Daily Tech News 8 September 2021

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WhatsApp - the secure end-to-end encrypted messaging app - isn't quite. (Gizmodo)

Says WhatsApp:
We can't read or listen to your personal conversations, as they are end-to-end encrypted. This will never change
On the other hand, if someone reports you for misconduct, WhatsApp's moderation team can see your messages.

You need to read past the scary headline and get into the details before you find out what's going on: Someone pressing that report button sends the decrypted messages from you straight back to WhatsApp. It has to work that way, or you'd have no way of handling complaints. But it means - and this should be obvious anyway - that no matter how secure the channel, if the person at the other end can't be trusted, you have no security at all.

Think of WhatsApp as a room full of classified documents and the report button as Bradley Manning.

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Or think of WhatsApp as a McDonald's Monopoly contest and the report button as a database connection error. (Bleeping Computer)

One thing I learned long ago is if you're lazy and hard-code database connection parameters in some pre-production code, make sure they're assigned to variables well outside any potential stack trace. Because if you put them right in the connection call, and you forget that debug mode is enabled on the application server, and the pre-production code gets rushed into production - all events with a 95% or better probability - then the first time you have a connection error every single user will see your database password.

Of course your database should be locked to your internal network and firewalled both locally and at the network boundary, right? And you wouldn't also leak the login credentials for the server itself. Nobody would be that silly.
IBM's Power 10 CPUs are on their way. (AnandTech)

15 cores with 8 threads per core on each chip, and two chips per socket. 30MB L2 and 128MB L3 cache. 1TB memory bandwidth per socket, 1TB of inter-socket interconnect, and 512GB of PCIe 5.0 for I/O.

Just don't ask how much it costs.
The SEC is suing Coinbase over its Lend program which doesn't even exist yet. (Coinbase)

The SEC asked the crypto industry to provide information on upcoming projects so that the SEC could provide regulatory guidance. Coinbase - the fools - took them at their word. And now the SEC has filed notice of intent to sue Coinbase, over a product that doesn't exist, without at any point before or since saying what the substance of the complaint is.
GitHub creates useless garbage merges. (Kernel.org)

It's just Linus Torvalds spouting off again. It's not like he invented Git or anything.

...

Oh.
Hacking hackers hacked the Jenkins project's Confluence server... And used it to mine Monero. (Bleeping Computer)

This could have been a crippling supply-chain attack, because Jenkins is widely used to automate software testing.

Fortunately for us all, the hackers were idiots.
Intel is spending $80 billion on two new chip plants in Europe. (Thurrott.com)

You might well ask why not in the US, and the answer is they are already expanding all their facilities in the US and building a huge new facility in Arizona as well.

They're betting that demand for semiconductors isn't going to decline any time soon - and hedging against the possibility of disruption in the Far East. Even short of a war, China could cause significant mischief.
Almost forgot this one. We've used two monitoring services at my day job - Datadog and StatusCake. (I also use StatusCake for my own servers.)

The monitoring agent for Datadog is a 750MB install that includes its own version of Python. I have no idea what is going on in there; it's completely unauditable and I consider it a supply chain attack waiting to happen.

The monitoring agent for StatusCake fits on one page. I read through it, passed it on to our new sysadmin, he read through it, and we shrugged and are going to install it on all our servers.

Not everything needs to be an avalanche of crap.

Disclaimer: This is fine.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:08 AM (2JoB8)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 04:10 AM (arJlL)

3 https://www.americanthinker.com/how to_prepare for covid and how not to

Basically you get it your own your own

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:10 AM (2JoB8)

4 Coinbase's lawyer should send a response letter stating that the SEC can't sue because no one has been hurt yet, and once the product is released it will be too late to sue. Hell that should be thr response to every government case from here forward, last them suck on the bullshit standard they created to steal an election

Posted by: Rbastid at September 08, 2021 04:12 AM (B6QP7)

5 Willowed:

At 9 this am I go to the barbershop The Male Room. This is the place, I think, that made the national news in May of '20 for refusing to shut down completely in the face of governmental lockdown. I'd buy a haircut and beard trim from them just to show support. But the staff are all pleasant-looking if not downright attractive women -- I stopped in yesterday to make my appointment, and was very pleased. No face diapers and no signs on the doors!

