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What has changed in 50 years?
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Critical Race Theory is a current leftist battle front. The proponents of CRT control a lot of territory. CBD posted a rant on Thursday to remind us that grassroots action is the way conservatives change things. A Chinese-American mom in Loudon, County, VA who survived Maoist China took on the school board in the county with the highest median income in the country, a hotbed of CRT activism among the government set. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, parents have created a model resource in the fight against their "extremely corrupt, woke" school district, and have begun to organize. The school board has a five year equity competency plan. Five year plan. Sounds Non-Marxist, right?
Speaking of resources, Christopher Rufo has put out a Briefing Book that should be of use to opponents of CRT and other forms of wokeness. Cracks me up that he advises people to tell stories (like about the little kids forced by teachers to rank themselves by privilege). Borrowing "lived experiences" from CRT, except for the "must be in line with Theory" part. Recently, academics and activists have been playing word games around the term "Critical Race Theory", often denying that it has any roots in Marxism. A favorite new strategy of those pushing CRT is to claim that opponents of CRT "don't even know what it is". Often by changing definitions on the fly. Rufo's briefing book includes quotes from CRT academics. But if you want to bowl them over with jargon, you can always turn to New Discourses. Just have some resources handy in case of an interview. LEFTIST REVOLUTIONARIES 50 YEARS AGO VS. TODAY J.J. Sefton put this piece by VDH above the fold in his Thursday Morning Report: This isn't your father's left-wing revolution:Name one mainline institution that the woke Left does not now control--and warp. The media? The campuses? Silicon Valley? Professional sports? The corporate boardroom? Foundations? The K-12 educational establishment? The military hierarchy? The administrative state? The FBI top echelon? The Left absorbed them all. But this time around it really believes that "by any means necessary" is no mere slogan. Instead, it is a model of how to disrupt or destroy 233 years of American customs, traditions, and values.
Woke revolutionaries are not panhandlers, street people, or Grateful Dead groupies. They are not even a few ragtag, nutty, and murderous Symbionese Liberation Army terrorists fighting against "the Man." They are "the Man." Our 21st-century revolutionaries are multibillionaires in flip-flops, tie-dye T-shirts, and nose rings, but with the absolute power and wish to censor how half the country communicates--or cancel them entirely. They don't flock to campus free-speech areas; they are the campus administrators who ban free speech. They don't picket outside the Pentagon; they are inside the Pentagon. . . . They don't chant "eat the rich"; they are the rich who eat at Napa Valley's French Laundry. They don't protest "uptight" values, because they are more intolerant and puritanical than any Victorian.I recommend that you read the whole thing. SHORT SUBJECTS NPR Mysteries Things we should learn from Anthony Fauci's emails. Heh. Why did the New York Philharmonic choose Alec Baldwin to host their radio program on NPR? And once again, why hasn't Cancel Culture come after Alec Baldwin? Artists and writers who learned by imitating the greats Thread: "All the great artists do it. Van Gogh was know to make copies of Japanese art, eventually forming his own style."
I once met a painting coach who tells students to copy their favorite artists. At first, students resist. In response, the coach tells them to listen for friction. "Do you hear that resistance? It's the whisper of your unique style." Through imitation, we discover our voice.Sounds like something putterers might want to try, maybe for the next thread. Music from 50 years ago Won't Get Fooled Again
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Morning again.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 12, 2021 10:19 AM (ju2Fy)
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I nooded.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 12, 2021 10:20 AM (ju2Fy)
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I'm confused (happens a lot). This Kendi parasite wants the government to force feed pocs into areas they can't afford, largely white areas. You know, areas full of committed, in-their-DNA racists. Why would pocs want to live there?
Posted by: pep at June 12, 2021 10:23 AM (v16oJ)
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And once again, why hasn't Cancel Culture come after Alec Baldwin?
Because he is a Leftist and Cancel Culture exists only to be used as a weapon against the Right. The answers here are simple. They are out to get us. They are out to protect their own.
Because he is a Leftist and Cancel Culture exists only to be used as a weapon against the Right. The answers here are simple. They are out to get us. They are out to protect their own.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 10:25 AM (Yoq4u)
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Floyd Ferris quote as always relevant:
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 10:27 AM (Yoq4u)
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The actual "coat of many colors" is on display at the museum in Dollywood.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 12, 2021 10:28 AM (I99aF)
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BTW, you know who was in favor of Suburbs taking poor people? George Rommney, the head of HUD. And in case you don't remember, Mitt Romney's father.
Of course the headline is misleading. It wasn't about suburbs taking poor people. It was about HUD forcibly putting black inner-city dwellers into mostly white suburbs through "goals" and "targets" so they would be X% black.
Of course the headline is misleading. It wasn't about suburbs taking poor people. It was about HUD forcibly putting black inner-city dwellers into mostly white suburbs through "goals" and "targets" so they would be X% black.
Posted by: rcocean at June 12, 2021 10:29 AM (evE25)
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"Who's Next" is in my personal top 5-10 albums of all time.
Cannot even fathom it's 50 years old already. Yikes.
"Who's Next" is in my personal top 5-10 albums of all time.
Cannot even fathom it's 50 years old already. Yikes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 12, 2021 10:29 AM (s2VJv)
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trollololol
Putin says Trump is an 'extraordinary' and 'talented individual' who is an outsider to the US political establishment, unlike 'career man' Biden
https://tinyurl.com/6k9d65c
Putin says Trump is an 'extraordinary' and 'talented individual' who is an outsider to the US political establishment, unlike 'career man' Biden
https://tinyurl.com/6k9d65c
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2021 10:30 AM (oEn12)
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Was slacking
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 10:30 AM (Cxk7w)
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Now the men who spurred us on
Sit in judegement of our wrong
They decide, then the shotgun sings the song
Won't Get Fooled Again is a great counter-revolutionary song.
Sit in judegement of our wrong
They decide, then the shotgun sings the song
Won't Get Fooled Again is a great counter-revolutionary song.
Posted by: fluffy at June 12, 2021 10:31 AM (UnQlg)
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Love the musical selections.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 12, 2021 10:32 AM (d9Cw3)
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See this is why we drive cars and don't have high speed rail. If it can save one life, much less 11.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:32 AM (5p7BC)
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Conveniently, blindingly white bread commie enclaves such as Santa Barbara, Napa, Brentwood etc won't be on the list of areas set for integration.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2021 10:32 AM (gbfHZ)
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George romney, like mittens, is what used to be called a "Limousine liberal". Insulated, arrogant, and full of contempt for the working and middle class. Marching for Civil rights (or BLM) and full of love for blacks, immigrants, and anyone who isn't an average white person.
if mittens was around in 1789 France, he'd be will Louis XIV and telling the poor starving Frenchmen "Let them eat cake".
if mittens was around in 1789 France, he'd be will Louis XIV and telling the poor starving Frenchmen "Let them eat cake".
Posted by: rcocean at June 12, 2021 10:33 AM (evE25)
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Because he is a Leftist and Cancel Culture exists
only to be used as a weapon against the Right. The answers here are
simple. They are out to get us. They are out to protect their own.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 10:25 AM (Yoq4u)
it is so obvious only a blind man can't see it* These people have no true ideas, they only care about what helps their team. It is normals and conservatives that get twisted as they think there is some greater truth to politics. Trust me, there isn't.
* this is a quote from a movie. I forget the movie, but for sure it is not a shot at blind men. actually I screwed up the quote, it is just an allusion to the quote. But the fact is these people mean harm, they are not kidding around. While we talked about the idea the were taking over, they took over.
only to be used as a weapon against the Right. The answers here are
simple. They are out to get us. They are out to protect their own.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 10:25 AM (Yoq4u)
it is so obvious only a blind man can't see it* These people have no true ideas, they only care about what helps their team. It is normals and conservatives that get twisted as they think there is some greater truth to politics. Trust me, there isn't.
* this is a quote from a movie. I forget the movie, but for sure it is not a shot at blind men. actually I screwed up the quote, it is just an allusion to the quote. But the fact is these people mean harm, they are not kidding around. While we talked about the idea the were taking over, they took over.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:34 AM (gJfTA)
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Almond blossom is in my top 3 favorite Van Gogh paintings. You wouldn't know it was a Van Gogh immediately but you can see the Japanese influence.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:34 AM (2DOZq)
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VDH's article is probably why my answer on the Military going woke and its CRT push was they are in a position now of destroying the Military and finishing a 50 year campaign to do it.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 10:35 AM (Cxk7w)
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Artists and writers who learned by imitating the greats
Art students setting up easels to copy the masters used to be a relatively common sight in recognized museums. Their teachers gave them that assignment.
It is a good way to learn technique.
Art students setting up easels to copy the masters used to be a relatively common sight in recognized museums. Their teachers gave them that assignment.
It is a good way to learn technique.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 10:35 AM (DJFLF)
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Pete Townshend was such a spaz he makes it hard to watch their live performances.
Posted by: lowandslow at June 12, 2021 10:35 AM (4thlk)
Posted by: Robert didn't drink enough to be hung over at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (1Yy3c)
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George romney, like mittens, is what used to be
called a "Limousine liberal". Insulated, arrogant, and full of contempt
for the working and middle class. Marching for Civil rights (or BLM) and
full of love for blacks, immigrants, and anyone who isn't an average
white person.
if mittens was around in 1789 France, he'd be will Louis XIV and telling the poor starving Frenchmen "Let them eat cake".
Posted by: rcocean at June 12, 2021 10:33 AM (evE25)
he would have run off. And finally been happy for his relative obscurtiy.
called a "Limousine liberal". Insulated, arrogant, and full of contempt
for the working and middle class. Marching for Civil rights (or BLM) and
full of love for blacks, immigrants, and anyone who isn't an average
white person.
if mittens was around in 1789 France, he'd be will Louis XIV and telling the poor starving Frenchmen "Let them eat cake".
Posted by: rcocean at June 12, 2021 10:33 AM (evE25)
he would have run off. And finally been happy for his relative obscurtiy.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (gJfTA)
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The LeftCommies are fighting against the anti-CRT forces by claiming CRT is only teaching kids a correct version of US history. Nope, but this gives The Media and the LeftCommie school boards and teachers ammo to work with for a while. Meanwhile, the LeftCommies and the race hustlers and white self-haters (BIRM) will re-write CRT materials to try to get around the wording in state laws banning CRT-type stuff.
I applaud the work by states implementing laws to ban CRT-type instruction, but they will need to be vigilant and ready to up-date laws, to squash updated lingo used to get around these new laws. It's going to be a long battle against the new-style racists and haters (long, if only laws and courts are used).
I applaud the work by states implementing laws to ban CRT-type instruction, but they will need to be vigilant and ready to up-date laws, to squash updated lingo used to get around these new laws. It's going to be a long battle against the new-style racists and haters (long, if only laws and courts are used).
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (AMIL/)
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Through imitation, we discover our voice.
Was setting up at a gig a few decades ago and the guitar player's kidlet (he was around 10 then) axed me a question about playing music. I told him that when you first learn to play, you'll imitate others. This will help teach you the basics and one day you'll start putting your own twist on licks you've been playing the same way for however long. Then you're on your way to developing your own voice.
I've yet to know any musician that didn't adhere to this unwritten rule.
Was setting up at a gig a few decades ago and the guitar player's kidlet (he was around 10 then) axed me a question about playing music. I told him that when you first learn to play, you'll imitate others. This will help teach you the basics and one day you'll start putting your own twist on licks you've been playing the same way for however long. Then you're on your way to developing your own voice.
I've yet to know any musician that didn't adhere to this unwritten rule.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (HaL55)
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Of course people moved into the suburbs for fresh air and elbow room. But many moved there to get away from inner-city crime and racial discord.
And people like George Romney hated that. "You think you can get away from Crime and discord by moving to the burbs ? Well, HUD has to plan to show you who's boss"
And people like George Romney hated that. "You think you can get away from Crime and discord by moving to the burbs ? Well, HUD has to plan to show you who's boss"
Posted by: rcocean at June 12, 2021 10:37 AM (evE25)
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Here is an example of a great artist-in-training learning by copying a master:
https://www.pubhist.com/w33161
(John Sargent after Velazquez)
https://www.pubhist.com/w33161
(John Sargent after Velazquez)
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 10:38 AM (DJFLF)
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Almost every great band started out playing covers.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:39 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: MAC SOG'''' at June 12, 2021 10:39 AM (P4Pk9)
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Speaking of moving to the suburbs...this comment was posted yesterday:
There is a bill in CA that would give first time home buyers 45% of the purchase price, in exchange for the state owning 45% of the house. This is to fight racism, so presumably whites need not apply.
Remember the woman said Obama would pay her mortgage? Well this getting pretty close.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 11, 2021 08:23 PM
Speaking of moving to the suburbs...this comment was posted yesterday:
There is a bill in CA that would give first time home buyers 45% of the purchase price, in exchange for the state owning 45% of the house. This is to fight racism, so presumably whites need not apply.
Remember the woman said Obama would pay her mortgage? Well this getting pretty close.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 11, 2021 08:23 PM
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 12, 2021 10:40 AM (63Dwl)
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14 Conveniently, blindingly white bread commie enclaves such as Santa Barbara, Napa, Brentwood etc won't be on the list of areas set for integration.
Correct. They are headed for the deep red precincts.
I heard a woman on one of the talk shows say that her UWS precinct voted for Trump so diCommio is establishing a Section 8 housing unit there.
Correct. They are headed for the deep red precincts.
I heard a woman on one of the talk shows say that her UWS precinct voted for Trump so diCommio is establishing a Section 8 housing unit there.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 10:40 AM (DJFLF)
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Critical Theory is straight out of the Marxist school. Adorno, Marcuse, Horkheimer, et al. "Frankfurt School" refugees who were allowed to emigrate to America. They showed their gratitude by immediately setting out to destroy America. It took a while, but the rot has metastasized at the universities.
If there's anyone who "doesn't know what it is", it's the people espousing it.
If there's anyone who "doesn't know what it is", it's the people espousing it.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 10:41 AM (XVgpK)
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17 Almond blossom is in my top 3 favorite Van Gogh paintings. You wouldn't know it was a Van Gogh immediately but you can see the Japanese influence.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:34 AM (2DOZq)
There's something about almond blossoms...the tree, the fruit, the flower, the scent...that is just exquisite
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:34 AM (2DOZq)
There's something about almond blossoms...the tree, the fruit, the flower, the scent...that is just exquisite
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 10:42 AM (DJFLF)
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There is a bill in CA that would give first time home buyers 45% of the purchase price, in exchange for the state owning 45% of the house. This is to fight racism, so presumably whites need not apply.
Wait, whut? What exactly is this supposed to do? What does it do? How does it affect mortgage foreclosures, for example? Or insurance? Or home improvement? Or what happens if you sell and make a profit? Or a short sale?
I am going to say they did not think this through, but, duh, California.
Wait, whut? What exactly is this supposed to do? What does it do? How does it affect mortgage foreclosures, for example? Or insurance? Or home improvement? Or what happens if you sell and make a profit? Or a short sale?
I am going to say they did not think this through, but, duh, California.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 10:42 AM (Yoq4u)
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That copying art thread it's so true. That's how we learn and get our style. It happens with me in art all the time.
And that's why I go crazy when I hear this crap about "cultural appropriation". It's basically an homage to some thing from a different culture. Like when I try to cook Thai food it's not because I'm trying to steal it. It's because I really like it and want to emulate some of its best qualities as best as I can.
I guess the people that are screaming cultural appropriation never once heard of the saying "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Thanks KT. I dropped Twitter a long time ago because it's 90% cesspool. However, there are those bright spots like that thread and other threads i used to like such as Alex Berenson that made me torture myself and go on there in the past. Thanks for doing it for me
And that's why I go crazy when I hear this crap about "cultural appropriation". It's basically an homage to some thing from a different culture. Like when I try to cook Thai food it's not because I'm trying to steal it. It's because I really like it and want to emulate some of its best qualities as best as I can.
I guess the people that are screaming cultural appropriation never once heard of the saying "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Thanks KT. I dropped Twitter a long time ago because it's 90% cesspool. However, there are those bright spots like that thread and other threads i used to like such as Alex Berenson that made me torture myself and go on there in the past. Thanks for doing it for me
Posted by: keena at June 12, 2021 10:44 AM (RiTnx)
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I applaud the work by states implementing laws to
ban CRT-type instruction, but they will need to be vigilant and ready to
up-date laws, to squash updated lingo used to get around these new
laws. It's going to be a long battle against the new-style racists and
haters (long, if only laws and courts are used).
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (AMIL/)
only a few states will stand up, it will divide the nation further. WE can already guess the sates that will never have these mandates, and some are in the South and the all on the Left Coast will be part of it. Even in the South and West, once the fights are done, what will the kids have? Even if you successfully fight off the extremists, what will the kids have been taught? It is not just what they are not taught, but also what they are taught. There is a very narrow window hear. And even if you fight off the radicals, what did the kids learn in the meantime?
I think back to my time when history was respected. I wonder if kids get even a tiny bit of that as main stream instruction.
ban CRT-type instruction, but they will need to be vigilant and ready to
up-date laws, to squash updated lingo used to get around these new
laws. It's going to be a long battle against the new-style racists and
haters (long, if only laws and courts are used).
Posted by: Gref at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (AMIL/)
only a few states will stand up, it will divide the nation further. WE can already guess the sates that will never have these mandates, and some are in the South and the all on the Left Coast will be part of it. Even in the South and West, once the fights are done, what will the kids have? Even if you successfully fight off the extremists, what will the kids have been taught? It is not just what they are not taught, but also what they are taught. There is a very narrow window hear. And even if you fight off the radicals, what did the kids learn in the meantime?
I think back to my time when history was respected. I wonder if kids get even a tiny bit of that as main stream instruction.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:44 AM (gJfTA)
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Two things...
1. The resettlement of illegals in rural, white America
2. Black Rock (among others) buying up single family homes by the billions of dollars to rent back to the middle class
Part of the "great reset" to destroy wealth held by the middle class, wealth that was obtainable by the middle class and further destroying white, middle class values with illegals and urban dwellers.
1. The resettlement of illegals in rural, white America
2. Black Rock (among others) buying up single family homes by the billions of dollars to rent back to the middle class
Part of the "great reset" to destroy wealth held by the middle class, wealth that was obtainable by the middle class and further destroying white, middle class values with illegals and urban dwellers.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 10:44 AM (3H9h1)
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It would be nice to live in a world where we never heard the name "Anthony Fauci" spoken again.
Posted by: creeper at June 12, 2021 10:44 AM (XxJt1)
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Almost every great band started out playing covers.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:39 AM (2DOZq)
It's a simple way to get started. When you're young, dumb, have some musical talent and mostly want to get laid then you and the lads practice a few hits and play whatever bars are willing to let you play. Of course then you start mixing in a couple of originals in to test the waters and see the response.
Then you go on American Idol lol no just kidding just kidding.
*Sips coffee*
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:39 AM (2DOZq)
It's a simple way to get started. When you're young, dumb, have some musical talent and mostly want to get laid then you and the lads practice a few hits and play whatever bars are willing to let you play. Of course then you start mixing in a couple of originals in to test the waters and see the response.
Then you go on American Idol lol no just kidding just kidding.
*Sips coffee*
Posted by: Robert didn't drink enough to be hung over at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (1Yy3c)
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Well, the Maoists haven't won yet. They've put themselves into control of national institutions. But they don't control the people yet. We still outnumber them by a lot.
And we still have avenues of resistance that lead to victory.
