The Morning Rant

BATTLEGROUND VIRGINIA
A couple of battles are going on in Virginia right now: the governor's race between the loathsome Terry MacAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin is pretty tight. Also, a group of parents are showing up at school board meetings in Loudoun County and asking pointed questions about the teaching of toxic critical race theory and also their poor handling of two reports of sexual attacks.

This is very depressing. Because we're not going to win. And if we do win, we'll still lose.

The seeds of our defeat can be seen in the difference between how the Left and Right view politics. The Right wants to do politics and be done with it so they can get on with life, while the Left wants to do politics all the time.

So, ever since WWII, the Right has been basically asleep while the Left's termites have been eating their way into various rooms of the house we both live in, namely the media, academia, entertainment, etc. Occasionally, the left does something noticeable, like chewing their way through a large beam, or perhaps undermining a weight-bearing wall, which causes the house to suddenly shake, or lean to one side, or creak alarmingly, which suggests that collapse is not far off. And only then does the Right wake up. Only then will they engage, form local political action groups, run a candidate, or a slate of candidates, etc.

And then the Right will either win, or lose. If they lose, they will tend to give up. For example, I remember when we lost the Obergefell decision, somebody on our team, I think it was Marco Rubio, said 'Oh well, I guess we lost. We need to just move on now.' And for that, he should have been primaried the next time he was up for re-election. What a gutless coward. The Right does not have the stomach for a sustained fight. I've heard too many stories of conservatives, say, ousting 2 wacko progressive school board members only to have the progressives come out in force in the next election and take back the board seats that they lost.

The Right is questionably good at winning territory, but is unquestioningly bad at holding territory. Thus the Left's victories are always permanent, but the Right's are temporary at best. Every time we win at the SCOTUS level (i.e. Masterpiece Cakeshop), the ruling is decided on such narrow ground that there's little chance it's going to be able to be used as precedent in any other case.

It's very disheartening. Which is why, I think, the Right tends to give up easily, not willing to expend vast amounts of time and resources for goals that turn out to be fruitless.

Which is perhaps why, when state election officials unconstitutionally rewrote election laws for the 2020 election, we mostly just sat there and watched them do it. The Republicans in the various state legislatures should've screamed bloody murder about this, and perhaps some of them did, but not nearly enough.

Now, I admit that there are a couple of exceptions to this.

The first is the large body of firearms rights advocates and their skill at mobilizing They're always up for a fight, probably because every time there's a shooting with lots of media coverage, lots of idiot politicians suddenly get it into their heads that they way to stop criminals from shooting people is to take away firearms from law-abiding Americans. That'll show them. I hear the Left caterwauling about "the powerful gun lobby" and it makes me smile.

The second is the pro-life movement. They've been fighting for the rights of the unborn since the mid 1970s. They will never, ever give up. And I have to commend Roman Catholics for their steadfastness here. They pretty much jump-started the pro-life movement themselves and have always been rock solid on this issue. On the other hand, we Protestants have much to be embarrassed about. If you look at Protestants as a whole, a disappointingly small number of us are actively pro-life, many of us don't believe we should be involved in politics at all, and another large segment is actively fighting on the other side.

In other words, Protestants are very much like the Republican Party.

So, getting back to Virginia, the only glimmer of hope here is that the Left has chosen a very difficult position to defend. That is, that the state, not parents, has the sole authority to determine the content of their children's education. And I should emphasize that these are tax-paying parents. So the Loudoun County School Board's position (echoed by Terry 'Ratweasel' MacAuliffe) is that the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia need to pay up and shut up. That's it. That's their position. Which is pretty much the textbook definition of taxation without representation and didn't we fight a war over this very issue?

I can't think of a better way to get a continuous stream of parents pounding on your office door than to insist, out loud and in public for all to hear, that you have the right to mess with their kids.

Yeah, That Works. Run On That:

...And the Knives Come Out:

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew”, at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com.

