Daily Tech News 22 September 2023

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Cisco is acquiring Splunk in a $28 billion deal. (Bloomberg)

If you were thinking Elon Musk overpaid for Twitter - and he did - then rest assured that the market hasn't come to its senses.

What is Splunk? I was under the impression that it was a log aggregation tool, which would never be worth $28 billion.

It is.

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CNLabel Contact Relation Younger Cousin
Mothers Siblings Daughter Or Fathers Sisters Daughter (Apple)

This is a constant in iOS for localisation. What the hell it localises to I have no idea.

(Parses...)

It means your youngest female first cousin, excepting for some reason daughters of your father's brothers.

There is a language out there that has a word for that.
Rishi Sunak defies critics and presses on with "Net Zero" U-turn. (The Guardian)

What this garbled headline means is that the Prime Minister of Britain has told the "Net Zero" death cult to get knotted and is acting in an almost sane and only partly self-destructive manner, which is the best we can hope for in Heinlein's Crazy Years.
Microsoft is threatening to release an update to Windows 11 with AI shit smeared all over it. (The Verge)

Even Microsoft Paint is getting an AI update.

If you have Windows 11 installed, it's not too late to scrub it and replace it with Windows 10.
Microsoft also announced the inadequate Surface Laptop Go 3 and the overpriced Surface Laptop Studio 2. (Tom's Hardware)

Neither has the Four Essential Keys.

On the plus side, they're at least not shipping models with 4GB of soldered-in RAM anymore.
Authors Guild sues OpenAI for using Game of Thrones and other novels to train ChatGPT. (The Register)

OpenAI has countersued the Authors' Guild, saying that after reading A Game of Thrones, ChatGPT hasn't written anything for twelve years.

Disclaimer: Which is a win all round, I'd say.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:19 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 04:20 AM (5cNfZ)

2 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 04:21 AM (fwDg9)

3 Good morning!

Posted by: Ciampino - Be scared Hydrogen, Helium has a contract on you. Oxygen is looking for you. at September 22, 2023 04:25 AM (qfLjt)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 04:30 AM (T4tVD)

5 Crisco is acquiring Splunk? Is that going to make the stuff easier to cook with?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 04:36 AM (omVj0)

6 Evening and morning to all the satellites in space! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished.

I'm up, I'm dressed. What more d'you want?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 04:38 AM (omVj0)

7 I think the last several Windows 10 updates ate my laptop. It started locking up and getting slow. It eventually just became a brick and did nothing. I fixed it with Linux Ubuntu. I had success with Mint on an old HP workstation (a 15+years old ws), so I thought I'd try Ubuntu on bricked laptop. Laptop is running fine now. Well, so far. I just did all this on Tuesday and Wed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 22, 2023 04:43 AM (s1NDj)

8 It means your youngest female first cousin, excepting for some reason daughters of your father's brothers.

Do they smell goooood?

...Sloe "Puddin Pants" Joe...

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 04:45 AM (vd8XM)

9 Wolfus coffee is only thing I can think of

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 04:47 AM (fwDg9)

10 Wolfus coffee is only thing I can think of
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023

***
I got that, and some toast and peanut butter. Today I plan to call in sick, but I can't do that for a while yet. So I'll shower and have a little more breakfast, and then we'll see what I feel like doing.

Gotta feed the feline thugs, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 04:51 AM (omVj0)

11 'Splunk'. Not exactly a cool and inspiring name for your business.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 04:52 AM (zZu0s)

12 Someone posted on Twitter early today about how there was two cases of clear insider trading around Splunk yesterday, with one person making about $10 million on a pretty minor bet.

All i ever get for my splunk is $35 at the bank....

Posted by: Rbastid at September 22, 2023 04:52 AM (qlQ1E)

13 'Splunk'. Not exactly a cool and inspiring name for your business.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It is if it's a 'happy ending' massage parlor.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 04:53 AM (vd8XM)

14 All i ever get for my splunk is $35 at the bank....
Posted by: Rbastid

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 04:54 AM (vd8XM)

15 A Barnaby Jones from 1980 has a significant actor/actress pairing. Peter Haskell and Lee Meriwether worked together, playing villains, in 1965 in the Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 04:57 AM (omVj0)

16 Rishi Sunak defies critics and presses on with "Net Zero" U-turn. (The Guardian)

Rishi has told the "Net Zero" death cult to get knotted and is acting in an almost sane and only partly […]

Newsom’s radical leftist CARB mandated net zero total compliance by 2045. Rishi reset Britain’s compliance to 2050. And the Gaurdian play-act defeat? They negotiated a policy win under Tory leadership.

Posted by: 13times at September 22, 2023 04:58 AM (6tcRB)

17 From a book on pre-war Germany.
1933
"The chairman of the Berlin Medical Council decreed that every doctor had to file a ‘drug report’ when a patient was prescribed narcotics for longer than three weeks, because ‘public security is endangered by chronic alkaloid abuse in almost every case."

Sounds like the USA today regarding opioids and the DEA.

Source: Claudia Gottfried, ‘Konsum und Verbrechen: die Schuhprüfstrecke im KZ Sachsenhausen’, in LVR-Industriemuseum Ratingen, Glanz und Grauen: Mode im ‘Dritten Reich’, Ratingen, 2012, p. 48.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Be scared Hydrogen, Helium has a contract on you. Oxygen is looking for you. at September 22, 2023 05:12 AM (qfLjt)

18 Partly cloudy but see stars, still now.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:12 AM (fwDg9)

19 In case anybody hasn't seen Dave Portnoy's call to a Washington Post "reporter," it's a must-see.

nitter.net/stoolpresidente

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 05:12 AM (LodBx)

20 Nope. Elon Musk DID NOT overpay for Twitter.

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

(When I become President, I will insist that Congress put that on all coinage and bills.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 22, 2023 05:13 AM (8sMut)

21 Partly cloudy but see stars, still now.
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:12 AM (fwDg9)

You're just trying to trick me into going outside.

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:13 AM (T4tVD)

22 >>>OpenAI has countersued the Authors' Guild, saying that after reading A Game of Thrones, ChatGPT hasn't written anything for twelve years.

Ooh. Ouch.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 05:15 AM (LodBx)

23 You're just trying to trick me into going outside.
Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:13 AM

Birdbath status?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 22, 2023 05:16 AM (aQy7p)

24 Forgot my filled travel mug

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:16 AM (odaSt)

25 24 Forgot my filled travel mug
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:16 AM (odaSt)

That's maybe a sign that you should stop off at a coffee-and-donut shop.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 05:17 AM (LodBx)

26 Birdbath status?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 22, 2023 05:16 AM (aQy7p)

Dark

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:18 AM (T4tVD)

27 Today would have been my mother's 108th birthday.

She said all her life people had trouble remembering the exact day, because the 22nd is often the first day of fall -- but not always. Thus people thought her birthday could be the 21st or 23rd. I found it easier to remember after reading Lord of the Rings. Remember, Bilbo's birthday, and Frodo's, both fell on Sept. 22.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 05:19 AM (omVj0)

28 Remember, Bilbo's birthday, and Frodo's, both fell on Sept. 22.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 05:19 AM (omVj0)

Mammaw's birthday was one day after mine. Guess it still is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 05:21 AM (zZu0s)

29 Hm. Don't need to take a shower and wash my hair, but I might do it anyway. (Is this what retirement is gonna be like?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 05:28 AM (omVj0)

30 Golly, from where the sun now stands I view Heinlein's Crazy Years as an insanely optimistic viewpoint.

at 0426, my personal Prime Directive parses to one word: coffee!