The problem with the Maoist philosophy, and all Marxism, is that it is ultimately unworkable and then unstable. The only way to keep control is through force. That is harder in the United States due to a number of safeguards put in place by the founders. And no, I am not just talking about the 2nd amendment, though that is ultimately the final safeguard.
Look at how hard it is for China to keep its own country from fracturing, and Maoism is deeply entrenched into their culture.
The Marxists who have taken our institutions will fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history of a stable and successful Marxist nation.
And we still have avenues of resistance that lead to victory.
The problem with the Maoist philosophy, and all Marxism, is that it is ultimately unworkable and then unstable. The only way to keep control is through force. That is harder in the United States due to a number of safeguards put in place by the founders. And no, I am not just talking about the 2nd amendment, though that is ultimately the final safeguard.
Look at how hard it is for China to keep its own country from fracturing, and Maoism is deeply entrenched into their culture.
The Marxists who have taken our institutions will fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history of a stable and successful Marxist nation.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
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"Who's Next" is in my personal top 5-10 albums of all time.
Cannot even fathom it's 50 years old already. Yikes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
I did see The Who a few years ago. No idea who opened for them, no idea of the name of the venue. But I do know Ringo Starr's son played drums and it was a terrific show.
But kind of odd seeing an arena full of 60-70 year olds at a concert. No, there was no crowd surfing or hash pipes being passed back and forth.
Cannot even fathom it's 50 years old already. Yikes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
I did see The Who a few years ago. No idea who opened for them, no idea of the name of the venue. But I do know Ringo Starr's son played drums and it was a terrific show.
But kind of odd seeing an arena full of 60-70 year olds at a concert. No, there was no crowd surfing or hash pipes being passed back and forth.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 10:46 AM (Rvt88)
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I have zero doubt that I'll live to see every person in this country assigned their living quarters by the government, based on political reliability and Party membership. And, people without Party cards living two or three families to an apartment, so people with Party cards can own a pied-a-terre or three in addition to their dachas. That's what our rulers want to get back to. Always been the goal.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 10:46 AM (vpYjV)
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And people like George Romney hated that. "You think you can get away
from Crime and discord by moving to the burbs ? Well, HUD has to plan to
show you who's boss"
Not any more. We hereby declare ourselves a Sanctuary City that will not recognize Federal housing regulations much as our sister cities have ignored federal immigration laws for over 50 years.
So be it resolved. Signed by all the lizards and various other critters who reside here at stately Casa Backwardio, whether they be in the front yard or the back yard.
from Crime and discord by moving to the burbs ? Well, HUD has to plan to
show you who's boss"
Not any more. We hereby declare ourselves a Sanctuary City that will not recognize Federal housing regulations much as our sister cities have ignored federal immigration laws for over 50 years.
So be it resolved. Signed by all the lizards and various other critters who reside here at stately Casa Backwardio, whether they be in the front yard or the back yard.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:47 AM (HaL55)
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Y'know, we kid n' joke about Aero Pinochet 'round here, quite a lot.
Helicopters, bah.
We're going to need every C-5 Galaxy, C-17 and C-130 the .mil can provide, and then some.
The will to use them though, is the question, ain't it?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Helicopters, bah.
We're going to need every C-5 Galaxy, C-17 and C-130 the .mil can provide, and then some.
The will to use them though, is the question, ain't it?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 12, 2021 10:47 AM (QzJWU)
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I have said this before but I will say it again. I lived in CA when it was a "Republican" state. Even then, it was statist and it has the worst public schools. That some still buy into that state blows my mind. They were gun grabbers in the 70s, you think they got better? But I still know nominal conservatives that like the place. I need to swallow hard not to tell them they are full of shit. I know military types that wanted nothing more than to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:49 AM (gJfTA)
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Thanks K.T., hi Horde!
"A favorite new strategy of those pushing CRT is to claim that opponents of CRT "don't even know what it is". Often by changing definitions on the fly."
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This is nothing new. Commies have used the Definition Game in their taqiyya for decades. As soon as someone in a debate says "Oh, yeah? Well define X," it's obvious you're dealing with a commie. Muslims do the same thing. If you don't proffer their preferred definition, you're disqualified, and they win -- in their estimation. And you won't, because they -- as you said -- have ever-shifting definitions for the term in question. You say A, they'll say "See, you don't even know what it means. It's B." You say B, they say A.
It's uncanny how the debate tactics of the Left look exactly like Muslim taqiyya tactics. Almost as if they share a Father.
"A favorite new strategy of those pushing CRT is to claim that opponents of CRT "don't even know what it is". Often by changing definitions on the fly."
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This is nothing new. Commies have used the Definition Game in their taqiyya for decades. As soon as someone in a debate says "Oh, yeah? Well define X," it's obvious you're dealing with a commie. Muslims do the same thing. If you don't proffer their preferred definition, you're disqualified, and they win -- in their estimation. And you won't, because they -- as you said -- have ever-shifting definitions for the term in question. You say A, they'll say "See, you don't even know what it means. It's B." You say B, they say A.
It's uncanny how the debate tactics of the Left look exactly like Muslim taqiyya tactics. Almost as if they share a Father.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 12, 2021 10:49 AM (OssQ4)
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What has changed in 50 years?
Had a long chat with my San Francisco aunt and uncle the other evening. They were red-pilled during Trump's early days in office. My uncle told me: "Look, we're old school San Fran hippies. We've always been anti-Corporatist, anti-intelligence agencies, anti-censorship, anti-war. For the little guy, the poor, the working class.
When Trump was campaigning, we realized he was the candidate for us in just about every way."
Once they discovered TuCa, the red-pilling began. They have a secret little group of friends (secret because Cali) that get together on Zoom to watch TuCa together, they're such fans. They're very big on religious freedom, and have even come around on 2A now that they are reading and watching righty stuff.
They didn't leave their party. Their party left them.
Had a long chat with my San Francisco aunt and uncle the other evening. They were red-pilled during Trump's early days in office. My uncle told me: "Look, we're old school San Fran hippies. We've always been anti-Corporatist, anti-intelligence agencies, anti-censorship, anti-war. For the little guy, the poor, the working class.
When Trump was campaigning, we realized he was the candidate for us in just about every way."
Once they discovered TuCa, the red-pilling began. They have a secret little group of friends (secret because Cali) that get together on Zoom to watch TuCa together, they're such fans. They're very big on religious freedom, and have even come around on 2A now that they are reading and watching righty stuff.
They didn't leave their party. Their party left them.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 10:50 AM (Bmy3R)
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Wait, whut? What exactly is this supposed to do? What does it do? How
does it affect mortgage foreclosures, for example? Or insurance? Or
home improvement? Or what happens if you sell and make a profit? Or a
short sale?
It's simple, and very reminiscent of what they want to do with student loans the government (you) now own. The houses will ultimately be given to the occupant, free and clear. In effect you will buy half of the house for other people.
does it affect mortgage foreclosures, for example? Or insurance? Or
home improvement? Or what happens if you sell and make a profit? Or a
short sale?
It's simple, and very reminiscent of what they want to do with student loans the government (you) now own. The houses will ultimately be given to the occupant, free and clear. In effect you will buy half of the house for other people.
Posted by: pep at June 12, 2021 10:50 AM (v16oJ)
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(Re CA) - I know military types that wanted nothing more than to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Posted by: Quint
My Mom and Dad were married at Camp Pendelton in 1953. After his enlistment was over, they got the hell out. Dad said he knew the place (CA) was full of fruits and nuts even back then.
Posted by: Quint
My Mom and Dad were married at Camp Pendelton in 1953. After his enlistment was over, they got the hell out. Dad said he knew the place (CA) was full of fruits and nuts even back then.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 10:51 AM (Rvt88)
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Who's Next" is in my personal top 5-10 albums of all time.
Cannot even fathom it's 50 years old already. Yikes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Definitely. Pre Keith Moon and name change to the Who ( early 60's) , Daltry was lead guitarist and Townsend was rhythm guitarist. Try to picture that. Multiple Who songs on my "angry attitude " playlist.
Cannot even fathom it's 50 years old already. Yikes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Definitely. Pre Keith Moon and name change to the Who ( early 60's) , Daltry was lead guitarist and Townsend was rhythm guitarist. Try to picture that. Multiple Who songs on my "angry attitude " playlist.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 10:51 AM (sgK7E)
50
VDH thinks the way John Entwistle played the bass
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 10:51 AM (mR6Gs)
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44 I have said this before but I will say it again. I lived in CA when it was a "Republican" state. Even then, it was statist and it has the worst public schools. That some still buy into that state blows my mind. They were gun grabbers in the 70s, you think they got better? But I still know nominal conservatives that like the place. I need to swallow hard not to tell them they are full of shit. I know military types that wanted nothing more than to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:49 AM (gJfTA)
It is a state of unrivaled beauty for the variety it offers within a short drive, if nothing else. Would not live there on a bet. I'll just drive further.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:49 AM (gJfTA)
It is a state of unrivaled beauty for the variety it offers within a short drive, if nothing else. Would not live there on a bet. I'll just drive further.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:52 AM (csEWM)
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".. they are in a position now of destroying the Military and finishing a 50 year campaign to do it."
We joke about Hannity always claiming "99% of the FBI are awesome" ... and indeed we did not see mass resignations as the Coup was revealed. Parallel are all those scientists that knew the Covid response was BS, but they mostly shut up and obeyed, kept their jobs/funding.
Part of the allure of Qanon was that a group of military men were organizing "a resistance" from within, but many former CIA/NSA types have to leave to speak out about the incredible corruption and "DeepState".
There probably are many "good people" that are so locked into their inner circles that they will not stop their bosses from doing criminal acts. Those brave enough to try pay a price, lose their retirement if not their lives. But I still find it hard to believe these globalists would surrender our military and give China a path to Victory.
We joke about Hannity always claiming "99% of the FBI are awesome" ... and indeed we did not see mass resignations as the Coup was revealed. Parallel are all those scientists that knew the Covid response was BS, but they mostly shut up and obeyed, kept their jobs/funding.
Part of the allure of Qanon was that a group of military men were organizing "a resistance" from within, but many former CIA/NSA types have to leave to speak out about the incredible corruption and "DeepState".
There probably are many "good people" that are so locked into their inner circles that they will not stop their bosses from doing criminal acts. Those brave enough to try pay a price, lose their retirement if not their lives. But I still find it hard to believe these globalists would surrender our military and give China a path to Victory.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 12, 2021 10:52 AM (Cus5s)
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Just look at the chaos Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority has caused in that once great city and you'll understand the impact of what they have planned for the rest of the country.
Posted by: Abe Froman at June 12, 2021 10:52 AM (0pv2x)
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Not any more. We hereby declare ourselves a Sanctuary City that will not recognize Federal housing regulations much as our sister cities have ignored federal immigration laws for over 50 years.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Actually not a joke. Precedent is being set in a lot of places on similar topics. And it isn't always red states, there are some interesting laws that have passed in New Hampshire, for example.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Actually not a joke. Precedent is being set in a lot of places on similar topics. And it isn't always red states, there are some interesting laws that have passed in New Hampshire, for example.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:52 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:53 AM (HaL55)
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VDH thinks the way John Entwistle played the bass
Posted by: JoeF.
"Smash your head against the wall" is underrated.
Posted by: JoeF.
"Smash your head against the wall" is underrated.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 10:53 AM (Rvt88)
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The California idea of the state kicking in half for a house is something I hope happens. Liberals will find out that owning a half is like owning zero, they may call it Section 4 instead of 8 but the results will be exactly the same.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 12, 2021 10:53 AM (xEIoY)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (axyOa)
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Well, I managed to go to the grocery store, get lettuce, sandwich meat, sliced cheese, soda- even some buffalo style pork rinds to try out.
Forgot one thing essential to the production of sandwiches:
Bread.
Sidebar- although, this does bring up a keto idea I wanted to try out, using lettuce as the 'bread' of a sandwich.
Forgot one thing essential to the production of sandwiches:
Bread.
Sidebar- although, this does bring up a keto idea I wanted to try out, using lettuce as the 'bread' of a sandwich.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (csEWM)
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Not any more. We hereby declare ourselves a Sanctuary City that will not recognize Federal housing regulations much as our sister cities have ignored federal immigration laws for over 50 years.
So be it resolved. Signed by all the lizards and various other critters who reside here at stately Casa Backwardio, whether they be in the front yard or the back yard.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:47 AM (HaL55)
Buckhead City is a piece of Atlanta... it is secceedeing from Atlanta due to their cutting their Police to the point of stupidity.
So be it resolved. Signed by all the lizards and various other critters who reside here at stately Casa Backwardio, whether they be in the front yard or the back yard.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:47 AM (HaL55)
Buckhead City is a piece of Atlanta... it is secceedeing from Atlanta due to their cutting their Police to the point of stupidity.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (oHd/0)
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The California idea of the state kicking in half for a house is something I hope happens.
CA is broke. Where will they get the money? You know where they'll get the money.
CA is broke. Where will they get the money? You know where they'll get the money.
Posted by: pep at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (v16oJ)
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58 What's changed in 50 years?
50 years ago, some of those headlines were probably true.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (axyOa)
This.
50 years ago, some of those headlines were probably true.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (axyOa)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (csEWM)
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It is a state of unrivaled beauty for the variety it
offers within a short drive, if nothing else. Would not live there on a
bet. I'll just drive further.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:52 AM (csEWM)
no doubt there. The allure, is legit. From Big Bear to the Mojave, it is a beautiful state.
offers within a short drive, if nothing else. Would not live there on a
bet. I'll just drive further.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:52 AM (csEWM)
no doubt there. The allure, is legit. From Big Bear to the Mojave, it is a beautiful state.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:55 AM (gJfTA)
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Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (HaL55)
Use X settings on your amp to get so and so's sound...and you keep tweaking and eventually get back to "your" sound.
Use X settings on your amp to get so and so's sound...and you keep tweaking and eventually get back to "your" sound.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2021 10:55 AM (AwYPR)
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The Marxists who have taken our institutions will fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history of a stable and successful Marxist nation.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
But how many millions of American lives do they take before that happens?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
But how many millions of American lives do they take before that happens?
Posted by: Robert didn't drink enough to be hung over at June 12, 2021 10:55 AM (1Yy3c)
66
So Pixy is back on the rag with line breaks. Gets old.
Posted by: creeper at June 12, 2021 10:55 AM (XxJt1)
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Guy - Second time I've seen your story about your aunt and uncle, and I really love it. I'd comment but have to run.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:56 AM (5p7BC)
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Sidebar- although, this does bring up a keto idea I wanted to try out, using lettuce as the 'bread' of a sandwich.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Yeah, I do this all the time. Especially for 'burgs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Yeah, I do this all the time. Especially for 'burgs.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 10:56 AM (Rvt88)
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Actually not a joke. Precedent is being set in a lot of places on
similar topics. And it isn't always red states, there are some
interesting laws that have passed in New Hampshire, for example.
Yep, that comment was only partially in jest. If it works for the progtards, we need to demand it work the same way for us Normals. And never back down.
similar topics. And it isn't always red states, there are some
interesting laws that have passed in New Hampshire, for example.
Yep, that comment was only partially in jest. If it works for the progtards, we need to demand it work the same way for us Normals. And never back down.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:57 AM (HaL55)
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These buffalo pork rinds are not half bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:58 AM (csEWM)
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Well, I managed to go to the grocery store, get
lettuce, sandwich meat, sliced cheese, soda- even some buffalo style
pork rinds to try out.
Forgot one thing essential to the production of sandwiches:
Bread.
Sidebar- although, this does bring up a keto idea I wanted to try out, using lettuce as the 'bread' of a sandwich.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (csEWM)
people do do that. I have not been able to go full keto, though I am lower carb. I dropped about 40 over the last few years. It is funny if you focus on the scale, eat a bunch of carbs and a lot of sodium, and you can gain five pounds in one night. it is positive and negative really. The reality is super low carb will give you and artificial five pounds less. But if you go off it, they will come back, like that. It is really just water.
lettuce, sandwich meat, sliced cheese, soda- even some buffalo style
pork rinds to try out.
Forgot one thing essential to the production of sandwiches:
Bread.
Sidebar- although, this does bring up a keto idea I wanted to try out, using lettuce as the 'bread' of a sandwich.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 10:54 AM (csEWM)
people do do that. I have not been able to go full keto, though I am lower carb. I dropped about 40 over the last few years. It is funny if you focus on the scale, eat a bunch of carbs and a lot of sodium, and you can gain five pounds in one night. it is positive and negative really. The reality is super low carb will give you and artificial five pounds less. But if you go off it, they will come back, like that. It is really just water.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:58 AM (gJfTA)
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67 Guy - Second time I've seen your story about your aunt and uncle, and I really love it. I'd comment but have to run.
Yeah, I had mentioned it right after I spoke w/them. Quite the enlightening call...it's interesting to me to see how our side looks to newcomers. Although it's been about 4 years now since they started identifying as right-leaning independents, but only in the past 8-10 months they're now calling themselves Republicans.
I almost hate to tell them a lot of us don't anymore!
Yeah, I had mentioned it right after I spoke w/them. Quite the enlightening call...it's interesting to me to see how our side looks to newcomers. Although it's been about 4 years now since they started identifying as right-leaning independents, but only in the past 8-10 months they're now calling themselves Republicans.
I almost hate to tell them a lot of us don't anymore!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 10:59 AM (Bmy3R)
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VDH thinks the way John Entwistle played the bass
Posted by: JoeF.
* adds to list of moron posts worth repeating *
Posted by: JoeF.
* adds to list of moron posts worth repeating *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 10:59 AM (sgK7E)
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Use X settings on your amp to get so and so's sound...and you keep tweaking and eventually get back to "your" sound.
Oh yeah. It's a fun circle, but best done in private. Many's the time I've been fiddling with amps and settings and said, "Hmm, that doesn't sound any better." At least you learn what not to do, so there's that.
Oh yeah. It's a fun circle, but best done in private. Many's the time I've been fiddling with amps and settings and said, "Hmm, that doesn't sound any better." At least you learn what not to do, so there's that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 11:01 AM (HaL55)
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There probably are many "good people" that are so locked into their inner circles that they will not stop their bosses from doing criminal acts.
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Definitely, but that's just another form of corruption. I pointed out maybe a thousand times during Muhrussiarussiarussia that nothing people like McCabe and Rosenstein did could be possible without total institutional corrupt. Not partially or mostly corrupt, but totally corrupt, without one single person willing to speak out.
That's the most common and corrosive form of corruption, and the kind that destroys nations. At bottom, the only differences between the people who run the US government and the ones who run countries like Mexico and Venezuela is the amount of money and the quality of the guns. Thugs and graspers and toadies, all.
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Definitely, but that's just another form of corruption. I pointed out maybe a thousand times during Muhrussiarussiarussia that nothing people like McCabe and Rosenstein did could be possible without total institutional corrupt. Not partially or mostly corrupt, but totally corrupt, without one single person willing to speak out.
That's the most common and corrosive form of corruption, and the kind that destroys nations. At bottom, the only differences between the people who run the US government and the ones who run countries like Mexico and Venezuela is the amount of money and the quality of the guns. Thugs and graspers and toadies, all.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:01 AM (vpYjV)
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Quint, you are correct that those rapid "weight" fluctuations are mostly water, though going low carb or keto or simply reducing calories below metabolic needs, this forces the body to burn fat for energy. No way around it.
It is frustrating though to see numbers on the scale reappear, that were thought safely in the rear view mirror.