Apparently you also get a consultation about your hair style and other grooming matters. Their grooming tips on their website regarding shaving are more than half right, which is better than I expected.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 04:12 AM (quCFJ)

6 ut it means - and this should be obvious anyway - that no matter how secure the channel, if the person at the other end can't be trusted, you have no security at all.

that says it all. I know dick about computers even though though I have been around since Aol 1.0. Hell, I recall watching people talk over the internet in the very early 1980s. I didn't fully get it, but I doubt many can say they experienced that it if wasn't government related.

Anyway. I barely use the net other than for surfing, research and chatting here. But I know my info has been pwned countless times. It is pretty absurd that people think the net will protect their privacy. I do think the play is to invest in net security firms. Sure they won't give you what you want, but they offer hope when no hope is around.

Posted by: Quint at September 08, 2021 04:16 AM (JOV35)

7 Sure they won't give you what you want, but they offer hope when no hope is around.
Posted by: Quint

Instead of "you must get the jab" it'll be "you must get the security system"

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 04:20 AM (vd8XM)

8 Apparently you also get a consultation about your hair style and other grooming matters. Their grooming tips on their website regarding shaving are more than half right, which is better than I expected.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 04:12 AM (quCFJ)

I go to a Vietnamese barbershop. They are reasonably priced and do a good job. They believe in the mask thing which is odd. But people are odd, they will jump through all types of hoops if their tribe tells them to do so. To be honest, I really don't give a crap at this point. That we are more masked today than even three months ago is sad. That most people go along with this based on net commentary is not a good sign for this country.

Posted by: Quint at September 08, 2021 04:21 AM (JOV35)

9 Wolfus your tales from the road are bursting my dreams of footloose and fancy free life.

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:24 AM (2JoB8)

10 https://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/the fall of kabul complete death of hope
https://tinyurl.com/ne2a8y2j

Only watched a bit of this Australian 45 minute video.
Leftists have tossed to the wolves another country to their partners Islam.

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:28 AM (2JoB8)

11 Wolfus your tales from the road are bursting my dreams of footloose and fancy free life.
Posted by: Skip

After being CRAMMED into a belfry, EVERYTHING id fancy free !

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 04:29 AM (arJlL)

12 Skip-

What are you doing there exactly ?

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 04:29 AM (arJlL)

13 'morning...

Posted by: Oldowan at September 08, 2021 04:31 AM (Mfqer)

14 Way late to get outta here
Talk to you all from the bell tower
Have a great day

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:34 AM (2JoB8)

15 Way late to get outta here
Talk to you all from the bell tower
Have a great day
Posted by: Skip

Did Skip buy a rifle?
Should we be worried?

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 04:36 AM (vd8XM)

16 Only watched a bit of this Australian 45 minute video.
Leftists have tossed to the wolves another country to their partners Islam.

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:28 AM (2JoB

I will watch it. But I recall Australia being lost years ago. There was an NRA video that showed them destroying firearms as some type of heathen ritual.

I remember when Spain bailed out on the War on Terror. Some American politico mentioned it and Spain went Ape Shit. The American politician mentioned Spanish Bullfighters and that was too much. The literally lost it. It might have hit to close to home. The default is always to move left. That should concern everyone.

Posted by: Quint at September 08, 2021 04:37 AM (JOV35)

17 Wolfus your tales from the road are bursting my dreams of footloose and fancy free life.
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021

***
Oh, there are more horrors I could relate -- not about Birmingham, but the difficulties I'm going to have returning to Da Swamp. On the other hand, the weather here has been fairly nice (if a little hot and humid for my preference), the people are cheerful and friendly, and there is a very good park about 10 minutes' drive away where I can work out.

