Sunday Overnight Open Thread (9/3/23) Laboring To Be Kinder & Gentler Edition

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The Quotes of The Day

Quote I
“I think it’s fair to say, it’s going to be risky and dangerous,” Journalist Jonathan Choe

Quote II
"He lived his entire life in the service of others. The world has lost a champion for those held unjustly abroad and I have lost a mentor and a dear friend." Mickey Bergman, vice president of the Richardson Center

The Comments of The Week

Our first Comment I believe is a long distance dedication to Pixy.

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Over the years I have lived in tiny homes and apartments. Never because I desired "tiny".

What Ever Happened to the Tiny House Movement?
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.
In 1997, Jay Shafer built his first tiny house: a miniature country chapel with tastefully weathered wood, a high-pitched roof, and tall, crimson-trimmed windows. The exercise was part design challenge, part architectural rebellion. Shafer’s abode measured roughly 12 feet tall and 8 feet wide, less than the minimum size requirements for a house dictated by most building codes.
“Once I learned it was illegal to live in a house that small, I decided I had to,” he said, “just to show that it was actually a safe and efficient and reasonable thing to do.

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As I grow ~~older~~ mature I look for ways to improve my life. This is not one of those ways. At least for me, it might do others good.

I Talked To One Stranger Per Day For 100 Days, It Changed My Life Forever
This can help you massively improve your social skills— the more you suck at something, the quicker you improve.
Some decisions change you forever.
I used to be a nerdy gamer kid. Instead of shaking my ass at the club like a fish out of water, I stayed up until sunrise to slay Nofriends, Tormentor of Introverts in my mum’s basement. But at one point, I realized life is more fun in reality than behind a screen.

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Ah Labor Day weekend. What would it be without a disgruntled workforce?

It’s been a strike-heavy couple of months, and now video game actors may get brought into the mix.
Per Deadline, SAG-AFTRA’s board has unanimously voted to authorize a strike in case its upcoming bargaining meeting with the games industry falls through. The voting process will take place from Tuesday, September 5 and last all the way to Monday, September 25. According to the outlet, the negotiation will include companies such as Activision, EA, Insomniac Games, and WB Games.

Give-A-Fuck-Meter? Broken.

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You have to fight for your right to party. Or to hold it where "The Man" can't spy on you.

New York City – The New York City Police Department announced plans to fly surveillance drones over the city this Labor Day weekend to monitor outdoor parties or barbecues following complaints about large gatherings according to Fox News.
The decision was revealed during a security briefing addressing J’ouvert, an annual Caribbean festival marking the end of slavery in which thousands of people take to the streets of Brooklyn.
Assistant NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said at a press conference Thursday that the drones will respond to “non-priority and priority calls.”

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He's really not that bad. There is a slight period of acclimation that he needs to be the immigrant we all want.

A man who entered New York City just two months ago after living in Venezuela has become a poster boy for the migrant crisis after he was arrested six separate times, often for violent attacks. He arrived in the city just about two months ago, first coming in on June 27.

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Mamma don't let your babies grow up to be journalism students.

Study Shows Journalism Is ‘Most Regretted’ College Major As Trust In Corporate Media Sinks
At a time when the majority of Americans recognize the corporate media are dishonest, journalism tops the list of the 10 most regretted college majors, according to a ZipRecruiter survey from last November that CNBC republicized on Sunday. A whopping 87 percent of journalism graduates regret their degree choice, with sociology, liberal arts, communications, and education next on the regret list. Of job seekers with college degrees overall, 44 percent regret their chosen major.

We need more blue collar workers than white collar workers. Which leads us into our ONT Musical Interlude warm up video................

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Non-Frozen Tundra Weather Emporium

It's been in the 90s this weekend. I'll take it. On average, our first snow is less than 45 days away.

Born on this day: 3 Sep 1942
American musician, singer and songwriter Al Jardine, who co-founded The Beach Boys. He is best known as the band's rhythm guitarist, and for occasionally singing lead vocals, on singles such as 'Help Me, Rhonda' (1965), 'Then I Kissed Her' (1965) and 'Come Go with Me' (197.via thisdayinmusic.com

He was at the local ~~Indian~~ Native American Casino earlier this summer. I hope when I'm that age I still love producing The ONT's. Cuz it aint the Dental Plan.

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Born on this day: 3 Sep 1947
Eric Bell, guitarist, Thin Lizzy, (1973 UK No.6 single 'Whisky In The Jar'). via thisdayinmusic.com

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I wonder if his drink of choice is valu-rite. Genius Award Winner.

A man spotted driving a Power Wheels Jeep on an Indiana roadway was arrested for piloting the toy car while under the influence, police report.
John McKee, 51, was pulled over around 9 PM Wednesday when an Indiana State Police trooper noticed him driving a blue Power Wheels without lights or reflectors.
McKee was stopped near his home in Vincennes, a central Indiana city near the border with Illinois

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A Good Samaritan. Lawyers, guns, money and Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

“He saved our lives": Iowa man cleared of charges after shooting man armed with knife

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:46 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 09:47 PM (oZhq1)

2 1
I agree whole-heartedly!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 03, 2023 09:50 PM (hOUT3)

3 Where are you people?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 09:50 PM (oZhq1)

4 What a great opening pic. Takes me waaaay back.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 03, 2023 09:51 PM (V8he0)

5 I got my first STD at Burning Man...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 09:54 PM (TGPs7)

6 Re: Talking to strangers. I try to do it every day; folks at the grocery store, checkout clerks, someone new at church, at Lowes, anywhere really. It's easy for me and I don't think I come across as a creeper.

Loads of fun. I usually draw the very short interaction to a close by saying "Now try to stay out of trouble, will ya?"

Almost always a great reaction.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 09:55 PM (oZhq1)

7 Where are you people?
Posted by: Tonypete
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I'm here, but don't tell anyone.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 09:55 PM (aBJcM)

8 5 I got my first STD at Burning Man...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 09:54 PM (TGPs7)

And here I thought you were a Frye Festival type. My mistake.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at September 03, 2023 09:55 PM (aA3+G)

9 Top pic - "Look! It's a mermaid!! Get her!!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 09:55 PM (oZhq1)

10 Not first

Posted by: GWB at September 03, 2023 09:56 PM (mTyc3)

11 Where are you people?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 09:50 PM (oZhq1)

Still over closing out the Gun Thread.

Posted by: GWB at September 03, 2023 09:56 PM (mTyc3)

12 Some good news this weekend. We have a written offer for my mom's house. Unless it falls through, we will probably be closing around the first week of October.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 09:58 PM (aBJcM)

13 Still over closing out the Gun Thread.

Posted by: GWB at September 03, 2023 09:56 PM (mTyc3)

What?! The Book Thread is over??!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2023 10:00 PM (Angsy)

14 Add a plate of cheese curds and that would be the most Wisconsin picture possible.

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:01 PM (DgGvY)

15 “McKee was stopped near his home in Vincennes, a central Indiana city near the border with Illinois“

Obviously, Vincennes is to central Indiana as El Paso is to central Texas.

Words👏have👏meanings👏people!

Posted by: Dead Name McGee at September 03, 2023 10:01 PM (Y2NGV)

16 My man in Vincennes!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at September 03, 2023 10:01 PM (+ldAm)

17 Sorry for channeling my inner AOC.

Posted by: Dead Name McGee at September 03, 2023 10:01 PM (Y2NGV)

18 Obviously, Vincennes is to central Indiana as El Paso is to central Texas.

Words👏have👏meanings👏people!

Posted by: Dead Name McGee at September 03, 2023 10:01 PM (Y2NGV)

See journalism school story above....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2023 10:02 PM (Angsy)

19 Obviously, Vincennes is to central Indiana as El Paso is to central Texas.

Words👏have👏meanings👏people!
Posted by: Dead Name McGee at September 03, 2023 10:01 PM (Y2NGV)

I took it to mean "central" in the north-south sense.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 03, 2023 10:03 PM (4RGBH)

20 Words👏have👏meanings👏people!
Posted by: Dead Name McGee

Sez who?

Posted by: Double Plus Good Newspeak Dictionary Editor at September 03, 2023 10:03 PM (4Winp)

21 Great news SiD!

OK, I don't get the quote about changing the "Let's Go Brandon!" to Two &&& Thirty!" What is that about?

Posted by: Iris at September 03, 2023 10:04 PM (n3DL0)

22 Re: Talking to strangers. I try to do it every day; folks at the grocery store, checkout clerks, someone new at church, at Lowes, anywhere really. It's easy for me and I don't think I come across as a creeper.
Posted by: Tonypete

The last part is easy. Just don't Biden it by only talking to teenage girls.

Or at least don't start the conversation by complimenting their choice of shampoo.

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:04 PM (DgGvY)

23 My job entails vanloads of strangers, every day.

Funny thing. On the way down to Galveston, they're all happy, excited, interested in the sights, histories and tips on restaurants and such.

After their cruise? Mostly sullen, quiet, withdrawn, often damn near penniless, and mostly just anxious to get back to the airport and onward towards their homes.

And I've got a load of 'em to load up at 0600 tomorrow, sheesh.

*pours small measure of bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 03, 2023 10:04 PM (e6UQI)

24 “I think it’s fair to say, it’s going to be risky and dangerous,” Journalist Jonathan Choe

Public police evolved to replace private justice.

If you get rid of police then private justice will replace it again - though Soviet America is trying the interesting experiment of letting traditional criminals free while arresting anyone that tries to stop the criminals.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:05 PM (lc5cP)

25 Or at least don't start the conversation by complimenting their choice of shampoo.
Posted by: mikeski

Was that wrong? If I had known that was wrong. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:05 PM (oZhq1)

26 Or at least don't start the conversation by complimenting their choice of shampoo.

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:04 PM (DgGvY)

If it's Biden, the talk will be about his real poo.