G'mornin' everyone! brb!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 05:28 AM (YNbPJ)

31 (Is this what retirement is gonna be like?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Yeah...pretty much.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:29 AM (vd8XM)

32 31 (Is this what retirement is gonna be like?)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Yeah...pretty much.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:29 AM (vd8XM)

Would drive me nuts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 05:30 AM (zZu0s)

33 Would drive me nuts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

You don't like showers?

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

34 Donut shop is open

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:31 AM (odaSt)

35 Donut shop is open
Posted by: Skip

All right!!

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:32 AM (vd8XM)

36 I've been retired since 2009. I don't miss going to work at all. There's always something I like to do to be done, and if there isn't, I enjoy doing nothing.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:33 AM (vd8XM)

37 34 Donut shop is open
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:31 AM (odaSt)

I'm guessing that's the one that is located on (odaSt).

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 05:34 AM (LodBx)

38 I've just finished my third watching of Dave Portnoy out-doing a WaPo "reporter" in every department.

https://nitter.net/stoolpresidente

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 05:36 AM (LodBx)

39 On Germantown ave

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2023 05:36 AM (odaSt)

40 Wifi in the area was out yesterday. A service truck was in the parking lot, and I talked to the tech, who was just taking care of another tenant's cable issues. He said the wifi outage was widespread as part of their system has to coordinate with the power company (OG&E). OG&E has three guys in their whole operation that work on that system, all in OK City. Evidently they did their magic or last night's brief power outage rebooted everything. That sounds technical.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 22, 2023 05:39 AM (0EOe9)

41 I've been retired since 2009. I don't miss going to work at all. There's always something I like to do to be done, and if there isn't, I enjoy doing nothing.
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023

***
It's this waking up so early. I've been doing it for work for a long long time, and the habit will be hard to break. Especially since the cats want to get me up to feed them and pay them some attention.

GEeing up at five is one thing, esp. in the summer when it gets hot early. Getting up at three or earlier when I don't have to go to work stinks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 05:39 AM (omVj0)

42 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:40 AM (x7plP)

43 I have a 12 hour drive ahead of me today.

Not feeling splunky just yet - more coffee needed.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:42 AM (x7plP)

44 GEeing up at five is one thing, esp. in the summer when it gets hot early. Getting up at three or earlier when I don't have to go to work stinks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Ah my dear Wolfus - one of the beauties of retirement is that one may nap whenever one wants to.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:43 AM (x7plP)

45 GEeing up at five is one thing, esp. in the summer when it gets hot early. Getting up at three or earlier when I don't have to go to work stinks.
Posted by: Wolfus

I wish I could sleep in. Never really could. Almost every job I had required a 5 or 6 AM start. The one I retired from I was in by 5 AM by choice. It made the job easier as that's when receiving was opened.

One of the nice thing about getting up early when you're retired,
Naps in the afternoon.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

46 43 If you're heading west on I 40 I can leave coffee and snacks at mile marker 320.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 22, 2023 05:44 AM (0EOe9)

47 Fistbump, Tonypete

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:44 AM (vd8XM)

48 I have a 12 hour drive ahead of me today.

Not feeling splunky just yet - more coffee needed.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:42 AM (x7plP)

If its an electric car it will be much shorter.

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:45 AM (T4tVD)

49 Not feeling splunky just yet - more coffee needed.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:42 AM (x7plP)

Are ya feeling spelunky ?

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:46 AM (T4tVD)

50 If you're heading west on I 40 I can leave coffee and snacks at mile marker 320.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Uh, I'm there bill.

This is a bit scary.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:47 AM (x7plP)

51 If its an electric car it will be much shorter.
Posted by: JT

Just think... a Flying electric car...

Morning JT

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:47 AM (vd8XM)

52 You don't like showers?
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

Covid convinced me that I am not made to sit idly by.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 05:48 AM (zZu0s)

53 50 Look for the Wendy's bag.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 22, 2023 05:48 AM (0EOe9)

54 And that was only... 7 weeks?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 05:48 AM (zZu0s)

55 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 05:48 AM (BRHaw)

56 There is a VERY bright star in the East....what is that ?

Where's Publius ? He knows all this stuff.

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

57 50 If you're heading west on I 40 I can leave coffee and snacks at mile marker 320.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Uh, I'm there bill.

This is a bit scary.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:47 AM (x7plP)

You have shaving cream behind your left ear.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 05:48 AM (zZu0s)

58 This is a bit scary.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:47 AM (x7plP)

You have shaving cream behind your left ear.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

IT'S A TRAP!!

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

59 Hiya Bruce !

Hope all is well in Bruceland !

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 05:49 AM (T4tVD)

60 IT'S A TRAP!!
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

It's a bizarre matter of techno/surveillance phobia. I HATE that google sends out an email every month where it tries to tell me all the places the phone has been that month.

Do people really ask for that? Does ANYONE like it aside from the technocrats at Gurgle?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 05:51 AM (zZu0s)

61 Preps robbed a local donut shot. Sort of like robbing a Dollar Tree for Halloween junk. I remember when banks were robbed, that's where the money is. But robbing a Salvation Army store isn't going to make the young 4am robbers (who should be in school) rich. Many convenience stores are well protected with lots of Lexan, cashier sits in a box mostly covered with lottery tickets.

Posted by: Colin at September 22, 2023 05:53 AM (bOfbg)

62 Do people really ask for that? Does ANYONE like it aside from the technocrats at Gurgle?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Not me. I opted out of the reportage. Doesn't me they still aren't tracking me though

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

63 It's a bizarre matter of techno/surveillance phobia. I HATE that google sends out an email every month where it tries to tell me all the places the phone has been that month.

Do people really ask for that? Does ANYONE like it aside from the technocrats at Gurgle?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I've been trying to disable most of the tracking features of my new ride. Jeebus, they are pervasive.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:53 AM (x7plP)

64 Many convenience stores are well protected with lots of Lexan, cashier sits in a box mostly covered with lottery tickets.
Posted by: Colin

Speaking of organized theft. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:54 AM (x7plP)

65 Ah my dear Wolfus - one of the beauties of retirement is that one may nap whenever one wants to.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023

***
Believe me, I will take my afternoon nap!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 05:55 AM (omVj0)

66 I've been trying to disable most of the tracking features of my new ride. Jeebus, they are pervasive.
Posted by: Tonypete

And the reminder to get the tracking feature updated...c'mon...JUST DO IT!

