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My Center Is Giving Way, My Right Is Retreating. Situation Excellent, I Am Reading The ONT!
Hello my children! Welcome to your favorite Thursday night online hangout!
Thursday Night Game
SVB
I know this guy is a venture capitalist, so he's probably not unbiased, but what he's saying here jibes with a lot of things I've read from other sources. A Thread On Silicon Valley Bank Here's a thing he mentions: many banks are invested heavily in mortgage bonds, which have long been considered a solid investment. He details how Bidenomics and inflation have lead to a rise in interest rates and the effect that has, but there's another piece to the puzzle. The response to the pandemic absolutely killed center city real estate values. Workers were sent home to work, and many of them found they didn't need to be in the highrise offices of Flim And Flam, Inc. to do their jobs. More discovered that they didn't want to go back to work away from home. So why should corporations maintain large downtown office suites? How many of those mortgage bonds are backed by real estate that is only generating a fraction of the revenue that it did in 2019? I have a hunch things could get much worse before we're through.
What's That You Say? Things Could Get Much Worse?
Are We the Byzantines?
So what happened to the once indomitable city fortress and its empire?Read the whole thing.
Christendom had cannibalized itself. Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy fought endlessly. Westerners often hated each other more than they did their common enemy.
In the final days of Constantinople, almost no help was sent from Western Europe to the besieged city.
In fact, 250 years earlier, the Western Franks of the Fourth Crusade had detoured from the Holy Land to storm the supposedly allied Christian City of Constantinople.
Then they ransacked the city and hijacked the Byzantine Empire for a half-century. Constantinople never quite recovered.
The 14 th-century Black Plague killed tens of thousands of Byzantines and scared thousands more into moving out of the cramped city.
But the aging and dying empire battled more than the challenges of internal divisions, or an unforeseen but deadly pandemic and the empire’s disastrous responses to it.
The last generations of Byzantines had inherited a global reputation and standard of living that they themselves no longer earned.
They neglected their former civic values and fought endless battles over obscure religious texts, doctrines, and vocabulary.
They did not expand their anemic army and navy. They did not reunite their scattered Greek-speaking empire. They did not properly maintain their once life-giving walls.
Instead of earning money through their accustomed nonstop trade, they inflated their currency and were forced to melt down the city’s inherited gold and silver fixtures.
The once canny and shrewd Byzantines grew smug and naïve. Childlessness became common. Most now preferred to live outside of what had become a half-empty, often dirty, and poorly maintained city.
How Bad Could It Get? Well, there's probably not anyone in a position to militarily invade the US like the Turks invaded Constantinople. But suppose we lose completely to the far left? Suppose we become subjected to the tyranny of the woke? It's happened before. How we forgot about Pol Pot* Well, as AlextheChick said, “Who's this we? You got a mouse in your pocket?” I haven't forgotten about Pol Pot, but the scope of the atrocities are mind-numbing.
The tree is in a quiet, sunstruck park, lost in a grimy exurb of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The tree is decorated with hundreds of bracelets and trinkets, with the occasional teddy bear and kiddies’ drink – poignantly Blyton-esque touches, perhaps. But if you look close at the bark of this tree, you can see tell-tale abrasions: chops, scars, bruises. These blemishes mark the places where peasant soldiers would swing screaming children against the tree, smashing their skulls to pulp. This was done, quite deliberately, in front of their naked, wailing and soon-to-be-murdered mothers. Because this is the infamous Baby Bashing Tree, in the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields of Choeung Ek.How? Why?
At the same time, a groupuscule of Paris-educated Cambodian ultra-Maoists, the Khmer Rouge, was rising to power. They started by radicalising and arming the peasantry, firing them with violent passion. Eventually they seized the capital (that terrible day witnessed by Roland Neveu). They then set about enforcing their crazed belief in an agrarian paradise, with everyone labouring like oxen in the rice-fields. A Maoist autarky. A place without money (they literally blew up the national bank, scattering now-worthless banknotes into the jacaranda trees). A place without religion, hierarchy, social class, intellectuals. To do this, they killed all the middle classes. Everyone. If you had an education, you were killed. If you spoke a foreign language, you were killed. If you were a monk, a teacher, a lawyer, you were killed. People wearing spectacles were killed. Anyone who could dance was killed; ancient and exquisite Cambodian dance was a tradition handed on orally and practically – this meant that the nation of Cambodia forgot how to dance. When the KR ran out of obvious bourgeoisie to kill, they killed each other. For any reason. People caught with snails in their pockets were killed. People were killed for having sex, or being happy, or laughing. In the end it is estimated the Khmer Rouge slaughtered about 2-3 million people in a population of 8 million. Cambodia is the nation that crucified itself. Why? Why was this regime so mad? This is the question many have asked. After this latest visit, finally going to Choeung Ek, I think I perhaps have an answer. In his fine, troubling book – The Elimination – about his interviews with Duch, Khmer Rouge survivor Rithy Panh quotes Duch saying that in his world ‘there is no place for the individual’, and ‘beauty is an obstacle’.
The Khmer Rouge did it by weaponizing the young. Teenagers were the vanguard of the revolution, the exact same cohort that Antifa is radicalizing in America. Unlike Cambodia, where peasants were targeted, here they are targeting the affluent in universities. It won't get that bad here. We are far more culturally and materially prepared to resist. But if you want to know what the end game is for the left, it's only been 50 years since they played it out, and created hell on Earth.
Speaking Of Hell
The Lords of the Underworld This is a substack that's posted some interesting stuff lately. I'll get to another one in a minute, but this is a fascinating look at the hierarchies that have developed in the mega prisons in the US, using Dante's Inferno and the succession of Scottish Kings as an analogy. All of the power in the gangs flows down to individuals locked in supermax jails, absolutely untouchable.
And of course at the center of the ninth circle Lucifer himself resides submerged, The greatest betrayers in history, Judas Iscariot and Marcus Junius Brutus (Dante was a Caesar fanboy) being knawed in his twin mouths, and in this blackest pit, this coldest hell, in company almost as bad, the great traitor dwells. Trapped, and yet not. For he is also the Prince of Hell, the ruler all the devils and damned obey and fear. His voice whispers that which only drunkards hear, appearing in moonlight rays at midnight crossroads, and in shadows cast cross scholars studies. He has fallen farther than any ever could, yet not so far he can’t snare others to tumble as well, and exact terror and tribute under that threat. Aristocracy is the rule of the best. And naturally it is quite desirable to be such a ruler.And then he closes the circle with a look at the US civil service. It's a...um...wild ride. Here's the other thing he wrote that I read this week. The Dream of the Motorcycle Warlords A pretty in-depth look at how absolutely invaluable motorcycles are to insurgents in asymmetrical warfare, and a compelling case why organizations like the US Army will never field them in force. Not going to excerpt it, but worth reading if motorcycles or insurgency are your thing.
Cocytarchy is the rule of the worst. The rule of the damned. The rule of the Ninth Circle. And as such only the most defective, desperate and damned have the misfortune to rule in such a system. The rare relative innocent who completes such a descent and “rises” to high power in such a system being a Faustian tragedy of the darkest telling. Dante’s geographical metaphor of the descent through its layers exactly following its structure of rule. Whereas heaven and the godly secular monarchs are always visualized as a pyramid hell is always visualized as a pit.
Damn, I'm gloomy tonight, aren't I?
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) March 16, 2023
Oooh, This Is Neat The "Moon-Eyed People" the Cherokee encountered when they first moved into Appalachia Seems the Cherokee had to take the land from a native tribe already occupying the area. The...Welsh? I have no trouble believing it. None. We know about Columbus, and Erikson and dozens of other explorers recorded by history. Mankind has been going down to the sea again since we discovered logs float. I have absolutely no doubt, none, that there were dozens or even hundreds of explorers who sailed to all seven continents and everywhere in between that were never recorded in our histories. In fact, it's probably more naive to believe that there weren't.
Naval News
The 5 Main Options For Australia’s AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal
Australia wants to join the nuclear sub club. Here's a look at their options. I saw someone tweet that they might enter into a joint venture with China. I find that highly unlikely, because China is the main threat Australia is trying to counter. Don't we have a bunch of decommissioned Los Angeles class subs sitting around awaiting final disposal? We should sell Australia a half dozen of those as a stop-gap measure. Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by exercise:
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) March 17, 2023
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Early.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (4780s)
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Thursday night ONT!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (ZTyZ5)
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You can only make a fatal error once.
Posted by: mindful webworker - new and improved at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (Ln7a4)
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late
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (hOUT3)
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Missed by *that* much.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (ZTyZ5)
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Good evening everyone.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:05 PM (qoGsy)
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Me too
Posted by: Javems at March 16, 2023 10:05 PM (AmoqO)
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My first first and I didn't have the balls to claim it. Sad.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05 PM (4780s)
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Get married.
Posted by: Some Things Will Never Change at March 16, 2023 10:06 PM (sH61M)
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These kind of posts always fit the current mood, WD.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2023 10:09 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2023 10:10 PM (ffbyg)
Posted by: Nightwatch at March 16, 2023 10:11 PM (J00IM)
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10 These kind of posts always fit the current mood, WD.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Yes, so glad that WD is such an optimist!
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Yes, so glad that WD is such an optimist!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:11 PM (hOUT3)
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Here's a thing he mentions: many banks are invested heavily in mortgage bonds, which have long been considered a solid investment. He details how Bidenomics and inflation have lead to a rise in interest rates and the effect that has, but there's another piece to the puzzle.
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The useful part is to understand that this is an op to force digital currency into play.
It was posted the other day. In 2021 the bonds were the only option the regional banks had to survive. In 2023 the bonds they bought to survive are the time bombs that set to go off to make them collapse.
This was all planned.
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The useful part is to understand that this is an op to force digital currency into play.
It was posted the other day. In 2021 the bonds were the only option the regional banks had to survive. In 2023 the bonds they bought to survive are the time bombs that set to go off to make them collapse.
This was all planned.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:11 PM (x7OL5)
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I've always said exercise is bad for you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2023 10:12 PM (FVME7)
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Good evening all. Gloomy, cold rainy night here. No sleeping with the window open tonight.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 16, 2023 10:12 PM (wagHN)
Posted by: Nightwatch at March 16, 2023 10:13 PM (J00IM)
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8 My first first and I didn't have the balls to claim it. Sad.
Posted by: From about That Time
Ah yes, but if you HAD tried to claim it, it would have vanished like tears in the rain!
Posted by: From about That Time
Ah yes, but if you HAD tried to claim it, it would have vanished like tears in the rain!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:13 PM (hOUT3)
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Say what you will about the Welsh, they make a helluva grape juice.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2023 10:13 PM (FVME7)
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Hey, jewells - I ordered a key chain from your site last evening. The email refused to send, I guess. No problems, though. Thanks!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 16, 2023 10:14 PM (wzHPd)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2023 10:14 PM (anj39)
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I have grazed in the garden of content, and I am a more fully-realized person for it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2023 10:14 PM (Qzn2/)
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Why don't our children (and soon, our grands) know anything at all about the KR and Cambodia?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:14 PM (qoGsy)
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Boy, that whole Prince Madoc and redheaded Welsh descendants in the U.S. creating stone walls and fortifications that are identical to those in Europe sure does seem like something that would be taught to schoolchildren.
Gosh, I wonder why it's not? Must be an oversight.
Gosh, I wonder why it's not? Must be an oversight.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:15 PM (x7OL5)
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I've always said exercise is bad for you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
As evidence I offer that all folks who exercise, die.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
As evidence I offer that all folks who exercise, die.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:16 PM (qoGsy)
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LRob I saw that! It's mailing out tomorrow! Thanks to you and a few others for the nice orders. My shop hasn't seen that much action in a long time!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 16, 2023 10:16 PM (wagHN)
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kalifornia at March 16, 2023 10:16 PM (0TAPG)
Posted by: Dionne Warwick at March 16, 2023 10:17 PM (gQ+Yg)
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On the west coast they found the remains of a man that seems to be of the Ainu people from Japan...from five thousand years ago. The notion that there was no travel between the rest of the world and the Americas after the ice bridge in Alaska receded is frankly stupid.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:17 PM (lc5cP)
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WD, this is content-rich ONT, indeed. Thanks!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 16, 2023 10:17 PM (wzHPd)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
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stick my finger in an electric socket. I was 3 or 4, but memory lingers
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stick my finger in an electric socket. I was 3 or 4, but memory lingers
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2023 10:18 PM (V13WU)
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23 Why don't our children (and soon, our grands) know anything at all about the KR and Cambodia?
Posted by: Tonypete
KR and Cambodia are very inconvenient truths that are best not discussed or taught to children...
if you know what is good for you comrade TP!
Posted by: Tonypete
KR and Cambodia are very inconvenient truths that are best not discussed or taught to children...
if you know what is good for you comrade TP!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:18 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:19 PM (x7OL5)
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25 well this is true and now I am wondering - what am I doing with my life?!
Posted by: Piper at March 16, 2023 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yes, so glad that WD is such an optimist!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:11 PM (hOUT3)
The glasses he made for me are killer!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:11 PM (hOUT3)
The glasses he made for me are killer!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2023 10:20 PM (Angsy)
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Gloomy? Meh. Realistic is more like it.
We just have to learn to laugh like the little clip up there, knowing a hard rain is gonna fall.
We just have to learn to laugh like the little clip up there, knowing a hard rain is gonna fall.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 16, 2023 10:20 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 16, 2023 10:20 PM (wagHN)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Swim a half mile out into the Gulf of Mexico at midnight, three sheets to the wind during (unbeknownst to me) a shark sighting advisory.
Swim a half mile out into the Gulf of Mexico at midnight, three sheets to the wind during (unbeknownst to me) a shark sighting advisory.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 16, 2023 10:20 PM (Xrfse)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Cut the back of my left hand with a very sharp knife while castrating pigs. The Vo-Ag teacher "treated" it by swabbing Lysol on it. My dad approved of the method.
Cut the back of my left hand with a very sharp knife while castrating pigs. The Vo-Ag teacher "treated" it by swabbing Lysol on it. My dad approved of the method.
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 16, 2023 10:20 PM (wzHPd)
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I've been watching the show Andromeda which is a knock off Star Trek (by Gene Roddenberry's wife aka Nurse Chapel)
One of the factions names their children after ancient Earth political figures and a member of the faction shows up named Genghis Stalin, one of the regular characters remarks, "How did his parents expect he would turn out?!?"
One of the factions names their children after ancient Earth political figures and a member of the faction shows up named Genghis Stalin, one of the regular characters remarks, "How did his parents expect he would turn out?!?"
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:20 PM (lc5cP)
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The response to the pandemic absolutely killed center city real estate values.
And damned near everything else of value.
And damned near everything else of value.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 16, 2023 10:21 PM (Xrfse)
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That Pol Pot guy did have some good ideas about cities.
Posted by: These Fish Sticks Are Hard As Tits at March 16, 2023 10:21 PM (3AD8C)
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Note the left generally supported Pol Pot was he was killing people and in fact many of them still do.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:21 PM (lc5cP)
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That looks like an exercise I would do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 16, 2023 10:21 PM (q3gwH)
Posted by: Donald Trump at March 16, 2023 10:21 PM (Qzn2/)
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Why don't our children (and soon, our grands) know anything at all about the KR and Cambodia?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:14 PM (qoGsy)
Cause leftists did it.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:14 PM (qoGsy)
Cause leftists did it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2023 10:21 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (hOUT3)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
A redhead.
Posted by: Trainwreck
Hold on there Chester! Let's not be rash.
A redhead.
Posted by: Trainwreck
Hold on there Chester! Let's not be rash.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (qoGsy)
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I WAS A BYZANTINE!!!!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (ffbyg)
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Grab a rattlesnake by the tail...stupid Boy Scout move when I was that young...missed the strike tough and flung it mega far.
Grab a rattlesnake by the tail...stupid Boy Scout move when I was that young...missed the strike tough and flung it mega far.
Posted by: Nightwatch at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (J00IM)
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I've always said exercise is bad for you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
As evidence I offer that all folks who exercise, die.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:16 PM (qoGsy)
Oh yeah? All people who don't exercise die too, so take that!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
As evidence I offer that all folks who exercise, die.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:16 PM (qoGsy)
Oh yeah? All people who don't exercise die too, so take that!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (FCbAQ)
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How are LIVs thinking about COVID, the clot shots, and the lockdowns now?
The ones I know refuse to get any more clot shots but to NOT want to talk about how the jabs and the lockdowns were criminal actions...at least yet.
The ones I know refuse to get any more clot shots but to NOT want to talk about how the jabs and the lockdowns were criminal actions...at least yet.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (lc5cP)
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Wow, Weird Dave -- that's a plethora of content. Appreciate the time and effort!
Howdy to the assemblage of Hordelings!
Howdy to the assemblage of Hordelings!
Posted by: Doof at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (zddNi)
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Evening, Horde...How goes it?
Who has two thumbs and successfully hosted a conference for both face-to-face and online attendees today?
THIS GUY! ***(Points at self with both thumbs)***
Who has two thumbs and successfully hosted a conference for both face-to-face and online attendees today?
THIS GUY! ***(Points at self with both thumbs)***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: George Patton, once at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (wzHPd)
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I will never again burn leaves off of "peaty" soil. Only about 1000 square feet, but soil burned until next day even with constantly watering. That was about 3 years ago.
Posted by: CapeFear at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (drOKE)
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The last generations of Byzantines had inherited a global reputation and standard of living that they themselves no longer earned.
Sure sounds familiar...
Sure sounds familiar...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 16, 2023 10:25 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (iayUP)
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Damn, WD. This is an awesome ONT and I'm not half through the content. TY.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (Q4IgG)
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Just driving by as I (almost embarrassed to say) start teaching exercise classes at 6a.
Thanks for the content, everyone have a great night!
Thanks for the content, everyone have a great night!
Posted by: Piper at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (ZdaMQ)
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The Byzantines fell because they allowed a bunch of "undocumented workers" migrate into Asia minor, and when one real leader arose to take care of the problem, one Romanos IV Diogenes, the other elites plotted against him and caused him to lose a critical battle against those "undocumented workers" called Manzikert.
The Byzantines would later right themselves for a time, but only after Alexios I Komnenos pulled of a coup.
The Byzantines would later right themselves for a time, but only after Alexios I Komnenos pulled of a coup.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (lc5cP)
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The better to read the ONT with?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (hOUT3)
yeah, but only use them when no one's looking. don't want to make a spectacle of myself.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:22 PM (hOUT3)
yeah, but only use them when no one's looking. don't want to make a spectacle of myself.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (anj39)
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How are LIVs thinking about COVID, the clot shots, and the lockdowns now?
The ones I know refuse to get any more clot shots but to NOT want to talk about how the jabs and the lockdowns were criminal actions...at least yet.
Human Nature 101 - and why Obama could have been caught on video eating a baby and it would not have mattered. As long as the LIVs have a little cash in their pocket, and mostly stocked shelves to shop - they'd really appreciate it if the rabble rousers would just shut the Hell up.
Spoiler Alert - when the rubber meets the road - most people are exactly like that. Hence why all the contrived crises going on today. Hence why our government wants a war - they don't really care about the opponent.
The ones I know refuse to get any more clot shots but to NOT want to talk about how the jabs and the lockdowns were criminal actions...at least yet.
Human Nature 101 - and why Obama could have been caught on video eating a baby and it would not have mattered. As long as the LIVs have a little cash in their pocket, and mostly stocked shelves to shop - they'd really appreciate it if the rabble rousers would just shut the Hell up.
Spoiler Alert - when the rubber meets the road - most people are exactly like that. Hence why all the contrived crises going on today. Hence why our government wants a war - they don't really care about the opponent.
Posted by: Some Things Will Never Change at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (sH61M)
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I would love it if Jimmy Carter's last statement to the world was, "Thank you, Barack, thank you, Joe. I am no longer the worst president the USA has ever had. Thank you. 3rd place is fine, and I can die happily."
But Carter is to much of a bastard to be honest, so I'll probably have to read that in some alternative Sci-Fi book. Which I'll be executed for reading if I'm caught.
But Carter is to much of a bastard to be honest, so I'll probably have to read that in some alternative Sci-Fi book. Which I'll be executed for reading if I'm caught.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (uA82K)
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Viking explorers would not have stopped at Greenland. They would continue exploring southward where they knew it would be warmer.
The Mayans have a legend of a bearded Demi-God coming to shore upon a giant serpent.
The Mayans have a legend of a bearded Demi-God coming to shore upon a giant serpent.