Posted by: Biden's Diaper at September 03, 2023 10:05 PM (Angsy)

27 >>>I think it’s fair to say, it’s going to be risky and dangerous

I'd say. How are they supposed to kill the family pet with no weapons?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 03, 2023 10:06 PM (klJTj)

28 Top pic, the kid in the back is thinking "If I don't get my turn with a rod-and-reel pretty soon, I'm netting Andy."

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:07 PM (DgGvY)

29 New York City – The New York City Police Department announced plans to fly surveillance drones over the city this Labor Day weekend to monitor outdoor parties or barbecues following complaints about large gatherings according to Fox News.

So, the 4th isn't a thing anymore I guess? Actually, are any of the amendments still restricting fedgov in any meaningful way?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:07 PM (lc5cP)

30 In the grocery:

"Have you ever considered the joys of a kumquat?"

"BIF! POW! BAM!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:07 PM (oZhq1)

31 Or at least don't start the conversation by complimenting their choice of shampoo.

TBH if I smell Kid's Suave I get a little sprung...

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 03, 2023 10:07 PM (lc5cP)

32 Thanks for the Kinder and Gentler ONT, Mis Hum!

Great photo up top, lots of magic memories were made that day.

Not sure I would trust that fella in the final photo to operate a motor vehicle...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 03, 2023 10:08 PM (Idycf)

33 John McKee, 51, was pulled over around 9 PM Wednesday when an Indiana State Police trooper noticed him driving a blue Power Wheels without lights or reflectors.

So the troop would have let him go if it had lights or reflectors?

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:09 PM (DgGvY)

34 Born on this day: 3 Sep 1942
American musician, singer and songwriter Al Jardine, who co-founded The Beach Boys.

Da fuq???!?

Posted by: David Marks at September 03, 2023 10:09 PM (4I/2K)

35 Over the years I have lived in tiny homes and apartments. Never because I desired "tiny".

Ideally you want a house just big enough to hold all your stuff and leave room who lives there to "do their thing".

And...if you live in northern parts of the country a mud room. Can't live without an entry way that won't get ruined when you track in ice and mud.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:09 PM (lc5cP)

36 After their cruise? Mostly sullen, quiet, withdrawn, often damn near penniless, and mostly just anxious to get back to the airport and onward towards their homes.

Maybe they should go whale watching in the Pacific Ocean and not the Gulf of Mexico …

Posted by: Adriane the Cruise Director Critic . . . at September 03, 2023 10:10 PM (4Winp)

37 I'm here, but all worn out after the gun thread excitement. Need to learn to keep more in reserve for the ONT.

Posted by: TRex at September 03, 2023 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

38 Just got home from a nice BBQ at Daughter & SiL's. Dogs, cats, kids, cousins… how many were going to St Ives?

Don't much care for driving home after dark, though. I guess I have a few years before I can qualify to be a full-fledged grumpy old phart, but I can grumble anyway.

Hello, Overnightlies.

Posted by: mindful webworker - approach with caution at September 03, 2023 10:10 PM (VqBfa)

39 Evenin'

(Sips Yuengling)

Posted by: Puddleglum wanders in at September 03, 2023 10:11 PM (sAmhv)

40 Once upon a time I was on a trial for a guy arrested to DWI on a moped.

He'd lost his license for drunk driving before, hence the moped.

I did always wonder though couldn't he have found someone else to drive him home?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:11 PM (lc5cP)

41 >>>John McKee, 51, was pulled over around 9 PM Wednesday when an Indiana State Police trooper noticed him driving a blue Power Wheels without lights or reflectors.

This could have been avoided if he had only forked over a few dollars more for the version with the working light bar.
https://amzn.com/dp/B0BNKFQX2K

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 03, 2023 10:11 PM (klJTj)

42 So, the 4th isn't a thing anymore I guess? Actually, are any of the amendments still restricting fedgov in any meaningful way?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:07 PM (lc5cP)

Once you wrap your head around the fact the Constitution is really just a set of loose flexible guidelines and not actual rules, so very much suddenly begins to make sense!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 03, 2023 10:12 PM (hOUT3)

43 12 Some good news this weekend. We have a written offer for my mom's house. Unless it falls through, we will probably be closing around the first week of October.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 09:58 PM (aBJcM)

That is wonderful news! Selling a house is so stressful so I'm glad you got a solid offer!!

We are putting our house on the market next week and the stress is tangible.

Posted by: Moki at September 03, 2023 10:12 PM (JrN/x)

44 (Sips Yuengling)
Posted by: Puddleglum

Lager, Black & Tan, or Oktoberfest?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:12 PM (oZhq1)

45 Just got home from a nice BBQ at Daughter & SiL's. Dogs, cats, kids, cousins…
Posted by: mindful webworker

And now I need to know if cats prefer brisket or pulled pork. I assume the dogs aren't picky.

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:13 PM (DgGvY)

46 Some good news this weekend. We have a written offer for my mom's house. Unless it falls through, we will probably be closing around the first week of October.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 09:58 PM (aBJcM)
* * * *
Congratulations! Prayers up for a smooth transition.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 03, 2023 10:13 PM (Idycf)

47 Yea!! SID - selling a house, as you know, can be terribly stressful.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:13 PM (oZhq1)

48 Mickey Bergman, vice president of the Richardson Center

Not a single one of the obituaries I read mentioned that Richardson offered Monica Lewinsky a job when he was UN ambassador, that he was under investigation for paying off a woman using $250,000 in campaign funds when he ran for President in 2008, and that Virginia Roberts Giuffre said that she was sexually trafficked to Richardson by Epstein and Maxwell when she was underage.

You think that the State Media would have kept silent about similar accusations about a prominent dead Republican in an obituary?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:15 PM (2tUFv)

49 >Longview police kill Seattle man after he is revived with naloxone, bolts, fires ‘ghost gun’ at them, police say

https://is.gd/5GKAuH

I'm fairly certain that ARC of History speculated on the possibility of this exact scenario.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at September 03, 2023 10:15 PM (6YH05)

50 Don't miss the hidden link behind the Leinies!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 03, 2023 10:16 PM (klJTj)

51 Fantastic 'mix ONT tape', as one can imagine....
Thanks Mis.Hum!
Another lovely Sunday ONT, with the bonus of Labor Day Eve. (aka Commie day)!
Anyways, let's eat lots of hotdogs tomorrow, and FJB...
Love you guys 🥰

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 03, 2023 10:16 PM (dUjTv)

52 "He saved our lives": Iowa man cleared of charges after shooting man armed with knife

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I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 03, 2023 10:17 PM (bQKgA)

53 (Sips Yuengling)

Two and a half sheets to the wind on Tito's. Tomorrow morning should be...uh...interesting.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 03, 2023 10:18 PM (V8he0)

54 I'm fairly certain that ARC of History speculated on the possibility of this exact scenario.

You ruin the greatest high of someone's life by giving them Narcan, and you can expect trouble.

Fortunately for the Longview cops, they work in a working-class blue-collar county. Druggies from Seattle don't have a lot of sympathy there.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:18 PM (2tUFv)

55 That is wonderful news! Selling a house is so stressful so I'm glad you got a solid offer!!

We are putting our house on the market next week and the stress is tangible.
Posted by: Moki
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Thank you! We didn't officially put ours on the market due to the issues with the house. I'm glad we didn't have to go through that.

Prayers for a low-stress and successful selling experience.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:19 PM (aBJcM)

56 Labor Day celebrates union labor? I thought it celebrated the labor trials of childbirth, and risks that go along with it. The women who go through it should be celebrated, even if they give the child up for adoption.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 03, 2023 10:20 PM (mNmNo)

57 "Don't Worr, Baby"- most romantic song ever written....revolving around a dare and a car race.

Posted by: Rex B at September 03, 2023 10:20 PM (WQvQz)

58
Prayers for a low-stress and successful selling experience.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:19 PM (aBJcM)

Thanks, and prayers for your offer to go to closing!!

Posted by: Moki at September 03, 2023 10:20 PM (JrN/x)

59 Tiny homes is an interesting concept. But it's basically a glorified middle class trailor home.

When I was a kid, we had a 10 x 6 storage room off our back porch - I used to dream about making that into a separate apartment.

Now of course I wonder about living off the grid for the great divorce...

Posted by: Iris at September 03, 2023 10:21 PM (n3DL0)

60 Labor Day celebrates union labor?

It's so they don't celebrate May Day, the Communist holiday.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:21 PM (2tUFv)

61 But at one point, I realized life is more fun in reality than behind a screen.

OOooooo…
*Turns off monitor, heads to bed*

Hahaha just kidding. Not even through the content yet.

Posted by: mindful webworker - buena idea at September 03, 2023 10:24 PM (VqBfa)

62 Good evening morons and thank you mh

Can feelz the kindness and gentleness

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

63 Next step will be finding a no-projects house that fits her & me better than my smallish apartment. There is potentially one coming available at the right time in my brother's 'hood. Almost too good to hope for.

One thing at a time though. I'm the queen of bad timing and just trying to stay out of God's way on this one.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:24 PM (aBJcM)

64 Labor Day celebrates union labor?

It's so they don't celebrate May Day, the Communist holiday.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

I still like my interpretation of the meaning of Labor Day better.

I did leave out c-sections by accident.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 03, 2023 10:25 PM (mNmNo)

65 60 Labor Day celebrates union labor?

It's so they don't celebrate May Day, the Communist holiday.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:21 PM (2tUFv)

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Also, ice axes are harder to come by in September.

Posted by: Zombie Leon Trotsky at September 03, 2023 10:25 PM (bQKgA)

66 40 Once upon a time I was on a trial for a guy arrested to DWI on a moped.

He'd lost his license for drunk driving before, hence the moped.

I did always wonder though couldn't he have found someone else to drive him home?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:11 PM (lc5cP)

I know a guy who got two DWI in one night. And no it wasn't me.

Posted by: Javems at September 03, 2023 10:26 PM (8I4hW)

67 Well, I have a neighbor- trust fund child - who used to build tiny houses. I think he's mostly out of business these days.
In America, we buy big damn houses! Because! 'Merica!

I still love my country...screw the rest of 'em.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 03, 2023 10:27 PM (dUjTv)

68 Journalism Is ‘Most Regretted’ College Major

Cold comfort for English majors.