Prayer Requests:
9/20 – Ozborn asks for prayers for JC_from_Texas. He’s recently developed Postural Tachycardia (some family history, recent physical stress event). Pray for wisdom in treatment, and that he can rebuild strength and stamina to resume normal activities.
10/4 – Annie’s Stew requests prayers of comfort and support for a sweet young family she knows. We’d prayed for the dad a few months ago, as he was being treated for brain cancer. He just passed away from the WuFlu (in addition to his brain cancer), at age 30. They have a daughter who is only 6 months old.
10/5 – snotnosed nuclear sonic punk asks for prayers for her mother, her father, herself, and her husband. Her 78-year-old mother had an episode of garbled and slurred speech which led to no speech. She broke her left ankle, but didn’t/couldn’t relay the injury. Now she can’t understand why they won’t let her out of the hospital, and she is confused and combative. Her father needs prayers, also, as he is scared and frustrated and showing it as anger. He needs patience for his fears to be quelled. She needs prayers for comfort in the Lord, strength, and clear headedness. Her husband needs prayers for strength and comfort, as he does everything he can to make things easier for all of them.
10/9 – Tonypete asks for prayers for his two granddaughters, especially the 14-year-old. Their mother is a raging alcoholic, and the kids are suffering greatly with the usual things: acting out, eating disorders, troubles in the classroom, fighting at school, way inappropriate behavior and dress and big trouble at home. Prayers also for Mom – that she accepts the help offered and get it together.
10/9 – Prayers for comfort for the family of paisley1333, at the death of her mother. She was battling heart disease, dementia, and Alzheimer’s when she got Covid and passed away.
10/13 – Aelfheld asks for prayers for her former co-worker, KV, who lost her mother on 9/21 and her grandmother a week later, all while her husband was sick with pneumonia. Prayers for her and her sisters in their time of loss and mourning.
10/13 – Sassy has 2 prayer requests. First is a thank you and praise report. She has made it through the gauntlet of breast cancer. (Double mastectomy and rebuild in Feb, Mar-May chemo, June-July radiation, Sept hysterectomy). She is now free to look towards the future, and thanks the horde for their prayers. Second is a prayer for the Repose of the soul of Gilbert, who died of Covid. He leaves a distraught wife and 3 teen sons. They are strong Chinese Catholics, but fear and anxiety are strong. May the Lord give them peace.
10/13 – Grannysaurus Rex requests prayers for her father-in-law who has entered hospice care. He is a much-loved WWII Marine vet, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Please pray for a peaceful passing and for God’s grace as a comfort for the family.
10/21 Update – Her father-in-law has peacefully passed away. Thanks to all for their prayers.
10/17 – Pollywog the ‘Ette passes along a prayer request for Brother Tim, who was admitted to the hospital Sunday for kidney stones and UTI. He needs both full healing, since this isn’t the first time he’s had these problems, and financial blessings. Prayer that he be able to have rest and peace, not something hospitals are known for, would be helpful as well.
10/20 – Dr_No sends an update on his daughter, Megan, who we have prayed for while she was going through Stage III[c] cancer of the sigmoid colon. She has been done with chemo for a while and has received her ‘N.E.D’ diagnosis: ‘No Evidence of Disease’. Her doctors and caregivers were outstanding, and it means everything to see her able to live a normal life again. Yes, there’s always the unspoken fear that she may in future get a diagnosis of cancer’s return, but for now we enjoy that she’s healthy again and no longer in pain. After reading the prayer list, and understanding what others are faced with Do_No says he can only wish for them the joy and relief that he and the rest of the family have at Megan’s successful treatment, and sends his thanks to all for their words up.
10/22 Pookysgirl asks for prayers for Pooky, as he is going in for extensive neuropsychological testing for 4-8 hours on Oct 27, so he could really use prayers today. He’s had issues with similar testing in the past, so prayers for calming and peace would be appreciated.