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
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Evening
Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2023 10:28 PM (NJ9MR)
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The stuff Jimmie Carter did to make himself look like a man of the people was so obviously staged that you had to be dumber than a pile of dirt to fall for it, and yes, I knew liberals who bought it. To this day I can't see anything about Habitat for Humanity without wondering how many actual hours he put in actually working.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 16, 2023 10:28 PM (0Htd1)
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Not going to excerpt it, but worth reading if motorcycles or insurgency are your thing.
Six years ago, when Pooky was in the psych ward at the Omaha VA, he was talking to a fellow patient who was basically there because of a psychotic break. The guy was a vet, got out because of mental issues, got into an argument with his wife... and decided to drive down to BRAZIL on his motorcycle. He got as far as Arizona, and through happenstance/divine intervention, ran into an old Army buddy. The buddy saw he was in trouble and helped get him back to the guy's worried wife in Omaha and the previously-contacted VA. I told Pooky that I hope someone gave the buddy a bottle of whiskey or something for his trouble.
Six years ago, when Pooky was in the psych ward at the Omaha VA, he was talking to a fellow patient who was basically there because of a psychotic break. The guy was a vet, got out because of mental issues, got into an argument with his wife... and decided to drive down to BRAZIL on his motorcycle. He got as far as Arizona, and through happenstance/divine intervention, ran into an old Army buddy. The buddy saw he was in trouble and helped get him back to the guy's worried wife in Omaha and the previously-contacted VA. I told Pooky that I hope someone gave the buddy a bottle of whiskey or something for his trouble.
Posted by: pookysgirl has heard a few weird stories at March 16, 2023 10:29 PM (dtlDP)
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How are LIVs thinking about COVID, the clot shots, and the lockdowns now?
The ones I know refuse to get any more clot shots but to NOT want to talk about how the jabs and the lockdowns were criminal actions...at least yet.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (lc5cP)
Being duped is a hard thing to accept. It'll take time but slowly some people who haven't been "othered" by the media will start talking, then a few friends will agree in private. Don't ever expect a liberal to say to a conservative that they were wrong.
Ever.
The ones I know refuse to get any more clot shots but to NOT want to talk about how the jabs and the lockdowns were criminal actions...at least yet.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 10:23 PM (lc5cP)
Being duped is a hard thing to accept. It'll take time but slowly some people who haven't been "othered" by the media will start talking, then a few friends will agree in private. Don't ever expect a liberal to say to a conservative that they were wrong.
Ever.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 16, 2023 10:29 PM (FCbAQ)
72
Communism is not a form of government, it's satanism.
Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2023 10:29 PM (MF3yS)
Posted by: Woodstock Attendee at March 16, 2023 10:30 PM (SYTee)
74
If not for Jimmy Carter, Iran's terrorism threshold and their grip on the Democrats would be minimal. Carter needs to be remembered as the handmaiden to Islamic Terrorism.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2023 10:30 PM (uA82K)
75
Weird Dave, channeling Monty and his Doom Report...
Not saying you're wrong.
I just wasn't expecting a heavy ONT.
Where's Doof and his Bourbon cache...
Not saying you're wrong.
I just wasn't expecting a heavy ONT.
Where's Doof and his Bourbon cache...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 16, 2023 10:30 PM (CCSxw)
Posted by: polynikes at March 16, 2023 10:30 PM (7HLtt)
Posted by: Crazed Swamp Rabbit at March 16, 2023 10:30 PM (s4o5n)
Posted by: Nightwatch at March 16, 2023 10:31 PM (J00IM)
79
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Eat breakfast at the White House.
Eat breakfast at the White House.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:31 PM (ZTyZ5)
80
Oh, and willowed hilarity:
"Fauci Claims GOP Attacking Him Because of His Honesty"
(This is the best timeline.)
"Fauci Claims GOP Attacking Him Because of His Honesty"
(This is the best timeline.)
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:31 PM (x7OL5)
81
Carter was just an incompetent asshole. Biden and Obama are evil , crooked incompetent assholes.
Posted by: polynikes at March 16, 2023 10:32 PM (7HLtt)
82
The stuff Jimmie Carter did to make himself look like a man of the people was so obviously staged that you had to be dumber than a pile of dirt to fall for it, and yes, I knew liberals who bought it.
I lived through Carter. Can't tell you how many times my incredibly rigid Southern Baptist family prayed - and publicly defended - Jimmy Carter. Because, damn it, he was a Righteous Man.
Were they naive ? Yes. But Carter was simply the earlier version of an Al Gore. A John Kerry. A Berry Sortero. A "W". They all had a sctick - a group of fans to play to. And when the script gets thin - the fans will imagine their own fan fiction to idealize.
I lived through Carter. Can't tell you how many times my incredibly rigid Southern Baptist family prayed - and publicly defended - Jimmy Carter. Because, damn it, he was a Righteous Man.
Were they naive ? Yes. But Carter was simply the earlier version of an Al Gore. A John Kerry. A Berry Sortero. A "W". They all had a sctick - a group of fans to play to. And when the script gets thin - the fans will imagine their own fan fiction to idealize.
Posted by: Some Things Will Never Change at March 16, 2023 10:32 PM (sH61M)
83
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Load the dishwasher. I'm banned.
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (iayUP)
You may want to let the rest of the male morons know your secret.
Load the dishwasher. I'm banned.
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (iayUP)
You may want to let the rest of the male morons know your secret.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 16, 2023 10:33 PM (FCbAQ)
84
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
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Back in college, our default answer would have been, "Your mom."
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Back in college, our default answer would have been, "Your mom."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 10:33 PM (BpYfr)
85
We are currently on Day #4 of No/Reduced ADHD Meds due to the national shortage. This afternoon was a struggle to get Pookette to sit and read, and she's a book addict, for crying out loud. I'm headed up to put her back in bed for a third time.
Posted by: pookysgirl blames Chy-na at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
87
Repost from the last thread. We will be sending megatons of wheat to Ukrsine because those war widows ain't out planting those fields.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2023 07:14 PM (v0MSB)
And even more to third world countries who bought the wheat they exported last year.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 07:17 PM (eoQWY)
==
Willowing as well - the only problem here is that we don't have enough wheat to make up the shortfall. SO that is all wishful thinking.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2023 07:14 PM (v0MSB)
And even more to third world countries who bought the wheat they exported last year.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 07:17 PM (eoQWY)
==
Willowing as well - the only problem here is that we don't have enough wheat to make up the shortfall. SO that is all wishful thinking.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: Kamala Harris at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (Qzn2/)
89
My first first and I didn't have the balls to claim it. Sad.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05
You will always have this and cherish it. I think I've only had 3-4 firsts in over a decade here.
Of course in the spirit of AOS, it's bragged about and doesn't mean diddley squat, but a fun competition if you like.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05
You will always have this and cherish it. I think I've only had 3-4 firsts in over a decade here.
Of course in the spirit of AOS, it's bragged about and doesn't mean diddley squat, but a fun competition if you like.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:35 PM (55Qr6)
90
"Wealthy real estate developer's romantic proposal to his model girlfriend goes horribly wrong after Bahamas immigration kicked her out the country because they thought she was a sex worker."
Just because the girl is 1/3 his age and is from Moldova...
Just because the girl is 1/3 his age and is from Moldova...
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2023 10:35 PM (V13WU)
91
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
_________
Ignore the "use by" date on dairy. Milk is not "chewy."
_________
Ignore the "use by" date on dairy. Milk is not "chewy."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:36 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 10:36 PM (63Dwl)
93
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
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Blow Willie Brown
Posted by: Kamala Harris
Asserting facts not in evidence for sure.
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Blow Willie Brown
Posted by: Kamala Harris
Asserting facts not in evidence for sure.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:37 PM (ZTyZ5)
94
Ignore the "use by" date on dairy. Milk is not "chewy."
Posted by: Martini Farmer
It is if it is cheese.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
It is if it is cheese.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:37 PM (qoGsy)
95
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
__________
The ex-wife.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (Q4IgG)
Indeed. In fact my conscious memory has blanked out almost all memories of her. Protective response.
__________
The ex-wife.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (Q4IgG)
Indeed. In fact my conscious memory has blanked out almost all memories of her. Protective response.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2023 10:37 PM (4I/2K)
96
Just because the girl is 1/3 his age and is from Moldova...
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2023 10:35 PM
Moldova sucks!
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2023 10:35 PM
Moldova sucks!
Posted by: Marvin Boggs at March 16, 2023 10:37 PM (fF0pk)
97
86 Where's Doof and his Bourbon cache...
Posted by: browndog
Hiding because he's sampling Scotch?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
We're both going rogue...or thinking about it.
Posted by: browndog
Hiding because he's sampling Scotch?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
We're both going rogue...or thinking about it.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 16, 2023 10:38 PM (CCSxw)
98
"You may want to let the rest of the male morons know your secret.
Posted by: OneEyedJack"
Feign incompetence.
Posted by: OneEyedJack"
Feign incompetence.
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:38 PM (iayUP)
99
Actually was speaking with a regional banker this week. He said most regional banks are in good shape, because most of them aren't sitting at the cool kids table. Which SVB and Signature were. His read from what he was hearing is that banks who maintained appropriate interest rate risk mitigation strategies (which is one of the basic functions of any bank) are fine, and will pick up market share from the cool kids. Who, while they know all the right people and say all the coolest things, don't know much about running a bank.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:38 PM (UVyKP)
100
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Go to Disney World. You get crammed in there like sardines, then you spend hours in high heat and humidity sweating like pigs.
Go to Disney World. You get crammed in there like sardines, then you spend hours in high heat and humidity sweating like pigs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 16, 2023 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
101
Where's Doof and his Bourbon cache...
Posted by: browndog
Hiding because he's sampling Scotch?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
We're both going rogue...or thinking about it.
Posted by: browndog
Try the Tequila!
Posted by: browndog
Hiding because he's sampling Scotch?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
We're both going rogue...or thinking about it.
Posted by: browndog
Try the Tequila!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:39 PM (ZTyZ5)
102
We are currently on Day #4 of No/Reduced ADHD Meds due to the national shortage.
--
Oh jeez, I'm sorry. It's disgusting that this can happen. I assume China controls the supply.
When they decide to fully wage war, things are going to be bad in ways people can't imagine.
--
Oh jeez, I'm sorry. It's disgusting that this can happen. I assume China controls the supply.
When they decide to fully wage war, things are going to be bad in ways people can't imagine.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:39 PM (x7OL5)
103
Where's Doof and his Bourbon cache...
Posted by: browndog
Hiding because he's sampling Scotch?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
We're both going rogue...or thinking about it.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 16, 2023 10:38 PM (CCSxw)
*raises glass of bourbon*
Plenty here if you're in the neighborhood!
Posted by: browndog
Hiding because he's sampling Scotch?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (ZTyZ5)
We're both going rogue...or thinking about it.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 16, 2023 10:38 PM (CCSxw)
*raises glass of bourbon*
Plenty here if you're in the neighborhood!
Posted by: Doof at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (zddNi)
104
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
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Ride in a convertible.
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Ride in a convertible.
Posted by: JFK at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (Qzn2/)
105
TJM needs to do a George Pal thing. Yeah, some of his movies were bad, some were great, but it's a lot less predictable than doing Ernst Lubitsch.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (uA82K)
106
What movie is that Nic Cage clip from?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (fUnHJ)
107
Try the Tequila!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:39 PM (ZTyZ5)
A bridge too far my friend...
Goes back to a long day's journey into the night when I was in college.
But thanks for the offer!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:39 PM (ZTyZ5)
A bridge too far my friend...
Goes back to a long day's journey into the night when I was in college.
But thanks for the offer!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (CCSxw)
108
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Watch 'Titanic'. I regret that I'll never get those hours back.
Watch 'Titanic'. I regret that I'll never get those hours back.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (4vi12)
109
Who, while they know all the right people and say all the coolest things, don't know much about running a bank.
Posted by: Black JEM /i]
Come on man, you make it sound like Competence might be a character trait related to success, and we all know that just isn't so!
Posted by: Black JEM /i]
Come on man, you make it sound like Competence might be a character trait related to success, and we all know that just isn't so!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Bert G at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (fF0pk)
111
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
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Pencil out calculations on a napkin after lunch in a booming economy to plan out how I could realistically leave a million dollars to each of my children when I die.
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Pencil out calculations on a napkin after lunch in a booming economy to plan out how I could realistically leave a million dollars to each of my children when I die.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (x7OL5)
112
When they decide to fully wage war, things are going to be bad in ways people can't imagine.
Except for people with canned goods, bottled water, and all the other shit they were ridiculed about for wasting their money on. Then they'll be called "wreckers" or "hoarders". And ridiculed by all the same people for a new slate of reasons.
Except for people with canned goods, bottled water, and all the other shit they were ridiculed about for wasting their money on. Then they'll be called "wreckers" or "hoarders". And ridiculed by all the same people for a new slate of reasons.
Posted by: Some Things Will Never Change at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (sH61M)
Posted by: Al Capone at March 16, 2023 10:42 PM (V13WU)
114
Come on man, you make it sound like Competence might be a character trait related to success, and we all know that just isn't so!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (hOUT3)
==
Well I try to hide it because its white supremacist you know.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 16, 2023 10:41 PM (hOUT3)
==
Well I try to hide it because its white supremacist you know.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:43 PM (UVyKP)
115
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Ride as the second on a motorcycle.
Ride as the second on a motorcycle.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:43 PM (qoGsy)
Posted by: Len Bias at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (4I/2K)
117
Who has two thumbs and successfully hosted a conference for both face-to-face and online attendees today?
THIS GUY! ***(Points at self with both thumbs)***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 10:23
Congrats PS. Now forgive my failing memory, but on what subject might you be giving such a conference?
THIS GUY! ***(Points at self with both thumbs)***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 10:23
Congrats PS. Now forgive my failing memory, but on what subject might you be giving such a conference?
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (55Qr6)
118
>The meme says it all. What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
white water rafting
got dumped out of the raft on the Youghiogheny River in PA- actual brush with death.
Never again.
white water rafting
got dumped out of the raft on the Youghiogheny River in PA- actual brush with death.
Never again.
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (geLO8)
119
When they decide to fully wage war, things are going to be bad in ways people can't imagine.
Except for people with canned goods, bottled water, and all the other shit they were ridiculed about for wasting their money on. Then they'll be called "wreckers" or "hoarders". And ridiculed by all the same people for a new slate of reasons.
---
Yeah, but I mean stuff like regular ("normie") folks no longer being able to purchase medicines to survive and function since America decided "Hey, screw it, we don't need to manufacture our own medicine over here!"
That Nicholas Cage clip above sums it up pretty well.
Except for people with canned goods, bottled water, and all the other shit they were ridiculed about for wasting their money on. Then they'll be called "wreckers" or "hoarders". And ridiculed by all the same people for a new slate of reasons.
---
Yeah, but I mean stuff like regular ("normie") folks no longer being able to purchase medicines to survive and function since America decided "Hey, screw it, we don't need to manufacture our own medicine over here!"
That Nicholas Cage clip above sums it up pretty well.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (x7OL5)
120
Shark Tank O'Leary says we don't need regional banks.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
He says nobody goes to banks anyway. They all bank by phone. Next up digital money controlled by social credit scores.
Shark Tank O'Leary says we don't need regional banks.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
He says nobody goes to banks anyway. They all bank by phone. Next up digital money controlled by social credit scores.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (63Dwl)
121
WD doing some deep thinking linkage tonight
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (fUnHJ)
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:45 PM (iayUP)
123
Speaking of Bourbon....
Maker’s Mark® Wood Finishing Series 2023 Release: BEP (Barrell Entry Proof) 107 should be hitting the shelves soon.
Limited release.
Maker’s Mark® Wood Finishing Series 2023 Release: BEP (Barrell Entry Proof) 107 should be hitting the shelves soon.
Limited release.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:45 PM (Q4IgG)
124
As a professional historian, I am ashamed to say I knew virtually nothing about the story of "Welsh Indians" before now. I'd read a couple of very brief references to them before, including the Lewis and Clark connection, but nothing about the legends behind it all.
History truly is stranger than fiction.
History truly is stranger than fiction.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (tp+tP)
125
Thx Weirddave. Like the Norm Crosby - like malapropism in the anti - Bucket list
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (dDBj4)
126
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Hmm, no one's said trust the government.
Hmm, no one's said trust the government.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (Angsy)
127
Viking explorers would not have stopped at Greenland. They would continue exploring southward where they knew it would be warmer.
The Mayans have a legend of a bearded Demi-God coming to shore upon a giant serpent.
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
We already know the Vikings settled Vinland (Labrador)
The Mayans have a legend of a bearded Demi-God coming to shore upon a giant serpent.
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
We already know the Vikings settled Vinland (Labrador)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (NkGvj)
128
When they decide to fully wage war, things are going to be bad in ways people can't imagine.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:39 PM (x7OL5)
No ADHD meds is a mess, to be sure, and no anti-depressants would mean an increase in suicides, but my big worry is the loss of anti-psychotics. That is a small percentage of the population that can do a lot of damage in a very short time. (If it happens, I probably won't send Pooky to a psych ward, because what will they do with him? Sedate him 24/7?)
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:39 PM (x7OL5)
No ADHD meds is a mess, to be sure, and no anti-depressants would mean an increase in suicides, but my big worry is the loss of anti-psychotics. That is a small percentage of the population that can do a lot of damage in a very short time. (If it happens, I probably won't send Pooky to a psych ward, because what will they do with him? Sedate him 24/7?)
Posted by: pookysgirl, coming up with contingency plans at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (dtlDP)
129
Shark Tank O'Leary says we don't need regional banks.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
He says nobody goes to banks anyway. They all bank by phone. Next up digital money controlled by social credit scores.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (63Dwl)
I despise that guy.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
He says nobody goes to banks anyway. They all bank by phone. Next up digital money controlled by social credit scores.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (63Dwl)
I despise that guy.
Posted by: polynikes at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (7HLtt)
130
Speaking of Bourbon....
Maker’s Mark® Wood Finishing Series 2023 Release: BEP (Barrell Entry Proof) 107 should be hitting the shelves soon.
Limited release.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:45 PM (Q4IgG)
==
I find that the abv of bourbon between 100-107 to be most enjoyable.
Maker’s Mark® Wood Finishing Series 2023 Release: BEP (Barrell Entry Proof) 107 should be hitting the shelves soon.
Limited release.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:45 PM (Q4IgG)
==
I find that the abv of bourbon between 100-107 to be most enjoyable.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (UVyKP)
131
Trans Biden administration official says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced
Dr. Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced: 'Wheels will turn on this'
Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Rachel Levine promised that medically changing kids’ genders will soon be normalized.
Levine also said gender-affirming care for minors had the 'highest support' of the Biden administration
Dr. Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced: 'Wheels will turn on this'
Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Rachel Levine promised that medically changing kids’ genders will soon be normalized.
Levine also said gender-affirming care for minors had the 'highest support' of the Biden administration
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (geLO8)
132
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
_________
Ignore the "use by" date on dairy. Milk is not "chewy."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:36 PM (Q4IgG)
think of it as cottage cheese
_________
Ignore the "use by" date on dairy. Milk is not "chewy."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:36 PM (Q4IgG)
think of it as cottage cheese
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (NkGvj)
133
Congrats PS. Now forgive my failing memory, but on what subject might you be giving such a conference?
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (55Qr6)
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Teaching and learning in higher education. Although there were a few hiccups, the technology worked, the attendees seemed satisfied, and our keynote speaker thoroughly enjoyed himself.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (55Qr6)
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Teaching and learning in higher education. Although there were a few hiccups, the technology worked, the attendees seemed satisfied, and our keynote speaker thoroughly enjoyed himself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (BpYfr)
134
Shark Tank O'Leary says we don't need regional banks.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
He says nobody goes to banks anyway. They all bank by phone. Next up digital money controlled by social credit scores.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Didn't he lose his ass on FTX?
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
He says nobody goes to banks anyway. They all bank by phone. Next up digital money controlled by social credit scores.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Didn't he lose his ass on FTX?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (qoGsy)
135
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
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Ride in a convertible.
Posted by: JFK at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (Qzn2/)
Cocaine.
Posted by: Len Bias at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (4I/2K)
Oh my. This could get quite macabre
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Ride in a convertible.
Posted by: JFK at March 16, 2023 10:40 PM (Qzn2/)
Cocaine.
Posted by: Len Bias at March 16, 2023 10:44 PM (4I/2K)
Oh my. This could get quite macabre
Posted by: Doof at March 16, 2023 10:48 PM (zddNi)
136
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
__________
Magic mushrooms and a trip to 7-11 at 2AM.