Posted by: mindful webworker - majored in psychic prognostication at September 03, 2023 10:27 PM (VqBfa)

69 I know a guy who got two DWI in one night. And no it wasn't me.
Posted by: Javems
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How did he not get his ass tossed in jail at least until he sobered up? Cops just let you drive off after stopping for DWI?

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:28 PM (aBJcM)

70 You know what? There's no Wiki entry for "When the shit hits the fan".

Posted by: SFGoth at September 03, 2023 10:29 PM (KAi1n)

71 Journalism Is ‘Most Regretted’ College Major

Cold comfort for English majors.
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*library science degree has entered the chat*

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:29 PM (aBJcM)

72 Journalism Is ‘Most Regretted’ College Major

Buggy-whip Manufacturing Is ‘Most Regretted’ College Major"

Posted by: 1920s! at September 03, 2023 10:29 PM (2tUFv)

73 I am happy when Americans know the meaning of Memorial Day, which is less common than you think, most think it is about people who served in uniform.

Labor Day has always been the end of Summer in my household. Any other meaning has passed us.

Posted by: Quint at September 03, 2023 10:30 PM (gmyc7)

74 44 (Sips Yuengling)
Posted by: Puddleglum

Lager, Black & Tan, or Oktoberfest?
Posted by: Tonypete
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Just the Amber Lager

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 03, 2023 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

75 I am happy when Americans know the meaning of Memorial Day, which is less common than you think, most think it is about people who served in uniform.
Posted by: Quint

The local Sheriff's office posted a tweet "Happy Memorial Day" last time around. They were scorched by the rather large local community of vets.

Issued an apology they did. Good on them but they really should have known better.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:32 PM (oZhq1)

76 I know a guy who got two DWI in one night.

I was touring the South Island of New Zealand once, and the cops set up a DWI checkpoint outside of Christchurch.

I forget the exact numbers, but the cops announced that they had caught 57 people on Friday night, 43 people on Saturday night - and one guy who they caught both Friday and Saturday night.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:33 PM (2tUFv)

77 The tiny house movement had a major setback after the Seinfeld episode where Kramer put up three Japanese businessmen for the night in his giant dresser drawers and the show nearly got cancelled!

Ok, maybe I'm expanding on something from an earlier thread today.

Posted by: Rex B at September 03, 2023 10:34 PM (WQvQz)

78 I’ll go ahead and take the bait.

What’s wrong with a degree in liberal arts?

Posted by: 13times at September 03, 2023 10:35 PM (/Bbf2)

79 70 SF

I had to check. The 1st somewhat,related entry was survivalism (?)...
Curious....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 03, 2023 10:35 PM (dUjTv)

80 I forget the exact numbers, but the cops announced that they had caught 57 people on Friday night, 43 people on Saturday night - and one guy who they caught both Friday and Saturday night.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:33 PM (2tUFv)

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He's just three punches away from a free Subway six-inch sandwich of his choice!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 03, 2023 10:35 PM (bQKgA)

81 How did he not get his ass tossed in jail at least until he sobered up? Cops just let you drive off after stopping for DWI?

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:28 PM (aBJcM)

I believe his boss bailed him out and drove him back to his car. This was decades ago when DWI was sometimes winked at.

Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 10:37 PM (8I4hW)

82 Back in the 70s and 80s booze flowed freely in the Oil Field.

Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 10:39 PM (8I4hW)

83 Willowing Bourbon (would make an OK label, really): under the "old" (correct) rule, bourbon did not have to be distilled in Kentucky. It had to be aged in Kentucky, in new oak barrels. Tanker trucks full of raw grain spirits arrive in Bardstown all day long, to be racked up and warehoused. A lot of it comes from Peoria. It becomes legal Kentucky bourbon.

On a related note, the new "Bardstown Bourbon" company is a wholly owned creature of the Pritzker family, they of the Illinois governorship and trans-activist movement. Except for the fine old "Old Bardstown," which is a Willett label and named after a race horse.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 03, 2023 10:39 PM (4PZHB)

84 Some Ukraine news today -

1) The Ukrainian Minster of Defense was fired.

2) Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

3) The establishment Financial Times ran an article entitled: "Ukraine cannot win against Russia now, but victory by 2025 is possible".

Timothy Garton Ash, one of the leading neo-cons who explains what a great "investment" the Ukraine War is for the United States, praised the Financial Times article.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:40 PM (2tUFv)

85 82 Back in the 70s and 80s booze flowed freely in the Oil Field.
Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 10:39 PM (8I4hW)

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And oil production was never better.

Make of it what you will.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 03, 2023 10:40 PM (bQKgA)

86 18-1: And...if you live in northern parts of the country a mud room. Can't live without an entry way that won't get ruined when you track in ice and mud.

Mud room is handy down here in Oklahoma, too. Not so much ice, but when we have rains, it can get sloppy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - majored in psychic prognostication at September 03, 2023 10:41 PM (VqBfa)

87 SFGoth

What states are you licensed in?

Just curious.

Posted by: I Mean at September 03, 2023 10:42 PM (LVd49)

88 Bill Richardson, who was my congressman and then my governor, was a venal POS, Epstein enabler and probable pedophile for whom I never voted and that I loathed. Hell ain't hot enough.

Posted by: huerfano at September 03, 2023 10:42 PM (7zEAH)

89 Yuengling is pushing hard with a “beer” in certain regions. This stuff was uncommon until recently. The traditional Yuengling lager is light years away from Bud Light. Yuengling sees an opening here.

I have been to their brewery. Kind of an out of the way place. But if you want to make a point, go Yuengling, not Miller Light or Coors Light.

Btw, the internet tappists that sayv Modelo is owned by the same company that owns Bud Light have it all wrong, thanks for trying

Yes InBev owns Modelo sales outside of the USA. But the biggest market is the USA and that is owned by Constellation Brands, an American company.

Anyone with a clue can guess why Modelo is now the most sold beer in America. Yeah it is ok, and also the extreme immigration.

Posted by: Quint at September 03, 2023 10:42 PM (gmyc7)

90 I believe his boss bailed him out and drove him back to his car. This was decades ago when DWI was sometimes winked at.
Posted by: javems
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Ah. Sorry to say I have some experience with this (not myself), and didn't bail the person out. On one occasion he got sent to the hospital from jail, snuck out and tried to walk home, cops found him halfway home and picked him back up.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:43 PM (aBJcM)

91 @81: "This was decades ago when DWI was sometimes winked at."

Today I learned that Minneapolis Park Police won't fine or arrest you for public intoxication and disorderly conduct when you've been drinking mouthwash, but they will provide an ambulance if requested. No word yet on how they handle vanilla extract overindulgence.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 03, 2023 10:44 PM (k1Qly)

92 Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:40 PM (2tUFv)

I was assured US troops would not fight in Ukraine!!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2023 10:44 PM (Angsy)

93 1) The Ukrainian Minster of Defense was fired.
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Paving the way for Lt. Bearclaw?

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:45 PM (aBJcM)

94 Oh,
they found a mysterious White Spot on Neptune
and the usual brown streaks on Uranus...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 10:45 PM (TGPs7)

95 I was assured US troops would not fight in Ukraine!!!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 03, 2023 10:44 PM (Angsy)

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An indulgence will cost another $25 billion, wired directly into Zelensky's private bank offshore account.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 03, 2023 10:45 PM (bQKgA)

96 Bill Richardson, who was my congressman and then my governor, was a venal POS, Epstein enabler and probable pedophile for whom I never voted and that I loathed.

Yeah, I'm two degrees of separation from Richardson, and heard that he was a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:45 PM (2tUFv)

97 Labor Day is celebrated by lesbian advocates of abortion who like pain and murder. It's a rite of passage.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 03, 2023 10:45 PM (KVGVf)

98 Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Clearly evidence of a country that is kicking the stuffing out of their enemy which must be true since YooTube vids that are pushed to me claim.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:46 PM (oZhq1)

99 Labor Day has always been the end of Summer in my household. Any other meaning has passed us.

Same here. It's a Monday off of work, nothing more.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 03, 2023 10:46 PM (V8he0)

100 Perry Como sang (The Bluest Skies Are in) "Seattle" in 1969. Now, look at America.

Posted by: JM in Florida, now Illinois at September 03, 2023 10:47 PM (Nw0dN)

101 The Golden State

Posted by: SFGoth at September 03, 2023 10:47 PM (KAi1n)

102 Labor Day has always been the end of Summer in my household. Any other meaning has passed us.

What do you use instead of Labor Day to mark the end of wearing white season?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 10:48 PM (oZhq1)

103 such as Activision, EA, Insomniac Games, and WB Games.

Insomniac Games?

First Person Tire Iron?

Posted by: Miklos sees Dollar Signs at September 03, 2023 10:48 PM (WVRZF)

104 13 I'm tired of seeing ingrown toenails and won't be visiting Ace again. Good bye.

Posted by: Michael B at August 27, 2023 10:05 PM (RCgxg)

Oddly enough, by mentioning toenail fungus and other foot related maladies, you ensure the web crawlers and AI puts up more ads regarding toenail fungus and foot maladies.

As a wise cartoon turtle in Kung-Fu Panda once said, One's destiny is often met on the road taken to avoid it.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 03, 2023 10:48 PM (/11g9)

105 Ah. Sorry to say I have some experience with this (not myself), and didn't bail the person out. On one occasion he got sent to the hospital from jail, snuck out and tried to walk home, cops found him halfway home and picked him back up.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:43 PM (aBJcM)

Drunks can be persistent, and reason is the second thing that is impaired, after fear.

Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 10:49 PM (8I4hW)

106 they found a mysterious White Spot on Neptune
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Is that racism, or climate change? Where's my secret decoder ring.....

