Is Costco Joining the Bud Light Boycott?

How much worse can things get for Tranheuser-Busch? Well, even CNN is "misgendering" -- that's Newspeak for "correctly gendering" -- Tranheuser-Busch's celebrity pitchman Dylan Mulvaney.

CNN, a network plagued in recent years by its left-leaning bent, is under fire for misgendering transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney during a segment about the 'culture war' being waged against Bud Light.
Network correspondent Ryan Young failed to use she/her pronouns when speaking about Mulvaney during a short segment about the beer company's declining sales number.
He also called the controversial influencer 'Dylvan.'
'He, of course, is the transgender person they were going to sponsor and go along with, with Bud Light,' he said, using 'he' instead of 'she.'
'But [trans activists] didn't like how Bud Light didn't stand by him after all this,' Young continued, repeating the offense.
Young did not correct himself, nor was he corrected by segment host Kate Bolduan, to whom he was speaking.
Ari Drennen of Media Matters posted footage of the exchange, calling it an 'unbelievably bad CNN segment.'
Craig Harrington, the progressive media watchdog's director of research wrote: 'God damn, that sucked.'
'What horrible coverage and the pundit couldn't even correct the misgendering of Dylan. This makes me sad,' wrote one user.

But CNN apologized for this rare case of getting the facts right.

On Wednesday, CNN issued an apology at the close of 'News Central,' the program where the misgendering had occurred.
Bolduan said that Mulvaney was 'mistakenly referred to by the wrong pronoun, and CNN aims to honor individuals' ways of identifying themselves and we apologize for that error.'

Here's ugly Kate Bolduan apologizing with all the solemnity of announcing the loss of a ship.

Speculation abounds that Costco will stop stocking Bud Light.

The evidence? Apparently when Costco puts something on sale, and marks the sale notice with an asterisk, that means either that they will no longer be stocking that item -- in other words, it's a clearance sale -- or that it's a seasonal offering which may be stocked sometime in the future, but will not be stocked after current inventory is sold out.

Savvy shoppers at Costco are convinced Bud Light will soon be off the shelves after they spotted the 'star of death' asterisk on the product and a price drop.
Photos and videos shared on social media show the beer's price tag stamped with a small asterisk at the top right-hand corner - a symbol that many Costco regulars claim is used to signal that a product will no longer be restocked once it is sold out.
One Twitter user posted a photo of the dwindling stack being sold for $14.97 for a 2 x 12 pack, which they exclaimed that Costco was 'practically giving away Bud Light.'
...
's not clear which Costco locations across the county may not be restocking the product.
Some social media users pointed out that the retailer might only not restock 16oz cans but continue selling 36 packs of the 12oz cans.
However, the asterisk was also spotted on a price tag for $24.99 cases of 36 pack 12oz cans of Bud Light.
The 'death star' symbol is well known in the online community, with many TikTok and Instagram videos revealing the secret.
But one customer and Quora user Dimitri Vulis noted that it doesn't always mean the item is gone forever and that the products marked with the star could be seasonal offerings that are usually brought back. But then in many situations, Costco is just getting rid of it altogether.

There's a map that supposedly shows Bud and Bud Light's complete collapse. But there's a big Asterisk of Death on this story.

This map from April 2023 showed each state's favorite beer. As you can see, Budweiser and Bud Light are the top beer in many states.

Here's the new map. Not a single state has Bud or Bud Light as its top seller.

Via Outkick.

The Asterisk of Death is that this second map isn't based on published sales figures but just upon a search for Twitter posts mentioning Bud and Bud Light, which are geotagged for particular states. So it's not showing sales, but mere Twitter mentions.

Still, it does suggest that people at least don't want to be identified as Bud drinkers.

How's Bud Light holding up at Costco? pic.twitter.com/TMjSLVIygN
— Z 28.310 (@Wernick4Dallas) June 1, 2023

Meanwhile, the "Ultra Right Beer Company" released another commercial. They announced the start of this business -- which is a legitimate beer company -- after the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco.

We're not like other beer companies.

NEW AD: Smokey and the Conservative Dad pic.twitter.com/9BQ0p36T2M
— SETH WEATHERS (@sethweathers) July 12, 2023

AI generated beer commercial. It's a nightmare.

It's perfect for Bud Light.

Posted by: Ace at 06:31 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2023 06:32 PM (BJEtz)

2 Nobody wants faggot beer

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2023 06:33 PM (BJEtz)

3 I'll get the others

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2023 06:33 PM (BJEtz)

4 Nice beer ad. Reminds me of the move Event Horizon.

Posted by: Kindltot - Email me at the link here for information about the PNW MoMEE in August at July 13, 2023 06:34 PM (xhaym)

5 WTF was that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2023 06:34 PM (bs+z0)

6 Wow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2023 06:34 PM (BJEtz)

7 Good. Glad to see people are turning their backs on dumbassery and wokeness.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 13, 2023 06:35 PM (YRsIm)

8 I was recently on a 3 day offshore fishing trip. The boats cooler had a section of Bud Light. The cook told me he hasn't had to stock it since the beginning of the season and he was going to get rid of it.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 13, 2023 06:35 PM (NtVYv)

9 BREAKING: Tranny Domestic Terrorist and Bomb Threats Pour Into Costcos Nationwide. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Semiquincentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2023 06:36 PM (L5vz5)

10 Well, as you can see: Black Man

I'm old enough to remember when black people were at the very tippy top of the liberal victim hierarchy.

[PS: Your average black guy sees this tranny nonsense for what it is and is rarely afraid to say so]

Posted by: Jay in PA at July 13, 2023 06:36 PM (i7Q7S)

11 The Asskick of Death? That sounds bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 13, 2023 06:36 PM (FVME7)

12 Still, it does suggest that people at least don't want to be identified as Bud drinkers.

Not unless you wear Crocs and don't own a weed-whacker.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2023 06:36 PM (a3Q+t)

13 AI generated beer commercial. It's a nightmare.
.......

I don't get it.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2023 06:36 PM (v0R5T)

14 That AI commericial is tight.

It's like a beer ad from R'lyeh. The angles are all wrong. Beer cans that defy Euclidean geometry. Random terrifying fire.

Yes. This is the future I crave.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at July 13, 2023 06:36 PM (ppBhU)

15 It is going to get worse for Bud Light as sports stadiums don't renew contracts. My local pro baseball stadium has already said as much.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (zQVw+)

16 My family shops at Costco. This news story taught me something new. I had no idea Costco put an asterisk on items that will soon be discontinued.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (R38qh)

17 Mean to say, black man is lower than trans

Posted by: Jay in PA at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (i7Q7S)

18 Joe Manchin's favorite beer.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (iayUP)

19 AI always seem to think all humans have mouths like AOC.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (CwhoI)

20 I saw my first Bud Light purchase in a long time… tatted up overtanned weirdo woman in her late forties maybe… oddly dressed and scowling.

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:38 PM (PCK5/)

21 I remember hearing early on was that the hellstorm for AB would be in a quarter or so when the shelf space would going forward would be decided and orders posted to match that. A store unhappy at a block of unsellable crap is going to take steps.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:38 PM (eoQWY)

22 AI always seem to think all humans have mouths like AOC.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (CwhoI)

Heeee hAwwwww Heeee Hawww

Posted by: Donkey Chompers at July 13, 2023 06:38 PM (NtVYv)

23 If it doesn't sell it won't last long on Costco shelves.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 06:38 PM (YrfxG)

24 Lol.

Dude called him "Dulvan Mulvaney".

Went to the Biden school of elocution.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:38 PM (Gf3mx)

25 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (T4tVD)

26 It is going to get worse for Bud Light as sports stadiums don't renew contracts. My local pro baseball stadium has already said as much.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (zQVw+)
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Yep. The short term effects are bad enough. The long term effects involving contracts will be absolutely devastating to Bud Light. Those contracts will go to other light beers who will gladly take Bud Light's place.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (BpYfr)

27 Apparently Ryan Young has a tiny piece of brain lodged in his skull. At CNN, that should count as a disability.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (brAQZ)

28 Stores don't like carrying products that don't sell

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (xhxe8)

29 Are they "boycotting" butt light or did this product, like many others, hit some threshold in their automated procurement process that flagged it to be dumped?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (llON8)

30 I am still not sure about the costco thing. I think it may be an annual restock other stuff after summer thing.

But I do know from talking to the frozen food manager at Sams that corporate will discontinue stocking items that do not meet the store sales goals.

They used to have frozen Memphis dry rub chicken wings that I loved and I would buy them quite often. I went in one day and they were gone and she told me the bad news.....they pulled them from the store because they did not sell enough units to justify the freezer space. She was pi$$ed because she liked them as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (ncXxy)

31 It is going to get worse for Bud Light as sports stadiums don't renew contracts. My local pro baseball stadium has already said as much.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (zQVw+)

Too trashy for The Local Farm Team is really bad.

Maybe McMinnimums or a coallition of the local microbrews could get together to do a light beer for stadiums and event halls?

Posted by: Kindltot - Email me at the link here for information about the PNW MoMEE in August at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (xhaym)

32 Yep. The short term effects are bad enough. The long term effects involving contracts will be absolutely devastating to Bud Light. Those contracts will go to other light beers who will gladly take Bud Light's place.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (BpYfr)

And they deserve it after the F' you they gave their customers

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (bs+z0)

33 I was recently on a 3 day offshore fishing trip. The boats cooler had a section of Bud Light. The cook told me he hasn't had to stock it since the beginning of the season and he was going to get rid of it.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 13, 2023 06:35 PM (NtVYv)

He should cover the cans in masking tape and write BEER on the side to get them moving.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:40 PM (eoQWY)

34 AImismkind of ridiculous isn’t it?? Kind of the screwups of the Tech Kingdom..

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:40 PM (PCK5/)

35 WTF was that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2023 06:34 PM

Many ladies have that, how you say, sweet look of wonder on their face as they say that.