__________
Magic mushrooms and a trip to 7-11 at 2AM.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:48 PM (Q4IgG)
137
108 "What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Watch 'Titanic'. I regret that I'll never get those hours back.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Oh, yeah, that too. Kate Winslet getting boinked by what looked like a 14 year old kid, when she could have had a good looking rich guy. And to make the rich guy look even more attractive, he had a handgun.
Watch 'Titanic'. I regret that I'll never get those hours back.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Oh, yeah, that too. Kate Winslet getting boinked by what looked like a 14 year old kid, when she could have had a good looking rich guy. And to make the rich guy look even more attractive, he had a handgun.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 16, 2023 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:49 PM (SYTee)
139
Why? Why was this regime so mad? This is the question many have asked.
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Anyone who asks, does not understand the Left.
It's not a criticism. I don't blame people for not comprehending the breadth of their demonic self-absorption.
But I do blame them for not listening or believing when they are told the answer. Are the Left the same here? Yep. Are the ones descending us to this hell capable of the very same atrocities? Not only capable, but willing. Desirous even.
Would those moralizing champions at The Bulwark and National Review stand by and watch, cover it up, make excuses and cheer? What the fuck do YOU think? They've already shown you they are willing to sacrifice your children. There is unfortunately no line. And there is only a single way to deal with them. One single thing they understand and will never ever have a chance to forget.
And that is peace, love, tolerance and understanding. We must show them gentle kindness and loving care, and hope they attempt to give it back to us tenfold.
---------------------
Anyone who asks, does not understand the Left.
It's not a criticism. I don't blame people for not comprehending the breadth of their demonic self-absorption.
But I do blame them for not listening or believing when they are told the answer. Are the Left the same here? Yep. Are the ones descending us to this hell capable of the very same atrocities? Not only capable, but willing. Desirous even.
Would those moralizing champions at The Bulwark and National Review stand by and watch, cover it up, make excuses and cheer? What the fuck do YOU think? They've already shown you they are willing to sacrifice your children. There is unfortunately no line. And there is only a single way to deal with them. One single thing they understand and will never ever have a chance to forget.
And that is peace, love, tolerance and understanding. We must show them gentle kindness and loving care, and hope they attempt to give it back to us tenfold.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 10:49 PM (BXxcV)
140
What would I not do again?
Run for office. I resigned from my elected position two days ago. Irish Democracy for me going forward.
Run for office. I resigned from my elected position two days ago. Irish Democracy for me going forward.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 10:49 PM (u82oZ)
141
What is one thing you've done that you'll never do again.
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Protest Israel.
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Protest Israel.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 16, 2023 10:50 PM (BXxcV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2023 10:51 PM (EZebt)
143
Trans Biden administration official says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced
Dr. Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced: 'Wheels will turn on this'
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Of course it will. It's been the plan for the last ten years or so. People don't want to admit it, but it's making kids sexual. Nothing more, nothing less. The "awareness" of sexuality is that, full stop.
Next comes the laws making the abusive relationships/ filthy interactions legal.
Dr. Rachel Levine says changing kids' genders will soon be fully embraced: 'Wheels will turn on this'
---
Of course it will. It's been the plan for the last ten years or so. People don't want to admit it, but it's making kids sexual. Nothing more, nothing less. The "awareness" of sexuality is that, full stop.
Next comes the laws making the abusive relationships/ filthy interactions legal.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:51 PM (x7OL5)
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82
I had to spend a week working with Jimmy and Rosalind and their SS while he was in Greece to receive an award. The ambassador was a Bush 41 appointee and he and his wife did everything possible to make the visit a good one. The oh so Baptist couple treated them like garbage. Rosalind was the worst of the two- she wouldn't speak to the ambassador's wife all week. Would look the other direction any time the woman tried to engage her.
I had to be at their hotel at 5:00 AM to run three miles with them, then run home, shower and change and be back at the hotel to continue the days activities since i translated for them and their SS. Never a thank you for anything anyone did for them - it was expected. That was not how I was raised as a Baptist.
I had to spend a week working with Jimmy and Rosalind and their SS while he was in Greece to receive an award. The ambassador was a Bush 41 appointee and he and his wife did everything possible to make the visit a good one. The oh so Baptist couple treated them like garbage. Rosalind was the worst of the two- she wouldn't speak to the ambassador's wife all week. Would look the other direction any time the woman tried to engage her.
I had to be at their hotel at 5:00 AM to run three miles with them, then run home, shower and change and be back at the hotel to continue the days activities since i translated for them and their SS. Never a thank you for anything anyone did for them - it was expected. That was not how I was raised as a Baptist.
Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2023 10:51 PM (JrN/x)
145
Dual-sport ride is stupid ridiculous.
Looks like a blast!
Looks like a blast!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 10:51 PM (ZTyZ5)
146
Great vid on the bomber and the sabotage by those forced Czech laborers. I hope whoever stuck the note in that shell survived the war.
Posted by: Rex B at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (csT1u)
147
>The meme says it all. What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Get on a plane with the Big Bopper
-Buddy Holly
Get on a plane with the Big Bopper
-Buddy Holly
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (geLO8)
148
runner...
Wins the thread tonight!! Such a simple question with ampersands of hobo power glowing from under the trestles
pudding cup for you my good man!!!
Good Night Horde
Wins the thread tonight!! Such a simple question with ampersands of hobo power glowing from under the trestles
pudding cup for you my good man!!!
Good Night Horde
Posted by: Nightwatch at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (J00IM)
149
Repost from the last thread. We will be sending megatons of wheat to Ukrsine because those war widows ain't out planting those fields.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2023 07:14 PM (v0MSB)
And even more to third world countries who bought the wheat they exported last year.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 07:17 PM (eoQWY)
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Willowing as well - the only problem here is that we don't have enough wheat to make up the shortfall. SO that is all wishful thinking.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (UVyKP)
I know we don't, and our elite leaders have not been spending any time trying to cushion the blow. I hope these uninvolved countries can find a way to get food.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2023 07:14 PM (v0MSB)
And even more to third world countries who bought the wheat they exported last year.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 07:17 PM (eoQWY)
==
Willowing as well - the only problem here is that we don't have enough wheat to make up the shortfall. SO that is all wishful thinking.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:34 PM (UVyKP)
I know we don't, and our elite leaders have not been spending any time trying to cushion the blow. I hope these uninvolved countries can find a way to get food.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (NkGvj)
150
Kill Hitler.
Posted by: Adolf Schicklgruber at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
151
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Attempt to corner the silver market.
Attempt to corner the silver market.
Posted by: The Hunt Brothers at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (4I/2K)
152
And there is only a single way to deal with them. One single thing they understand and will never ever have a chance to forget.
And that is peace, love, tolerance and understanding. We must show them gentle kindness and loving care, and hope they attempt to give it back to us tenfold.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 10:49 PM (BXxcV)
==
My lord and savior tells me this. And I try hard to do it. But there is a part of me that has a very different thought on the type of means to deal with them.
And that is peace, love, tolerance and understanding. We must show them gentle kindness and loving care, and hope they attempt to give it back to us tenfold.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 10:49 PM (BXxcV)
==
My lord and savior tells me this. And I try hard to do it. But there is a part of me that has a very different thought on the type of means to deal with them.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (UVyKP)
153
What is one thing you've done that you'll never do again.
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Clap my hands...
***sobs***
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Clap my hands...
***sobs***
Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (CCSxw)
154
People don't want to admit it, but it's making kids sexual.
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Yes but it's unfortunately more than that. It is a full scale takeover of their mind, body and soul.
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Yes but it's unfortunately more than that. It is a full scale takeover of their mind, body and soul.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (BXxcV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2023 10:54 PM (EZebt)
156
>The meme says it all. What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Attempt to corner the frozen concentrated orange juice market.
-The Duke Brothers
Attempt to corner the frozen concentrated orange juice market.
-The Duke Brothers
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 10:54 PM (geLO8)
157
But there is a part of me that has a very different.....
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (UVyKP)
I OTOH would never dream of such things.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (UVyKP)
I OTOH would never dream of such things.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 10:54 PM (BXxcV)
158
Somthing I've done and will never do again? Visit NYC.
Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2023 10:55 PM (MF3yS)
159
153 What is one thing you've done that you'll never do again.
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Clap my hands...
***sobs***
Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (CCSxw)
Ah, but you now know the sound of one hand clapping!
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Clap my hands...
***sobs***
Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 16, 2023 10:53 PM (CCSxw)
Ah, but you now know the sound of one hand clapping!
Posted by: Zen Master at March 16, 2023 10:55 PM (SYTee)
160
People don't want to admit it, but it's making kids sexual.
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Yes but it's unfortunately more than that. It is a full scale takeover of their mind, body and soul.
Posted by: ...
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Sure, but the gays don't care about that. It's only the physical they're worried about. Breaking the other is necessary to achieve the access, but they couldn't care less about anything other than the meat.
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Yes but it's unfortunately more than that. It is a full scale takeover of their mind, body and soul.
Posted by: ...
--
Sure, but the gays don't care about that. It's only the physical they're worried about. Breaking the other is necessary to achieve the access, but they couldn't care less about anything other than the meat.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (x7OL5)
Posted by: Clavdivs at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (Angsy)
162
Shark Tank O'Leary says we don't need regional banks.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
So how did all of these banks get here? Because whatever mechanism gave us hundreds of banks is the very same mechanism he cares to see destroyed and replaced by a government system that only knows war, debt, corruption and depravity.
SVB failed, in part because of gross mismanagement. There is also wisdom in not keeping all of your eggs in a single basket. O'Leary is too stupid to heed this millennia old wisdom.
So what happens when 4-6 banks become like every other large organization and become totally corrupt and a criminal syndicate?
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
So how did all of these banks get here? Because whatever mechanism gave us hundreds of banks is the very same mechanism he cares to see destroyed and replaced by a government system that only knows war, debt, corruption and depravity.
SVB failed, in part because of gross mismanagement. There is also wisdom in not keeping all of your eggs in a single basket. O'Leary is too stupid to heed this millennia old wisdom.
So what happens when 4-6 banks become like every other large organization and become totally corrupt and a criminal syndicate?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (YXHzG)
163
Anti-Bucket List:
Did Times Square one New Year's Eve in the late '80s, only because I was in the neighborhood attending a Rangers' game. Never again! Once was more than enough. Standing around in the cold and damp, no port-o-potties, no food vendors, nothing to buy to drink as the bodegas were all closed (for good reason).
So, Time Square is something I did once, but will never, ever do again.
Did Times Square one New Year's Eve in the late '80s, only because I was in the neighborhood attending a Rangers' game. Never again! Once was more than enough. Standing around in the cold and damp, no port-o-potties, no food vendors, nothing to buy to drink as the bodegas were all closed (for good reason).
So, Time Square is something I did once, but will never, ever do again.
Posted by: RickZ at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (emlEe)
164
No more ultra marathons.
Forty five years later, I am happy to walk to the mailbox.
Forty five years later, I am happy to walk to the mailbox.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (BJgzI)
165
Anti-bucket list :
- Visit Graceland
- Visit the Trinity site in New Mexico
Both were interesting places to visit, and I don't regert going, but I also feel no need to go again.
Unlike places like Grand Canyon, Yellowstone or Mount Rushmore.
- Visit Graceland
- Visit the Trinity site in New Mexico
Both were interesting places to visit, and I don't regert going, but I also feel no need to go again.
Unlike places like Grand Canyon, Yellowstone or Mount Rushmore.
Posted by: a.moron at March 16, 2023 10:57 PM (F6Xpw)
166
{{{ Moki }}}
Well done, faithful servant of the scoliotic State Department. Your gain was their loss.
Well done, faithful servant of the scoliotic State Department. Your gain was their loss.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 10:57 PM (u82oZ)
167
Salty let us know if you need bail.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2023 10:58 PM (EZebt)
168
Love the bit about the Welsh Americans. History is much different than some people need it to be, and insisting you know what it was from this perspective is hubris.
Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2023 10:58 PM (NJ9MR)
169
Well done, faithful servant of the scoliotic State Department. Your gain was their loss.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 10:57 PM (u82oZ)
Awww, thanks! That visit made me never vote Democrat again. So something good came of it!
Well done, faithful servant of the scoliotic State Department. Your gain was their loss.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 10:57 PM (u82oZ)
Awww, thanks! That visit made me never vote Democrat again. So something good came of it!
Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2023 10:59 PM (JrN/x)
170
Wow, exactly 100 comments apart!
Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2023 10:59 PM (NJ9MR)
171
One thing I've done that I will never do again:
Do a good deed. Somehow, it never goes unpunished.
[not really, but I have had some bad experiences]
Do a good deed. Somehow, it never goes unpunished.
[not really, but I have had some bad experiences]
Posted by: Theodore at March 16, 2023 10:59 PM (pGonq)
Posted by: Lieutenant Dan at March 16, 2023 10:59 PM (zddNi)
173
I'm not nearly clever enough to keep up with the banter tonight. Will go into lurk mode. Thanks for a great ONT WD and have a good one, y'all.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 16, 2023 11:00 PM (Xrfse)
174
I know we don't, and our elite leaders have not been spending any time trying to cushion the blow. I hope these uninvolved countries can find a way to get food.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (NkGvj)
==
I pretty sure you've seen a few predictions on what the food shortages could look like. Not good. Oh, and that fertilizer availability and cost problem also won't be helpful.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (NkGvj)
==
I pretty sure you've seen a few predictions on what the food shortages could look like. Not good. Oh, and that fertilizer availability and cost problem also won't be helpful.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 11:00 PM (UVyKP)
175
seriously though
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
air travel
any public transportation
trust people to do the right thing
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
air travel
any public transportation
trust people to do the right thing
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:00 PM (geLO8)
176
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Bond with the grizzly bears.
~Timothy Treadwell
Bond with the grizzly bears.
~Timothy Treadwell
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 11:01 PM (ZTyZ5)
177
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Celebrate Steak & BJ Day with my 26 yo hot blonde mistress.
Celebrate Steak & BJ Day with my 26 yo hot blonde mistress.
Posted by: Nelson Rockefeller (age 70) at March 16, 2023 11:01 PM (4I/2K)
178
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
___________
Go back to my old school.
___________
Go back to my old school.
Posted by: Steely Dan at March 16, 2023 11:02 PM (Q4IgG)
179
Memes are falling all around,
Time I was on my way,
To the ONT, I'm much obliged,
For such a pleasant stay
But now its time for me to go,
Read the content for today,
For weird is the content of Dave,
Surreal as a rave,
And its headed my way
Ah sometimes I show up here tired,
But to stay on point I've got to read the thread
Before I......ramble on
Memes are falling all around,
Time I was on my way,
To the ONT, I'm much obliged,
For such a pleasant stay
But now its time for me to go,
Read the content for today,
For weird is the content of Dave,
Surreal as a rave,
And its headed my way
Ah sometimes I show up here tired,
But to stay on point I've got to read the thread
Before I......ramble on
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 16, 2023 11:02 PM (YPWOk)
180
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Let Big Mike go in dry
"Big" is no joke...
Let Big Mike go in dry
"Big" is no joke...
Posted by: Barack Obama at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (lc5cP)
181
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
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Buy Magic: The Gathering cards.
It's official--they race-swapped Aragorn in their Lord of the Rings set:
https://youtu.be/Mh_VxoxTfUw
----
Buy Magic: The Gathering cards.
It's official--they race-swapped Aragorn in their Lord of the Rings set:
https://youtu.be/Mh_VxoxTfUw
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (BpYfr)
182
The meme says it all. What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
fall in love
-Dionne Warwick
(I just carbon-dated myself)
fall in love
-Dionne Warwick
(I just carbon-dated myself)
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (geLO8)
183
Shark Tank O'Leary says we don't need regional banks.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
So how did all of these banks get here? Because whatever mechanism gave us hundreds of banks is the very same mechanism he cares to see destroyed and replaced by a government system that only knows war, debt, corruption and depravity.
SVB failed, in part because of gross mismanagement. There is also wisdom in not keeping all of your eggs in a single basket. O'Leary is too stupid to heed this millennia old wisdom.
So what happens when 4-6 banks become like every other large organization and become totally corrupt and a criminal syndicate?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (YXHzG)
4 banks is crazy. We need more banks, not less. A few banks can be ruled by groupthink, hundreds can't. If some, most even go under, others can survive due to their other ideas and administrators.
With computers and internet, inter-bank communication isn't hard for the smallest bank to do. Improve that, and allow more banks to form and reduce this drive to monopolize.
He says there should only be about 4-6 banks total.
So how did all of these banks get here? Because whatever mechanism gave us hundreds of banks is the very same mechanism he cares to see destroyed and replaced by a government system that only knows war, debt, corruption and depravity.
SVB failed, in part because of gross mismanagement. There is also wisdom in not keeping all of your eggs in a single basket. O'Leary is too stupid to heed this millennia old wisdom.
So what happens when 4-6 banks become like every other large organization and become totally corrupt and a criminal syndicate?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (YXHzG)
4 banks is crazy. We need more banks, not less. A few banks can be ruled by groupthink, hundreds can't. If some, most even go under, others can survive due to their other ideas and administrators.
With computers and internet, inter-bank communication isn't hard for the smallest bank to do. Improve that, and allow more banks to form and reduce this drive to monopolize.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (NkGvj)
Posted by: The Fonz at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (zddNi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (U2p+3)
186
"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
_________
Pay less than $1 for a gallon of gas.
_________
Pay less than $1 for a gallon of gas.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (Q4IgG)
187
Kill Hitler.
Posted by: Adolf Schicklgruber at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
Crowder's bit on the ad he attempted to create for Walther ("The gun that killed Hitler!") was really funny.
Posted by: Adolf Schicklgruber at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
Crowder's bit on the ad he attempted to create for Walther ("The gun that killed Hitler!") was really funny.
Posted by: pookysgirl, not *that* kind of German at March 16, 2023 11:04 PM (dtlDP)
188
San Franpsycho
My wife has promised me, many more times times than I think is warranted, to never visit me in jail or prison. No bail needed.
My wife has promised me, many more times times than I think is warranted, to never visit me in jail or prison. No bail needed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 11:05 PM (u82oZ)
189
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
***
Let's not rake over those cold coals, WD
***
Let's not rake over those cold coals, WD
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2023 11:05 PM (fUnHJ)
190
Ha!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2023 11:06 PM (EZebt)
191
>Bond with the grizzly bears.
~Timothy Treadwell
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
I thought Tim was really into bears
get it? 'Into'? Because he was eaten alive by a bear? And got in to the... bear-
into the b-
okay.
~Timothy Treadwell
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
I thought Tim was really into bears
get it? 'Into'? Because he was eaten alive by a bear? And got in to the... bear-
into the b-
okay.
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:06 PM (geLO8)
192
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
A full twisting double back flip.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (U2p+3)
The Triple Lindy.
A full twisting double back flip.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (U2p+3)
The Triple Lindy.
Posted by: Thorton Melon at March 16, 2023 11:06 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Brian Jones at March 16, 2023 11:06 PM (Qzn2/)
194
I know we don't, and our elite leaders have not been spending any time trying to cushion the blow. I hope these uninvolved countries can find a way to get food.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (NkGvj)
==
I pretty sure you've seen a few predictions on what the food shortages could look like. Not good. Oh, and that fertilizer availability and cost problem also won't be helpful.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 11:00 PM (UVyKP)
Hopefully countries in the Global South can expand to try and fill the gap.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:52 PM (NkGvj)
==
I pretty sure you've seen a few predictions on what the food shortages could look like. Not good. Oh, and that fertilizer availability and cost problem also won't be helpful.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 16, 2023 11:00 PM (UVyKP)
Hopefully countries in the Global South can expand to try and fill the gap.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 11:07 PM (NkGvj)
195
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
air travel
any public transportation
trust people to do the right thing
Posted by: DB
How is it you are reading my brain?
air travel
any public transportation
trust people to do the right thing
Posted by: DB
How is it you are reading my brain?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 11:08 PM (qoGsy)
196
{{ vmom }} stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
I always wondered. How many notches can you put on your knife before you need a new one?
I always wondered. How many notches can you put on your knife before you need a new one?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (u82oZ)
197
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
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Buy Magic: The Gathering cards.
It's official--they race-swapped Aragorn in their Lord of the Rings set:
https://youtu.be/Mh_VxoxTfUw
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (BpYfr)
They can't destroy Aragorn, they can only destroy themselves.