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:56 AM (vd8XM)

67 Hope all is well in Bruceland !
Posted by: JT

So far. Stitches on three of the 4 incisions came out yesterday. Not as bad as other stitch removals I've had.
Doc gave me some hope that mayyyyyybe the foot is fusing already and I won't need the surgery to replace the hardware.

Many prayers said last night and for the next few weeks at the Bruce's.

How are you today?

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:59 AM (vd8XM)

68 The veils have dropped. The entire western progressive project has been revealed as anti-free speech. Whether dissent from the consolidated narratives of power will become overtly, formerly criminalized as a matter of law is the only question.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 22, 2023 05:59 AM (aTWQD)

69 Believe me, I will take my afternoon nap!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Another nice feature is going out for lunch and including adult beverages in the mix.

Then an afternoon nap.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 06:00 AM (vd8XM)

70 Nikki Haley ramps up criticism of 'thin-skinned' and 'easily distracted' Trump: 2024 hopeful says he's 'weak in the knees' on Ukraine in most direct attack on her rival - as she rises in the polls

The GDP of Ukraine is about 1/3rd the the market cap of EOM. WTF do we care what happens there?

GRAFT

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 06:03 AM (BRHaw)

71 How are you today?
Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 05:59 AM (vd8XM)

Okay

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 06:05 AM (T4tVD)

72 they can track the phone but they don't actually know who I am ...
dollar store phone, buy minutes-card for cash every month, no email, no goggle app store account ... all open-source apps ...

yesyesyes, I know that they could assemble it all with video surveillance and so forth, but why bother? Boring old white guy.
I represent .00001% of noise level in the signal, (if that).

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:05 AM (YNbPJ)

73 "There is a language out there that has a word for that."

Probably many. Lots of cultures distinguish patrilineal and matrilineal cousin marriage, one being the ideal and the other being disgusting incest.

I don't know if the driving force for that was socioeconomic or biological, but it is a thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:06 AM (9UlRk)

74 I relayed the story of my wife's tar trouble in the hinterlands of northern Alabama yesterday on last night's ONT.

Short version - Larry, Daryl and Daryl towed the vehicle to their shop, found a monster screw in the tar, fixed it and only asked for $35 for the tow, fix, balance and remounting.

Country folks are the best.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 06:07 AM (x7plP)

75 Do people really ask for that? Does ANYONE like it aside from the technocrats at Gurgle?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I've been trying to disable most of the tracking features of my new ride. Jeebus, they are pervasive.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 05:53 AM (x7plP)

I love it.

That's how i do my mileage at the end of the month.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:08 AM (9UlRk)

76 Splunk's very powerful for log browsing. Where I work, we use Kibana which is better than nothing.

lnav is close to being a single-server version of what Splunk provides over multiple servers. Splunk ain't cheap, which is why where I work doesn't use it any more.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at September 22, 2023 06:08 AM (JS5mH)

77 Country folks are the best.
Posted by: Tonypete

For sure.

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 06:12 AM (vd8XM)

78
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 06:14 AM (ENBF0)

79 "Why is this forty year old man visiting elementary schools several times a week during school hours?!?"

"... because tin knockers just can't seem to figure out how to get a flex duct to stay on longer than eight days, Bob. And then the poor controls guy has to run out and find it flapping in the breeze because no one ever believes that it's not the controller being broken. Now mind your own damn business."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:14 AM (9UlRk)

80 Sorry, you are usually spot on with your comments but you don't understand Splunk. When the company first opened its doors 20 years ago, it did sell a log ingestion and query engine but a) the ingestion and querying engines were orders of magnitude speedier than anything else on the market; b) the engine made it relatively easy to directly query the logs rather than having to go through pre-packaged aggregation and filtering layers; and c) the engine was initially aimed at IT operations professionals rather than security professionals and, at the time, the concept of using logs for activities like performance and availability management was revolutionary. Over the years, Splunk did expand into security information and event management and, on the IT operations side, built a platform that ingests and analyses metrics, traces, end user experience data as well as logs. Validating its efforts in both of these markets, Splunk is a 'leader' in the Gartner Magic Quadrants for both Security Information and Event Management and Application Performanc Monitoring and Observability. So, actually, Cisco 's acquisition makes sense.

Posted by: Will at September 22, 2023 06:15 AM (V852N)

81 According the Google, "Splunk," is headquartered in San FranCISCO, where it is run by Gary Steele such that it has revenue, (gross?, annual?,) of $3.65 billion. Carry the one, and that comes out to about $10 million per day; which means that if Splunk has no overhead, then Cisco can expect its acquisition of Splunk to pay for itself in about two thousand eight hundred daze given a zero percent time value of money.

"Bukkake" must have been taken, so it was named "Splunk" instead.

Posted by: Marooned at September 22, 2023 06:15 AM (kt8QE)

82 because tin knockers just can't seem to figure out how to get a flex duct to stay on longer than eight days, Bob

Duct Tape!

Posted by: Bruce at September 22, 2023 06:15 AM (vd8XM)

83 Well, this is different. Someone is playing Asian pop music, loudly, on the metro. South or SW Asian. Not kpop or jpop. Could be Indian, maybe.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2023 06:16 AM (PtTFh)

84 If New Guinea had a music scene, would they call it paup-pop?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:18 AM (9UlRk)

85 G'morning, all!

Well, Mrs VIA's Miata has four brand new Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 Plus sitting on the thing.

Went up from the 205 to the 215 for a little bit more sidewall flex for comfort.

And it really makes a difference in the ride. Still handles well, but took some of the harshness and noise out of the equation.

And with that....Corsican, here we come!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:20 AM (1n+EO)

86 God is working restoration in our lives. A devotional about faith and artwork and a passage from Isaiah. An "Our Daily Bread" devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/bde8bb5w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:21 AM (mbhi0)

87 If I had some money,
I'd tell you what I'd do,
I'd go down to San Fran,
fo get Splunked on by you, Gary Steele.

Posted by: Marooned at September 22, 2023 06:21 AM (kt8QE)

88 "56 There is a VERY bright star in the East....what is that ? "

That would be Venus.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at September 22, 2023 06:22 AM (fv27Y)

89 And as near as I can tell, the marines have not yet released the name or the sex of the F-35 pilot that ejected over four days ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:23 AM (1n+EO)

90 And as near as I can tell, the marines have not yet released the name or the sex of the F-35 pilot that ejected over four days ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:23 AM (1n+EO)

I really don't think there was one.