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:49 PM (DgGvY)

107 There's never any season to wear white.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 03, 2023 10:50 PM (KAi1n)

108 My give a fuck meter can’t be broken since I have never had one, especially in regards to unions in Hollywood.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 03, 2023 10:50 PM (lE1L7)

109 What do you use instead of Labor Day to mark the end of wearing white season?
Posted by: Tonypete
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I solve this by wearing black all the time.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 10:51 PM (aBJcM)

110 2) Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

*takes notes*

Posted by: US military at September 03, 2023 10:51 PM (VqBfa)

111 Oddly enough, by mentioning [stuff], you ensure the web crawlers and AI puts up more ads regarding [stuff].
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Remember sciatica girl!!

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 10:51 PM (DgGvY)

112 they found a mysterious White Spot on Neptune

Did someone mention me?

Posted by: G at September 03, 2023 10:51 PM (Nw0dN)

113 Oddly enough, by mentioning toenail fungus and other foot related maladies, you ensure the web crawlers and AI puts up more ads regarding toenail fungus and foot maladies.

I've been wondering a lot about reverse mortgages and extended warranties.

If only there was someone out there willing to explain them to me.

Posted by: Agent of Chaos! at September 03, 2023 10:52 PM (2tUFv)

114 SFGoth

What states are you licensed in?

Posted by: I Mean at September 03, 2023 10:52 PM (LVd49)

115 89:also, Modelo's is really good.

(Sips Yuengling)

I'd be drinking Iron City Light, if available. It's not in NoVA.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 03, 2023 10:55 PM (sAmhv)

116 Speaking of Insomniac, I haven’t seen him around in a while. Does anyone know how he’s doing?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 03, 2023 10:55 PM (mNmNo)

117 Timothy Snyder and Anne Apllebaum are Ukraine warmongers. I troll them on Twitter, which earns me account flags and special “captcha” visual tests to determine whether or not I’m a bot.

Posted by: 13times at September 03, 2023 10:55 PM (+Pqmf)

118 The only way I would attend that Caribbean Festival is in an Abrams tank.

Posted by: Social Anxiety at September 03, 2023 10:55 PM (83IzV)

119 Just a great, heart-warming picture up top. Thanks to ... who?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 03, 2023 10:56 PM (Nw0dN)

120 I'm pretty sure our own military is enlisting lepers now.

Posted by: Harry Hansen at September 03, 2023 10:57 PM (83IzV)

121 3) The establishment Financial Times ran an article entitled: "Ukraine cannot win against Russia now, but victory by 2025 is possible".

How did Lil Z put it? Something like, "American boys are going to have to die to save Ukrainian Democracy".

So...the Steal '24 and after Biden gets 100M votes the FNM will argue there is a mandate for war and a draft?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:58 PM (lc5cP)

122 Evening.
====================
Speaking of Insomniac, I haven’t seen him around in a while. Does anyone know how he’s doing?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 03, 2023 10:55 PM (mNmNo)

He drops a comment from time to time so we can safely say he still inhabits this particular level of existence.

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 10:58 PM (Mapm9)

123 Quint: Modelo is now the most sold beer in America. Yeah it is ok, and also the extreme immigration.

I pretty much only drink beer now at, like, with a Mexican meal. I was glad not to have to give up my Negra Modelo because of Bud Melvany.

According to the Mex restaurant menu, Negra Modelo has a slightly higher alc content, too. Whoop. Hic.

Posted by: mindful webworker - uno mas cerveza, por favor, gar�on at September 03, 2023 10:58 PM (VqBfa)

124 Timothy Snyder and Anne Applebaum are Ukraine warmongers.

That they are.

Snyder is big on arguing that Stalin was as bad as Hitler, and that the Soviet Union was as bad as Nazi Germany.

One can think that Stalin was a loathsome mass murderer, and still think that Hitler was in a class by himself when it comes to awfulness.

Posted by: Agent of Chaos! at September 03, 2023 10:58 PM (2tUFv)

125 Oddly enough, by mentioning toenail fungus and other foot related maladies, you ensure the web crawlers and AI puts up more ads regarding toenail fungus and foot maladies.

So you are saying we should talk more about finding the right bra?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:59 PM (lc5cP)

126 113 If only there was someone out there willing to explain them to me.

'All you need is this one trick....'

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 03, 2023 10:59 PM (dUjTv)

127 But at one point, I realized life is more fun in reality than behind a screen.

What kind of bullshit is this?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 03, 2023 10:59 PM (Bd6X8)

128 I feel so broke up...I wanna go home.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 03, 2023 10:59 PM (V8he0)

129 The only college students more 'tarded than journalism majors are the education majors.

Posted by: Gender studies is probably down there somewhere at September 03, 2023 11:01 PM (fhX0j)

130 "Yes InBev owns Modelo sales outside of the USA. But the biggest market is the USA and that is owned by Constellation Brands, an American company."

Constellation Brands also markets Corona and ? a couple other products.

If Ace wants less toenail ads and more premium stuff, he needs to improve his social credit score. But then he'd have to change his Mencken quote ... change his beliefs, and find a new crowd of Wokesters ... but still ... fewer gross toenail ads.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 03, 2023 11:01 PM (Cus5s)

131 128 I feel so broke up...I wanna go home.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 03, 2023 10:59 PM (V8he0)

Get on.

Posted by: Sloop John B at September 03, 2023 11:02 PM (fhX0j)

132 Bill Richardson was a greedy grifter.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 03, 2023 11:02 PM (ztQ7U)

133 So you are saying we should talk more about finding the right bra?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:59 PM (lc5cP)

Frilly lacey ones with a little pink bow?

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:02 PM (Mapm9)

134 Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.
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Weren't they already 'recruiting' trannies?

Posted by: Methos at September 03, 2023 11:03 PM (Dnobf)

135
I talked to one stranger a day for 100 days. 42 told me to piss off, 19 hit me and I'm now a defendant in 32 sexual harassment suits.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2023 11:04 PM (MoZTd)

136 132 Bill Richardson was a greedy grifter.
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 03, 2023 11:02 PM (ztQ7U)

Has there ever been an altruistic grifter?

Posted by: Seems baked in the cake at September 03, 2023 11:04 PM (fhX0j)

137 "Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases."

they can send them right to the front with little training ... and the HIV/TB/etc. problems will be "cured" quickly.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 03, 2023 11:05 PM (Cus5s)

138 Weren't they already 'recruiting' trannies?

Worse, they weren't letting trannies leave Ukraine, but treated them like all the other males 18-60, who also aren't allowed to leave Ukraine.

That must be a violation of the Geneva Convention or something.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 11:05 PM (2tUFv)

139 135
I talked to one stranger a day for 100 days. 42 told me to piss off, 19 hit me and I'm now a defendant in 32 sexual harassment suits.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2023 11:04 PM (MoZTd)

And the remaining seven?

Posted by: Rest of story plz! at September 03, 2023 11:06 PM (fhX0j)

140 Talk to strangers? Proof of insanity.

Only crazy people talk to strangers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

141 Only crazy people talk to strangers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We are all On the Spectrum

Posted by: Morons at September 03, 2023 11:07 PM (WVRZF)

142 130 Illiniwek

He will also need to declare his/whatever pronouns 🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 03, 2023 11:07 PM (dUjTv)

143 I talked to one stranger a day for 100 days. 42 told me to piss off, 19 hit me and I'm now a defendant in 32 sexual harassment suits.

First: HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME?

Later: Why can't I find a man that will treat me better then my cats?

Posted by: Cat ladies in training at September 03, 2023 11:08 PM (lc5cP)

144 It's that awkward time of the evening where it's too late to start doing anything substantial, but too early to just go to bed.

Posted by: PabloD at September 03, 2023 11:08 PM (uc0d+)

145 they can send them right to the front with little training ... and the HIV/TB/etc. problems will be "cured" quickly.

Same thing Wagner did with prisoners.

There are complaints in Russia that some of the ex-Wagnerite prisoners are reoffending after doing their six month term in Ukraine and getting their pardon. This ignores the fact that most of the former Wagner ex-convicts are dead.

Very efficient from a public order perspective.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 11:09 PM (2tUFv)

146 "will back your boat for beer" ...
ha ... "move the bottom of the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go" ... has worked well for me.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 03, 2023 11:10 PM (Cus5s)

147 >>>Has there ever been an altruistic grifter?

Posted by: Seems baked in the cake

>Barack Obama? He'll gladly give up his squeak-hole to any and all comers in exchange for a gratuity above 12%.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 03, 2023 11:10 PM (KVGVf)

148 I talked to one stranger a day for 100 days. 42 told me to piss off, 19 hit me and I'm now a defendant in 32 sexual harassment suits.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 03, 2023 11:04 PM (MoZTd)

And the remaining seven?
Posted by: Rest of story plz! at September 03, 2023 11:06 PM (fhX0j)

A gentleman never tells.

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:10 PM (Mapm9)

149
>Barack Obama? He'll gladly give up his squeak-hole to any and all comers in exchange for a gratuity above 12%.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 03, 2023 11:10 PM (KVGVf)

That's not altruism it's just whoring on the cheap.

Posted by: Crack and crack, two of his favorite things at September 03, 2023 11:11 PM (fhX0j)

150 Barack Obama? He'll gladly give up his squeak-hole to any and all comers in exchange for a gratuity above 12%.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

Parties of 12 or more will be charged a 20% gratuity.

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at September 03, 2023 11:12 PM (WVRZF)

151 And the remaining seven?
Posted by: Rest of story plz! at September 03, 2023 11:06 PM (fhX0j)

A gentleman never tells.
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:10 PM (Mapm9)

Yeah but I'm asking Hadrian...

Posted by: Is joke. Little humor. at September 03, 2023 11:12 PM (fhX0j)

152 Just The News: Giant Grift: Biden administration has only recovered a few of the $280 billion in stolen COVID aid

http://tinyurl.com/ycycmaey

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:12 PM (Mapm9)

153 I talked to one stranger a day for 100 days. 42 told me to piss off, 19 hit me and I'm now a defendant in 32 sexual harassment suits.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And the remaining seven?
Posted by: Rest of story plz!

You'll have to subscribe for those.

Posted by: mikeski at September 03, 2023 11:13 PM (DgGvY)

154 The only college students more 'tarded than journalism majors are the education majors.
Posted by: Gender studies

My wife rates this comment as:

True [X]
Not True [ ]

She taught graduate level courses in El Ed at THE major midwestern university. She left after being raked over the coals by her Department Head for not giving everyone "A's". Even when the 'student' didn't complete any of the required work or even show up for any classes.