For Healing:
10/5 – redc1c4 sends in a prayer request for his wife’s co-worker, whose son James (her only son) had a bad spill riding motocross. He was air evaced to Loma Linda, about 120 miles away, where he is currently in the pediatric ICU. It’s so far, so good, but a long row to hoe from here. Prayers for swift and complete healing of his injuries for James, wisdom and insight for his caregivers at Loma Linda Hospital, and strength, faith, and courage for his mother Deborah would be appreciated.
10/19 Update – James is going to be transferred to rehab soon. His mother sends her thanks to the Horde for their prayers on her son’s behalf.
10/6 – Java Joe’s 19-year-old grandson was injured in an accident at college. He suffered a serious concussion, facial lacerations, a bi-lateral fracture of his jaw and 10 broken teeth. He is currently at the U of M hospital, scheduled for surgery. We are requesting prayer for recovery and no long-term effects.
10/7 – Pete in Texas asks for prayers for his mother, age 89, who got the J&J Covid shot. Her health rapidly deteriorated over the next week until she had a heart attack. For the next month she was unconscious. She is still in the hospital (where he will see her shortly) and she is still in a bed and can’t speak. Last week, his sister’s family got Covid. His brother-in-law went to the hospital on 10/6, so prayers are requested for him. The rest of the family are almost fully recovered.
10/14 Update – Mom got the Pfizer jab. Mom is stable enough that the case worker is talking about bringing her home. That is good news, and Pete in Texas loves her, but he realizes that is going to be a challenge. Also his brother-in-law is still hospitalized with pneumonia, but he made a remarkable recovery over Covid-19 after one of his old Army buddies visited him last week.
10/20 – Nancy at 7000 ft is asking for prayers for her friend Timothy, who just had a quadruple bypass yesterday. Tim owns and runs a small business repairing industrial machines, and has recently purchased an old church with his wife Gabrielle, and was in the process of moving when he experienced a minor heart attack. Further investigation revealed he had an aneurismic section of his aorta, a genetic condition, and required multiple bypasses. Pray for an easing of his post-surgical pain and a full recovery.

For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com.

Romans 8:26-27:
[26] In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. [27] And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her.

Who Dis:

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Photo 3 (leggy!)
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Photo 5 (busty!)
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(bonus leggy)

For the 'Ettes:

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Monday Who Dis: Looking for photos of 'B' movie actress Susan Hart, I discovered that there is (or was) a porn actress using the same name. Oops. She doesn't have a real extensive CV, but she married a producer and helped raise money in his name to create the pediatric heart wing at UCLA Medical Center. She has also sung professionally, released a few singles, and performed as a figure skater. Earlier, she was in one of the first of the "beach" movie genre, Ride the Wild Surf with the hunky Tab Hunter. They also did the fantasy/horror movie City in the Sea (AKA War Gods of the Deep).

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Comments

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1 Halo monkey!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at October 27, 2021 10:15 AM (nR2nR)

2 first

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 27, 2021 10:15 AM (JUOKG)

3 couple of hotties in this somewhere...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:16 AM (8D42x)

4 I haven't made coq au vin in forever. I should remedy that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 10:16 AM (Ez6QX)

5 Sponge!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Dune 2021 review at October 27, 2021 10:16 AM (V6f9+)

6 frustrating how quickly they can turn a red state blue

Posted by: brak at October 27, 2021 10:17 AM (I4hmj)

7 Who Dis: Possibly two people involved with Hammer production horror movies. They look familiar but no names, sadly.

And I love the Who Dis wardrobe.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 27, 2021 10:17 AM (TNyrE)

8 I think that's Edward Fox, the Jackal!

Don't know her. Wish I did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:17 AM (txdEq)

9 oh yum yum, coq au vin!

God bless our high school French teacher for instructing us on how to prepare that dish

Posted by: kallisto at October 27, 2021 10:18 AM (DJFLF)

10 He Who Dis is Edward Fox, of Day of the Jackal fame.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:18 AM (ZsR3z)

11 That's a lot of work for chicken.

Posted by: BignJames at October 27, 2021 10:19 AM (AwYPR)

12 That Keep Parents Out of Schools is a troll. A good one to be sure, but a troll.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 27, 2021 10:19 AM (1t5dY)

13 When DeSantis was in college he partied?

He must be destroyed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the 30s with John Ford at October 27, 2021 10:19 AM (LvTSG)

14 The only reason the left doesn't want you to have a gun?

It's because they're planning on doing something that they know they'll get shot for.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 10:19 AM (OCTRt)

15 no idea who dis, but part of me wants to say Diana Rigg.

the rest of me will be in my bunk...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (8D42x)

16 I've been wondering how they would sideline Kamala, so as to open up a slot for someone, you know, electable. I think they've settled on spasm-inducing death ray.

https://tinyurl.com/3fdrkhkk

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (ZsR3z)

17 Lawrence Fox's Dad or Uncle.

Posted by: lowandslow at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (4thlk)

18 Shout out to Annie's Stew for compiling the prayer list, and sending prayers up for all those mentioned.

May God send all of you His healing and grace to endure these trials.

