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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd.aoshq at gee mail.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com | The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition“We believe in human rights. We believe in free enterprise. We believe in the capitalist system. That’s all counter to China,” he said, when asked about China’s treatment of its Uyghurs population being called genocide by the US, and why he hasn’t spoken specifically about that or lobbied China’s government for change. “The government needs to do that,” he said. “I could do whatever I want … I’m not going to do whatever I want without my board when it’s something like that, but we believe in human rights, we don’t believe in genocide or anything like that. But for me to like gratuitously make public statements I think is a mistake.” Ah...I see! Criticizing President Trump for comments that he made that were carefully edited by the mainstream media for maximum shock value is perfectly okay, but criticizing the Chinese government for forced organ donations and the genocide of an ethnic group within China is beyond the pale? Apparently criticism of political rhetoric is just part of his job, but calling out genocide is best left to...uh...who? This is of course transparent nonsense, because his company does a huge amount of business with China and all Dimon is doing is protecting the bottom line. It's particularly disgusting because he is also placating the frothing-at-the-mouth NeverTrump lunatics who care more about Mean TweetsTM than actual mass murder. This is a perfect example of Ace's COrPorAtIOnS ArE YOuR FrIEnDS. Dimon would rather pretend that China is a neutral player on the world's stage so as to protect his huge fortune and his company's connections in the Chinese economic house of cards than call them out for their genocide. That is intellectually and morally dishonest, and does a a disservice to the very people for whom he claims to fight. *Full disclosure: I own JPM stock. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 05, 2021 10:02 AM (BgMrQ) 2
Jamie Dimon is an imbecile.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2021 10:02 AM (eZshs) 3
Read the content and first?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:03 AM (T7iTv) 4
I'm switching to UMB banking. (under my bed)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 05, 2021 10:03 AM (Kd5Vh) 5
...I'll go call the others
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 05, 2021 10:03 AM (BgMrQ) 6
Nope
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:03 AM (T7iTv) 7
Top 10
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, Fuck Joe Biden at October 05, 2021 10:04 AM (cch7k) 8
I'd be okay with Corporations ignoring Chinese genocide if they really were just obsessed with amassing wealth through their business.
But they obviously want to socially engineer America while shooting themselves in the foot financially with their customer bases and grafting their way to wealth. It's the combination that irritates me. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (LvTSG) 9
Did you guys discuss this in JJs thread?
Protestors in New York destroyed a Covid testing centre https://twitter.com/AnonCitizenUK/status/ 1445146880967643141 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (YZG/i) Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (H0bCE) 11
Jamie Dimon is an imbecile.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2021 10:02 AM (eZshs) He's not...he is a great banker. But he doesn't understand that just because he can run a bank doesn't mean that he is an expert on everything. It's the conceit of the elites. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (Q9lwr) 12
Funny how this kowtowing to China also just happens to be in Dimon's financial interest. Just happens. Pure coincidence.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (QU5/8) 13
yeah, Wall Street (and many of us) have greatly profited off building up China ... we went from a nation that produces to an economy led by "high finance" (leveraged 30x, bailed out by BigGov, protected by military ... till China gets too big.
We are financing the rope they use to hang US. And they are allowed to buy our politicians. Where from here? Outcome uncertain. Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (Cus5s) Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (H0bCE) 15
But his bank is rushing headlong into "Woke" insanity, and is busily mandating the Biden junta's vaccine mandates.
** The mandates that don't exist? The laws that don't have words, and that people are being fired over? Those mandates? Posted by: Moron Robbie - 60% of COVID hospitalizations are vaccinated at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (x7OL5) 16
Read the content. Rookie mistake.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (dkvcO) 17
"But he doesn't understand that just because he can run a bank doesn't mean that he is an expert on everything."
What if he slept at a Holiday Inn last night, like I did? Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (B0mGw) 18
It's the combination that irritates me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (LvTSG) Yup. They need to return to the first principles of business. But most are now simply whores for their preferred politicians. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (Q9lwr) 19
Good morning CBD, great work as always.
Posted by: MikeM at October 05, 2021 10:07 AM (5SG4R) 20
What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names?
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:07 AM (B0mGw) 21
4 I'm switching to UMB banking. (under my bed)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 05, 2021 10:03 AM (Kd5Vh) I hear AIM is pretty good too. (ammo in bunker) Posted by: Roy at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (ffT8C) 22
We are financing the rope they use to hang US. And they are allowed to buy our politicians. Where from here? Outcome uncertain.
Posted by: illiniwek Where from here? Cordite. Lots of it. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (OCTRt) 23
F**k Jamie Dimon.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * whiskey tango foxtrot at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (qa/BD) 24
Protestors in New York destroyed a Covid testing centre
Seems a bit dramatic to describe tipping over a table and a portable awning as "destroyed a Covid testing center." That's all that's depicted in the video. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (QU5/8) 25
Good morning CBD, great work as always.
Posted by: MikeM at October 05, 2021 10:07 AM (5SG4R) Oh gosh! Thank you. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (Q9lwr) 26
It's the conceit of the elites.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (Q9lwr) Most of them aren't good at anything beyond worming their way into the system and sucking the life out of the world. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (T7iTv) 27
Apparently, Jamie Dimon has cancer
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (RHGPo) 28
Jamie Dimon is an imbecile.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2021 10:02 AM (eZshs) He's not...he is a great banker. But he doesn't understand that just because he can run a bank doesn't mean that he is an expert on everything. It's the conceit of the elites. Well THAT alone does make him an imbecile. Posted by: memin_pinguin at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (oSX/P) 29
Son, stocks may rise and fall, utilities and transportation systems may collapse. People are no damn good, but they will always need land and they will pay through the nose to get it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (LvTSG) 30
Seems a bit dramatic to describe tipping over a table and a portable awning as "destroyed a Covid testing center." That's all that's depicted in the video.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 05, 2021 10:08 AM (QU5/ - - - - It's a start. Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (prSvo) 31
But his bank is rushing headlong into "Woke" insanity, and is busily mandating the Biden junta's vaccine mandates.
I may not be the smartest person here, but now is not the time to be firing nurses. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (OCTRt) 32
20 What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names?
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:07 AM (B0mGw) could be worse Posted by: Michael Fitzpatrick and his husband Patrick Fitzmichael at October 05, 2021 10:10 AM (ffT8C) 33
Back later. Going to huff paint until that guy makes sense.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2021 10:10 AM (4olE8) 34
All the Kool Kidz outsource to China. It's that tang of the sweatshop and bouquet of the labor camp that give their products their naughty vibe. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2021 10:10 AM (/U27+) 35
When people get positive media attention, they believe they are geniuses in all aspects of the world. See: any Hollywood celebrity or any singer with a hit record.
Suddenly they are all lecturing us on how the world is. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2021 10:10 AM (v9pBv) 36
Destruction of covid testing center
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion No, I do not think that was in JJs stack. Thank you. Interesting. Are they anti hysteria? Or anti science or? Posted by: MikeM at October 05, 2021 10:11 AM (5SG4R) 37
They had to burn down the Covid testing centre. It shot George Floyd's statue yesterday so it couldn't breathe!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:11 AM (UHVv4) 38
"But they obviously want to socially engineer America while shooting themselves in the foot financially with their customer bases and grafting their way to wealth." tjm
imo it must be a few elites with a bigger plan, where American Independence (and that coincident American Spirit) must be killed ... so they can "Build Back Better" as most of our Western leaders are chanting in unison. Who coordinates memes like that, and gets all those leaders regurgitating the same meme? "Flood" is a tactic the Gates/Davos type crowd crow about ... the ability to flood the zone with their message, drowning out all else. The incredible censorship of "vaccine/mask deniers" is one obvious example of their top down power. Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:11 AM (Cus5s) 39
Woke insanity is contagious.
Mechwarrior Online, a video game, has issued a statement on 'Trans Rights'.....in a video game about big, stompy war machines. This world can't burn fast enough. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (V6f9+) 40
I think Dimon desperately needs a tax cut. Amiright fellow patriotic patriots who love patriotism?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (19lpQ) 41
China has effectively overthrown the US government. Maybe that's what Jamie Dimon is most concerned with.
Well, that and keeping his money. Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (BFigT) 42
4 I'm switching to UMB banking. (under my bed)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby The Wifey and I discussed this very thing this morning with regards to the $600 reporting limit for transactions being proposed. Practically every paycheck, direct or manually deposited into a bank account, will be flagged to the IRS. She suggested a safe be installed in the cellar to hold cash. I also suggested a wheelbarrow for all the cash we'll soon need to cart to the grocery store for milk and bread. Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (wUHYj) 43
In six months the preferred currency will be bullets and canned beans
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (r0XR3) 44
Ah...I see! Criticizing President Trump for comments that he made that were carefully edited by the mainstream media for maximum shock value is perfectly okay, but criticizing the Chinese government for forced organ donations and the genocide of an ethnic group within China is beyond the pale?
++++ There are only to possible reasons: 1. That's there, whereas this is here. I am here and therefore I speak about it. What is not here is not my place to speak about. What those savages do is on them. 2. I am safe criticizing my government and its officials but I am not safe to do the same with China, and I make too much money in China, and China is too important, and therefore I say nothing about China because my business interests there outweigh my discomfort with their policies. Pick one, Dimon. And it isn't the first, and we both know it. If it were, you wouldn't be in a position to make the second relevant. So just own it. Your business interests are more important than human rights in some barbarian country you don't live in. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (+IIqY) 45
What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names?