I think they were testing out some fly by wire bullshit and it flaked out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:24 AM (9UlRk)

91 A woman from Kentucky writes on Jesus with us in our suffering. An "Upper Room" devotional:

tinyurl.com/rfxj743a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:25 AM (mbhi0)

92 Some additional info out of Charleston on that F-35 crash.

https://tinyurl.com/2mwxpf8a

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:27 AM (1n+EO)

93 6 There is a VERY bright star in the East....what is that ? "
*
That would be Venus.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at September 22, 2023

***
I've been seeing that for several nights now, and meant to ask here. My guess was Venus or maybe Mercury.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2023 06:29 AM (omVj0)

94 Hey! I went to the Congressional Black Caucus and they had tacos. No kidding. I asked where the chitlins were and nobody knew. They seemed confused. I am not joking.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at September 22, 2023 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

95 I really don't think there was one.

I think they were testing out some fly by wire bullshit and it flaked out.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:24 AM (9UlRk)

Would make sense. At least they used the F-35 and not the 22- we are not getting more of those because we suck and do not deserve nice things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:31 AM (zZu0s)

96 And as near as I can tell, the marines have not yet released the name or the sex of the F-35 pilot that ejected over four days ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

So, I'm thinking confirmation by omission then.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 06:31 AM (x7plP)

97 We'll know the gender of the Marine Aviator soon. The new Commandant will issue his first ALMAR prohibiting the application of mascara while flying (looking at you, Captain Brenda).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 22, 2023 06:32 AM (0EOe9)

98 Shouldn't sausage be called 'Stuffed Chitlins'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:32 AM (zZu0s)

99 I've got another story. I went to the Congressional Black Caucus and they had tacos. No kidding. I asked where the chitlins were and nobody knew. They seemed confused. I am not joking.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at September 22, 2023 06:32 AM (vFG9F)

100 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 22, 2023 06:32 AM (ju2Fy)

101 As with everything, read the official press releases when they come out and then say "OK, so now we know what *didn't* happen...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:32 AM (9UlRk)

102 Daniel
@growing_daniel
20h
Super models in America vs. girl working the fry machine in a Tokyo McDonald’s

LOL

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 06:33 AM (LodBx)

103 Cascades in Washington:

tinyurl.com/u2x7tks2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:33 AM (mbhi0)

104 “All Chicagoans deserve to live near convenient, affordable, healthy grocery options,” Johnson said in a statement. “We know access to grocery stores is already a challenge for many residents, especially on the South and West sides… I am proud to work alongside partners to take this step in envisioning what a municipally owned grocery store in Chicago could look like.”

My guess is Soviet Union circa 1989.

In 1989, then-Communist Party of the Soviet Union member Boris Yeltsin traveled to the United States to visit the Johnson Space Center in Texas, according to the Houston Chronicle.

While in Houston for the visit, he also stopped by a Randalls grocery store, where he “roamed the aisles of Randall’s nodding his head in amazement,” according to an account of the visit written by then-Chronicle reporter Stefanie Asin.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

105 Why did the computer break up with the Internet?

There was no connection.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:37 AM (mbhi0)

106 @F35Grrrrl
3 min

OMG check out my lashes so hawt #zoom #realtopgun #girlpower #duckface

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:37 AM (9UlRk)

107 While in Houston for the visit, he also stopped by a Randalls grocery store, where he “roamed the aisles of Randall’s nodding his head in amazement,” according to an account of the visit written by then-Chronicle reporter Stefanie Asin.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

I just listened to Mike Rowe's "that's the way i heard it" podcast episode on that the other day!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:38 AM (9UlRk)

108 96 And as near as I can tell, the marines have not yet released the name or the sex of the F-35 pilot that ejected over four days ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

So, I'm thinking confirmation by omission then.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2023 06:31 AM (x7plP)

HE or She went a a person home to call 911. Why would that person not know?

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 06:41 AM (BRHaw)

109 A basketball player and psalm 23:

https://tinyurl.com/ymmj7ywj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:41 AM (mbhi0)

110 92 Some additional info out of Charleston on that F-35 crash.

https://tinyurl.com/2mwxpf8a
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:27 AM (1n+EO)

Lots of details; thanks.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 06:41 AM (LodBx)

111 @F35Grrrl
2 min

Hey there's a big red lever between my legs. I'mma yank it. #girldick #fuckpatriarchy #realtopgun

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:41 AM (9UlRk)

112
Some additional info out of Charleston on that F-35 crash.

https://tinyurl.com/2mwxpf8a

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:27 AM

the pilot is referred to as "he" several times

the other thing I saw about this on the twits was some reference to a wild-eyed reddit post that the F-35 was "practicing low altitude hover maneuvers" over an area that was "known for militia activity" and that the plane was brought down by "small arms ground fire"

(yeah, I know: reddit via the twits has all the credibility of my brother's girlfriend's cousin's next door neighbors' kid slinging "facts" whilst standing on queue at 31 flavors)

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 06:42 AM (ENBF0)

113 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's more extensive photo update #177 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
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Posted by: Ciampino - Be scared Hydrogen, Helium has a contract on you. Oxygen is gunning for you. at September 22, 2023 06:43 AM (qfLjt)

114 for Fenelon, from Mrs Eez:
"it takes just 5 minutes to walk to the bar up the street, but 25 minutes to walk back! The difference is staggering!"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:43 AM (YNbPJ)

115 Hey! Did I tell you about the time I went to the Congressional Black Caucus and they had tacos?

Posted by: Joe Biteum at September 22, 2023 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

116 @F35Grrrrl

WTF That racist plane just ejected me and now I'm in a tree and my lashes are all ratchet i fucking hate the marines #badthingsgoodpeople #fuckpatriarchy #sonotfair

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:44 AM (9UlRk)

117 Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:43 AM (YNbPJ)

Tell her thank you. That is great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:45 AM (mbhi0)

118 The American Climate Corps is modeled after a program that put millions to work during the Great Depression.

“We’re opening up pathways to good-paying careers, lifetimes of being involved in the work of making our communities more fair, more sustainable, more resilient,” Zaidi said.

The Great Depression is not a model for governance.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 06:46 AM (BRHaw)

119 111 @F35Grrrl
2 min

Hey there's a big red lever between my legs. I'mma yank it. #girldick #fuckpatriarchy #realtopgun
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:41 AM (9UlRk)

@F35Grrrl is not really an account?

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 06:46 AM (LodBx)

120 @F35Grrrl is not really an account?
Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 06:46 AM (LodBx)

Not yet...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:46 AM (9UlRk)

121 LOL, I will!

more tomorrow, if I can remember any of them!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:46 AM (YNbPJ)

122
How the hell did Pixy miss this Tech News?

FBI Raid at NSA employees home reveals 16,000,000 'dick pics'

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

123 116 She has fantasies about SAR lowering the Jungle Penetrator. Sounds kinky.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 22, 2023 06:47 AM (0EOe9)

124 104 “All Chicagoans deserve to live near convenient, affordable, healthy grocery options,” Johnson said in a statement. “We know access to grocery stores is already a challenge for many residents, especially on the South and West sides… I am proud to work alongside partners to take this step in envisioning what a municipally owned grocery store in Chicago could look like.”

