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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Virgin Atlantic announced on Oct. 5 that it’s permanently pulling out of Hong Kong, dropping flights to the Asian hub and shuttering its offices after 30 years. The UK company cited a string of factors as reasons behind the decision, including issues arising from Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. “After careful consideration, we’ve taken the difficult decision to suspend our London Heathrow to Hong Kong services and close our Hong Kong office, after almost 30 years of proudly serving this Asian hub city,” an airline spokesperson said in a statement. The airline stated that “ongoing Russian airspace closure,” which would have resulted in Heathrow to Hong Kong flight times being extended by between one and two hours, had also played a part in its decision.If there was money to be made on the Hong Kong route they would have stayed, especially since a fair amount of that travel is the hugely profitable business seat, which can be several orders of magnitude more expensive than an economy ticket. That they are leaving a prestigious route is a clear signal that the expectation of future profit is unclear. And that signals their opinion of the business climate in Hong Kong. They can blame Covid and Putin's Ukraine adventure all they want, but the reality is stark. What is fascinating about the gradual destruction of Hong Kong as a world business center at the hands of the communist dictators in Peking is that they are willing to forego tens of billions in capital inflows as long as they get their political way, which is to turn Hong Kong into just another Chinese business center. And that means cracking down hard on the freedoms that Hong Kong has enjoyed ever since Great Britain took it during the first opium war. A more enlightened communist government would have allowed Hong Kong its freedoms and reaped the huge profits (with its attendant graft) available. But the Chinese communist mindset is consumed by image, and they simply cannot abide freedom and individualism anywhere in their world. That of course is their loss, but it is the West's loss too. Hong Kong was a beacon of relative freedom in an ocean of totalitarian excess, and it has been destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:00 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 06, 2022 11:00 AM (0SYwF)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:00 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:01 AM (to2dd)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:02 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (76cAw)
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (lTGtQ)
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Yup. Even that is optional. Hong Kongers are Chinese, and they *will* be brought to heel. There must be one China, one Chinese way, one Chinese leader. "One nation, two systems" lasted longer than I expected, but still far less time than they asserted when Hong Kong reverted to CCP authority.
If you have a Chinese population, China will bring you into the fold. It doesn't matter if it's destructive or whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 11:04 AM (t0OGg)
Elites worldwide have decided they do NOT want to just live like Carnegie or Rockefeller.
They want to live like French aristocrats and if they have to reduce the masses to starving serfs that is something they are MORE then ok with.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2022 11:04 AM (ESjRY)
Damn!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2022 11:04 AM (anj39)
Wuflu took care of that really quickly. What a coincidence.
Posted by: brak at October 06, 2022 11:04 AM (j5Tg0)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:05 AM (MxhBx)
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:05 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:05 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:05 AM (MxhBx)
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It was booty killed the beast.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:05 AM (to2dd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Wuflu took care of that really quickly. What a coincidence.
Sorry, that's a bit too tin-foilish. The Chicoms are in deep trouble specifically because of Covid. It has devastated their economy, particularly Xi's lockdowns.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022 11:06 AM (ayzS/)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 06, 2022 11:07 AM (OgrpQ)
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Radical MAGA extremists.
https://cnb.cx/3SYwJET
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:07 AM (FVME7)
https://tinyurl.com/3pzzfku3M
Dead include 24 children, an eight month pregnant teacher and the murderer's wife and child.
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2022 11:07 AM (76cAw)
Posted by: 8-Year-Old Kid, future U.S. Senator at October 06, 2022 11:07 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Sponge
Now do Philly's.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2022 11:07 AM (LsEU/)
Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994, is known for folksy eccentricities and radical suggestions, such as drinking a shot of vodka daily to ward off the coronavirus.
"From Oct. 6, all price increases are forbidden. Forbidden! From today. Not from tomorrow, from today. So that prices aren't driven up in the next 24 hours," Lukashenko told a meeting with officials.
He said consumer prices were "outrageous" and had increased by 18% year-on-year.
Of course, this is what Gavin Newsom wants to do with oil prices in California.
I'm sure he's taking notes.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:08 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: JT at October 06, 2022 11:08 AM (T4tVD)
@disclosetv · Oct 4
NOW - China starts enforcing its zero-COVID policy with machine guns at Xishuangbanna Airport in Yunnan.
People screaming "are you gonna kill us all?"
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1577339254589587457
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:08 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Sponge
Now do Philly's.
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That's hell in hell.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:08 AM (sX1BW)
Now do Philly's.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2022 11:07 AM (LsEU/)
One of the few airports I've flown into where I had to deplane OUTSIDE and walk to the terminal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:08 AM (I2/tG)
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Lukashenko has chosen "none" instead of "expensive".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Archimedes
True. But could not the same be said about the country with amber waves of grain from sea to shining sea?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (LsEU/)
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Whaa?!!! Could Jerry Rivers have been wrong?!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (FVME7)
I'm sure that the popular nonstop routes between India and Canada are gone.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (7J3tr)
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (AwYPR)
Heh. So even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (anj39)
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So they'll go from high-priced goods to no goods at all. Clever.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (to2dd)
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I'm not sure about his economic theories, but I'm intrigued by his healthcare ones.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (sX1BW)
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Whaa?!!! Could Jerry Rivers have been wrong?!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (FVME7)
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There's a reason Fox spends millions of dollars a year on his contract...
I'm not sure what it is, but there is a reason. There has to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (LvTSG)
Watch now for stores removing Russian vodka from their shelves …..
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (F/xj4)
Of all the owners of airlines do any approach the name recognition of Richard Branson?
Posted by: Minuteman at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (LaNzR)
It just means that food and consumer goods will be smuggled into Russia, where there are no price controls.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (I2/tG)
Whaa?!!! Could Jerry Rivers have been wrong?!!!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (FVME7)
Trump = Orange Man Bad
Crist = Orange Man Good
I'M SO CONFUSED!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)
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The hell you say!
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary! at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (lf83v)
They want to live like French aristocrats and if they have to reduce the masses to starving serfs that is something they are MORE then ok with.
Hence the term "neo-feudalism".
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (nC+QA)
As bad as our troubles are, I wouldn't trade them for China's in a million years. Xi is still in power and will be very difficult to remove. In 2 months, the Dems won't be, and in 2 years, Biden will be history.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (ayzS/)
Posted by: Zombeavers is an excellent movie at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (6Cp7U)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)
Of all the owners of airlines do any approach the name recognition of Richard Branson?
Posted by: Minuteman at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (LaNzR)
It always cracks me up when he goes off on a climate change tangent and how we're killing the planet.