***** Thee Seamus is part of the kink... Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (Xwt96) 46
Jamie Dimon is an imbecile.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2021 10:02 AM (eZshs) Frankly, everyone is, to one degree or another. Even Jefferson had a blind spot about slavery. Franklin's views on monogamy were rather. . .elastic. But yes, expecting a millionaire to call out his Chinese buddies is a fools' errand. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:13 AM (2JVJo) 47
Dimon is happy to sell Beijing that last meter of rope.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:13 AM (KeIhl) 48
I may not be the smartest person here, but now is not the time to be firing nurses.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (OCTRt) Hero nurses. Frontline warriors battling this insidious disease what has claimed, you know, a bit less than 1% of the people who discover that they've gotten it. Those nurses? Well, if they won't get an unproven gene therapy then they're wreckers and must be made an example of. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (T7iTv) 49
Let's see...
Embrace a panic and send your workers home. Establish a telecommuting program for many if not most of your positions. Let the American employees test it out and work out the bugs for a few months. Fire them. What comes next? Posted by: Moron Robbie - 60% of COVID hospitalizations are vaccinated at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (x7OL5) 50
I may not be the smartest person here, but now is not the time to be firing nurses.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (OCTRt) ++++ It's precisely the right time. Their policies and ideals - like the policies and ideals of all collectivists of all stripes that came before them - requires mountains of human corpses. This is a nice, sterile, antiseptic way for them to get the first round bodies. Save the camps and the trains and the guards and the furnaces and the slave-labor factories for the holdouts. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (+IIqY) 51
If you get a paycheck it will still be reported. Unless your employer pays you in cash there is no way around it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (19lpQ) 52
I was able to procure some money last week to have car paid off before Thanksgiving. If I refi the house now, my payments will be under 600.
Posted by: Infidel at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (iorxD) 53
>>>I like Jamie Dimon. I think he is an excellent bank CEO* who has probably been a net positive for the economy.
He's the worst of crony capitalists. His highly exposed company was gifted Washington Mutual to prop it up in 2007 as the real estate bubble was imploding, with little to no recourse for investors. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (KnJdm) 54
43 In six months the preferred currency will be bullets and canned beans
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (r0XR3) I'm rich! Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (prSvo) 55
>>>But his bank is rushing headlong into "Woke" insanity . . .
Lie down with socialists, get up with fleas. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:15 AM (KnJdm) 56
Sounds to me that Domon needs to sit his daughter down and have a real talk with her about the facts of economic life. And if she wants to follow in the family business, she can start as a teller at a Chase Bank in Fargo.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:15 AM (axyOa) 57
Checking in
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 05, 2021 10:16 AM (bUL4f) 58
People who only think in the short term are ruled by those who think in the long term.
Posted by: Ian Deal at October 05, 2021 10:16 AM (H/JHi) 59
Old Nazi media...regurgitated wearing skins of the dead in modern fashion. Like gay bunny boy.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 05, 2021 10:16 AM (BcAbd) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2021 10:16 AM (/U27+) 61
It's the conceit of the elites.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo Exactly. Should be trademarked. People in sports, movies, titans of industry. We in America think rich person = smart person. At least many do. You make a lot of money for the basketball team owner, and the networks, so we pay you a lot to do fancy things with a ball. Does not make you smart when it comes to X other topic. Posted by: MikeM at October 05, 2021 10:16 AM (5SG4R) 62
I was told by very smart conservatives in the 2000s that if people like Dimon pay more than a 35% top marginal tax rate the world would end. Thank goodness Bush and Cheney made sure that would not happen.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 05, 2021 10:18 AM (19lpQ) 63
I think Dimon desperately needs a tax cut. Amiright fellow patriotic patriots who love patriotism?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I Help Ya Help Ya Help Ya Variant at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (19lpQ) lol Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:18 AM (KnJdm) 64
When the hell did athletes and actors start thinking their political opinions should be listened to? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2021 10:18 AM (/U27+) 65
Great article and not a black pill:
https://treeofwoe.substack.com/p/conservatism-is-dead peace out Posted by: goatlover at October 05, 2021 10:18 AM (fOXSg) 66
When the hell did athletes and actors start thinking their political opinions should be listened to?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2021 10:18 AM (/U27+) when the public turned them into demigods? Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2021 10:19 AM (DJFLF) 67
"I may not be the smartest person here, but now is not the time to be firing nurses."
Once again, people keep assuming the goal is not societal collapse when everything this administration does points in that direction. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:20 AM (B0mGw) 68
He's the worst of crony capitalists. His highly exposed company was gifted Washington Mutual to prop it up in 2007 as the real estate bubble was imploding, with little to no recourse for investors.
Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (KnJdm) This is my feeling. He got a sweetheart deal and played the 2007 implosion to the benefit of himself and his bank. He's skillful but I have no praise for any Oligarch or Oligarch enabler. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:20 AM (V6f9+) 69
Apparently, Jamie Dimon has cancer
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:09 AM (RHGPo) If there is karma, it would be ass cancer. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:20 AM (KnJdm) 70
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What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names? ***** Thee Seamus is part of the kink... Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM - - ---------- Hah! Very nice. Posted by: irright at October 05, 2021 10:20 AM (8rX4S) 71
But his bank is rushing headlong into "Woke" insanity, and is busily mandating the Biden junta's vaccine mandates.
Courage is a rapidly disappearing commodity. Go along, to get along. Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (Xrfse) 72
TX State Board of Pardons & Paroles voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction according to Hearing minutes!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (UHVv4) 73
So many idiots in high places. How do we function?
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (8hyrg) 74
Thee Seamus is part of the kink...
Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM ---------- Hah! Very nice. ---------- Yeah, I thought so, too. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (B0mGw) 75
hiya
Posted by: JT at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (arJlL) 76
So many idiots in high places. How do we function?
* Same reason we still sort of believe in elections and the republic. Momentum. Posted by: Moron Robbie - 60% of COVID hospitalizations are vaccinated at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (x7OL5) 77
He's the worst of crony capitalists. His highly exposed company was gifted Washington Mutual to prop it up in 2007 as the real estate bubble was imploding, with little to no recourse for investors.
Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:14 AM (KnJdm) ++++ He, and every other bigwig financier, lined up at the trough for TARP money and every other bailout they could put their hands on. They created the disaster with lies and fraud and then put a gun to the people's head and demanded a bailout. When the first TARP attempt failed, Ben Bernanke promised tanks in the streets if the Treasury and the Fed didn't do it. I have never forgotten and will never forget that. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (+IIqY) 78
I'm switching to UMB banking. (under my bed)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby The Wifey and I discussed this very thing this morning with regards to the $600 reporting limit for transactions being proposed. Practically every paycheck, direct or manually deposited into a bank account, will be flagged to the IRS. She suggested a safe be installed in the cellar to hold cash. I also suggested a wheelbarrow for all the cash we'll soon need to cart to the grocery store for milk and bread. Posted by: Stu Podaso I've been liquidating my CD's for the past several months. Posted by: Sock Monkey * whiskey tango foxtrot at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (qa/BD) 79
Courage is a rapidly disappearing commodity. Go along, to get along.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (Xrfse) I see it as courage plus moral discernment. Both disappearing. Posted by: Ordinary American at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (8hyrg) 80
What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names?
Danni Patti Rylie Shawn Fiona (identifies as male) Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (axyOa) 81
BREAKING | Feds descend on offices of NYPD sergeants union
While the details of the investigation were not revealed, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed the agency was "carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation." Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (RHGPo) 82
Courage is a rapidly disappearing commodity. Go along, to get along.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (Xrfse) ++++ Courage does not exist in large institutions. Large institutions optimize for conditions. They do not try to change conditions. They do not hold the line. JPMC is going woke because everyone else is. Courage is for the little guy. The big guys have too much to lose from courage. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (+IIqY) 83
TX State Board of Pardons & Paroles voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction according to Hearing minutes!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (UHVv4) While this is stupid because he's, you know, dead, I don't care because he's, you know, dead. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (T7iTv) 84
That article from 2013 on how the Soviets carried out a pogrom on whales to meet their Five Year Plan or else the whalers faced dire consequences has scary echos today.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (KeIhl) 85
Has a US corporation ever had its charter revoked for illegal or criminal acts?
I know it's possible but does it ever happen? Posted by: Lrrr at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (/0Evh) 86
80 What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names?
Danni Patti Rylie Shawn Fiona (identifies as male) Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (axyOa) I have a client named Erin - a guy. Posted by: IC at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (hV9ir) 87
86 I have a client named Erin - a guy.
Posted by: IC at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (hV9ir) ========== I once knew a guy named Ashley. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG) 88
Since TJM and Joe Mannix are in the thread - I just got the new Movies Unlimited catalog in the mail. They're offering the complete Mannix for $90 and the classic Brit comedy Carry On Screaming for $8.
The Christmas catalog is going to have new Kino and Criterion releases. I just want to watch the sexy Fenella Fielding. https://tinyurl.com/jf66892c Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (2JVJo) 89
While the details of the investigation were not revealed, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed the agency was "carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation."