I even found ethanol-free gas at a Circle K near I-65, $2.99/gal. where E10 87 octane is $2.69. And $2.99 was what I was paying for E0 back in the dump.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 04:41 AM (quCFJ)

18 Not everything needs to be an avalanche of crap.

So naive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 04:44 AM (EZebt)

19 Posted by: Quint at September 08, 2021 04:21 AM (JOV35)

My barbershop is also run by a vietnamese family, and even last year they seemed to not give 2 shits about wearing a mask. I think they just judge by each customer, if you come in with one on they'll wear one while cutting your hair, but if you don't have it on they'll be more relaxed themselves.

Too many people are buying into the lie that "Delta is even worse!!!!!" Instead of the reality that the vaccine wears off after 4 months, it's not that the flu became more contagious, it's just that everyone is no longer protected by the weak b.s. vaccine that was pushed on us as some miracle. Hopefully history looks back on 2020-2022 as the "Duped Ages" as everyone is being conned again and again.

Posted by: Rbastid at September 08, 2021 04:45 AM (B6QP7)

20 Well, one of the charms of Birmingham for me has been that there is no insistence on the face muzzles. Some places have signs, "Masks recommended" or "suggested," but nobody bothers me about it when I walk in. The hotel here has been the only one. They have left me in peace since I showed my doctor's med letter at check-in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 04:47 AM (quCFJ)

21 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021 04:57 AM (u82oZ)

22 Wolfus Aurelius

You mention getting back home is an issue. Is there a timeline for recovery?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021 04:58 AM (u82oZ)

23 Rbastid

This is the end state of turning self-governed citizens into drooling thralls. Mostly on the Dem side.

We can prevail if we hold all the expertise to make civilization work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021 05:00 AM (u82oZ)

24 Spending this past weekend with family at my sisters house . Having a conversation regarding how Chicago has turned into a major s-hole, and all of the shootings and killings.
My CNN loving BIL starts to get pissy, and tells us how Chicago is only 29th on the list of most violent towns in based on incidence per million.
I say, "oh good, there are 28 other shitholes in the US that I won't go to before I won't go to Chicago."

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 05:05 AM (vd8XM)

25 BIL also can't figure out why people move to Texas because there are people walking the streets holding rifles.

He owns a Keltech and I don't it's been out of the original box. Also belongs to the local gun club.

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 05:08 AM (vd8XM)

26 Wolfus Aurelius

You mention getting back home is an issue. Is there a timeline for recovery?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021

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It's complex. Entergy says my area should be powered back up by tomorrow. However, I am 6 hours' drive from there. If we drive down and the power is NOT on, we are screwed. I've written to, and will call, the apartment complex office. But knowing how half-assedly they operate, I can't be sure that the power in my unit, or Linda's, will be restored.

The only thing I can think to do is to take a room closer to the city, say about 2-3 hours' drive, as a staging area. Then I can drive down and return the same day if the power is not restored. If it is, I can spend the night, drive back and get Linda and the cats, and head back in. But it all depends on several factors, most of which I don't control and am having trouble getting info on!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:09 AM (quCFJ)

27 >>> Chicago is only 29th on the list of most violent towns in based on incidence per million

Chiraq may be statistically safer that East St Louis, but you can floor it and get through ESL quicker.

Posted by: fluffy at September 08, 2021 05:12 AM (UnQlg)

28 Wolfus Aurelius

Good luck! Can you remote your job to Birmingham? Which I know has the usual big city issues.

And you would have to leave your writers club behind.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

29 >>>And now the SEC has filed notice of intent to sue Coinbase, over a product that doesn't exist, without at any point before or since saying what the substance of the complaint is.