Buh Bye.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 11:13 PM (oZhq1)

155 Just The News: Michigan police memos raised concern about possible nationwide voter registration fraud scheme

http://tinyurl.com/2c6dub68

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:14 PM (Mapm9)

156 Even when the 'student' didn't complete any of the required work or even show up for any classes.

Problem being?

Posted by: Dr. DOCTOR Jill at September 03, 2023 11:14 PM (WVRZF)

157 84 Some Ukraine news today -

1) The Ukrainian Minster of Defense was fired.

2) Ukraine announced that they were lowering their medical standards for draftees, so they will now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

3) The establishment Financial Times ran an article entitled: "Ukraine cannot win against Russia now, but victory by 2025 is possible".

Timothy Garton Ash, one of the leading neo-cons who explains what a great "investment" the Ukraine War is for the United States, praised the Financial Times article.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 10:40 PM (2tUFv)

If Joe is the Dem candidate in 2024, it will be interesting to see how he declares the Ukrainians are victorious then personally takes credit for the victory of a continued stalemate in Ukrainian territory. Interesting and sickening.

Posted by: GL at September 03, 2023 11:14 PM (5fDan)

158 Snyder is big on arguing that Stalin was as bad as Hitler, and that the Soviet Union was as bad as Nazi Germany.

One can think that Stalin was a loathsome mass murderer, and still think that Hitler was in a class by himself when it comes to awfulness.
Posted by: Agent of Chaos! at September 03, 2023 10:58 PM (2tUFv)

I actually think that's a good comparison. It doesn't lesson Hitler's Evil to say that Stalin was just as great a mass murderer as Hitler was; possibly even worse.

Hitler saw nothing wrong with killing people he didn't know, but Stalin enjoyed killing the people that he did know the most. Trying to say who was worse, Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union, is like comparing Jeffrey Dahmer to Ted Bundy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:15 PM (S6gqv)

159
There are complaints in Russia that some of the ex-Wagnerite prisoners are reoffending after doing their six month term in Ukraine and getting their pardon. This ignores the fact that most of the former Wagner ex-convicts are dead.

In the Winter War the Soviets liquidated many of their political prisoners - sending them with little training or support against entrenched Finns in the winter. The survival rates in these penal units was very very low.

I suspect these penal battalions fared better but who knows.

Honestly future books from Russian/Uke soldiers on their experiences should be interesting.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (lc5cP)

160 I don't even see one new person a day, usually not even one a week. But then I'm mostly hermitized, which is (mostly) nice.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (Cus5s)

161 I will smile at strangers and wave a pleasant hello.
But, if that goes sideways I will be prepared to kill each one.
It's better that way.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (MeG8a)

162 Other morons who grew up in ny might corroborate it's a city thing but I was very specifically taught as a kid that it was rude to address strangers, and any strangers who might address you were to be avoided.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (RIvkX)

163 Only crazy people talk to strangers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

See me at #6. I didn't claim otherwise. LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (oZhq1)

164 152 Just The News: Giant Grift: Biden administration has only recovered a few of the $280 billion in stolen COVID aid

http://tinyurl.com/ycycmaey
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:12 PM (Mapm9)

Well yeah since $260 billion of that went to the Democrat Party and their friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (S6gqv)

165 I will smile at strangers and wave a pleasant hello.
But, if that goes sideways I will be prepared to kill each one.
It's better that way.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Indeed

Posted by: Miss Manners meets Mad Dog Mattis at September 03, 2023 11:17 PM (WVRZF)

166 162 Other morons who grew up in ny might corroborate it's a city thing but I was very specifically taught as a kid that it was rude to address strangers, and any strangers who might address you were to be avoided.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (RIvkX)

I remember being taught about Mr. Stranger Danger. Kinda warped my thinking at an early age.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:17 PM (S6gqv)

167 Problem being?

It's evident that no one actually read "Dr" Jill's dissertation paper (they didn't dare call it a thesis), given the elementary errors in it.

She was the wife of the most powerful man in Delaware, and none of the professors at the University of Delaware were going to risk their jobs by doing anything other than rubber-stamping her "work".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 11:18 PM (2tUFv)

168 Only crazy people talk to strangers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Now you tell us

Posted by: many hair-sniffed girls invited to the White House at September 03, 2023 11:19 PM (WVRZF)

169 First: HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME?

Later: Why can't I find a man that will treat me better then my cats?
Posted by: Cat ladies in training

Obligatory -

"My pussy is always treated well!"

Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at September 03, 2023 11:19 PM (oZhq1)

170 The dude from smashmouth has drunk himself into the grave.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 03, 2023 11:19 PM (F/JOv)

171 See me at #6. I didn't claim otherwise. LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (oZhq1)
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LOL I probably would have called the cops.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:21 PM (RIvkX)

172 166 162 Other morons who grew up in ny might corroborate it's a city thing but I was very specifically taught as a kid that it was rude to address strangers, and any strangers who might address you were to be avoided.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:16 PM (RIvkX)

I remember being taught about Mr. Stranger Danger. Kinda warped my thinking at an early age.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:17 PM (S6gqv)

I remember it well. Never mind that, while utterly horrible, the statistical likelihood of someone in a stereotypical kidnap van snatching your kid off the street is something like getting hit by a meteor. Kidnapping and sexual abuse are overwhelmingly perpetrated by people known to the child. Yet we got brainwashed to believe sex offenders were behind every rock and tree, and we were just one step away at all times from getting Adam Walshed. It was pretty fucked up.

Posted by: Lot of stupid shit in the 80s at September 03, 2023 11:21 PM (fhX0j)

173 Trying to say who was worse, Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union, is like comparing Jeffrey Dahmer to Ted Bundy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:15 PM (S6gqv)

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Ed Gein at September 03, 2023 11:22 PM (Mapm9)

174 In the Winter War the Soviets liquidated many of their political prisoners - sending them with little training or support against entrenched Finns in the winter. The survival rates in these penal units was very very low.

The USSR maintained many "strafbats" (punishment battalions) throughout the Second World War, and used them to attack through minefields and such.

The only innovation in the Ukraine War was to privatize the strafbats.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 03, 2023 11:22 PM (2tUFv)

175 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

176 Posted by: Lot of stupid shit in the 80s at September 03, 2023 11:21 PM (fhX0j)
===
My mother yelled at me that I wore shorts on the subway. "Ma. It's July. It's 95 degrees."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

177 175 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

The Evil Midnight Cougher What Coughs at Midnight

Posted by: I'm making gravy without the lumps! at September 03, 2023 11:25 PM (fhX0j)

178 Yeah, um, before the Leinies or after?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 03, 2023 11:26 PM (LOVUx)

179 Here in the People's Republic,
talking to strangers falls under the aegis of:
No good deed goes unpunished, so we
avoid that kind of thing.

But in a small Mid American town,
with that strong Groundhog Day vibe going,
I can see where it would be a pleasant thing...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 11:26 PM (TGPs7)

180 The dude from smashmouth has drunk himself into the grave.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 03, 2023 11:19 PM (F/JOv)

All Star is one of the shittiest songs ever recorded. I hope he Satan sticks him in a pit with that shit on repeat for eternity.

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:26 PM (Mapm9)

181 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

I dunno. Might be a blackout drunk coed that's not likely to remember anything that's done to her in the morning.

Fortune favors the brave.

Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:29 PM (Mapm9)

182 Drinking yourself into the grave is a longstanding and least respected means into exiting this world.
It's so easy even you can do it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 03, 2023 11:30 PM (MeG8a)

183 Fortune favors the brave.
Posted by: Robert at September 03, 2023 11:29 PM (Mapm9)

And leaves you with antibiotic resistant VD.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 03, 2023 11:30 PM (LOVUx)

184 On the flip side, if you don't want to speak with strangers just talk to yourself.

Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 11:31 PM (8I4hW)

185 184 On the flip side, if you don't want to speak with strangers just talk to yourself.
Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 11:31 PM (8I4hW)

There's nothing wrong with talking to yourself. Nothing even wrong with arguing with yourself.

Losing the argument, now that's a problem.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:32 PM (S6gqv)

186 Dang! I missed last night’s Music Thread, so I posted the following today in an earlier thread. Hope Misanthropic Humanitarian and San Franpsycho will approve of the following… I wanted to announce that two other ex 70s college radio DJs and I are helping to create Frisco Roadhouse - https://live365.com/station/Frisco-Roadhouse-a98590 - a free to listen (but w/ for now limited commercial breaks) internet radio station, devoted to classic and deep cut tracks reminiscent of the very best of 70s AOR and college radio, plus interviews of up and coming rock oriented artists, both local & national. We are now transmitting an ever expanding galaxy of tracks on autoplay for your aural pleasure - with programming soon to come of shows re the very best musical genres, both old and selectively new … imagine the 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond, in the spirit of Laurel Canyon, CBGBs, Whiskey a Go Go, Austin City Limits, Royal Albert Hall, the Cavern Club. Frisco Roadhouse will showcase the best from the Classic Artists, known and unknown, along with the local up and comers. Interviews of the players that rocked back in the day along with talking to the new young guns who are keeping the flame alive.

Posted by: blackstone at September 03, 2023 11:32 PM (GJ73w)

187 175 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

Probably just a mountain lion.

Posted by: javems at September 03, 2023 11:33 PM (8I4hW)

188 Worse thing that shows up in our yard is a tomcat who looks about 30 lbs we have named "El Gato"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:34 PM (RIvkX)

189 Constellation Brands is a very interesting company. I invested in them for eight years or so ago but that was over years ago. I have no problem investments with STZ.
It was while investing with the company that I learned about Modelo and corona. They also invested in really cheap American wines, but the interesting part was they made a turn off these cheap wines.

As Hordians know, I never give stock tips. But this company was an extreme winner for me. The thing these guys have above anyone else is they own corona and Modelo. They also invested a ton in marijuana which I think was a huge mistake. We will see. I don’t invest in them now but 10 years ago these guys were the best I ever chose.