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (RHGPo) ++++ Well that's comforting. I'm sure it's entirely justified and well predicated, whatever it is. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (+IIqY) 90
It's the conceit of the elites.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo The logical fallacy of Appeal to Authority (argumentum ad verecundiam) by any other name... Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (ZSK0i) 91
He, and every other bigwig financier, lined up at the trough for TARP money and every other bailout they could put their hands on. They created the disaster with lies and fraud and then put a gun to the people's head and demanded a bailout. When the first TARP attempt failed, Ben Bernanke promised tanks in the streets if the Treasury and the Fed didn't do it. I have never forgotten and will never forget that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM (+IIqY) Pretty sure the government was HEAVILY involved in creating the disaster. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (T7iTv) 92
" Wifey and I discussed this very thing this morning with regards to the $600 reporting limit for transactions being proposed."
as someone here pointed out the other day ... (I think) it is all accounts over $600, get everything reported. OregonMuse said it was just an idea, not directly implemented by the actual bill .. I'm not so sure, I haven't read it. And what would they report ... just that money moved, or where it was spent? At what point do all sales receipts (already digitized) get forwarded on to the IRS and DeepState, to determine which AmericaFirsters are buying too much ammo, not enough soy? Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:25 AM (Cus5s) Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:25 AM (V6f9+) 94
88 The Christmas catalog is going to have new Kino and Criterion releases.
I just want to watch the sexy Fenella Fielding. https://tinyurl.com/jf66892c Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (2JVJo) ======== October Kino sale starts either today or tomorrow on their site. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:25 AM (LvTSG) 95
she can start as a teller at a Chase Bank in Fargo
===== Banks are notorious for using female 'tellers' to train the male bankers. And it is still going on. Sister got out of banking because of that and now kidlet's contemporaries are the same. Posted by: mustbequantum at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (MIKMs) 96
This is my feeling. He got a sweetheart deal and played the 2007 implosion to the benefit of himself and his bank. He's skillful but I have no praise for any Oligarch or Oligarch enabler.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:20 AM (V6f9+) Playing the political process to your advantage does not make you a great banker. It makes you a great leech. There was a portion of the TARP legislation (IIRC, and sponsored out of Schumer's district) that was intended to provide post-hoc prohibition of ANY legal liability or recourse for the gifting of Washington Mutual to JPM. It could not have been more plainly targeted at the seizure and gift of Washington Mutual to JPM if they used actually entity names. It was the most grotesque display of crony capitalism in my lifetime, until the GM bondholders got screwed in favor of the labor unions. It was straight up theft to benefit the politically connected. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (KnJdm) 97
as someone here pointed out the other day ... (I think) it is all accounts over $600, get everything reported. OregonMuse said it was just an idea, not directly implemented by the actual bill .. I'm not so sure, I haven't read it.
** It will be just like the OSHA law mandating shots for employers with more than 100 employees. It doesn't exist, but it's law. Posted by: Moron Robbie - 60% of COVID hospitalizations are vaccinated at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (x7OL5) 98
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BREAKING | Feds descend on offices of NYPD sergeants union While the details of the investigation were not revealed, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed the agency was "carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation." Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:22 AM - - --------- Somebody turned in one of them for being secretly honest. Posted by: irright at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (8rX4S) 99
I've been liquidating my CD's for the past several months.
-------------------------------- Cool! Got any Bay City Rollers?? Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (UHVv4) 100
I once knew a guy named Ashley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG) ++++ Ashley, Whitney, Morgan, Leslie, Kelly, and Taylor (at least) all used to be unisex names that have changed to be almost entirely female names over time. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (+IIqY) 101
"Well that's comforting. I'm sure it's entirely justified and well predicated, whatever it is."
I mean, it's a NYC police union. Maybe a political hit, but I'm betting it's still valid. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (B0mGw) Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (Xwt96) 103
Wasn't there a pop singer named Rick Ashley?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (KeIhl) 104
TX State Board of Pardons & Paroles voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction according to Hearing minutes!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (UHVv4) ----------- That's good. I was getting worried. Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (kTF2Z) 105
TX State Board of Pardons & Paroles voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction according to Hearing minutes!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (UHVv4) WTF, Texas? Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (igSoX) 106
Pretty sure the government was HEAVILY involved in creating the disaster.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (T7iTv) ++++ They provided perverse incentives and the Fed provided interest rate repression. No institution is without sin. But abject, naked fraud kept it running and the big banks went whole-hog at it. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (+IIqY) 107
Dimon = Scrooge McDuck
Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (4I/2K) 108
Are they anti hysteria? Or anti science or?
Posted by: MikeM at October 05, 2021 10:11 AM (5SG4R) No idea Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (YZG/i) 109
I once knew a guy named Ashley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG) Don't remind me, please. Posted by: Zombie Scarlett O'Hara at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (8hyrg) 110
What is it with all the Irish boy names getting turned into girl names?
===== My own favorite: Kieran. Posted by: mustbequantum at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (MIKMs) 111
I once knew a guy named Ashley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG) Me too. And a Hilary and a Courtney. All Navy guys. Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (igSoX) 112
It was straight up theft to benefit the politically connected.
Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:26 AM (KnJdm) It was a sign of things to come, sadly. Just like the 'Tanks in the streets' line. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (V6f9+) 113
Ashley, Whitney, Morgan, Leslie, Kelly, and Taylor (at least) all used to be unisex names that have changed to be almost entirely female names over time.
Courtney. Addison. Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (DJFLF) 114
Well, in principle, I am against genocide, but Uighurs are muslims, and muslims in general have been doing their damndest to make genocide respectable again, so I am torn.
I do think China could do better by non-lethal means, such as forced conversions, deportations, and dispersal of the Uighurs into the vast Chinese population. It's the islam that needs to be destroyed, not necessarily the poor bastards infected by it. Heal them. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (Lqh74) 115
Don't get me started on Morgan and Shannon.
I hate androgyny Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:25 AM I'm right here, you know. Posted by: Pat at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (dkvcO) 116
There's a book by then local PSBJ journalist, Kirsten Grind, and I believe she was nominated for a Pulitzer for her reporting on the debacle. She later went to WSJ, and I lost track of her.
The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History https://tinyurl.com/w9u42bts Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (KnJdm) 117
Since TJM and Joe Mannix are in the thread - I just got the new Movies Unlimited catalog in the mail. They're offering the complete Mannix for $90 and the classic Brit comedy Carry On Screaming for $8. ...
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (2JVJo) ++++ Nice. I have the complete Mannix already, but I appreciate the consideration! Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:29 AM (+IIqY) 118
He got a sweetheart deal and played the 2007 implosion to the benefit of himself and his bank.
------ Playing the political process to your advantage does not make you a great banker. It makes you a great leech. ------ This is the most basic assumption of capitalism. The issue is not greedy opportunists, which are inevitable, it's government laws passed in favor of specific groups, which makes it possible. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:29 AM (B0mGw) 119
BREAKING: Feds descend on offices of NYPD sergeants union
While the details of the investigation were not revealed, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed the agency was "carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation." ---------------------------------- I guess we know where Rudy was hiding the Clinton Corruption documents now. Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:29 AM (UHVv4) 120
I once knew a guy named Ashley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG) ------------ So did Scarlet. Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2021 10:29 AM (kTF2Z) Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2021 10:29 AM (DJFLF) 122
Courtney.
Addison. Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (DJFLF) ++++ Courtney was the one I couldn't think of. There are many. Does it ever go the other direction, where a unisex name becomes a man's name? All I can think of are unisex names becoming female names. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:30 AM (+IIqY) 123
OK, lets stick to the names, becasue Irish puns are O'ffensive.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:30 AM (axyOa) 124
TARP launched $1T/year in QE money. Bernanke lied and said "nope we are not doing QE" when they clearly were .... later admitted. Fed chairs think their job is to keep deceiving the public about the unstable state of infinite debt and infinite money printing.
(Bill Gross is old school on interest rates, and admits timing is difficult, since QE seemed to work for a long time ... till it doesn't and they lose control) youtube tinyurl.com/majk866u Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:30 AM (Cus5s) 125
October Kino sale starts either today or tomorrow on their site.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:25 AM (LvTSG) I see they have Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid on Blu-Ray. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:30 AM (2JVJo) 126
Ashley, Whitney, Morgan, Leslie, Kelly, and Taylor (at least) all used to be unisex names that have changed to be almost entirely female names over time.
Evelyn. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM (2JVJo) 127
Wasn't there a pop singer named Rick Ashley?
Astley Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2021 10:29 AM Still ghey. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM (dkvcO) 128
Wasn't there a pop singer named Rick Ashley?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (KeIhl) Never going to give you up. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, Fuck Joe Biden at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM (cch7k) 129
OK, lets stick to the names, becasue Irish puns are O'ffensive.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:30 AM (axyOa) ++++ They are indeed. Posted by: Bary O'Bama, Irishman at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM (+IIqY) 130
Sentai Filmworks is having an anime sale, some titles as much as 90% off.
https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/collections/ 2021-promotions-monster-sale Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM (KeIhl) 131
Evelyn.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM Beverly. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2021 10:32 AM (dkvcO) 132
TX State Board of Pardons & Paroles voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction according to Hearing minutes!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:21 AM (UHVv4) Did they also pardon him for the home invasion robbery where he stuck a pistol into the belly of a pregnant woman? I really doubt that Satan will kick him upstairs when news of the pardon filters down. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:32 AM (Lqh74) 133
It was a sign of things to come, sadly.
Just like the 'Tanks in the streets' line. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (V6f9+) In retrospect, yes. But in a more innocent time, one still had the naive notions of rule of law and respect for rule of law. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:32 AM (KnJdm) 134
I once knew a guy named Ashley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at I knew a boy named Sue. Posted by: Mr Cash at October 05, 2021 10:32 AM (Muyfa) 135
"TX State Board of Pardons & Paroles voted unanimously to recommend a full posthumous pardon to George Floyd for a 2004 drug conviction according to Hearing minutes!"