Sounds like a heads-up. I didn't think you could sue without stating the charge. But I am not a lawyer.

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 05:13 AM (rk2/G)

30 fluffy

I was heading right for ESL on Martin Luther Blvd this summer. The neighborhood did not look the best. I turned around and went back to I-70.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021 05:14 AM (u82oZ)

31 Chore time.

Have a great day. The sun will be shining soon. Might as well be on you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021 05:16 AM (u82oZ)

32 This kitteh is getting a soft mouth.

He used to bite when over stimulated (easy to do, he was born feral), but now he is giving light nips to show affection.

Posted by: fluffy at September 08, 2021 05:17 AM (UnQlg)

33 >>>Disclaimer: This is fine.

It it, the f-, it, flame, flames. Flames . . . on the side of my face. . . .

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 05:17 AM (rk2/G)

34 Absolutely right, Pixy, this is fine.

G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (Seiya) at September 08, 2021 05:23 AM (Seiya)

35 I'll actually be in Birmingham today, Wolfus. Sadly, it's for an all-day doctor visit, so no pleasure stops this time.

Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at September 08, 2021 05:24 AM (Bg96i)

36 Wolfus Aurelius

Good luck! Can you remote your job to Birmingham? Which I know has the usual big city issues.

And you would have to leave your writers club behind.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at September 08, 2021

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I am working remotely here, but eventually when the campus opens back up, I'll need to be in the office at least some of the time. The writers' group is foundering anyway with all the interruptions of last year's mask nonsense and now this. My position comes down to, "I don't want to go back -- and in fact want to find a good place away from the hot humid South to retire." When you have to go through this much disruption every few years just because of your location, it's time for a new location.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:24 AM (quCFJ)

37 I'll actually be in Birmingham today, Wolfus. Sadly, it's for an all-day doctor visit, so no pleasure stops this time.
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at September 08, 2021

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It'll be warm and humid, but not anywhere near as soul-sappingly nasty as Nawlins.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:25 AM (quCFJ)

38 Warm and humid is SOP around here. No worries.

Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at September 08, 2021 05:27 AM (Bg96i)

39 24 Spending this past weekend with family at my sisters house . Having a conversation regarding how Chicago has turned into a major s-hole, and all of the shootings and killings.
My CNN loving BIL starts to get pissy, and tells us how Chicago is only 29th on the list of most violent towns in based on incidence per million.
I say, "oh good, there are 28 other shitholes in the US that I won't go to before I won't go to Chicago."

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 05:05 AM (vd8XM)

I don't understand what he was going for, there!

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 05:29 AM (rk2/G)

40 On the other hand, the weather here has been fairly nice (if a little hot and humid for my preference)

Heh! Says the man from Nawlins...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 05:29 AM (GI9K/)

41 n the other hand, the weather here has been fairly nice (if a little hot and humid for my preference)

Heh! Says the man from Nawlins...
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021

***
That energy-draining climate is one of the chief reasons I want out of there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:30 AM (quCFJ)

42 I don't understand what he was going for, there!
Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 05:29 AM (rk2/G)
===
Successfully parroting the Party line is considered a "win."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 05:32 AM (EZebt)

43 I'm guessing Detroit is in the "top" ranks.

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 05:33 AM (rk2/G)

44 And now the SEC has filed notice of intent to sue Coinbase, over a product that doesn't exist, without at any point before or since saying what the substance of the complaint is.

**

I'm fairly certain that the substance of the complaint is that Biden announced a couple of months ago that bitcoin was bad and that the feds were going after it.