It is frustrating though to see numbers on the scale reappear, that were thought safely in the rear view mirror.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:02 AM (XVgpK)
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Soon if you want to avoid living next to Section 8, you will need 20 acres of land with a house in the middle of it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 12, 2021 11:03 AM (OJoDh)
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50 years ago...I got to go to two concerts:
Sha Na Na; and Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Both were great.
Sha Na Na; and Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Both were great.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 11:03 AM (axyOa)
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Even as a young metal head wasn't a Who fan, never bought a album of theirs.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 11:04 AM (Cxk7w)
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Sha Na Na; and Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Both were great.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 11:03 AM (axyOa)
Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf....I was so cool.
Both were great.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 11:03 AM (axyOa)
Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf....I was so cool.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2021 11:06 AM (AwYPR)
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Soon if you want to avoid living next to Section 8, you will need 20 acres of land with a house in the middle of it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
Those 20 acres better not have a creek, ur - a wetland running through it as it won't really be yours any more.
Ask me how I know. 8 years. 8 f*cking years to get the proper permits from Fed, State, County, Township and Boro.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
Those 20 acres better not have a creek, ur - a wetland running through it as it won't really be yours any more.
Ask me how I know. 8 years. 8 f*cking years to get the proper permits from Fed, State, County, Township and Boro.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 11:06 AM (Rvt88)
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SeveralCities have already banned single family home zoning. Which means any lot can become multi family and by extension Section 8. The silver lining is a lot of upper middle class wine moms will get a yuuuge surprise when LaQuan and DeShawn move in next door and start eyeing their teenage Brooklyns and Dakotas. Hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (OJoDh)
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My very first guitar setup consisted of a battered Telecaster and a Supro tube amp and speaker cabinet, both mid 60s vintage.
Since this was the exact rig Jimmy Page used on the first Zep album, I was able to replicate that sound so well it was almost creepy. I mean, 12-13 year old me was no Jimmy Page of course, but the sound was spot on. So my teenage garage band did a lot of "Dazed & Confused" and "Communication Breakdown" and all.
Nobody had a violin bow so I used a double-bass bow that somebody came up with, on "Dazed." What a dork LOL
Since this was the exact rig Jimmy Page used on the first Zep album, I was able to replicate that sound so well it was almost creepy. I mean, 12-13 year old me was no Jimmy Page of course, but the sound was spot on. So my teenage garage band did a lot of "Dazed & Confused" and "Communication Breakdown" and all.
Nobody had a violin bow so I used a double-bass bow that somebody came up with, on "Dazed." What a dork LOL
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (Bmy3R)
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Van Gogh was know to make copies of Japanese art, eventually forming his own style."
And a Samuri Warrior hacked his ear off as a warning !
And a Samuri Warrior hacked his ear off as a warning !
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (arJlL)
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Churchill said in his WWII series that it was easier to enrage the American populace than cow them. The recent test run indicates that is no longer the case. Although, to be fair, he was observing the actions of an outside enemy not a coup.
The Statists have Worked for over 100 years to warp the fabric of the nation, so I guess it shouldn't be surprising they've had an effect. Especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall when most people thought the fight was over, leading to practically no resistance the last 30ish years.
The Statists have Worked for over 100 years to warp the fabric of the nation, so I guess it shouldn't be surprising they've had an effect. Especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall when most people thought the fight was over, leading to practically no resistance the last 30ish years.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (1lKRm)
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Hiya
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (arJlL)
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My very first guitar setup consisted of a battered Telecaster and a Supro tube amp and speaker cabinet, both mid 60s vintage.
Since this was the exact rig Jimmy Page used on the
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (Bmy3R)
Wow...if you still had/have that rig...$$.
Since this was the exact rig Jimmy Page used on the
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (Bmy3R)
Wow...if you still had/have that rig...$$.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2021 11:09 AM (AwYPR)
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"A favorite new strategy of those pushing CRT is to claim that opponents of CRT "don't even know what it is". Often by changing definitions on the fly."
Parallels Antifa is just an idea.
Parallels Antifa is just an idea.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:10 AM (sgK7E)
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Especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall when most people thought the fight was over, leading to practically no resistance the last 30ish years.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (1lKRm)
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This. When Putin said the collapse of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical disaster in a hundred years, he was correct. Just for very different reasons than he thinks.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (1lKRm)
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This. When Putin said the collapse of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical disaster in a hundred years, he was correct. Just for very different reasons than he thinks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:10 AM (vpYjV)
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It would be nice to live in a world where we never heard the name "Anthony Fauci" spoken again.
Posted by: creeper
Except for his hanging !
Posted by: creeper
Except for his hanging !
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2021 11:10 AM (arJlL)
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I have been watching I dream of Jeanie clips. It is a charming show in a lot of ways. Plus, Barbara Eden.
This is early sixties, right? There is a scene with a used car dealer ad spot (in the episode.) Prices on the cars seem to range from $1000 to $1500. That seems high even for Coco Beach of the time, considering inflation. Am I completely off base?
This is early sixties, right? There is a scene with a used car dealer ad spot (in the episode.) Prices on the cars seem to range from $1000 to $1500. That seems high even for Coco Beach of the time, considering inflation. Am I completely off base?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:11 AM (csEWM)
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Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman:
"He thought he had been attacked by one of the great white sharks that swim in the area, "and then I felt around and I realised there was no teeth".
"And then I realised: 'Oh my God, I'm in a whale's mouth and he's trying to swallow me. This is it, I'm going die'."" Kids, be careful out there swimming and stuff.
Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman:
"He thought he had been attacked by one of the great white sharks that swim in the area, "and then I felt around and I realised there was no teeth".
"And then I realised: 'Oh my God, I'm in a whale's mouth and he's trying to swallow me. This is it, I'm going die'."" Kids, be careful out there swimming and stuff.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2021 11:11 AM (V13WU)
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The one constant through the last 50 years has been baseball!
When Rick Monday Jr ran out to save that rainbow flag from being burned last April, I harkened back to his father's 'Great Save' from those two pyros attemp to burn Old Glory several deacades ago.
When Rick Monday Jr ran out to save that rainbow flag from being burned last April, I harkened back to his father's 'Great Save' from those two pyros attemp to burn Old Glory several deacades ago.
Posted by: Terrence Mann at June 12, 2021 11:11 AM (qlUBr)
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Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 10:34 AM (2DOZq)
I got that for my umbrella because I love the colors and it was a perfect compliment to my dark purple kimono raincoat.
I got that for my umbrella because I love the colors and it was a perfect compliment to my dark purple kimono raincoat.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:11 AM (1lKRm)
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Except for his hanging !
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2021 11:10 AM (arJlL)
By his toes. He's Italian. We should be sensitive to the cultural traditions of his people.
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2021 11:10 AM (arJlL)
By his toes. He's Italian. We should be sensitive to the cultural traditions of his people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (vpYjV)
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Democrats - bringing the gulag to you.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (GUqEi)
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66 So Pixy is back on the rag with line breaks. Gets old.
Posted by: creeper at June 12, 2021 10:55 AM (XxJt1)
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Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (DJFLF)
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t is frustrating though to see numbers on the scale reappear, that were thought safely in the rear view mirror.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:02 AM (XVgpK)
yeah you said it well. Legit weight loss occurs if you go low carb and need to burn energy. it can be hard to give back five pounds, but if you know why it happens, it is no big deal. I guess I would tell someone starting off on low carb to ignore the first five pounds. Take them for granted and keep moving on.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:02 AM (XVgpK)
yeah you said it well. Legit weight loss occurs if you go low carb and need to burn energy. it can be hard to give back five pounds, but if you know why it happens, it is no big deal. I guess I would tell someone starting off on low carb to ignore the first five pounds. Take them for granted and keep moving on.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (gJfTA)
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What has changed in 50 years?
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My hairstyle, I went from long hair past my waist in the 70s to Melanie Griffiths' style she wore in Working Girl in the 80s to the current short and sleek look, a bit like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
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My hairstyle, I went from long hair past my waist in the 70s to Melanie Griffiths' style she wore in Working Girl in the 80s to the current short and sleek look, a bit like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at June 12, 2021 11:13 AM (RMGKK)
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Wow...if you still had/have that rig...$$.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2021 11:09 AM (AwYPR)
It was all beat to hell even back then though. Probably could have been refurbished if I'd had the dough. The reverb on that Supro was *insane*! I can still "hear" it all these decades later.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2021 11:09 AM (AwYPR)
It was all beat to hell even back then though. Probably could have been refurbished if I'd had the dough. The reverb on that Supro was *insane*! I can still "hear" it all these decades later.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 11:16 AM (Bmy3R)
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By his toes. He's Italian. We should be sensitive to the cultural traditions of his people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (vpYjV)
I'm Italian. I would be fine with exploring the other great cultural traditions, be it drawing a quartering. Breaking him on the wheel and then threading his limbs through that wheel and hanging the whole shooting match. That delightful one I read about where you suspend the miscreant over sharpened bamboo plants. The list goes on.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (vpYjV)
I'm Italian. I would be fine with exploring the other great cultural traditions, be it drawing a quartering. Breaking him on the wheel and then threading his limbs through that wheel and hanging the whole shooting match. That delightful one I read about where you suspend the miscreant over sharpened bamboo plants. The list goes on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:16 AM (csEWM)
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My hairstyle, I went from long hair past my waist in the 70s to Melanie Griffiths' style she wore in Working Girl in the 80s to the current short and sleek look, a bit like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at June 12, 2021 11:13 AM (RMGKK)
50 years ago I had a buzzcut. Now I have a Ponytail.
Just kinda the opposite.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at June 12, 2021 11:13 AM (RMGKK)
50 years ago I had a buzzcut. Now I have a Ponytail.
Just kinda the opposite.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 11:16 AM (oHd/0)
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SeveralCities have already banned single family home zoning. Which means any lot can become multi family and by extension Section 8. The silver lining is a lot of upper middle class wine moms will get a yuuuge surprise when LaQuan and DeShawn move in next door and start eyeing their teenage Brooklyns and Dakotas. Hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (OJoDh)
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Remember a week or two ago when we were all asking "who is buying all of these homes that people are selling?"
The answer: Corporations. Big multi-national groups. Ones that are pro-Great Reset. They intend to rent those homes to the middle class, and remove what was a wealth-building vehicle for so many families. And you can't realistically outbid them because they've got billions to negotiate with. They're buying entire subdivisions to put their plans in place.
What will be neat is when we learn that China owns, or is at least acting through, the companies like Black Rock who are buying all of the properties.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 12, 2021 11:07 AM (OJoDh)
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Remember a week or two ago when we were all asking "who is buying all of these homes that people are selling?"
The answer: Corporations. Big multi-national groups. Ones that are pro-Great Reset. They intend to rent those homes to the middle class, and remove what was a wealth-building vehicle for so many families. And you can't realistically outbid them because they've got billions to negotiate with. They're buying entire subdivisions to put their plans in place.
What will be neat is when we learn that China owns, or is at least acting through, the companies like Black Rock who are buying all of the properties.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:16 AM (KpdiX)
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Hi Mr KT. I would say welcome aboard but our boat is too small.
Here, take this life jacket.
Understanding the enemy is essential. But, and it's a big beautiful but:
It comforting knowing if my murderer is a communist or a socialist or just your everyday murderer.
Here, take this life jacket.
Understanding the enemy is essential. But, and it's a big beautiful but:
It comforting knowing if my murderer is a communist or a socialist or just your everyday murderer.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (rB4m/)
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I quit smoking years ago and I'm glad I did and I would advise everyone who still smokes to quit, but when we started incrementally curtailing and restricting --and then outright banning--smoking here, there and everywhere--we softened up huge swaths of the population to accept limits on personal freedom--as was so vividly illustrated over the past 15 months
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (mR6Gs)
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By his toes. He's Italian. We should be sensitive to the cultural traditions of his people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (vpYjV)
From the toe of the boot all the way up to the "collar", Italians *were* savage to their elites when they got riled up.
A friend of mine thought it was American GIs who strung up Benito. I was like, umm...no...it was his own countrymen who had had enough
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 11:12 AM (vpYjV)
From the toe of the boot all the way up to the "collar", Italians *were* savage to their elites when they got riled up.
A friend of mine thought it was American GIs who strung up Benito. I was like, umm...no...it was his own countrymen who had had enough
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (DJFLF)
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"nothing people like McCabe and Rosenstein did could be possible without total institutional corrupt. Not partially or mostly corrupt, but totally corrupt, without one single person willing to speak out." YD
They get the "good people" to "stand down". Which is indeed just as corrupt, since their job is to not stand down. (they are the bank guard that takes his break when the bank is robbed) Happens in DC, but we see it with cops ordered to watch Antifa commit crimes, block streets, assault.
The whole #2Weeks thing was/is just fake "don't worry, we will take care of this", don't rise up.
They get the "good people" to "stand down". Which is indeed just as corrupt, since their job is to not stand down. (they are the bank guard that takes his break when the bank is robbed) Happens in DC, but we see it with cops ordered to watch Antifa commit crimes, block streets, assault.
The whole #2Weeks thing was/is just fake "don't worry, we will take care of this", don't rise up.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 12, 2021 11:18 AM (Cus5s)
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I quit smoking years ago and I'm glad I did and I would advise everyone who still smokes to quit, but when we started incrementally curtailing and restricting --and then outright banning--smoking here, there and everywhere--we softened up huge swaths of the population to accept limits on personal freedom--as was so vividly illustrated over the past 15 months
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (mR6Gs)
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When you can tell a private business owner who can use your bathrooms and who can't smoke on your property, the next step to lockdowns over a cold virus are trivially easy.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (mR6Gs)
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When you can tell a private business owner who can use your bathrooms and who can't smoke on your property, the next step to lockdowns over a cold virus are trivially easy.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (KpdiX)
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The Marxists who have taken our institutions will
fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history
of a stable and successful Marxist nation Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC
^^this. Expanding o your point, Dave, the reason these people will ultimately fail is that they are not grounded in reality. The more cynical know that their program is BS, but the foot soldiers believe the cops are out there hunting down young black men to shoot and the oceans are about to start boiling and the Chinese flu is going to create the zombie apocalypse and we need social workers to respond to 911 calls and that men can be non-birthing mothers. They are pushing policies that are grounded in fantasy and they live in a world that is not the real world. Like the USSR, it will eventually catch up with them.
fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history
of a stable and successful Marxist nation Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC
^^this. Expanding o your point, Dave, the reason these people will ultimately fail is that they are not grounded in reality. The more cynical know that their program is BS, but the foot soldiers believe the cops are out there hunting down young black men to shoot and the oceans are about to start boiling and the Chinese flu is going to create the zombie apocalypse and we need social workers to respond to 911 calls and that men can be non-birthing mothers. They are pushing policies that are grounded in fantasy and they live in a world that is not the real world. Like the USSR, it will eventually catch up with them.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (BMmaB)
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Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 10:58 AM (gJfTA)
It's really best to ignore the scale and focus on actual health improvements - do you feel better or worse? Look better - skin / hair nails? Endurance and energy? That stuff.
It's really best to ignore the scale and focus on actual health improvements - do you feel better or worse? Look better - skin / hair nails? Endurance and energy? That stuff.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (oEn12)
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What has changed in 50 years?
Americans have become more socialist. I'd say roughly 65-70% of the country is by any common definition, socialist now.
Americans have become more socialist. I'd say roughly 65-70% of the country is by any common definition, socialist now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)
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I went from a military cut number 2, to a number 1. I get crazy sometimes and pick one at random. I wish I could look like Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall. But the barber just looks at me, and says "come on man".
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (gJfTA)
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I work for a civil engineering and land survey company, and over the years the push for multifamily and multiuse developments has far outpaced single family development. And even the single family has smaller building footprints on small lots, and having three or even four floors.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM (x8Wzq)
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Americans have become more socialist. I'd say roughly 65-70% of the country is by any common definition, socialist now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)
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Part of what makes twitter so disturbing is how many people openly and publicly embrace communism. They have no problem saying it, either.
Americans have become more socialist. I'd say roughly 65-70% of the country is by any common definition, socialist now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)
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Part of what makes twitter so disturbing is how many people openly and publicly embrace communism. They have no problem saying it, either.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM (KpdiX)
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@106
Check out what the Italian partisan's did to Mussolini at the end of WWII.
His face isn't recognizable as a human face when they got through with him.
Check out what the Italian partisan's did to Mussolini at the end of WWII.
His face isn't recognizable as a human face when they got through with him.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM (MwWDE)
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A friend of mine thought it was American GIs who strung up Benito. I was like, umm...no...it was his own countrymen who had had enough
Posted by: kallisto
All the uninitiated to the Italian ways need to do to get them some learn'n is view a 'friendly' game of bocce ball. That's how we act when we are having fun.
Posted by: kallisto
All the uninitiated to the Italian ways need to do to get them some learn'n is view a 'friendly' game of bocce ball. That's how we act when we are having fun.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM (Rvt88)
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The Marxists who have taken our institutions will fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history of a stable and successful Marxist nation.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
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From your keyboard to God's ear.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
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From your keyboard to God's ear.
Posted by: President Select Decaf at June 12, 2021 11:21 AM (RMGKK)
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A friend of mine thought it was American GIs who strung up Benito. I was like, umm...no...it was his own countrymen who had had enough
Posted by: kallisto
If I recall correctly, they drug him through the streets prior to hanging. Too lazy to check but I believe he may have already expired prior to being strung up. Seems appropriate for Dr.Death.
Posted by: kallisto
If I recall correctly, they drug him through the streets prior to hanging. Too lazy to check but I believe he may have already expired prior to being strung up. Seems appropriate for Dr.Death.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:21 AM (sgK7E)
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Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:16 AM (KpdiX)
EB5 Citizenship. For 500K you can BUY your family a Green card, by investing in specific EB5 Approved investment firms.
After complying for two years, you are on the citizenship track. 10,000 Visas a year, 3/4ths of which go to Chinese.
EB5 Citizenship. For 500K you can BUY your family a Green card, by investing in specific EB5 Approved investment firms.
After complying for two years, you are on the citizenship track. 10,000 Visas a year, 3/4ths of which go to Chinese.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 11:21 AM (oHd/0)
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115 @106
Check out what the Italian partisan's did to Mussolini at the end of WWII.
His face isn't recognizable as a human face when they got through with him.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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These stories are filling me with hope and inspiration.
Check out what the Italian partisan's did to Mussolini at the end of WWII.
His face isn't recognizable as a human face when they got through with him.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
==
These stories are filling me with hope and inspiration.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (oEn12)
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Part of the allure of Qanon was that a group of military men were organizing "a resistance" from within, but many former CIA/NSA types have to leave to speak out about the incredible corruption and "DeepState".
There are no 'white hats'. Primary example is Gen Mike Flynn himself, who as NSA Director, and after an entire career dealing with the DC Swamp...didn't recognize a FIB sting when he was the mark.
Part of the allure of Qanon was that a group of military men were organizing "a resistance" from within, but many former CIA/NSA types have to leave to speak out about the incredible corruption and "DeepState".
There are no 'white hats'. Primary example is Gen Mike Flynn himself, who as NSA Director, and after an entire career dealing with the DC Swamp...didn't recognize a FIB sting when he was the mark.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF)
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Americans have become more socialist. I'd say roughly 65-70% of the country is by any common definition, socialist now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)
That seems high, but if you expand it to mean anyone--or any business--that gets *something* from Uncle Sam, it's probably close to 90%
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)
That seems high, but if you expand it to mean anyone--or any business--that gets *something* from Uncle Sam, it's probably close to 90%
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (mR6Gs)
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I have always avoided the "current" trends, the mob mentality.