YOU FUCKING OWN AN AIRLINE!!!
We're really really dumb.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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Like Spirit, except their brand is we provide you a shitty product and no service.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:12 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:12 AM (MxhBx)
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It prefectly reflects Newark.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:12 AM (0chEi)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)
We are currently in the process of moving a datacenter from Hong Kong to Singapore as we speak.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm not sure what it is, but there is a reason. There has to be.
He's like Milton from Office Space. He was fired 5 years ago, but they're all too chickenshit to tell him.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:12 AM (ZGrMX)
https://flic.kr/p/2nRcmTj
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (76cAw)
We've replaced Robert's Folgers Crystals with pure methamphetamine.
Let's see if the DEA notices.
Posted by: Gustavo Fring at October 06, 2022 11:12 AM (h5TKJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: torabora at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (Y274z)
*******
Q: What is "Hong Kong"?
A: the sound a golden goose makes as it is being killed.
Posted by: Muldoon at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (cPDW+)
I'm not sure what it is, but there is a reason. There has to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (LvTSG)
diversity hire
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (0chEi)
They were as clean as an operating room. Every half hour or so, a beautiful stewardess would spray room freshener in the heads. I did not determine if that was triggered by specific passengers.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (ayzS/)
@disclosetv · 1h
JUST IN - Belarus President Lukashenko: "From October 6, all price increases are forbidden. Forbidden! From today. Not from tomorrow, from today. Therefore, from today, price increases are prohibited."
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (yikp0)
Got in to work this morning and everything is down. Email, teams, Epic, the internet.
And we've been told we have to see patients all day regardless.
"Hi, Mrs Sweet, you're here to follow up
On your recent lab work? Oh, well, I don't know what those results are. And sorry I couldn't call you to say that. And sorry you drove 60 miles to get here. No, we won't comp your parking. Have a nice day!"
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2022 11:13 AM (opN2i)
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Well, I'll be go to Hell!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:14 AM (FVME7)
No exaggeration. Towards the end of a 10-hour flight, the bathrooms look like nobody's used them.
The power of culture.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 06, 2022 11:14 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 11:14 AM (4sX/q)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 06, 2022 11:14 AM (bJ+Ct)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9VoRmjxvPs
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:14 AM (I2/tG)
No doubt. But it wasn't the plan from the beginning.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (ayzS/)
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Didn't the Fed just float this as an idea instead of raising interest rates?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (yikp0)
Everyone in Hollywood voted for maximum Brutalist architecture, and they should get it good and hard.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (ZGrMX)
I'm not sure what it is, but there is a reason. There has to be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM
24 hour news channels are nothing more than a political version of pro wrestling. . .and you gotta have a heel.
Posted by: Bert G at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (aCgRi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 11:14 AM (4sX/q)
Such is the story of Newark.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (lf83v)
And on time. So glad we used them to go to Mongolia instead of the US carrier routed through Detroit (which is notorious for screwing up schedules and making it nearly guaranteed to miss connecting flights.
Doesn't hurt that the stewardesses are cute and cheerful as well.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (nC+QA)
well it also helped get rid of Trump, the only president to ever call out our trade in-balance with China. maybe it seemed worth it and then got out of hand
Posted by: brak at October 06, 2022 11:15 AM (j5Tg0)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:16 AM (MxhBx)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:16 AM (ZGrMX)
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The first 5 minutes of Lean on Me was as accurate a description of a town ever shown in a movie.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:17 AM (sX1BW)
Worst shithole: Newark vs Camden vs Trenton. ROUND ONE, FIGHT!
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:16 AM (ZGrMX)
No holds barred cage match winner take all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
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Do NOT take re-routes through Teheran.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:17 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 06, 2022 11:17 AM (wOXQ9)
My Australian business partner is in Singapore right now meeting with a prospective business financier who just moved his office from Hong Kong to Singapore.
It's a shame. I liked Hong Kong but I doubt I will ever go again. On the other hand Singapore is pretty nice.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)
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I am sure China would *love* to get their mitts on Singapore. I don't see how they would do it, but I am sure they'd like the idea very much. That's a majority-Chinese population they don't own.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (t0OGg)
Worst shithole: Newark vs Camden vs Trenton. ROUND ONE, FIGHT!
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:16 AM (ZGrMX)
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In the '80s, I'd say Camden. Newark was a garden spot compared to it and Trenton. But I haven't been there recently.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (to2dd)
Last night, I watched the first "Rush Hour" movie on Netflix, since I hadn't seen it for over a decade and remembered it as an okay buddy cop comedy.
Welp, I laughed (bitterly) more at the squeaky clean, hopeful, Chinese taking over Hong Kong good feeling and general very obvious in hindsight propaganda nonsense than I did the actual hijinks on the screen.
BONUS! The big villain was a white Englishman who was looting all of China's cultural heritage with his run from his gov't office crime syndicate.
When I was in the Navy I visited Hong Kong twice before the Chi-Coms took over, and there was a noticeable euphoria in the general public (except for the smart ones who bailed out to Toronto) about the prospect.
I wonder what they think about that dealio now?
Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (KLPy8)
I can't imagine how much worse it is today unless you're willing to shell out big bucks for upgrades.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (BFigT)
People watching at the airport can be a great way to kill time.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (OTzUX)
The magic of banks printing money and getting rich turned USA into a financial giant, even as they sold out their working class in favor of slaves (and the pollution and empowerment of China that went with it).
Bretton Woods set us on that course (I guess), and we kept a strong military which protected the USD, but government got bought as banks took control of finance. Middle America poured 10% of every paycheck into the Wall Street (Ponzi?) game starting around 1982, globalists took control of the cash stream, and here we are, zero bound on interest rate magic, deep in debt but the oligarchs are still sucking the last dollar out of USA.
Losing Hong Kong was part of the end game process? Build Back Brandon.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2022 11:19 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)
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It's a fine city.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:19 AM (to2dd)
Gary Saul Morson, the great professor of Russian literature at Northwestern, wrote a parody of Russian language and literature called "And Quiet Flows The Vodka" under a pseudonym.
It included a purported response from the Belarussian Foreign Ministry stating that since it was Belarus, the surprising thing was not that the US embassy sometimes lost water and power, but that the US embassy ever had water and power at all.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:19 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: 496 at October 06, 2022 11:19 AM (U1eOr)
I'm not sure what it is, but there is a reason. There has to be.
He's like Milton from Office Space. He was fired 5 years ago, but they're all too chickenshit to tell him.
Posted by: Ian S.
He's working in the basement?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 06, 2022 11:20 AM (fWTJL)
Watching "Rush Hour" though, you can already see those tendencies at work.