I remember it because it happened right after a big bitcoin "bank" type service went public and stock was available. Biden tanked it of course, which is perfectly legal.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-2019. It's 2021. at September 08, 2021 05:36 AM (9nwlC)

45 "Successfully parroting the Party line is considered a "win."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 05:32 AM (EZebt) "

in the glaring absence of the ability to think, it's really all they've got

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (Seiya) at September 08, 2021 05:36 AM (Seiya)

46 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:30 AM (quCFJ)

I hear ya. We lived on the West Bank in Marrero. Moved there late in the year, and the following summer the wife was pregnant. We had to start the car and run the AC for 10 minutes before she'd walk out of the house to go anywhere.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 05:36 AM (GI9K/)

47 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at September 08, 2021 05:37 AM (oSy3T)

48 and tells us how Chicago is only 29th on the list of most violent towns in based on incidence per million.

**

Huh. I wonder exactly how many towns there are in the US?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-2019. It's 2021. at September 08, 2021 05:37 AM (9nwlC)

49 Here's a CBS News list of the top 50 in 2019:

https://tinyurl.com/rdjv989v

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 05:38 AM (rk2/G)

50 These posts make me money.

An egress is a plan.

China controls crypto policy?

Posted by: David Prince at September 08, 2021 05:38 AM (SzP2Z)

51 osted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:30 AM (quCFJ)

I hear ya. We lived on the West Bank in Marrero. Moved there late in the year, and the following summer the wife was pregnant. We had to start the car and run the AC for 10 minutes before she'd walk out of the house to go anywhere.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021

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I live not far from there and shop in Marrero all the time. The weather is hideous even if you're not overweight or pregnant. Then there's the fact there are only 2 bridges over the river in the entire metro area. If 1 bridge is shut down because of an accident or (as happened a few years back) someone threatening to jump -- at rush hour, yet! -- you're stuck.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:39 AM (quCFJ)

52 Detroit, ESL, Baltimore, Camden, Newark, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Liberty City

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 05:40 AM (EZebt)

53 "Not everything needs to be an avalanche of crap"

Nominee for new HQ masthead?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 08, 2021 05:46 AM (6FeV1)

54 HR sent a memo out that for now, they want everyone to sign the roster and indicate their vax status (got it or will get it in the next 30 days, or their reason for not getting the clot shot, or their refusal to get the clot shot.

The question was asked politely what are the consequences are if we don't put our info on the roster. The response was typical HR argle bargle, but the implication I got was that you're gonna do it or your replacement will.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 05:47 AM (GI9K/)

55 It's a little weird that "murders per million" is just a casual data point for a city, like billion gallons of municipal water used, or average building height.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 08, 2021 05:48 AM (6FeV1)

56 "Violent Crime"...that's spin...top rate spin.

Posted by: BignJames at September 08, 2021 05:48 AM (AwYPR)

57 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 08, 2021 05:49 AM (pTdxE)

58 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:39 AM (quCFJ)

Ha! They should've told that guy to jump, or pushed him off FFS. Did a ship hit the Huey P Long, or did it just rust out of service? It's a looong way down the river road to that bridge if the is closed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 05:51 AM (GI9K/)

59 in a fascist regime there is no separation between business and state....

plan accordingly

Posted by: sven at September 08, 2021 05:51 AM (Lzpvj)

60 The Left glorifies victimologies of every stripe of the rainbow flag.

Victims of crime? Not so much.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 05:51 AM (EZebt)

61 I have always wondered why some simple applications are absurdly large. Now I know. They include their own version of the encyclopedia, dictionary and thesaurus to make sure their crappy fragile code doesn't break.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 05:53 AM (y1UMU)

62 3 Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2021 04:10 AM (2JoB

CUOMO XIX is essentially the cold and flu on steroids....

there is not a lot to be done really other than offer palliatives for symptoms and pray and given we as a soyciety have decided the best palliative and symptom reducer is a horse dewormer we are "fucked" as they say.

Posted by: sven at September 08, 2021 05:53 AM (Lzpvj)

63
Ha! They should've told that guy to jump, or pushed him off FFS. Did a ship hit the Huey P Long, or did it just rust out of service? It's a looong way down the river road to that bridge if the is closed.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021

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"Make up your mind, jump or don't, it's all the same to us." Yes!