Which ever direction the herd is moving, I don't move or go in the opposite direction. The only thing I change on a daily basis are my drawers.
Served me well these past 50 years.
Which ever direction the herd is moving, I don't move or go in the opposite direction. The only thing I change on a daily basis are my drawers.
Served me well these past 50 years.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (R/m4+)
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When you can tell a private business owner who can
use your bathrooms and who can't smoke on your property, the next step
to lockdowns over a cold virus are trivially easy Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (KpdiX
In law school, I had a lefty Property professor who taught that property ownership has three attributes: 1. The ability to dispose of it; 2. The ability to use it; and 3. The income derived from it (the usufruct, for a fancy term). If government can regulate how you use it and take what it wants of the usufruct, and even tell the nominal owner who he can and can't sell it to and under what conditions he can and can't destroy it, then whose name is on the title is just a detail. The government in fact owns as much of the bundle of property rights as it wants to own. This is how modern socialism works.
use your bathrooms and who can't smoke on your property, the next step
to lockdowns over a cold virus are trivially easy Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (KpdiX
In law school, I had a lefty Property professor who taught that property ownership has three attributes: 1. The ability to dispose of it; 2. The ability to use it; and 3. The income derived from it (the usufruct, for a fancy term). If government can regulate how you use it and take what it wants of the usufruct, and even tell the nominal owner who he can and can't sell it to and under what conditions he can and can't destroy it, then whose name is on the title is just a detail. The government in fact owns as much of the bundle of property rights as it wants to own. This is how modern socialism works.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (BMmaB)
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Has Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife been indicted yet?
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (jYQlA)
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And even the single family has smaller building footprints on small lots, and having three or even four floors.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM (x8Wzq)
Yup, I'm looking at buying a new home somewhere, but KNOW I don't want stairs as I'm retired. Choices are very limited in most areas.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM (x8Wzq)
Yup, I'm looking at buying a new home somewhere, but KNOW I don't want stairs as I'm retired. Choices are very limited in most areas.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (oHd/0)
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Take a look at this. A video of President* at G7 lost and rescued by Dr. Jill.
http://alturl.com/7jfdu
It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
http://alturl.com/7jfdu
It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (Yoq4u)
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Would any media outlet today refer to the enemy as the enemy?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (cSyAR)
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There are no 'white hats'. Primary example is Gen Mike Flynn himself, who as NSA Director, and after an entire career dealing with the DC Swamp...didn't recognize a FIB sting when he was the mark.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF)
Maybe he thought he was part of the Deep State and never thought they would turn on him?
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF)
Maybe he thought he was part of the Deep State and never thought they would turn on him?
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (mR6Gs)
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The Marxists who have taken our institutions will fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history of a stable and successful Marxist nation.
Posted by: Dave in Fla
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I just worry about the decades between now and then.
Posted by: Dave in Fla
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I just worry about the decades between now and then.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (KpdiX)
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They are pushing policies that are grounded in fantasy and they live in a
world that is not the real world. Like the USSR, it will eventually
catch up with them.
The problem is that the damage to the standard of living done in the interim can't be undone. Think about Russia, and what it could have been but for the detour into Marxism.
world that is not the real world. Like the USSR, it will eventually
catch up with them.
The problem is that the damage to the standard of living done in the interim can't be undone. Think about Russia, and what it could have been but for the detour into Marxism.
Posted by: pep at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (v16oJ)
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The first time in my life I thought our military was in real trouble was after Iran captured our patrol boat and the way our officers and enlisted acted. It was shameful and as un-American as I could imagine.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (2DOZq)
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It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (Yoq4u)
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Yep. You know Slipfoot tends to fall in dress shoes.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (Yoq4u)
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Yep. You know Slipfoot tends to fall in dress shoes.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (KpdiX)
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It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster
It's the uniform for all golden sneakers outings.
Posted by: blaster
It's the uniform for all golden sneakers outings.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2021 11:25 AM (Rvt88)
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Take a look at this. A video of President* at G7 lost and rescued by Dr. Jill.
http://alturl.com/7jfdu
It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (Yoq4u)
But TRUMP was a bumbling oaf who put his pants on backwards and killed fish with too much fish food and made us the laughingstock of the whole woild.....
http://alturl.com/7jfdu
It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (Yoq4u)
But TRUMP was a bumbling oaf who put his pants on backwards and killed fish with too much fish food and made us the laughingstock of the whole woild.....
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:25 AM (mR6Gs)
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I quit smoking years ago and I'm glad I did and I
would advise everyone who still smokes to quit, but when we started
incrementally curtailing and restricting --and then outright
banning--smoking here, there and everywhere--we softened up huge swaths
of the population to accept limits on personal freedom--as was so
vividly illustrated over the past 15 months
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (mR6Gs)
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When you can tell a private business owner who can use your
bathrooms and who can't smoke on your property, the next step to
lockdowns over a cold virus are trivially easy.Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (KpdiX)
I ordered Dominos carry out last night in person. I made the order, and was about to leave to wait for it to be done. The guy decided to tell me I had to wear a mask. I told him right there, forget it, the order is cancelled. No argument, no big deal. But if someone is telling me how to live, forget it. It it is not a big deal, but this crap is popping up.
would advise everyone who still smokes to quit, but when we started
incrementally curtailing and restricting --and then outright
banning--smoking here, there and everywhere--we softened up huge swaths
of the population to accept limits on personal freedom--as was so
vividly illustrated over the past 15 months
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:17 AM (mR6Gs)
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When you can tell a private business owner who can use your
bathrooms and who can't smoke on your property, the next step to
lockdowns over a cold virus are trivially easy.Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (KpdiX)
I ordered Dominos carry out last night in person. I made the order, and was about to leave to wait for it to be done. The guy decided to tell me I had to wear a mask. I told him right there, forget it, the order is cancelled. No argument, no big deal. But if someone is telling me how to live, forget it. It it is not a big deal, but this crap is popping up.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:25 AM (gJfTA)
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It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster
They could have at least given him all black sneakers
Posted by: blaster
They could have at least given him all black sneakers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2021 11:26 AM (oEn12)
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Did the doctor take that line from Judge Dread 1?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at June 12, 2021 11:26 AM (rB4m/)
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I have always defended smoker's rights. I don't smoke and to be honest that is the point. It sucks that people will turn on others simply because they make other choices. In the end, if they can cancel some of us, they will cancel us all in the end. Camel, nose, tent, I see where this is going.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:26 AM (gJfTA)
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Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2021 11:19 AM (3H9h1)
Which the public schools have a lot to do with. That, and just plain *Time*. Social Security, and many other socialist New Deal artifacts, has been around my whole life (my *father's* whole life, for that matter and he's 70). Normalization bias does its natural work until not having those programs is simply unthinkable.
Which the public schools have a lot to do with. That, and just plain *Time*. Social Security, and many other socialist New Deal artifacts, has been around my whole life (my *father's* whole life, for that matter and he's 70). Normalization bias does its natural work until not having those programs is simply unthinkable.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:27 AM (1lKRm)
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@127 I just watched that clip a few minutes ago. Doctor Scholl's came to mind, but also a sense of embarrassment that this cretinous criminal is the president of anything more elevated than the local chapter of Bedwetters Anonymous.
Posted by: No Longer Amused at June 12, 2021 11:27 AM (9bc16)
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There are no 'white hats'. Primary example is Gen Mike Flynn himself, who as NSA Director, and after an entire career dealing with the DC Swamp...didn't recognize a FIB sting when he was the mark.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF)
To be fair , Flynn was a Democrat. He just made the mistake of disagreeing with the Obama administration.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF)
To be fair , Flynn was a Democrat. He just made the mistake of disagreeing with the Obama administration.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:27 AM (2DOZq)
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It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster
Probably velcro shoes. Had to switch the paterfamilias to velcro and slip ons when the Alzheimer's began to swallow him. Laced shoes frustrated and agitated him.
Posted by: blaster
Probably velcro shoes. Had to switch the paterfamilias to velcro and slip ons when the Alzheimer's began to swallow him. Laced shoes frustrated and agitated him.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (sgK7E)
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I ordered Dominos carry out last night in person. I made the order, and was about to leave to wait for it to be done. The guy decided to tell me I had to wear a mask. I told him right there, forget it, the order is cancelled. No argument, no big deal. But if someone is telling me how to live, forget it. It it is not a big deal, but this crap is popping up.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:25 AM (gJfTA)
***
It was a super deadly virus but somehow fast food restaurants could remain open so that high school dropouts and illegal aliens could continue to prepare and serve food to the nation.
(also it's worth noting that the fecal-oral hypothesis is strengthened by that since food handling protocols would account for the lack of every restaurant being superspreader events every day)
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:25 AM (gJfTA)
***
It was a super deadly virus but somehow fast food restaurants could remain open so that high school dropouts and illegal aliens could continue to prepare and serve food to the nation.
(also it's worth noting that the fecal-oral hypothesis is strengthened by that since food handling protocols would account for the lack of every restaurant being superspreader events every day)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (KpdiX)
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Tucker Carlson covered investment firm purchases of residential real estate last night. Apparently, many Americans are selling their homes, then moving to rental houses. Hmmm. Remember the first chapter of, "The Grapes of Wrath?" This time is will be different. This time most of the houses will not be bulldozed. This time is will be worse. Call it anti-gentrification.
A point Tucker made was the loss of care due to a loss of home ownership by residents -- after all, one part of owning your home is mowing your grass. The point Tucker failed to make is that the grass WILL still be mowed, only now it will be mowed by illegals.
MOAR Illegals!
A point Tucker made was the loss of care due to a loss of home ownership by residents -- after all, one part of owning your home is mowing your grass. The point Tucker failed to make is that the grass WILL still be mowed, only now it will be mowed by illegals.
MOAR Illegals!
Posted by: Marooned at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (5TnwH)
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The first time in my life I thought our military
was in real trouble was after Iran captured our patrol boat and the way
our officers and enlisted acted. It was shameful and as un-American as I
could imagine.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (2DOZq
Slackers
was in real trouble was after Iran captured our patrol boat and the way
our officers and enlisted acted. It was shameful and as un-American as I
could imagine.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (2DOZq
Slackers
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (BMmaB)
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Maybe he thought he was part of the Deep State and never thought they would turn on him?
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (mR6Gs)
who knows. He turned out to be useless
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 11:23 AM (mR6Gs)
who knows. He turned out to be useless
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (DJFLF)
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147 The first time in my life I thought our military
was in real trouble was after Iran captured our patrol boat and the way
our officers and enlisted acted. It was shameful and as un-American as I
could imagine.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (2DOZq
Slackers
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (BMmaB)
The story is there was one Chief who didn't play well with the Iranians... apparently he was 'Old Navy'.
/spit
was in real trouble was after Iran captured our patrol boat and the way
our officers and enlisted acted. It was shameful and as un-American as I
could imagine.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:24 AM (2DOZq
Slackers
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (BMmaB)
The story is there was one Chief who didn't play well with the Iranians... apparently he was 'Old Navy'.
/spit
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 11:29 AM (oHd/0)
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Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2021 11:20 AM
Aww come on, your ruining the end of the book I'm reading
Aww come on, your ruining the end of the book I'm reading
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 11:29 AM (Cxk7w)
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It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster
They could have at least given him all black sneakers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
The sneakers that light up and play music when he walks !
Posted by: blaster
They could have at least given him all black sneakers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
The sneakers that light up and play music when he walks !
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2021 11:29 AM (arJlL)
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Can you tell if Slipfoot has velcro instead of laces? That would be about right.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:30 AM (KpdiX)
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Legit weight loss occurs if you go low carb and need to burn energy.
No, "low carb" has nothing to do with it. Low calorie. It's simply a matter of reducing intake to something less than the metabolic base requirement. For adult males maybe 1500 to 2000 somewhere in there. About 600 to 900 calories daily intake will result in fairly rapid fat loss. About 1.5 to 2 pounds a week is realistic, over time, for motivated people.
No, "low carb" has nothing to do with it. Low calorie. It's simply a matter of reducing intake to something less than the metabolic base requirement. For adult males maybe 1500 to 2000 somewhere in there. About 600 to 900 calories daily intake will result in fairly rapid fat loss. About 1.5 to 2 pounds a week is realistic, over time, for motivated people.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:31 AM (XVgpK)
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I love that Doctor Jill tries so hard to look like a 20 year old in public and Husband Slipfoot has to wear velcro diabetic shoes in public.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:32 AM (KpdiX)
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The Marxists who have taken our institutions will
fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history
of a stable and successful Marxist nation Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
You so funny
fail because they always fail, there is not a single example in history
of a stable and successful Marxist nation Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 10:45 AM (5p7BC)
You so funny
Posted by: Kim Il Jong at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (ySM85)
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"I have always defended smoker's rights."
But not other drug abusers rights? Why not just let people take whatever they want to take?
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (FzDPG)
there is history there. For America to be anti tobacco is like Saudi Arabia to be anti oil. Some things are just part of the game. We allowed smokers rights for a couple hundred years. I still laugh at Millennials who are shocked when they see movies with smoking.
If druggies affected no one else, then sure, if it is legal, let them be. But the reality is druggies always affect the people around them, whether they mean to or not. Look the pot wars have been won, the pot fans won them. Hey, great, they had pot too decades ago without having to make government prove they will do anything for a vote. If you affect no one else, go for it. The problem is that almost never happens.
But not other drug abusers rights? Why not just let people take whatever they want to take?
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (FzDPG)
there is history there. For America to be anti tobacco is like Saudi Arabia to be anti oil. Some things are just part of the game. We allowed smokers rights for a couple hundred years. I still laugh at Millennials who are shocked when they see movies with smoking.
If druggies affected no one else, then sure, if it is legal, let them be. But the reality is druggies always affect the people around them, whether they mean to or not. Look the pot wars have been won, the pot fans won them. Hey, great, they had pot too decades ago without having to make government prove they will do anything for a vote. If you affect no one else, go for it. The problem is that almost never happens.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (gJfTA)
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just watched that clip a few minutes ago. Doctor Scholl's came to mind, but also a sense of embarrassment that this cretinous criminal is the president of anything more elevated than the local chapter of Bedwetters Anonymous.
Posted by: No Longer Amused
As cringeworthy as videos like that are, I find the pretense displayed by those constantly around him, that nothing is out of the normal, to be more cringeworthy and angering.
Posted by: No Longer Amused
As cringeworthy as videos like that are, I find the pretense displayed by those constantly around him, that nothing is out of the normal, to be more cringeworthy and angering.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (sgK7E)
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Probably velcro shoes. Had to switch the paterfamilias to velcro and slip ons when the Alzheimer's began to swallow him. Laced shoes frustrated and agitated him.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (sgK7E)
I had a pair of Keen safety toe shoes that had something completely different I liked a bit: You had an overall very light weight steel toed shoe (composite toe, really.) You had laces, but they had a pull and drawstring type arrangement. Made them very fast to put on and tighten up, but the biggest problem I found was I went through laces very quickly (like two or three times a year.)
Keen seems to have stopped using the system. Too bad. I had actually wanted to try fitting a pair of leather laces to the system bits they had and seeing how they held up.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (sgK7E)
I had a pair of Keen safety toe shoes that had something completely different I liked a bit: You had an overall very light weight steel toed shoe (composite toe, really.) You had laces, but they had a pull and drawstring type arrangement. Made them very fast to put on and tighten up, but the biggest problem I found was I went through laces very quickly (like two or three times a year.)
Keen seems to have stopped using the system. Too bad. I had actually wanted to try fitting a pair of leather laces to the system bits they had and seeing how they held up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (csEWM)
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But not other drug abusers rights? Why not just let people take whatever they want to take?
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (FzDPG)
Ummmm....I think people do.
Meth, Fentanyl, Crack, Weed, Heroin, Ass, etc, etc.
The laws against these have accomplished nothing.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (FzDPG)
Ummmm....I think people do.
Meth, Fentanyl, Crack, Weed, Heroin, Ass, etc, etc.
The laws against these have accomplished nothing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (R/m4+)
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There are no 'white hats'. Primary example is Gen
Mike Flynn himself, who as NSA Director, and after an entire career
dealing with the DC Swamp...didn't recognize a FIB sting when he was the
mark.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF) To be fair , Flynn was a Democrat. He just made the mistake of disagreeing with the Obama administration. Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:27 AM (2DOZq
I've known Mike Flynn for nearly 40 years. I can't say he has ever said so, but I believe he knew he was being set up and that he had done nothing wrong. (After all, look at how the DIA hid the Chinese defector and didn't tell the FBI or CIA about him until he was thoroughly debriefed.) What I suspect he didn't believe was that the FBI would manufacture evidence, destroy the real evidence, and the DOJ and a crooked judge would railroad him. He wasn't even the real target. The point of the prosecution was to get him to manufacture a story that would get Trump.
Mike Flynn himself, who as NSA Director, and after an entire career
dealing with the DC Swamp...didn't recognize a FIB sting when he was the
mark.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (DJFLF) To be fair , Flynn was a Democrat. He just made the mistake of disagreeing with the Obama administration. Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:27 AM (2DOZq
I've known Mike Flynn for nearly 40 years. I can't say he has ever said so, but I believe he knew he was being set up and that he had done nothing wrong. (After all, look at how the DIA hid the Chinese defector and didn't tell the FBI or CIA about him until he was thoroughly debriefed.) What I suspect he didn't believe was that the FBI would manufacture evidence, destroy the real evidence, and the DOJ and a crooked judge would railroad him. He wasn't even the real target. The point of the prosecution was to get him to manufacture a story that would get Trump.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (BMmaB)
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Arch-libertarianism is sophomoric bullshit Dingo. The real question you should ask is if it's so bad, why aren't cigs illegals? You know the answer of course, government needs the money but likes fucking with people.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 12, 2021 11:34 AM (xEIoY)
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Isn't a man entitled to the sweat of his own brow?
Posted by: Andrew Ryan at June 12, 2021 11:35 AM (csEWM)
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Slackers
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (BMmaB)
I can't determine what side of sarcasm this is directed to.
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (BMmaB)
I can't determine what side of sarcasm this is directed to.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:35 AM (2DOZq)
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And I want to say thank you to the Biden family for allowing us to watch Slipfoot's decline.
I despise you, but I will be eternally grateful for that. It's hilarious to watch that vain, horrible man (and his vain, self-absorbed elderly wife) slowly collapsing in public while the world watches.
I despise you, but I will be eternally grateful for that. It's hilarious to watch that vain, horrible man (and his vain, self-absorbed elderly wife) slowly collapsing in public while the world watches.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Who would have imagined that Karmella stutters like Slipfoot, too? at June 12, 2021 11:35 AM (KpdiX)
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These stories are filling me with hope and inspiration.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (oEn12)
I'm sorry I have to burst your bubble here vmom. The Italians who strung up Benito were part of the resistance, formed of communists and true Italian antifascist and anti-nazi Patriots.
They understood that by joining the resistance, they were putting their very lives on the line.
They were well aware of the torture and brutality that awaited them if captured by the nazis, also that entire villages and towns were getting wiped out by Nazi reprisal atrocities.
But still they carried on, because they were willing to lay down their lives for their cause. That sentiment does not exist today, not even among the SJWs. The only reason they feel free to do their damage is because Gaslight Inc. has their back.
But reverse the players: suppose Gaslight Inc was run by an uber-Right cabal. Would the extreme SJW left be as willing to perpetrate as they are today? Would BLM be pulling citizens out of their cars if a true Right Wing apparatus controlled all the marbles?