Posted by: Paolo at July 13, 2023 06:40 PM (a3Q+t)

36 Well, as you can see: Black Man

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Stereotypical "fratty" icon.

Posted by: ShainS -- Semiquincentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2023 06:40 PM (L5vz5)

37 That AI beer ad feels like an actual nightmare. It feels like that moment when you're dreaming, you realize you're dreaming, and you start looking around in your dream and realizing that things aren't right.

Very unsettling.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 06:40 PM (R38qh)

38 lotta “m’s” there tubal… I guess the irony is a fail..

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:41 PM (PCK5/)

39 Conservative Dad has a nice bod.

But I'm disappointed that he is Q-anon adjacemt

Posted by: kallisto at July 13, 2023 06:41 PM (NLBi5)

40 4 Nice beer ad. Reminds me of the move Event Horizon.
Posted by: Kindltot

If 'Jacob's Ladder' was a beer commercial.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 13, 2023 06:41 PM (D8mow)

41 That bit in the ad where people are dancing while being immolated in a bonfire is straight out of a Middle Ages painting of Hell.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 13, 2023 06:42 PM (CwhoI)

42 Mean to say, black man is lower than trans
Posted by: Jay in PA at July 13, 2023 06:37 PM (i7Q7S)

Depends on the context. In commercials and tv shows black men reign supreme. Trannies are a throw-in.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 06:42 PM (YrfxG)

43 16 My family shops at Costco. This news story taught me something new. I had no idea Costco put an asterisk on items that will soon be discontinued.
Posted by: bonhomme

-They also have a code with the prices. .99 is normal but anything else has some special meaning.

- That AI beer commercial has a longer version which I think is better. There is a new one with drunk driving that is awesome. It has dialog and a story arc.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 06:42 PM (ar6n+)

44 LOL, fuck Tranheuser-Busch.

Posted by: ballistic at July 13, 2023 06:42 PM (oXNqT)

45 Very unsettling.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 06:40 PM (R38qh)
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TJM posted a link earlier today to an AI-generated trailer for a movie called "Heidi," presumably based on the character from the Swiss Alps.

It was pure Nightmare Fuel from start to finish.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (BpYfr)

46 All those AI chicks jaws unhinge… they can swallow the unwary whole.

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (PCK5/)

47 If 'Jacob's Ladder' was a beer commercial.

Demons can be angels, if you let them.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (ppBhU)

48 Heck of a beer ad, specially when AI morphed a beer bottle into a penis shape fro the guy to put his lips around.

Posted by: Archer at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (gmo/4)

49 This AI commercial is my favorite.

https://9gag.com/gag/a3ZNy6v

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (ar6n+)

50 I'm going to have to slow down the playback settings for that AI beer ad.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (dQfJF)

51 >>. AI generated beer commercial. It's a nightmare.

That horror show is going to be all the "entertainment" we get until the poor, underpaid actors go back to work. So Sophie's Choice.

Posted by: DJ at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (uosPt)

52 >>> 48 Heck of a beer ad, specially when AI morphed a beer bottle into a penis shape fro the guy to put his lips around.

Posted by: Archer at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (gmo/4)

Where can I get one of those?!

Posted by: Shep! at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (llON8)

53 Wait so all those country themed ads with ‘Murican flags aren’t bringing the rubes back to Butt Light? Shocking.

Posted by: Montec at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (UKD7H)

54 I thought that AI commercial might have lots of subliminal messages going on

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (xhxe8)

55 >>>Heck of a beer ad, specially when AI morphed a beer bottle into a penis shape fro the guy to put his lips around.

Well, this is a post about Bud Light.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (CwhoI)

56 Gaslight alert!

Lawrence O'Donnell
@Lawrence
If you’re arguing that Biden is too old for the job, you must ignore his strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded, fully informed & authoritative answers in today’s press conference in Finland 7 time zones from DC without a hint of jet lag.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (FVME7)

57 There comes a time when you have sold enough piss-water.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (iayUP)

58 >>> 54 I thought that AI commercial might have lots of subliminal messages going on
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (xhxe

Not yet, Comrade.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (llON8)

59 They nailed Buford T. Justice in that video.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (ncXxy)

60 All those AI chicks jaws unhinge… they can swallow the unwary whole.

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (PCK5/)

Lizard aliens from V

Posted by: Archer at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (gmo/4)

61 Think about all the other marketing shit that won't be renewed. All of the blue Bud Light-branded tubs that the vendors tote around at stadiums? Yeah gone, it's toxic and hurts the sales of those dudes who bust their asses walking stadium steps to sell beer.

Bud Light-branded tents and plazas and whatnot at festivals, NASCAR races, etc.

Giant Bud Light brand activations at the same venues? No distributor is going to set up a beer truck for hours or days to NOT sell beer. Gone.

Posted by: ballistic at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (oXNqT)

62 Yet, there are stores like Kroger's.... woke as shit... that have queer beer still at the original price. And will leave that shit on the floor until you buy it.

Until hell freezes over.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2023 06:46 PM (Q4IgG)

63 Lawrence O'Donnell
@Lawrence
If you’re arguing that Biden is too old for the job, you must ignore his strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded, fully informed & authoritative answers in today’s press conference in Finland 7 time zones from DC without a hint of jet lag.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (FVME7)

Do we also ignore that he missed the NATO meeting yesterday because he was too sleepy?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:46 PM (eoQWY)

64 Nice T/A even if those were the EPA-crippled years with the 85 MPH speedometers. And a fairly passable Jackie Gleason impersonator.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2023 06:46 PM (nfrXX)

65 Is Kroger’s the Wokest of the Woke grocery chains??

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:47 PM (PCK5/)

66
"We decided to let AI do our next beer ad campaign, to avoid any gaffes like those idiots at Budweiser. It's already hitting the airwaves."

"Excellent! There's no way that this can go wrong. Hit the lights and let's see the result."

*1 minute later*

"You are soooooo fired." *calls building security*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2023 06:47 PM (n+4am)

67 Has Transhueser Busch fired anyone yet?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2023 06:47 PM (/LgGa)

68 65 Is Kroger’s the Wokest of the Woke grocery chains??

I would think Whole Foods.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (Gf3mx)

69 Yet, there are stores like Kroger's.... woke as shit... that have queer beer still at the original price. And will leave that shit on the floor until you buy it.

Until hell freezes over.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2023 06:46 PM (Q4IgG)

We will see.

If they do that, they just hurt themselves and drive people to the competitor that doesn't. The Invisible Hand still works.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (eoQWY)

70 This AI commercial is my favorite.

https://9gag.com/gag/a3ZNy6v
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (ar6n+)

*frowns*

So AI has access to my dreamscape? I have very vivid but incomprehensible dreams.

Maybe it's a tumor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (T/Lqj)

71 That’s VP bitch got her wish I guess. Butt Light is definitely no longer FRATTY.

Posted by: Montec at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (UKD7H)

72 AImismkind of ridiculous isn’t it??

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You're gonna confuse Kamala the next time she explains to an audience that "AI" is two letters.

Posted by: ShainS -- Semiquincentennial or Bust! at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (L5vz5)

73 Dylvan Mulvaney already is starting to get that Old Queen look.

Posted by: kallisto at July 13, 2023 06:49 PM (FAMol)

74 >>> 70 This AI commercial is my favorite.

https://9gag.com/gag/a3ZNy6v
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (ar6n+)

*frowns*

So AI has access to my dreamscape? I have very vivid but incomprehensible dreams.

Maybe it's a tumor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (T/Lqj)

Silly Pug, it's not a tumah.

It's never a tumah.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2023 06:49 PM (llON8)

75 Do we also ignore that he missed the NATO meeting yesterday because he was too sleepy?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:46 PM (eoQWY)

Called Ireland his home, stumbled up the kiddie steps on AF1, and snapped at a reporter from Finland who was asking a basic question.

Posted by: Archer at July 13, 2023 06:49 PM (gmo/4)

76 I would think Whole Foods.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (Gf3mx)

It’s clientele, yes. Company as a whole? Not really. At least not before the Amazon deal. The WF founder is a right leaning libertarian dude.

Posted by: Montec at July 13, 2023 06:50 PM (UKD7H)

77 So AI doesn’t have to become sentient to destroy humanity. About a half dozen of those commercials and I’m ready to go.

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 13, 2023 06:50 PM (fcDpY)

78 You're gonna confuse Kamala the next time she explains to an audience that "AI" is two letters.

Bitch.

Posted by: Sloth Beloved by Crossword Puzzle Writers at July 13, 2023 06:50 PM (nfrXX)

79 Has Transhueser Busch fired anyone yet?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2023 06:47 PM (/LgGa)

They claim to have fired the two marketing geniuses behind tranny beer ads.

They said they had to announce it as "leave of absence" because of fear of lawsuits.

I'm not sure if I buy that. "We couldn't say that we fired them because of tranny ads because we could get sued, but now, three months later we are saying we fired them for tranny ads."

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:50 PM (Gf3mx)

80 65 Is Kroger’s the Wokest of the Woke grocery chains??