The defend private property, you dumb ass. And no, NO ONE deserves to live near a supermarket. Oh, by the way, who determins what is "convenient", "affordable", "healthy"?

And do you know what the track record of governments provisioning food for the general public is?

Let's declare Chicago an open city.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 22, 2023 06:47 AM (8sMut)

125 ... because these are very funny!

#girldick #fuckpatriarchy #realtopgun #badthingsgoodpeople #fuckpatriarchy #sonotfair

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 06:47 AM (LodBx)

126 well, it didn't use to be, rhennigantx ... these days, hmmm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:48 AM (YNbPJ)

127 Rock and roll parrot:

https://tinyurl.com/567e498d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:48 AM (mbhi0)

128 the other thing I saw about this on the twits was some reference to a wild-eyed reddit post that the F-35 was "practicing low altitude hover maneuvers" over an area that was "known for militia activity" and that the plane was brought down by "small arms ground fire"

(yeah, I know: reddit via the twits has all the credibility of my brother's girlfriend's cousin's next door neighbors' kid slinging "facts" whilst standing on queue at 31 flavors)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 06:42 AM (ENBF0)

Heh. Bubba can paint a F-35 on the side of his truck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:49 AM (zZu0s)

129 The same crowd who bitch about food production and want to Sri Lanka the entire planet sure seem all het up that them black folk don't have access to all that terrible horrible unhealthy planet killing Füd.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:49 AM (9UlRk)

130 The Great Depression is not a model for governance.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 06:46 AM (BRHaw)

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste 1.0

(or would that be Reconstruction? Probably Reconstruction.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:50 AM (zZu0s)

131 they'll say anything to cause more trouble W-o; it all leads one way

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:51 AM (YNbPJ)

132 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

133 The next depression will be the Fabulous Depression.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

134 133 The next depression will be the Fabulous Depression.
Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

I had a joke about Apples, Travel Guides and train station murals, but it is too depressing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:53 AM (zZu0s)

135 There was a time when there were few fat people, and not too long ago. A time when people ate fatback and biskits. Why weee they not fat? They worked. Amazing.

Posted by: Eromero at September 22, 2023 06:53 AM (z3WCn)

136 The next depression will be the Fabulous Depression.
Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

We have all of the problems of 19th c. Europe without any of the bourgeois social and political structure to tamp it down anymore.

Hooray, materialism.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:54 AM (9UlRk)

137 A strangers words helped save her life;

https://tinyurl.com/mc7b5chy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:54 AM (mbhi0)

138 MiL's favorite restaurant Barbacco is closing. Not enough people downtown to sustain it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

139 135, one simple trick, right? who knew?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 06:55 AM (YNbPJ)

140 Hey! Did I tell you about the time I went to the Congressional Black Caucus and they had tacos?
Posted by: Joe Biteum at September 22, 2023 06:43 AM (vFG9F)
-

Breakfast tacos?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 06:55 AM (5cNfZ)

141 Day of the Eagle

Posted by: Mark in SC at September 22, 2023 06:56 AM (ue/3w)

142 Splunk wasn't purchased because of its ROI. I think it likely owns some patents that Cisco values.

So same for Twitter.

Posted by: torabora at September 22, 2023 06:56 AM (vOAXb)

143 Breakfast tacos?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 06:55 AM (5cNfZ)

Which are really breakfast burritos.

Soft tacos=Burritos. I never have gotten why there is some sort of distinction.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:56 AM (zZu0s)

144 F-35 brought down by small arms fire over North Charleston?

Yeh....pull the other one.

On the other hand, didn't Biden tell us that you need fighter jets to take on the US government?

Not small arms.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:57 AM (1n+EO)

145 FBI Raid at NSA employees home reveals 16,000,000 'dick pics'
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)
-

HOLD EVERYTHING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 06:57 AM (5cNfZ)

146 Soft tacos=Burritos. I never have gotten why there is some sort of distinction.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:56 AM (zZu0s)

Burritos have beans? I dunno. The entirety of texmex cuisine is coming up with novel permutations of cheese, meat, and tortilla.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 06:58 AM (9UlRk)

147 "Soft tacos=Burritos. I never have gotten why there is some sort of distinction."

Sort of like fried onion rings= vegetable donuts?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:58 AM (1n+EO)

148 Breakfast tacos?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 06:55 AM (5cNfZ)

Which are really breakfast burritos.

Soft tacos=Burritos. I never have gotten why there is some sort of distinction.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:56 AM (zZu0s)
-

Lost, intended reference:

https://youtu.be/94hdP5lNkg4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 06:59 AM (5cNfZ)

149 You guys and gals are on your own tomorrow for Fen like contributions to the tech thread because I have to go feed some fixed stray cats and then go to our church rummage sale.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 06:59 AM (mbhi0)

150 Be safe Fen.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

151 So I guess the the White House spokes-muppet really doesn't't talk about our unprotected southern border.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:02 AM (1n+EO)

152
F-35 brought down by small arms fire over North Charleston?

Yeh....pull the other one.

On the other hand, didn't Biden tell us that you need fighter jets to take on the US government?

Not small arms.Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 06:57 AM

IK,R?

Oliver Anthony is working up a song about it, but "Militia Men North of Charleston" doesn't roll off the tongue quite right

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 07:02 AM (ENBF0)

153 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at September 22, 2023 07:04 AM (PzBTm)

154 Older brother reunited with his little sister after saving her life. Video:

https://tinyurl.com/akb4y5nu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:06 AM (skZVy)

155 Longtime illegal immigrants are upset because new illegal immigrants will work for less money than the old ones. Could it be that even illegal immigrants are against illegal immigration?

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

156 Boker Tov Patriots

8 days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2023 07:07 AM (pVWRI)

157 Looks like the short-timer finally rolled out of the rack.

Hey, Doc!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:08 AM (1n+EO)

158 128 the other thing I saw about this on the twits was some reference to a wild-eyed reddit post that the F-35 was "practicing low altitude hover maneuvers" over an area that was "known for militia activity" and that the plane was brought down by "small arms ground fire"

(yeah, I know: reddit via the twits has all the credibility of my brother's girlfriend's cousin's next door neighbors' kid slinging "facts" whilst standing on queue at 31 flavors)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 06:42 AM (ENBF0)

Heh. Bubba can paint a F-35 on the side of his truck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:49 AM (zZu0s)

I may or may not have been ask to leave a meeting when I was using a wifi link (about 2 miles) in a NAS to transmit security data.
I made some comment about Mohammedans would be pointing 40 dollar routers at the sky if that could bring down and F18.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:08 AM (BRHaw)

159 "F-35 brought down by small arms fire over North Charleston?"

Fling another one, I've got another barrel left!