I doubt it.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2021 11:22 AM (oEn12)
I'm sorry I have to burst your bubble here vmom. The Italians who strung up Benito were part of the resistance, formed of communists and true Italian antifascist and anti-nazi Patriots.
They understood that by joining the resistance, they were putting their very lives on the line.
They were well aware of the torture and brutality that awaited them if captured by the nazis, also that entire villages and towns were getting wiped out by Nazi reprisal atrocities.
But still they carried on, because they were willing to lay down their lives for their cause. That sentiment does not exist today, not even among the SJWs. The only reason they feel free to do their damage is because Gaslight Inc. has their back.
But reverse the players: suppose Gaslight Inc was run by an uber-Right cabal. Would the extreme SJW left be as willing to perpetrate as they are today? Would BLM be pulling citizens out of their cars if a true Right Wing apparatus controlled all the marbles?
I doubt it.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:35 AM (DJFLF)
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Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:28 AM (BMmaB)
I can't determine what side of sarcasm this is directed to.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:35 AM (2DOZq
The USS Pueblo surrendered to the North Koreans in international waters without firing a shot.
I can't determine what side of sarcasm this is directed to.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:35 AM (2DOZq
The USS Pueblo surrendered to the North Koreans in international waters without firing a shot.
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:37 AM (BMmaB)
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"The FBI top echelon? All of them not just the top"
Spot on. The "10% bad apples" card may smooze the civilians, but I still recall Marine Corps culture being "if you see someone doing something wrong and don't correct them, you are just as guilty as they are"
These field agents aren't blind, at the very least they witnessed the corruption and made a conscious decision to not make waves or resign. They are just as corrupt, and this how evil thrives.
I don't know how I was ever so naive to believe the FBI were White Hats, Boy Scouts with laser sights, but there was a time I would have taken a bullet to defend them.
Now? I'll talk to them under any circumstances, not when they forge 302s. And I'm wargaming how to deal with them if/when the walls ever come down.
What a disgrace.
Spot on. The "10% bad apples" card may smooze the civilians, but I still recall Marine Corps culture being "if you see someone doing something wrong and don't correct them, you are just as guilty as they are"
These field agents aren't blind, at the very least they witnessed the corruption and made a conscious decision to not make waves or resign. They are just as corrupt, and this how evil thrives.
I don't know how I was ever so naive to believe the FBI were White Hats, Boy Scouts with laser sights, but there was a time I would have taken a bullet to defend them.
Now? I'll talk to them under any circumstances, not when they forge 302s. And I'm wargaming how to deal with them if/when the walls ever come down.
What a disgrace.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:39 AM (83lwH)
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Except the second hand smoke crap is a myth
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 11:39 AM (Cxk7w)
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Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (BMmaB)
DItto. Have known Mike since he was a young captain. Could not find a more honorable guy. He could play hard ball with the rest of them but at the end of the day recognized that even in the swamp there were rules...or should of been.
DItto. Have known Mike since he was a young captain. Could not find a more honorable guy. He could play hard ball with the rest of them but at the end of the day recognized that even in the swamp there were rules...or should of been.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 11:39 AM (axyOa)
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Funny. Thinking, im a member of deep state.
Next day you get a letter: No you never were a member and you are fired.
Next day you get a letter: No you never were a member and you are fired.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at June 12, 2021 11:39 AM (rB4m/)
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Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:31 AM (XVgpK)
trust me, I understand. I don't believe in magic. I understand the input/output reality. People more into it than I will tell you low carb is better because it controls blood sugar and insulin. Intermittent Faster's will tell you the time not eating is doing important work. There are so many diets out there and to be honest, they all work, if in the end they restrict your calorie intake.
I once knew a guy who lost 50 pounds eating corn three times a day. in the end that was not sustainable for obvious reasons. He ended up getting his stomach stapled. Btw, that guy is a pediatrician.
trust me, I understand. I don't believe in magic. I understand the input/output reality. People more into it than I will tell you low carb is better because it controls blood sugar and insulin. Intermittent Faster's will tell you the time not eating is doing important work. There are so many diets out there and to be honest, they all work, if in the end they restrict your calorie intake.
I once knew a guy who lost 50 pounds eating corn three times a day. in the end that was not sustainable for obvious reasons. He ended up getting his stomach stapled. Btw, that guy is a pediatrician.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:40 AM (gJfTA)
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meh edit - I'll talk NOT to them under any circumstances, not when they forge 302s
I must have a virus, my keyboard keeps dropping words
I must have a virus, my keyboard keeps dropping words
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:40 AM (83lwH)
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There's never any sense of proportion, or it's always "all or nothing".
We went from people chain smoking on elevators to calling out a SWAT team for somebody smoking a ciggie in the backcountry at Grand Canyon.
Thing with restaurants and bars, there was nothing prohibiting them from declaring themselves "non smoking", but most of them did not? Anyhoo, allowing even a dive bar to smoke ciggies was a bridge too far. Everyone had to comply. No Smoking Anywhere.
Der Fuhrer Cares About You!
We went from people chain smoking on elevators to calling out a SWAT team for somebody smoking a ciggie in the backcountry at Grand Canyon.
Thing with restaurants and bars, there was nothing prohibiting them from declaring themselves "non smoking", but most of them did not? Anyhoo, allowing even a dive bar to smoke ciggies was a bridge too far. Everyone had to comply. No Smoking Anywhere.
Der Fuhrer Cares About You!
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:40 AM (XVgpK)
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Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:33 AM (BMmaB)
I agree. I believe he did not think that the Dems that he had worked for would go after him as revenge for his disagreements. He was wrong.
Also please correct me if I'm wrong about Flynn identifying as Democrat as much as a military officer can. I greatly apologize if I was wrong.
I agree. I believe he did not think that the Dems that he had worked for would go after him as revenge for his disagreements. He was wrong.
Also please correct me if I'm wrong about Flynn identifying as Democrat as much as a military officer can. I greatly apologize if I was wrong.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:40 AM (2DOZq)
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"What has changed in 50 years?"
another BFD was that most of middle America put much of their wealth in mutual funds. Globalist BigCorp became funded and powerful, and TheMarket then was protected by BigGov, bailouts for billionaires. So much money flowed into the hands of the billionaires (most from passive investors) ... and Finance became the economic driver, not manufacturing/producing real things.
That led to out current BigTech that were stacked with leftists, with power to read our every thought, censor us, control elections (to some degree). We funded the rope they use to hang us (they didn't even have to buy it). -- Nixon took us fully off the gold system as well, and now trillions of confetti dollars can be thrown at "markets" or free stuff.
another BFD was that most of middle America put much of their wealth in mutual funds. Globalist BigCorp became funded and powerful, and TheMarket then was protected by BigGov, bailouts for billionaires. So much money flowed into the hands of the billionaires (most from passive investors) ... and Finance became the economic driver, not manufacturing/producing real things.
That led to out current BigTech that were stacked with leftists, with power to read our every thought, censor us, control elections (to some degree). We funded the rope they use to hang us (they didn't even have to buy it). -- Nixon took us fully off the gold system as well, and now trillions of confetti dollars can be thrown at "markets" or free stuff.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 12, 2021 11:42 AM (Cus5s)
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lcohol affects people around the user. I just look at some of you. lols
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:37 AM (FzDPG)
you are going into troll territory now. If you want to be serious, then just be serious. I laugh about alcohol because many here could out debate any lefty three sheets to the wind.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:37 AM (FzDPG)
you are going into troll territory now. If you want to be serious, then just be serious. I laugh about alcohol because many here could out debate any lefty three sheets to the wind.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:43 AM (gJfTA)
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Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:36 AM (FzDPG)
Smokers rarely steal from others, vandalize property, etc. to fund their habit. The same cannot be said of other drugs. As heinous as smoking is it's on the right side of the "break my arm or pick my pocket" curve and other drugs aren't. This does put alcohol in a tricky place, but it is *possible* to consume alcohol without intoxication whereas with other drugs intoxication is the entire point.
Smokers rarely steal from others, vandalize property, etc. to fund their habit. The same cannot be said of other drugs. As heinous as smoking is it's on the right side of the "break my arm or pick my pocket" curve and other drugs aren't. This does put alcohol in a tricky place, but it is *possible* to consume alcohol without intoxication whereas with other drugs intoxication is the entire point.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:43 AM (1lKRm)
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Second hand smoke is a myth, just like the hoax virus. lols
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:41 AM (FzDPG)
lols doesn't make your point stronger, it only accentuates that you are a troll and really have nothing to say and have no desire to have a legit discussion.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:41 AM (FzDPG)
lols doesn't make your point stronger, it only accentuates that you are a troll and really have nothing to say and have no desire to have a legit discussion.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:44 AM (gJfTA)
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I'm wargaming how to deal with them if/when the walls ever come down.
What a disgrace.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur
Aim for the groin area. Most likely wearing vests. Added bonus of the screams are debilitating to the other team members.
What a disgrace.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur
Aim for the groin area. Most likely wearing vests. Added bonus of the screams are debilitating to the other team members.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:44 AM (sgK7E)
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Actually clicked through to the Thornton link, and yep, as I've always suspected, "Marxist" is an inaccurate, at best lazy and tortured, concept or word to use in the context of CRT, but whatever.
The "concepts" and things cited to link CRT, or even "post-modernism", to actual Marxism (and especially the concept of "cultural Marxism"), have no meaningful relation to any distinctive part of what was actual Marxism, it's historical, economic, or political analysis.
It's just totalitarianism and racism, nothing novel or "Marxist" about it. At base it's just a semantic taffy yank, I guess - but just as with everything in the toxic nonsensical gobbledegook that is CRT, "Marxist" is a word being used without any link to its actual historic origins or importance.
The "concepts" and things cited to link CRT, or even "post-modernism", to actual Marxism (and especially the concept of "cultural Marxism"), have no meaningful relation to any distinctive part of what was actual Marxism, it's historical, economic, or political analysis.
It's just totalitarianism and racism, nothing novel or "Marxist" about it. At base it's just a semantic taffy yank, I guess - but just as with everything in the toxic nonsensical gobbledegook that is CRT, "Marxist" is a word being used without any link to its actual historic origins or importance.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2021 11:44 AM (OTzUX)
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"Next day you get a letter: No you never were a member and you are fired."
Everyone think's they'll survive the 2nd Purge. I've read that inside this Culture of Cancel - sounds like an offshoot of Magneto's new Hellfire Club LOL - inside it, everyone is regarded as
a) they jackass mob who is going to take you down or
b) that poor sob you admire but have to take down to keep the jackass mob off your tail
We really should be exploiting this. Dial it up to 11.
"I saw Good Proctor with a Republican!"
Everyone think's they'll survive the 2nd Purge. I've read that inside this Culture of Cancel - sounds like an offshoot of Magneto's new Hellfire Club LOL - inside it, everyone is regarded as
a) they jackass mob who is going to take you down or
b) that poor sob you admire but have to take down to keep the jackass mob off your tail
We really should be exploiting this. Dial it up to 11.
"I saw Good Proctor with a Republican!"
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:45 AM (83lwH)
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No, "low carb" has nothing to do with it. Low calorie. It's simply a matter of reducing intake to something less than the metabolic base requirement. For adult males maybe 1500 to 2000 somewhere in there. About 600 to 900 calories daily intake will result in fairly rapid fat loss. About 1.5 to 2 pounds a week is realistic, over time, for motivated people.Posted by: Common Tater
If you only ate 2000 cal of oreos and Coke you would not lose weight.
You also could not stay on that diet because your insulin would go out of whack and your liver would start getting fatty, and you would be driven to binge to deal with the excess insulin.
Fat is a side effect of your body trying to deal with carbs that convert to glucose. It has to put it somewhere to get it out of the blood, and it runs out of capacity for your liver, and so it starts storing it in fat cells. The sugar causes a huge rush of insulin, that overcompensates, and so your body tells you get more carbs.
Although you can lose weight by calorie restriction, it is easier to eat things that don't make you cycle so much on the insulin so you have to fight the urge to eat more.
If you only ate 2000 cal of oreos and Coke you would not lose weight.
You also could not stay on that diet because your insulin would go out of whack and your liver would start getting fatty, and you would be driven to binge to deal with the excess insulin.
Fat is a side effect of your body trying to deal with carbs that convert to glucose. It has to put it somewhere to get it out of the blood, and it runs out of capacity for your liver, and so it starts storing it in fat cells. The sugar causes a huge rush of insulin, that overcompensates, and so your body tells you get more carbs.
Although you can lose weight by calorie restriction, it is easier to eat things that don't make you cycle so much on the insulin so you have to fight the urge to eat more.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2021 11:45 AM (ySM85)
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176 meh edit - I'll talk NOT to them under any circumstances, not when they forge 302s
A friend of mine knew this 30 years ago when a female Fibbie knocked on her door to ask her questions. My friend, just in her 20s, faced down the G-girl and asked her point blank: Do you have a warrant?
of course she didn't have one.
So my friend closed the door on her face. The irony of this little anecdote is, that my friend was guilty as sin of what the fibbie was investigating.
A friend of mine knew this 30 years ago when a female Fibbie knocked on her door to ask her questions. My friend, just in her 20s, faced down the G-girl and asked her point blank: Do you have a warrant?
of course she didn't have one.
So my friend closed the door on her face. The irony of this little anecdote is, that my friend was guilty as sin of what the fibbie was investigating.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:46 AM (DJFLF)
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knew a guy who lost 50 pounds eating corn three times a day. in the end that was not sustainable for obvious reasons. He ended up getting his stomach stapled.
That's just stupid. Yes, it will "work", but ... I like to eat and enjoy fine dining. Some carbs are part of that, no way around it. Fasting is enjoyable, and cleans up a host of blood sugar and lipid problems and other inflammatory issues.
It also strengthens the immune system, btw. "Feed a cold, starve a fever".
I'm convinced the 'Rona had me within a red nether hair of stroking out or cytokine last year. But I'd lost 50+ pounds of fat over the course of the 8 months prior. As it was, it kicked my ass pretty good, the fever was pretty high and prolonged.
That's just stupid. Yes, it will "work", but ... I like to eat and enjoy fine dining. Some carbs are part of that, no way around it. Fasting is enjoyable, and cleans up a host of blood sugar and lipid problems and other inflammatory issues.
It also strengthens the immune system, btw. "Feed a cold, starve a fever".
I'm convinced the 'Rona had me within a red nether hair of stroking out or cytokine last year. But I'd lost 50+ pounds of fat over the course of the 8 months prior. As it was, it kicked my ass pretty good, the fever was pretty high and prolonged.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:47 AM (XVgpK)
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These field agents aren't blind, at the very least
they witnessed the corruption and made a conscious decision to not make
waves or resign. They are just as corrupt, and this how evil thrives. Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:39 AM (83lwH
As I posted often a few years ago, there had to have been hundreds of people involved in the domestic surveillance operation. Every single one of them knew that it was directed against Donald J. Trump, no matter who the person directly being surveiled might have been. I place them in four groups: 1. The true conspirators, who knew they were engaged in a political operation to elect Hillary Clinton and then to cover up their actions; 2. The easily fooled, who believed that President Trump really was a Russian stooge; 3. The overly trusting, who believed what their chain of command told them; and 4. The cynical careerists, who could see it for what it was, but Hillary was going to win anyway, and no one wanted to be on the Clintons' bad side, and then when she lost, needed to double down to protect themselves.
they witnessed the corruption and made a conscious decision to not make
waves or resign. They are just as corrupt, and this how evil thrives. Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:39 AM (83lwH
As I posted often a few years ago, there had to have been hundreds of people involved in the domestic surveillance operation. Every single one of them knew that it was directed against Donald J. Trump, no matter who the person directly being surveiled might have been. I place them in four groups: 1. The true conspirators, who knew they were engaged in a political operation to elect Hillary Clinton and then to cover up their actions; 2. The easily fooled, who believed that President Trump really was a Russian stooge; 3. The overly trusting, who believed what their chain of command told them; and 4. The cynical careerists, who could see it for what it was, but Hillary was going to win anyway, and no one wanted to be on the Clintons' bad side, and then when she lost, needed to double down to protect themselves.
Posted by: Commander Lloyd Bucher at June 12, 2021 11:48 AM (BMmaB)
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Smokers rarely steal from others, vandalize property, etc. to fund their habit.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:43 AM (1lKRm)
Polli, you make a decent point, but I wonder if you have ever run into 'that coworker/classmate' who manages to smoke 2 packs a day but never buys a single cigarette. Hell, when I smoked I'd believe if 10% of the cigarettes I bought I never actually smoked.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:43 AM (1lKRm)
Polli, you make a decent point, but I wonder if you have ever run into 'that coworker/classmate' who manages to smoke 2 packs a day but never buys a single cigarette. Hell, when I smoked I'd believe if 10% of the cigarettes I bought I never actually smoked.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:48 AM (csEWM)
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"Everyone think's..."
WTH? Ok, good troll guys
now my keyboard hacked which one of you did?
damnit. knock off it
WTH? Ok, good troll guys
now my keyboard hacked which one of you did?
damnit. knock off it
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:50 AM (83lwH)
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If Lore Elisabeth Blumenthal knew what fate awaited her when she burned the Philly PD cars she'd never have been so "stunning" and "brave". She felt a false sense of security due to Philly being run by a commie mayor.
She didn't really think through the entire equation though, because the US atty for Philadelphia was a Trump appointee and she went up on a Fed charge.
WOMP WOMP
She didn't really think through the entire equation though, because the US atty for Philadelphia was a Trump appointee and she went up on a Fed charge.
WOMP WOMP
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 11:50 AM (DJFLF)
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It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster
**
Yep. You know Slipfoot tends to fall in dress shoes.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Shoes with leather soles are WHAT HE NEEDS.
It's not so much the lost and rescued part. LOOK AT HIS SHOES. They've got him in sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: blaster
**
Yep. You know Slipfoot tends to fall in dress shoes.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
Shoes with leather soles are WHAT HE NEEDS.
Posted by: Twilight Zone guy at June 12, 2021 11:51 AM (63Dwl)
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I find nothing amusing about the national degradation, now taken to unimagined heights, of having this dumb corrupt buffoon, now also declining mentally, as "president". Nor about having the idiot children (both the 20-somethings and the vapid Beltway lightweights who are older) at the controls.
And all rests atop the shocking and disgusting revelation of the new "national character" - meek and ignorant submission to incompetent power-mad technocrats, passive acceptance of racist nihilistic chaos and violence, and indifference to Third World dictatorship-levels of illegality in law enforcement (the coup) and elections.
And all rests atop the shocking and disgusting revelation of the new "national character" - meek and ignorant submission to incompetent power-mad technocrats, passive acceptance of racist nihilistic chaos and violence, and indifference to Third World dictatorship-levels of illegality in law enforcement (the coup) and elections.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2021 11:51 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 11:52 AM (sgK7E)
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Also please correct me if I'm wrong about Flynn
identifying as Democrat as much as a military officer can. I greatly
apologize if I was wrong Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:40 AM (2DOZq
I believe he said publicly that Trump was the first Republican he ever voted for. He's from Rhode Island, where ordinary people are Democrats out of habit and long family tradition. A lot like when I first voted, it was in a Democrat primary, because that was the real election, because the Republicans had no chance in November.
identifying as Democrat as much as a military officer can. I greatly
apologize if I was wrong Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:40 AM (2DOZq
I believe he said publicly that Trump was the first Republican he ever voted for. He's from Rhode Island, where ordinary people are Democrats out of habit and long family tradition. A lot like when I first voted, it was in a Democrat primary, because that was the real election, because the Republicans had no chance in November.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:52 AM (BMmaB)
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"Everyone think's..."