----
Buy Magic: The Gathering cards.
It's official--they race-swapped Aragorn in their Lord of the Rings set:
https://youtu.be/Mh_VxoxTfUw
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 16, 2023 11:03 PM (BpYfr)
They can't destroy Aragorn, they can only destroy themselves.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (NkGvj)
198
The Mayans have a legend of a bearded Demi-God coming to shore upon a giant serpent.
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
It could also be from a myth inherited from the Maya and be more a discussion of the milky way, or both.
There are three major theories of peopling of the Americas, the Beringia path, which is actually a shallow sea that was exposed during the last glacial periods, the Soulterian path, which considers travel on ice from Europe or by small boats along the shortened path (this is based on Soulterian type points found on the East coast) and the Australasian path which thinks that populations also traveled along the pack ice off of Antarctica from Australia which would have been shorter due to the glaciers from South America to Antarctica.
They are doing Genetic traces now, and think there were two waves through Beringia, as well as some counterflow back to Siberia
Interestingly, until recently any discussion of Pre-Clovis settling is considered Taboo, even Louis Leaky was called a crank for his report on a dig near San Diego in the 70s
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
It could also be from a myth inherited from the Maya and be more a discussion of the milky way, or both.
There are three major theories of peopling of the Americas, the Beringia path, which is actually a shallow sea that was exposed during the last glacial periods, the Soulterian path, which considers travel on ice from Europe or by small boats along the shortened path (this is based on Soulterian type points found on the East coast) and the Australasian path which thinks that populations also traveled along the pack ice off of Antarctica from Australia which would have been shorter due to the glaciers from South America to Antarctica.
They are doing Genetic traces now, and think there were two waves through Beringia, as well as some counterflow back to Siberia
Interestingly, until recently any discussion of Pre-Clovis settling is considered Taboo, even Louis Leaky was called a crank for his report on a dig near San Diego in the 70s
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (uA82K)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, plots and schemes at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (3Or4S)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2023 11:10 PM (uA82K)
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Re Pol Pot: “It won't get that bad here. We are far more culturally and materially prepared to resist.”
Half of Americans aren’t even culturally and materially prepared to realize men can’t turn into women. They aren’t prepared to resist anything.
Half of Americans aren’t even culturally and materially prepared to realize men can’t turn into women. They aren’t prepared to resist anything.
Posted by: Durak Kazyol at March 16, 2023 11:12 PM (4zxRq)
203
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Mix booze, pills, and an Argentinian stripper in my limo as we cruise around D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial.
Mix booze, pills, and an Argentinian stripper in my limo as we cruise around D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial.
Posted by: Wilbur Mills, (D) - Arkansas at March 16, 2023 11:13 PM (4I/2K)
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That was not how I was raised as a Baptist.
Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2023 10:51 PM (JrN/x)
Yeah, but were you raised a Progressive Baptist?
Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2023 10:51 PM (JrN/x)
Yeah, but were you raised a Progressive Baptist?
Posted by: RickZ at March 16, 2023 11:13 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: A Mime at March 16, 2023 11:13 PM (Qzn2/)
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Viking explorers would not have stopped at Greenland. They would continue exploring southward where they knew it would be warmer.
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
The vikings didn't stop at Greenland
https://tinyurl.com/yab4986p
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2023 10:27 PM (SYTee)
The vikings didn't stop at Greenland
https://tinyurl.com/yab4986p
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:14 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2023 11:15 PM (qAR6u)
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"That won't happen here" is the mating cry of the doomed.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:15 PM (BXxcV)
Posted by: Karen Carpenter at March 16, 2023 11:16 PM (La8Fd)
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Let's not rake over those cold coals, WD
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2023 11:05 PM (fUnHJ)
You used coals...?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2023 11:05 PM (fUnHJ)
You used coals...?
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:16 PM (BXxcV)
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That won't happen here" is the mating cry of the doomed.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:15 PM (BXxcV)
Are you going to let it happen to you?
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:15 PM (BXxcV)
Are you going to let it happen to you?
Posted by: polynikes at March 16, 2023 11:16 PM (7HLtt)
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As a professional historian, I am ashamed to say I knew virtually nothing about the story of "Welsh Indians" before now. I'd read a couple of very brief references to them before, including the Lewis and Clark connection, but nothing about the legends behind it all.
History truly is stranger than fiction.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 16, 2023 10:46
I forgot you were a historian Dr. T, what area do you specialize in? I've been working for a local hist soc in N IL for 34 yrs.
Not heard much about the Welsh, tho I do recall stories of blue eyed Indians in the Dakotas. Heard much more of the Melungeons in the Carolinas/Appalachians. I think there may have been genetic tests that link them them to British Isles. Maybe Roanoke descendants.
History truly is stranger than fiction.
Posted by: Dr. T at March 16, 2023 10:46
I forgot you were a historian Dr. T, what area do you specialize in? I've been working for a local hist soc in N IL for 34 yrs.
Not heard much about the Welsh, tho I do recall stories of blue eyed Indians in the Dakotas. Heard much more of the Melungeons in the Carolinas/Appalachians. I think there may have been genetic tests that link them them to British Isles. Maybe Roanoke descendants.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 11:17 PM (55Qr6)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Dance for four hours straight at a Grateful Dead show.
Dance for four hours straight at a Grateful Dead show.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 16, 2023 11:17 PM (U2p+3)
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How many notches can you put on your knife before you need a new one?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ)
That is no way to treat good cutlery!
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ)
That is no way to treat good cutlery!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2023 11:17 PM (fUnHJ)
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:18 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Anwar Sadat at March 16, 2023 11:18 PM (4I/2K)
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Sure, but the gays don't care about that. It's only the physical they're worried about. Breaking the other is necessary to achieve the access, but they couldn't care less about anything other than the meat.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (x7OL5)
The gays aren't running the show here, they're just being allowed to work the siren.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:56 PM (x7OL5)
The gays aren't running the show here, they're just being allowed to work the siren.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:18 PM (BXxcV)
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They took the Soul Train path.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:19 PM (63Dwl)
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>What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Order the ham sandwich.
-Mama Cass
Order the ham sandwich.
-Mama Cass
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:19 PM (geLO8)
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Yeah, but were you raised a Progressive Baptist?
Posted by: RickZ at March 16, 2023 11:13 PM (emlEe)
That would be a hard no!
My home church sided with inerrancy of Scripture after the SBC schism of moderates and fundamentalists. Sadly, they too have gone the way of woke after our last pastor retired. The seminaries are churning out kids who eisegete rather than exegete.
Yeah, but were you raised a Progressive Baptist?
Posted by: RickZ at March 16, 2023 11:13 PM (emlEe)
That would be a hard no!
My home church sided with inerrancy of Scripture after the SBC schism of moderates and fundamentalists. Sadly, they too have gone the way of woke after our last pastor retired. The seminaries are churning out kids who eisegete rather than exegete.
Posted by: Moki at March 16, 2023 11:19 PM (JrN/x)
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Are you going to let it happen to you?
Posted by: polynikes at March 16, 2023 11:16 PM (7HLtt)
See my nic
Posted by: polynikes at March 16, 2023 11:16 PM (7HLtt)
See my nic
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (BXxcV)
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My first first and I didn't have the balls to claim it. Sad.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05
Still, ought to be good for an upgrade to a tinfoil membership.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05
Still, ought to be good for an upgrade to a tinfoil membership.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (anj39)
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The motorcycle article tends to suggest that if Moto-cavalry ever appears in North America, it will be insurgents fighting an existential war against an entrenched high-tech military.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
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Oh wow, I saw the Dix Denney died. A name that will mean nothing to almost everyone here, but his guitar work was great. Let's play The Weirdos "We Got the Neutron Bomb!"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2023 11:21 PM (uA82K)
225
Anti bucket list > run.
Posted by: Javems at March 16, 2023 11:21 PM (EhNeH)
226
The Khmer Rouge illustrate why I am indifferent about the Russians. I only have hate for commies.And they are no longer in Russia
They are here.
They are here.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 16, 2023 11:21 PM (LaNzR)
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The motorcycle article tends to suggest that if Moto-cavalry ever appears in North America, it will be insurgents fighting an existential war against an entrenched high-tech military.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Drone swarms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Drone swarms.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 11:22 PM (ZTyZ5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 11:22 PM (u82oZ)
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The list of things I'll never get to do, as opposed to things I've done but will never do again, is much longer by several orders of magnitude. But I'll certainly never trust our institutions' bullshit and lies ever again.
Posted by: Guy with an empty life but a lot of fucking knives in his back at March 16, 2023 11:22 PM (La8Fd)
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"That won't can't happen here" is the mating cry of the doomed.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:15 PM (BXxcV)
Made a pretty good book title, though.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:15 PM (BXxcV)
Made a pretty good book title, though.
Posted by: Sinclair Lewis at March 16, 2023 11:23 PM (emlEe)
231
Well I certainly got lost down the motorcycle warfare hole
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 11:23 PM (4780s)
232
The Khmer Rouge illustrate why I am indifferent about the Russians. I only have hate for commies.And they are no longer in Russia
They are here.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 16, 2023 11:21 PM (LaNzR)
Yes, the fellow travelers and neocons think they can hook me with what they think will spur an old Cold Warrior. I know what the enemy looks like.
They are here.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 16, 2023 11:21 PM (LaNzR)
Yes, the fellow travelers and neocons think they can hook me with what they think will spur an old Cold Warrior. I know what the enemy looks like.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (NkGvj)
Posted by: William Henry Harrison at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (63Dwl)
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223 The motorcycle article tends to suggest that if Moto-cavalry ever appears in North America, it will be insurgents fighting an existential war against an entrenched high-tech military.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
In about 1973 or so a sister unit tested a dirt bike recon platoon. Cool bikes. Don't know how it turned out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
In about 1973 or so a sister unit tested a dirt bike recon platoon. Cool bikes. Don't know how it turned out.
Posted by: Javems at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (EhNeH)
235
Gotta love Gutfeld on the trans BS...
men don't have cervixes, otherwise they'd be better at making sandwiches...
A SEXIST WOULD SAY!
men don't have cervixes, otherwise they'd be better at making sandwiches...
A SEXIST WOULD SAY!
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Archduke Franz Ferdinand at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (La8Fd)
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Motorcycle units were part of Wehrmacht cavalry, I think. There were bicycle detachments too, but pretty much only useful on the western front, for fairly obvious reasons.
"April 9" is suggested as a good little war film following the story of a Danish bicycle unit that attempted to resist the German invasion in 1940. True story, too, I think.
"April 9" is suggested as a good little war film following the story of a Danish bicycle unit that attempted to resist the German invasion in 1940. True story, too, I think.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (OTzUX)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Go to a parade.
Posted by: Anwar Sadat
Get off of a plane - Benigno Aquino.
Go to a parade.
Posted by: Anwar Sadat
Get off of a plane - Benigno Aquino.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 11:25 PM (qoGsy)
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Drone swarms.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 11:22 PM (ZTyZ5)
When the chinks did the nighttime drone demonstration at the Olympics, it scared the crap out of a lot of folks in uniform. Imagine a grenade on each one of those...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 11:22 PM (ZTyZ5)
When the chinks did the nighttime drone demonstration at the Olympics, it scared the crap out of a lot of folks in uniform. Imagine a grenade on each one of those...
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2023 11:26 PM (anj39)
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Motorcycle units were part of Wehrmacht cavalry, I think. There were bicycle detachments too, but pretty much only useful on the western front, for fairly obvious reasons.
"April 9" is suggested as a good little war film following the story of a Danish bicycle unit that attempted to resist the German invasion in 1940. True story, too, I think.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (OTzUX)
yes recon elements in German mobile units often had motorcycles. Japanese used bicycles in Malaysia to work on the roads to outmarch the English and colonial troops in 1941
"April 9" is suggested as a good little war film following the story of a Danish bicycle unit that attempted to resist the German invasion in 1940. True story, too, I think.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2023 11:24 PM (OTzUX)
yes recon elements in German mobile units often had motorcycles. Japanese used bicycles in Malaysia to work on the roads to outmarch the English and colonial troops in 1941
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 11:27 PM (NkGvj)
Posted by: Miramanee at March 16, 2023 11:28 PM (Angsy)
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Things I'll never do again? (lying to myself)
Dad can we have a cat?
Dad can we get two so they've got company? - we ended up with 4.
Dad can we keep it?
Dad can we keep them, it's only two cats.
.... and so it progressed.
Dad can we have a cat?
Dad can we get two so they've got company? - we ended up with 4.
Dad can we keep it?
Dad can we keep them, it's only two cats.
.... and so it progressed.
Posted by: Ciampino - it was always 3 females against me at March 16, 2023 11:28 PM (qfLjt)
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Get off of a plane - Benigno Aquino.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 11:25 PM (qoGsy)
Accept a bespoke AK-47 from Fidel Castro.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 11:25 PM (qoGsy)
Accept a bespoke AK-47 from Fidel Castro.
Posted by: Salvador Allende at March 16, 2023 11:28 PM (tkR6S)
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Run for office. I resigned from my elected position two days ago. Irish Democracy for me going forward.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 10:49
If you don't mind sharing why did you resign? You were on the county board?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 10:49
If you don't mind sharing why did you resign? You were on the county board?
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (55Qr6)
246
Split my force.
Posted by: Custer at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (anj39)
247
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Serve Flavor Aid at a temple party.
Serve Flavor Aid at a temple party.
Posted by: Jim Jones at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (4I/2K)
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Pursue 5 paths to uranium enrichment (vs. 3 in the Manhattan Project), "keep my options open" WRT partnering with Al Qaeda on global terror ops, be the only non-superpower to create VS nerve gas, be the only country ever to defy the clearest US threat ever made to use nuclear weapons, and stand as sentinel against any thought by the eastern Arab world of following Egypt's path of making a deal with the jooos (including creating/keeping the terrorist assets to terrify the squishy Gulfies).
Posted by: Saddam at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (OTzUX)
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Half of Americans aren’t even culturally and materially prepared to realize men can’t turn into women. They aren’t prepared to resist anything.
Sure, there's plenty of Eloi. But there's also a whole lot more people who would resist, and who have the material means (arms) to do so. And not just on "our side". Tell me, exactly how many people do you think the government would lose if it tried to move everyone in, oh, say, East Baltimore to the countryside? How many guns would they be facing?
I'm saying that it won't happen here like it did in Cambodia because it is physically and logistically impossible to do to a nation of 330 million heavily armed people what Pol Pot did to a nation of 8 million poorly armed people.
Sure, there's plenty of Eloi. But there's also a whole lot more people who would resist, and who have the material means (arms) to do so. And not just on "our side". Tell me, exactly how many people do you think the government would lose if it tried to move everyone in, oh, say, East Baltimore to the countryside? How many guns would they be facing?
I'm saying that it won't happen here like it did in Cambodia because it is physically and logistically impossible to do to a nation of 330 million heavily armed people what Pol Pot did to a nation of 8 million poorly armed people.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (GPwSy)
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Fun fact: The first American soldier into Germany in WWI rode in on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
https://tinyurl.com/ycku56dv
https://tinyurl.com/ycku56dv
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:31 PM (xhaym)
252
Boy, that whole Prince Madoc and redheaded Welsh descendants in the U.S. creating stone walls and fortifications that are identical to those in Europe sure does seem like something that would be taught to schoolchildren.
Gosh, I wonder why it's not? Must be an oversight.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:15 PM (x7OL5)
Maybe because there is little or nothing to support the theory that a group of Welshmen under Madoc did the rockwork?
Gosh, I wonder why it's not? Must be an oversight.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at March 16, 2023 10:15 PM (x7OL5)
Maybe because there is little or nothing to support the theory that a group of Welshmen under Madoc did the rockwork?
Posted by: Salvador Allende at March 16, 2023 11:32 PM (tkR6S)
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Stray Cats Saga
===============
Part 3.
Thurs March 16: today we caught 3 of the 5 Chili's Parking Lot cats (all one litter, Mama gone)
Took them straight to the vet. 2 girls, one boy.
The gray boy, who I named Mister Friendly as he was right from the start, lost his jewels.
The two girls, a gray and a black, are pregnant so we'll have to wait until afterwards for the spaying. Couldn't tell how many babies with ultrasound, which I find odd. Hopefully will be small litters as many First Litters are. At the moment they are in an unused bedroom, probably very bewildered and scared as this is their first time in a house and not under a starry sky.
The two remaining ones, both black and sex unknown, will wait for another day, hopefully. They seemed almost as if they had done this before. We use proper humane traps, no harm done.
Haven't paid the vet yet but it feels like a very expensive day so far.
===============
Part 3.
Thurs March 16: today we caught 3 of the 5 Chili's Parking Lot cats (all one litter, Mama gone)
Took them straight to the vet. 2 girls, one boy.
The gray boy, who I named Mister Friendly as he was right from the start, lost his jewels.
The two girls, a gray and a black, are pregnant so we'll have to wait until afterwards for the spaying. Couldn't tell how many babies with ultrasound, which I find odd. Hopefully will be small litters as many First Litters are. At the moment they are in an unused bedroom, probably very bewildered and scared as this is their first time in a house and not under a starry sky.
The two remaining ones, both black and sex unknown, will wait for another day, hopefully. They seemed almost as if they had done this before. We use proper humane traps, no harm done.
Haven't paid the vet yet but it feels like a very expensive day so far.
Posted by: Ciampino -- it was always 3 females against me at March 16, 2023 11:33 PM (qfLjt)
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I'm saying that it won't happen here like it did in Cambodia because it is physically and logistically impossible to do to a nation of 330 million heavily armed people what Pol Pot did to a nation of 8 million poorly armed people.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (GPwSy)
What about what Stalin did? Munitions will not provide long term nourishment for the nation.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (GPwSy)
What about what Stalin did? Munitions will not provide long term nourishment for the nation.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:35 PM (BXxcV)
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Haven't paid the vet yet but it feels like a very expensive day so far.
Posted by: Ciampino -- it was always 3 females against me at March 16, 2023 11:33 PM (qfLjt)
Paying for pussy always costs more than you think....
Haven't paid the vet yet but it feels like a very expensive day so far.
Posted by: Ciampino -- it was always 3 females against me at March 16, 2023 11:33 PM (qfLjt)
Paying for pussy always costs more than you think....
Posted by: Older But Wiser at March 16, 2023 11:35 PM (Angsy)
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WD: “I'm saying that it won't happen here like it did in Cambodia because it is physically and logistically impossible to do to a nation of 330 million heavily armed people what Pol Pot did to a nation of 8 million poorly armed people.”
I hope you are right.
WD: “I'm saying that it won't happen here like it did in Cambodia because it is physically and logistically impossible to do to a nation of 330 million heavily armed people what Pol Pot did to a nation of 8 million poorly armed people.”
I hope you are right.
Posted by: Durak Kazyol at March 16, 2023 11:36 PM (4zxRq)
257
Kat says she doesn't know who Robert Redford is/
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:37 PM (63Dwl)
258
What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Pay for pleasant female companionship with a check.
Pay for pleasant female companionship with a check.
Posted by: Jerry Springer at March 16, 2023 11:37 PM (4I/2K)
259
BTW excellent ONT.
Posted by: Durak Kazyol at March 16, 2023 11:38 PM (4zxRq)
Posted by: Eddie Murphy at March 16, 2023 11:38 PM (4I/2K)
261
Fun fact: The first American soldier into Germany in WWI rode in on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
https://tinyurl.com/ycku56dv
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (geLO
***
Another fun fact: The first enemy vehicle captured by VII Corps in Desert Storm was a 1989 Jeep Wrangler. Red in color. My supply sergeant drove it for the entire war after trading for it from the Cav. Only three holes in it.
https://tinyurl.com/ycku56dv
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 11:30 PM (geLO
***
Another fun fact: The first enemy vehicle captured by VII Corps in Desert Storm was a 1989 Jeep Wrangler. Red in color. My supply sergeant drove it for the entire war after trading for it from the Cav. Only three holes in it.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2023 11:38 PM (anj39)
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Do they perform abortions on cats?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (63Dwl)
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3 You can only make a fatal error once.
Posted by: mindful webworker - new and improved at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (Ln7a4)
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So I can't write about the screams of the dead and the dying?
Posted by: mindful webworker - new and improved at March 16, 2023 10:04 PM (Ln7a4)
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So I can't write about the screams of the dead and the dying?
Posted by: Ciampino - plausible? at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (qfLjt)
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I've been to the site of the Cambodian killing fields, it was pretty rural and took a while I remember that. There is a huge glass structure full of skulls. The dirt is sort of grey with bone dust, or something. Still smells like death. I was told they lured a lot of the people out of the city with something something to do with health care identification cards or something like that.