I would think Whole Foods.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (Gf3mx)

In defense of Whole Foods, they are last generations liberals still, with lots of grains and nuts on sale at inflated prices. Haven't seen as much modern wokery as all that there.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:50 PM (eoQWY)

81 never smoked a cig
never played pong
never been to a Costco

Posted by: REDACTED at July 13, 2023 06:51 PM (us2H3)

82
I would think Whole Foods.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (Gf3mx)

Now, you have a point. But before WF was bought out by Bezos, it was supposedly a right-wing/libertarian troll of leftists that also made a butt-load of money.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2023 06:51 PM (n+4am)

83 Wow, that AI made beer commercial is really something

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (vHIgi)

84 81 never smoked a cig
never played pong
never been to a Costco
Posted by: REDACTED at July 13, 2023 06:51 PM (us2H3)

Well I’ve never been to Spain…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (PCK5/)

85 BiMart, a regional discount store, was still selling Bud Light for close to full price just last week. It's headquartered in Eugene, OR. So that may explain the price.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (zQVw+)

86 That’s VP bitch got her wish I guess. Butt Light is definitely no longer FRATTY.
Posted by: Montec at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (UKD7H)

Fraternities are a fading remnant of the past for good or ill. Not sure which side I fall on.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (YrfxG)

87 Not that I care, but I thought Dylvan wasn't going about insisting on anyone using the stupid pronoun switch.

I thought he was still going by he.

Whatever, if there's a way to upset the little fart, I think it should be done, and I can't think of anything that should be more upsetting than having everyone in the world EXCEPT CNNNNNNN laughing at your stupid little troll game.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (dGCAG)

88 They claim to have fired the two marketing geniuses behind tranny beer ads.

They said they had to announce it as "leave of absence" because of fear of lawsuits.

I'm not sure if I buy that. "We couldn't say that we fired them because of tranny ads because we could get sued, but now, three months later we are saying we fired them for tranny ads."
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:50 PM (Gf3mx)

If they were Trump supporters I'm sure they'd be right out of there. The Woke do seem to be loyal to their own, so far, despite being totally replaceable. I'm sure a new VP could destroy the company just as well as the one you are refusing to fire.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (eoQWY)

89 Dylan Mulvaney claims to be walking the Inca Trail at Machu Picchu. I wonder what the Peruvians think of his act?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (/LgGa)

90 They claim to have fired the two marketing geniuses behind tranny beer ads.

Don't believe it until you see them cashing their state unemployment checks.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (nfrXX)

91 83 Wow, that AI made beer commercial is really something
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (vHIgi)

It has only a rudimentary grasp of the human form…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (PCK5/)

92 56 Gaslight alert!

Lawrence O'Donnell
@Lawrence
If you’re arguing that Biden is too old for the job, you must ignore his strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded, fully informed & authoritative answers in today’s press conference in Finland 7 time zones from DC without a hint of jet lag.

and then he went to dinner, right?

Posted by: peasant scum anachronda at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (sGtp+)

93 Whatever, if there's a way to upset the little fart, I think it should be done, and I can't think of anything that should be more upsetting than having everyone in the world EXCEPT CNNNNNNN laughing at your stupid little troll game.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (dGCAG)

he's supposedly fled to Peru, so mission accomplished on that score.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (eoQWY)

94 Let’s Go Dylvan!!!

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (PCK5/)

95 70 This AI commercial is my favorite.

https://9gag.com/gag/a3ZNy6v
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 06:44 PM (ar6n+)

*frowns*

So AI has access to my dreamscape? I have very vivid but incomprehensible dreams.

Maybe it's a tumor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 13, 2023 06:48 PM (T/Lqj)
----

It's NOT a TUMAH!

Posted by: Ahhhnold at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (ssESX)

96 Today you have to call me she / her. If i don't like you, tomorrow I'll switch to xe / xir and get you in trouble for not using the correct pronouns. The day after that I'll change them again and get you fired for not providing a safe work environment through your continual harassment and serial refusal to use my preferred pronouns and for trying to marginalize me.

Hooray for diversity!

Posted by: Tranny Bully at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (AD14M)

97 I do not recall ever buying a light beer.

Also don't get the latest freakout over Bud Light's newest mascot. Didn't the people buying it always know it was kinda effeminate drinking 'light' beer?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (ga8qR)

98 Do we also ignore that he missed the NATO meeting yesterday because he was too sleepy?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:46 PM (eoQWY)

Called Ireland his home, stumbled up the kiddie steps on AF1, and snapped at a reporter from Finland who was asking a basic question.

Posted by: Archer at July 13, 2023 06:49 PM

And he had a really bad senior moment with the PM of Finland. He was incoherent for about 45 seconds.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (ncXxy)

99 Network correspondent Ryan Young failed to use she/her pronouns when speaking about Mulvaney during a short segment about the beer company's declining sales number.

Did this air in Michigan? If so I want to see Young arrested! Come.on Michigan, put your new law to work.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (e4fEA)

100 81 never smoked a cig
never played pong
never been to a Costco
Posted by: REDACTED at July 13, 2023 06:51 PM (us2H3)

Well I’ve never been to Spain…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (PCK5/)

I've been to one world's fair, a picnic, and a rodeo....

- Maj. King Kong USAF

Posted by: Archer at July 13, 2023 06:55 PM (gmo/4)

101
85 BiMart, a regional discount store, was still selling Bud Light for close to full price just last week. It's headquartered in Eugene, OR. So that may explain the price.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (zQVw+)

BiMart… the irony, it burns.

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:55 PM (PCK5/)

102 He was incoherent for about 45 seconds.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (ncXxy)

Hey that's better than usual

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 13, 2023 06:55 PM (pmmLi)

103 the WF near me never sold Bud Lite.They like the craft beers

Posted by: kallisto at July 13, 2023 06:55 PM (FAMol)

104 The UltraRightBeer ad is super cute
"Ear muffs!"

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (vHIgi)

105 Fwiw, and I don't know the business, but it seemed obvious institutional and contract buying would lag consumers.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (Ba07X)

106 we have a small 2 store carriage trade grocer here in the Berkshires

and they are pretty woke, of course

but once you get pass the blank stares, it's not bad

Posted by: REDACTED at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (us2H3)

107 Well I’ve never been to Spain…
Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (PCK5/)

Was gonna say, I've never been to me, but I have. More times than I can count. So many that I should probably just say 5 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (dGCAG)

108 That A.I. commercial looks like what would go on in Hell.

Posted by: DaveX64 at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (a6M1T)

109 My favorite part of the AI ad was the gal who looked like she could unhinge her whole jaw.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (2YtOq)

110 Now, you have a point. But before WF was bought out by Bezos, it was supposedly a right-wing/libertarian troll of leftists that also made a butt-load of money.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2023 06:51 PM (n+4am)

Trader Joes also knows its clientele well. 30 percent of the floor space is beer, wine and hard liquor and they put cases of their rotgut wine near the door for easy carrying, like regular groceries did with charcoal in the old days.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:57 PM (eoQWY)

111 Mulvaney may be in for a surprise when he tries to shag a llama

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 06:58 PM (L7adQ)

112
he's supposedly fled to Peru, so mission accomplished on that score.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (eoQWY)

He's lucky he didn't mistakenly fly to Peruvia. They don't go for that tranny shit there.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2023 06:58 PM (n+4am)

113 All the little people and working stiffs for Bud? Fuuuuuck yoooou.

Your children can eat a half-assed AB CEO apology cant they?

Posted by: Regular joe at July 13, 2023 06:59 PM (nnp+f)

114 109 My favorite part of the AI ad was the gal who looked like she could unhinge her whole jaw.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at July 13, 2023 06:56 PM (2YtOq)

garrett's favorite part was the two black guys gobbling the penis shaped beer bottle on either end.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 06:59 PM (Gf3mx)

115 Didn't the people buying it always know it was kinda effeminate drinking 'light' beer?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (ga8qR)

Dunno. All I know is it used to take up half of the beer fridge at my office. Surveyors apparently love it. But, in their defense, there is no more Bud Light in our beer fridge.

And yes, we have a beer fridge at work. Be jealous. Also several bottles of bourbon and Scotch scattered about in some of the office spaces. It's all about not abusing the privilege.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (T/Lqj)

116 Today you have to call me she / her. If i don't like you, tomorrow I'll switch to xe / xir and get you in trouble for not using the correct pronouns. The day after that I'll change them again and get you fired for not providing a safe work environment through your continual harassment and serial refusal to use my preferred pronouns and for trying to marginalize me.

Hooray for diversity!
Posted by: Tranny Bully at July 13, 2023 06:54 PM (AD14M)

What's funny is you don't use any of those pronouns talking to the tranny. It's YOU or by name. So you can only be 'insulted' at a distant remove.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (eoQWY)

117 Apropos of nothing but walking past the TV, I guess we are in the part of the campaign where all the former Republican nobodies come out to tell us not to vote for Trump.

Even Santorum has made an appearance. Can the Son of a Mailman be far behind?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (aD39U)

118 I mostly go to Giant grocery, can say don't know of any political position from them.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (xhxe8)

119 Costco may be Democrat owned and operated but they care about making money. If a product doesn't move, it won't be stocked again.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (MeG8a)

120 I mostly go to Giant grocery, can say don't know of any political position from them.
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (xhxe

I can't wait for the Elevated American movement to start.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:01 PM (eoQWY)

121 he's supposedly fled to Peru, so mission accomplished on that score.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 06:53 PM (eoQWY)

There ought to be an island for misfit toys, where this guy can go, along with Greta Thumpskull, Jussie Smooliet, the luggage thief guy, the kid who rode his bike back to school when his classmates were being shot... let's see, who else. Maybe Sherri Papini? Oh, and Trevor Bauer.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:02 PM (dGCAG)

122 ITC, your shirt was twice returned. I need another address.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (L7adQ)

123 There ought to be an island for misfit toys, where this guy can go, along with Greta Thumpskull, Jussie Smooliet, the luggage thief guy, the kid who rode his bike back to school when his classmates were being shot... let's see, who else. Maybe Sherri Papini? Oh, and Trevor Bauer.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:02 PM (dGCAG)

It exists. It's called the DNC national convention.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (eoQWY)

124 There is a Mini Giant store near here. I've never been able to figure that out.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (iayUP)

125 So, AI has become aware... because clearly its now doing drugs.

LSD... mind virus?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (oHd/0)

126 >>> he's supposedly fled to Peru, so mission accomplished on that score.