The Huey P. Narrow, as it used to be known, underwent a long renovation and restructuring. It's now the superhighway across the river that it should always have been. Both bridges are pleasant to use when the traffic is not bad. That's why I go to my office very early, to avoid the rush (and to get a good parking place on the nearby street).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:54 AM (quCFJ)

64 I don't understand what he was going for, there!
Posted by: m

I guess it's like I-gor in Young Frankenstein

"Could be worse, Could be raining"

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 05:54 AM (vd8XM)

65 60 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 05:51 AM (EZebt)

victims of crime tend to be law complying people dedicated to excellence in their daily lives....

criminals tend to be violent narcissists....

whom would you rather placate if you were a rabid narcissist bent on self-adulation disguised as altruism?

Posted by: sven at September 08, 2021 05:55 AM (Lzpvj)

66 Is Marrero like New Orleans, where it's not pronounced "Marrero", but some variation of "Mrrrruurrr"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 08, 2021 05:55 AM (6FeV1)

67 The question was asked politely what are the consequences are if we don't put our info on the roster. The response was typical HR argle bargle, but the implication I got was that you're gonna do it or your replacement will.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 05:47 AM (GI9K/)

They are trying to do the calculus. How many are we going to have to fire when we set a mandate, and can we survive with that many gone?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 05:55 AM (y1UMU)

68 Breakfast time!!

Posted by: Bruce at September 08, 2021 05:55 AM (vd8XM)

69 Hiya Captain !

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 05:55 AM (arJlL)

70 This is the end state of turning self-governed citizens into drooling thralls.

I saw the Drooling Flaws open for the Flying Infidels

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 05:57 AM (arJlL)

71 Is Marrero like New Orleans, where it's not pronounced "Marrero", but some variation of "Mrrrruurrr"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 08, 2021

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Like most of the areas around here, I pronounce it "Pesthole." No, the pronunciation is pretty simple, "Muh-RERR-Oh." Or sometimes "Muh-RERR-uh." (As a part-Canadian, one of the things I hate about this area is the mushmouth talk.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 08, 2021 05:57 AM (quCFJ)

72 Breakfast time!!
Posted by: Bruce

Skip didn't eat everything ?

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 05:58 AM (arJlL)

73 Is Marrero like New Orleans, where it's not pronounced "Marrero", but some variation of "Mrrrruurrr"?

Heh! I always heard it pronounced like its spelled.

I have to say that I really like our neighborhood, and we had quite the variety of people in it. My neighbors were Tulane grads (white as the wind driven snow), the neighbors next to them were LSU fans (redneck coon asses) and the guy across was NOLA Parish Sherriff who looked just like the guy who played Steve Erkel's father on that 80s sit com.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 06:02 AM (GI9K/)

74 Breakfast time!!
Posted by: Bruce

Skip didn't eat everything ?
Posted by: JT

Oh ! That's right ; he has to fit in the belfry !

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 06:05 AM (arJlL)

75 This bullshit propaganda is causing a riff between me and my parents. I am fucking sick of this shit.

Mornin yall.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:06 AM (Tnijr)

76 They are trying to do the calculus. How many are we going to have to fire when we set a mandate, and can we survive with that many gone?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 05:55 AM (y1UMU)

Well, then clot shot roster is the least of their worries. They're bringing in someone from the other side whose gonna be the HMFIC over engineering and production. The disdain for the new person is palpable. People are already looking for another job.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2021 06:07 AM (GI9K/)

77 "Replacement?"

LOL. I used to be a irreplaceable.

If you have marketable skills and replacing you would be difficult, call their bluff.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 08, 2021 06:08 AM (xopIz)

78 Trump is scheduled to have a rally on the 25th at the fairgrounds about 30 minutes down the road. I don't think I can work up the enthusiasm to go to this one.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:08 AM (Tnijr)

79 Well, the IRS finally got around to processing my tax return.

I messed up. After calculating how much I overpaid, I failed to enter anything in the next row stating how much of it I want back.