We'd watch the traffic in the street below, Phnom Penh, from the hotel mesmerised. No lanes, thousands of cars, buses and mopeds and everything just driving and weaving around each other. Sidewalk driving is just another avenue.
Anyway, one thing people might not appreciate, is how civil wars or genocides start. In every country it always the same, whether Cambodia, or Cuba or China or Russia or Germany or Rwanda. They "otherize" a race, or a class, or by politics. Eliminationist rhetoric in government and academia. Scapegoating.
The leftists are using an old, old playbook. It's the only one they've ever used. If there has to be an arbitrary point where something "changed" I'd suspect the Clintons. We went from "Everybody needs to he treated equal" to "Whitey needs to Die" pretty fast.
We'd watch the traffic in the street below, Phnom Penh, from the hotel mesmerised. No lanes, thousands of cars, buses and mopeds and everything just driving and weaving around each other. Sidewalk driving is just another avenue.
Anyway, one thing people might not appreciate, is how civil wars or genocides start. In every country it always the same, whether Cambodia, or Cuba or China or Russia or Germany or Rwanda. They "otherize" a race, or a class, or by politics. Eliminationist rhetoric in government and academia. Scapegoating.
The leftists are using an old, old playbook. It's the only one they've ever used. If there has to be an arbitrary point where something "changed" I'd suspect the Clintons. We went from "Everybody needs to he treated equal" to "Whitey needs to Die" pretty fast.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (ldF7/)
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Maybe because there is little or nothing to support the theory that a group of Welshmen under Madoc did the rockwork?
Posted by: Salvador Allende at March 16, 2023 11:32 PM (tkR6S)
the only evidence, beyond odd stonework and rumors, of contact between the Norse in Newfoundland and Columbus is that a number of fairly advanced societies in the Ohio valley collapsed, the main one was Kahokia.
In the Amazons, agricultural societies collapsed under the stress of European diseases, mostly because the disruption of the novel diseases broke down the traditions and the organization of food production and trade. I do wonder if something happened to the Mound Builders.
Posted by: Salvador Allende at March 16, 2023 11:32 PM (tkR6S)
the only evidence, beyond odd stonework and rumors, of contact between the Norse in Newfoundland and Columbus is that a number of fairly advanced societies in the Ohio valley collapsed, the main one was Kahokia.
In the Amazons, agricultural societies collapsed under the stress of European diseases, mostly because the disruption of the novel diseases broke down the traditions and the organization of food production and trade. I do wonder if something happened to the Mound Builders.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:40 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:43 PM (xhaym)
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"The response to the pandemic absolutely killed center city real estate values."
I think that this is one part of the response to the 'shamdemic' that they either didn't predict or planned very poorly, thinking that once it was declared over, the sheep would go back to 9 to 5 as usual.
I think that this is one part of the response to the 'shamdemic' that they either didn't predict or planned very poorly, thinking that once it was declared over, the sheep would go back to 9 to 5 as usual.
Posted by: Ciampino - plausible? absolutely! at March 16, 2023 11:43 PM (qfLjt)
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We went from "Everybody needs to he treated equal" to "Whitey needs to Die" pretty fast.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (ldF7/)
Not that it hadn't been going on much longer, but as a widespread accepted phenomenon, it started in earnest in 2007 with the Obama campaign and then ridiculous presidency.
Reverend Wright was a very unfortunate cluebat as to what was taking place. At that point many could be forgiven for not knowing such churches *existed* let alone were encouraged and deified on the Left. But the descent from there was eye opening and yet so many slumbered.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (ldF7/)
Not that it hadn't been going on much longer, but as a widespread accepted phenomenon, it started in earnest in 2007 with the Obama campaign and then ridiculous presidency.
Reverend Wright was a very unfortunate cluebat as to what was taking place. At that point many could be forgiven for not knowing such churches *existed* let alone were encouraged and deified on the Left. But the descent from there was eye opening and yet so many slumbered.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:45 PM (BXxcV)
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262 Do they perform abortions on cats?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (63Dwl)
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Probably not. Harmful. All the vets that I have known don't even suggest such a procedure, it's always 'wait till after birth'. .... but it's okay on humans, right?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:39 PM (63Dwl)
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Probably not. Harmful. All the vets that I have known don't even suggest such a procedure, it's always 'wait till after birth'. .... but it's okay on humans, right?
Posted by: Ciampino -- plausible? absolutely! at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (qfLjt)
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There's an old (NYT?) photo showing a pile of rifles on a Phnom Penh street corner; it's some of the firepower that people were ordered to surrender before being carted off into the countryside.
F--k that. There are certain red lines I have staked out in my head, and I'd rather go down fighting on the spot and maybe send a couple bastards to hell before meekly giving up and hoping for the best. If the 20th century taught us anything, it should be that.
F--k that. There are certain red lines I have staked out in my head, and I'd rather go down fighting on the spot and maybe send a couple bastards to hell before meekly giving up and hoping for the best. If the 20th century taught us anything, it should be that.
Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (4xwZL)
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In about 1973 or so a sister unit tested a dirt bike recon platoon. Cool bikes. Don't know how it turned out.
Posted by: Javems
Army had Kawasaki build them a diesel KLR650.
You can buy them; but, they are expensive for a 650. The last time I saw one for sale it was 15k.
Posted by: Javems
Army had Kawasaki build them a diesel KLR650.
You can buy them; but, they are expensive for a 650. The last time I saw one for sale it was 15k.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (ZTyZ5)
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"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Two things:
1. Join the Army
2. Tell my father I love him
Two things:
1. Join the Army
2. Tell my father I love him
Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (KAi1n)
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Anyway, one thing people might not appreciate, is how civil wars or genocides start. In every country it always the same, whether Cambodia, or Cuba or China or Russia or Germany or Rwanda. They "otherize" a race, or a class, or by politics. Eliminationist rhetoric in government and academia. Scapegoating.
Their best trick yet has been dehumanizing unborn babies into a clump of cells or just a huge inconvenience
Their best trick yet has been dehumanizing unborn babies into a clump of cells or just a huge inconvenience
Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2023 11:47 PM (Ed8Zd)
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We already know the Vikings settled Vinland (Labrador)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (NkGvj)
L'Anse aux Meadows, in Newfoundland (i.e., on the island). That is now very well documented.
Funny thing about the purported Welsh settlement...one would think the Welsh, by the late 1100's, would be Christian, and if they made a settlement in North America, would have tried to Christianize the natives, as Christians are wont to do. But the story makes no claims of that. Odd, it is.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 16, 2023 10:46 PM (NkGvj)
L'Anse aux Meadows, in Newfoundland (i.e., on the island). That is now very well documented.
Funny thing about the purported Welsh settlement...one would think the Welsh, by the late 1100's, would be Christian, and if they made a settlement in North America, would have tried to Christianize the natives, as Christians are wont to do. But the story makes no claims of that. Odd, it is.
Posted by: Salvador Allende at March 16, 2023 11:47 PM (tkR6S)
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I think that this is one part of the response to the 'shamdemic' that they either didn't predict or planned very poorly, thinking that once it was declared over, the sheep would go back to 9 to 5 as usual.
Posted by: Ciampino - plausible? absolutely! at March 16, 2023 11:43 PM (qfLjt)
If your understanding of the economy is "it is like a business that can be run rationally, without risk and through managers who can coordinate action" then they have no idea of what they are doing.
Unfortunately the whole economy is pretty fragile because it relies on efficient transportation and manufacturing timed to meet needs.
Posted by: Ciampino - plausible? absolutely! at March 16, 2023 11:43 PM (qfLjt)
If your understanding of the economy is "it is like a business that can be run rationally, without risk and through managers who can coordinate action" then they have no idea of what they are doing.
Unfortunately the whole economy is pretty fragile because it relies on efficient transportation and manufacturing timed to meet needs.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:48 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Ernest Shackleton at March 16, 2023 11:49 PM (4I/2K)
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I think the whole transgender thing has peaked. I just wonder what’s going to top it- I’m sure it’ll be a doozy.
Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2023 11:50 PM (Ed8Zd)
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Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Rachel Levine promised that medically changing kids’ genders will soon be normalized.
Levine also said gender-affirming care for minors had the 'highest support' of the Biden administration
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (geLO
Time to put up "Wanted" posters: "This Sicko wants to mutilate your child."
Levine also said gender-affirming care for minors had the 'highest support' of the Biden administration
Posted by: DB - grabbing the bullhorn at March 16, 2023 10:47 PM (geLO
Time to put up "Wanted" posters: "This Sicko wants to mutilate your child."
Posted by: Salvador Allende at March 16, 2023 11:50 PM (tkR6S)
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The Karen Rouge
Posted by: RokShox at March 16, 2023 11:51 PM (2fhzX)
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>What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Give the Duke Of Buckingham the keys to the Tower where my nephews were.
Richard III
Give the Duke Of Buckingham the keys to the Tower where my nephews were.
Richard III
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 11:51 PM (55Qr6)
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Their best trick yet has been dehumanizing unborn babies into a clump of cells or just a huge inconvenience
Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2023 11:47 PM (Ed8Zd)
You'll note for all their purported concern over oppressed peoples, they never seem too bothered about offending women who had miscarriages and had a hard time getting over them when they go on about how it's not a human being anyway.
Their usual excuse for not being offended in place of certain groups is that those groups have "power structures" or are oppressors. What power structures do women who've lost babies have?
Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2023 11:47 PM (Ed8Zd)
You'll note for all their purported concern over oppressed peoples, they never seem too bothered about offending women who had miscarriages and had a hard time getting over them when they go on about how it's not a human being anyway.
Their usual excuse for not being offended in place of certain groups is that those groups have "power structures" or are oppressors. What power structures do women who've lost babies have?
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 11:53 PM (BXxcV)
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I've been reading a bit of a time sink about the immediate postwar CIA foray into brainwashing, and behavior modification, hypnosis, and their extensive psychedelic drug/sleep deprivation/electroshock therapy and other fun stuff.
This was all done (mostly) under contract, paid through cutouts, by some of the leading psychiatrists of the day. Manchurian candidate type stuff.
One of the leading experimenters, I think he was head of the APA in the 50s, had some strange ideas. And I would not necessarily discount them - or at least consider how they would be used for nefarious purposes. This is the problem - if we know how successful, happy, and effective people live and work and get they way - we also by definition learn how not to become successful and happy and not self destructive.
This was all done (mostly) under contract, paid through cutouts, by some of the leading psychiatrists of the day. Manchurian candidate type stuff.
One of the leading experimenters, I think he was head of the APA in the 50s, had some strange ideas. And I would not necessarily discount them - or at least consider how they would be used for nefarious purposes. This is the problem - if we know how successful, happy, and effective people live and work and get they way - we also by definition learn how not to become successful and happy and not self destructive.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2023 11:56 PM (ldF7/)
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8 My first first and I didn't have the balls to claim it. Sad.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05 PM (4780s)
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Well at the end of the day one of my 'new' kitties actually could make that testicular claim to his chagrin.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05 PM (4780s)
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Well at the end of the day one of my 'new' kitties actually could make that testicular claim to his chagrin.
Posted by: Ciampino - no, he didn't want to be a ladypuss at March 16, 2023 11:56 PM (qfLjt)
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What about what Stalin did? Munitions will not provide long term nourishment for the nation.
Well, an American Holodomor would be a different thing, but I think it would be difficult for 2 reasons: 1) the size of the country. By the time you have Indiana locked down Kansas is going to be on its guard, and 2) the folks who produce the food are the ones being targeted, it's a lot easier for them to stockpile. And modern American farms are many, many times as productive as early 20th century Ukrainian ones.
Well, an American Holodomor would be a different thing, but I think it would be difficult for 2 reasons: 1) the size of the country. By the time you have Indiana locked down Kansas is going to be on its guard, and 2) the folks who produce the food are the ones being targeted, it's a lot easier for them to stockpile. And modern American farms are many, many times as productive as early 20th century Ukrainian ones.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 16, 2023 11:56 PM (GPwSy)
Posted by: Miklos, unlike Edit Piaf, has Regrets at March 16, 2023 11:59 PM (2hexI)
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Unfortunately the whole economy is pretty fragile because it relies on efficient transportation and manufacturing timed to meet needs.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:48 PM (xhaym)
And the entire global financial sector relies on Excel 97 spreadsheet files still working.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2023 11:48 PM (xhaym)
And the entire global financial sector relies on Excel 97 spreadsheet files still working.
Posted by: Count de Monet, You need another spreadsheet at March 16, 2023 11:59 PM (4I/2K)
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Posted by: Ciampino -- it was always 3 females against me at March 16, 2023 11:33 PM (qfLjt)
You're good people.
You're good people.
Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2023 12:00 AM (7HLtt)
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Funny thing about the purported Welsh settlement...one would think the Welsh, by the late 1100's, would be Christian, and if they made a settlement in North America, would have tried to Christianize the natives, as Christians are wont to do. But the story makes no claims of that. Odd, it is.
Posted by: Salvador Allende
Unless they fled Wales because they did not want to be Christian.
Posted by: Salvador Allende
Unless they fled Wales because they did not want to be Christian.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2023 12:01 AM (KAi1n)
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And modern American farms are many, many times as productive as early 20th century Ukrainian ones.
Posted by: Weirddave
Borscht cans well.
Posted by: Weirddave
Borscht cans well.
Posted by: Slava Miklos at March 17, 2023 12:04 AM (2hexI)
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>>>What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
>In HS we were forced to create puppets,write a puppet show and travel around to various elementary schools and perform for the children, all to get a grade and graduate.
I had never felt so filthy and used before nor since.
>In HS we were forced to create puppets,write a puppet show and travel around to various elementary schools and perform for the children, all to get a grade and graduate.
I had never felt so filthy and used before nor since.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 12:05 AM (Jg7EG)
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One of his theories, was that mental illness is contagious. Not necessarily like a bug, but if you hang around crazy people, it will make you crazy too. He also believed that this would express itself in your DNA.
I think the good doctor also testified at Nuremberg, and had a lot of ideas about Germans, and that they were culturally and racially disposed to wars and would have to be dealt with or there would be a war in another 30 years.
What people need to understand, is the entire psychological framework of how to beat the Nazis was imported here, it is no accident they call Americans "Nazis", they are functionally equivalent in their minds, and we're always and ever only a kristallnacht away from the 4th reich. And I think if you look at the big picture, over the long run of the last several decades, everything flows along that thesis. Everything from de-industrialization and status as an economic powerhouse to (at this point) turning little boys into transexuals. A healthy intact family, god fearing, why you might as well crank up the Horst Wessel tune. They think this way, and they mean business. The psychologist also unleashed the "demoralizing" propaganda.
I think the good doctor also testified at Nuremberg, and had a lot of ideas about Germans, and that they were culturally and racially disposed to wars and would have to be dealt with or there would be a war in another 30 years.
What people need to understand, is the entire psychological framework of how to beat the Nazis was imported here, it is no accident they call Americans "Nazis", they are functionally equivalent in their minds, and we're always and ever only a kristallnacht away from the 4th reich. And I think if you look at the big picture, over the long run of the last several decades, everything flows along that thesis. Everything from de-industrialization and status as an economic powerhouse to (at this point) turning little boys into transexuals. A healthy intact family, god fearing, why you might as well crank up the Horst Wessel tune. They think this way, and they mean business. The psychologist also unleashed the "demoralizing" propaganda.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2023 12:06 AM (ldF7/)
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Kat says she doesn't know who Robert Redford is/
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:37
Yes, that blew my mind.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2023 11:37
Yes, that blew my mind.
Posted by: Farmer at March 17, 2023 12:08 AM (55Qr6)
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Off, eater of AK sock.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:08 AM (tkR6S)
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Well, an American Holodomor would be a different thing, but I think it would be difficult for 2 reasons: 1) the size of the country. By the time you have Indiana locked down Kansas is going to be on its guard, and 2) the folks who produce the food are the ones being targeted, it's a lot easier for them to stockpile. And modern American farms are many, many times as productive as early 20th century Ukrainian ones.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 16, 2023 11:56 PM (GPwSy)
Well, that productivity is based upon the the farmers having modern equipment, Diesel fuel, and inputs like fertilizer and herbicides. Interdict the supply of those, and farm productivity will plummet.
But America's (and Canada's) farmers also have arms, mobility, and communications that the Kulaks did not.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 16, 2023 11:56 PM (GPwSy)
Well, that productivity is based upon the the farmers having modern equipment, Diesel fuel, and inputs like fertilizer and herbicides. Interdict the supply of those, and farm productivity will plummet.
But America's (and Canada's) farmers also have arms, mobility, and communications that the Kulaks did not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:13 AM (tkR6S)
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"What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?"
Have a court appearance on Christmas Day.
Have a court appearance on Christmas Day.
Posted by: Ncolae Ceausescu at March 17, 2023 12:16 AM (a4EWo)
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What have I done that I'll never do again?
Lost control of my body functions on the roller-headed lady's lawn.
Lost control of my body functions on the roller-headed lady's lawn.
Posted by: Wonderful Wino at March 17, 2023 12:18 AM (wrJpE)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
Thought of another one: Play "Sweet Home Alabama" with Gary Rossington.
Thought of another one: Play "Sweet Home Alabama" with Gary Rossington.
Posted by: Bert G at March 17, 2023 12:18 AM (fF0pk)
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The CIA did much research into how to demoralize a population, and it seems obvious to me they (or somebody who knows the techniques at any rate) have been skillfully deploying these techniques.
A big component if you pay attention is to look at certain events. Jim Jones cult, the deaths in Guyana are considered by many to be a spook run experiment of sole type. They don't happen in a vacuum. California is weird, but it ain't that weird. Hypnosis is used frequently. Patty Hearst, remember that? She wasn't kidnapped, she was a convert. Just like the Manson girls. Ever wonder how Manson was able to run drugs, auto theft ring, prostitution, credit card theft and not break parole? The whole "family" was being studied for a scholarly paper on communal living, from a federal grant through the National Institute for Mental Health, another cutout. The Haight Free Clinic - Charlie lived right around the corner. They let him do what he wanted, up until they sliced up the beautiful people. But where did Charlie learn about Trauma induced conditioning? That's based on research done at Dachau. Noticing a pattern here?
A big component if you pay attention is to look at certain events. Jim Jones cult, the deaths in Guyana are considered by many to be a spook run experiment of sole type. They don't happen in a vacuum. California is weird, but it ain't that weird. Hypnosis is used frequently. Patty Hearst, remember that? She wasn't kidnapped, she was a convert. Just like the Manson girls. Ever wonder how Manson was able to run drugs, auto theft ring, prostitution, credit card theft and not break parole? The whole "family" was being studied for a scholarly paper on communal living, from a federal grant through the National Institute for Mental Health, another cutout. The Haight Free Clinic - Charlie lived right around the corner. They let him do what he wanted, up until they sliced up the beautiful people. But where did Charlie learn about Trauma induced conditioning? That's based on research done at Dachau. Noticing a pattern here?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2023 12:18 AM (ldF7/)
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Can modern computerized farm equipment be remotely disabled?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2023 12:19 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 12:20 AM (o0Fxd)
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AOP, I thought Salvador Allende's "endorsement" of the AK-47 was good for another sales of another 12 million units in various revolutionary movements around the world?
Buy The Allende "Signature AK-47". Simulated teeth makes on the muzzle brake make THIS the AK you'll want to impress all of your Comrades for Kristalnaghtmas!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Buy The Allende "Signature AK-47". Simulated teeth makes on the muzzle brake make THIS the AK you'll want to impress all of your Comrades for Kristalnaghtmas!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:21 AM (e6UQI)
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Can modern computerized farm equipment be remotely disabled?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2023 12:19 AM (63Dwl)
Hold my beer.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2023 12:19 AM (63Dwl)
Hold my beer.
Posted by: EMP at March 17, 2023 12:21 AM (4I/2K)
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There's an old (NYT?) photo showing a pile of rifles on a Phnom Penh street corner; it's some of the firepower that people were ordered to surrender before being carted off into the countryside.
F--k that. There are certain red lines I have staked out in my head, and I'd rather go down fighting on the spot and maybe send a couple bastards to hell before meekly giving up and hoping for the best. If the 20th century taught us anything, it should be that.
Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (4xwZL)
Workin' on that last part, Boss.
F--k that. There are certain red lines I have staked out in my head, and I'd rather go down fighting on the spot and maybe send a couple bastards to hell before meekly giving up and hoping for the best. If the 20th century taught us anything, it should be that.
Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (4xwZL)
Workin' on that last part, Boss.
Posted by: Teachers' Unions at March 17, 2023 12:21 AM (emlEe)
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Well, just finished dinner, which was yummy. Try this: get a pork tenderloin roll, and cut it in half. Put half back in the fridge. The other half, slice into medallions about a half-inch thick. I got about 6 of them. Put those in a skillet with a few drops of oil, and saute until they lose the pink color, then flip. While the other side is sauteing, open a can of Rotel, and dump on top of them. Then nuke a pack of (Uncle)Ben's rice for 99 seconds, and dump that in the skillet. Stir it up a bit, and let simmer for ten minutes. Done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:23 AM (tkR6S)
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> The notion that there was no travel between the rest of the world and the Americas after the ice bridge in Alaska receded is frankly stupid.
It's even more stupid when you realize that Alaska Natives routinely crossed the Bering Strait in their indigenous boats long before the Russians showed up. They continue to do it to this day (although mostly with modern boats). They didn't even stop during the Cold War. Lots of Natives have relatives on both sides of the Strait, and it's not like there were customs inspectors watching every foot of coastline (there's a LOT of coastline in Alaska).
No one needed a "land bridge". While one likely existed at some periods, it wasn't at all necessary for the peopling of the Americas.
It's even more stupid when you realize that Alaska Natives routinely crossed the Bering Strait in their indigenous boats long before the Russians showed up. They continue to do it to this day (although mostly with modern boats). They didn't even stop during the Cold War. Lots of Natives have relatives on both sides of the Strait, and it's not like there were customs inspectors watching every foot of coastline (there's a LOT of coastline in Alaska).
No one needed a "land bridge". While one likely existed at some periods, it wasn't at all necessary for the peopling of the Americas.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:23 AM (bW8dp)
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Throws himself on the live grenade.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:24 AM (bW8dp)
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Throws himself on the other live grenade.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:24 AM (bW8dp)
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I've read some first hand accounts of relations between white settlers in Western KY and the Shawnee and Cherokee. In them I've seen several references to the "White Tribe", by the Indians, that predated them in the area.
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 12:25 AM (AmoqO)
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Can modern computerized farm equipment be remotely disabled?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2023 12:19 AM (63Dwl)
It probably can. I know some farmers who are selling off their ultra-modern shit, and rehabbing some of the older-generation machines that still sit in their sheds. More for "right-of-repair" and and cost issues than paranoia about being remotely shut down.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2023 12:19 AM (63Dwl)
It probably can. I know some farmers who are selling off their ultra-modern shit, and rehabbing some of the older-generation machines that still sit in their sheds. More for "right-of-repair" and and cost issues than paranoia about being remotely shut down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:27 AM (tkR6S)
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Not sure a harley would be good for an insurgency. They aren't exactly the quietest things on the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 12:27 AM (VwHCD)
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You hear a lot of talk about the Nazi scientists who came to the US after the war. And usually it's the rocket scientists that are mentioned but the CIA got a whole bunch of the Nazi psychologists too.
That being said, and not discounting any of the stuff mentioned above, but human beings tend to see patterns, even when they don't exist. It's how our brains work so we can avoid the tiger in the bushes.
The biggest knock against most conspiracy theories, is they require an unrealistic number of people keep their mouth shut. It's The biggest knock against mouse conspiracy theories as if they require a unrealistic number of people keep their mouth shut. It's just not practical. And not necessary. The WEF folks tell you what they are doing.
That being said, and not discounting any of the stuff mentioned above, but human beings tend to see patterns, even when they don't exist. It's how our brains work so we can avoid the tiger in the bushes.
The biggest knock against most conspiracy theories, is they require an unrealistic number of people keep their mouth shut. It's The biggest knock against mouse conspiracy theories as if they require a unrealistic number of people keep their mouth shut. It's just not practical. And not necessary. The WEF folks tell you what they are doing.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (zjsv2)
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Can modern computerized farm equipment be remotely disabled?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
The John-Deere equipment stolen from Ukraine showed up 1000s (IIRC) miles away in Russia; but, it wouldn't work because it was locked down by J-D after being stolen.
It has probably been jail-broken by now; but, there will probably be non-functional pieces for a while.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
The John-Deere equipment stolen from Ukraine showed up 1000s (IIRC) miles away in Russia; but, it wouldn't work because it was locked down by J-D after being stolen.
It has probably been jail-broken by now; but, there will probably be non-functional pieces for a while.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (ZTyZ5)
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Bring it on antifa. I will take a fucking whole lot of you with me. Memo. Buy more ammo.
Posted by: leber at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (E7KPo)
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> I'd rather go down fighting on the spot and maybe send a couple bastards to hell before meekly giving up and hoping for the best. If the 20th century taught us anything, it should be that.
Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (4xwZL)
"What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every bang on the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people?" -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2023 11:46 PM (4xwZL)
"What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every bang on the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people?" -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (bW8dp)
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I've read some first hand accounts of relations between white settlers in Western KY and the Shawnee and Cherokee. In them I've seen several references to the "White Tribe", by the Indians, that predated them in the area.
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 12:25 AM (AmoqO)
I agree there is a lot we don't know, and much more work has to be done, but "political correctness" stands in the way of that. The "Madoc" story sounds too fanciful to me. Why would Madoc go all the way around Florida, and land at Mobile Bay?
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 12:25 AM (AmoqO)
I agree there is a lot we don't know, and much more work has to be done, but "political correctness" stands in the way of that. The "Madoc" story sounds too fanciful to me. Why would Madoc go all the way around Florida, and land at Mobile Bay?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (tkR6S)
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“29 On the west coast they found the remains of a man that seems to be of the Ainu people from Japan...from five thousand years ago. “
How did they know it was a man? We’re his personal pronouns written down?
How did they know it was a man? We’re his personal pronouns written down?
Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (yHmEB)
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Not sure a harley would be good for an insurgency. They aren't exactly the quietest things on the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
Yeah. ST1100 and ST1300 are great for quiet rides.
I'd like to try a Super Tenere (~1200cc) as it is a dual sport and see how quiet they were able to make it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
Yeah. ST1100 and ST1300 are great for quiet rides.
I'd like to try a Super Tenere (~1200cc) as it is a dual sport and see how quiet they were able to make it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (ZTyZ5)
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Teacher's Union: Is the gloryhole in the barrel on the anti-bucket list?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 12:33 AM (Jg7EG)
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No one needed a "land bridge". While one likely existed at some periods, it wasn't at all necessary for the peopling of the Americas.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:23 AM (bW8dp)
Maybe they were carried over by swallows.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:23 AM (bW8dp)
Maybe they were carried over by swallows.
Posted by: King Arthur at March 17, 2023 12:33 AM (4I/2K)
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had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people?" -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
This.
And this is why the an armed invasion or even the US military morons who say they will fight US citizens would lose.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
This.
And this is why the an armed invasion or even the US military morons who say they will fight US citizens would lose.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:34 AM (ZTyZ5)
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The John-Deere equipment stolen from Ukraine showed up 1000s (IIRC) miles away in Russia; but, it wouldn't work because it was locked down by J-D after being stolen.
It has probably been jail-broken by now; but, there will probably be non-functional pieces for a while.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (ZTyZ5)
The Russians have probably taken out the Deere ECMs and installed new ones built on Raspberry Pi processors.
It has probably been jail-broken by now; but, there will probably be non-functional pieces for a while.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (ZTyZ5)
The Russians have probably taken out the Deere ECMs and installed new ones built on Raspberry Pi processors.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:35 AM (tkR6S)
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Why would Madoc go all the way around Florida, and land at Mobile Bay?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
He would have been coming up from the South (Gulf Stream) and could have been blown past Cuba to the West.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
He would have been coming up from the South (Gulf Stream) and could have been blown past Cuba to the West.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:36 AM (ZTyZ5)
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Indians sure fought against any research being done on the Kennewick Man.
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 12:36 AM (AmoqO)
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How did they know it was a man? We’re his personal pronouns written down?
Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (yHmEB)
They look for dickhead dents on the thigh bones.
(seriously) The size of the pelvic opening is usually definitive
Posted by: Ripley at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (yHmEB)
They look for dickhead dents on the thigh bones.
(seriously) The size of the pelvic opening is usually definitive
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (tkR6S)
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Berserker. Even a stock WWII H-D sidevalve 45 wasn't a particularly LOUD bike, or powertrain, given its times and peers.
Most the H-Ds of those times were muffled more like an Electra Glide Classic, than the Captain America with it's straight pipes and bent rider.
My memory of vintage H-Ds of the early '60s, is them sounding much like a Detroit V-8. Deep, yacht like rumble and burble, but not "loud pipes save lives" thunder.
The .mil Kawasaki Diesel 650 was a showroom bike for a year or two. +$8k, when the conventional four stroke gasser would've been a $4k bike. Pity. I think a big Diesel Single would be a THING, now!
Format mine like a Brit single in a Rickman frame, please. But with GOOD suspension, brakes and NO Lucas bits in the wiring, if you'd be so kind?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Most the H-Ds of those times were muffled more like an Electra Glide Classic, than the Captain America with it's straight pipes and bent rider.
My memory of vintage H-Ds of the early '60s, is them sounding much like a Detroit V-8. Deep, yacht like rumble and burble, but not "loud pipes save lives" thunder.
The .mil Kawasaki Diesel 650 was a showroom bike for a year or two. +$8k, when the conventional four stroke gasser would've been a $4k bike. Pity. I think a big Diesel Single would be a THING, now!
Format mine like a Brit single in a Rickman frame, please. But with GOOD suspension, brakes and NO Lucas bits in the wiring, if you'd be so kind?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (e6UQI)
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The Russians have probably taken out the Deere ECMs and installed new ones built on Raspberry Pi processors.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yup. But embedded systems have quirks so they might not be completely functioning as designed by J-D.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yup. But embedded systems have quirks so they might not be completely functioning as designed by J-D.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (ZTyZ5)
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He would have been coming up from the South (Gulf Stream) and could have been blown past Cuba to the West.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:36 AM (ZTyZ5)
There' a Kamala Harris joke in there, somewhere.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:36 AM (ZTyZ5)
There' a Kamala Harris joke in there, somewhere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:40 AM (tkR6S)
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I always wondered. How many notches can you put on your knife before you need a new one?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (u82oZ)
Scrimshaw.
I always wondered. How many notches can you put on your knife before you need a new one?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 11:09 PM (u82oZ)
Scrimshaw.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2023 12:40 AM (FCbAQ)
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The Russians have probably taken out the Deere ECMs and installed new ones built on Raspberry Pi processors.
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Yup. But embedded systems have quirks so they might not be completely functioning as designed by J-D.
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Eh. Close enough for guv'ment w*rk...
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Yup. But embedded systems have quirks so they might not be completely functioning as designed by J-D.
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Eh. Close enough for guv'ment w*rk...
Posted by: Russkie Tractor Hackers at March 17, 2023 12:41 AM (o0Fxd)
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So come fuck with me or my family, I'll redefine "your worst nightmare" for you.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 17, 2023 12:42 AM (KATBx)
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Yup. But embedded systems have quirks so they might not be completely functioning as designed by J-D.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (ZTyZ5)
I guess that depends upon how functional you need them to be. The Russians might have to drive the combines instead of letting GPS do it. They still get the crop off.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (ZTyZ5)
I guess that depends upon how functional you need them to be. The Russians might have to drive the combines instead of letting GPS do it. They still get the crop off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:43 AM (tkR6S)
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The motorcycle article tends to suggest that if Moto-cavalry ever appears in North America, it will be insurgents fighting an existential war against an entrenched high-tech military.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
Why fight the military when enemies abound, would be the insurgents reply.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2023 11:20 PM (tkR6S)
Why fight the military when enemies abound, would be the insurgents reply.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2023 12:45 AM (FCbAQ)
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I agree the Russians probably have those stolen machines working. They have software hackers of the same quality as the US.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:45 AM (ZTyZ5)
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Format mine like a Brit single in a Rickman frame, please. But with GOOD suspension, brakes and NO Lucas bits in the wiring, if you'd be so kind?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (e6UQI)
A Diesel bike with a kick starter wouldn't need any wiring. But you'd better have a leg on you.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (e6UQI)
A Diesel bike with a kick starter wouldn't need any wiring. But you'd better have a leg on you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:46 AM (tkR6S)
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The motorcycle article tends to suggest that if Moto-cavalry ever appears in North America, it will be insurgents fighting an existential war against an entrenched high-tech military.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It also states why the US will never field the moto-cav... the mortality rate and replacement training would cost many lives and a fortune. The congress will not fund it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It also states why the US will never field the moto-cav... the mortality rate and replacement training would cost many lives and a fortune. The congress will not fund it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:47 AM (ZTyZ5)
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275 If your understanding of the economy is "it is like a business that can be run rationally, without risk and through managers who can coordinate action" then they have no idea of what they are doing.
Unfortunately the whole economy is pretty fragile because it relies on efficient transportation and manufacturing timed to meet needs.
sure, sure, but now we have chatgpt; we can do it *right*
Unfortunately the whole economy is pretty fragile because it relies on efficient transportation and manufacturing timed to meet needs.
sure, sure, but now we have chatgpt; we can do it *right*
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at March 17, 2023 12:48 AM (cFL1s)
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89 My first first and I didn't have the balls to claim it. Sad.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05
You will always have this and cherish it. I think I've only had 3-4 firsts in over a decade here.
Of course in the spirit of AOS, it's bragged about and doesn't mean diddley squat, but a fun competition if you like.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:35 PM (55Qr6)
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Probably means more than an Oscar nomination. Heck for tears as a young lad I assumed a nomination meant a win (well you have to be nominated to win) by the importance they gave to nominations. You know it's easy to be nominated for a Nobel Prize. Now winning is another matter, except for Peace and Economics.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 16, 2023 10:05
You will always have this and cherish it. I think I've only had 3-4 firsts in over a decade here.
Of course in the spirit of AOS, it's bragged about and doesn't mean diddley squat, but a fun competition if you like.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2023 10:35 PM (55Qr6)
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Probably means more than an Oscar nomination. Heck for tears as a young lad I assumed a nomination meant a win (well you have to be nominated to win) by the importance they gave to nominations. You know it's easy to be nominated for a Nobel Prize. Now winning is another matter, except for Peace and Economics.
Posted by: Ciampino - nominated for .... at March 17, 2023 12:48 AM (qfLjt)
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Thought experiment: one of those little Kubota 3-cylinder Diesels mounted in a Honda Goldwing chassis, with appropriate transmission gearing. Would be slow, but ought to simply sip fuel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:50 AM (tkR6S)
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During my Dad's, "Convalescence", in North Africa, he rode a motorcycle delivering messages. Considering his back was injured when his tank (M-3) hit a mine, it wasn't much in they way of physical therapy. He lost his drivers, gunner was OK. He rejoined his unit in time for the invasion of Italy.
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 12:51 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: almond joy builders at March 17, 2023 12:52 AM (cFL1s)
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..A Diesel bike with a kick starter wouldn't need any wiring. But you'd better have a leg on you. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:46 AM (tkR6S)
In conjunction with a proven Compression Release, either a repetitive flywheel kick mechanism or a clockwork kickstarter (both similar to some German aircraft crank-starters), would do the trick.
Coffman shell starter for the Horde Approved Win!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
In conjunction with a proven Compression Release, either a repetitive flywheel kick mechanism or a clockwork kickstarter (both similar to some German aircraft crank-starters), would do the trick.
Coffman shell starter for the Horde Approved Win!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:53 AM (e6UQI)
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>> and publicly defended - Jimmy Carter. Because, damn it, he was a Righteous Man.
Ditto here. I remember an uncle of mine being the poster boy for that. Many others at our church as a boy.
Ditto here. I remember an uncle of mine being the poster boy for that. Many others at our church as a boy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 12:54 AM (Mzdiz)
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You can also thank Jimmuh for killing the US nuclear power industry.
You can also thank Jimmuh for killing the US nuclear power industry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 12:56 AM (Mzdiz)
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What's something that you've done that you'll never do again?
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Set foot in California.
/Also, made the mistake of going to a dorm (really frat) party in college that was serving "punch" that was primarily Everclear (which I subsequently learned was straight poison -- and if you didn't expel it from your body, you would die).
By the time I got back to my room, I had vomited a couple of times. Far more traumatizing, when I awoke in the morning I was laying in a bed of shit -- yes, I'd unconsciously shitted myself. That poison will find a way out, one way or another ...
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Set foot in California.
/Also, made the mistake of going to a dorm (really frat) party in college that was serving "punch" that was primarily Everclear (which I subsequently learned was straight poison -- and if you didn't expel it from your body, you would die).
By the time I got back to my room, I had vomited a couple of times. Far more traumatizing, when I awoke in the morning I was laying in a bed of shit -- yes, I'd unconsciously shitted myself. That poison will find a way out, one way or another ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 12:56 AM (wsx8x)
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Correction, he was in the M-2 tank early in the war.
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 12:58 AM (AmoqO)
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319 No one needed a "land bridge". While one likely existed at some periods, it wasn't at all necessary for the peopling of the Americas.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:23 AM (bW8dp)
Maybe they were carried over by swallows.
Posted by: King Arthur at March 17, 2023 12:33 AM (4I/2K)
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African swallows?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:23 AM (bW8dp)
Maybe they were carried over by swallows.
Posted by: King Arthur at March 17, 2023 12:33 AM (4I/2K)
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African swallows?
Posted by: Ciampino - Obviously African swallows never carried ostrich eggs at March 17, 2023 12:58 AM (qfLjt)
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[re: The Byzantine Empire:] They neglected their former civic values and fought endless battles over obscure religious texts, doctrines, and vocabulary.
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Like redefining binary sex as 157 (and growing by the day) different "genders?"
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Like redefining binary sex as 157 (and growing by the day) different "genders?"
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 01:00 AM (wsx8x)
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Good night Ladies and Gents.
Posted by: Javems at March 17, 2023 01:00 AM (AmoqO)
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It also states why the US will never field the moto-cav... the mortality rate and replacement training would cost many lives and a fortune. The congress will not fund it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:47 AM (ZTyZ5)
Exactly. The entrenched high-tech military would be the U.S. Armed Forces, under the control of a Marxist junta, and the insurgents would be us. When it's an existential war, and the choice is fight or die, niceties like training mortality would take a back seat. In any case, the insurgents' moto-cavalry would likely form from groups of long-experienced motorcyclists. Back when horse cavalry was a thing, the volunteers were drawn from those who were horsemen in civilian life.
https://youtu.be/TN9pmtj82ok
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 12:47 AM (ZTyZ5)
Exactly. The entrenched high-tech military would be the U.S. Armed Forces, under the control of a Marxist junta, and the insurgents would be us. When it's an existential war, and the choice is fight or die, niceties like training mortality would take a back seat. In any case, the insurgents' moto-cavalry would likely form from groups of long-experienced motorcyclists. Back when horse cavalry was a thing, the volunteers were drawn from those who were horsemen in civilian life.
https://youtu.be/TN9pmtj82ok
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:00 AM (tkR6S)
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340 265 I do wonder if something happened to the Mound Builders.
sometimes you feel like a nut
Posted by: almond joy builders at March 17, 2023 12:52 AM (cFL1s)
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That came like a bolt out of the blue.
sometimes you feel like a nut
Posted by: almond joy builders at March 17, 2023 12:52 AM (cFL1s)
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That came like a bolt out of the blue.
Posted by: Ciampino - did it thread the needle? at March 17, 2023 01:01 AM (qfLjt)
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A Diesel bike with a kick starter wouldn't need any wiring. But you'd better have a leg on you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:46 AM (tkR6S)
A few of the harleys I build needed the Hulk to start. I warned the owners, but noooo they didn't listen. Me he-man, me kick-start. Right....
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:46 AM (tkR6S)
A few of the harleys I build needed the Hulk to start. I warned the owners, but noooo they didn't listen. Me he-man, me kick-start. Right....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 01:06 AM (VwHCD)
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287 Posted by: Ciampino -- it was always 3 females against me at March 16, 2023 11:33 PM (qfLjt)
You're good people.
Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2023 12:00 AM (7HLtt)
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Thank you, that remark actually made a difficult day bearable.
You're good people.
Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2023 12:00 AM (7HLtt)
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Thank you, that remark actually made a difficult day bearable.
Posted by: Ciampino - my gratitude with all my heart at March 17, 2023 01:08 AM (qfLjt)
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Good night, Javems.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 17, 2023 01:09 AM (a4EWo)
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At my age my Bucket List consists entirely of not kicking one.