YUCK FACTOR = 7.8
Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2022 11:20 AM (KLPy8)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:20 AM (0chEi)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (VtqbX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (4sX/q)
Her Majesty is traveling more for judging assignments, AKC Delegate meetings and club board meetings. We're thinking of upgrading her AmEx to Platinum so she can use the first-class clubs at airports. Not to sit in the lap of luxury, just to sit somewhere quiet and maybe have a cup of coffee and not deal with the terminal zoo.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (3vQN0)
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I don't blame Amazon. First they won't work in fires. Next it'll be floods, tornados, and earthquakes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (FVME7)
And you'll never believe what happens next!
Posted by: Reality! at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (I2/tG)
Prior to the Great Society, blacks were on track to be mostly middle-class. The deeply racist Democrat Party couldn't have that, and we see the results.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (VtqbX)
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It was no Panama Canal.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (sX1BW)
Hong Kong was considered "Buy America" and "Made in Hong Kong" labels satisfied this requirement.
Bet that's not the case anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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If you're a gopher.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:22 AM (0chEi)
Lenny Bruce is not afraid?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:22 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:22 AM (VtqbX)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:05 AM (MxhBx)
Twas beauty that killed the beast,
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (yQpMk)
Airlines, having treated passengers like animals, shouldn't be surprised when they start acting like them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (1Nxff)
Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.
The crossroads of the world.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 11:21 AM (4sX/q)
Try to find the one non gay white male employed there. Custodial and maintenance doesn’t count. Gate agents, check in peeps, etc. you can kill hours.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (3vQN0)
We'll get on developing this right away, amirite?
No, the process will increase CO2, so we'll just have to back burner this shit forever.
https://bit.ly/3yiKA0Y
Posted by: From about that time at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (4780s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2022 11:24 AM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:24 AM (3vQN0)
China controlled the water supply and could cut it off at any moment.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 06, 2022 11:24 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:24 AM (VtqbX)
"Decarbonization" sounds a lot more sinister when you realize all life on Earth is carbon based.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2022 11:25 AM (ZGrMX)
You are wise.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022 11:25 AM (ayzS/)
Sitting in a lounge, watching a flight for Rome boarding and a flight for Munich boarding...reenforced some stereotypes.
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2022 11:25 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)
You are wise.
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In fairness, people wanted low prices. And the government had a say in that too. Take your shoes off peasant.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022
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GBR?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (J2vNu)
This applies to traveling as well.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (3vQN0)
I refuse to be treated like an animal, herded here, shoved there. And I sure as hell don't appreciate having to pay to be treated so undignified.
And that's before dealing with the slobs, the dullards, the rude and selfish passengers.
TSA has not stopped a single terrorist but they've cost the public trillions in delays and incompetence.
I had a recent mandatory trip to Cleveland. I chose to drive the 20 hours rather than fly because of the distaste for flying. Plus, I got to take my dog. People need to get out and see this country more. It really is fantastic.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (TwiVy)
Since the Residency began, the story has shifted to the censoring of Biden news and the cover-up. It's a story now about the FBI and Big Tech colluding to keep facts from Americans.
Chris Wray is one of those DC politicians you could never have imagined would turn out so criminally corrupt. He illustrates Lord Acton's aphorism perfectly.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (KJHyV)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (4sX/q)
We'll get on developing this right away, amirite?
No, the process will increase CO2, so we'll just have to back burner this shit forever.
https://bit.ly/3yiKA0Y
Posted by: From about that time at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (4780s)
A second look at 70's sci-fi horror novel -
"Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater"?
Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (KLPy8)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (yikp0)
He was a voice of conservative New Yorkers for years as executive producer for Imus in the Morning.
Very sad.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
In 99 China wasn't shit. Great Britain could have whooped the crap out of them and taken the water supplies.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (VtqbX)
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GBR?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (J2vNu)
I'm assuming Great Britain.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)
Sitting in a lounge, watching a flight for Rome boarding and a flight for Munich boarding...reenforced some stereotypes.
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2022 11:25 AM (AwYPR)
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I can see that in my mind's eye now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (1Nxff)
126 I remember back when you had to wear a suit and tie if you were going to get on a commercial plane and pilots would give out autographs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)
And it also cost an average month’s salary for the ticket.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Hong Kong Phooey at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (xEe87)
“California will start handing out $1,050 stimulus payments to residents this week to combat inflation.”
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Finally, some common sense inflation control!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (FVME7)
Is epic working for you?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (B96Jb)
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I think now its required that you wear flip flops and a tank top (especially if you are hairy). The pilots now look like they just graduated high school.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: BignJames
On a European flight that was mostly filled with German nationals, the BO was so bad I damn near yakked.
Eyes watering, can't breathe bad.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: mrp at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (6eRlp)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (3vQN0)
“California will start handing out $1,050 stimulus payments to residents this week to combat inflation.”
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Finally, some common sense inflation control!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (FVME7)
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Send my check to my PO Box in SC, Newsom.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (VtqbX)
I find this statement just boggling.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (yQpMk)
The crossroads of the world.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Closest I've ever come to the Star Wars bar was changing planes at Heathrow.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (8AONa)
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I think now its required that you wear flip flops and a tank top (especially if you are hairy). The pilots now look like they just graduated high school.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:27 AM (sX1BW)
There are radio adverts around here that say you can get trained in 8 months and be licensed to fly a 767 for the airlines.
yeah, I ain't getting on that flight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)
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You are wise.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022
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There's been some screaming from flight attendants that they need more break time between flights. My view? You happily acted like concentration camp guards during The Sniffle Scare. You can just shrug into your uniforms and stand an extra watch at the gate like everybody else.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (J2vNu)
Closest I've ever come to the Star Wars bar was changing planes at Heathrow.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (8AONa)
I think I've been there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
A Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing on religious grounds to make a wedding cake for a gay couple a decade ago is facing complaints he refused to make a birthday cake celebrating a gender transition.
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That bastard!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (FVME7)
Try to find the one non gay white male employed there. Custodial and maintenance doesn’t count. Gate agents, check in peeps, etc. you can kill hours.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:23 AM (3vQN0
Couldn't that be said for any male flight attendant?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (N39Ws)
An upwardly mobile global population sounds great ... the Davos crowd hates that idea, apparently so does the CCP. Russia? also full of corrupt oligarchs. Europe had US subsidize their safety for decades, now they face a winter of discontent.
Too bad the peace movement was just a commie front.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Pretty much anything newark is a shithole and literal hell on earth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (3vQN0)
“California will start handing out $1,050 stimulus payments to residents this week to combat inflation.”