Virtue so bright I have to wear shades. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:32 AM (B0mGw) Posted by: kallisto at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (DJFLF) 137
I really doubt that Satan will kick him upstairs when news of the pardon filters down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:32 AM (Lqh74) He will just use a riper pineapple. Posted by: Roy at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (ffT8C) 138
Knew a guy named Kim.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, Fuck Joe Biden at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (cch7k) 139
Let's go, Diamonds!
Posted by: Hans Moleman at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (63Dwl) Posted by: irright at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (8rX4S) 141
Courage is for the little guy.
I agree with all that you said. Unfortunately, the little guy is far too seldom stepping up to the plate. Witness coof compliance and so many other things. I will humbly admit that, for the most part includes me. My poor excuse is that there seems to be no organized resistance to what 's coming down on our heads. Maybe a lone voice, here and there. I feel like I have failed to demonstrate the very courage that I advocate. I'm sure others feel that, as well. Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (Xrfse) 142
I think the new Russian Marxist has been seated in charge of banking, it's going to be a rocky road fighting their bank rules
Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 05, 2021 10:33 AM (bUL4f) 143
Speaking of movies the woke nitwits at TCM changed the format to view daily/monthly schedules online. I gave up in disgust yesterday trying to navigate it.
Posted by: JuJuBee at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (mNhhD) 144
I hate everything you stand for!
Posted by: Sinnead O'Connor, aka Suhada Sadaqat at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (PiwSw) 145
I just finished with Seftons Morning Report links.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (flINI) 146
Addison.
The only "Addison" I ever heard of was the Jazz Age architect Addison Mizner, who designed the Everglades Club. https://tinyurl.com/runawhfc Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (2JVJo) Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (sWM8x) 148
While this is stupid because he's, you know, dead, I don't care because he's, you know, dead.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:23 AM (T7iTv) It does matter. This is 1984 stuff. They are retconning the past. It will now be lible to say that Floyd was a convicted drug felon. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2021 10:35 AM (1lKRm) 149
147 138 Knew a guy named Kim.
--- So? Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (sWM8x) How do you do? Posted by: Sue at October 05, 2021 10:35 AM (ffT8C) 150
OK, lets stick to the names, becasue Irish puns are O'ffensive.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:30 AM (axyOa) Let's do Irish Curses. May you find the bees but miss the honey! Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 10:36 AM (4I/2K) 151
Dimon's worse problem is his (and his customers') exposure to China's economy, which by all accounts is in much worse shape than ours.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2021 10:36 AM (ZGrMX) 152
I once knew a guy named Ashley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:24 AM (LvTSG) Ashley Wilkes? Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 05, 2021 10:36 AM (dfRN6) 153
Dimon's worse problem is his (and his customers') exposure to China's economy, which by all accounts is in much worse shape than ours.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2021 10:36 AM (ZGrMX) ++++ As much as it sounds like the pot calling the kettle black, China has a very serious debt and corruption problem. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:37 AM (+IIqY) 154
Then there was a chap named Barnes, Barnes Wallace. A brilliant boffin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:37 AM (KeIhl) 155
The name Chris seems to be drifting from unisex to male only. My perception only, not sure it's accurate.
Posted by: JuJuBee at October 05, 2021 10:37 AM (mNhhD) 156
May you find the bees but miss the honey!
Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 10:36 AM (4I/2K) May you itch where you cannot scratch. Posted by: Ordinary American at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (8hyrg) 157
*heavy sigh of relief*
No, I don't have to memorize the rules around AFUDC. I just need to be familiar with them. No, I'm not becoming an accountant. I'm just going to test accounting software for customers. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (LvTSG) 158
Now, before I go to work, TJM, have you heard of the Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night? Kino has it and it sounds intriguing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (2JVJo) 159
"It will now be lible to say that Floyd was a convicted drug felon."
My understanding is that would require expungement, correct? Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (B0mGw) 160
Sentai Filmworks is having an anime sale, some titles as much as 90% off.
https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/collections/ 2021-promotions-monster-sale Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 10:31 AM (KeIhl) Watched 'The Wonderland' with the wife last week. It is trying hard to be a Ghibli film but not QUITE sticking the landing. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (V6f9+) 161
14 Jamie is the name of a cute girl that you meet at summer camp.
Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (H0bCE) It just doesn't matter. Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (vuisn) 162
It does matter. This is 1984 stuff. They are retconning the past. It will now be lible to say that Floyd was a convicted drug felon.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2021 10:35 AM (1lKRm) I shall refer to him as a convicted, then pardoned (because politicians have the morals of a jackal), drug felon when I refer to him. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (T7iTv) 163
The girl who cuts my hair named her daughter Layton. Strange name for a girl, IMO.
Posted by: IC at October 05, 2021 10:39 AM (hV9ir) 164
Cool! Got any Bay City Rollers??
Posted by: andycanuck That's my farm truck CD. Keeping that one. Posted by: Sock Monkey * whiskey tango foxtrot at October 05, 2021 10:39 AM (qa/BD) 165
Jamie is the name of a cute girl that you meet at summer camp.
Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (H0bCE) It just doesn't matter. Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (vuisn) Rudy the rabbit. Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 10:39 AM (4I/2K) 166
I keep seeing the Reverend Ike, who is famous for saying ..
"Money is not the root of all evil; Lack of money is the root of all evil" Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:39 AM (RHGPo) 167
*Full disclosure: I own JPM stock.
Posted by CBD JPM. Jewish Peppermint Matzo? I can't imagine there's much of a market for that. How's the stock doing today? Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (5NkmN) 168
My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish. Since he was born I have multiple people tell me they have friends kids, grandkids named Ronan. Had never heard that name in common usage before.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (Y+l9t) 169
No, I'm not becoming an accountant. I'm just going to test accounting software for customers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (LvTSG) Spoiler alert: if you're testing Munis, it sucks. Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (igSoX) 170
I shall refer to him as a convicted, then pardoned (because politicians have the morals of a jackal), drug felon when I refer to him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (T7iTv) Pretty sure he had a pretty long rap sheet. A pardon on one of the lesser charges there means diddley squat. Nothing but virtue signaling. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (Lqh74) 171
158 Now, before I go to work, TJM, have you heard of the Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night? Kino has it and it sounds intriguing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (2JVJo) ========== I have not. Kino also has a new streaming channel (it's ad supported, so free with ads) called Kino Cult. The movie is available there, if you can get the streaming channel. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (LvTSG) 172
168 My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish. Since he was born I have multiple people tell me they have friends kids, grandkids named Ronan. Had never heard that name in common usage before.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (Y+l9t) Does he look like Frank Sinatra? Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 10:41 AM (Y5qcH) 173
161 14 Jamie is the name of a cute girl that you meet at summer camp.
Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2021 10:06 AM (H0bCE) It just doesn't matter. Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (vuisn) Wudy...Wudy the wabbit Posted by: Aral Sea at October 05, 2021 10:41 AM (BgMrQ) Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2021 10:41 AM (H0bCE) 175
169 Spoiler alert: if you're testing Munis, it sucks.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (igSoX) ========= No, proprietary software by this company, designed for utility companies. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:41 AM (LvTSG) 176
168 My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish. Since he was born I have multiple people tell me they have friends kids, grandkids named Ronan. Had never heard that name in common usage before.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (Y+l9t) _____ Come on man!! Posted by: Ronan Farrow at October 05, 2021 10:41 AM (OalnH) 177
/off drained Sea sock
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 05, 2021 10:41 AM (BgMrQ) 178
Surfing last night and stumbled upon Lawrence on msdbc with Sen Chris Van Hollen.
The new ply to get Sinema and Mancin is the old republican game. Chris says to ask the two senators "what they would cut from the 3.5T bill." Small discussion of 5 years vs 10 of spending and acknowledge of get it in the pipeline. This is the new strategy. See Sinema at the airport clips. Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 05, 2021 10:42 AM (1BDgs) 179
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will meet with his caucus on Tuesday for the first time since the party's election loss -- and with his future as leader under question.
------------------------------------------ Yes, that's the name of our Conservative Party leader; and, yes, he's a "RINO" Romney. Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:42 AM (UHVv4) Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:42 AM (B0mGw) 181
Since TJM and Joe Mannix are in the thread...
**** That's pretty much a given. Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:27 AM (Xwt96) Muldoon! Always bringing it. Posted by: memin_pinguin at October 05, 2021 10:42 AM (oSX/P) 182
Rodan....Rodan Mothra Jones.
Posted by: BignJames at October 05, 2021 10:42 AM (AwYPR) 183
My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish. Since he was born I have multiple people tell me they have friends kids, grandkids named Ronan. Had never heard that name in common usage before.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (Y+l9t) 47 of them? Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 10:43 AM (4I/2K) 184
The name Chris seems to be drifting from unisex to male only. My perception only, not sure it's accurate.