Posted by: kallisto at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (DJFLF)

19 luv dat big aip

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (yrol0)

20 My wife received a onesie that says "Proof Quarantine Wasn't Always Boring" as a gift for our son born this year. It'll be fun explaining all this to him when he's older.

Posted by: brak at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (I4hmj)

21 8 I think that's Edward Fox, the Jackal!

Don't know her. Wish I did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:17 AM (txdEq)

...and his sniper rifle! Which I think is the damn coolest sniper rifle in the history of film. The props department should've gotten a special Oscar award for it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:21 AM (S/rQ4)

22 Since Fox is an English actor, I'm gonna guess that our lady mystery guest is from the UK too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:21 AM (txdEq)

23 ...And the Knives Come Out:

Check out the yabbos on the girl on my left. They're all lookers. If it costs me the presidency, worth it!

Posted by: Ron DeSantis at October 27, 2021 10:22 AM (ZsR3z)

24 It's because they're planning on doing something that they know they'll get shot for.

Quiet you!

Posted by: Australia and New Zealand at October 27, 2021 10:22 AM (ESjRY)

25 That scandalous Marcus Rubio picture kinda backfired. A 23 year old dude partying with some hot chicks.

Posted by: lowandslow at October 27, 2021 10:22 AM (4thlk)

26 the he dis looks like the guy who played Prince Phillip in the first couple seasons of the crown.

has a sort of what if Nick Nolte and Robert Redford had a son...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:22 AM (8D42x)

27 From last thread link about new improved coof variant...

One commenter relates how an extended family of 20 - Black Californians - are just picking up and relocating to Mississippi because they don't want their children force-vaxed.

Posted by: kallisto at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (DJFLF)

28 ...and his sniper rifle! Which I think is the damn coolest sniper rifle in the history of film. The props department should've gotten a special Oscar award for it.

Yeah, he's a real hero.

Posted by: The melon at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ZsR3z)

29 Recent news story about an Aussie actress crippled by the Clot shot. https://tinyurl.com/b7xa4pwh

She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

30 The new vaccine-antibody evading variant mentiined in the previous thread is called "A.30", in case you want to name drop it into arguments with Karens

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (YZG/i)

31 I used to binge Frederick Forsyth books, still do sometimes, I know I've read 'The Fourth Protocol' about thirty times and can recite lines from it.

'Day of the Jackal' is one of those books that's not just a great story, it's a perfect snapshot of an era.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (8erNz)

32 McAuliffe will win easily. All this "oh no he's in trouble!" is just for show, so that when the manufactured vote puts him over the top, he can say "Thank you, people of Virginia, for coming to the polls in huge numbers to see that I remain in power. It was really close there, but your renewed enthusiasm show me that my policies are the correct ones for our state."

It's all theater. They know they can cheat to any result they want.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (v9pBv)

33 28 Days?

In some localities in the US, a death is counted as COVID related if the individual tested "positive" within 60 days.

As has been said, this gigantic scam and Op wasn't just brought about by the marxist/globalist political class, it was aided and abetted by a technological, scientific. medical elite.

As some very smart general warned us about.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (U2InK)

34 Check out the yabbos on the girl on my left. They're all lookers. If it costs me the presidency, worth it!
Posted by: Ron DeSantis at October 27, 2021 10:22 AM (ZsR3z)

i was going to say, she don't look underage...

that is racktacular.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (8D42x)

35 and the who dis hottie is my jam

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Dune 2021 review at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (V6f9+)

36 I can't think of a better way to get a continuous stream of parents pounding on your office door than to insist, out loud and in public for all to hear, that you have the right to mess with their kids.
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Maybe. If so, those parents will learn what it looks like when you're defeated. The schools are unreformable. Good for trying and maybe I'll be proven wrong, but removal of yourself from their system is likely the only way around it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (DU+/6)

37 That scandalous Marcus Rubio picture kinda backfired. A 23 year old dude partying with some hot chicks.

Yup. Oh no, he's a winner, and people want to be with him.