WTH? Ok, good troll guys
now my keyboard hacked which one of you did?
damnit. knock off it
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:50 AM (83lwH),
***
Hey, if i gotta work on a Saturday, everyone will feel my pain.
WTH? Ok, good troll guys
now my keyboard hacked which one of you did?
damnit. knock off it
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:50 AM (83lwH),
***
Hey, if i gotta work on a Saturday, everyone will feel my pain.
Posted by: Bob at NSA at June 12, 2021 11:53 AM (axyOa)
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Although you can lose weight by calorie restriction, it is easier to eat things that don't make you cycle so much on the insulin so you have to fight the urge to eat more.
Well the only way to lose fat (weight) is by calorie restriction. The question is what form are those restricted calories going to take?
It is true that excess carbs will make this more difficult. After all, why would an obese person ever be hungry? They have enough calories to last for months.
Eggs are great because they stick to the stomach and have lots of protein. Mixed nuts work great too. But I'm not gonna give up pizza or spaghetti or carbs altogether. Just shoot me now. No sawdust toast and broccoli smoothies for me, thanks.
Well the only way to lose fat (weight) is by calorie restriction. The question is what form are those restricted calories going to take?
It is true that excess carbs will make this more difficult. After all, why would an obese person ever be hungry? They have enough calories to last for months.
Eggs are great because they stick to the stomach and have lots of protein. Mixed nuts work great too. But I'm not gonna give up pizza or spaghetti or carbs altogether. Just shoot me now. No sawdust toast and broccoli smoothies for me, thanks.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (XVgpK)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:48 AM (csEWM)
Have to admit I haven't, but that's mostly because I avoid smokers all together as much as possible. Honestly, I was *thrilled* to be able to go to restaurants, never went to bars anyway, and not walk through a cloud of smoke to get to the non-smoking section. As I've gotten older I have come to realize the slippery slope nature of that foray into fascism.
Have to admit I haven't, but that's mostly because I avoid smokers all together as much as possible. Honestly, I was *thrilled* to be able to go to restaurants, never went to bars anyway, and not walk through a cloud of smoke to get to the non-smoking section. As I've gotten older I have come to realize the slippery slope nature of that foray into fascism.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (1lKRm)
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If drugs were legal, police would not be needed nearly as much. Bid savings. I am a Libertarian.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:52 AM
If all drugs were made legal it would eventually become a self correcting problem if we stopped handing out narco pens.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:52 AM
If all drugs were made legal it would eventually become a self correcting problem if we stopped handing out narco pens.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (JUOKG)
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Shoes with leather soles are WHAT HE NEEDS.
Posted by: Twilight Zone guy at June 12, 2021 11:51 AM (63Dwl)
I'm curious as to how the media would spin if Joe did a face plant, with blood, a concussion and massive facial bruises.
Shoes with leather soles are WHAT HE NEEDS.
Posted by: Twilight Zone guy at June 12, 2021 11:51 AM (63Dwl)
I'm curious as to how the media would spin if Joe did a face plant, with blood, a concussion and massive facial bruises.
Posted by: N.L. Urker at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (cSyAR)
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I'm convinced the 'Rona had me within a red nether
hair of stroking out or cytokine last year. But I'd lost 50+ pounds of
fat over the course of the 8 months prior. As it was, it kicked my ass
pretty good, the fever was pretty high and prolonged.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:47 AM (XVgpK)
that is pretty much what got me to where I am. lower carb, and fasting. I don't think I got the rona. I have had some issues I won't share because they are unrelated and the trolls are everywhere. I a too loose and sometimes forget the a holes around us. But anyway, i don't think I did have the 'rona, but I never got the test.
I never get fevers, and by never i mean freaking never. The first fever i have had in 30 years was after the second vaccine shot. That one was a killer, it screwed me up for a couple of days. And now some prig or prick wants me to wear a mask in his store, F him. But really the key is to get away from the radicals, there is an entire country full of normals, really they are in every direction. The jagoffs tend to congregate.
hair of stroking out or cytokine last year. But I'd lost 50+ pounds of
fat over the course of the 8 months prior. As it was, it kicked my ass
pretty good, the fever was pretty high and prolonged.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2021 11:47 AM (XVgpK)
that is pretty much what got me to where I am. lower carb, and fasting. I don't think I got the rona. I have had some issues I won't share because they are unrelated and the trolls are everywhere. I a too loose and sometimes forget the a holes around us. But anyway, i don't think I did have the 'rona, but I never got the test.
I never get fevers, and by never i mean freaking never. The first fever i have had in 30 years was after the second vaccine shot. That one was a killer, it screwed me up for a couple of days. And now some prig or prick wants me to wear a mask in his store, F him. But really the key is to get away from the radicals, there is an entire country full of normals, really they are in every direction. The jagoffs tend to congregate.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:56 AM (gJfTA)
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"We tried prohibition, it didn't work."
I think it did work in some ways.
Before prohibition, wives were complaining about the alcoholism of their husbands as if they were opium fiends - spending the rent money on booze while his kids starved.
Post prohibition that all lightened up. I have to think the change was in diminishing the potency of the product, not the hysteria of the women.
I think it did work in some ways.
Before prohibition, wives were complaining about the alcoholism of their husbands as if they were opium fiends - spending the rent money on booze while his kids starved.
Post prohibition that all lightened up. I have to think the change was in diminishing the potency of the product, not the hysteria of the women.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:56 AM (83lwH)
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It goes without saying the MSM would be freaking out if Trump was seen wearing sneakers and a suit.
Posted by: N.L. Urker at June 12, 2021 11:56 AM (cSyAR)
Posted by: Roseanne Barr at June 12, 2021 11:56 AM (+S1Fy)
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So when does Joe break out the velour track suit to match his mirror shades and trainers?
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 12, 2021 11:56 AM (xEIoY)
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Rewatched the Forgotten Weapons video on the Dardick pistol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psrZXa2WeQE
It's a fascinating system (the actual idea for a rapid fire machine gun as opposed to the pistol which seems like a clunky/chunky mess.) I am wondering if you would have the same issues as caseless ammo with overheating in an automatic fire situation? I am also wondering how they planned to feed the rounds in that situation. Some sort of hopper-like system?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psrZXa2WeQE
It's a fascinating system (the actual idea for a rapid fire machine gun as opposed to the pistol which seems like a clunky/chunky mess.) I am wondering if you would have the same issues as caseless ammo with overheating in an automatic fire situation? I am also wondering how they planned to feed the rounds in that situation. Some sort of hopper-like system?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (csEWM)
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If drugs were legal, police would not be needed nearly as much. Bid savings. I am a Libertarian.
I never knew a true libertarian, small or big L, who wanted to get rid of the police. to paraphrase the Ghostbusters, I am ready to not believe you.
I never knew a true libertarian, small or big L, who wanted to get rid of the police. to paraphrase the Ghostbusters, I am ready to not believe you.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (gJfTA)
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One thing has changed in these recent years: the WSJ editorial page, reflexively a big business supporter, called for fans to boycott ML baseball this week.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (GrepX)
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I assume the White House has been fitted with one of those sit down showers.
Posted by: N.L. Urker at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (cSyAR)
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"If all drugs were made legal it would eventually become a self correcting problem"
Nah, my mother got drug into alcohol by my father, he introduced her to it, probably so she would stay off his back. Too many innocent lives get caught up in drugs, including mine. I'm lucky I survived their nightly madness.
Nah, my mother got drug into alcohol by my father, he introduced her to it, probably so she would stay off his back. Too many innocent lives get caught up in drugs, including mine. I'm lucky I survived their nightly madness.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:58 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 12, 2021 11:58 AM (u82oZ)
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I am a Libertarian.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (FzDPG)
yeah keep saying that. I am one of the few that prefer the term, but not the Big L type. The rest, well, that wont go over well, in fact you mine as well call yourself a Lincoln Project fan.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (FzDPG)
yeah keep saying that. I am one of the few that prefer the term, but not the Big L type. The rest, well, that wont go over well, in fact you mine as well call yourself a Lincoln Project fan.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 11:59 AM (gJfTA)
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How can a military officer ever vote for Sheldon Whitehouse?
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 11:59 AM (2DOZq)
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I assume the White House has been fitted with one of those sit down showers.
Posted by: N.L. Urker at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (cSyAR
IIRC the White House usher recently quit.
Posted by: N.L. Urker at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (cSyAR
IIRC the White House usher recently quit.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:59 AM (BMmaB)
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Have to admit I haven't, but that's mostly because I avoid smokers all together as much as possible. Honestly, I was *thrilled* to be able to go to restaurants, never went to bars anyway, and not walk through a cloud of smoke to get to the non-smoking section. As I've gotten older I have come to realize the slippery slope nature of that foray into fascism.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (1lKRm)
Touche. I was exatly the opposite and still am: I love the smell of cigarettes (burning tobacco, I guess.) Hell, unburned, fresh tobacco smells pretty good.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (1lKRm)
Touche. I was exatly the opposite and still am: I love the smell of cigarettes (burning tobacco, I guess.) Hell, unburned, fresh tobacco smells pretty good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 12, 2021 11:59 AM (csEWM)
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If all drugs were made legal it would eventually become a self correcting problem if we stopped handing out narco pens.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (JUOKG)
That's the other part. If drugs are legal there can be *no* social safety net and no grace given for theft and assault for purposes of feeding the habit.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 12, 2021 11:54 AM (JUOKG)
That's the other part. If drugs are legal there can be *no* social safety net and no grace given for theft and assault for purposes of feeding the habit.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2021 12:00 PM (1lKRm)
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You're a Libertarian if Libertarian means 8th grade reading level half wit.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 12:00 PM (2DOZq)
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"to paraphrase the Ghostbusters, I am ready to not believe you."
Firefly: My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
https://tinyurl.com/32fevb76
Firefly: My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
https://tinyurl.com/32fevb76
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:01 PM (83lwH)
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I don't smoke but cigarette smoke in small amounts doesn't bother me.
It does bother when it reaches Indian Band Headquarters levels of density.
It does bother when it reaches Indian Band Headquarters levels of density.
Posted by: N.L. Urker at June 12, 2021 12:01 PM (cSyAR)
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IIRC the White House usher recently quit.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
Didn't sign up to change Joey's shitty diapers?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
Didn't sign up to change Joey's shitty diapers?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 12:01 PM (sgK7E)
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Boycott baseball? They say this now? Why now?
Beclowning themselves. Muh sportz is far more important to many people than anything as trivial as the country being turned upside down into a racist totalitarian s**t-hole dominated by idiots.
Beclowning themselves. Muh sportz is far more important to many people than anything as trivial as the country being turned upside down into a racist totalitarian s**t-hole dominated by idiots.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2021 12:01 PM (OTzUX)
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Common Tater, certain carbs appear to force your body to save glucose as fat, stuff with lots of fructose is one - the initial cracking of the fructose causes an energy deficit that is later made up, but tricks the body into thinking it is losing energy. Another is sugary drinks, they don't trigger satiation so you can keep on slugging down those calories, especially the HFCS. Third is emulsifiers like soy lecithin, that affect your gut lining and deaden its response to satiation as well.
And then there is ketosis, which is sort of a third rail of diets, everyone treats it like a religious tenet or heresy, when it is a discussion of biochem.
And then there is ketosis, which is sort of a third rail of diets, everyone treats it like a religious tenet or heresy, when it is a discussion of biochem.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (ySM85)
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IIRC the White House usher recently quit.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:59 AM (BMmaB
Just googled it. He was fired by the Biden transition team. I presume they will fill the job with someone who they can trust to keep secrets.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 11:59 AM (BMmaB
Just googled it. He was fired by the Biden transition team. I presume they will fill the job with someone who they can trust to keep secrets.
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Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 11:58 AM (83lwH)
that sucks, i am sorry you experienced that. My parents didn't drink. My dad had one or two late in life but it is really just a ritual he did once in a while to unwined. If he drank a tenth of what most do, i would be surprised. No, check that, I was there and he didn't.
that sucks, i am sorry you experienced that. My parents didn't drink. My dad had one or two late in life but it is really just a ritual he did once in a while to unwined. If he drank a tenth of what most do, i would be surprised. No, check that, I was there and he didn't.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (gJfTA)
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Is Chris Hayes from msnbc a fag? Not that there is anything wrong with that
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (Irn0L)
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Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (FzDPG)
Stupid debate. For that reason alone, AOC would love this dream. Also because it would bring lots of supporters out of jail, to prey upon the weak and diseased.
Stupid debate. For that reason alone, AOC would love this dream. Also because it would bring lots of supporters out of jail, to prey upon the weak and diseased.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (GrepX)
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KT, thank you for the helpful and comprehensive CRT links. I always appreciate your Saturday posts.
Posted by: Emmie at June 12, 2021 12:03 PM (tcsxg)
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Libertarian QB wants another shot, after fumbling away the snap on 1st and Goal with 2 mins left.
No. Get back on you bong. We'll call you.
No. Get back on you bong. We'll call you.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:03 PM (83lwH)
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He was fired by the Biden transition team. I presume they will fill the job with someone who they can trust to keep secrets.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (BMmaB)
Helen keller?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (BMmaB)
Helen keller?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 12, 2021 12:03 PM (Irn0L)
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Been boycotting baseball all season. But then its the Mariners so...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 12:04 PM (axyOa)
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Yes, when fighting the left use emotional stories and jargon--this is what gets to them. A sob story is better than ten arguments.
And yes, it is Marxism. I have an advanced degree in critical theory. And every essay/book references Marxism. It's what turned me into a conservative.
And yes, it is Marxism. I have an advanced degree in critical theory. And every essay/book references Marxism. It's what turned me into a conservative.
Posted by: pj at June 12, 2021 12:05 PM (G1dq6)
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>>>IIRC the White House usher recently quit.
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In Trumps time he would already have a tell-all book deal worth millions
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In Trumps time he would already have a tell-all book deal worth millions
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 12, 2021 12:05 PM (GrepX)
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If drugs were legalized it would not lessen the need for police one bit. You think gangbangers and meth cookers are going to go straight? Nice people tend not to understand outlaws. Some people aren't interested in conforming or succeeding by society's metrics. Notice how when booze got relegalized the mob didn't go straight? They won't go atraight if you legalize drugs and hookers either.
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Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:02 PM (BMmaB)
If Trump fired any Whitehouse staff it was a scandal and two week page one story .
If Trump fired any Whitehouse staff it was a scandal and two week page one story .
Posted by: Just a side note at June 12, 2021 12:05 PM (2DOZq)
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I knew there was a reason this guy dingo bothers me reflexively
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 12, 2021 12:06 PM (GrepX)
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The logical result of arch-libertarianism is anarchy. The Founders embraced freedom based on rights derived from the Creator. Freedom is limited by the boundaries embraced by a moral and Godly people. Godless freedom yields anarchy which is the reigned in by totalitarianism. This troll is tiresome.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 12, 2021 12:06 PM (xEIoY)
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I am a Libertarian.
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (FzDPG)
Some Libertarians believe that drug laws restrict individual action.
Quite a number of libertarians believe that drug laws give the state far too much power to act against its own citizens.
This is as important a distinction as my intentional use and non-use of the capital L
Posted by: Dingo at June 12, 2021 11:57 AM (FzDPG)
Some Libertarians believe that drug laws restrict individual action.
Quite a number of libertarians believe that drug laws give the state far too much power to act against its own citizens.
This is as important a distinction as my intentional use and non-use of the capital L
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2021 12:08 PM (ySM85)
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Even Communism has military officers
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 12:08 PM (Cxk7w)
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There actually is rampant organized crime with alcohol. We call it government.
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 12, 2021 12:09 PM (xEIoY)
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My wife and daughter are out spending my last dollar. I better start a "Go Fund Me" Fund or rob a bank
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 12, 2021 12:09 PM (Irn0L)
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Was setting up at a gig a few decades ago and the guitar player's kidlet (he was around 10 then) axed me a question about playing music. I told him that when you first learn to play, you'll imitate others. This will help teach you the basics and one day you'll start putting your own twist on licks you've been playing the same way for however long. Then you're on your way to developing your own voice.
I've yet to know any musician that didn't adhere to this unwritten rule.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (HaL55)
For music, it's interesting what it means to break the rules. Our ears like to hear certain resolutions, but how to expand on that to create something truly new? There's the saying that repetition create legitimacy, so I wonder if repeating something that doesn't give a visceral reaction to a resolution really starts to sound good.
I'm a hack, but I'm currently learning a Ray Brown bass line to begin my journey to constructing walking bass lines. It begins with but one step.
I've yet to know any musician that didn't adhere to this unwritten rule.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at June 12, 2021 10:36 AM (HaL55)
For music, it's interesting what it means to break the rules. Our ears like to hear certain resolutions, but how to expand on that to create something truly new? There's the saying that repetition create legitimacy, so I wonder if repeating something that doesn't give a visceral reaction to a resolution really starts to sound good.
I'm a hack, but I'm currently learning a Ray Brown bass line to begin my journey to constructing walking bass lines. It begins with but one step.
Posted by: InCali at June 12, 2021 12:09 PM (ov5G+)
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Americans have become more socialist. I'd say roughly 65-70% of the country is by any common definition, socialist now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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You would be wrong. 25%
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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You would be wrong. 25%
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 12, 2021 12:10 PM (5p7BC)
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If you can steal and sell anything under $1000, why can't you buy and sell stolen property under $1000?
Fences R Us. Small business grants for neighborhood entrepreneurs.
If you can steal and sell anything under $1000, why can't you buy and sell stolen property under $1000?
Fences R Us. Small business grants for neighborhood entrepreneurs.
Posted by: Ivan Gotsasecret at June 12, 2021 12:10 PM (70ISd)
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No, pj, that's nonsense.
"Referencing" "Marxism" is meaningless, and in this case completely baseless and erroneous.
Marxism has nothing to do with this crap. Dressing up authoritarianism - which is the natural average condition of society since there's been human collective settlement - with stolen/borrowed terms doesn't constitute a substantive link of any kind.
I sat through lectures at the Zhdanov Institute and Leningrad State University. As well as studied actual Marxism - you know, Marx - and all the direct/actual hijackings/borrowings of his preposterous analysis by the various totalitarians who borrowed the label and silly framework in the 20th century.
As I said originally, it's a pointless semantic taffy-yank, but the term is completely inappropriate, and actually is a beautiful example of how the whole make-believe "theory" just relies on illiteracy, laziness, and mediocrity.
"Referencing" "Marxism" is meaningless, and in this case completely baseless and erroneous.
Marxism has nothing to do with this crap. Dressing up authoritarianism - which is the natural average condition of society since there's been human collective settlement - with stolen/borrowed terms doesn't constitute a substantive link of any kind.
I sat through lectures at the Zhdanov Institute and Leningrad State University. As well as studied actual Marxism - you know, Marx - and all the direct/actual hijackings/borrowings of his preposterous analysis by the various totalitarians who borrowed the label and silly framework in the 20th century.
As I said originally, it's a pointless semantic taffy-yank, but the term is completely inappropriate, and actually is a beautiful example of how the whole make-believe "theory" just relies on illiteracy, laziness, and mediocrity.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2021 12:11 PM (OTzUX)
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Watching the original "Death Wish"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 12, 2021 12:11 PM (Irn0L)
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Why the F do people engage the low-IQ banana splits wannabes? Oh well.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2021 12:13 PM (OTzUX)
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Been boycotting baseball all season. But then its the Mariners so...
Posted by: Diogenes
Been boycotting the Mariners since about 2005. Listening to Dave Niehaus used to be my preferred cheap entertainment .