So, it's either a donation or, hopefully, a carryover to next year.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 08, 2021 06:12 AM (xopIz)

80 75 This bullshit propaganda is causing a riff between me and my parents. I am fucking sick of this shit.

Mornin yall.
Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:06 AM (Tnijr)

Someone yesterday said Delta to me. I said go get someone with WuFlu and I give you 1000 bucks to know the variant.
There is no approved FDA and CMS variant test in the US.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:13 AM (yrol0)

81 You can file an amended return JAS. Then wait another months.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:14 AM (Tnijr)

82 That was said under oath to congress:

We can't read or listen to your personal conversations, as they are end-to-end encrypted. This will never change

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:15 AM (yrol0)

83 It's already Sept. I will just wait until January and do it electronically. For 2020, I sent in a paper return. That slowed things down a lot.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at September 08, 2021 06:15 AM (xopIz)

84 The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Erin OToole, promised a federal proof-of-vaccine system if his party gets elected, which means that those who support civil liberties are going to be left with few options.

fucked if your fucked
fucked if you aint fucked

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:16 AM (yrol0)

85 FUCK YOU SUPREME COURT

Despite a recent court ruling against the department for a race-based loan forgiveness program,

the USDA posted notice on Aug. 25 of a funding opportunity for a new program involving such preferences, Conservation Outreach:
Racial Equity and Justice Conservation Cooperative Agreements.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:19 AM (yrol0)

86 I don't think I can work up the enthusiasm to go to this one.
Posted by: f'd

You should go to cheer yourself up,imo.

I say that even though personally I never go to anything - I should follow my own advice

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 08, 2021 06:23 AM (oEn12)

87 The Carolina Squat is now banned in North Carolina. At least they didn't do diddly.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:24 AM (Tnijr)

88 News has become a corporatized version of the Two Minutes Hate, in which the goal of every broadcast is an anxiety-ridden audience provoked to the point of fury by the un-policed infamy of whatever wreckers are said to be threatening civilization this week: the unvaccinated, insurrectionists, Assadists, Greens, Bernie Bros, Jill Stein, Russians, the promoters of white supremacy culture, etc.

The whole thing:

https://tinyurl.com/y4sykdnm

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:24 AM (yrol0)

89 I went to the Trump rally in South Ga right after the election. Perdud and Lolefffler were there and I left kind of depressed.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:26 AM (Tnijr)

90 Thanks ValJar Stinks

Four of the five Taliban members released from Guantanamo Bay by the Obama administration in 2014 in exchange for admitted US Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl are part of the Islamic fundamentalist groups new hardline government in Afghanistan, according to local media reports.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:27 AM (yrol0)

91 The Carolina Squat is now banned in North Carolina. At least they didn't do diddly.
Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:24 AM (Tnijr)

Is the Steamer still allowed in Cleveland?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 06:28 AM (y1UMU)

92 My CNN loving BIL starts to get pissy, and tells us how Chicago is only 29th on the list of most violent towns in based on incidence per million.

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Tell him to walk down the streets of Chicago alone anytime after dusk. If he doesn't, call him a racist.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 08, 2021 06:28 AM (O+I8R)

93 The Carolina Squat is now banned in North Carolina. At least they didn't do diddly.
Posted by: f'd

So, they have to shit standing up ?