===== My take is that Christopher is male only, but Christian (Kristan, Kirsten, Christina, etc) and Christiana are generic. Lesson learned is not to yell 'Chris' at any family gathering. Posted by: mustbequantum at October 05, 2021 10:43 AM (MIKMs) 185
"This is the most basic assumption of capitalism. The issue is not greedy opportunists, which are inevitable, it's government laws passed in favor of specific groups, which makes it possible." Posted by: squid_hunt
right ... but hard to put "capitalism" into a world without government constraints. It does not magically become the idyllic concept of "Free Trade" that "conservatives" like to preach about. Government constraints on "capitalism" are as essential as are the military protections against powerful foreign entities that would take advantage of the individual or small tribe. We got to the extreme where we did not sell the rope to China, we are financing that rope, putting our necks in the noose, getting up on the horse .. and hoping ... Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:44 AM (Cus5s) 186
Yes, that's the name of our Conservative Party leader; and, yes, he's a "RINO" Romney.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:42 AM (UHVv4) Technically a male, but with really, really tiny balls. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:44 AM (Lqh74) 187
Gah, trying to update my new mobile number with Equifax. Currently have a fraud alert on credit. Identity theft at Christmas 2016. It takes an act of God to find someone with English as a first language.
Posted by: Infidel at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (iorxD) 188
Technically a male, but with really, really tiny balls.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:44 AM (Lqh74) ++++ Which, if other primates are an indicator, means that he gets a lot of pussy. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (+IIqY) 189
Speaking of movies the woke nitwits at TCM changed the format to view daily/monthly schedules online. I gave up in disgust yesterday trying to navigate it.
Posted by: JuJuBee at October 05, 2021 10:34 AM (mNhhD) They've changed their logo, too. I give them about a year before they turn into the same dumpster fire as AMC. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (2JVJo) 190
haha
He's only 3 weeks old. Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (Y+l9t) 191
Now, before I go to work, TJM, have you heard of the Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night? Kino has it and it sounds intriguing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:38 AM (2JVJo) I have not. Kino also has a new streaming channel (it's ad supported, so free with ads) called Kino Cult. The movie is available there, if you can get the streaming channel. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (LvTSG) It's okay. Kinda slow. Very low budget. Dial down your expectations and you'll enjoy it well enough. Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (5NkmN) 192
Dial down your expectations and you'll enjoy it well enough.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (5NkmN) That's my motto for everything in life. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 10:46 AM (Y5qcH) Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:46 AM (8nD9v) 194
Government constraints on "capitalism" are as essential as are the military protections against powerful foreign entities that would take advantage of the individual or small tribe. We got to the extreme where we did not sell the rope to China, we are financing that rope, putting our necks in the noose, getting up on the horse .. and hoping ...
Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:44 AM (Cus5s) Whenever we use "capitalism" to describe the workings of a (semi) free market economy, we are letting Karl Marx define us. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:46 AM (Lqh74) 195
168 My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish. Since he was born I have multiple people tell me they have friends kids, grandkids named Ronan. Had never heard that name in common usage before.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:40 AM (Y+l9t) Does he not understand a dance-off? And does he really hate Xandar? Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (axyOa) 196
It takes an act of God to find someone with English as a first language.
Posted by: Infidel at October 05, 2021 10:45 AM (iorxD) ---------- Hello, my name Peggy Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (kTF2Z) 197
Hollywood could undergo yet another shutdown following the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) recent vote to authorize a nationwide strike if negotiations fail with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
With an 89 percent turnout, the IATSE union overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike with 98 percent in favor, putting the AMPTP in a difficult position as the deadline to renew a contract looms. Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (UHVv4) 198
Let's do Irish Curses.
May your glass be ever empty, May the roof over your head always leak, And may you be in hell half an hour before the good Lord knows you're dead. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (2JVJo) 199
My new grandson is Ronan
Congrats ! I like that name Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:46 AM (8nD9v) Meh, Rodan is better. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (Lqh74) 200
Meh, Rodan is better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (Lqh74) Why not Mothra ? Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:48 AM (8nD9v) 201
Dial down your expectations and you'll enjoy it well enough.Posted by: naturalfake
******* Best and most succinct summation of today's world that you will read this year. Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:48 AM (Xwt96) 202
Hello, my name Peggy
Posted by: Duke Lowell lol. On hold over 12 mins. now. Not sure if I should just call again. Posted by: Infidel at October 05, 2021 10:48 AM (iorxD) 203
My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish.
Fan of Marval Universe? Ronan the Accuser. Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (gmo/4) 204
"but hard to put "capitalism" into a world without government constraints. It does not magically become the idyllic concept of "Free Trade" that "conservatives" like to preach about."
Well, government constraints are the threads the noose is made of. A rope is a rope. It can be fashioned into many things, but is determined by the guy holding the rope who usually ends up being the guy with the most money. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (B0mGw) 205
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In a rather snarky way, I am waiting for 'Coronin' or 'Corona' to become popular baby names. Is Erin a conflation of Aaron? Or Eirainn? Posted by: mustbequantum at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (MIKMs) 206
Uh... CBD... Dimon is a giant fucking weasel and has always been a giant fucking weasel, and JPM is a giant assemblage of fucking weasels. If you're getting riled up over these statements then I would suggest that you haven't really been paying attention. They're every bit as evil as Google, FB, etc.
Dimon and his buddies aren't just some bystanders to their company getting woke-ified, they're helping drive it - and were very involved in all manner of Obama-related post-2008 outrages. Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (+lwg5) 207
Is October "Hispanic Awareness Month," "Global Diversity Month," or "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"?
I'm just doing Halloween, so I really don't care. Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (aW5/6) 208
This is why I named my oldest son Slagathor. Slaggy for short.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2021 10:50 AM (kTF2Z) 209
I'm just doing Halloween, so I really don't care. Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (aW5/6) Yup.. I've got my Halloween socks on Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:50 AM (8nD9v) 210
208 This is why I named my oldest son Slagathor. Slaggy for short.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2021 10:50 AM (kTF2Z) That was from that show about doctors. I don't know why I remember that. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 10:51 AM (Y5qcH) 211
The only "Addison" I ever heard of was the Jazz Age architect Addison Mizner, who designed the Everglades Club. Addison Richards https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723935 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2021 10:51 AM (63Dwl) 212
My new grandson is Ronan. We are Jewish and my DIL is not Irish.
Fan of Marval Universe? Ronan the Accuser. Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (gmo/4) Thos damned Kree. Just no reasoning with them. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:51 AM (axyOa) 213
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (+lwg5)
That is unkind to weasels. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (KnJdm) 214
Among the long list of corporate villains that are destroying our country that should be mercilessly attacked, I did not expect to see Jamie Dimon. But I get your point.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (vN+oL) 215
This is why I named my oldest son Slagathor. Slaggy for short.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2021 10:50 AM (kTF2Z) LOL Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (igSoX) 216
Dimon is a giant fucking weasel and has always been a giant fucking weasel, and JPM is a giant assemblage of fucking weasels.
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (+lwg5) Just upper management? The entire company? So the teller at the local Chase branch is a weasel? Your comment is ridiculously overbroad. As I said, they are busily going Woke, just like most big banks. I don't see JPM being appreciably worse than others, it's just that they are the biggest and are in the spotlight the most. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (Q9lwr) 217
Why not Mothra ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:48 AM (8nD9v) That would be a nice name for a girl. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (Lqh74) 218
207 Is October "Hispanic Awareness Month," "Global Diversity Month," or "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"?
I'm just doing Halloween, so I really don't care. Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (aW5/6) It's Rocktober, dudes! Posted by: Annoying AM DJs everywhere at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (PiwSw) 219
New York Daily News
@NYDailyNews BREAKING | Feds descend on offices of NYPD sergeants union While the details of the investigation were not revealed, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed the agency was "carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation." - Trouble is, I don't know how to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (d9FiS) 220
Is October "Hispanic Awareness Month," "Global Diversity Month," or "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"?
I'm just doing Halloween, so I really don't care. Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (aW5/6) Apparently, in addition to being Columbus Day, October 11th is National Coming Out Day because we don't celebrate BigHomo enough in this country. Got an email from my employer. Everyone will gather than talk about that time they bravely announced that they were homosexual...fearful of being burned at the stake...and discovered that most people just don't care and wish they'd shut the hell up about it. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (T7iTv) 221
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2021 10:51 AM (63Dwl)
My sister has a couple friends that are huge Cub fans and they named their kids Clark and Addison. Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (vN+oL) 222
gliphop snigloot dreetdrit fild
Posted by: Kurt at October 05, 2021 10:55 AM (9f7IQ) 223
Erin go bragh!
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 05, 2021 10:55 AM (EcHpA) 224
I hate everything you stand for! Posted by: Sinnead O'Connor, aka Suhada Sadaqat Walter Parks Thatcher: What would you like to have been? Charles Foster Kane: Everything you hate. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2021 10:55 AM (63Dwl) 225
Just what this thread needed, more retardism.
Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 10:55 AM (KnJdm) 226
It's Rocktober, dudes!
Posted by: Annoying AM DJs everywhere at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (PiwSw) What do you call a fake stone in Ireland? A sham rock. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 10:55 AM (axyOa) 227
Dimon doesn't believe in capitalism; Dimon believes in getting paid.
Whatever that involves believing, saying, or doing is what Dimon will signup for. Posted by: Match Checksout at October 05, 2021 10:55 AM (dYe5S) 228
With an 89 percent turnout, the IATSE union overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike with 98 percent in favor...
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (UHVv4) Good! Drive a stake into the heart of the entertainment industry. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (Q9lwr) Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (OssQ4) 230
So the CDC says to have a virtual Thanksgiving this year... Riiiiight.. There's nothing I enjoy more than a virtual turkey...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (8nD9v) Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (Y5qcH) 232
Why not Mothra ?