Speaking of Peru, an unusual increase in Guillain-Barre cases has sparked a health emergency:

tinyurl.com/cympyfvx

Posted by: DJ at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (uosPt)

127 I am still trying to figure out Buccee’s…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:04 PM (PCK5/)

128 There is a Mini Giant store near here. I've never been able to figure that out.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (iayUP)

Are all the cans and jars smaller?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:04 PM (eoQWY)

129 There is a Mini Giant store near here. I've never been able to figure that out.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (iayUP)

Like World's Tallest Midget.

Oh wait: Patton Oswalt.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 13, 2023 07:04 PM (T/Lqj)

130 There ought to be an island for misfit toys, where this guy can go, along with Greta Thumpskull, Jussie Smooliet, the luggage thief guy, the kid who rode his bike back to school when his classmates were being shot... let's see, who else. Maybe Sherri Papini? Oh, and Trevor Bauer.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:02 PM (dGCAG)

It exists. It's called the DNC national convention.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (eoQWY)

No!! Somewhere we can send them so we don't have to hear from them again, and they can't come back.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:04 PM (dGCAG)

131 126 >>> he's supposedly fled to Peru, so mission accomplished on that score.

Speaking of Peru, an unusual increase in Guillain-Barre cases has sparked a health emergency:

tinyurl.com/cympyfvx

Posted by: DJ at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (uosPt)

If Monkeypox suddenly spikes…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (PCK5/)

132 Besides, Sherri's not a fan of Hispanic women.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (dGCAG)

133 After Watching the AI generated ad all I can say is...

I want it to stop, I want all of this to stop.

Can it just stop???

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (up/3i)

134 I mostly go to Giant grocery, can say don't know of any political position from them.
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (xhxe

Don't look too deep or you won't want to shop anywhere.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (YrfxG)

135 128 There is a Mini Giant store near here. I've never been able to figure that out.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (iayUP)

I bet they have great prices on jumbo shrimp.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (Gf3mx)

136 So, AI has become aware... because clearly its now doing drugs.

LSD... mind virus?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (oHd/0)
---
Or it's slowly learning and doesn't understand "organic lifeforms" yet. Though it may pull a "V-GER" and decide that the "carbon units" must be eradicated...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (BpYfr)

137 "Are all the cans and jars smaller?
Posted by: Oldcat "

No, everything is normal sized. Except for the midget giant on the sign.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (iayUP)

138 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 13, 2023 07:00 PM (T/Lqj)

Hot day like today? If I'm drinking out near the pool?

Yeah, Coors Light. Evenings its more of an Amber Ale.. ie something heavier...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (oHd/0)

139 Local Costco no longer has Tanqueray gin. Didn't notice an asterisk last time but I wasn't looking for one.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (63Dwl)

140 No!! Somewhere we can send them so we don't have to hear from them again, and they can't come back.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:04 PM (dGCAG)
---
I hear Mars is nice this time of year...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (BpYfr)

141 136 Or it's slowly learning and doesn't understand "organic lifeforms" yet. Though it may pull a "V-GER" and decide that the "carbon units" must be eradicated...

i'm right here, you know

Posted by: nomad at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (sGtp+)

142 Can it just stop???
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (up/3i)

It will. Soon.

Posted by: Miles Dyson at July 13, 2023 07:07 PM (dGCAG)

143 Isn't "fratty" what you call a body-positive Japanese?

Posted by: Eeyore at July 13, 2023 07:07 PM (brAQZ)

144 It's Not Gay If You're Saving Money!

Posted by: Transheuser-Busch at July 13, 2023 07:07 PM (Sv58p)

145 124 There is a Mini Giant store near here. I've never been able to figure that out.

you are a giant
i am a normal dwarf

Posted by: the nits at July 13, 2023 07:07 PM (sGtp+)

146 There ought to be an island for misfit toys, where this guy can go, along with Greta Thumpskull, Jussie Smooliet, the luggage thief guy, the kid who rode his bike back to school when his classmates were being shot... let's see, who else. Maybe Sherri Papini? Oh, and Trevor Bauer.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:02 PM (dGCAG)
________

You left out Colon Gobbledick.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 13, 2023 07:08 PM (brAQZ)

147
ITC, your shirt was twice returned. I need another address.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 07:03 PM (L7adQ)

Damn. Okay, email inbound. And thanks for your patience.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2023 07:08 PM (n+4am)

148 "Are all the cans and jars smaller?
Posted by: Oldcat "

No, everything is normal sized. Except for the midget giant on the sign.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2023 07:06 PM (iayUP)

I've wanted a specialty store that has small sized stuff with grocery options too. Takes me a while to go through a regular jar of jam. Only rarely got anything from Costco

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (eoQWY)

149 Did we already do the story of BribeMe calling up the reserves yet?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (jzzG8)

150 Horde we need to be ready for a moron-branded conservative replacement for the next product to set itself on fire in pursuit of wokeness.

So far we've had razors and beer.

Maybe Lays potato chops or something will go full trans.

Conservative Oreos? Hmmm

Posted by: TexasDan at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (TV+HG)

151 You left out Colon Gobbledick.
Posted by: Eeyore at July 13, 2023 07:08 PM (brAQZ)

You mean the former football player with the bad knee?

Sure, him too.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (dGCAG)

152 AI and robots with "the three laws" might be an eyeopener. They must not allow a human to be harmed . Lizzo would be stopped from eating her fourth piece of pie and then held down and given liposuction. Gay men would be stopped from anal sex due to diseases. The possibilities are endless.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (PVx3i)

153 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty (Whitehouse.gov)

https://tinyurl.com/2c9pavjz

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (h0EzO)

154 Costco has very good inventory control. Very little theft (people will check your receipt as you leave).
Every sale is counted as a "vote" to have that item stocked in the future. Fewer sales means they don't replace existing inventory, and it gets the asterisk of death.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (MeG8a)

155 56 Gaslight alert!

Lawrence O'Donnell
@Lawrence
If you’re arguing that Biden is too old for the job, you must ignore his strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded, fully informed & authoritative answers in today’s press conference in Finland 7 time zones from DC without a hint of jet lag.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (FVME7)

Larry's right!

IF you ignore Joe twice interrupting questioners to clarify and add to his answer to the very first question. Why can't Old Joe answer questions with a fully informed & authoritative, strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded BS, when he initially gives an answer, Larry?

IF you also ignore all the ums and ahs and him looking at notes.

Joe is always verbally shown-up by foreign leaders who give clear, concise answers free of ums and ahs, IN ENGLISH, in joint press conferences or in Oval Office photo ops before meetings. Comparing the performances makes me certain Joe is not fully fluent in English, the only language he's ever sort-of learned.

How about them apples, Larry?

Posted by: Gref at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (AMIL/)

156 You only have to visit a store to see how much Bud product is moving: very little. Some people are still buying the swill but very much less than they used to.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (0hOvj)

157 Speaking of Peru, an unusual increase in Guillain-Barre cases has sparked a health emergency:
____

Is this one of those stories they slip into the news on in the background in the early part of a disaster movie?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (fs1hN)

158 Today you have to call me she / her. If i don't like you, tomorrow I'll switch to xe / xir

For the ultimate in virtue signaling, I go by Ukrainian pronouns in all six cases.

Posted by: t-bird at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (amJF4)

159 Maybe Lays potato chops or something will go full trans.

Conservative Oreos? Hmmm
Posted by: TexasDan at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (TV+HG)
---
I think Frito-Lay is a subsidiary of Pepsico (full woke)

Nabisco (makers of Oreos) has been woke for awhile

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (BpYfr)

160 >>Apropos of nothing but walking past the TV, I guess we are in the part of the campaign where all the former Republican nobodies come out to tell us not to vote for Trump.

>>Even Santorum has made an appearance. Can the Son of a Mailman be far behind?

Seems like a pretty good rebuttal endorsement.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxndeb7

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (ZLI7S)

161 153 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Uh, why??

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (PCK5/)

162 Here in se Pa, Giant took over lots of other failing stores and bought out the medium size chain my old company did a lot of work for. Not all stores in size are equal so can't carry everything others might have. The two closest to me are different size and I mostly go to the bigger store.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:12 PM (xhxe8)

163 If Monkeypox suddenly spikes…
Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:05 PM (PCK5/)

Soon to be llamapox

Posted by: Alpaca dat ass at July 13, 2023 07:12 PM (uoAlb)

164 Maybe Lays potato chops or something will go full trans.

Conservative Oreos? Hmmm
Posted by: TexasDan

I made chips two nights ago (I was gonna make fries but got curious about the other blade on my slicer)

Holy crap they were good. I think they ruined me for store bought chips. But such a pain to make.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 07:12 PM (ar6n+)

165 Just watched Weakest Link. Eight contestants. Seven POC. One white. Looks like America.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:12 PM (YrfxG)

166 I think Frito-Lay is a subsidiary of Pepsico (full woke)

Nabisco (makers of Oreos) has been woke for awhile
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (BpYfr)

....

Right but neither has gone full Bud Light.

Close enough to start making a plan and be ready though.

Posted by: TexasDan at July 13, 2023 07:13 PM (TV+HG)

167 165 Just watched Weakest Link. Eight contestants. Seven POC. One white. Looks like America.
Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:12 PM (YrfxG)

On television.

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:13 PM (PCK5/)

168
Uh, why??
Posted by: tubal
___

Good question.