Yeah, I don't think that's how this works.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (8AONa)
I think I've been there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa2AMNNNOzk
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 06, 2022 11:30 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 06, 2022 11:30 AM (XvPQV)
Pretty much anything newark is a shithole and literal hell on earth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (VwHCD)
Your point is valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:30 AM (d2bW3)
There are radio adverts around here that say you can get trained in 8 months and be licensed to fly a 767 for the airlines.
yeah, I ain't getting on that flight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Where've we seen this before? Something something 9/11? Teach you to fly, nothing said about landing.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (N39Ws)
I can't imagine how much worse it is today unless you're willing to shell out big bucks for upgrades.
the masks keep you warm now
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (oY6Yp)
Schipol in Amsterdam.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (ZLI7S)
When was the last time you saw a news story critical of China?
That is the problem. The CCP owns our media.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (Cus5s)
Mandatory military service, I think. One of my daughters had a HS classmate from there and he had to go home and do his couple years after he graduated.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (906pl)
Smilin' Joe Biden, Pilot
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)
And it also cost an average month’s salary for the ticket.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022
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Doesn't it still cost that much? Unfortunately nobody dresses up and for that insanely inflated price we're surrounded by flabby and fat travelers who wear T-shirts and have no manners at all.
And, as I pointed out earlier, "flight attendants" who act like camp guards.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (J2vNu)
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In Arabic?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (3vQN0)
My father grew up in Newark in one Jewish section after the First WW. He said it was lovely. If you go to one in the hospitals in Newark you can still see pictures of old well kept and maintained Newark. Yep, it came completely crashing down after the MLK riots.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (vH/6k)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (VwHCD)
As a NJ Devils fan - yes, I know - The Prudential Center is a great arena, but yes, the rest of Newark is awful beyond belief.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
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Being taken down and reconstructed, starting soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (KJHyV)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (0chEi)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (OTzUX)
AND....did anybody save a record of it somehow?
Posted by: geewhiz at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (aiyVR)
Posted by: Newsome at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (Tvvj2)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Mishdog at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (uwW33)
Being taken down and reconstructed, starting soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (KJHyV)
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A new and improved hell on earth.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (1Nxff)
“California will start handing out $1,050 stimulus payments to residents this week to combat inflation.”
Yeah, I don't think that's how this works.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
My favorite Democrat "Inflation Fighting" idea is to raise income taxes severely.
Lessee here...gov't takes an increased amount of my earnings as the currency is constantly losing value and I'm able to buy less and have to support my family at an ever-falling level.
Yeah. Sure. Gimme all of that.
Assholes.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2022 11:33 AM (KLPy8)
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There are alternatives starting to pop up. JSX. Von lane - which is bus. But yes, flying still is a cheap option.
When they move to drone planes, I'm done though.
Have to have a pilot with skin in the game.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:34 AM (sX1BW)
No, all of New Jersey is not a shit****. Of course, it will continue to have more and more problems as Murphy continues to be Governor.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:35 AM (vH/6k)
Doesn't it still cost that much?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (J2vNu
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Average salary is $60k a year or so. An average ticket does not cost $5k. Come on. You can fly pretty much anywhere domestically for under $500 if you book ahead.
Flying is dirt cheap adjusted for inflation vs what it was in the “good old days” of flying.
Like I said, good, fast, cheap. Pick 2.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:35 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: mrp at October 06, 2022 11:35 AM (6eRlp)
No, all of New Jersey is not a shit****. Of course, it will continue to have more and more problems as Murphy continues to be Governor.
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Okay. Keep Cape May.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:35 AM (lf83v)
Have to have a pilot with skin in the game.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:34 AM (sX1BW)
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"If my ass gets there safely, so will the passengers." - Cap. Augie Keim, American Airlines
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (1Nxff)
LOLGF
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (QIYML)
My father grew up in Newark in one Jewish section after the First WW. He said it was lovely. If you go to one in the hospitals in Newark you can still see pictures of old well kept and maintained Newark. Yep, it came completely crashing down after the MLK riots
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I was a Prudential agent in northern NJ. I knew, when filling out an application for insurance, to pause and listen after I asked the applicant where he/she was born. The answer was always Newark. The pause was to allow the person to tell me how nice Newark once was. This might take several minutes.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (0chEi)
Cebu Pacific Flight Attendant Criteria- 20 year old, physically hawt, outgoing personality, single.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (7J3tr)
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (/+BsJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
South Jersey shore points are getting that way. Thanks to Murphy's rental tax, we don't go to Sea Isle City anymore. A two-week rental went from $4,000 to $6,000 overnight.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (d2bW3)
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2022/10/04/no-mans-land/
Posted by: geewhiz at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (aiyVR)
LOLGF
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One of those rare times when both sides are right.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (sX1BW)
And some UN agency demanded that central banks stop raising rates to combat inflation, saying that price controls should be used instead.
You see, the world needs to keep printing money to keep production going, and price controls will stop the resulting inflation. IOW, price controls and printing money are what's needed to handle the supply shortages.
They said that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (Mzdiz)
Smilin' Joe Biden, Pilot
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Joe, you'll recall landing those beauties into Biscayne Bay then. Miami annexed Coconut Grove some decades ago, and now the old Pan Am terminal on Dinner Key is City Hall. It still looks like a plane hanger.
Those are your Coconut Grove Fun Facts for the day.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (KJHyV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I think I have a skeleton inside me at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (xPJvm)
A war for them would kill off the young people they need to take care of the old people they are getting in large numbers every day. They need CNA's not PFC's.
Posted by: torabora at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (Y274z)
My father grew up in Newark in one Jewish section after the First WW. He said it was lovely. If you go to one in the hospitals in Newark you can still see pictures of old well kept and maintained Newark. Yep, it came completely crashing down after the MLK riots
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Doesn’t that go for pretty much every American city?
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (3vQN0)
You get what you pay for. And you're not paying a lot, so you're not getting a lot. Less room, less luggage weight, less workers to accommodate you, less timeliness of takeoffs and landings. It's the Motel 6 of airlines.
Once you know what to expect and know their system it is not so bad. The biggest problem is with the other passengers who will, do not and can not adjust their expectations and start pulling out weaves when they perceive they've been "dissed" by Spirit's standard level of service.
Higher prices do two things: it increases the quality of service and, more importantly, it increases the quality of passengers by filtering out a demographic that is more self centered and entitled.