Posted by: Granny Clampett at September 22, 2023 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

160 155 Longtime illegal immigrants are upset because new illegal immigrants will work for less money than the old ones. Could it be that even illegal immigrants are against illegal immigration?
Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

Wait till the get someones cough cough ebt card money or place in the healthcare line.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:09 AM (BRHaw)

161 Has Madison Cornbread claimed to be the F-35 pilot yet?

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 22, 2023 07:09 AM (aBJcM)

162 Has Madison Cornbread claimed to be the F-35 pilot yet?
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 22, 2023 07:09 AM (aBJcM)

"I crashed because Steve Bannon stuck his hand up my flight suit!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:10 AM (9UlRk)

163
If the two agencies involved, the NSA and the FBI, could not keep a story about an NSA employee downloading 16,000,000 'dick pics' from NSA servers private then there is only one conclusion; they want every American to know you're being spied on 24/7.

So behave, proles, we have a file on you.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:10 AM (enJYY)

164 Ayala made comments to police after he was taken into custody:

“You think this juvenile [expletive] is gonna do some [expletive]? I’ll be out in 30 days, I’ll bet you.”

“It’s just ah, [expletive] ah, hit-and-run — slap on the wrist.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

165 122
How the hell did Pixy miss this Tech News?

FBI Raid at NSA employees home reveals 16,000,000 'dick pics'

Posted by: Divide by Zero

Like, baseball cards but with dicks? That's some hobby that this spook has. Glad he has that TS/SSBI or whatever. I feel safe.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 22, 2023 07:10 AM (sAmhv)

166 I didn't realize someone asked Garland about anti Catholic bias and anti parent bias in the DOJ. Apparently Garland was outraged that anyone would accuse him of bias against any religious group:

https://tinyurl.com/vub3js8p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:12 AM (skZVy)

167 122
How the hell did Pixy miss this Tech News?

FBI Raid at NSA employees home reveals 16,000,000 'dick pics'
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

Pixy depends on us to be deputies!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 07:12 AM (LodBx)

168 "FBI Raid at NSA employees home reveals 16,000,000 'dick pics'"

It just doesn't pay to be a fan of Richard Nixon.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

169 149: Ok Fen.

John MacArthur devotionals it is!!

:-)

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 22, 2023 07:13 AM (sAmhv)

170 You store sixteen million dickpics
And what do you get?
Another day older
And a comfy paycheck

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:13 AM (9UlRk)

171
So I guess the the White House spokes-muppet really doesn't talk about our unprotected southern border.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:02 AM

You could see the concentration in her face as she swiftly gave her best answer which completely explained the Biden policy, "Next question!"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:14 AM (enJYY)

172 The buried lede is that they were all Polaroids.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:14 AM (9UlRk)

173 fd, coffee spewed

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2023 07:14 AM (TQT9N)

174 "The buried lede is that they were all Polaroids.
Posted by: Warai-otoko"

Selfies? Maybe he was trying to get the right angle.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2023 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

175 Voiceoversteve has a montage of the description of that F-35 crash.

https://tinyurl.com/3mdpb996

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

176
Federal prosecutors have charged Hillary Wang, a National Security Agency employee for 14 years, with theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials.

It is believed Wang used her Top Secret security clearance to illegally download an estimated 16 million pictures of sexual nature off of unsuspecting Americans’ mobile phones and computers.

Hillary Wang?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:16 AM (enJYY)

177 We have no southern Border
And the scum are riding on top of trains like in a 3rd world country

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2023 07:17 AM (pVWRI)

178 128 the other thing I saw about this on the twits was some reference to a wild-eyed reddit post that the F-35 was "practicing low altitude hover maneuvers" over an area that was "known for militia activity" and that the plane was brought down by "small arms ground fire"

(yeah, I know: reddit via the twits has all the credibility of my brother's girlfriend's cousin's next door neighbors' kid slinging "facts" whilst standing on queue at 31 flavors)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 06:42 AM (ENBF0)

Heh. Bubba can paint a F-35 on the side of his truck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 06:49 AM (zZu0s)

LOL!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 07:18 AM (LodBx)

179 "Hillary Wang?
Posted by: Divide by Zero"

It's bigger than mine.

Posted by: Barky McDogeaterface at September 22, 2023 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

180 I remember when Sisqo did that "Thong" song.

Sisqo >Cisco

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 22, 2023 07:19 AM (+wYFq)

181 Sixteen million.

Let's say you download one a second, all day, during work hours. 40 hour "work" week, that's 144,000 a week.

For 16 million pics, that's 111 work weeks, or over two years, worth of doing nothing but downloading dicpics.

That's just dedication, man. And ever second spend doing that is a second not spent harassing and oppressing people.

Let's make a quota for them.

8 million dick pics a year, or you're fired.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:19 AM (9UlRk)

182 > "FBI Raid at NSA employees home reveals 16,000,000 'dick pics'"
_________

Guess the old adage "If you've seen one, you've seen them all" isn't true?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2023 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

183 "It's bigger than mine."

But....

Not mine!

Posted by: Big Mike at September 22, 2023 07:20 AM (1n+EO)

184
FBI agents seized 14 computers at Hillary Wang’s home on Wednesday containing no less than 53 terabytes of illegally downloaded pictures and documents from the National Security Agency.

Good thing I never uploaded a 'dick pic' or she'd have needed an extra server and another 9 terabytes of storage.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:20 AM (enJYY)

185 Replace it with Win10....

OK, how do I do that?

Posted by: GWB at September 22, 2023 07:21 AM (M+Nrs)

186 BREAKING: NBC 5 reports that private shelter employees that house illegal immigrants make from $135 per hour up to $200 per hour.

A manager of a migrant facility made $14,000 in one week and a nurse earned $20,000 in a week.

grift graft corruption

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:21 AM (BRHaw)

187 "It's bigger than mine.
Posted by: Barky McDogeaterface "

Must have got that from his mother's side of the family.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:21 AM (1n+EO)

188 Assuming no repeats, that would be about 0.4% of all the dicks on Earth.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:22 AM (9UlRk)

189 Also... so authors are saying they do NOT want people reading their books?

Posted by: GWB at September 22, 2023 07:22 AM (M+Nrs)

190 "Assuming no repeats, that would be about 0.4% of all the dicks on Earth."

Say Good Night, Dick

Posted by: Zombie Dan Rowen at September 22, 2023 07:23 AM (1n+EO)

191 Dan Rowan...

I knew it didn't look right.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:24 AM (1n+EO)

192
Experts believe Wang used a custom-designed algorithm to target users “dick pics” and automatically download them to her home servers.