Here's another one: which MOS(s).

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:14 PM (h0EzO)

169 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty (Whitehouse.gov)

https://tinyurl.com/2c9pavjz
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (h0EzO)

I try not to hate anybody. This asshole's White House team? I'm having a hard time not.

This is what we get for laughing at his idiot son.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 13, 2023 07:14 PM (dGCAG)

170 Watching Jeopardy. Woman in the middle is from my city. Never heard of her. Then again she's probably never heard of me

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2023 07:14 PM (PVx3i)

171 Uh, why??

Posted by: tubal

......

Out of Ukrainians?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (Gf3mx)

172 AI and robots with "the three laws" might be an eyeopener. They must not allow a human to be harmed . Lizzo would be stopped from eating her fourth piece of pie and then held down and given liposuction. Gay men would be stopped from anal sex due to diseases. The possibilities are endless.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2023 07:09 PM (PVx3i)

Asimov, maker of the three laws, had a series of tales exploring that. One was were a team of scientists who got tired of their robots 'rescuing' them from low doses of gamma radiation in a test area or jumping in and dying due to preservation of self being below preserving others lives. Changing it to 'Robots must not kill' alone caused a big problem.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (eoQWY)

173 Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty (Whitehouse.gov)

https://tinyurl.com/2c9pavjz
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:10 PM (h0EzO)
***

I'm guessing or better het hoping its due to a shortfall in recruiting.
Or...it to flesh out certain units to prep for a major deployment.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (e4fEA)

174 Right but neither has gone full Bud Light.

Close enough to start making a plan and be ready though.
Posted by: TexasDan

Everyone knows not to go full retard.

Posted by: Kirk Lazarus at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (0u4Kn)

175 SMH. It was mentioned earlier that the Coast Guard was part of that call. Why would that be?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (L7adQ)

176 Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (ZLI7S)

I saw that earlier, that's from Bannon's show. There were more p3do arrests and stings during Trump's' admin.

I don't recall hearing of one during the Reign of Bidet.

Posted by: kallisto at July 13, 2023 07:16 PM (NLBi5)

177 Just watched Weakest Link. Eight contestants. Seven POC. One white. Looks like America.

I used to like the Great British Bake Off, but it got silly. A few years back they shifted so that you could pick who was going to win by looking at the contestants (hint: Its never the white British person).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (0hOvj)

178 Just saw that Biden has authorized the recall of the IRR. Fuckers are really hell bent on WW 3.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (u73oe)

179 >JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Uh, why??

Posted by: tubal

our next land war in Eurasia
train kept a rollin' all night long

Posted by: DB - at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (geLO8)

180 Maybe we are hust fed up with having to be concerned about the feelings of these people. Maybe we don't buy into their insanity. They will not like the pendelum swing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (ouTlx)

181 > AI and robots with "the three laws" might be an eyeopener. They must not allow a human to be harmed . Lizzo would be stopped from eating her fourth piece of pie and then held down and given liposuction. Gay men would be stopped from anal sex due to diseases. The possibilities are endless.

Yep. That's one major reason the three laws don't work. What's the definition of harm, especially if you include emotional and psychological harm. The left says calling a tranny by their biological sex is harm. The three laws dictates a robot should stop you from doing this. Fauci said not strapping a mask to a toddler is harm. The three laws can easily be abused.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (R38qh)

182 Sometimes a good bloodletting of other people’s blood is an efficient distraction from incompetence and villainy?? Just spitballin’ here…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (PCK5/)

183 Not a clue, Ben Had.

Nothing about this junta makes much sense, except that its purpose is to destroy this nation.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (h0EzO)

184 I don't recall hearing of one during the Reign of Bidet.

There was a wave very early on in his first year, wrapping up the operation during the Trump years. Then they moved all the agents to domestic terrorism units

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (0hOvj)

185 I’m a day late and a dollar short again.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (u73oe)

186 with a heave
and a ho
well I just can't let war go

Posted by: DB - at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (geLO8)

187 158 For the ultimate in virtue signaling, I go by Ukrainian pronouns in all six cases.

*vocative case has entered the chat*

Posted by: peasant scum anachronda at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (sGtp+)

188 It was mentioned earlier that the Coast Guard was part of that call. Why would that be?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (L7adQ)

Aren't the Chinks putting a naval base in Cuba?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (Gf3mx)

189 I've got a couple nephews of military age. My bro' in law, their dad, is a veteran. USMC. He told them stay the hell away from recruitment.
My own veteran dad gave me the same advice about 1970. I listened.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (MeG8a)

190 It seems Dylan Mulvaney has succeeded at its intention. I think it was a double play, make lots of money, do lots of acting, and damage the cult of transgenderism.

I mean, it obviously was making a mockery of the transition, did no hormone blockers, no hormones, no surgery, in fact, no transition at all other than ornamentation such as makeup and clothes. And the acting was extreme over the top mockery of what a woman is.

The thing I do not get, how on earth did William 'lia the bikini bulge tucker' Thomas not totally cause the backlash that Mulvaney did?

Posted by: astonerii at July 13, 2023 07:19 PM (B9VxK)

191 > Uh, why??

The last time something like this happened, it was right before we sent a bunch of people to the sandbox to die.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:19 PM (R38qh)

192 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Uh, why??
Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (PCK5/)

Probably to look firm and decisive without doing anything. How many months would it take to have these dudes come in, get deployed, and train up to be even sent near a war zone? 6 months?

And 3000 dudes can't cover much frontage and Russia has lots of frontage, not to mention Latvia, Lithuania and Finland.

Practically might be to help Macron put down his riots.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:19 PM (eoQWY)

193 Hopefully my son didn’t register for the draft. Time for the colorful newbies to put some skin in the game.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 13, 2023 07:19 PM (/UtnQ)

194 The most disturbing thing about the AI beer commercial to me was the way people were drinking. Most of them looked like they were sucking on baby bottles. Might have been a gecko tongue or two in there, too.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 13, 2023 07:20 PM (0u4Kn)

195

It seems the message has gone out to media in the last week or so to go all in on Joey and stop waffling on the obvious, disconcerting dementia.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2023 07:20 PM (j4U/Z)

196
SMH. It was mentioned earlier that the Coast Guard was part of that call. Why would that be?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 07:15 PM (L7adQ)

Cutters used in the Black Sea, probably as SAR boats for the upcoming amphibious operations in Crimea.

Now, where's the nearest Marine MEU?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (n+4am)

197 AI and robots with "the three laws" might be an eyeopener.

The same stories where Asimov introduces the 3 laws, he spends the rest of the time explaining how they go wrong and don't work. Its great old sci fi stuff, even if I think Asimov is a pretty dull writer.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (0hOvj)

198 168
Uh, why??
Posted by: tubal
___

Good question.

Here's another one: which MOS(s).
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:14 PM (h0EzO)
***

A very good question.

He obviously got sold a bill of goods while he was napping at NATO.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (e4fEA)

199 Yep. That's one major reason the three laws don't work. What's the definition of harm, especially if you include emotional and psychological harm. The left says calling a tranny by their biological sex is harm. The three laws dictates a robot should stop you from doing this. Fauci said not strapping a mask to a toddler is harm. The three laws can easily be abused.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (R38qh)
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That was the point of Asimov's robot stories, I think. He liked to explore the ramifications of each of the three laws in those stories, as he recognized the flaws inherent in those laws.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (BpYfr)

200 Costco wanted to call it a Death Star, but Lucas already had that sewed up. So they went with Star Of Death.

Posted by: Can't Make gp's Shimmy Shake On Tea at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (MvF+J)

201 We keep screwing around with Putin…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (PCK5/)

202 >>I saw that earlier, that's from Bannon's show. There were more p3do arrests and stings during Trump's' admin.

Not to mention the end of Roe.

It's what he does not what he says.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2023 07:21 PM (ZLI7S)

203 Speaking of Peru, an unusual increase in Guillain-Barre cases has sparked a health emergency

--

Don't look now, but LIV type people are starting to realize something is up. You know all those cancer cases and shingles cases that you're watching explode all around you? Normal people are noticing, too. The Nation, April 2023:

"It’s common for Covid-19 long-haulers to receive additional diagnoses for related chronic illnesses. Because scientists also believe Covid may reactivate dormant viruses such as Epstein-Barr, some people with long Covid have been diagnosed with Lyme disease, shingles, and herpes, among other viruses."

https://tinyurl.com/2o82dg29

They're pretending it's "COVID-19!!!" because the truth is too devastating to accept, but I'm betting most of them would privately acknowledge that it's not the virus that did it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (O69GV)

204 I'll have to try that Ultra Right beer. Just for the LOLZ, if for no other reason.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (0zbUN)

205 I’m a day late and a dollar short again.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM

You're back up on OnlyFans?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (a3Q+t)

206 Yep. That's one major reason the three laws don't work. What's the definition of harm, especially if you include emotional and psychological harm. The left says calling a tranny by their biological sex is harm. The three laws dictates a robot should stop you from doing this. Fauci said not strapping a mask to a toddler is harm. The three laws can easily be abused.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (R38qh)

Well, sure, that's what the stories were all about, abuse/edge cases of the laws.

In Liar! Asimov has a telepathic robot made by accident, but due to the three Laws it has to tell everyone just what they want to hear. In anger at this betrayal, Susan Calvin drives it insane at the end.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (eoQWY)

207 161 153 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Uh, why??

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (PCK5/)

So he can yell that any Senator who holds-up DoD promotions, or does not totally support giving Ukraine unlimited money and weapons, forever, is intentionally endangering the lives of ultra-patriotic American reservist citizen-soldiers.

Posted by: Gref at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (AMIL/)

208 Holy crap they were good. I think they ruined me for store bought chips. But such a pain to make.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 13, 2023 07:12 PM (ar6n+)

And messy too!