Posted by: Minuteman at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (LaNzR)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2022 11:38 AM (lz5hY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:32 AM (vH/6k)
Yup, I was born there. My parents are from that area. I was less than a year old when we got out. The slide started before the MLK riots. Years back when I talked to old timers, including my parents, they all told the same story, that newark was a paradise at one time. Of course I always asked what epoch was that, because I always knew it as a shithole.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (VwHCD)
They FEAR it's freedoms because it might infect the mainland. I almost guarantee you that that is one of the reasons they locked it down and purged it so hard during Covid. Taiwan is not a military or even political threat to them- it is a massive cultural and ideological one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (CwQXo)
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It also has the best fights on YouTube.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (lf83v)
Well, if they're older that would be correct. It did sort of break my heart when I walked down the halls of the hospital and saw the pictures of lovely homes and nicely dressed people. I was born in Newark, Family lived in East Orange. Moved out when I was young because it was getting bad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (vH/6k)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2022 11:04 AM (ESjRY)
I don't believe that their thinking runs to "if we have to enslave the masses" so much as "how quickly can we enslave the masses".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (z99Zw)
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Racist bastard!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (/+BsJ)
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Malaysia Air 17
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 06, 2022 11:40 AM (flINI)
When was the last time you saw a news story critical of China?
That is the problem. The CCP owns our media.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:31 AM (lf83v)
The last movie that was somewhat critical of China that I remember was Spygame with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford.p
Posted by: Mishdog at October 06, 2022 11:40 AM (uwW33)
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:36 AM (/+BsJ)
I was assured by my lefty college classmates at the time that that was a CIA spy plane and got what they deserved. (It was even Flight 007!)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 06, 2022 11:40 AM (906pl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Sure, but you also own an actual car that is capable of doing that kind of thing without the slightest bit of planning.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 11:40 AM (O01nq)
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Heh, if you think inflation's bad now, wait 'till you start getting "inflation stimulus" payments from the Government!
Posted by: WisRich at October 06, 2022 11:40 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (/+BsJ)
'And you'll never believe what happens next!'
If it's shortages and a black market, I'll believe it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (yvHe0)
Posted by: WisRich
Can't wait for President Newsom's stimulus checks in 2024!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (d2bW3)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (bs+z0)
accordingtohoyt.com/2022/10/04/no-mans-land/
Posted by: geewhiz
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Good article, thanks.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (O01nq)
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I agree.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:42 AM (lf83v)
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I had a motor melt down in Orange, NJ, one night. Thank God for the Portuguese who came to my rescue. Under NJ law you can't check your own oil in a gas station. Attendant said it was good. He lied and my Oldsmobile died in fucking East Orange, NJ, at 1030 PM. Fuck NJ.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:42 AM (0chEi)
Posted by: Eromero at October 06, 2022 11:42 AM (/RDPd)
I even hate some newer airports more than Newark. Minneapolis is a nightmare.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2022 11:43 AM (NdNQC)
You are correct. The slide started before the riots, I should say. The riots did it in. My family moved out before the riots.
I don't really understand why people needed to riot to express their anger and grief over MLK. He wouldn't have approved of it. Something crazy takes over and the activists use it and encourage it. Same with George Floyd.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:43 AM (vH/6k)
Well, if they're older that would be correct. It did sort of break my heart when I walked down the halls of the hospital and saw the pictures of lovely homes and nicely dressed people. I was born in Newark, Family lived in East Orange. Moved out when I was young because it was getting bad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:39 AM (vH/6k)
Wow, my parents were from east orange, and I was born in newark.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:43 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2022 11:11 AM (ayzS/)
The hell you say. -- Dominion "Voting" Systems
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 06, 2022 11:43 AM (z99Zw)
https://youtu.be/OtnL4KYVtDE
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Wow, that's talent right there.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (d2bW3)
A war for them would kill off the young people they need to take care of the old people they are getting in large numbers every day. They need CNA's not PFC's.
Posted by: torabora
It is not a coincidence their satraps in the West are pouring on the heat now. It's like why Russia chose now to go for Ukraine--demographically and economically, it's now or never to go for the brass ring.
They will fail. They may well wreck everything in the process, but they will fail.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (/+BsJ)
And they probably liquidated everyone associated with them or even suspected of being connected to someone who might have been connected to them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (CwQXo)
Last time I was in Hong Kong which was prior to the takeover the Hong Kong government was putting a limit on the number of mainland Chinese that could visit HK at any given time. They were flocking into the place to buy basics that were unavailable in the mainland, basics like toilet paper and baby formula and cleaning the place out.
Sound familiar?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (ZLI7S)
I'm sorry you had those problems, but your f*** for NJ doesn't have an effect on me and my life.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (vH/6k)
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:41 AM (/+BsJ)
And get rid of the elderly who are a drain on their resources
Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (bs+z0)
It sank in shallow water in Hong Kong harbor due to a fire in 1972. It was owned by a private company and not the British government.
In the movie, it served as the Hong Kong headquarters for MI6.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (lf83v)
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I can't remember the exact airline, but a couple decades ago (?) there was a reality show on TV about this big name American airline. Just day to day complaining and problems. It was always some kind of misery happening and complaining passengers. A short lived series, if I recall. I guess the airline wound up not wanting all the bad publicity that came from what is likely a plague for all airlines.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (sVtYq)
Is epic working for you?
Posted by: nurse
Not at work today. But we do have downtime tomorrow night while I am working. So... yay? Take epic down on Fri night in the ER. Brilliant!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (VtqbX)
Visited HK in 1991 while on deployment in the Navy. Such a beautiful city that the Brits should have fought to keep. Fuck the ChiComs.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (phaLS)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (RHGPo)
I'm sorry you had those problems, but your f*** for NJ doesn't have an effect on me and my life.
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I didn't direct my fucks towards you. I aimed them at NJ. I fixed the problem by leaving NJ. Don't take it personally. It was not intended that way.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (0chEi)
https://youtu.be/OtnL4KYVtDE
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Wow, that's talent right there.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (d2bW3)
Like landing on an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (yQpMk)
I was born in Beth Israel Hospital. You look younger than I do. Heavy metal must have kept you young or Preserved. J/K.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (vH/6k)
Posted by: blaster at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (dp5iX)
I don't really understand why people needed to riot to express their anger and grief over MLK. He wouldn't have approved of it. Something crazy takes over and the activists use it and encourage it. Same with George Floyd.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:43 AM (vH/6k)
The cops didn't put up with crap though back then. My father knew a lot of the newark cops. He had a business there in the 60's, and they contained the riots just a few blocks from his business. It was frontier justice during the riots. The cops were shooting them and throwing them down the sewers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
Great band. Saw them in college at Oregon State in 82, I think. They RAWWWKED!!!
Posted by: Sharkman at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (phaLS)
And some UN agency demanded that central banks stop raising rates to combat inflation, saying that price controls should be used instead.