***** I think I read somewhere that Isaac Hayes once auditioned for a role in a Japanese horror film, but got turned down because... ...he was one bad Mothra' Posted by: Muldoon at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (Xwt96) 233
"Whenever we use "capitalism" to describe the workings of a (semi) free market economy, we are letting Karl Marx define us." Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
yeah, I guess. "free market" is not so different though. We are a nation founded in liberty. Trade has to be established under that umbrella. (I'm not clear why Marx thought the term capitalism was harmful, but sure, free trade is better maybe. Anti-fascism is good I guess, but government has an essential role in maintaining individual liberty in the nation, even if the founders did not perceive of the Corporate/Government DeepState/cartel alliances against Lady Liberty. Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:57 AM (Cus5s) 234
"114 Well, in principle, I am against genocide, but Uighurs are muslims, and muslims in general have been doing their damndest to make genocide respectable again, so I am torn.
I do think China could do better by non-lethal means, such as forced conversions, deportations, and dispersal of the Uighurs into the vast Chinese population. It's the islam that needs to be destroyed, not necessarily the poor bastards infected by it. Heal them. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:28 AM (Lqh74)" Setting aside whether the incident that kicked off the Uighur genocide was a false flag or not - the Uighurs aren't exactly peaceful, but they're not particularly into jihadism - this isn't a hard fight to pick a side. The Uighurs didn't do anything to warrant cultural destruction. And if they did, then the way to do it is to simply wipe them out. Mass disassembly for organs, forced sterilization and/or institutional rape, slave labor - any party in position of power to undertake that pretty much by definition isn't able to justify it. Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (+lwg5) Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (Lqh74) 236
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (Y5qcH)
Check again. I translated its comment for your reading pleasure. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (Q9lwr) 237
"Mark Zuckerberg your time is over" says US Senator Ed Markey "We will act."
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (RHGPo) 238
May your potatoes be tiny.
Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (4I/2K) 239
Got the very large box yesterday with my newest project to assemble. It is a small side board. Not sure I am up to this task. If I am able to lift the pieces out of the box, I might have a shot at assembling it. Wish me luck.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (Y+l9t) 240
So the CDC says to have a virtual Thanksgiving this year... Riiiiight.. There's nothing I enjoy more than a virtual turkey...
Posted by: It's me donna Sorry. That cocksucking Obola had 400 people and servers at his birthday party, I can have 6 at Thanksgiving. Fuck that goomba garden gnome. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (OCTRt) 241
"I'm not clear why Marx thought the term capitalism was harmful"
Mostly because it implied work and he was a leach sucking off everyone within 50 miles his entire life. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (B0mGw) 242
"Mark Zuckerberg your time is over" says US Senator Ed Markey "We will act."
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (RHGPo) ++++ :: makes wanking motion :: Forgive me if I don't hold my breath. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (+IIqY) 243
237 "Mark Zuckerberg your time is over" says US Senator Ed Markey "We will act."
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (RHGPo) Sure.... They need to make it impossible for anything Conservative to make it on their propaganda machine web sites Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (8nD9v) 244
Apparently, in addition to being Columbus Day, October 11th is National Coming Out Day because we don't celebrate BigHomo enough in this country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (T7iTv) It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day. Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (igSoX) 245
"So the CDC says to have a virtual Thanksgiving this year..."
Just more of the big lie. Pretending that there's still a pandemic going on. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (B0mGw) 246
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (+lwg5)
Just upper management? The entire company? So the teller at the local Chase branch is a weasel? Your comment is ridiculously overbroad. As I said, they are busily going Woke, just like most big banks. I don't see JPM being appreciably worse than others, it's just that they are the biggest and are in the spotlight the most. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (Q9lwr) I'm a little conflicted over this. On the one hand, we're (ok, I'm) happy to tar the 'ham-and-eggers' with the same brush as FIB management over their silence, but on the other I thought there were some good eggs over at Arthur Anderson who didn't deserve to get thrown out of work when the gov't shut the company down. I guess this means that I need to be a little more careful with my blanket criticisms when I'm posting... Nah. Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (eNJEy) 247
Perhaps Capitalism only works in a religious culture where people create the wealth and do good works seeking redemption as they approach their end.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (EcHpA) Posted by: Shepherd Lover at October 05, 2021 11:00 AM (d04/o) 249
230 So the CDC says to have a virtual Thanksgiving this year... Riiiiight.. There's nothing I enjoy more than a virtual turkey...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (8nD9v) How can we get a few hundred million people to virtually chant "Fuck Joe Biden" at all three football games? Posted by: Roy at October 05, 2021 11:00 AM (ffT8C) 250
Oh, whoa, whoa,
Jamie's cryin' Posted by: Shepherd Lover at October 05, 2021 11:00 AM (d04/o) lol Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 11:00 AM (V6f9+) 251
So the CDC says to have a virtual Thanksgiving this year... Riiiiight.. There's nothing I enjoy more than a virtual turkey...
Posted by: It's me donna Sorry. That cocksucking Obola had 400 people and servers at his birthday party, I can have 6 at Thanksgiving. Fuck that goomba garden gnome. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (OCTRt) This. I might even had 7 or 8. Call me a radical!!! Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 11:00 AM (axyOa) 252
With an 89 percent turnout, the IATSE union overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike with 98 percent in favor...
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 10:47 AM (UHVv4) Good! Drive a stake into the heart of the entertainment industry. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:56 AM (Q9lwr) Yup...Isn't that how the Big Bands died out in the late 40's and early 50's? Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (r8tC0) 253
"Mark Zuckerberg your time is over" says US Senator Ed Markey "We will act."
Who's he trying to fool? The Untouchables will remain just that. Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (Xrfse) 254
... I'm not clear why Marx thought the term capitalism was harmful ...
Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 10:57 AM (Cus5s) ++++ Because Marx subscribed to - and helped to invent - the "labor theory of value." Marxism defines everything in labor terms and raises it as the moral absolute. Labor is good, non-labor is bad. Capital wealth is therefore evil and "capitalism" serves to provide distinct language between purely labor-centric value systems and capital-centric or hybrid systems (and ours is hybrid - capital and labor must find equilibrium and there are some fascinating specific examples of this dynamic) Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (+IIqY) 255
Perhaps Capitalism only works in a religious culture where people create the wealth and do good works seeking redemption as they approach their end.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (EcHpA) That is a great point. Thank you. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (Q9lwr) 256
You're pushing it, Shepherd.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (OssQ4) 257
Check again. I translated its comment for your reading pleasure.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (Q9lwr) You speak Kurt? Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (igSoX) 258
"Your comment is ridiculously overbroad. As I said, they are busily going Woke, just like most big banks. I don't see JPM being appreciably worse than others, it's just that they are the biggest and are in the spotlight the most.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:53 AM (Q9lwr)" Other institutions also being weasels doesn't absolve JPM from being weasels, and leavening the pile with normies here and there doesn't improve it, either. The company is run by crooks and deeply involved with both North American progs and the globalists. Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (+lwg5) 259
US Capitol Police on Tuesday took into custody a suspect from a "suspicious vehicle" parked near the Supreme Court after giving the person commands and using a flash bang device.
"One of our teams just moved in and extracted the man from the SUV. The man is in custody. Everyone is safe," Capitol Police said on Twitter. More than a half-dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a tactical vehicle, could be seen in the area after USCP said on Twitter they were investigating a "suspicious vehicle" and closed roads in the area. Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (RHGPo) 260
It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (igSoX) Be sure to wish people "Happy Columbus Day" anyway. Mischief is important. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (Lqh74) 261
Woke insanity is contagious.
Mechwarrior Online, a video game, has issued a statement on 'Trans Rights'.....in a video game about big, stompy war machines. -- Funny how their rights* expand, while ours contract. *That is, once I figure out what rights they're fighting for that they don't already have. Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (O+I8R) 262
Dimon hates you and wants you dead. So tax the shit out of him and jpm.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (0ryfU) 263
The suffix -ism is used to describe theories. That's why Marx used capitalism. He wanted to replace one theory with another, his.
In reality, he was trying to replace the natural world with his half-baked, retarded ideas. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (Y5qcH) 264
I guess I'm glad I wasn't named Sue.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (OssQ4) 265
I think I have natural immunity to the Woke contagion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (LvTSG) 266
217 Why not Mothra ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 10:48 AM (8nD9v) That would be a nice name for a girl. especially if she's a twin. and short. Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (v3pYe) 267
253 "Mark Zuckerberg your time is over" says US Senator Ed Markey "We will act
This is all a set up... The "whistleblower" comes out and says farcebook was too lenient regarding "right" winged comments... Must crack down... How convenient Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (8nD9v) 268
"It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day"
I'd rather celebrate the guy who accomplished something, not the historical losers. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (B0mGw) Posted by: BignJames at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (AwYPR) 270
Be sure to wish people "Happy Columbus Day" anyway. Mischief is important.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 11:02 AM (Lqh74) That is domestic terrorism. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (0ryfU) 271
Woke insanity is contagious.
Mechwarrior Online, a video game, has issued a statement on 'Trans Rights'.....in a video game about big, stompy war machines. ... Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at October 05, 2021 10:12 AM (V6f9+) ++++ Given that the trans movement is a cultural war machine, this actually seems apt... Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (+IIqY) 272
You speak Kurt?
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (igSoX) Of course! That is one of the requirements to be a coblogger...Ace sends us to language school to learn the ancient troll dialects. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (Q9lwr) 273
270 That is domestic terrorism.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (0ryfU) ========== Michael Moore says that terrorists are freedom fighters. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with a brand new work computer at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (LvTSG) 274
Trouble is, I don't know how to tell the good guys from the bad guys.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at October 05, 2021 10:54 AM (d9FiS) I believe the Sergeants' Union has been vocal against many of New York's over reaches in the past couple of years. They may not be the "good" guys, but they're almost certainly the less-bad guys Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (1lKRm) 275
A New York mother and son have been charged with theft in aiding the disappearance of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 protests after the FBI initially raided a home 4,500 miles away in Alaska, looking for the computer.