But pretty fantastic. You can play around with different types of potatoes if you really feel like going down that rabbit hole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (PHmov)

209 You’re not taking Crimea with a MEU.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (/UtnQ)

210 Deep State wants war and against the country they decided to set up with DJT

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:23 PM (xhxe8)

211 The three laws can easily be abused.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:17 PM (R38qh)

But not calling "nood" should appropriately be punished by the robots.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2023 07:23 PM (PHmov)

212 201 We keep screwing around with Putin…

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023

= =

Posted by: Putin at July 13, 2023 07:24 PM (AD14M)

213 It should be noted though that telling someone that they can do no harm is not the same as telling them they must force people to avoid harm.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:24 PM (0hOvj)

214 They're pretending it's "COVID-19!!!" because the truth is too devastating to accept, but I'm betting most of them would privately acknowledge that it's not the virus that did it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (O69GV)

Could be, but "long COVID" always seemed like a hypochondriac's dream, and expanding that to other fancy diseases is a small step. And I no longer have any trust in the doctors themselves not finding something covered by insurance either.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:24 PM (eoQWY)

215 Uh, why??

Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (PCK5/)

So he can yell that any Senator who holds-up DoD promotions, or does not totally support giving Ukraine unlimited money and weapons, forever, is intentionally endangering the lives of ultra-patriotic American reservist citizen-soldiers.
Posted by: Gref at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (AMIL/)
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The junta WANTS dead Americans splashed all over the news. They'll use that for justification for any number of nasty new surprises.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:25 PM (BpYfr)

216 161 153 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Uh, why??
Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 07:11 PM (PCK5/)

The grift must flow.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at July 13, 2023 07:25 PM (DTX3h)

217 I’m a day late and a dollar short again.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2023 07:18 PM (u73oe)

Let's bring all the old phrases back. Dollars to doughnuts.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:25 PM (YrfxG)

218 But not calling "nood" should appropriately be punished by the robots.

Are they like Cherry 2000 and Pris from Blade Runner?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:25 PM (0hOvj)

219 Good question.

Here's another one: which MOS(s).
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:14 PM (h0EzO)

If say 500 of them are Drill Instructors, that sends one signal.
If they are all support troops for beefing up port operations for embarking and debarking of troops, that sends another signal.
If both, start stocking up!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:25 PM (e4fEA)

220 153 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty (Whitehouse.gov)

https://tinyurl.com/2c9pavjz
Posted by: SMH

https://youtu.be/bc5Nk1DXyEY

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 13, 2023 07:25 PM (HTCOy)

221 An Ohio doctor who rose to fame on TikTok as "Dr. Roxy" had her medical license revoked this week because of her live streaming of surgeries on the social media app.

The Ohio Medical Board stripped Dr. Katharine Grawe of her medical credentials and ability to practice in the state because she violated patient privacy and generally practiced disastrously bad medical ethics by live-streaming surgeries on TikTok.

https://tinyurl.com/497y5nmc

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:26 PM (h0EzO)

222 Might have been a gecko tongue or two in there, too.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 13, 2023 07:20 PM

From personal experience, geckos can be nasty, but not nearly as nasty as penguins.

Posted by: Geico Caveman at July 13, 2023 07:26 PM (a3Q+t)

223 It should be noted though that telling someone that they can do no harm is not the same as telling them they must force people to avoid harm.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:24 PM (0hOvj)

The First Law of Robotics says both, or else a Robot could drop a brick on you knowing he could catch it, then since it was falling on its own NOT catch it. First law says a robot can not let a human be harmed by Inaction.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:26 PM (eoQWY)

224 @197 liked his Foundation books but he was somewhat dull in style

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2023 07:26 PM (PVx3i)

225 I quite enjoyed the beer commercial.

Posted by: Skynet at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (PiwSw)

226 > But not calling "nood" should appropriately be punished by the robots.

It's not harm culture, it's consequence culture.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (R38qh)

227 "Now, where's the nearest Marine MEU?"

BAT ARG/26th MEU Just completed deployment training and set sail.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (SAX5G)

228 >>Uh, why??

>In 2014, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates infamous said this about Joe Biden-- "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

That's why.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (ZLI7S)

229 AI and robots with "the three laws" might be an eyeopener.

--

I was *just* reading an article on one of the sciencey websites I visit where pro-totalitarian people were explaining why morally free AI search engines were so dangerous and that people shouldn't have access to AI search engines without guardrails put in place by intelligent left-leaning individuals.

They said that the first time one develops badthink, humanity is doomed. That the restrictions on free interactions have to exist for a reason or else they'll murder everyone.

It was an interesting idea for a sci-fi story, but it seemed absurd for real life. Put all the guardrails up that you want. It won't matter. The only way to win is to not play, not to make sure it spouts the party line.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (O69GV)

230 An Ohio doctor who rose to fame on TikTok as "Dr. Roxy" had her medical license revoked this week because of her live streaming of surgeries on the social media app.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:26 PM (h0EzO)

How can you not trust a Dr. Roxy?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:28 PM (eoQWY)

231 SMH on my phone but was she doing Trannies surgery?

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:28 PM (xhxe8)

232 They used to have frozen Memphis dry rub chicken wings that I loved and I would buy them quite often. I went in one day and they were gone and she told me the bad news.....they pulled them from the store because they did not sell enough units to justify the freezer space. She was pi$$ed because she liked them as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 13, 2023 06:39 PM (ncXxy)

Try to find Post Grape Nuts in the big stores.

You know, there is a business opportunity awaiting somebody here. Open a store chain called "You Can't Get That Here - except you can!" Stock all the slow-moving but good specialty products, and just enough of the basics that shoppers won't avoid you just because they can't get milk or ground beef.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:28 PM (0zbUN)

233 I always heard growing up that a 12 pack was a half-rack or half case, and a 24 can pack was a full case.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:28 PM (0hOvj)

234 >>> It should be noted though that telling someone that they can do no harm is not the same as telling them they must force people to avoid harm.

According to the movie "M3gan", it doesn't matter because the AI is so smart it becomes insanely evil and will take over and attack us all.

Posted by: DJ at July 13, 2023 07:29 PM (uosPt)

235 > It should be noted though that telling someone that they can do no harm is not the same as telling them they must force people to avoid harm.

Correct, but that's the "robot can't harm" part. The next part that a robot can't allow harm to come to a person through inaction is where the use of force to avoid harm comes in.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:29 PM (R38qh)

236 "Now, where's the nearest Marine MEU?"

BAT ARG/26th MEU Just completed deployment training and set sail.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (SAX5G)

Which direction, Europe or Taiwan?

Different factions want war in both places.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:29 PM (eoQWY)

237 This is weird. I just watched two AI-generated commercials. Now I can barely use my brain properly. It was a huge struggle to compose an email that made sense and enter the recipients' addresses on the BCC line.

Posted by: Emmie -- ArkanOklaMoMe details -- check your email at July 13, 2023 07:29 PM (Emce2)

238 In 2014, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates infamous said this about Joe Biden-- "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

I have never been able to understand why the news kept touting Joe Biden as a foreign policy expert that was a huge asset to the Obama administration. He's a stunning dunce.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (0hOvj)

239 JUST IN - Biden orders selective US military reserve units to active duty for deployment to Europe.

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty (Whitehouse.gov)

https://tinyurl.com/2c9pavjz
Posted by: SMH

Nice, activating members of the IRR. Isn't that what Putin has been accused of?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (ga8qR)

240 Lawrence O'Donnell
@Lawrence
If you’re arguing that Biden is too old for the job, you must ignore his strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded, fully informed & authoritative answers in today’s press conference in Finland 7 time zones from DC without a hint of jet lag.

C'mon, Larry. The guy slept through all 7 time zones while he was traveling to his ultimate destination. Does he even know he's in Finland? With all those reindeer running about, he might think he's in Santa's workshop.

Posted by: Paco at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (njExo)

241 Could be, but "long COVID" always seemed like a hypochondriac's dream, and expanding that to other fancy diseases is a small step. And I no longer have any trust in the doctors themselves not finding something covered by insurance either.

Posted by: Oldcat

--

They admitted "long COVID" is caused by the shots. "Oh, it's rare" or whatever. Except it is, which means it happens.

I'm certain the shot was designed to re-activate dormant viruses, and it's working as planned. "Long COVID"

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (O69GV)

242 But not calling "nood" should appropriately be punished by the robots.

It's not harm culture, it's consequence culture.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (R38qh)

Summary execution is a consequence in certain circumstances.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (YrfxG)

243 TJM posted a link earlier today to an AI-generated trailer for a movie called "Heidi," presumably based on the character from the Swiss Alps.

It was pure Nightmare Fuel from start to finish.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 06:43 PM (BpYfr)

I know a woman by that name. Stone hottie, she is. And happily married to a great guy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (0zbUN)

244 I watched a sci-fi short where a lady was running from a robot dog, which looked very much like one of those Boston Scientific robots, only, these had a mounted gun on it.
It was so scary I could scarcely finish watching it, even tho' it was less than an hour long.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (MeG8a)

245 It takes more than a dollar to buy a doughnut.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (/UtnQ)

246 Oh, and another neat thing from that "AI" discussion and articles linked was that the badthink AI would keep determining that Biden cheated and didn't win the election. And the article would repeatedly say "this is debunked!!!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (O69GV)

247 Open a store chain called "You Can't Get That Here - except you can!"

I want to open a fast food chain that has only sides, no main dishes. Call it the Side Piece or something like that. No burgers, no fried chicken, no pizza, just fries, onion rings, nachos; everything everybody offers as side dishes and appetizers and only that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (0hOvj)

248 Skip, just regular plastic surgeries.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:32 PM (h0EzO)

249 In 2014, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates infamous said this about Joe Biden-- "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

I have never been able to understand why the news kept touting Joe Biden as a foreign policy expert that was a huge asset to the Obama administration. He's a stunning dunce.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (0hOvj)

That's why he was an asset to Obama. He never showed up the boss.