Posted by: MartynWW at March 17, 2023 01:09 AM (Ur3df)
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In any case, the insurgents' moto-cavalry would likely form from groups of long-experienced motorcyclists. Back when horse cavalry was a thing, the volunteers were drawn from those who were horsemen in civilian life.
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Good point, AOP. And I always remember from history that both Washington and Grant were considered the greatest horsemen of their generations.
[Imagine the "Mad Max" movies on Motorcycles.]
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Good point, AOP. And I always remember from history that both Washington and Grant were considered the greatest horsemen of their generations.
[Imagine the "Mad Max" movies on Motorcycles.]
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 01:11 AM (wsx8x)
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At my age my Bucket List consists entirely of not kicking one.
Posted by: MartynWW at March 17, 2023 01:09 AM (Ur3df)
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LOL. Stealin' that ...
Posted by: MartynWW at March 17, 2023 01:09 AM (Ur3df)
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LOL. Stealin' that ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 01:12 AM (wsx8x)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:13 AM (ZTyZ5)
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In conjunction with a proven Compression Release, either a repetitive flywheel kick mechanism or a clockwork kickstarter (both similar to some German aircraft crank-starters), would do the trick.
Coffman shell starter for the Horde Approved Win!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:53 AM (e6UQI)
I have seen those in use, at a tractor show. Field Marshall tractor had both options. Owner let me crank it up using the compression release. Big open flywheel on the right side, with a spiral track machined into the rim of it. Pick up a little lever arm, with a small wheel on it, pull them stem out a ways, and place the wheel in the start of the spiral, closest to me on the rim. That is the compression release. Flip out a knob on the face of the flywheel, and start cranking, round, and round, and round, a little faster each time. After about six turns, it is making pretty good speed, and the little wheel falls off the inboard side of the flywheel rim, and Bingo! The engine has compression. Bang! It goes, and Bang! again, and it is running. It was cool to do it, but I can see why electric starters became popular.
Coffman shell starter for the Horde Approved Win!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:53 AM (e6UQI)
I have seen those in use, at a tractor show. Field Marshall tractor had both options. Owner let me crank it up using the compression release. Big open flywheel on the right side, with a spiral track machined into the rim of it. Pick up a little lever arm, with a small wheel on it, pull them stem out a ways, and place the wheel in the start of the spiral, closest to me on the rim. That is the compression release. Flip out a knob on the face of the flywheel, and start cranking, round, and round, and round, a little faster each time. After about six turns, it is making pretty good speed, and the little wheel falls off the inboard side of the flywheel rim, and Bingo! The engine has compression. Bang! It goes, and Bang! again, and it is running. It was cool to do it, but I can see why electric starters became popular.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:14 AM (tkR6S)
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Me NOT he-man... Me LIKE electric start!
Dang, almost lawn-mowing season here. Ugh. Electric start FTW, I'm a she-wimp.
Dang, almost lawn-mowing season here. Ugh. Electric start FTW, I'm a she-wimp.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:15 AM (o0Fxd)
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Gas masks on horses, who knew?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:13 AM (ZTyZ5)
But a great song, though. Corb has a sense of history.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:13 AM (ZTyZ5)
But a great song, though. Corb has a sense of history.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:16 AM (tkR6S)
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I started my MG-TD with the hand crank a number of times. There were times when I needed too.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:16 AM (ZTyZ5)
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Had an old Honda Civic, once upon a time (a '73?) that was soooo worn out, coulda probly wrapped a rope around fan pulley and pull-started it...
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:18 AM (o0Fxd)
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Tis time.
Let me remind y'all again that we are Americans so you hold that head HIGH and PROUD, especially during these times.
Always remember that it's part of our heritage to continue the struggle of our predecessors to ensure the Republic endures.
Goodnite, good people. Be safe stay warm and sleep well.
Let me remind y'all again that we are Americans so you hold that head HIGH and PROUD, especially during these times.
Always remember that it's part of our heritage to continue the struggle of our predecessors to ensure the Republic endures.
Goodnite, good people. Be safe stay warm and sleep well.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 17, 2023 01:18 AM (KATBx)
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263
307 Throws himself on the other live grenade.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:24 AM (bW8dp)
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'Other'?
So I can write about "the screams of the dead and the dying"?
(In HS, English teacher read a story by some famous author. It was written as if a kid was writing about their war games they played after school. That was a funny line from the story.)
307 Throws himself on the other live grenade.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:24 AM (bW8dp)
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'Other'?
So I can write about "the screams of the dead and the dying"?
(In HS, English teacher read a story by some famous author. It was written as if a kid was writing about their war games they played after school. That was a funny line from the story.)
Posted by: Ciampino - Two live grenades at March 17, 2023 01:19 AM (qfLjt)
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Dang, almost lawn-mowing season here. Ugh. Electric start FTW, I'm a she-wimp.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:15 AM (o0Fxd)
My old Dixon ZTR is electric start only. There is no provision for a pull start on the 14 HP Kawasaki engine. The starting battery was iffy last season. Remains to be seen if I can get another season out of it.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:15 AM (o0Fxd)
My old Dixon ZTR is electric start only. There is no provision for a pull start on the 14 HP Kawasaki engine. The starting battery was iffy last season. Remains to be seen if I can get another season out of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:19 AM (tkR6S)
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At my age my Bucket List consists entirely of not kicking one.
Posted by: MartynWW at March 17, 2023 01:09 AM (Ur3df)
If they're set up right, and have human compression they start fine. My panhead was a consistent 1 kick bike. I used to be able to start it with my hand, which pissed a lot of people off. I get these chuckleheads that want a high compression stroker, and yet they weight 150 pounds and think they're going to start it. I did one last month. I begged the dude not to go that route, he wouldn't listen. I told the shop that brought me in to build it that he was never going to start it just from looking at him. He's bringing it back to de-neanderthal it a bit. You haven't lived until you see a 150 pounder try and start a 3 1/2" bore, 4 5/8 stroke, 9.75:1 shovelhead and it almost throws him over the bars.
Posted by: MartynWW at March 17, 2023 01:09 AM (Ur3df)
If they're set up right, and have human compression they start fine. My panhead was a consistent 1 kick bike. I used to be able to start it with my hand, which pissed a lot of people off. I get these chuckleheads that want a high compression stroker, and yet they weight 150 pounds and think they're going to start it. I did one last month. I begged the dude not to go that route, he wouldn't listen. I told the shop that brought me in to build it that he was never going to start it just from looking at him. He's bringing it back to de-neanderthal it a bit. You haven't lived until you see a 150 pounder try and start a 3 1/2" bore, 4 5/8 stroke, 9.75:1 shovelhead and it almost throws him over the bars.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 01:20 AM (VwHCD)
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I started my MG-TD with the hand crank a number of times. There were times when I needed too.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:16 AM (ZTyZ5)
If you drive along a certain local road towards Mesa, there is a T-series MG on a trailer in a yard, visible from the road. I think it is a TC. It is not very far from my location. BTW, drop by if you have the chance!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:16 AM (ZTyZ5)
If you drive along a certain local road towards Mesa, there is a T-series MG on a trailer in a yard, visible from the road. I think it is a TC. It is not very far from my location. BTW, drop by if you have the chance!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:24 AM (tkR6S)
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314
"What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every bang on the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people?" -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (bW8dp)
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It just means that the NKVD would have been scared shitless and next time would arrive with 100+ troops with orders to shoot at the first sign of trouble.
Then what?
It also presupposes that individuals are forewarned that the NKVD is coming for them on that day, not some vague date.
"What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every bang on the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people?" -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2023 12:28 AM (bW8dp)
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It just means that the NKVD would have been scared shitless and next time would arrive with 100+ troops with orders to shoot at the first sign of trouble.
Then what?
It also presupposes that individuals are forewarned that the NKVD is coming for them on that day, not some vague date.
Posted by: Ciampino -- Two live grenades at March 17, 2023 01:25 AM (qfLjt)
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throws him over the bars.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
BTDT, not a fan and not an HD; but, dirt bike when I weighed about 120lbs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
BTDT, not a fan and not an HD; but, dirt bike when I weighed about 120lbs.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:26 AM (ZTyZ5)
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BTW, drop by if you have the chance!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Will do.
Wife is driving up right now. I'll give you a call.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Will do.
Wife is driving up right now. I'll give you a call.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:27 AM (ZTyZ5)
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..You haven't lived until you see a 150 pounder try and start a 3 1/2" bore, 4 5/8 stroke, 9.75:1 shovelhead and it almost throws him over the bars. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonhea
Bers, I once witnessed a Hells Angel bring out a sledgehammer from their clubhouse, and beat a 45 H-D engine into aluminum dust, because he could not get it started.
So observed, as the "old ladies" at the clubhouse had agreed to watch over my brother and me, as my late and lamented Mom had to go work a waitress shift, and could find NO OTHER "sitters" for the task at hand.
Gotta say this. Those "old ladies" had the clubhouse on Best Behavior. Even the Hulk Bike Murderer elicited a bare minimum of cussage in the doing.
I've pissed off some HD riders when on my 'Wing. Turn the handlebar kill switch to "off". Presse the starter button, while miming "kicking" furiously. Then cuss a lot. Making it worse, look for the "oil leaks" under the bike.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Bers, I once witnessed a Hells Angel bring out a sledgehammer from their clubhouse, and beat a 45 H-D engine into aluminum dust, because he could not get it started.
So observed, as the "old ladies" at the clubhouse had agreed to watch over my brother and me, as my late and lamented Mom had to go work a waitress shift, and could find NO OTHER "sitters" for the task at hand.
Gotta say this. Those "old ladies" had the clubhouse on Best Behavior. Even the Hulk Bike Murderer elicited a bare minimum of cussage in the doing.
I've pissed off some HD riders when on my 'Wing. Turn the handlebar kill switch to "off". Presse the starter button, while miming "kicking" furiously. Then cuss a lot. Making it worse, look for the "oil leaks" under the bike.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 01:28 AM (e6UQI)
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More on the Moon-Eyed people. I've visited this site, it's damned mysterious:
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ga-fortmountain/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ga-fortmountain/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2023 01:29 AM (mKF7G)
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You haven't lived until you see a 150 pounder try and start a 3 1/2" bore, 4 5/8 stroke, 9.75:1 shovelhead and it almost throws him over the bars.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 01:20 AM (VwHCD)
A compression release and a spark retard would help that. A Model T Ford had a lot less than 9.75 compression, and they had a spark retard. And most of your older outboard motors had the spark advance directly linked to the throttle; a cam on the breaker plate was what opened the throttle.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 01:20 AM (VwHCD)
A compression release and a spark retard would help that. A Model T Ford had a lot less than 9.75 compression, and they had a spark retard. And most of your older outboard motors had the spark advance directly linked to the throttle; a cam on the breaker plate was what opened the throttle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:29 AM (tkR6S)
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You haven't lived until you see a 150 pounder try and start a 3 1/2" bore, 4 5/8 stroke, 9.75:1 shovelhead and it almost throws him over the bars.
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LOL, Bers. Must be a dude-thing... If I tried *that* it would be a comedy of me jumping up n down on the kicker, getting nowhere. Doubt it would even move, let alone *throw me* anywhere. Hahaha.
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LOL, Bers. Must be a dude-thing... If I tried *that* it would be a comedy of me jumping up n down on the kicker, getting nowhere. Doubt it would even move, let alone *throw me* anywhere. Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:30 AM (o0Fxd)
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Format mine like a Brit single ...... and NO Lucas bits in the wiring, if you'd be so kind?
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (e6UQI)
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No Lucas stuff? Don't you want yours to have that authentic Brit feel of oil leaking onto your garage floor?
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2023 12:38 AM (e6UQI)
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No Lucas stuff? Don't you want yours to have that authentic Brit feel of oil leaking onto your garage floor?
Posted by: Ciampino - I like to leak synthetic oil at March 17, 2023 01:31 AM (qfLjt)
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It just means that the NKVD would have been scared shitless and next time would arrive with 100+ troops with orders to shoot at the first sign of trouble.
Then what?
It also presupposes that individuals are forewarned that the NKVD is coming for them on that day, not some vague date.
Posted by: Ciampino
That's the point.
If every single person (okay adult) takes out one NKVD they soon run out of NKVD.
Then what?
It also presupposes that individuals are forewarned that the NKVD is coming for them on that day, not some vague date.
Posted by: Ciampino
That's the point.
If every single person (okay adult) takes out one NKVD they soon run out of NKVD.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 01:33 AM (ZTyZ5)
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Load the dishwasher. I'm banned.
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (iayUP)
You may want to let the rest of the male morons know your secret.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 16, 2023 10:33 PM (FCbAQ)
Publius is in charge of the dishwasher. I'm an old school hand washer of dishes. I don't even know how to operate it.
We try to run it at least once a week.
Posted by: fd at March 16, 2023 10:26 PM (iayUP)
You may want to let the rest of the male morons know your secret.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 16, 2023 10:33 PM (FCbAQ)
Publius is in charge of the dishwasher. I'm an old school hand washer of dishes. I don't even know how to operate it.
We try to run it at least once a week.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 01:34 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 01:37 AM (Mzdiz)
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Hi, Miley!
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:40 AM (o0Fxd)
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Bers - My last F3 ride was powered by a much-modified Suzuki GN400 engine, 3.5" bore, 10.25:1 piston.
I never even bothered to try to kick start it, besides, removing the kick-start lever saved 2 lbs. or so. Start was achieved by recruiting someone to give me a good hard running push down pit road. Fortunately, there was a compression release, which once the piston was positioned, would allow one revolution before compression/fire. If it didn't fire on that first compression stroke, then, the whole process had to be repeated.
I never even bothered to try to kick start it, besides, removing the kick-start lever saved 2 lbs. or so. Start was achieved by recruiting someone to give me a good hard running push down pit road. Fortunately, there was a compression release, which once the piston was positioned, would allow one revolution before compression/fire. If it didn't fire on that first compression stroke, then, the whole process had to be repeated.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2023 01:41 AM (rx603)
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Yep, "Paperclip" brought over propaganda specialists, chemical warfare specialists, psychologists etc.
When you start reading what they were doing in the 1950s - and more importantly the connections of specific people - it starts to fill in. America or Americans had to be made safe for "global governance".
I can't tell whose fucking side half these motherfuckers are on, double reverse triple agents, but it is obvious the research and methods and materials they invented are deployed on Americans.
"Mind control" isn't a conspiracy theory, it's another form of advertising. Crowd control, and suggestibility.
What the nazis discovered was that people who experienced trauma at an early age are easier to hypnotize, or "brainwash". The CIA scientists went so far as to combine sleep deprivation along with high doses of LSD - one group for 77 straight days - and would wake them with electroshock prods.
The connections between the large publishing houses, academia, spooks, government - you simply cannot try to explain this to people without sounding half crazy yourself! But it is documented. None of the principals would testify, and they destroyed many of the records.
When you start reading what they were doing in the 1950s - and more importantly the connections of specific people - it starts to fill in. America or Americans had to be made safe for "global governance".
I can't tell whose fucking side half these motherfuckers are on, double reverse triple agents, but it is obvious the research and methods and materials they invented are deployed on Americans.
"Mind control" isn't a conspiracy theory, it's another form of advertising. Crowd control, and suggestibility.
What the nazis discovered was that people who experienced trauma at an early age are easier to hypnotize, or "brainwash". The CIA scientists went so far as to combine sleep deprivation along with high doses of LSD - one group for 77 straight days - and would wake them with electroshock prods.
The connections between the large publishing houses, academia, spooks, government - you simply cannot try to explain this to people without sounding half crazy yourself! But it is documented. None of the principals would testify, and they destroyed many of the records.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2023 01:41 AM (ldF7/)
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More on the Moon-Eyed people. I've visited this site, it's damned mysterious:
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ga-fortmountain/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2023 01:29 AM (mKF7G)
I would like to see that wall in the context of a geological map of the mountain. Sometimes, what looks like a man-made structure is nothing more than the surface trace of an outcrop of a particular bed of rock with a unique fracture style. Frost heaves can create such features. There is a structure in Cypress Hills, Alberta/Saskatchewan that resembles this. Cypress Hills was never glaciated in the last Ice Age. It is a relic of pre-Glacial topography.
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ga-fortmountain/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2023 01:29 AM (mKF7G)
I would like to see that wall in the context of a geological map of the mountain. Sometimes, what looks like a man-made structure is nothing more than the surface trace of an outcrop of a particular bed of rock with a unique fracture style. Frost heaves can create such features. There is a structure in Cypress Hills, Alberta/Saskatchewan that resembles this. Cypress Hills was never glaciated in the last Ice Age. It is a relic of pre-Glacial topography.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:42 AM (tkR6S)
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Well, there's probably not anyone in a position to militarily invade the US like the Turks invaded Constantinople.
*guffaws in knock-off Spanish*
*guffaws in knock-off Spanish*
Posted by: Mexicans at March 17, 2023 01:46 AM (KFhLj)
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Publius is in charge of the dishwasher. I'm an old school hand washer of dishes. I don't even know how to operate it.
We try to run it at least once a week.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 01:34 AM (Mzdiz)
I have never owned a dishwasher. Handwashing is all I know how to do. And it is good for your hands to do it. Helps get the paint, glue, and grease off them.
We try to run it at least once a week.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 01:34 AM (Mzdiz)
I have never owned a dishwasher. Handwashing is all I know how to do. And it is good for your hands to do it. Helps get the paint, glue, and grease off them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:47 AM (tkR6S)
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What I'm suggesting is simply much of the lunacy we are seeing today is not organic or the "arc of history", it is most definitely planned and facilitated, they definitely have mind fvckery down to a science, and one can infer they have much more advanced techniques since the 50s and 60s.
I'm convinced some form of hypnosis is responsible a lot of this, a subject I'm not all that familiar with, I was unaware of how sophisticated it is. Not just something for entertainment on stage.
Mass psychosis or mass formation? What is that they call it?
I'm convinced some form of hypnosis is responsible a lot of this, a subject I'm not all that familiar with, I was unaware of how sophisticated it is. Not just something for entertainment on stage.
Mass psychosis or mass formation? What is that they call it?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2023 01:48 AM (ldF7/)
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I have to run two dishwashers. Ours here, and my folks.
I have to run two dishwashers. Ours here, and my folks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 01:48 AM (Mzdiz)
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Helps get the paint, glue, and grease off them.
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Also, the deep-soak in hot water! Aaahhhh, feels so good to arthritic ol' fingers
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Also, the deep-soak in hot water! Aaahhhh, feels so good to arthritic ol' fingers
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:48 AM (o0Fxd)
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A compression release and a spark retard would help that. A Model T Ford had a lot less than 9.75 compression, and they had a spark retard. And most of your older outboard motors had the spark advance directly linked to the throttle; a cam on the breaker plate was what opened the throttle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:29 AM (tkR6S)
Well the electronic ignition already takes care of the retard during starting. The problem is the gas is shit, and pixi won't give me enough space to list all the problems dudes have with these things that all get cured with a little bit of advance. They run way better, but then the ignition retard is not quite as retarded as it would be normally during starting, and if you know how to start one it's never an issue, but a 150 pound dude who has a collection of motocross bikes and thinks he's ready for the big time is a prefect storm of fail. Not a problem with electric start, and the monster engines have compression releases, but a kick bike with an engine like that, you need to be a true believer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:29 AM (tkR6S)
Well the electronic ignition already takes care of the retard during starting. The problem is the gas is shit, and pixi won't give me enough space to list all the problems dudes have with these things that all get cured with a little bit of advance. They run way better, but then the ignition retard is not quite as retarded as it would be normally during starting, and if you know how to start one it's never an issue, but a 150 pound dude who has a collection of motocross bikes and thinks he's ready for the big time is a prefect storm of fail. Not a problem with electric start, and the monster engines have compression releases, but a kick bike with an engine like that, you need to be a true believer.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 01:52 AM (VwHCD)
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Tomorrow, well the 17th, not quite tomorrow in the western time zones, we'll have 12 hours of daylight. It's about the same for most latitudes, although to the north, around NYC, it will be a few seconds under.
The halfway point occurs before the equinox because sunrise and sunset are defined not at the center of the sun, but right when the limb touches the horizon.
Tomorrow, well the 17th, not quite tomorrow in the western time zones, we'll have 12 hours of daylight. It's about the same for most latitudes, although to the north, around NYC, it will be a few seconds under.