Posted by: Quint at September 03, 2023 11:36 PM (qTXSg)

190 175 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Oops. Sorry.

Posted by: Beowulf at September 03, 2023 11:36 PM (sAmhv)

191 Oops. Sorry.
Posted by: Beowulf

Gonna be sorry, bitchass

Posted by: Grendel's Mom at September 03, 2023 11:38 PM (WVRZF)

192 Oops. Sorry.
Posted by: Beowulf
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Here, have a Ricola.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 03, 2023 11:38 PM (aBJcM)

193 Oops. Sorry.
Posted by: Beowulf at September 03, 2023 11:36 PM (sAmhv)

Give me back my arm, motherfucker!

Posted by: Grendel at September 03, 2023 11:38 PM (Mapm9)

194 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all (3 little boys on Wednesday)

There's another more extensive photo update #164 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
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Posted by: Tucking dollars in your belt is a waist of money at September 03, 2023 11:39 PM (qfLjt)

195 *runs around in a circle with hair on fire*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 03, 2023 11:40 PM (RIvkX)

196 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Big cats have a 'cough' noise, good plan staying inside.
In the morning look for pug marks...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 03, 2023 11:40 PM (r5jGJ)

197 *runs around in a circle with hair on fire*
Posted by: San Franpsycho

This is fine

*sips coffee*

Posted by: unconcerned canine at September 03, 2023 11:41 PM (WVRZF)

198 177 175 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

Could be a Puckwudgie (correctly pronounced in Eastern Algonqian as POOK-a-wooojie), a small 3.5-foot tall hairy biped with trickster intentions.

There was one encountered in Raynham, MA a few years back (via Proquest/Boston Globe):

It was a late-night walk in a Raynham neighborhood silent and still, lost in sleep.

Suddenly, William Russo's dog, Samantha, began to shake and quiver -- as he describes it, "rattlin' like an old Chevy."

Russo looked around, listened, and finally heard what was terrifying her.

"Eh wan chu. Eh wan chu. Keahr. Keahr."

A sort of high-pitched wail.

And then he saw it.

Illuminated in the circle of a street light was a creature unlike any he'd ever seen: 3 to 4 feet tall, potbellied, big-eyed, covered in hair, unclothed...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 11:42 PM (TGPs7)

199 -
I got my first STD at Burning Man..
-

Burning Man WAS the first STD.

Posted by: Adam after he "knew" Eve. at September 03, 2023 11:42 PM (qGRaq)

200 Watch out for these gloom sayer, concern trolls. They will lie and say Modelo gaining doesn’t hurt because they are the same company. The reality is those guys ate wrong. Some, are leftist agitators, others are well meaning but they got duped.

Posted by: Quint at September 03, 2023 11:43 PM (qTXSg)

201 Illuminated in the circle of a street light was a creature unlike any he'd ever seen: 3 to 4 feet tall, potbellied, big-eyed, covered in hair, unclothed...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 11:42 PM (TGPs7)

Did he call himself Raimondo?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:44 PM (S6gqv)

202 Illuminated in the circle of a street light was a creature unlike any he'd ever seen: 3 to 4 feet tall, potbellied, big-eyed, covered in hair, unclothed...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2023 11:42 PM (TGPs7)

I was having a bad night, OKAY?!?

Posted by: Peter Dinklage at September 03, 2023 11:44 PM (Mapm9)

203 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

Piss poor air quality. Sorry/

Posted by: Yogi Bear at September 03, 2023 11:44 PM (4I/2K)

204 175 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

Get your AR-15 and do recon by fire across the backyard.

Posted by: GL at September 03, 2023 11:45 PM (5fDan)

205 Someone mentioned The Beths in the music thread yesterday and now I'm obsessed with them.

The are a band out of New Zealand.

They sound like a mid-90's band.

They've put out three albums and I just ordered them.

Should get them in a couple of days.

Going to build a listening room in the new house.

What better way to start it with some new vinyl.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 03, 2023 11:46 PM (XV/Pl)

206 Chupracabra.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2023 11:46 PM (twi0e)

207 In the "You can take the boy out of Oklahoma, but you can't take the Oklahoma out of the boy" Dept.:

Born & raised friendly in Oklahoma. In the course of things, MiladyJo and I moved to her home city of Chicago for many winters. And lived to tell tales.

One day her brother and I were taking a walk around our long block. He noted that I would say hi to people as we passed. I was amused that it was notable. (He was so Chicago that he got tear-gassed in the '68 Dem convention.)

Walking to the store one day, I was passing a little old grammama with her cart, bundled up, looking steadily downward. At a safe distance across the wide sidewalk, I said some kind of hello. She glanced up to check me out and quickly eyes down again. Having processed that I was not a threat, she looked back up and gave me the nicest smile. I treasure that smile.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at September 03, 2023 11:49 PM (VqBfa)

208 Miss. Hum just couldn't resist a picture which included a beer from his AO.

Ah, how well I remember the days when I eagerly awaited for Leinie's Bock to hit the shelves.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at September 03, 2023 11:50 PM (2YtOq)

209 Get your AR-15 and do recon by fire across the backyard.
Posted by: GL at September 03, 2023 11:45 PM (5fDan)

I want the minigun from Predator.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:51 PM (S6gqv)

210 >the statistical likelihood of someone in a stereotypical kidnap van snatching your kid off the street is something like getting hit by a meteor.
Posted by: Lot of stupid shit in the 80s at September 03, 2023 11:21 PM (fhX0j)

It was either that, or quicksand. Or maybe your clothes catching on fire. Stop, drop, and roll!

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at September 03, 2023 11:53 PM (6YH05)

211 Today I learned that Minneapolis Park Police won't fine or arrest you for public intoxication and disorderly conduct when you've been drinking mouthwash, but they will provide an ambulance if requested. No word yet on how they handle vanilla extract overindulgence.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 03, 2023 10:44 PM (k1Qly)

I once had to follow a police report on a young woman who was taken to the hospital claiming that she had tried to commit suicide by drinking vanilla extract. While left unattended in the room in the ER for a minute by staff, she attempted to suffocate herself with the bin liner from the trash can by her bed.
I was not sure if I should pity her for her obvious misery in life, or feel sorry for her lack of imagination.

I didn't like that job, I felt I was not suited for it. I was not gifted with a heart of stone.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 03, 2023 11:53 PM (xhaym)

212 202 Illuminated in the circle of a street light was a creature unlike any he'd ever seen: 3 to 4 feet tall, potbellied, big-eyed, covered in hair, unclothed...
Posted by: Mister Ghost

I was having a bad night, OKAY?!?
Posted by: Peter Dinklage

My LOL of the night. Thanks.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 03, 2023 11:53 PM (SBN29)

213 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

Sorry sir, I can't help stalking you. I'm very attracted to older, distinguished men.

Posted by: Demi Rose, underdressed and shivering at September 03, 2023 11:53 PM (4I/2K)

214 Riunite on ice. That's nice.

Posted by: Rum Dum at September 03, 2023 11:53 PM (83IzV)

215 the statistical likelihood of someone in a stereotypical kidnap van snatching your kid off the street is something like getting hit by a meteor.
Posted by: Lot of stupid

You don't know Ol' Joe, fat!

Posted by: Unindicted Preznit at September 03, 2023 11:55 PM (WVRZF)

216 206 Chupracabra.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 03, 2023 11:46 PM (twi0e)

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Big Larynx

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 03, 2023 11:55 PM (bQKgA)

217 Riunite on ice. That's nice.
Posted by: Rum Dum

pfft

Posted by: Boone's Farm at September 03, 2023 11:55 PM (WVRZF)

218 Riunite on ice. That's nice.
Posted by: Rum Dum

pfft

Posted by: Boone's Farm at September 03, 2023 11:55 PM (WVRZF)

pfft

Posted by: TJ Swan at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (4I/2K)

219 And there is no longer a Wall of Shame.

Because comment shaming is BAD

Posted by: Obese trans-commenter at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (WVRZF)

220 He saved our lives": Iowa man cleared of charges after shooting man armed with knife

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I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (bgJ0E)

221 I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank

Kiwis with Cojones

Posted by: Miklosian Opinionations LLC at September 04, 2023 12:02 AM (WVRZF)

222 Tragically for the rock world, internal frictions caused Puckwudgie to break up just before their debut world tour opening for X-Japan. Long ago.
😖

Posted by: mindful webworker - rolling stoned at September 04, 2023 12:03 AM (VqBfa)

223 I had to laugh in the Book Thread when they talked about a “Roddenberry” as a unit of measurement related to social relevance. Since 2016 I’ve used “Hillary’s” as a unit of measurement related to schadenfreude, e.g., “CNN’s plummeting ratings are producing 9 Hillarys of schadenfreude.”

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at September 04, 2023 12:03 AM (H9VVh)

224 Just so you Horde all know the original "LABOR DAY" was fomented in NYC back in 1882...by the unions already thick with commies and socialists as a way of paying homage to the workers. The unions actually wanted this holiday on May 5th, AKA "May Day" but the gov't saw the obvious connection to the Commie Revolution and did so nix that BS in the bud.

So ya see...Commies have been gouging into the Republic's soil/soul for quite a time.

And they think they are on the cusp of victory now...

OH yes...they do.

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 04, 2023 12:05 AM (UsQA1)

225 In other music news, James Hatfield has come down with COVID and has canceled shows until he recovers and the lead singer of Smash Mouth has entered hospice care with liver failure and apparently only has a couple days left before he joins the choir invisible.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2023 12:06 AM (XV/Pl)

226 1964, live TV show (Ready, Steady, Go!) from Swinging London, with the Queen of Sixties British Pop.

http://tinyurl.com/4xeddcn6

A loooong forgotten era, even in England.