You see, the world needs to keep printing money to keep production going, and price controls will stop the resulting inflation. IOW, price controls and printing money are what's needed to handle the supply shortages.
They said that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 11:37 AM (Mzdiz)
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When you are a Death Cult Totalitarian, everything looks like Nail Needing Control.
Posted by: ShainS -- Triple-Jabbed & Quad-Boosted with the Biden Hurricane-22 Vaccine at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (qGRaq)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (lz5hY)
Posted by: polynikes
Yup.
Chicoms: we got a HK problem
Dems: We got a Trump problem
EU: We need more control
WEF: You ready to play?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (VtqbX)
Posted by: SMOD
Can't believe President Trump hasn't fixed this yet. Oh... I forgot. Thanks Joe Biden.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (d2bW3)
Wow, that's talent right there.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (d2bW3)
__________
It used to be said that if you asked politely, the pilot would stop at McDonald's for you coming over Kowloon City.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
yeah, I looked it up, they spend a lot on military, and are pretty advanced. But they are small ... I still like the idea of USA leading the world with our military cooperating regionally, as long as the powers are humane and ?? whatever.
But as with NATO, it is very expensive and many countries will take the free ride. We gave up on all that with China, and China Joe and Mitch are still giving them all they want. Trump/Pompeo have a better idea ... so globalists got rid of them. hmmm
Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (3vQN0)
Given the choice - I'll drive. Even at these gas prices. The hassles getting to the airport, checking in, security, the flight, etc. - I'll climb in the truck and drive.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
When you are a Death Cult Totalitarian Hammer, everything looks like Nail Needing Control.
Posted by: ShainS -- Triple-Jabbed & Quad-Boosted with the Biden Hurricane-22 Vaccine at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (qGRaq)
I did two trips to China for business, but that was back when they were trying their experiment in "managed capitalism". The prosperity that allowed was mind-blowing.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (4qV1y)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2022 11:18 AM (KLPy
One thing that transcends all boundaries...race, gender, religion, nationality, even time...the general public are largely idiots.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 06, 2022 11:49 AM (z99Zw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:46 AM (vH/6k)
Yeah thats usually my excuse. Heavy metal been beddy beddy good to me, lol. I was born in newark presbyterian.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:49 AM (VwHCD)
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So they met their management goals?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 11:49 AM (0chEi)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
Top.Men.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 06, 2022 11:49 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:50 AM (RHGPo)
__________
Because of course they do.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 06, 2022 11:50 AM (lf83v)
It's right there, the link in Ace's sidebar but the contents were purged.
Did anyone save the info in those tweets?
Posted by: geewhiz at October 06, 2022 11:50 AM (aiyVR)
Governor candidate, GA
We are 34 days from destiny.
-
Unless the racists steal it from her again.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 11:50 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
They need to get Ethan Hunt out of retirement.
Posted by: spindrift at October 06, 2022 11:50 AM (h5TKJ)
They are taking a different approach with that goldmine.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2022 11:50 AM (ZLI7S)
A leftist purge before Musk takes over?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:51 AM (d2bW3)
Records from Fetterman’s four years in office, however, offer a different portrait of his time in the $179,000-a-year elected job. They show Fetterman typically kept a light work schedule and was often absent from state business, including presiding over the state Senate, which is one of his chief duties, according to an Associated Press review of his daily calendars and attendance records.
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:51 AM (RHGPo)
I was recently let out on parole for the first time in nine years in order to attend a wedding in PA. I drove from TX instead of flying. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and I'm not sure I didn't break even versus taking a plane and renting a car.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 11:51 AM (1Nxff)
So you bought a couple magazines and read them cover to cover... sometimes several times to ease the boredom. Or a paperback that didn't require much thought.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2022 11:52 AM (BFigT)
Governor candidate, GA
We are 34 days from
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FIFY.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:52 AM (to2dd)
The ski area was forced to close for the season this week, three weeks earlier than planned.
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:52 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Quato at October 06, 2022 11:53 AM (flINI)
Posted by CBD at 11:00 AM
This is the story of America too
Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 06, 2022 11:53 AM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (4sX/q)
If Xi loses power to a more economically-minded or openness-minded person for the Party chairmanship, it might encourage more wait-and-see from foreign business and government interests. Might, not a guarantee.
But I suspect a bunch of power players are waiting to see what will happen. If Xi is reinstalled, Virgin Atlantic might just be looked at as an early mover.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (t0OGg)
https://bit.ly/3CFCWjP
First time I've ever seen the phrase "multifocal necrotizing encephalitis."
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (Bd6X8)
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"Request permission to come aboard, Sir."
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (yikp0)
cool, sounds like they are better partners and take their defense more seriously than most of the EU. That kind of arrangement could still work, IF the globalist junta would stop feeding the CCP beast. (and stop them from buying up America ... "you been here too long, you go home now".
Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (CwQXo)
The psycho bitch who pulls out her own hair was involved.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:55 AM (d2bW3)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:55 AM (RHGPo)
Assume that excerpt was pulled from some wire-service "report". Pretty typical of the laughably distorted "news" coverage - but then again this applies to all topics and stories.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 06, 2022 11:55 AM (OTzUX)
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Sure they do.
Assholes.
Just when I'm considering tapping into the 401s.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (anj39)
The psycho bitch who pulls out her own hair was involved.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:55 AM (d2bW3)
Free the floof!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (XvPQV)
AND....did anybody save a record of it somehow?
Posted by: geewhiz
*
Ha.
Not just the thread.
His account was nuked. Funny, that.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (rCyBc)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 06, 2022 11:28 AM (8AONa)
Bagram AFB was a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (44ww/)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
++++
No shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (MxhBx)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 06, 2022 11:29 AM (3vQN0)
Given the choice - I'll drive. Even at these gas prices. The hassles getting to the airport, checking in, security, the flight, etc. - I'll climb in the truck and drive.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (N39Ws)
I have a private pilot's license and would much rather drive than fly commercial.
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (Vu7A1)
https://tinyurl.com/5es6tfwf
Posted by: geewhiz at October 06, 2022 11:57 AM (aiyVR)
Not just the thread.
His account was nuked. Funny, that.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (rCyBc)
Rekieta got it on utube as well.
Once you start censoring, you cannot stop.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 06, 2022 11:57 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (MxhBx)
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So is the Hopatcong/Netcong area.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:57 AM (to2dd)
It's not the driving so much as it is the other drivers and the law limiting my speed. Don't give me a machine that can go 130mph and limit me to 75mph. 😃
Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2022 11:57 AM (/+BsJ)
There was a threadreader link somewhere...