The halfway point occurs before the equinox because sunrise and sunset are defined not at the center of the sun, but right when the limb touches the horizon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 01:52 AM (Mzdiz)
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Today, the 17th, is the annual wearin' o' the green! Don't want to get pinched, me lads!
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:54 AM (o0Fxd)
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By the time I got back to my room, I had vomited a couple of times. Far more traumatizing, when I awoke in the morning I was laying in a bed of shit -- yes, I'd unconsciously shitted myself. That poison will find a way out, one way or another ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 12:56 AM (wsx8x)
EC vs Jaeger...go!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 12:56 AM (wsx8x)
EC vs Jaeger...go!
Posted by: a dude in MI at March 17, 2023 01:55 AM (+I6Y/)
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Today, the 17th, is the annual wearin' o' the green! Don't want to get pinched, me lads!
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:54 AM (o0Fxd)
I have some green gaunchies in the top drawer.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:54 AM (o0Fxd)
I have some green gaunchies in the top drawer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 01:56 AM (tkR6S)
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Something the MSM isn't reporting. The Dutch Farmer-Citizens party, protesting all the climate tyranny, has scored a major win, getting the largest share of the vote (20% -- this is a multi-party thing).
Something the MSM isn't reporting. The Dutch Farmer-Citizens party, protesting all the climate tyranny, has scored a major win, getting the largest share of the vote (20% -- this is a multi-party thing).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 01:58 AM (Mzdiz)
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Something the MSM isn't reporting. The Dutch Farmer-Citizens party, protesting all the climate tyranny, has scored a major win, getting the largest share of the vote (20% -- this is a multi-party thing).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 01:58 AM (Mzdiz)
Niiice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 01:58 AM (Mzdiz)
Niiice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 01:58 AM (VwHCD)
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'Top O' The Mornin' to ya.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 17, 2023 02:00 AM (a4EWo)
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Only problem is all the other parties are going to gang up agin the Dutch Farmer's party. Sort of like NeverTrump and the GOPe going along with the Democrats.
Only problem is all the other parties are going to gang up agin the Dutch Farmer's party. Sort of like NeverTrump and the GOPe going along with the Democrats.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:00 AM (Mzdiz)
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Today, the 17th, is the annual wearin' o' the green! Don't want to get pinched, me lads!
Posted by: JQ
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Ah. Time for the stale jokes.
What's Irish and sits out all day and night?
Patty O'Furniture
Posted by: JQ
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Ah. Time for the stale jokes.
What's Irish and sits out all day and night?
Patty O'Furniture
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2023 02:01 AM (mKF7G)
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Everclear is quite potent, but can be made palatable by many means. Dilution is key.
Jägermeister, on the other hand, is unpalatable in every way. Why did anyone bother bottling and marketing the product? UGH
Jägermeister, on the other hand, is unpalatable in every way. Why did anyone bother bottling and marketing the product? UGH
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:01 AM (o0Fxd)
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LOL, Bers. Must be a dude-thing... If I tried *that* it would be a comedy of me jumping up n down on the kicker, getting nowhere. Doubt it would even move, let alone *throw me* anywhere. Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:30 AM (o0Fxd)
The best part is he wants to give the bike to his son, and he looks like he couldn't start a honda 50, lol. I start it on one kick, its set up really nice. Yeah its a beast, but you just have to know how to do it. You can't be lame with the kick start pedal, you need to throw your weight on it.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:30 AM (o0Fxd)
The best part is he wants to give the bike to his son, and he looks like he couldn't start a honda 50, lol. I start it on one kick, its set up really nice. Yeah its a beast, but you just have to know how to do it. You can't be lame with the kick start pedal, you need to throw your weight on it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 02:03 AM (VwHCD)
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May yer soul be in Glory for an hour b'fore the debbil knows yer dead
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:03 AM (o0Fxd)
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Rebel News UK interviewing Eva Vladderrivbroks(look the name up, too lazy. But she's hot) on the Dutch Farmer's win:
https://tinyurl.com/2mmpcsyk
Rebel News UK interviewing Eva Vladderrivbroks(look the name up, too lazy. But she's hot) on the Dutch Farmer's win:
https://tinyurl.com/2mmpcsyk
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:05 AM (Mzdiz)
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Everclear is quite potent, but can be made palatable by many means. Dilution is key.
Jägermeister, on the other hand, is unpalatable in every way. Why did anyone bother bottling and marketing the product? UGH
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:01 AM (o0Fxd)
I use everclear to make shellac for french polishing. I took a small sip from the bottle on time out of curiosity. just damn....
Jägermeister, on the other hand, is unpalatable in every way. Why did anyone bother bottling and marketing the product? UGH
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:01 AM (o0Fxd)
I use everclear to make shellac for french polishing. I took a small sip from the bottle on time out of curiosity. just damn....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 02:05 AM (VwHCD)
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It just means that the NKVD would have been scared shitless and next time would arrive with 100+ troops with orders to shoot at the first sign of trouble.
Then what?
Attrition. But there are a lot more of us than there are of them. I wrote about it 8 years ago: https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=355248
WARNING! Do not post on old threads, you will be auto banned
Then what?
Attrition. But there are a lot more of us than there are of them. I wrote about it 8 years ago: https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=355248
WARNING! Do not post on old threads, you will be auto banned
Posted by: Weirddave at March 17, 2023 02:07 AM (aVR8n)
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Yeah its a beast, but you just have to know how to do it. You can't be lame with the kick start pedal, you need to throw your weight on it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 02:03 AM (VwHCD)
I'm guessing you have to bring one cylinder up on compression, just far enough before TDC, that one stroke of the kick starter takes it through TDC and part way down?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 02:03 AM (VwHCD)
I'm guessing you have to bring one cylinder up on compression, just far enough before TDC, that one stroke of the kick starter takes it through TDC and part way down?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 02:09 AM (tkR6S)
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The Dutch Farmer-Citizen party is, native tongue, the Boer-Burger-Beweging party, or BBB.
The Dutch Farmer-Citizen party is, native tongue, the Boer-Burger-Beweging party, or BBB.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:10 AM (Mzdiz)
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Everclear is a terrific soaking agent for various, er, ...projects.
Fruit, for example. Dude at w*rk made awesome 'pickled' cherries with it. ONE would boost yer buzz, and tasted great!
Never eat moar than ONE of those. Lol
Jäger? Bleccch! Nyquil tastes better.
Fruit, for example. Dude at w*rk made awesome 'pickled' cherries with it. ONE would boost yer buzz, and tasted great!
Never eat moar than ONE of those. Lol
Jäger? Bleccch! Nyquil tastes better.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:11 AM (o0Fxd)
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The Dutch Farmer-Citizen party is, native tongue, the Boer-Burger-Beweging party, or BBB.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:10 AM (Mzdiz)
Sounds like they may have picked up enough seats to make themselves a necessary member of any governing coalition.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:10 AM (Mzdiz)
Sounds like they may have picked up enough seats to make themselves a necessary member of any governing coalition.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 02:14 AM (tkR6S)
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Aren't the Dutch or Netherlands part of the EU? What good will that election do in practical terms?
The rulers are unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, and you can be sure all sorts of pressure will be brought to bear. Kinda like, you know, here. They don't care about the law, or elections, or consent, or any of those petty bourgeois notions, you see.
The rulers are unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, and you can be sure all sorts of pressure will be brought to bear. Kinda like, you know, here. They don't care about the law, or elections, or consent, or any of those petty bourgeois notions, you see.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2023 02:15 AM (ldF7/)
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Speaking of hot, I spent some mindless time watching an Indian (dot) Bollywood thing called Jeh Dawannai something something from 2013. The chicks were good looking, except for the French actress with the overbite.
A weird (for me) mix of Hindi and English.
And the musical numbers, lol
A weird (for me) mix of Hindi and English.
And the musical numbers, lol
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 17, 2023 02:16 AM (ufFY8)
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Well, getting late here. I am going to have to do some ladder climbing tomorrow to hang siding boards on the gable end of the house. I don't mind heights; it's the idea of falling from them that worries me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 02:18 AM (tkR6S)
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Good night, Horde, I need to be up early in the morning. I am cooking a small corned beef tomorrow, it was very reasonably priced. Meant to tell Miley that I ordered some seeds from Baker's Creek.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 17, 2023 02:18 AM (a4EWo)
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Can you get a "free start" on a Harley engine like you can on a T?
The impetus for a practical electric starter was the head of GM, who lost a good friend, when he stopped to help a stranded motorist start her car by cranking it. Engine wasn't retarded enough for starting, kicked back, and crank struck him squarely and broke his jaw. He died of infection some days later.
Kettering was a Delco engineer, who also invented the ignition distributor.
The impetus for a practical electric starter was the head of GM, who lost a good friend, when he stopped to help a stranded motorist start her car by cranking it. Engine wasn't retarded enough for starting, kicked back, and crank struck him squarely and broke his jaw. He died of infection some days later.
Kettering was a Delco engineer, who also invented the ignition distributor.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2023 02:20 AM (ldF7/)
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Hah! Just reading, the UK has now officially declared nuclear power to be "environmentally sustainable".
Looks someone is getting hit by a clue x 4.
Hah! Just reading, the UK has now officially declared nuclear power to be "environmentally sustainable".
Looks someone is getting hit by a clue x 4.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:29 AM (Mzdiz)
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I'm guessing you have to bring one cylinder up on compression, just far enough before TDC, that one stroke of the kick starter takes it through TDC and part way down?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 02:09 AM (tkR6S)
Pretty much. You cycle it through until you feel the resistance and you know you're in the right spot, then turn the key on and jump on it. The trick is not to cycle it with the key on, thats how dudes end up sailing. lol
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 02:09 AM (tkR6S)
Pretty much. You cycle it through until you feel the resistance and you know you're in the right spot, then turn the key on and jump on it. The trick is not to cycle it with the key on, thats how dudes end up sailing. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2023 02:31 AM (VwHCD)
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379 Hi, Miley!
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:40 AM (o0Fxd)
Hi JQ - sorry, it took me an hour to catch up on comments.
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 01:40 AM (o0Fxd)
Hi JQ - sorry, it took me an hour to catch up on comments.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 02:32 AM (Mzdiz)
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An Irish farmer was walking along the road between his and his neighbor's fields when he spotted his neighbor carrying two sheep in his arms.
"Tony!" he called. "Are you going to shear those sheep?"
"I am not," the neighbor replied. "They're both for me."
"Tony!" he called. "Are you going to shear those sheep?"
"I am not," the neighbor replied. "They're both for me."
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 02:33 AM (Jg7EG)
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Only problem is all the other parties are going to gang up agin the Dutch Farmer's party. Sort of like NeverTrump and the GOPe going along with the Democrats.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:00 AM (Mzdiz)
Insanity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:00 AM (Mzdiz)
Insanity.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 02:36 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:40 AM (o0Fxd)
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Another well-capitalized regional bank, First Republic, basically a clone of SVB, almost went under, same reasons.
A consortium of the Too Big To Fail Banks, including JP Morgan, Shiti-bank, BoA, and the rest of the usual suspects, bailed it out to the tune of $30B.
That was some little deal put together by Yellen and the Treasury/Fed to avoid having to bail it out directly by the feds. I'm sure whatever the big banks did was guaranteed by the US govt.
Another well-capitalized regional bank, First Republic, basically a clone of SVB, almost went under, same reasons.
A consortium of the Too Big To Fail Banks, including JP Morgan, Shiti-bank, BoA, and the rest of the usual suspects, bailed it out to the tune of $30B.
That was some little deal put together by Yellen and the Treasury/Fed to avoid having to bail it out directly by the feds. I'm sure whatever the big banks did was guaranteed by the US govt.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:41 AM (Mzdiz)
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Publius ran the - what's it called, babe? - the cultivator today. Next he's got to smooth it with the chain contraption. But tomorrow is supposed to be rainy.
We need to get potatoes in the ground. Fortunately the warm spell came to an end. Need to put the brakes on spring.
We need to get potatoes in the ground. Fortunately the warm spell came to an end. Need to put the brakes on spring.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 02:42 AM (Mzdiz)
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I'm planting a few spuds, too. Yukon Gold, in containers.
Wasn't going to do a garden this year, except FJB fked everything up and we'll need to eat. Glad to see the quail haven't left our neighborhood.
*stuff* keeps happening, and not the good kind. Lord isn't pleased with me/us I guess.
My plate is full, but it's not food. Argh! fml
Wasn't going to do a garden this year, except FJB fked everything up and we'll need to eat. Glad to see the quail haven't left our neighborhood.
*stuff* keeps happening, and not the good kind. Lord isn't pleased with me/us I guess.
My plate is full, but it's not food. Argh! fml
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:48 AM (o0Fxd)
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Why would Madoc go all the way around Florida, and land at Mobile Bay?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (tkR6S)
He was looking for the Stateline Bar.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2023 12:31 AM (tkR6S)
He was looking for the Stateline Bar.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at March 17, 2023 02:50 AM (LOVUx)
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tcn, your hash is so sweet... "Love you, X" LOL
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:52 AM (o0Fxd)
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You've got to love this. The TBTF usual suspects all made various multi-billion dollar deposits to First Republic, stressing these were "uninsured".
They assure us that's how confident they are in the US banking system, and First Republic in particular. They say they stand united to support our strong economy.
You've got to love this. The TBTF usual suspects all made various multi-billion dollar deposits to First Republic, stressing these were "uninsured".
They assure us that's how confident they are in the US banking system, and First Republic in particular. They say they stand united to support our strong economy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 17, 2023 02:52 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JQ at March 17, 2023 02:55 AM (o0Fxd)
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JQ, you definitely don't want to skip the garden this year. Probably not in the years to come, either. Gardens take planning and August, say, is too late.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 03:02 AM (Mzdiz)
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G'nite. JQ - sweet dreams!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 03:03 AM (Mzdiz)
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I think I'll say goodnight as well, folks.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 03:17 AM (Mzdiz)
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hiya
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2023 03:39 AM (T4tVD)
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They don't like you to sleep around here
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 03:51 AM (xhxe8)
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Anti-Bucket list. I never want to fall off of a mountain again, it happened twice, and both times sucked. Yes I "fell off of a mountain" twice, and it sucked. I also never want to be the person who knocks on a friends door, and then walks away when they don't answer to only find out a few days later that the reason they didn't answer is because they were dead.
Anyone who believes in America should know about pol pot, "dr." duch and the rest of them. The documentary "The Act of Killing" is available on Apple Tv+ and on "beamstream" if you are in Australia. It's a profound documentary depicted as a biography of one of the killers, who slowly understands what the story actually is. It's profound.
Anyone who believes in America should know about pol pot, "dr." duch and the rest of them. The documentary "The Act of Killing" is available on Apple Tv+ and on "beamstream" if you are in Australia. It's a profound documentary depicted as a biography of one of the killers, who slowly understands what the story actually is. It's profound.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 04:01 AM (+DF+H)
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Tap-Tap-Tap.....is this thing on ?
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2023 04:02 AM (T4tVD)
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Pixy nood
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 04:02 AM (xhxe8)
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Skip, he's on Australia time, too busy catching up on MAFS.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 04:11 AM (+DF+H)
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Okay, one of my Marine Corps friends was chatting with me earlier and he remembered a story about me back in California.
My roommate was on duty as the company driver, and I was on baracks duty, so the two of us were in our room during inspection one Thursday. A 1st Sgt, not OUR 1st Sgt, but both of us were board Marines so there is little doubt that he knew who we were.
He comes in the door was open, and my roommate, Eric and I were just sitting there reading books and listening to music, I had a great stereo system.
"WHATS GOING ON HERE!?!?" he yells. Eric and I look at eachother. Eric left it to me, "We just got off of duty sgt 1st sgt sir," (that's a roundabout way of telling him to fuck off.) He walked over to our "closets." to inspect them, which is funny because as I said, both Eric and I were Board Marines, our shit was pristine.
My roommate was on duty as the company driver, and I was on baracks duty, so the two of us were in our room during inspection one Thursday. A 1st Sgt, not OUR 1st Sgt, but both of us were board Marines so there is little doubt that he knew who we were.
He comes in the door was open, and my roommate, Eric and I were just sitting there reading books and listening to music, I had a great stereo system.
"WHATS GOING ON HERE!?!?" he yells. Eric and I look at eachother. Eric left it to me, "We just got off of duty sgt 1st sgt sir," (that's a roundabout way of telling him to fuck off.) He walked over to our "closets." to inspect them, which is funny because as I said, both Eric and I were Board Marines, our shit was pristine.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 07:04 AM (+DF+H)
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"Not bad, I guess you are lucky" or something like that he said, I responded "Makes sense I was inspected 2 days ago sgt sir." And Eric said, "I was about a month ago, but I only wear one pair." The dude was getting progessively more and more angry with the fact we didn't give a fuck, he looked into my "Secretary" cabinet, filled with CD's and books. My "Secretary was a mess, but it's usually closed and locked.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 07:05 AM (+DF+H)
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"What the fuck is this?!" he asked me as I still haven't moved or really reacted, I looked at Eric and he just rolls his eyes and starts reading all over again. "Well Sgt first sir, Those are CD's and Those are books. The CD's you listen too, the books you read, FIRST SGT."
The look of death he gave me was GREAT! because I did nothing out of line, but all the time he was in my room I did nothing but insult him. After he left Eric said to me, "I hate being your friend."
The look of death he gave me was GREAT! because I did nothing out of line, but all the time he was in my room I did nothing but insult him. After he left Eric said to me, "I hate being your friend."
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 07:07 AM (+DF+H)
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Aaa do that explains why so many middle managers are do hitvto get everyone back to the offices. Well as I've said before: it's not my responsibility to prop commercial real estate.
How come municipalities aren't furiously amending their zoning laws to encourage mixed use development? O right it's unsafe downtown.
How come municipalities aren't furiously amending their zoning laws to encourage mixed use development? O right it's unsafe downtown.
Posted by: Xavier Basora at March 17, 2023 07:28 AM (HZCl6)
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Another story.
I have been out of The Corps for the last 25 years or so. about 3 years ago I heard gunshots, which I wouldn't care about when I lived in South Chicago, but down here in Brisbane it's unusual. I shot up awake, my wife asked me what was up, I said, "those are gunshots, call the cops." and I walked out the front door, and started to walk towards where the sounds came from.
I have been out of The Corps for the last 25 years or so. about 3 years ago I heard gunshots, which I wouldn't care about when I lived in South Chicago, but down here in Brisbane it's unusual. I shot up awake, my wife asked me what was up, I said, "those are gunshots, call the cops." and I walked out the front door, and started to walk towards where the sounds came from.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 08:07 AM (+DF+H)
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As soon as I walk out, there are like 7 other guys walking towards the sounds of gunfire. I'm an American Marine in Australia, middle aged, one of my neighbors a little older was there, and my best friend in Australia, my other neighbor in his sixties, who was AF in South Africa, and a few other ADF guys. and we didn't talk.
We just walked towards the sound of a gun, and then my friend, my only friend said, "You're American?" "Yeah, that's a gun" "It is, you military?" "Yeah, Marine." and BAM we all started talking about our service
We just walked towards the sound of a gun, and then my friend, my only friend said, "You're American?" "Yeah, that's a gun" "It is, you military?" "Yeah, Marine." and BAM we all started talking about our service
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 08:10 AM (+DF+H)
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Because we were from all over the place, and still willing to march to the sound of battle. I said after a little bit, "Is there anyone here who ISN'T MILITARY?" and of COURSE, my wife goes running in front of us saying, "MEMEMEMEMEME I have never been military."
I don't suggest fucking with my wife, not because of me, but because of her, but it was so damn funny. A bunch of serious military guys organizing our action if the shots were anything more than moronic, we would have taken the fucker down. Meanwhile my wife tells that joke.
I don't suggest fucking with my wife, not because of me, but because of her, but it was so damn funny. A bunch of serious military guys organizing our action if the shots were anything more than moronic, we would have taken the fucker down. Meanwhile my wife tells that joke.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at March 17, 2023 08:14 AM (+DF+H)
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What is this “Jimmy Carter WAS an Asshole”? He’s not dead yet.
When did he stop being an A-hole? When he went into hospice? Is that a rule? All A-Holes stop being an A-Hole when they go to hospice?
Could be a new selling point for hospices, as if they don’t have a regular supply of customers as it is.
When did he stop being an A-hole? When he went into hospice? Is that a rule? All A-Holes stop being an A-Hole when they go to hospice?
Could be a new selling point for hospices, as if they don’t have a regular supply of customers as it is.
Posted by: Dummy #43 at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (FkMTW)
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