Posted by: GL at September 04, 2023 12:06 AM (5fDan)

227 Big cats have a 'cough' noise, good plan staying inside.
In the morning look for pug marks...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 03, 2023 11:40 PM (r5jGJ)

Cougars aren't technically big cats, and they yowl. Pigs will cough and so will bears.
Throw some apples at it, They generally dislike that.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 04, 2023 12:07 AM (xhaym)

228 I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (bgJ0E)

maybe he just wanted to be friendly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 04, 2023 12:07 AM (S6gqv)

229 I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank

Kiwis with Cojones
Posted by: Miklosian Opinionations LLC

No - you will find that if you are ever in a hand-to-hand fight at night and you happen to be naked, the cojones want to do the natural thing and hide inside the body cavity. No cojones to get hurt.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 04, 2023 12:07 AM (bgJ0E)

230 the statistical likelihood of someone in a stereotypical kidnap van snatching your kid off the street is something like getting hit by a meteor.
Posted by: Lot of stupid

Bullshit.
Not 200 meters from me is a squatter's fifth wheel parked right next to a city park where kids go every day. His comment, I can live here as long as I want.
Police comment, We are working on it.
Fuck.
This is not going to end well.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:10 AM (hv9bm)

231 No - you will find that if you are ever in a hand-to-hand fight at night and you happen to be naked, the cojones want to do the natural thing and hide inside the body cavity. No cojones to get hurt.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 04, 2023 12:07 AM (bgJ0E)

Thanks to me!

Posted by: Inguinal Canal at September 04, 2023 12:11 AM (4I/2K)

232 228 I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (bgJ0E)

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Might have just been a misguided amateur sumo wrestler. Was he fat?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2023 12:12 AM (bQKgA)

233 Great music behind the pic!
BTO!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:12 AM (hv9bm)

234 219

So I take you then to...Hhmm, no, not worth it...

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 04, 2023 12:12 AM (UsQA1)

235 Vans ain't cheap anymore.

Starting price of a basic white murder van is 35k.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2023 12:13 AM (XV/Pl)

236 I had to laugh in the Book Thread when they talked about a “Roddenberry” as a unit of measurement related to social relevance. Since 2016 I’ve used “Hillary’s” as a unit of measurement related to schadenfreude, e.g., “CNN’s plummeting ratings are producing 9 Hillarys of schadenfreude.”

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at September 04, 2023 12:03 AM (H9VVh)

Well, everything I posted about him was true.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 04, 2023 12:15 AM (Angsy)

237 Starting price of a basic white murder van is 35k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2023 12:13 AM (XV/Pl)

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And then there's the cost of filling it with cheese sandwiches.

Posted by: Zombie Norm McDonald at September 04, 2023 12:15 AM (bQKgA)

238 Thanks to me!
Posted by: Inguinal Canal

So...one day? Maybe?

Posted by: soyboy waiting for balls to drop at September 04, 2023 12:15 AM (WVRZF)

239 I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (bgJ0E)

Nude. Dressed.
It don't matter.
Invade my house and it's game over. They will never find the body.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:18 AM (hv9bm)

240 If I every have to fight naked...it is only because they are between me and my last glass of wine out on the deck...They better come up shooting or I will carve their neck with a 7 inch K-BAR.

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 04, 2023 12:18 AM (UsQA1)

241 Might have just been a misguided amateur sumo wrestler. Was he fat?
Posted by: Cicero

Ohh he was misguided aright. Found out later he was out on parole that very day and tried a home invasion. He chose........poorly.
When the cops showed up to take him away he had to be carried. Silly sod. Not fat, had 5 or 6 inches in height on me. Ceramic lids from toilet cisterns are effective hitting devices.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 04, 2023 12:19 AM (bgJ0E)

242 Starting price of a basic white murder van is 35k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

White mofo stoopid.

Posted by: John Mohammed, toolin' in a Chevy Caprice at September 04, 2023 12:19 AM (WVRZF)

243 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

If you had pre-registered your backyard for the 81s, you wouldn't be bothering us with your concerns.

Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 12:24 AM (rj6Yv)

244 Something's in my back yard tonight, and it's very dark. I just stepped out on the porch and something coughed out in the blackness. But it wasn't like a man's cough, maybe more like a raccoon - or Gollum. I think I'll stay in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:23 PM (S6gqv)

If you had pre-registered your backyard for the 81s, you wouldn't be bothering us with your concerns.
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 12:24 AM (rj6Yv)
***

Sheesh!
Who among us hasn't had a mad minute in the back yard every year or so???

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:25 AM (hv9bm)

245 MEANWHILE...

Out on the Black Rock Playa.....wimper...wimper...wimper

Burning Man is MUD!!!! SAVE US!!!

Sorry you drugies...you paid the entrance price sorry about no BURNING.

Probably will get some serious cases of Dysentery for sure next few days.

Though from an Epidemiological concern...may have some serious worse outcomes.

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 04, 2023 12:26 AM (UsQA1)

246 235 Vans ain't cheap anymore.

Starting price of a basic white murder van is 35k.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2023 12:13 AM (XV/Pl)

How much for the ones with howling wolves or witches on the sides.

Posted by: javems at September 04, 2023 12:29 AM (8I4hW)

247 Probably should be on the Pet Thread, but it should be said anyway: Retrievers of any kind are wonderful dogs, and when you meet them, they make you feel like the best person ever.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 04, 2023 12:30 AM (CHHv1)

248 Sheesh!
Who among us hasn't had a mad minute in the back yard every year or so???
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:25 AM (hv9bm)

"'Possums in the wire! 'Possums in the wire!"

Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 12:32 AM (rj6Yv)

249 I mean...

70,000 people doing drugs and not poohing in the Porta-Potties surrounded in a primordial Petri Dish of PLAYA MUD which they will pooh in and have sex in... and do drugs in...

HELL yes...lock them in...Epic HAZMAT INCIDENT about to be BORN!!! The CHI-COMS could not have planned this better...or...wait.

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 04, 2023 12:33 AM (UsQA1)

250 Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at September 04, 2023 12:03 AM (H9VVh)

*glares angrily*

Posted by: Thanos, back yet again because Death won't have me at September 04, 2023 12:33 AM (Dnobf)

251 Sheesh!
Who among us hasn't had a mad minute in the back yard every year or so???

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:25 AM (hv9bm)

Well there was this one time, but I didn't beat the snot out of her. Won't say what she did. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: javems at September 04, 2023 12:35 AM (8I4hW)

252 Tiny houses?

Capsule hotel room has entered chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:36 AM (snDNl)

253 -
I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM-
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Did he give your pajamas back?

Posted by: crossing the memes at September 04, 2023 12:36 AM (qGRaq)

254 All Star is one of the shittiest songs ever recorded. I hope he Satan sticks him in a pit with that shit on repeat for eternity.
Posted by: Robert

I like Walking on the Sun, though …

So time off for coffee breaks and good behavior.

Posted by: Adriane the Eclectic Music Critic . . . at September 04, 2023 12:40 AM (4Winp)

255 Well time to go while the bottle is still half full. Remind me to never try and sneak up on New Zealand Frank, whether clothed or otherwise.

Posted by: javems at September 04, 2023 12:42 AM (8I4hW)

256 A (Rhetorical) Question for Mitch McConnell:
So, you've spent decades gaining power, and amassing so much wealth that you'd never be able to spend it all, while making the people of this country miserable in the process, and what will it get you in the end?

Maybe that the goodbyes people offer up when you are gone will be sincere...?

Posted by: we expected better from you at September 04, 2023 12:43 AM (AUmWG)

257 "'Possums in the wire! 'Possums in the wire!"
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 12:32 AM (rj6Yv)

Let 'er rip!
Fire the FPF!
Broken Arrow!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:45 AM (hv9bm)

258 USAF getting rid the A-10. Some in 24 the rest in 29. Maybe our next president will save them.

Warthog shooting compilation
http://tinyurl.com/mrk65xvs

Posted by: Braenyard at September 04, 2023 12:45 AM (aDPLI)

259 SpaceX recovering a crew capsule off coast of Florida, now live …

Posted by: Adriane the Eclectic Music Critic . . . at September 04, 2023 12:48 AM (4Winp)

260 257 "'Possums in the wire! 'Possums in the wire!"
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 12:32 AM (rj6Yv)
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How did the A/C test go?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 04, 2023 12:48 AM (aDPLI)

261 George Stephanopoulos is a friggin' pussy.
Ive had soldiers with an 8th grade education with more intellect, and integrity than that asshole.
Fu*k him.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:50 AM (hv9bm)

262 I once beat the snot out of a man who invaded my house at night while I was in the nude.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at September 03, 2023 11:57 PM (bgJ0E)

Nude. Dressed.
It don't matter.
Invade my house and it's game over. They will never find the body.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:18 AM (hv9bm)

If they invaded your home so you'd be well within you legal rights to "game over" them. Hiding the body would be counterproductive. Instead, have it hung up the same way fisherman might hang a swordfish or a great white shark after a successful fishing trip. Gather everyone 'round for a picture.

Posted by: Peter Dinklage at September 04, 2023 12:55 AM (Mapm9)

263 George Stephanopoulos is a friggin' pussy.
Ive had soldiers with an 8th grade education with more intellect, and integrity than that asshole.
Fu*k him.
Posted by: Diogenes

To be fair, most 8th graders are also taller.

Posted by: Miklos so notes at September 04, 2023 12:55 AM (WVRZF)

264 George Stephanopoulos is a friggin' pussy.
Ive had soldiers with an 8th grade education with more intellect, and integrity than that asshole.
Fu*k him.
Posted by: Diogenes

He's another Greek homo.

Posted by: Rev. Al Sharpton at September 04, 2023 12:57 AM (4I/2K)

265
George Stephanopoulos is a friggin' pussy.

Posted by: Diogenes

++++++++++++

Is this in regards to anything in particular?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at September 04, 2023 01:00 AM (n7rxJ)

266 The damn commie traitors retired the Skyraider and the A-26, too! It's a plot, I tellz ya. That darn Air Force anyways.

There's a SPAD at Selfridge, and another at Willow Run.
We're saving those for Sundays. When the nation's in peril.