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (JMkM+) 276
"Well, government constraints are the threads the noose is made of. A rope is a rope." Posted by: squid_hunt
So Anarchy is better than (our attempt at) limited government? ... Anti-trust laws are an evil rope? What about various consumer protections? ... Insider Trading laws? As our economy advanced beyond trading furs for bullets and food, government needed to get involved. The move toward leverage and cheap money for some, not others ... bailouts for billionaires ... it went off the rails at several points. But they want to build back better, so we got that going for us. Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (Cus5s) 277
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a bourgeois today.
Posted by: zombie karl marx at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (UHVv4) 278
This lady in a very tight, very short dress isn't fond of so-called "crony capitalists" unless they're looking for a kept woman:
https://is.gd/GkGXUN Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (+IIqY) 279
It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (igSoX) That's kind of f'ed up when you think about it. Calling it "Indigenous People's Day" on the day that symbolizes the start of their decline. Pretty insulting. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (Y5qcH) 280
I'd rather celebrate the guy who accomplished something, not the historical losers.
Posted by: squid_hunt A most Trumpian position. Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (OssQ4) 281
I think A Girl walks Home film came up on a Movie Thread couple weeks ago.
Over weekend saw a commercial on TV using the Latinx word, turned out it was a MTV commercial. Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (bUL4f) 282
"Mark Zuckerberg your time is over" says US Senator Ed Markey "We will act."
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 10:58 AM (RHGPo) That Masshole's a bigger whore than Stormy Daniels. Zuck just has to throw a few stock options and the bastard will swallow and say thank you. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 11:05 AM (2JVJo) 283
"One of our teams just moved in and extracted the man from the SUV. The man is in custody. Everyone is safe," Capitol Police said on Twitter.
More than a half-dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a tactical vehicle, could be seen in the area after USCP said on Twitter they were investigating a "suspicious vehicle" and closed roads in the area. Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (RHGPo) The dazed and deafened old man could be heard muttering, "but my GPS said the Smithsonian was right here!" Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 11:05 AM (Lqh74) 284
It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day.
Posted by: Jordan61 It's patron saint is Lizzie Warren. She like-um big wampum. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at October 05, 2021 11:05 AM (d9FiS) 285
"Anti-trust laws are an evil rope?"
When have anti-trust laws not been used to the empowering of government or benefit of cronies? Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:06 AM (B0mGw) 286
This lady in a very tight, very short dress isn't fond of so-called "crony capitalists" unless they're looking for a kept woman:
https://is.gd/GkGXUN Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (+IIqY) Spinner. Very cute. Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 11:06 AM (4I/2K) 287
US Capitol Police on Tuesday took into custody a suspect from a "suspicious vehicle" parked near the Supreme Court after giving the person commands and using a flash bang device.
"One of our teams just moved in and extracted the man from the SUV. The man is in custody. Everyone is safe," Capitol Police said on Twitter. More than a half-dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a tactical vehicle, could be seen in the area after USCP said on Twitter they were investigating a "suspicious vehicle" and closed roads in the area. Posted by: SMOD Poor guy was from Peoria and was lost and stopped to look at a map. Only approved vehicles in District 1. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 11:06 AM (OCTRt) 288
Jamie's cryin'
Posted by: Shepherd Lover at October 05, 2021 11:00 AM (d04/o) ...and has a gun. Posted by: BignJames at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (AwYPR) But on the upside, if he gets tired of his girlfriend's BS he can throw her into a stone and she disappears 200 years into the future. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 11:06 AM (axyOa) 289
Is October "Hispanic Awareness Month," "Global Diversity Month," or "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"?
I'm just doing Halloween, so I really don't care. Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 05, 2021 10:49 AM (aW5/6) Oktoberfest you bunch of loonies! Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (gmo/4) Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (B0mGw) 291
Thanks, Joe. Perfect.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (OssQ4) 292
"One of our teams just moved in and extracted the man from the SUV. The man is in custody. Everyone is safe," Capitol Police said on Twitter.
More than a half-dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a tactical vehicle, could be seen in the area after USCP said on Twitter they were investigating a "suspicious vehicle" and closed roads in the area. Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (RHGPo) ++++ Strikes me as distinctly Australian. When it's one dude or a couple of dudes, they respond with overwhelming numbers like 10-15 guys to beat him down. When it's a massed movement, they step aside. We haven't seen the latter here, yet. When we do, I suspect it will not be Australian and will instead involve indiscriminate gunfire into the crowd. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (+IIqY) 293
So the CDC says to have a virtual Thanksgiving this year... Riiiiight.. There's nothing I enjoy more than a virtual turkey...
Posted by: It's me donna CDC is a propaganda organ and has lost all credibility and mandate to dictate anything. Good luck mobilizing your divisions to enforce your dictates, asshats. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (KnJdm) 294
That Masshole's a bigger whore than Stormy Daniels. Zuck just has to throw a few stock options and the bastard will swallow and say thank you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 11:05 AM Mr. Frosty? Definite contender for a place on the list of dumbest senators. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (dkvcO) 295
255 Perhaps Capitalism only works in a religious culture where people create the wealth and do good works seeking redemption as they approach their end.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (EcHpA) That is a great point. Thank you. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 11:01 AM (Q9lwr) Agreed. I think, on a surface level, Ilhan Omar's point makes a lot of sense to LIVs. How much is simply too much? There are a lot of secular movements to try to rein in excessive accumulation - Conscious Capitalism, Compassionate Conservatism, etc - but unless there is a change in heart, they will never solve the problem. We can scoff at Omar, but that doesn't address the point, which needs to be done effectively if we're to stop the woke infection that is threatening to undermine Western Civ. We need a Fourth (or Fifth) Great Awakening for this to even begin to take effect. Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2021 11:08 AM (eNJEy) 296
thanks Mannix, good synopsis
Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 11:08 AM (Cus5s) 297
"It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day"
I'd rather celebrate the guy who accomplished something, not the historical losers. Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:03 AM (B0mGw) You're a bad American. Americans worship loss, humiliation, subjugation and death to our own. We worship Memorial Day (lots of dead), Pearl Harbor Day (but not VOJ), D-Day (but not VOE), The Alamo (but not San Jac), 9-11 (but not Mission Accomplished or the day bin Laden was allegedly neutralized). We build monuments to our enemies and their victories over us, but no monument that represents a Win should ever stand. So get back in line and worship the subjugation and genocide of the Natives. Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 05, 2021 11:08 AM (+LCoQ) 298
This lady in a very tight, very short dress isn't fond of so-called "crony capitalists" unless they're looking for a kept woman:
https://is.gd/GkGXUN Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:04 AM (+IIqY) I'm going to have to look for a dress like that for the wife. Posted by: flounder at October 05, 2021 11:09 AM (KnJdm) 299
Reining in consumption? You aren't paying attention to the right movements. That would be minimalism.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at October 05, 2021 11:09 AM (5HBd1) 300
"It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (igSoX)" Kennewick Man was unavailable for comment. Or examination. Posted by: Shepherd Lover at October 05, 2021 11:09 AM (d04/o) Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 11:09 AM (OCTRt) 302
I am a good American, just terrible at white guilt. Considering white people built this wonderful, free society, I think they deserve some credit before the people complaining about them destroy it all to build a garbage heap.
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (B0mGw) 303
Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2. That's not even the worst part. He supports all the socialist measures in the bill and all of the tax increases. This will crush the country.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (jVBl6) 304
Shine on, crazy Dimon!
Posted by: Pink Floyd Lawson at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (63Dwl) 305
Oktoberfest you bunch of loonies! Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (gmo/4) This man gets it. Pity it ended on the 3rd, but we carry on as we must! Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (axyOa) 306
"When have anti-trust laws not been used to the empowering of government or benefit of cronies?" Posted by: squid_hunt
isk, ATT? Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 11:11 AM (Cus5s) 307
Agreed. I think, on a surface level, Ilhan Omar's point makes a lot of sense to LIVs. How much is simply too much?
I would think that $3.5 f'ing Trillion dollars in the hands of 535 criminals and low lifes to spread around to their friends, family and sponsors would be "simply too much". But hey. Double Standards. Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 05, 2021 11:11 AM (+LCoQ) 308
"It's not Columbus Day here in WA. It's Indigenous People's Day.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (igSoX)" Kennewick Man was unavailable for comment. Or examination. Posted by: Shepherd Lover at October 05, 2021 11:09 AM (d04/o) Do the Bigfoot know about this holiday? Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated Kulak-American at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (4I/2K) 309
also, our Government blocked China from buying a Chicago stock exchange .... seems like a good constraint.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (Cus5s) 310
And what was the benefit to government in the breakup of AT&T? Other than that they got to reach out and touch someone?
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (B0mGw) 311
303 Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2. That's not even the worst part. He supports all the socialist measures in the bill and all of the tax increases. This will crush the country.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (jVBl6) He always ends up caving. Posted by: IC at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (hV9ir) 312
303 Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2. That's not even the worst part. He supports all the socialist measures in the bill and all of the tax increases. This will crush the country.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (jVBl6) It was just a matter of time. No one in the Senate has any principles, just a price. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (Y5qcH) 313
Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2. That's not even the worst part. He supports all the socialist measures in the bill and all of the tax increases. This will crush the country.