Not sure if I can find it again.
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (Vu7A1)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (peWy1)
The psycho bitch who pulls out her own hair was involved.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 11:55 AM (d2bW3)
I found this archived
https://bityl.co/EvDZ
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (flINI)
https://tinyurl.com/5es6tfwf
Posted by: geewhiz
*
Better save a copy to post elsewhere. Remember, that Taylor Lorenz chick's uncle (grandfather?) established the wayback. He can nuke any page he wants. And does. Shes an internet ghost. This one will be gone soon, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (rCyBc)
I recently drove from the Seattle area to St George, Utah and back. Yeah, next time I'm flying.
I got my TSA precheck so I can take the shorter security line and leave my shoes on.
For me, the pain points have always been security and baggage claim. Hopefully now the security part is easier. Baggage claim will always be a minor hassle, but it beats hours on the road.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (eyxn4)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
++++
No shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 11:56 AM (t0OGg)
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Unexpectedly (the go-to synonym for "No Shit").
Posted by: ShainS -- Triple-Jabbed & Quad-Boosted with the Biden Hurricane-22 Vaccine at October 06, 2022 11:59 AM (qGRaq)
Governor candidate, GA
We are 34 days from destiny.
you mean 34 days from murdering a few hundred boxes of twinkies from depression binge eating.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 11:59 AM (VwHCD)
he'd better declare that as income
Posted by: 87,000 irs agents at October 06, 2022 11:59 AM (SrCV7)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (Wnv9h)
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Same here.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2022 11:59 AM (to2dd)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (FVME7)
"Trying to find info about any of these people on the internet in nearly impossible. Taylor Lorenz even had her uncle exempt her twitter account from the WayBackMachine. Once she deletes her tweets they are literally wiped from the internet forever.
Now that’s power you can’t buy"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (rCyBc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (CwQXo)
Old and Busted: Russia annexing Ukraine.
New Hotness: Ukraine annexing Russia.
Posted by: Robert at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (++kdc)
=---------
Try Mariupol airport on an un airconditioned jet full of Turkish day laborers. I literally have never smelled a place on earth so hideous.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (0chEi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
Taylor Lorenz was involved in the banning. Who woulda thought?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (4sX/q)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (rCyBc)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (906pl)
Propose it, vote on it, pass it. Until then, NJ deserves the scorn heaped upon it.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (LqcQ+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 06, 2022 12:01 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 12:01 PM (VwHCD)
Newark is bad but it's better than JFK. I haven't been to the new LGA yet.
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2022 12:01 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 12:00 PM (0chEi)
Share a Riyadh elevator with Bangladeshis.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 12:02 PM (4sX/q)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I think I have a skeleton inside me at October 06, 2022 12:02 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: DB at October 06, 2022 12:02 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Chinaacid at October 06, 2022 12:02 PM (7MrdX)
The one bit of information in that thread that truly shocked me is Tay Tay Lorenz's age. They claim she's 37. I honestly thought she was mid forties. She ain't looking great for late thirties.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 06, 2022 12:02 PM (eyxn4)
Posted by: JackStraw
Went to Hong Kong once -- family missed our connecting flight to L.A. (coming from Bangkok) when I was 5 - we were permanently moving to the U.S. - and I remember throwing a fairly large (not Hot Wheels sized) plastic car at my brother and hitting him in the chin. He was 3 and he deserved it! Never been back since. The hotel food was great, but what 5 year old who had spent his whole life in Thailand doesn't like Chinese food?
Posted by: SFGoth at October 06, 2022 12:02 PM (KAi1n)
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Isn't Bruce a solely owned property of Jeep and China now?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (0chEi)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (MxhBx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2022 11:44 AM (vH/6k)
Lived in south-central Jersey in late 60s...enjoyed it...and the people.
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (AwYPR)
Good times
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (4q/mG)
The funniest part is how stereotypically "woman" that is.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (rCyBc)
Posted by: SMH at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (eBD6b)
2 days down and 2 back is more than we could spare.
Posted by: blaster at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (dp5iX)
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2022 12:04 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2022 12:04 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (Vu7A1)
Which seems to follow in lock-step with advances on the attacks against reliable energy: hydrocarbons and nukes.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (ceWUn)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (rCyBc)
Good news, comrades. The USDA is launching the "People's Garden" project. They want you to register your garden with the govt.
https://tinyurl.com/2l6zqxgn
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I loved Hong Kong. Was always there in the winter and their version of Russian borscht was to die for. Those White Russians made a nice add to Hong Kong.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 12:06 PM (0chEi)
I will never set foot on a plane again.
Posted by: SMH at October 06, 2022 12:06 PM (eBD6b)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2022 12:06 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at October 06, 2022 11:54 AM (Bd6X
Brain tissue dying in multiple spots?! That sounds very bad.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (nC+QA)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (4q/mG)
https://tinyurl.com/2l6zqxgn
Posted by: publius
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They can kiss my fat, black, ass.
Posted by: SMH at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (eBD6b)
Newark is bad but it's better than JFK. I haven't been to the new LGA yet.
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2022 12:01 PM (iFTx/)
++++
Flying isn't fun. The in-flight experience is miserable unless you're first class. That said, "Greyhound with Wings" would be tolerable if it weren't for the airport experience. Crowds, TSA, lines, TSA, officiousness, TSA, unhelpful airport-side airline staff, TSA, etc. If it were just the crappy flying experience, it would be mostly okay. Add in the airport experience, and it's hell on earth.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (t0OGg)
https://tinyurl.com/2l6zqxgn
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (Mzdiz)
That saying about wants and hands applies here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (4sX/q)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz)
So they can come to your house, take your vegetables and give them to illegals.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (d2bW3)
https://tinyurl.com/5es6tfwf
Posted by: geewhiz
*
Better save a copy to post elsewhere. Remember, that Taylor Lorenz chick's uncle (grandfather?) established the wayback. He can nuke any page he wants. And does. Shes an internet ghost. This one will be gone soon, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 11:58 AM (rCyBc)
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Great thread -- hadn't seen it before the original was disappeared. "The future is known, comrade -- it's always the past that keeps changing."
Posted by: ShainS -- Triple-Jabbed & Quad-Boosted with the Biden Hurricane-22 Vaccine at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (qGRaq)
What a bitch.
https://bit.ly/3ylfJRj
Posted by: bonhomme at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (eyxn4)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (5HBd1)
https://tinyurl.com/2l6zqxgn
Posted by: publius
**
A "people's garden." Holy cow, they're not even trying to phrase it better. Quote:
"Do you have a community farm or garden that you’d like to designate a People’s Garden? Join us!