Posted by: The melon at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (ZsR3z)

38 I think that's Edward Fox, the Jackal!

Don't know her. Wish I did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021
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...and his sniper rifle! Which I think is the damn coolest sniper rifle in the history of film. The props department should've gotten a special Oscar award for it.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021

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I reread the novel recently, and Forsyth goes into detail on the rifle, how the Jackal specifies how it's to be constructed, etc. Though we do not know until the climactic part why he insists on the parts being as they are, and how he plans to get it past the cops to shoot de Gaulle. Maybe that's in the film too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (txdEq)

39 The Right wants to do politics and be done with it so they can get on with life, while the Left wants to do politics all the time.
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Very true. Depressingly so.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (ITJyK)

40 Edward Fox and Olga Georges-Picot The Day of the Jackal.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (CjHGv)

41 I love the picture of the smiling baby in the sassy onesie!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (ueGNX)

42 I assume the underage girls were college freshmen and sophomores. And they want it to sound like he was hanging out with 15 year olds.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (G2zl5)

43 I'm pretty sure that's Valerie Leon. Don't know who he is, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:25 AM (2JVJo)

44 Ace had that father whose son is Brandon so for the kid
Let's go Brandon!

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 27, 2021 10:25 AM (4brEp)

45 She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)
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Maybe. Who knows. One thing I do know, though, is that you should always believe what people say when they make hostage videos because they have a vested interest in telling the truth.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

46 McAuliffe will win easily. All this "oh no he's in trouble!" is just for show, so that when the manufactured vote puts him over the top, he can say "Thank you, people of Virginia, for coming to the polls in huge numbers to see that I remain in power. It was really close there, but your renewed enthusiasm show me that my policies are the correct ones for our state."

It's all theater. They know they can cheat to any result they want.

Your concern is noted.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:25 AM (ZsR3z)

47 I suspect "underage" means "under 21."

Also, I don't care about this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:26 AM (DU+/6)

48 I could eat your coq all day!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper, this is CNN at October 27, 2021 10:26 AM (w9Wax)

49 Yay, babies! I especially love it when married people make babies.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 10:26 AM (6RgRK)

50 Check out the yabbos on the girl on my left. They're all lookers. If it costs me the presidency, worth it!
Posted by: Ron DeSantis at October 27, 2021 10:22 AM (ZsR3z)

And none of the women "look" underage to me. We ain't talking children here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2021 10:26 AM (P3gRi)

51 This is very depressing. Because we're not going to win. And if we do win, we'll still lose.

..

Yep

Posted by: Today is bad but tomorrow will be worse at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM (v/+t1)

52 I could eat your coq all day!
Posted by: Anderson Cooper, this is CNN at October 27, 2021 10:26 AM (w9Wax)
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Only if I let you, you creepy weirdo.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM (DU+/6)

53 >>> I've been wondering how they would sideline Kamala, so as to open up a slot for someone, you know, electable. I think they've settled on spasm-inducing death ray.

https://tinyurl.com/3fdrkhkk
Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (ZsR3z)

I think when she's nervous her hands and arms go into cross-country-skiing double hand job mode. Lizard brain taking over, "start slow get faster, remember to close eyes towards the end". That sort of thing.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM (f6xX0)

54 Instead of the DeSantis picture, show us that video of Joe twisting that poor little girl's nipple.

I can live with the DeSantis photo better than I can live with the perv Joe video

Posted by: 496 at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM (VJsqe)

55 A Coq in the Hand is worth two in the Van.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg - Transportation Sec. at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM (N70Am)

56 Recent news story about an Aussie actress crippled by the Clot shot. https://tinyurl.com/b7xa4pwh

She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

I have a friend in england who had the delta and spent time in the hospital recently. had the vaccines, not sure which one, but now he's got followon issues and says the surgeries there are overcrowded, and his doc said it's possible he's had a tia stroke while in the hospital, and the reason the ER is packed is because of so many clot issues.

