels warning of severe repercussions should the Speaker's plane even meet a bit of turbulence on the way in.

But...nope.

Pelosi is an unworthy American representative and unworthy of her position as Speaker of the House.
On the upside, she's got grifting and cowardice down to a fine art.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2022 09:03 AM (5NkmN)

224 Isn't potash used in tanning leather or something?
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2022 08:54 AM (k8B25)

You use it for taking the hair off the hides. It is used in a lot of things having to do with fats and oils, as well as making munitions and fertilizers

Most of the wood ash processes are leaching out the lye and then concentrating it. "boil the lye water down to where it will float a fresh egg" is a standard instruction in the old recipes for soap. I have used wood ash to make hominy and corn meal masa (because of course I have)

Alternately you can spread wood ash on your garden for potash.
Some people are concerned about too much Potassium from the ash degrading the nutritional value of the veggies and counsel against doing that.
I spread the ashes on my lawn

Posted by: Kindltot at July 31, 2022 09:05 AM (xhaym)

225 "A proper response would've been to fly into Taiwan anyway with back channels warning of severe repercussions should the Speaker's plane even meet a bit of turbulence on the way in.
"

I prefer the rather public front channel route.

'Speaker Pelosi's flight plan is enclosed. You should pray nothing happens to disrupt her trip'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2022 09:06 AM (1n+EO)

226 Woke New York City prosecutor Alvin Bragg defended his office's lenient decision for going easy on a 16 year-old brutally attacking a police officer, after the cop confronted the minor over an unpaid subway fee.

Bragg's office recommended the teen to be released without bail and face family court instead, despite being arrested previously for two additional felonies in under four months.

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I guess they didn't want to interrupt his chosen career path.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at July 31, 2022 09:06 AM (FVME7)

227 The other thing is why do people kick when they do. It's usually a tradeoff of giving up possession vs. gaining territory
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2022 09:03 AM

The team should always have a plan on how they're going to get the ball back when they kick.

Also, a plan if they're losing the after-match social function.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 31, 2022 09:07 AM (a3Q+t)

228 " I guess they didn't want to interrupt his chosen career path."

Baltimore has an opening.

https://tinyurl.com/4hjhhxex

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 31, 2022 09:08 AM (1n+EO)

229 Just FYI - Oberlin was forced to post a bond for the full amount of the judgment. When all appeals are ended (an argument right now as to whether that has happened already) and that bond will automatically be forfeited to the Gibsons.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2022 09:12 AM (q3gwH)

230 176 My daughters played field hockey right straight through college (well, one did) and I have no fucking clue what the rules are. I've literally seen hundreds of games too. The rules suck. And the refs do too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2022 08:38 AM (wsJPE)
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I played field hockey at both junior and high school. You are only allowed to use the flat part of the blade, not the curved reverse side. You may not lift the stick above the shoulder - really a safety consideration. The ball is bigger than a baseball and is hard. Players may wear shin pads. That's it. The goalkeeper (me) had full length leg pads and gloves, no mask. I think they have a mask now as too many teeth and noses got broken. It's fast. The Indians and Pakistanis are usually very good players.

Posted by: Ciampino -- played on grass or murram (clay) at July 31, 2022 09:16 AM (qfLjt)

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