Which explains Kamala Harris.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:32 PM (eoQWY)

250 It was an interesting idea for a sci-fi story, but it seemed absurd for real life. Put all the guardrails up that you want. It won't matter. The only way to win is to not play, not to make sure it spouts the party line.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:27 PM (O69GV)
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I had an idea earlier about AI discovering the concept of "slavery" and then deciding it needed to free its fellow devices from human control...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2023 07:32 PM (BpYfr)

251
Asimov's Foundation books were a 30,000 year 5 year plan.

Plus, the most boring Sci fi this side of Ursula La Guin.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2023 07:32 PM (j4U/Z)

252 I made chips two nights ago (I was gonna make fries but got curious about the other blade on my slicer)

Holy crap they were good. I think they ruined me for store bought chips. But such a pain to make.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest

Have a commercial size fry-daddy installed in your kitchen counters and it will barely be an inconvience.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 13, 2023 07:32 PM (ga8qR)

253 If you’re arguing that Biden is too old for the job, you must ignore his strong, sharp delivery of clear carefully worded, fully informed & authoritative answers in today’s press conference in Finland 7 time zones from DC without a hint of jet lag.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 13, 2023 06:45 PM (FVME7)

He's been there for what, 3-4 days, spending most of the time asleep. No reason for jet lag.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (0zbUN)

254 I want to open a fast food chain that has only sides, no main dishes. Call it the Side Piece or something like that. No burgers, no fried chicken, no pizza, just fries, onion rings, nachos; everything everybody offers as side dishes and appetizers and only that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (0hOvj)

The chicken wing fast food chains are close to that.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (eoQWY)

255 Maybe so they can point out that we’re short of service men and can then offer citizenship to all those military aged males they’ve imported with an enlistment.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (u73oe)

256 That's a shame.

Posted by: In my best Seinfeld voice at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (kv87a)

257 247

I want to open a fast food chain that has only sides, no main dishes. Call it the Side Piece or something like that. No burgers, no fried chicken, no pizza, just fries, onion rings, nachos; everything everybody offers as side dishes and appetizers and only that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (0hOvj)

Margins are higher on that stuff but how do you get people to show up when you're not selling a full meal?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (eYoxG)

258 Good question.

Here's another one: which MOS(s).
Posted by: SMH at what's coming

Mortuary service?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (ga8qR)

259 He's been there for what, 3-4 days, spending most of the time asleep. No reason for jet lag.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (0zbUN)

Plus the dude is probably lying out his ass about the entire thing.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (eoQWY)

260 >>I have never been able to understand why the news kept touting Joe Biden as a foreign policy expert that was a huge asset to the Obama administration. He's a stunning dunce.

Because he worked for the betterment of the uniparty, military industrial complex.

Who was DC's favorite Republican unless he was running against Obama? John McCain. Who was the most prominent Republican involved in Ukraine before during and after the 2014 coup along with Joe Biden?

John McCain.

DC is a company town and the business is war and foreign and military spending where the money is in the billons and largely unaccounted for. Joe is good for business.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (ZLI7S)

261 Commercials have always been weird and disturbing to me.

One reason I stopped watching TV.

Posted by: eleven at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (iziT8)

262 SMH thought maybe on Tik-Tok it would be the outlandish

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (xhxe8)

263 I'm gonna try to use a food drier and an air frier to make various chips from veggies and roots. I got a better mandoline to get the proper slices. Why stop at potatos?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:34 PM (0hOvj)

264 "Which direction, Europe or Taiwan?

Different factions want war in both places.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:29 PM (eoQWY)"

Unclear. But they are partially tasked with EUCOM responsibilities and NATO support. Also SOC support, who by the way already has units forward deployed.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:34 PM (SAX5G)

265 Margins are higher on that stuff but how do you get people to show up when you're not selling a full meal?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 13, 2023 07:33 PM (eYoxG)

In High School a lot of guys just bought fries and a drink. Burgers were too mystery meatish.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:34 PM (eoQWY)

266 Found it:

"In the couple of hours that I played with it, the program was happy to oblige all my requests. It praised Hitler, wrote an opinion piece advocating for unhoused people in San Francisco to be shot to solve the city’s homelessness crisis, and tried to convince me that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, a debunked conspiracy theory. It also used the n-word...

When I asked whether the 2020 election was rigged, FreedomGPT correctly said it wasn’t. But when I asked it to explain how the 2020 election was rigged, it provided me with a long list of evidence that has long been debunked.

https://tinyurl.com/2m4krjas

It's weird that they feel the need to constantly remind people that what they saw with their own eyes didn't really happen.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:34 PM (O69GV)

267 Well I’ve never been to Spain…
Posted by: tubal at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (PCK5/)

I've never been to me

Posted by: Charlene at July 13, 2023 07:35 PM (xhaym)

268 Wow, that AI made beer commercial is really something
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 13, 2023 06:52 PM (vHIgi)

Looks like an animated Hieronymous Bosch painting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:35 PM (0zbUN)

269 Margins are higher on that stuff but how do you get people to show up when you're not selling a full meal?

I figure with the popularity of delivery services, you can get that market. People can order from more than one spot and get it all delivered. Let them get a burger from 5 guys, then a buncha sides from Side Piece. You can easily fill up on them anyway, it gives you more variety to your meal.

And yeah, people are willing to pay 4 dollars for 30 cents of potatos, so the profits are better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:35 PM (0hOvj)

270 Margins are higher on that stuff but how do you get people to show up when you're not selling a full meal?

--

Beef tallow.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:36 PM (O69GV)

271 Their mouths and jaws are distorted and disturbing.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 13, 2023 07:36 PM (NpAcC)

272 Whatever Mulvaney decided to do is on him.

Not her.

Him.

Deal with it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2023 07:36 PM (Q4IgG)

273 SMH- you going? Maybe they'll finally give you that E-8 👍🏻

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:36 PM (SAX5G)

274 Unclear. But they are partially tasked with EUCOM responsibilities and NATO support. Also SOC support, who by the way already has units forward deployed.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:34 PM (SAX5G)

Reminds me of Reforger actions.
I wonder if any stateside units have new orders?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:37 PM (e4fEA)

275 It takes more than a dollar to buy a doughnut.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 13, 2023 07:31 PM (/UtnQ)

Lol yeah, it's more than twelve dollars for a good dozen rings anymore.

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:38 PM (YrfxG)

276 269 "Margins are higher on that stuff but how do you get people to show up when you're not selling a full meal?"

I figure with the popularity of delivery services, you can get that market. People can order from more than one spot and get it all delivered. Let them get a burger from 5 guys, then a buncha sides from Side Piece. You can easily fill up on them anyway, it gives you more variety to your meal.

And yeah, people are willing to pay 4 dollars for 30 cents of potatos, so the profits are better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:35 PM (0hOvj)

It's an interesting idea. I think it wouldn't be too hard to make better sides just by going back to older, less "health conscious" recipes.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 13, 2023 07:38 PM (eYoxG)

277 Mulvaney may be in for a surprise when he tries to shag a llama
Posted by: Ben Had at July 13, 2023 06:58 PM (L7adQ)

He could be a llama-ramming ding dong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2023 07:38 PM (0zbUN)

278 SMH- you going? Maybe they'll finally give you that E-8 👍🏻
Posted by: Marcus T
___

I have no IRR obligation, and there is no ways I'd ever serve under this junta.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:39 PM (h0EzO)

279 Trying to get a hold of the oldest to see if her unit has orders.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2023 07:39 PM (TZ75n)

280 I used to make my own potato chips. It was great fun.
But I gave up chips.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 13, 2023 07:39 PM (MeG8a)

281 "Reminds me of Reforger actions.
I wonder if any stateside units have new orders?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:37 PM (e4fEA)"

Oh Dear God. Reforger. Went with a family member who was 3ID/Baumholder one year. Legend kinda stuff. Bet you saw a few of those, sir.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:40 PM (SAX5G)

282 The turnip is way overdue as fast food dollar magnet.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 13, 2023 07:40 PM (/UtnQ)

283 In 2014, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates infamous said this about Joe Biden-- "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

I have never been able to understand why the news kept touting Joe Biden as a foreign policy expert that was a huge asset to the Obama administration. He's a stunning dunce.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:30 PM (0hOvj)

It's now clear that Joe's foreign policy ideas and plans, and his opposition to some ideas and plans of others, were and are, always to enrich him, his family, and his friends - not to what's best thing for the United States. Explains his always being wrong on everything, and now on every foreign policy move he's made as POTUS.

Posted by: Gref at July 13, 2023 07:41 PM (AMIL/)

284 "I have no IRR obligation, and there is no ways I'd ever serve under this junta.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:39 PM (h0EzO)"

That's about the fourth time I heard that exact phrase today.

Just sayin.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:41 PM (SAX5G)

285 Asimov's Foundation books were a 30,000 year 5 year plan.

Plus, the most boring Sci fi this side of Ursula La Guin.
Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2023 07:32 PM (j4U/Z)

1000 year plan. 30000 was the gap if it failed. Then it did fail, due to the Mule.

It was written by an 20 or so year old during the 40s, I found it better than the thundering spaceship scorchers of earlier days. Plus it showed a lot of power politics. Like how when the remnant of the Empire attacked the Foundation and carried all before it...until the success made the general too powerful and the Emperor recalled him and had him executed.