and the lovely NHS told him he needed to wait 11 hours in ER before they could consider getting to him, and that he actually needed to wait nearly 24 hours for them to decide to get him a scan to see how he's doing.

the NHS at work. killing the people the kung flu won't...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (8D42x)

57 She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.

She's referring to the Australian prison camps, I take it.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (CTJwJ)

58 If you fall for it and click on the recipe link does that make you a coq sucker?

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (5Woea)

59 'Day of the Jackal' is one of those books that's not just a great story, it's a perfect snapshot of an era.
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021

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The amazing thing, well, 2 things, is that Forsyth keeps our interest even though we know de Gaulle was not assassinated; and the lead character, the Jackal himself, is the villain and is more fascinating than the French cop Lebel. You almost wind up rooting for him.

The same 2 points apply to Die Nadel, the expert German spy, in Eye of the Needle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (txdEq)

60 It's because they're planning on doing something that they know they'll get shot for.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 10:19 AM (OCTRt)

Michael Yon is predicting genocide; if not this year, then the next. If they can't kill us with the shot, then it will have to be with bullets. And with a denuded military and police, we will be shot.

And the vast majority of "americans" will cheer it on and say we deserve to die.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (2JVJo)

61 Maybe. Who knows. One thing I do know, though, is that you should always believe what people say when they make hostage videos because they have a vested interest in telling the truth.

Oh, I guess I was too subtle, as I almost sure that is the case.

Rational people tend to not take being lied to and almost killed well

Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (ESjRY)

62 Also, I tried to make coq au vin in a slow cooker. I deserve a medal or something.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (1t5dY)

63 16 I've been wondering how they would sideline Kamala, so as to open up a slot for someone, you know, electable. I think they've settled on spasm-inducing death ray.

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I avoid watching Veep Throat & FJB, for the sake of my BP, but from what snippets I've seen - she seems like she's terrified.
As if someone took her behind the curtain and showed her a very ugly reality

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (YZG/i)

64 Having drinking parties with underage teens is just Southern Culture. It's like Muslims and killing women for not wearing a bee keeper suit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (Y5qcH)

65 Interesting, I was just listening to the Day of the Jackal audiobook on YouTube recently, and then those swine deep-sixed it before I was 1/4 through.

I also remember Fox as General Horrocks of XXX Corps in A Bridge Too Far.

Posted by: spindrift at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (h5TKJ)

66 Did you mean "underage" or did you mean younger than him like Joe Biden's babysitter-turned-wife?

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (CTJwJ)

67 Oh, I guess I was too subtle, as I almost sure that is the case.

Rational people tend to not take being lied to and almost killed well
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (ESjRY)
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You weren't too subtle. I was just piling on. Apologies.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (DU+/6)

68 That's a lot of work for chicken.
Posted by: BignJames at October 27, 2021 10:19 AM (AwYPR)

Yeah, but it's goooodddd!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (ZSK0i)

69 42 I assume the underage girls were college freshmen and sophomores. And they want it to sound like he was hanging out with 15 year olds.

I knew a 14-year-old college sophomore. Brilliant. Great body. We spent hours doing everything just short of the act.

Lost track of her for a while, but then for forty years - once we both had other families and careers - we've had this "you realize you should have?" discussion...

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (8erNz)

70 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (v9pBv)

I think you've got it right on the nose.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (2JVJo)

71 I reread the novel recently, and Forsyth goes into detail on the rifle, how the Jackal specifies how it's to be constructed, etc. Though we do not know until the climactic part why he insists on the parts being as they are, and how he plans to get it past the cops to shoot de Gaulle. Maybe that's in the film too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (txdEq)

Yes, the movie covers this. And this movie is notable for being the most faithful to the book it was adapted from that I have ever seen.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (S/rQ4)

72 Wow- no idea who she is but that's quite an outfit in pic 6. Must have taken some time to get that on.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (ITJyK)

73 39 The Right wants to do politics and be done with it so they can get on with life, while the Left wants to do politics all the time.
=====================

Very true. Depressingly so.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 10:24 AM (ITJyK

That's because the goal of the right is to have a functioning society while the goal of the left is to amass power for themselves.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (6RgRK)

74 Willowed:
Covid is too politically useful for the Dems for them to cast it aside. As long as they can keep it going, they will.
Posted by: Revenant at October 27, 2021 09:56 AM (c3dw6)

Nah.
We're seeing the early stages of the usual Democrat's Version of the Old Switcheroo, where they blame Republicans for their stupidity and trouble generated thereby.