MAYBE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT CAN SAAAAAAVE THEM.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 04, 2023 01:03 AM (4PZHB)

267 The New York City Police Department announced plans to fly surveillance drones over the city this Labor Day weekend to monitor outdoor parties or barbecues

Sounds like there is a real need for falcons trained in taking drones down...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 01:03 AM (ynpvh)

268 Sounds like there is a real need for falcons trained in taking drones down...
Posted by: jim

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Posted by: Miklos so recalls that Yeats fellow at September 04, 2023 01:06 AM (WVRZF)

269 Genius Award Winner.

First look at his picture, I was thinking Meth.
Guess what? Had "pot and crystal meth in his system"

Just realized this: There is Meth in Something...Hmmm.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 01:06 AM (ynpvh)

270 After several months of investigation, police and prosecutors in Polk County, Iowa have concluded the same thing that eyewitnesses have been saying since May

Yeah, 4 months of being investigated for a good shooting is 4 months too many. Good think this was in Iowa; in Kali he'd be in trouble. So when is Newsome going away from armed guards? LOL, I kid myself.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 01:09 AM (ynpvh)

271 146 "will back your boat for beer" ...
ha ... "move the bottom of the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go" ... has worked well for me.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 03, 2023 11:10 PM (Cus5s)

I wonder how wise it is to employ this guy after more than a few customers have paid him for his services...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 01:11 AM (ynpvh)

272 http://tinyurl.com/yc3s89r3
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Pretty good one

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2023 01:13 AM (MOY79)

273 Mission specialist being helped from the Dragon capsule over to Medical bay.

Posted by: Adriane the Eclectic Music Critic . . . at September 04, 2023 01:13 AM (4Winp)

274 Been a long time since I had a Leinenkugel.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 04, 2023 01:14 AM (g3gMh)

275 Tweets from Bad Blue

Pretty good one
Posted by: Skip

NO READING TWEETS UNDER THE COVERS, YOUNG MAN!

Posted by: Frustrated Aunt Miklos at September 04, 2023 01:15 AM (WVRZF)

276 Sounds like there is a real need for falcons trained in taking drones down...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 01:03 AM (ynpvh)

Get a few gangbangers to pop some caps at it. Hitting 'shrooms a plus.

And besides, in the City it would best if it were a pigeon swarm. Maybe train the feathered rats that drones have food or something.

Posted by: RickZ at September 04, 2023 01:17 AM (emlEe)

277 Been a long time since I had a Leinenkugel.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

If you asked the bartender to set 'em up for you and all your buddies at the bar, would that be a Line-a-Kugels?

Posted by: Miklos asks, because nobody else will at September 04, 2023 01:18 AM (WVRZF)

278 Get your AR-15 and do recon by fire across the backyard.
Posted by: GL at September 03, 2023 11:45 PM (5fDan)

I want the minigun from Predator.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 03, 2023 11:51 PM (S6gqv)

Quad Bofors 40mm on a power mount.

Posted by: Fox2! at September 04, 2023 01:19 AM (bN16Q)

279 NO READING TWEETS UNDER THE COVERS, YOUNG MAN!

Posted by: Frustrated Aunt Miklos at September 04, 2023 01:15 AM (WVRZF)

How do you know that's what he's doing under the covers?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 04, 2023 01:20 AM (Angsy)

280 Only problem is you need a bunch of guys to keep humping the 4 round magazines up from the ready use locker, ,and then from the primary magazines deep in the ship.

Posted by: Fox2! at September 04, 2023 01:20 AM (bN16Q)

281 And besides, in the City it would best if it were a pigeon swarm. Maybe train the feathered rats that drones have food or something.
Posted by: RickZ

Pigeons v. Drones

We're on that one.

Pigeons with frikkin lasers, Dude!

Posted by: UbiMikloSoft at September 04, 2023 01:21 AM (WVRZF)

282 How do you know that's what he's doing under the covers?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Young boys do what young boys do.

And YOU STOP THAT NOW!

Posted by: Auntie Miklos Zeituni at September 04, 2023 01:23 AM (WVRZF)

283 The damn commie traitors retired the Skyraider and the A-26, too! It's a plot, I tellz ya. That darn Air Force anyways.

the NVAF ended up with most of the flyable A-1s in the world in 1975. F-5s, too.

Posted by: Fox2! at September 04, 2023 01:24 AM (bN16Q)

284 I have eaten nearly all the boiled peanuts, almost.

Almost

Posted by: Miklos has Hope at September 04, 2023 01:32 AM (WVRZF)

285 Well, getting on for midnight here, I am going to call it a night. Good Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 01:49 AM (v3Vl8)

286 Well, getting on for midnight here, I am going to call it a night. Good Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I feel a bit sorry for AOP.

I guess Happy Hour starts later there.

Posted by: 5 O'Clock Miklos at September 04, 2023 01:52 AM (WVRZF)

287 2AM shift change.

*clocks out* 🕑

Posted by: mindful webworker - bids you good night and a penny at September 04, 2023 01:58 AM (VqBfa)

288 Guess I'll leave a little sherbet for tomorrow
past bedtime anyway. Have a good night all.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 04, 2023 02:05 AM (aDPLI)

289 2AM shift change.

*clocks out* 🕑
Posted by: mindful webworker

Darleen don't get off till 3. Or about 3:15, to be precise.

Posted by: Miklos, Waffle House parking lot attendant at September 04, 2023 02:10 AM (WVRZF)

290 23 My job entails vanloads of strangers, every day.

Funny thing. On the way down to Galveston, they're all happy, excited, interested in the sights, histories and tips on restaurants and such.

After their cruise? Mostly sullen, quiet, withdrawn, often damn near penniless, and mostly just anxious to get back to the airport and onward towards their homes.
...
Jim

IANASailor, but, according to tales (some tall) from buddies who were former naval types, that sounds like a description of liberty at Subic Bay, Phillipines.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 04, 2023 02:18 AM (1Fq0C)

291
Wastin' away again in manischevitzville
Lookin' for my lost yamaka
Some people claim that there's a shicksa to blame
But i know, it's my own damn fault, ok ok, i won't do it again.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 04, 2023 02:25 AM (KAi1n)

292 Guaranteed way to "save" the Warthog -
Get a couple of congresscritters to submit a bill giving them to the Army.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 04, 2023 02:25 AM (1Fq0C)

293 But i know, it's my own damn fault, ok ok, i won't do it again.
Posted by: SFGoth

*raises Dixie cup of Mogen David*

Posted by: Miklos, anticipating at September 04, 2023 02:28 AM (WVRZF)

294 My only knowledge of Galveston is the Glenn Campbell song and location on the Gulf of Mexico.

https://youtu.be/HhKZLhxFFUY?si=N_jOn36ikkt6uuBe

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 04, 2023 02:29 AM (sAmhv)

295 NYC Shakespeare Festival 1974 featured James Earl Jones as King Lear, and featured Paul Sorvino, Rene Auberjonois, and Raul Julia.

https://youtu.be/EXDz6QSTrKM?si=22QpEwlIg7LSbRH_

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2023 02:31 AM (ybIRR)

296 Fir my birfday, I was given a bleu-tinctured bottle of MD 20/20.

I will not say who found that rare item, but Publius knows.

Posted by: Miklos, who put in home made blueberry ice cream at September 04, 2023 02:32 AM (WVRZF)

297 It just occurred to me, that circumcision is perhaps the one case in which lack of "evidence", is actually evidence.

Posted by: Miklos, clean and reasonably hygienic at September 04, 2023 02:36 AM (WVRZF)

298 29 New York City – The New York City Police Department announced plans to fly surveillance drones over the city this Labor Day weekend to monitor outdoor parties or barbecues following complaints about large gatherings according to Fox News.

So, the 4th isn't a thing anymore I guess? Actually, are any of the amendments still restricting fedgov in any meaningful way?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 03, 2023 10:07 PM (lc5cP

Laws like that should not apply to the police. The police should be able to do as they damn well please. Because WE’RE THE GOOD GUYS!!!

Posted by: Hero In Blue at September 04, 2023 02:53 AM (lE1L7)

299 294 My only knowledge of Galveston is the Glenn Campbell song and location on the Gulf of Mexico.

https://youtu.be/HhKZLhxFFUY?si=N_jOn36ikkt6uuBe
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 04, 2023 02:29 AM (sAmhv)

Go visit, at the very least just to go to Mario’s on 7th and Seawall.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 04, 2023 02:55 AM (lE1L7)

300 It just occurred to me, that circumcision is perhaps the one case in which lack of "evidence", is actually evidence.

Posted by: Miklos, clean and reasonably hygienic at September 04, 2023 02:36 AM (WVRZF)

Ja, es ist wahr.

Posted by: Some Germans Of A Certain Historical Period at September 04, 2023 02:56 AM (emlEe)

301 Go visit, at the very least just to go to Mario’s on 7th and Seawall.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Only if Jim buys the first drink

Posted by: Wasting away in Miklosville at September 04, 2023 02:56 AM (WVRZF)

302 When strangers talk to me, I’m of the mind that “Great. My TALK TO ME sign is illuminated.

The joys of introversion.

By the way, women can get away with introversion. Men cannot. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 04, 2023 03:00 AM (lE1L7)

303
@julie_kelly2
The pledge by GOP to release all the Jan 6 videos has been broken.

I believed my involvement to make footage available was a temporary fix until staff could protect innocents from DOJ and thugs like Sedition Hunters. Now I see GOP has capitulated to DOJ and Capitol police

Posted by: 13times at September 04, 2023 03:03 AM (cZnIJ)

304
I'm surprised.

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306 I make $290 an hour by liquidating trolls

Posted by: Miklos, Albanian mafioso at September 04, 2023 03:49 AM (WVRZF)

307 "Saying hi to a stranger a day" is sort of what Ted Bundy did.

Posted by: m at September 04, 2023 03:52 AM (Dz9Qm)

308 "Saying hi to a stranger a day" is sort of what Ted Bundy did.
Posted by: m

hey, it worked

Posted by: Ted Bundy at September 04, 2023 03:54 AM (WVRZF)

309 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at September 04, 2023 04:08 AM (Dz9Qm)

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