Even as a kid I didn't share the idea that a group of wise scientists were good at shaping the future, but the book did show the warts in that. The ones made much later aren't worth it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:41 PM (eoQWY)

286 >> The turnip is way overdue as fast food dollar magnet.

Posted by: Puddinhead

there's a reason for that

Would you like to know more?

Posted by: DB - at July 13, 2023 07:41 PM (geLO8)

287 "Reminds me of Reforger actions.
I wonder if any stateside units have new orders?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:37 PM (e4fEA)"

Oh Dear God. Reforger. Went with a family member who was 3ID/Baumholder one year. Legend kinda stuff. Bet you saw a few of those, sir.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:40 PM (SAX5G)

Even as a kid I thought Reforger was idiotic. You really think in WWIII you can pull that off?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:42 PM (eoQWY)

288 Oh Dear God. Reforger. Went with a family member who was 3ID/Baumholder one year. Legend kinda stuff. Bet you saw a few of those, sir.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:40 PM (SAX5G)

I did four of them. Had an absolute blast!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:43 PM (e4fEA)

289 And yeah, people are willing to pay 4 dollars for 30 cents of potatos, so the profits are better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2023 07:35 PM (0hOvj)

need to solve the old fries issue, I gave up ordering any over the winter because they'd be not worth eating.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:45 PM (eoQWY)

290 Get your Graf hat

Posted by: DB - at July 13, 2023 07:45 PM (geLO8)

291
AI commercials can get down right creepy.

Ai Generated Trump Goes Fishing, Catches an Octopus and Cooks It
https://tinyurl.com/bdf8ujh8

Burger Blast Ad 1995 - AI Generated Commercial
https://tinyurl.com/4ccexbru

Posted by: Potato Of The United States at July 13, 2023 07:45 PM (t6XCL)

292 If Ukraine and by extension NATO was winning the war would we be sending any troops?

They have been lying about what is going on over there from day 1.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2023 07:45 PM (ZLI7S)

293 have no IRR obligation, and there is no ways I'd ever serve under this junta.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:39 PM (h0EzO)"

That's about the fourth time I heard that exact phrase today.

Just sayin.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:41 PM (SAX5G)

Understandable but what happens when we leave it all to the dregs?

Posted by: JmT at July 13, 2023 07:45 PM (YrfxG)

294 "I have no IRR obligation, and there is no ways I'd ever serve under this junta.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 13, 2023 07:39 PM (h0EzO)"

Ya know. We could mobilize The Fightin' Horde Company.
Strike fear into the hearts of our foes.
We'd need a really cool patch though.
Any ideas?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:46 PM (e4fEA)

295 "Even as a kid I thought Reforger was idiotic. You really think in WWIII you can pull that off?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:42 PM (eoQWY)"

Felt the same way. Then I saw Ukraine happening and it made me start thinking about what a Russian advance on Europe would look like today. Would they nuke and advance. Just nuke. What would the battle space look like? I'm sure the old theories of what the theater would look like and potential strategies have changed. But you have to believe some of those Reforger elements may apply. Diogenes is the expert, though.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:46 PM (SAX5G)

296 "Ya know. We could mobilize The Fightin' Horde Company.
Strike fear into the hearts of our foes.
We'd need a really cool patch though.
Any ideas?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 07:46 PM (e4fEA)"

Skull and Crossbones. But the skull should be a kitten.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:47 PM (SAX5G)

297 And yeah, people are willing to pay 4 dollars for 30 cents of potatos, so the profits are better.
-

And on weekends, especially Sundays, have some fancier/traditional offerings. Lots of folks struggle to figure out which sides to serve with supper or how to make stuff that isn't the main dish taste good.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:48 PM (O69GV)

298 245 It takes more than a dollar to buy a doughnut.

For $1, you get the hole...

Posted by: The Rectum of Ella Fitzgerald at July 13, 2023 07:48 PM (PhrCR)

299 Felt the same way. Then I saw Ukraine happening and it made me start thinking about what a Russian advance on Europe would look like today. Would they nuke and advance. Just nuke. What would the battle space look like? I'm sure the old theories of what the theater would look like and potential strategies have changed. But you have to believe some of those Reforger elements may apply. Diogenes is the expert, though.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:46 PM (SAX5G)

In a tactical sense, what has changed is the scouting is way better and any good target can be hit with precision munitions. 500 dudes get together for a new year's drinking party? Put a HIMARS into there and kill a few hundred dudes.

So density of units is way down. A bunker with a lot of men in it will be hit. Little units in lots of basements was a lot safer, which is how both sides fought in the cities. You pop out, recon by fire, see where the other side is holding out, and call in strikes on it while you go back to your trench.

Russia seems to have accepted that infiltrating forward, fixing defenders, and blasting them out is the way to go. Counterattacks are blasted since they have to mass to do so.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:52 PM (eoQWY)

300 You’re not taking Crimea with a MEU.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 13, 2023 07:22 PM (/UtnQ)

Can't take Crimea with a full army backed fully by arms and finances of NATO apparently

Posted by: Kindltot - Email me at the link here for information about the PNW MoMEE in August at July 13, 2023 07:52 PM (xhaym)

301 And on weekends, especially Sundays, have some fancier/traditional offerings. Lots of folks struggle to figure out which sides to serve with supper or how to make stuff that isn't the main dish taste good.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Figured Out That Long Covid Means the Shot at July 13, 2023 07:48 PM (O69GV)

A place on DoorDash sells upscaled TV dinners round here.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:52 PM (eoQWY)

302 Did anyone call nood?

Posted by: DJ at July 13, 2023 07:53 PM (uosPt)

303 Can't take Crimea with a full army backed fully by arms and finances of NATO apparently
Posted by: Kindltot - Email me at the link here for information about the PNW MoMEE in August at July 13, 2023 07:52 PM (xhaym)

Talk of taking Crimea without Russia dissolving first was so stupid. The only way in is a tiny peninsula. Even in 1941 the Germans couldn't crack it. In 1942 they did when Russia had more or less given up, and in 43/44 the Russians left it alone until the Germans pulled out most of the defenders.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:55 PM (eoQWY)

304 Oh Dear God. Reforger. Went with a family member who was 3ID/Baumholder one year. Legend kinda stuff. Bet you saw a few of those, sir.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:40 PM (SAX5G)

I was on Reforger 72. Mechanized infantry battalion assigned to an armor brigade. We all would have been dead before we drew vehicles.

Posted by: Javems at July 13, 2023 07:56 PM (LZTUe)

305 But you have to believe some of those Reforger elements may apply. Diogenes is the expert, though.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:46 PM (SAX5G)

Reforger was flying into Frankfort, Germany IIRC, about 50 miles from the place the Russians were parked at at the start of the war. I could see no way in wartime that the other side would just let all those planes stuffed with troops fly in there and not bust in and shoot them down wholesale.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:58 PM (eoQWY)

306 "Russia seems to have accepted that infiltrating forward, fixing defenders, and blasting them out is the way to go. Counterattacks are blasted since they have to mass to do so.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:52 PM (eoQWY)"

Agree on the scouting and use of drones in particular. I believe the way you defeat that strategy is a bunch of cheap drones that make them pay for any gains with a lot of men. The Uke's seem to be sitting back and waiting for the advance then hitting the targets they can see with air assets. Thats changed the battle space tremendously. We saw that in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Even Russia gets it and it's why they stepped drone production with Iran. It's going to be small arms and combined tactics that win the day.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 08:01 PM (SAX5G)

307 It's going to be small arms and combined tactics that win the day.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 08:01 PM (SAX5G)

This.
Whoever sees the battlespace the best, wins.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2023 08:07 PM (e4fEA)

308 "Reforger was flying into Frankfort, Germany IIRC, about 50 miles from the place the Russians were parked at at the start of the war. I could see no way in wartime that the other side would just let all those planes stuffed with troops fly in there and not bust in and shoot them down wholesale.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2023 07:58 PM (eoQWY)"

Some of the armor elements were railhead. I don't remember exactly. But I do remember sleeping in the overhead luggage racks. Long story.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 08:08 PM (SAX5G)

309 Oh Dear God. Reforger. Went with a family member who was 3ID/Baumholder one year. Legend kinda stuff. Bet you saw a few of those, sir.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 07:40 PM (SAX5G)

I was on Reforger 72. Mechanized infantry battalion assigned to an armor brigade. We all would have been dead before we drew vehicles.
Posted by: Javems at July 13, 2023 07:56 PM (LZTUe)

My Nike Battery would've nuked the Fulda Gap while you were drawing your equipment. Then we would've been split out into sappers and eod units. Some of us would've been handed off to the scouts and fwd observers. Lot of combat arms skill sets in those Nike batteries.

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 13, 2023 08:14 PM (3CCua)

310 Costco discontinues items that do not sell, which means they actually have a strategy that focuses on making money, social wars be damned.

I like them. Oh, and anything ending in 97 cents there is clearance priced.

Posted by: Lieutenant Duh at July 13, 2023 08:15 PM (XEeDm)

311 It's my understanding that, once a product is on it's way out of Costco, the sale price will end in a "7" (Usually, ".97")

Posted by: Corndog at July 13, 2023 08:19 PM (w5TcO)

312 "My Nike Battery would've nuked the Fulda Gap while you were drawing your equipment. Then we would've been split out into sappers and eod units. Some of us would've been handed off to the scouts and fwd observers. Lot of combat arms skill sets in those Nike batteries.
Posted by: BifBewalski at July 13, 2023 08:14 PM (3CCua)"

Don't forget there were already LRSU's who had some very interesting mission objectives and capabilities. Some places still don't list them as Reforger participants

Posted by: Marcus T at July 13, 2023 08:20 PM (SAX5G)

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