-- He's had a "talkin' to" it seems. Not surprised. There is no integrity left anywhere. That we're hanging by a Manchin thread is proof. Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (O+I8R) 314
I would think that $3.5 f'ing Trillion dollars in the hands of 535 criminals and low lifes to spread around to their friends, family and sponsors would be "simply too much".
But hey. Double Standards. Posted by: Reuben Hick Amen. Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 05, 2021 11:12 AM (OssQ4) 315
Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2. That's not even the worst part. He supports all the socialist measures in the bill and all of the tax increases. This will crush the country.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (jVBl6) ++++ Surprising no one. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (+IIqY) Posted by: Piltdown Man at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (UHVv4) 317
Manchin caving.
We knew he would as soon as he was bought off. Over/under on Sinema caving before the day is out? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (2JVJo) 318
Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2. That's not even the worst part. He supports all the socialist measures in the bill and all of the tax increases. This will crush the country.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (jVBl6) It was just a matter of time. No one in the Senate has any principles, just a price. Posted by: sniffybigtoe $2.2T? He's an expensive whore. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (OCTRt) 319
Buck Joe Fiden.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (4ZE6o) 320
Tom Elliott
@tomselliott 1h I despise FB as much as any other defender of unfettered free speech, but let's be real: CNN & MSNBC's campaign against FB has nothing to do with children, or false information, and everything to do with ideas getting into circulation CNN/MSNBC would rather see censored. https://tinyurl.com/z7c8nw83 Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (NpAcC) 321
I'm going to have to look for a dress like that for the wife.
Probably in the children's section of the local Salvation Army outlet. Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (+LCoQ) 322
Oktoberfest you bunch of loonies!
Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 11:07 AM (gmo/4) This man gets it. Pity it ended on the 3rd, but we carry on as we must! Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 11:10 AM (axyOa) It ended on the 3rd? Only for amateurs! Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (gmo/4) 323
301 We can scoff at Omar, but that doesn't address the point,
that she fucked her brother. Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 11:09 AM (OCTRt) You should look him up. There is no way that they had carnal relations. He's gay. Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (eNJEy) 324
Well off to get tested for the Wuhan Flu. Coworker and his wife have it, so... just to be cautious
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2021 11:14 AM (KeIhl) 325
Perhaps Capitalism only works in a religious culture where people create the wealth and do good works seeking redemption as they approach their end.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at October 05, 2021 10:59 AM (EcHpA) Agreed. Capitalism works best within a framework of moral self restraint. In an absence of self restraint government restraint will be applied and either fascism or communism will eventually ensue, depending on who's name is on the ownership papers. Honestly, the government will eventually try to take control no matter what, but it's easier for them if they can use the lack of restraint as an excuse. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 05, 2021 11:14 AM (1lKRm) 326
So, Manchin is a man whore. very apt.
Posted by: IC at October 05, 2021 11:14 AM (hV9ir) 327
Manchin will fold like a cheap suit. So will Sinema.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2021 11:15 AM (dkvcO) Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2021 11:15 AM (8nD9v) 329
It ended on the 3rd? Only for amateurs! Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (gmo/4) I know, right??!! Let's put the Oktober back into Oktoberfest!!! Prost!!! Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2021 11:15 AM (axyOa) 330
And what was the benefit to government in the breakup of AT&T? Other than that they got to reach out and touch someone?
The politically connected with mounds of worthless GTE stock needed some love. Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 05, 2021 11:16 AM (+LCoQ) 331
Manchin didn't want psychos following him into the can!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 05, 2021 11:16 AM (UHVv4) 332
The boss is up!
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2021 11:16 AM (OCTRt) 333
They threatened to follow manchin into the bathroom and post pictures of his mangina.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 05, 2021 11:16 AM (0ryfU) 334
It would have proven Sinema has a bigger dick than Manchin.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 05, 2021 11:17 AM (0ryfU) 335
The coal dust addled union people of West Virginia screw the country once again.
Posted by: Capital Eff at October 05, 2021 11:17 AM (5tb3b) 336
Jamie Dimon is an imbecile.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2021 10:02 AM (eZshs) He's not...he is a great banker. But he doesn't understand that just because he can run a bank doesn't mean that he is an expert on everything. It's the conceit of the elites. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2021 10:05 AM (Q9lwr) ----- A brilliant scumbag who should have been put up against the wall in 2009. Posted by: Undocumented at October 05, 2021 11:17 AM (Y08Vx) 337
Manchin and Sinema have stood up this far. Maybe they were bargaining, but it seems to me they were protecting their careers. The proper strategy is to keep the heat on about the bills and let them know their job is on the line.
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 05, 2021 11:18 AM (B0mGw) 338
I often think that the biggest underlying problem with everything is that slowly, over a period of decades, the culture became "Money is God". The culture and most people you hear talking believe that the overriding factor in every decision made should always be "what is the best thing for my finances". There is no higher moral code. And the message is also "if you don't operate like this, you are a weirdo, chump and loser"
Posted by: Azjaeger at October 05, 2021 11:19 AM (3/XaG) 339
"Manchin caving. His bottom Line is no longer $1.5 trillion. It's $2.2."
And the progs will get the rest later anyway on some other spending bill or budget trick. Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2021 11:19 AM (MxEKc) 340
I think it's important to recall that back in 2007 when the market crashed Chase shares went under $1, and only gov't intervention via too big to fail saved them.
Gov't saved them so well they used the "extra" proceeds to buy more banks and consolidate. Sure, Chase wasn't the only large institution to benefit.. but they sure did. Posted by: Inogame at October 05, 2021 11:21 AM (53oGX) 341
You should look him up. There is no way that they had carnal relations. He's gay.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2021 11:13 AM (eNJEy) Gay males can fuck women if they choose to. But the real crime is that she married him in order to facilitate immigration fraud. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2021 11:21 AM (Lqh74) Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at October 05, 2021 11:22 AM (v3pYe) 343
Now with them criminalizing parents who are concerned about their children's education, have they pushed too far?
Posted by: steevy at October 05, 2021 11:22 AM (CYnTg) 344
What is too far?
Posted by: steevy at October 05, 2021 11:23 AM (CYnTg) 345
iirc, someone here once explained that breaking ATT maybe helped expand internet access to everyone ... idk
But should we let China come in a buy everything? Should we let BigCorp buy everything, till all is owned by one? (TacoBell ftw). China is using this tactic around the world, buying resources ... even here they are in meat processing, buying real estate, not blocked often enough. you didn't answer ... are you in favor of anrachy, if you want no restraints, since all restraints are rope to hang us? Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2021 11:24 AM (Cus5s) 346
344 What is too far?
Posted by: steevy at October 05, 2021 11:23 AM (CYnTg) Idk, but I think it's near a bridge. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 05, 2021 11:24 AM (Y5qcH) 347
This might get willowed, and I gotta boogie off to work, but I'll put it here, just for the record.
TX "pardoning" the dead Floyd wasn't in recognition of any virtue of Floyd, BUT RATHER in recognition of the fact that the Houston P.D. cop that made the bust and testified in the case has been demonstrably proven (but not yet convicted in court), of being a lying, murdering scumbag of an Only Ones Thugocracy, and THOUSANDS of convictions based on his involvement and testimonies are now being vacated, dismissed and pardoned, as the taint of his perfidies ARE that HUGE. Floyd was just one of those now vacated convictions. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at October 05, 2021 11:27 AM (QzJWU) 348
Ashley, Whitney, Morgan, Leslie, Kelly, and Taylor (at least) all used to be unisex names that have changed to be almost entirely female names over time.
Leslie Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind, yes? Vyvyan (one spelling among probably others) was a male name in England into the 20th Century. Posted by: Rowsdower Persists in Insisting Ashli Babbitt Is Crispus Attucks at October 05, 2021 11:31 AM (hzaX9) 349
Gees, again with the HOA boards are Nazi's? So get on the board in the community you freely moved into, or don't live there in the first place. Wow. Really guys?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob - Cannibals are people too! at October 05, 2021 11:37 AM (RoIW/) 350
There once was a boy named Sue...
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at October 05, 2021 11:49 AM (l/jE1) 351
Good for you for taking a shot at him.
But this:"I like Jamie Dimon. I think he is an excellent bank CEO*" Not me Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie at October 05, 2021 12:04 PM (Z4oqp) 352
In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the federal government had authority to impose a $10,000 cap on the state and local taxes that households' itemizing deductions could write off their federal returns.
The decision is a defeat for New York, Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey, which challenged the so-called SALT cap implemented as part of a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul in 2017. Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2021 12:05 PM (RHGPo) 353
It is the same as banning plastic straws when the US is less than 1% of ocean pollution. Virtue signaling at home but ignore the world. Being gay is illegal in 70 nations. How about stfu and fix that then we will considered mentally damaged people in our girls bathrooms. Walk the walk. Fracking lowered co2. Simple fact. Nuclear would lower it more. You care? Prove it.
Posted by: Smileyggg at October 05, 2021 12:09 PM (3w9Fm) 354
They are crying right now because Texas passed a law prohibiting the state government from doing business with banks that chose to not do business with firearms companies......
Get woke, go broke. Or, get woke, get f'd. It's in the dallas morning news today, but your system doesn't like links evidently Posted by: Happy at October 05, 2021 12:24 PM (lfF1a) 355
Dimon is the symbol of all that is wrong with Wall Street and capitalism.
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