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 06:28 AM (arJlL)

94 Is the Steamer still allowed in Cleveland?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 06:28 AM (y1UMU)

Its required!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:28 AM (yrol0)

95 I see El Salvador had adopted Bitcoin as it's currency. That ought to give it some credibility and stability.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:29 AM (Tnijr)

96 95 I see El Salvador had adopted Bitcoin as it's currency. That ought to give it some credibility and stability.
Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:29 AM (Tnijr)

It dropped 10%.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:29 AM (yrol0)

97 95 I see El Salvador had adopted Bitcoin as it's currency. That ought to give it some credibility and stability.
Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:29 AM (Tnijr)

And you have to use a government app to transfer money that the government in no way sees whatshapp!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:30 AM (yrol0)

98 "So, they have to shit standing up ?
Posted by: JT"

No you can lay down if you want.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:31 AM (Tnijr)

99 Tomorrow night sleepy Joe is going to stay up late to tell us all to wear masks in the shower? Probably hardly anyone will watch, so I'll read about it here.

Posted by: Colin at September 08, 2021 06:31 AM (f35MK)

100 Based on incidents per trillion population, diddlefuck, OK is the most violent city in the US.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 06:33 AM (y1UMU)

101 The unearthed comments come amidst Lipkin revealing he was informed of a new outbreak in Wuhan on December 15th, 2019 in Spike Lees documentary miniseries NYC Epicenters.
The mid-December date, which Lipkin defends when pressed by the interviewer, is at odds with the Chinese Communist Partys public COVID-19 timeline, first informing the World Health Organization of an outbreak on December 31st, 2019.

LIARS ALL OF THEM

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:33 AM (yrol0)

102 Think of WhatsApp as a room full of classified documents and the report button as Bradley Manning.

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And Christopher Steele as the cutout responsible for identifying and reporting bad actors.

Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 08, 2021 06:34 AM (/z9fK)

103 100 Based on incidents per trillion population, diddlefuck, OK is the most violent city in the US.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 06:33 AM (y1UMU)

And most gunshot victims there die lying on the sidewalks outside the ER because of the horse paste poisonings.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:35 AM (yrol0)

104 "So, they have to shit standing up ?
Posted by: JT"

No you can lay down if you want.
Posted by: f'd

LOL

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2021 06:36 AM (arJlL)

105 I seem to remember reports of an unusual pneumonia in China starting in Nov 2019.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 08, 2021 06:37 AM (y1UMU)

106 Fort McCoy hit by case of measles amid Afghan refugee resettlement effort

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 08, 2021 06:38 AM (yrol0)

107 Not everything needs to be an avalanche of crap.

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Had I heard or thought of it, this might have been one of my favorite sayings back in my corporate-America coding days. The other -- used frequently at the beginning of certain-to-be Death March projects -- was "guaranteed to fail" (which never failed to be correct).

Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 08, 2021 06:39 AM (/z9fK)

108 We do not have per�son�nel on the ground, we do not have air assets in the coun�try, we do not con�trol the air�space - whether over Afghanistan or else�where in the region. We don't even have tampons in the men's room at the Pentagon.

Posted by: The State Department at September 08, 2021 06:40 AM (Tnijr)

109 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2021 06:43 AM (EZebt)

110 This bullshit propaganda is causing a riff between me and my parents. I am fucking sick of this shit.

Mornin yall.

Posted by: f'd at September 08, 2021 06:06 AM (Tnijr)

that is sad to hear. I can only think of one time my parents and I disagreed on such issues. It was when Blair and Clinton bombed in Bosnia. I supported Blair; Clinton was mostly a potted plant. In the end, nothing they did made much of a difference. I bought in with Blair.

I doubt my parents would recognize what is going on today and what passes for normal American political debate.

Posted by: Quint at September 08, 2021 06:45 AM (acsaG)

111 the nood is jj

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 07:17 AM (rk2/G)

112 Not everything needs to be an avalanche of crap.

Words to the wise.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at September 08, 2021 08:35 AM (dqP+A)

113 Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
We need a place where we can store all of Earth's craziest most dangerous shit in one place. It's our crazy locker.

David Leyonhjelm
@DavidLeyonhjelm
Sep 7
What's the point of Australia?
[link to article]
[https://tinyurl.com/vrvtfhjz]

Posted by: m at September 08, 2021 12:03 PM (rk2/G)

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