A good side gig for People of Tech; custom-designed algorithms for capturing 'dick pics'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:24 AM (enJYY)

193 Recently, the 38-year-old entrepreneur faced backlash for comparing Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Black Democrat representing Massachusetts, to “modern grand wizards” of the Ku Klux Klan. He has said that the U.S. education system is a “modern ghetto system,” that the government pays women in inner cities to be single, and has argued with former CNN anchor Don Lemon on what it was like to live as a Black person in America.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:25 AM (BRHaw)

194 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 22, 2023 07:25 AM (NBVIP)

195 China made Tik Tok.

We raised them Dik Tok.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

196 Some people just can't get enough dick.

Posted by: Sandra Flucke at September 22, 2023 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

197 If someone sees James Madison ( because I won't be here) please tell him that I apologize for saying "bang" as in " I wouldn't bang her" is a stupid phrase. I actually think the routine Of his of saying that about gorgeous girls and commenting on minor flaws is kind of funny. It's just that "bang " sounds like something from the inner city. He doesnt respond to anything I post because he dislikes me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:25 AM (jmrxB)

198 "Experts believe Wang used a custom-designed algorithm to target users “dick pics” and automatically download them to her home servers. "

Sort of confirms every joke ever made about the NSA hovering up every single thing sent on the internet, or cell phone system.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:26 AM (1n+EO)

199 Boker Tov Patriots

8 days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 22, 2023 07:07 AM (pVWRI)

You're so short you can sit on a dime and dangle yer feet !

Posted by: JT at September 22, 2023 07:27 AM (T4tVD)

200 196 Some people just can't get enough dick.
Posted by: Sandra Flucke at September 22, 2023 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

You got that right, girfren.

Posted by: Jussie Smollett at September 22, 2023 07:27 AM (PiwSw)

201
Legal experts believe Wang could face a maximum of 166 years in jail if found guilty of theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials.

Nice to know what constitutes 'classified material' in America 2.0

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:28 AM (enJYY)

202 Dan Rowan...

I knew it didn't look right.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:24 AM (1n+EO)
-

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2023 07:28 AM (5cNfZ)

203 Vice President Kamala Harris will lead a new federal office of gun violence prevention, the White House said Thursday.

Never before has someone with so much power, so many titles, done so little.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:29 AM (BRHaw)

204 Of course a dick pic scandal involves someone named Wang.

Why wouldn't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:29 AM (9UlRk)

205 #StopAsianHate

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:30 AM (9UlRk)

206 Pear cake.

Rich lib cousins have been unloading fresh ripe pears from their ranch. They just melt in your mouth. Mrs. F. has baked them into an incredibly tender cinnamon flavored cake.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

207 '1/3rd the the market cap of EOM.'

1/3 the market cap of End Of Message?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2023 07:31 AM (roH4R)

208 Jokes aside... why would the FBI need an app for scumming dick pics?

Blackmail is just about the only plausible reason i can think of.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:31 AM (9UlRk)

209 SanFranpsycho. mmmmmmm

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2023 07:32 AM (TQT9N)

210 Is Hillary Wang and actual woman or a "transgender man" because I find it hard to believe that a woman would be enthralled at looking at hundreds of thousands of dick pics.? Of course there are lots of weirdos around.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:32 AM (jmrxB)

211 Oh yum, SFp!

pear harvest time in WI too.

We are mostly making (and freezing) pear juice and fruit leather

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 07:33 AM (YNbPJ)

212 210 Is Hillary Wang and actual woman or a "transgender man" because I find it hard to believe that a woman would be enthralled at looking at hundreds of thousands of dick pics.? Of course there are lots of weirdos around.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:32 AM (jmrxB)

My hunch is there's nothing prurient about it, this person is just a patsy who broke contain on a black op.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:33 AM (9UlRk)

213
The Wang 'dick pic' story is probably made up, but too good not to pass along. Well written, the tech part is accurate.

Rating: Highly Plausible

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:33 AM (enJYY)

214 Yup, W-o, that's it.

biggest way the deepstate gets and keeps power.

epsteins at the top, and faceless minions for the rabble

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 22, 2023 07:35 AM (YNbPJ)

215 I wonder if Barky is a member of the Dick-Pic of the Day club?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:35 AM (1n+EO)

216 > The Wang 'dick pic' story is probably made up, but too good not to pass along. Well written, the tech part is accurate.

Rating: Highly Plausible
__________

Username checks out

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (Q4IgG)

217
Blackmail is just about the only plausible reason i can think of.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:31 AM

Blackmail and/or making sure elections are 'certified' the right way. I don't know what Kemp of GA has done, but he's as dirty as they come.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (enJYY)

218 Fetterman Fights Back Tears as He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

Either he or his doc is a liar.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (BRHaw)

219 I really love pears and hardly ever get to have them, these are marvelous.

I used to have a dessert at this French place in Philadelphia a pear poached in red wine, stuffed with hazelnuts and chocolate, in dish of English vanilla custard sauce. Obviously very memorable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

220 > He doesnt respond to anything I post because he dislikes me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

well then he's just a poopy-head

Posted by: DB - Nixon's The One at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (geLO8)

221 Sock it to me!

Posted by: Goldie Hawn at September 22, 2023 07:37 AM (NBVIP)

222 1/3 the market cap of End Of Message?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2023 07:31 AM (roH4R)

XOM Exxon Mobil my bad

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:37 AM (BRHaw)

223 " Fetterman Fights Back Tears as He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

Imagine he and Biden in an open mic conversation.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:38 AM (1n+EO)

224 Let's not argue about 'oo banged 'oo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

225 "He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

That's never stopped us before.

Posted by: Congress at September 22, 2023 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

226 Posted by: DB - Nixon's The One at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (geLO

He's a bright man and writes quite well. I just can't get excited by daily Atherton or whatever her name is. An actress posing for photos- how novel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:39 AM (a892b)

227 225 "He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

That's never stopped us before.
Posted by: Congress at September 22, 2023 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

...

...

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 22, 2023 07:39 AM (PiwSw)

228 So Biden, Fetterman and Di-Fi walk up to the mic....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:39 AM (1n+EO)

229 The ladies at First Baptist put cottage cheese and grated cheddar cheese on pear halves. Believe it or not, pretty tasty.

Posted by: Eromero at September 22, 2023 07:41 AM (z3WCn)

230 " Fetterman Fights Back Tears as He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

Have they tried violin music?

Posted by: Blind Hermit at September 22, 2023 07:42 AM (SYTee)

231 Diced pears go very well in a lime jello salad, made in a bundt cake mold.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:42 AM (1n+EO)

232 Pears poached in brandy

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2023 07:42 AM (TQT9N)

233
Had a nice lunch yesterday in the area where the 'killer Brazilian' was finally captured. Everyone at surrounding tables had a story to tell.