Posted by: Diogenes
Been boycotting the Mariners since about 2005. Listening to Dave Niehaus used to be my preferred cheap entertainment .
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 12:13 PM (sgK7E)
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New paper in Nature notes that the rise of the Roman Empire coincided with temperatures increasing 2 degrees C (not the 1 degree that the screechers claim means DOOM FOR US ALL), and that its fall coincided with temperatures cooling off again, and hypothesizes a causal relationship.
This will get the Warming Cult in a froth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ s41598-020-67281-2
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This will get the Warming Cult in a froth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ s41598-020-67281-2
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Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2021 12:14 PM (XGAZE)
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Why the F do people engage the low-IQ banana splits wannabes? Oh well.
Posted by: rhomboid
Reflexive desire to punch someone in the face?
Posted by: rhomboid
Reflexive desire to punch someone in the face?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 12:15 PM (sgK7E)
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Westminster Kennel Club, June 12, 2021
Borzoi: Judge Harold Tatro III
Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
Westminster Kennel Club, June 12, 2021
Borzoi: Judge Harold Tatro III
Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2021 12:17 PM (mht8P)
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> Is there rampant organized crime now with alcohol?
Depends on how you define "organized crime".
Depends on how you define "organized crime".
Posted by: Cindy "Ice Queen" McCain at June 12, 2021 12:17 PM (XGAZE)
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GARDEN NOOD
Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at June 12, 2021 12:18 PM (Cxk7w)
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the awarmists will do what they always do with contrary information: Ignore it and make up new reasons to curtail liberty and control markets
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2021 12:18 PM (ySM85)
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Watching the original "Death Wish"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 12, 2021 12:11 PM (Irn0L)
Bronson was a hell of an actor. Eastwood gets along. But can anyone see Bronson getting on with Hollyweird today?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 12, 2021 12:11 PM (Irn0L)
Bronson was a hell of an actor. Eastwood gets along. But can anyone see Bronson getting on with Hollyweird today?
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 12:18 PM (gJfTA)
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Because didacticism is entertaining?
Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at June 12, 2021 12:19 PM (xEIoY)
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Congrats Hadrian.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 12:19 PM (sgK7E)
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The old arena rock concerts with all the cigarette and reefer smoke floating in a haze overhead...even if you didn't partake in one or both, it's just never been the same since. My take anyway. I'm sure there were those who didn't like it. It just kinda came with the experience in those times.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at June 12, 2021 12:19 PM (Bmy3R)
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Very impressive how the real racist fascists eliminate images of minorities from the marketplace while screeching that it is "racist" to have a pic of minorities on some of the most popular grocery products.
buh bye Uncle Ben
buh bye Uncle Ben
Posted by: Godwin's Gaping Gulch at June 12, 2021 12:20 PM (L7W91)
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> You would be wrong. 25%
There's a continuum there, depending on where you draw the line.
I think I've seen a number for those who are fully on-board with the "progressive" (i.e., communist) agenda of somewhere around 8%.
Meaning that 92% aren't.
That 8% sure does talk loud, though, don't they?
There's a continuum there, depending on where you draw the line.
I think I've seen a number for those who are fully on-board with the "progressive" (i.e., communist) agenda of somewhere around 8%.
Meaning that 92% aren't.
That 8% sure does talk loud, though, don't they?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2021 12:21 PM (XGAZE)
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"that sucks, i am sorry you experienced that"
Thanks, but I'm mostly okay now, and it made me strong, like Sansa's line: "Without Ramsey and Littlefinger and the rest, I would have stayed a Little Bird all my life"
https://tinyurl.com/n7e85wvm
So, I wouldn't be the man I am today without it. Probably wouldn't have become a Marine (the commonality is not lack of education, it's that most enlistees come from broken families and looking for a wolfpack to belong to)
Main hurdle these days is identifying behaviors that are a result of being a child of two alcoholics. Wifey has a background in Psyche so she checks my blind spots. As well as ensuring that I don't acquire WMDs, superpowers or a Monster Truck.
Thanks, but I'm mostly okay now, and it made me strong, like Sansa's line: "Without Ramsey and Littlefinger and the rest, I would have stayed a Little Bird all my life"
https://tinyurl.com/n7e85wvm
So, I wouldn't be the man I am today without it. Probably wouldn't have become a Marine (the commonality is not lack of education, it's that most enlistees come from broken families and looking for a wolfpack to belong to)
Main hurdle these days is identifying behaviors that are a result of being a child of two alcoholics. Wifey has a background in Psyche so she checks my blind spots. As well as ensuring that I don't acquire WMDs, superpowers or a Monster Truck.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:22 PM (83lwH)
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> The old arena rock concerts with all the cigarette and reefer smoke floating in a haze overhead...even if you didn't partake in one or both, it's just never been the same since.
I remember having tinnitus for a couple of days after a Sabbath show (the original classic lineup, with Ozzy).
I don't think they're legally allowed to play that loud nowadays.
I remember having tinnitus for a couple of days after a Sabbath show (the original classic lineup, with Ozzy).
I don't think they're legally allowed to play that loud nowadays.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2021 12:22 PM (XGAZE)
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It just kinda came with the experience in those times.
Kind of like cabin boys getting gang comforted on long ocean voyages...
Kind of like cabin boys getting gang comforted on long ocean voyages...
Posted by: Captain Ned at June 12, 2021 12:22 PM (70ISd)
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They won't go atraight if you legalize drugs and hookers either.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2021 12:05 PM (QU5/
Correct. But the prices would come down and then the narco empires, pimp daddies, DEA and the Popo would be sad.
I say let CVS sell the stuff over the counter....including the hookers.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 12, 2021 12:05 PM (QU5/
Correct. But the prices would come down and then the narco empires, pimp daddies, DEA and the Popo would be sad.
I say let CVS sell the stuff over the counter....including the hookers.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 12:23 PM (R/m4+)
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Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2021 12:17 PM (mht8P)
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Mazel!
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2021 12:17 PM (mht8P)
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Mazel!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 12, 2021 12:24 PM (EZebt)
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"Why the F do people engage the low-IQ banana splits wannabes?"
Because they infect other low-IQ banana splits.
Withdrawing doesn't work anymore. Boycotts don't work anymore. Feeding them more rope doesn't work anymore. Orderly retreats don't work anymore.
Because they infect other low-IQ banana splits.
Withdrawing doesn't work anymore. Boycotts don't work anymore. Feeding them more rope doesn't work anymore. Orderly retreats don't work anymore.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:25 PM (83lwH)
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Great thread, where to start?
Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT. And CRT is actually a prelude to genocide. Whites and conservatives prefer a color blind society and we are wired that way. Unfortunately, some very evil people abuse this. We have to adjust accordingly.
And that's just the tip of an even more menacing iceberg, a symptom, really. We have to be willing to challenge the Left on a host of issues that are uncomfortable to discuss. Their bigotry is just a piece of it. The Republican Party's cowardice in addressing these issues has reduced it to rubble.
Think past the GOP and challenge the disgusting, dehumanizing status quo. Live that way to tge the extent possible. As Vlacek Havel said, life as if you are free.
Nice music clips, by the way.
Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT. And CRT is actually a prelude to genocide. Whites and conservatives prefer a color blind society and we are wired that way. Unfortunately, some very evil people abuse this. We have to adjust accordingly.
And that's just the tip of an even more menacing iceberg, a symptom, really. We have to be willing to challenge the Left on a host of issues that are uncomfortable to discuss. Their bigotry is just a piece of it. The Republican Party's cowardice in addressing these issues has reduced it to rubble.
Think past the GOP and challenge the disgusting, dehumanizing status quo. Live that way to tge the extent possible. As Vlacek Havel said, life as if you are free.
Nice music clips, by the way.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at June 12, 2021 12:26 PM (TA9CI)
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A few days ago, some dweeb was ragging on Texicans because they attacked Santa Anna during siesta. I happened across a different version of events.
Much has been written relative to this celebrated battle, in which the flower of the Mexican army perished and when Santa Anna was made prisoner, but I beg to introduce the following as given to me by an officer who engaged in it - given in his own words - "The Battle of San Jacinto was probably lost to the Mexicans, owing to the influence of a Mulatto girl (Emily) belonging to Col. Morgan who was closeted in the tent with General Santa Anna at the time the cry was made 'The enemy they come! They come!' & detained Santa Anna so long that order could not be restored readily again."
- William Bollaert, "Texas 1842 by a Traveler"
So, apparently, he was engaged in a game of Tiddlywinks when the damn Texicans cock blocked him.
Much has been written relative to this celebrated battle, in which the flower of the Mexican army perished and when Santa Anna was made prisoner, but I beg to introduce the following as given to me by an officer who engaged in it - given in his own words - "The Battle of San Jacinto was probably lost to the Mexicans, owing to the influence of a Mulatto girl (Emily) belonging to Col. Morgan who was closeted in the tent with General Santa Anna at the time the cry was made 'The enemy they come! They come!' & detained Santa Anna so long that order could not be restored readily again."
- William Bollaert, "Texas 1842 by a Traveler"
So, apparently, he was engaged in a game of Tiddlywinks when the damn Texicans cock blocked him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at June 12, 2021 12:27 PM (d9FiS)
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The Dingo ate his credibility. The key point wast not your philosophy, it was going after Hordians with the lols. I am rarely wrong about these things, but if you go on to be an upright member, I was wrong. But I am not.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 12:29 PM (gJfTA)
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Hookers and blow should be paid for by the government and made available to everyone for free. That's what pursuit of happiness is all about!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at June 12, 2021 12:29 PM (d9FiS)
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Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT. And CRT is actually a prelude to genocide. Whites and conservatives prefer a color blind society and we are wired that way. Unfortunately, some very evil people abuse this. We have to adjust accordingly.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
Not necessarily. It's designed to install a caste system in the West.
Guess who's going to be in the highest caste?
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
Not necessarily. It's designed to install a caste system in the West.
Guess who's going to be in the highest caste?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 12, 2021 12:32 PM (nI1Kq)
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I am a Libertarian, big L.
Posted by: Dingo
You're a Faggot, big F. So I have to go there early today, the senior captain is a great Navy, I know Faggots!
Posted by: Dingo
You're a Faggot, big F. So I have to go there early today, the senior captain is a great Navy, I know Faggots!
Posted by: Captain Ned at June 12, 2021 12:32 PM (70ISd)
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Jesus, auto cucumber is completely high this morning!
Posted by: Captain Ned at June 12, 2021 12:33 PM (70ISd)
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Those big corporations could probably buy Youngstown for a buck fifty.
Posted by: pawn at June 12, 2021 12:34 PM (Hlxwk)
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I say let CVS sell the stuff over the counter....including the hookers.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 12:23 PM (R/m4+)
Better be some damn light hookers if I gotta lift'en over the counter.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 12:23 PM (R/m4+)
Better be some damn light hookers if I gotta lift'en over the counter.
Posted by: CVS Checker at June 12, 2021 12:34 PM (VzbI8)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at June 12, 2021 12:27 PM (d9FiS)
the Siesta thing is actually becoming something? Santa Anna was a tryrant who could not run a popscicle stand. If you look him up, you will see his own country told him to get stuffed twice. i expected the attack on the Alamo as the Left is going after everything. To be honest, I predicted this years ago, it was not that difficult to foretell. But Santa Anna was a horrible leader, he treated his men like utter garbage. The Left will have to try another tactic here and they will.
The idea Texans cheated by attacking during a siesta has to be among the dumbest things I have ever heard.
the Siesta thing is actually becoming something? Santa Anna was a tryrant who could not run a popscicle stand. If you look him up, you will see his own country told him to get stuffed twice. i expected the attack on the Alamo as the Left is going after everything. To be honest, I predicted this years ago, it was not that difficult to foretell. But Santa Anna was a horrible leader, he treated his men like utter garbage. The Left will have to try another tactic here and they will.
The idea Texans cheated by attacking during a siesta has to be among the dumbest things I have ever heard.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 12:34 PM (gJfTA)
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Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT.
A local mom recruited 97 school board candidates to run as anti-CRT indoctrinators. 94 of them made it through the primary. The elections will be held this coming November.
These 94 are vying for positions on about a dozen school boards in the Philly metro. If even two or three boards get flipped, it's a start.
A local mom recruited 97 school board candidates to run as anti-CRT indoctrinators. 94 of them made it through the primary. The elections will be held this coming November.
These 94 are vying for positions on about a dozen school boards in the Philly metro. If even two or three boards get flipped, it's a start.
Posted by: kallisto at June 12, 2021 12:34 PM (DJFLF)
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Westminster Kennel Club, June 12, 2021
Borzoi: Judge Harold Tatro III
Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
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HOORAY
Notice should probably be around the top of today's Pet Thread.
Borzoi: Judge Harold Tatro III
Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
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HOORAY
Notice should probably be around the top of today's Pet Thread.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 12, 2021 12:35 PM (MIKMs)
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after all I am a Libertarian
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Wow, you really ARE a dumbass... Gotta be real stupid to misspell "sorry ass shit stain" that badly, raykon.
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Wow, you really ARE a dumbass... Gotta be real stupid to misspell "sorry ass shit stain" that badly, raykon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 12:35 PM (vpYjV)
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I say let CVS sell the stuff over the counter....including the hookers.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 12:23 PM (R/m4+)
Better be some damn light hookers if I gotta lift'en over the counter.
Posted by: CVS Checker at June 12, 2021 12:34 PM (VzbI
i think CVS was one of them that voluntarily gave up selling tobacco five years or so back. No way they would sell hookers. Now if you need some Niccorette after ten years, and for a premium, they got you covered.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2021 12:23 PM (R/m4+)
Better be some damn light hookers if I gotta lift'en over the counter.
Posted by: CVS Checker at June 12, 2021 12:34 PM (VzbI
i think CVS was one of them that voluntarily gave up selling tobacco five years or so back. No way they would sell hookers. Now if you need some Niccorette after ten years, and for a premium, they got you covered.
Posted by: Quint at June 12, 2021 12:36 PM (gJfTA)
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Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT. And CRT is actually a prelude to genocide. Whites and conservatives prefer a color blind society and we are wired that way. Unfortunately, some very evil people abuse this. We have to adjust accordingly.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
It will never happen because rich whites love to lord it over less rich whites, educated (credentialed) whites like to lord it over less credentialed whites, whites who have desk jobs love to lord it over whites who work with their hands, whites who live in splendid suburbs love to lord it over whites who live in rural areas or who are stuck in cities, whites who eat at expensive restaurants or vacation in tony vacation spots love to lord it over whites who don't, etc.etc.
Especially if they are relatives.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
It will never happen because rich whites love to lord it over less rich whites, educated (credentialed) whites like to lord it over less credentialed whites, whites who have desk jobs love to lord it over whites who work with their hands, whites who live in splendid suburbs love to lord it over whites who live in rural areas or who are stuck in cities, whites who eat at expensive restaurants or vacation in tony vacation spots love to lord it over whites who don't, etc.etc.
Especially if they are relatives.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:37 PM (mR6Gs)
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@Anonosaurus, the Texians wheeled two cannon (the "Twin Sisters") into place 200 yards from the Mexican camp without being detected. They were asleep.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:37 PM (BMmaB)
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Westminster Kennel Club, June 12, 2021
Borzoi: Judge Harold Tatro III
Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2021 12:17 PM (mht8P)
Best of luck !
Borzoi: Judge Harold Tatro III
Best of Breed
GCH-S Soyara's Devilish Delilah
Breeders/Owners: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2021 12:17 PM (mht8P)
Best of luck !
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2021 12:38 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 12, 2021 12:39 PM (u82oZ)
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Also, White people can never and will never unite as a single bloc because.....white people NEVER have voted as a single bloc.
We are too diverse.
We are too diverse.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:39 PM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 12, 2021 12:40 PM (u82oZ)
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Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT.
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Nonsense.
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Nonsense.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 12, 2021 12:41 PM (MIKMs)
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"White" has nothing to do with it.
People who retain some basic American mindset (race doesn't matter, rule of law matters, freedom matters, govt. should be limited, and a lot else), regardless of their pigmentation, need to run and vote.
Many of the best public smackdowns of this racist nonsense at school board events has been from non-white parents. One was even featured here at the HQ, I think.
People who retain some basic American mindset (race doesn't matter, rule of law matters, freedom matters, govt. should be limited, and a lot else), regardless of their pigmentation, need to run and vote.
Many of the best public smackdowns of this racist nonsense at school board events has been from non-white parents. One was even featured here at the HQ, I think.
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White people are too diverse--different religions, eye color, hair color--what other ethnic group voting as a unified voting bloc can make that claim?
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and congratulations.
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White" has nothing to do with it.
People who retain some basic American mindset (race doesn't matter, rule of law matters, freedom matters, govt. should be limited, and a lot else), regardless of their pigmentation, need to run and vote.
Many of the best public smackdowns of this racist nonsense at school board events has been from non-white parents. One was even featured here at the HQ, I think.
I agree 100% That's how it SHOULD be, and guess what, Trump was WELL on his way to putting that together.
Another reason he had to go
People who retain some basic American mindset (race doesn't matter, rule of law matters, freedom matters, govt. should be limited, and a lot else), regardless of their pigmentation, need to run and vote.
Many of the best public smackdowns of this racist nonsense at school board events has been from non-white parents. One was even featured here at the HQ, I think.
I agree 100% That's how it SHOULD be, and guess what, Trump was WELL on his way to putting that together.
Another reason he had to go
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Is she automatically enroled in the wider Westminster contest?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 12, 2021 12:40 PM (u82oZ)
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Lila will be in the Hound Group tonight, televised on Fox Sports. Coverage begins at 7:00 Eastern and Hounds are first up at 7:30.
Is she automatically enroled in the wider Westminster contest?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 12, 2021 12:40 PM (u82oZ)
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Lila will be in the Hound Group tonight, televised on Fox Sports. Coverage begins at 7:00 Eastern and Hounds are first up at 7:30.
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Also, White people can never and will never unite as a single bloc because.....white people NEVER have voted as a single bloc.
We are too diverse.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:39 PM (mR6Gs)
The key is that somewhere along the lines, White people stopped SELF Indentifying as White. They think they are Conservative, or Liberal, or Texan, if you ask them.
Other minorities, when you ask them, mostly put their Race FIRST. They are 'African American', or Black, or Hispanic, or Asian American... they self segregate in their own minds.
BUT... Whites are being forced to think of themselves as White now, because it is the reason they are being attacked.
We are too diverse.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:39 PM (mR6Gs)
The key is that somewhere along the lines, White people stopped SELF Indentifying as White. They think they are Conservative, or Liberal, or Texan, if you ask them.
Other minorities, when you ask them, mostly put their Race FIRST. They are 'African American', or Black, or Hispanic, or Asian American... they self segregate in their own minds.
BUT... Whites are being forced to think of themselves as White now, because it is the reason they are being attacked.
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Lila's grandmother Lacey (MBIS MBISS CH Soyara's Chantilly Lace JC ROM-C) was Westminster Best of Breed in 2004. Blood will tell!
Lila's grandmother Lacey (MBIS MBISS CH Soyara's Chantilly Lace JC ROM-C) was Westminster Best of Breed in 2004. Blood will tell!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2021 12:44 PM (mht8P)
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Until Whites start to vote and organize as a bloc, they will be subjected to indignities such as CRT.
Balderdash. You've fallen down the skin pigmentation gopher hole.
Balderdash. You've fallen down the skin pigmentation gopher hole.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sweat more in training, bleed less in battle at June 12, 2021 12:45 PM (sgK7E)
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Left handed people have been systematically discriminated for years. Just think of that!