Register as a People’s Garden"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (rCyBc)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (MxhBx)
Good news, comrades. The USDA is launching the "People's Garden" project. They want you to register your garden with the govt.
https://tinyurl.com/2l6zqxgn
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 12:05 PM (Mzdiz)
Haven't even clicked the link yet, but i already can say "No".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (6FeV1)
https://tinyurl.com/3jjuteje
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 06, 2022 12:08 PM (x61Im)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at October 06, 2022 12:09 PM (rCyBc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 12:09 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 06, 2022 12:03 PM (MxhBx)
He probably thought it was too cold.
"Burr."
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (9miN6)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (4q/mG)
same here, will be there on wednesday.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM
At least we still have some purple martins majesty occasionally in the Café.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (lz5hY)
Who is paying this ponzi scam?
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (wOXQ9)
But you'll get a nice sign to put up, and also lots of help from the nice people from the govt. They're here to help, you know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (Mzdiz)
It was in 2005, and I was part of the baggage detail on a 747 from Ft. Hood to Kuwait.
It was 3-4 NCOs, and about fifteen soldiers.
It was okay.
Posted by: SMH at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (eBD6b)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (RHGPo)
(Sorry, Puddinhead, punsters gotta pun.)
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The Hong Kong borstch is moar like a beefy vegetable soup but even better. The heat on our ship was turned off so getting ashore and a hot bowl of soup was what we did. Same deal in Yokuska except it was ramen and dumplings.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 06, 2022 12:11 PM (0chEi)
Toll lanes cost money, but not only is there less traffic on them but the quality of driver tends to be better.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 12:11 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2022 12:12 PM (6FeV1)
For the record ... the difference between 1st Class and Business Class is that in 1st Class, they don't let your wine glass go empty
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 12:12 PM (RHGPo)
I think they idea is to have a database of problematic peoples who might not be down with the whole eating bugs and owning nothing program.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 06, 2022 12:12 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 12:10 PM (RHGPo)
It was NEVER the "Don't Say Gay" Bill; that was a lie of the left. It was a "Don't Groom Kids in School Bill".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2022 12:13 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 06, 2022 12:09 PM (FVME7)
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The get kind of anxious when they cannot stop and get directions though... Plus, It's called a COCKpit for a reason
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 06, 2022 12:13 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 06, 2022 12:13 PM (IP9GB)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2022 12:13 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2022 12:14 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2022 12:01 PM
Coffee, tea, or me?
Posted by: Lena D. at October 06, 2022 12:14 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2022 12:14 PM (sVtYq)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 06, 2022 12:14 PM (wOXQ9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2022 12:14 PM (6FeV1)
Newark is bad but it's better than JFK. I haven't been to the new LGA yet.
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2022 12:01 PM (iFTx/)
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Flying isn't fun. The in-flight experience is miserable unless you're first class. That said, "Greyhound with Wings" would be tolerable if it weren't for the airport experience. Crowds, TSA, lines, TSA, officiousness, TSA, unhelpful airport-side airline staff, TSA, etc. If it were just the crappy flying experience, it would be mostly okay. Add in the airport experience, and it's hell on earth.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 06, 2022 12:07 PM (t0OGg)
___________________
I fly United mostly and sometimes Delta. The actual in-flight experience isn't bad even in economy (with an aisle seat). And the gate assistants are usually helpful and I can usually talk my way into a free upgrade to an exit-row or "preferred" seat. But the rest of the experience is a circle of hell.
Posted by: Elric Blade at October 06, 2022 12:15 PM (iFTx/)
Eh. You're making it sound like they're insisting all gardens be registered.
From the website, it looks more like you can get a little bit of promotion of your community garden project if you register. You get a sign, they add you to their map, you can brag about how much food you donate, and you can use federal lands for your garden project if it's for education / donation. It's all voluntary.
I don't get the objection.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 06, 2022 12:15 PM (eyxn4)
They gave us a few thousand dollars and then inflated the currency and of course increased the government tax take by 100%+ for all time.
We're getting mulcted.
It's a theft that out does anything in history.
Posted by: torabora at October 06, 2022 12:16 PM (Y274z)
For the record ... the difference between 1st Class and Business Class is that in 1st Class, they don't let your wine glass go empty
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 12:12 PM (RHGPo)
I flew private only once in my lifetime - back when I lived in LA. I could never do it again. It would completely ruin me for flying commercial.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 06, 2022 12:16 PM (9miN6)
I don't get the objection.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 06, 2022 12:15 PM (eyxn4)
The objection is the assumption that this will inevitably become non voluntary.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2022 12:16 PM (6FeV1)
Also, I've never seen a stewards or stewardess that happy when I got on a plane. Or a stewardess with a waist as small as that tranny's waist in the first scene (oooh, so surprising! so shocking! so ... cringe-worthy!)
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at October 06, 2022 12:17 PM (Rbu5d)
A note was sent out to employees yesterday.
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2022 12:17 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 06, 2022 12:17 PM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Minuteman at October 06, 2022 11:10 AM (LaNzR)
Not since Eddie Rickenbacker of Eastern or Pan Am's Juan Trippe.
Posted by: Fox2! at October 06, 2022 12:18 PM (qyH+l)
Be sure to cooperate and don't forget to recycle your food scraps
We're watching everything you do.
Posted by: His Husband Mike at October 06, 2022 12:19 PM (Y274z)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2022 12:19 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: BignJames at October 06, 2022 11:09 AM (AwYPR)
That's our policy, too.
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at October 06, 2022 12:20 PM (Rbu5d)
'i bet tiktok pilot videos will be coming soon.'
And then one of those videos is interrupted by the low altitude alarm followed by screams.
Should be hilarious for everyone except the passengers.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2022 12:22 PM (yvHe0)
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at October 06, 2022 11:48 AM (4qV1y)
China is shit, once you get past the part they want you to see.
2 blocks off the Bund, it's barefoot beggars and bamboo scaffolding.
Their roads immediately fail, their buildings fall over, and they eat garbage.
Posted by: Roland THTG at October 06, 2022 12:24 PM (j40lz)
'Crowds, TSA, lines, TSA, officiousness, TSA, unhelpful airport-side airline staff, TSA, etc. If it were just the crappy flying experience, it would be mostly okay. Add in the airport experience, and it's hell on earth.'
Absolutely correct. I used to be afraid of crashing but that's a distant second place nowadays.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 06, 2022 12:24 PM (yvHe0)
Suck it up for major Bruce supporter, Jill, too.
Posted by: Lola at October 06, 2022 12:41 PM (NIYa7)
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