Lunch was two huge angus burgers, two cups of clam chowder, two Yuengling lagers. Fifty dollars with tip. A little pricey for me 'cause I'm cheap.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:42 AM (enJYY)

234 >" Fetterman Fights Back Tears as He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

fire bad

Posted by: DB - Nixon's The One at September 22, 2023 07:43 AM (geLO8)

235 If Fetterman expects sympathy he, his wife, the Pennsylvania Democrat party, and his voters can LOLGF.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

236 Good thing we dodged that bullet of a Turkish guy who eats vegetables.

I think we can all forgive a Senator not knowing what words or clothes are, in return for that service to humanity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2023 07:43 AM (9UlRk)

237
The ladies at First Baptist put cottage cheese and grated cheddar cheese on pear halves. Believe it or not, pretty tasty.

Posted by: Eromero at September 22, 2023 07:41 AM

I've seen the same thing done with pineapple slices

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2023 07:43 AM (ENBF0)

238 Believe nothing the FBI tells you.

It's their own dick pics they most likely planted on Miss Wang. The FBI must have lots of that kind of pron in their arsenal. Beware, take care and believe nothing.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 22, 2023 07:44 AM (+wYFq)

239 210 Is Hillary Wang and actual woman or a "transgender man" because I find it hard to believe that a woman would be enthralled at looking at hundreds of thousands of dick pics.? Of course there are lots of weirdos around.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:32 AM (jmrxB)

If it were a dude and boobs, I could completely understand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 07:45 AM (zZu0s)

240 Actually, Fetterman is a perfect metaphor for US politics- shambling, incoherent and fraudulent

Posted by: DB - Nixon's The One at September 22, 2023 07:46 AM (geLO8)

241 all the cattle are standing like statues, all the cattle are standing like statues..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 22, 2023 07:46 AM (aD39U)

242 Diced pears go very well in a lime jello salad, made in a bundt cake mold.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:42 AM (1n+EO)
===
I'm inspired to try that because I like jello salad too and that is something Mrs. F. would never prepare.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

243 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:38 AM (RIvkX

Do many men actually say this (?) because I cannot imagine FenSpouse doing so. He'd put it in a different way unless he was going for a laugh. There's this girl-probably in her early twenties who runs around the neighborhood. She has long blonde hair and is very pretty. When I'm in the car he says "Hey, Bloooooondie" as in the Eli Wallach voice from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and I laugh. I say, "Hopefully, you don't shout that out to her when you're alone"because 1. She might not know the reference and 2. She will send her father out to punch your lights out." 😉

I say that because he might consider her bangable if he were single and much younger but he wouldn't use that term.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:47 AM (a892b)

244

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 22, 2023 07:48 AM (aD39U)

245 " Fetterman Fights Back Tears as He Says He Has “Lost the Ability to Fully Process Language”

The Oprah watching wine moms will love it.

Even before the stroke, he was a fraud. He was only cosplaying blue collar man. He's a man of privilege and wealth. Never worked a day in his life. An average intellect at best and a Stalinist.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 22, 2023 07:50 AM (sAmhv)

246 J.J. ...

WAKE UP!!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 22, 2023 07:50 AM (krqg6)

247 Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 22, 2023 07:45 AM (zZu0s)

I don't get that either. Seeing Hundreds of thousands of pictures of breasts unattached from attractive women seems unappealing to me and probably would if I were a guy
I guess some people look at a lot of at them if they do breast reconstructive surgery.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2023 07:51 AM (a892b)

248 >Never worked a day in his life. An average intellect at best and a Stalinist.

Posted by: Puddleglum

and a ugly MFer, am I right
I reiterate: to me, Fetterman is the model US Senator

Posted by: DB - Nixon's The One at September 22, 2023 07:52 AM (geLO8)

249 I don't use the term myself but don't object as it seems among the milder forms of the word.

"Bang" to me means "!" more than it means intercourse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

250 "An average intellect at best and a Stalinist.
Posted by: Puddleglum "

Well I don't know anything about politics, but the rest tracks.

Posted by: an average turnip at September 22, 2023 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

251 Diced pears go very well in a lime jello salad, made in a bundt cake mold.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:42 AM (1n+EO)
===

Correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2023 07:52 AM (ovV/V)

252 Then: "i don't think my opponent fully grasps the implications of his support for tariffs on trade with Indochina, and I've prepared a two hour series of remarks on the issue...."

Now: "Oh, so we're not doing pants anymore? OK then. I mean, i can still wear pants if i wa--- oh, i can't? Fine. *zzzip*"

Posted by: The Rise and Fall of The Greatest Deliberative Body at September 22, 2023 07:52 AM (9UlRk)

253 Fen, you are attempting to understand things that happen in this space

that way lies madness

Posted by: DB - Nixon's The One at September 22, 2023 07:53 AM (geLO8)

254
SEFTON

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 22, 2023 07:54 AM (BRHaw)

255 Noodity.

Posted by: I just noticed at September 22, 2023 07:54 AM (NBVIP)

256 Le NOOD

It be here!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2023 07:54 AM (1n+EO)

257 Off to bed I go. Later, Daywalkers.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 22, 2023 07:55 AM (sAmhv)

258
Imagine if 16,000,000 American males filed a FOIA (Freedom of Information) request for their 'dick pic'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2023 07:55 AM (enJYY)

259 SNOOD

See? I get results!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 22, 2023 07:56 AM (krqg6)

260 219 I really love pears and hardly ever get to have them, these are marvelous.

I used to have a dessert at this French place in Philadelphia a pear poached in red wine, stuffed with hazelnuts and chocolate, in dish of English vanilla custard sauce. Obviously very memorable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2023 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

yum

Posted by: m at September 22, 2023 07:59 AM (LodBx)

261 Ironically, duct tape does not seal hvac ducts.
Use panduit straps for flex.
Stainless worm gear clamps are pricier.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at September 22, 2023 08:02 AM (4eQ7W)

262 Of course a dick pic scandal involves someone named Wang.

Why wouldn't it?"

Read down in the article. Harry Muff also makes an appearance.

tee hee....

Posted by: Outside of Life at September 22, 2023 08:05 AM (89Sog)

263 Musk DID overpay for Twitter.

The problem was, he had second thoughts, and was trying to back out. Recall the discussion on the # of bots on the platform, and other issues with the system, to get the price lowered or to scuttle the deal.

But they forced him to either buy it, or be out a lot of money. I'm not sure the amount, but they probably had him legally over a barrel.

My opinion is: they forced him to buy it out at that high, inflated price. And if you're going to pay $$Billions of your own money (not Disney as a company, not Microsoft as a company, you as a you), then maybe it is now his very expensive toy. And he's going to play with it as much as he wants, because he was forced to despite later misgivings.

Makes me wonder how much SpaceX (and thus, Musk) is making, launching the payloads of other organizations into space. Probably a hell of a lot, since they've seemed to have mastered both quality and quantity in delivery systems.

Posted by: Another Anon at September 22, 2023 09:38 AM (hwP7U)

264
George RR Martin is still Tolkien's bitch.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at September 22, 2023 10:24 AM (1hM1d)

265 ᎳOW just what I was searching for. Came һere by seɑrching for latinizｅd

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