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"What has changed in 50 years?"
Tolerance for corruption.
Permitted consequences for bad behavior. A lot of the SJW nonsense we see today would have been nipped in the bud with a single over-hand right. We've taken the aversion to violence too far in the other direction.
Kinda reminds me of the military's argument about Snipers that cycles every 50 years. They are necessary.
"We killed Yamamoto"
https://tinyurl.com/3b9t47m3
Tolerance for corruption.
Permitted consequences for bad behavior. A lot of the SJW nonsense we see today would have been nipped in the bud with a single over-hand right. We've taken the aversion to violence too far in the other direction.
Kinda reminds me of the military's argument about Snipers that cycles every 50 years. They are necessary.
"We killed Yamamoto"
https://tinyurl.com/3b9t47m3
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:46 PM (83lwH)
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Other minorities, when you ask them, mostly put
their Race FIRST. They are 'African American', or Black, or Hispanic,
or Asian American... they self segregate in their own minds. BUT... Whites are being forced to think of themselves as White now, because it is the reason they are being attacked Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 12:43 PM (oHd/0
Watch the Indians and the Pakis go at it sometime. Or the Koreans and the Japanese. No such thing as an Asian-American.
But to your larger point, it is asinine and self-defeating for a minority group to attempt to force the majority to self-identify by race.
their Race FIRST. They are 'African American', or Black, or Hispanic,
or Asian American... they self segregate in their own minds. BUT... Whites are being forced to think of themselves as White now, because it is the reason they are being attacked Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2021 12:43 PM (oHd/0
Watch the Indians and the Pakis go at it sometime. Or the Koreans and the Japanese. No such thing as an Asian-American.
But to your larger point, it is asinine and self-defeating for a minority group to attempt to force the majority to self-identify by race.
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The key is that somewhere along the lines, White people stopped SELF Indentifying as White. They think they are Conservative, or Liberal, or Texan, if you ask them.
True, but there are other reasons too. American whites can be Catholic, Protestant (many types) or Jewish. Different old national identities from whichever countries your ancestors came from--and all the diverse culinary, political, social, family traditions that go with it.
We even look different from each other
Not to sound like a wiseass, but all Asians have the same color hair and eyes--same with blacks and most Hispanics.
Everyone ever notice how whites are the only truly diverse demographic?
True, but there are other reasons too. American whites can be Catholic, Protestant (many types) or Jewish. Different old national identities from whichever countries your ancestors came from--and all the diverse culinary, political, social, family traditions that go with it.
We even look different from each other
Not to sound like a wiseass, but all Asians have the same color hair and eyes--same with blacks and most Hispanics.
Everyone ever notice how whites are the only truly diverse demographic?
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (mR6Gs)
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Tolerance for corruption
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110%. Corruption killed this country, and many others. People who tolerate public corruption get what they get, and it's always the same. Poverty, tyranny, and death.
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110%. Corruption killed this country, and many others. People who tolerate public corruption get what they get, and it's always the same. Poverty, tyranny, and death.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (vpYjV)
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Kinda reminds me of the military's argument about Snipers that cycles every 50 years. They are necessary. Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:46 PM (83lwH
Without them, there would be no art thread.
Without them, there would be no art thread.
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Oh Lord. Every so often, raykon pretends to be rich... Even if it weren't such an obvious put-on, and people actually believed it, it's still a dumb tactic. It's been a long time since the Usenet days when this almost certainly destitute loser started trolling, and the Right no longer has a reflexive respect for wealth. This crunchy old homo is very out of touch.
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Not to sound like a wiseass, but all Asians have the same color hair and eyes--same with blacks and most Hispanics. Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (mR6Gs
This is going to sound crazy, but when I served in Korea, the Koreans couldn't tell us apart. I would say, can't you see he has brown hair and I have black hair?, and they would say, Oh yeah, as if it were the first time they noticed. I think they would say that they look very different, because they notice things we don't notice. They think our women are really unattractive, by the way, and we have terrible skin.
This is going to sound crazy, but when I served in Korea, the Koreans couldn't tell us apart. I would say, can't you see he has brown hair and I have black hair?, and they would say, Oh yeah, as if it were the first time they noticed. I think they would say that they look very different, because they notice things we don't notice. They think our women are really unattractive, by the way, and we have terrible skin.
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Watch the Indians and the Pakis go at it sometime. Or the Koreans and the Japanese. No such thing as an Asian-American.
But to your larger point, it is asinine and self-defeating for a minority group to attempt to force the majority to self-identify by race.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (BMmaB)
I was speaking about Minorities here in the US. Worldwide? Crap, we are the most inclusive least racist country on Earth. I know... I traveled.
But, thinking on it... Asians in Asia DO self segregate by country and history... ask the Japanese about Koreans, and stand by. Its almost like there is some hardwired drive in Humans to identify with some group...
But to your larger point, it is asinine and self-defeating for a minority group to attempt to force the majority to self-identify by race.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (BMmaB)
I was speaking about Minorities here in the US. Worldwide? Crap, we are the most inclusive least racist country on Earth. I know... I traveled.
But, thinking on it... Asians in Asia DO self segregate by country and history... ask the Japanese about Koreans, and stand by. Its almost like there is some hardwired drive in Humans to identify with some group...
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Tolerance for corruption
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110%. Corruption killed this country, and many others. People who tolerate public corruption get what they get, and it's always the same. Poverty, tyranny, and death.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (vpYjV)
A certain level of corruption USED to be expected and somewhat accepted, usually in cities, IF the trains ran on time, street crime was kept to a minimum, the schools worked and taxes weren't too high.
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110%. Corruption killed this country, and many others. People who tolerate public corruption get what they get, and it's always the same. Poverty, tyranny, and death.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 12:48 PM (vpYjV)
A certain level of corruption USED to be expected and somewhat accepted, usually in cities, IF the trains ran on time, street crime was kept to a minimum, the schools worked and taxes weren't too high.
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Although he's wrong about Agincourt. French Knights circled around the lines and slaughtered boy in the vanguard that were purely logistical.
And the defeated French Knights expected to be ransomed, as usual. Boy were they in for a surprise.
And I really wish Sorkin's genius wasn't shouted down by his bias. He was such a great writer, but leaving out the conservative POV is like Michelangelo painting with only half the color spectrum. What a waste of talent.
The VP is a card-carrying member of the NRA and can't explain to Bartlett that the point of concealed carry is that the perp can never be sure who is a sheep and who is a sheepdog? Really?
And the defeated French Knights expected to be ransomed, as usual. Boy were they in for a surprise.
And I really wish Sorkin's genius wasn't shouted down by his bias. He was such a great writer, but leaving out the conservative POV is like Michelangelo painting with only half the color spectrum. What a waste of talent.
The VP is a card-carrying member of the NRA and can't explain to Bartlett that the point of concealed carry is that the perp can never be sure who is a sheep and who is a sheepdog? Really?
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:53 PM (83lwH)
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"Without them, there would be no art thread."
I do my sniper checks in the garden thread. Don't you?
I do my sniper checks in the garden thread. Don't you?
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:54 PM (83lwH)
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@Romeo13, I was talking about in the US. Do you ever see an Indian-American and a Pakistani-American in the same room? Hell no.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:55 PM (BMmaB)
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"The idea Texans cheated by attacking during a siesta has to be among the dumbest things I have ever heard."
Wait till she finds out they also used Cover and Concealment. And Feinting attacks! Those sneaky bastards!
Stealth is OP! Nerf stealth!
Wait till she finds out they also used Cover and Concealment. And Feinting attacks! Those sneaky bastards!
Stealth is OP! Nerf stealth!
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:56 PM (83lwH)
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>>> You all want freedom, but freedom under your terms Vote Libertarian if you want real freedom.
Libertarian = worthless
libertarian has possibilities, but there are plenty of flaws to be found. Open borders, for example.
Libertarian = worthless
libertarian has possibilities, but there are plenty of flaws to be found. Open borders, for example.
Posted by: fluffy at June 12, 2021 12:56 PM (UnQlg)
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Much like the classic communists conned the "workers" into making them kings or the New Aristocracy, today's "left" is an op by zillionaires to con "people of morals and education and good thoughts" to make the zillionaires the kings of the New Aristocracy. Except this time the zillionaires don't see their power coming from masses but rather from "tech" and robotics, so most of their shtick has an underlying motivation of lowering the population of those who aren't them. The old commies wanted lots of peons to labor and tote rifles.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 12, 2021 12:59 PM (3/XaG)
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"Also, White people can never and will never unite as a single bloc because.....white people NEVER have voted as a single bloc. We are too diverse."
Yup. Had to explain to a curious black friend that our tribal animosity is still focused on the Franks, the Celts, etc.
OTOH, the lack of response to BLM-Antifa is ceding key terrain to actual white tribalism. And last time that happened, they pretty much exterminated the native population of North America.
I'm at odd with Reynolds, letting Driscoll rub our nose in NeverTrumper Treacher filth every day, rewarding treachery to ensure we get more of, but has a good quote:
"When the responsible authorities fail to act, other forms of authority will assert themselves. They may not behave responsibly, but the WILL act"
White's ignoring the race war make it more likely that a more vigorous white tribalism will supplant them and give the Marxist Left the race war they want.
Yup. Had to explain to a curious black friend that our tribal animosity is still focused on the Franks, the Celts, etc.
OTOH, the lack of response to BLM-Antifa is ceding key terrain to actual white tribalism. And last time that happened, they pretty much exterminated the native population of North America.
I'm at odd with Reynolds, letting Driscoll rub our nose in NeverTrumper Treacher filth every day, rewarding treachery to ensure we get more of, but has a good quote:
"When the responsible authorities fail to act, other forms of authority will assert themselves. They may not behave responsibly, but the WILL act"
White's ignoring the race war make it more likely that a more vigorous white tribalism will supplant them and give the Marxist Left the race war they want.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 01:04 PM (83lwH)
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A certain level of corruption USED to be expected and somewhat accepted, usually in cities, IF the trains ran on time, street crime was kept to a minimum, the schools worked and taxes weren't too high.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:
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Problem is, it starts that way, and then it turns into a Gresham's Law kind of thing where the corrupt drive out the honest. That's why if a society wants to protect itself, all corruption, no matter how petty, must be rooted out swiftly and punished harshly, and in public. Police corruption in particular. If we were a real nation, Mueller, McCabe, Rosenstein, Strzok, Page, the Ohrs, et al. Would have been hanged on television.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 12:
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Problem is, it starts that way, and then it turns into a Gresham's Law kind of thing where the corrupt drive out the honest. That's why if a society wants to protect itself, all corruption, no matter how petty, must be rooted out swiftly and punished harshly, and in public. Police corruption in particular. If we were a real nation, Mueller, McCabe, Rosenstein, Strzok, Page, the Ohrs, et al. Would have been hanged on television.
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What did baseball do that caused the WSJ to do that? I don't really hear much anymore about softball and don't pay attention. Stopped when they all made it clear they didn't like me. It struck me, why should I care about how successful people are at their jobs as an interest when the said people don't like me? That's really all pro sportsball is for the fan, caring about whether strangers succeed in their careers or not.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 12, 2021 01:12 PM (3/XaG)
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"White has nothing to do with it."
Spot on. Bill Whittle's "Tribes" spells this out perfectly
https://tinyurl.com/3z9atppz
Spot on. Bill Whittle's "Tribes" spells this out perfectly
https://tinyurl.com/3z9atppz
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 01:12 PM (83lwH)
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Oy vey, again - times have changed, old man river... Libertarians and the rest of the Right split long ago. This is tired ass trolling. Your routine is from what, '98?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 01:12 PM (vpYjV)
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"See how it works?"
Why are you mocking Libertarianism in front of people who routinely mock Libertarianism? To what end?
Why are you mocking Libertarianism in front of people who routinely mock Libertarianism? To what end?
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 01:13 PM (83lwH)
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"Also, White people can never and will never unite as a single bloc because.....white people NEVER have voted as a single bloc. We are too diverse."
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That may change. If this BLM/CRT shit continues to accelerate (and I see no sign of it slowing), many people will.decide we just can't have this. For example, that stuff a few days ago about it being white supremacist for white women to report rapes simply cannot be normed. (I know, that was from the UK but it's coming to neighborhood near you.)
This is not wishcasting; I don't want a race war. The burden is now on the minorities to back off this racist shit or the shit will hit the fan.
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That may change. If this BLM/CRT shit continues to accelerate (and I see no sign of it slowing), many people will.decide we just can't have this. For example, that stuff a few days ago about it being white supremacist for white women to report rapes simply cannot be normed. (I know, that was from the UK but it's coming to neighborhood near you.)
This is not wishcasting; I don't want a race war. The burden is now on the minorities to back off this racist shit or the shit will hit the fan.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at June 12, 2021 01:15 PM (d9FiS)
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Leftists have to out Left others Leftists to stay ahead of the NKVD so that's why white people have to stay woke and in the White hatred lanes.
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Libertarians kneel before Nazis.
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Yeah, I agree. I grew up when the push was for colorblindness, and still prefer that. But strategically it seems to be a very bad idea to push to crush 75% with 25%, especially when your 25% aren't exactly the "warrior class" of the country. The Nazis demonized a small minority of the country to rise to power, it wasn't the minority that tried to tell the majority they should be removed.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 12, 2021 01:18 PM (3/XaG)
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The white people who are bankrolling and propagating the CRT initiatives in every institution are doing it because they know that most power and the majority of the money in this country are in the hands of whites like themselves, and that's the attack vector that works. The BIPOC of whatever gender is one of the weapons, but this is a white-on-white war.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2021 01:20 PM (vpYjV)
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Fear of the Left is the biggest motivating factor in the country
Out fixing my trucks side step up rail. It had to be hit by a car in a parking lot somewhere. Took brackets off and with sledge and steel blocks have them straightened out pretty good. Just need to put it back together.
Out fixing my trucks side step up rail. It had to be hit by a car in a parking lot somewhere. Took brackets off and with sledge and steel blocks have them straightened out pretty good. Just need to put it back together.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 01:22 PM (Cxk7w)
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LOL. I think the logical conclusion to identity politics is that the white people unite.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at June 12, 2021 01:23 PM (xopIz)
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 01:29 PM (83lwH)
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That may change. If this BLM/CRT shit continues to accelerate (and I see no sign of it slowing), many people will.decide we just can't have this.
If the white working and lower-middle class was as influential as it once was--that is, politicians ( and advertisers for that matte) actually responded to their concerns-- you might have a point.
That is not the case today.
If the white working and lower-middle class was as influential as it once was--that is, politicians ( and advertisers for that matte) actually responded to their concerns-- you might have a point.
That is not the case today.
Posted by: JoeF. at June 12, 2021 01:35 PM (mR6Gs)
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"This is not wishcasting; I don't want a race war. The burden is now on the minorities to back off this racist shit or the shit will hit the fan."
What got me is how racist the oppressed victims can get. Maybe it's like the syndrome where I father who was beaten as a child beats his own child because that's what he was taught?
Regardless, I no longer regard them as victims. They have show they can be just as racists and the jackasses of the 19th century, but 200 years later when they should know better. I mean, the culture has evolved since then, but they were so being playing the victim that they didn't keep up?
Obviously they are not accustomed to checking themselves (I know whites who second-guess every hiring decision they make, every joke they tell... for unintended racism)
So it turns out there was never anything special about these oppressed groups, they are not Noble Victims. They were oppressed because they were too weak at the time to oppress others.
"You're just like me, only smaller" - The Hound, GoT
What got me is how racist the oppressed victims can get. Maybe it's like the syndrome where I father who was beaten as a child beats his own child because that's what he was taught?
Regardless, I no longer regard them as victims. They have show they can be just as racists and the jackasses of the 19th century, but 200 years later when they should know better. I mean, the culture has evolved since then, but they were so being playing the victim that they didn't keep up?
Obviously they are not accustomed to checking themselves (I know whites who second-guess every hiring decision they make, every joke they tell... for unintended racism)
So it turns out there was never anything special about these oppressed groups, they are not Noble Victims. They were oppressed because they were too weak at the time to oppress others.
"You're just like me, only smaller" - The Hound, GoT
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 01:37 PM (83lwH)
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Kinda reminds me of the military's argument about Snipers that cycles every 50 years. They are necessary. Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at June 12, 2021 12:46 PM (83lwH
Without them, there would be no art thread.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:50 PM (BMmaB)
This.
First they came for the cheerleaders...
Without them, there would be no art thread.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at June 12, 2021 12:50 PM (BMmaB)
This.
First they came for the cheerleaders...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2021 01:52 PM (axyOa)
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Going to be a couple hours of good reading soon, maybe another Dirty Pair episode.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 01:59 PM (Cxk7w)
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PET NOOD
Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at June 12, 2021 02:01 PM (Cxk7w)
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Will, be checking here every so often, in between pages.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 02:06 PM (Cxk7w)
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Or even Tastykake Chocolate Junior breaks
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 02:11 PM (Cxk7w)
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bear with asymmetrical balls, the L.A. Sheriff says illegal grows outnumber legal by 50 to 1, so you would be correct.
Rhomboid, I know Marx did not coin the phrase, but I think it's kind of a distinction without a difference these days. So if it doesn't meet your definition that's fine.
Rhomboid, I know Marx did not coin the phrase, but I think it's kind of a distinction without a difference these days. So if it doesn't meet your definition that's fine.
Posted by: pj at June 12, 2021 02:27 PM (G1dq6)
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So today is the pool party with the wife's friends. I hate that something that should be relaxing and fun causes dread. They're probably going to talk politics most of the time, so either just drink and have fun with the kids or engage. And really do I want to argue and debate on a sunny, warm, pleasant Saturday? Though the kids are getting to be the age where they don't want to hang with the parents, so I'm on an island.
Of course, this carries over to everything. The church group was getting together to record songs for zoom church and the one had to bring up those insane Texans. I never got a chance to tell him how wrong he was. I.e. shove it in his face.
And what kills me the most is we're going to eventually open up and return to somewhat normal and there's no reckoning. No mention of his they used this to kill people, destroy the economy, and steal a presidential election. It all seems so hopeless.
Anyway, just venting.
Of course, this carries over to everything. The church group was getting together to record songs for zoom church and the one had to bring up those insane Texans. I never got a chance to tell him how wrong he was. I.e. shove it in his face.
And what kills me the most is we're going to eventually open up and return to somewhat normal and there's no reckoning. No mention of his they used this to kill people, destroy the economy, and steal a presidential election. It all seems so hopeless.
Anyway, just venting.
Posted by: InCali at June 12, 2021 02:59 PM (ov5G+)
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That's why we are here.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 03:18 PM (Cxk7w)
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Overcast here, low 70s, heavy mosquitoes from recent rains.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2021 03:22 PM (Cxk7w)
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archive.org is deleting, sequestering and shadow banning 'community text' section items. The admins "de-emphasize" ARK engine pages they find insufficiently Woke and place those items in new community quarantine such as "off-center and outsider."
I know they are leftists. What I'm wondering is whether or not the system managers will delete compromising website articles from the waybackmachine.
I know they are leftists. What I'm wondering is whether or not the system managers will delete compromising website articles from the waybackmachine.
Posted by: 13times at June 12, 2021 03:52 PM (K3B2k)
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Some time in the feudal dystopian future, talking about a place where men were "free" will be considered supporting conspiracy theories.
There is no evidence to support this silly idea of "America" or what ever you citizens call it.
There is no evidence to support this silly idea of "America" or what ever you citizens call it.
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
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Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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