All of this gross evil news about Fauci is the beginning of it. And you can see the outlines already. It'll go something like this:

"We were bamboozled by Dread Fauci, the evil racist who did Nazilike human experiments on Black and Brown Children and who tortured dogs to death but worst of all (new outrage to be supplied here as the climax, perhaps Fauci as Father of COVID-19).

We now know why the Evil Moron Racist Trump picked Fauci to head his taskforce. Because Racist Fauci had tortured minority children to their death and Trump lo-o-oved that. He wanted another Tuskegee!!!1111!!!
Etc...the Dims need to keep both Blacks and Wine Moms on their plantation and this will do it. Damn that Trump and his COVID Tuskegee!!!! Good thing, President Joe Biden figured out the conspiracy!!11!!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (5NkmN)

75 @39

>>Very true. Depressingly so.

Well conservatives work and lead productive lives, also the Donks have set up the governments at every level to fund their foot soldiers and activists.

NPR has been pumping out leftist crap from it's inception, paid for by you and me.

The teachers Unions alone pump more money into Donk coffers than all conservative sources combined.

Etc.

It's a panopticon of leftist bullshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (U2InK)

76 43 I'm pretty sure that's Valerie Leon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:25 AM (2JVJo)

Correctomundo!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (S/rQ4)

77 Michael Yon is predicting genocide; if not this year, then the next. If they can't kill us with the shot, then it will have to be with bullets. And with a denuded military and police, we will be shot.

I'm intrigued by what will happen this winter. Since the protection the clot shot gives will have expired for most people that got it, we should see some major impacts for the "vaccinated". The FNM will claim it is the unvaccinated but it should be obvious when it hits NY/WA/etc and not FL/TX...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (ESjRY)

78 Instead of the DeSantis picture, show us that video of Joe twisting that poor little girl's nipple.

I can live with the DeSantis photo better than I can live with the perv Joe video

I don't think the Dems have thought this through (quelle surprise!). The DeSantis ads write themselves. Juxtapose a picture of DeSantis acting like a young male with adult women, which they clearly are, with Creepy Joe and the little, clearly uncomfortable girls he favors and inappropriately touches.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (ZsR3z)

79 I think when she's nervous her hands and arms go into cross-country-skiing double hand job mode. Lizard brain taking over, "start slow get faster, remember to close eyes towards the end". That sort of thing.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM (f6xX0)
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She's clearly airing out her sweaty pits.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (DU+/6)

80 And prayers for all the horde

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (YZG/i)

81 64 Having drinking parties with underage teens is just Southern Culture. It's like Muslims and killing women for not wearing a bee keeper suit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (Y5qcH)

Not really like a bee keeper suit. Bees don't like black clothes, like at all.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (o2MD2)

82 >>That's a lot of work for chicken.

Pretty sure that is because you are supposed to use a shitty chicken for the recipe.

Not a nice, plump hen.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM (N70Am)

83 "look at Protestants as a whole, a disappointingly small number of us are actively pro-life"

But sorta the point of Protestants is that they decentralize. I like that more local autonomy for the same reason I like decentralized government. imo once they start preaching gay marriage is fine, (or abortion) ... at some point they need to remove the Christian label and come up with some new socialized name. ... (separating wheat from chaff, so to speak)

But for those that cling to their Bible studies and keep JC as head of the church, more local autonomy, with the parallel local responsibility ... is potentially better. (new wine and old wineskins kind of thing).

BUT as far as national political action goes, it is helpful to have a coordinated effort, even though the family unit is the next in "command" under Christ Jesus as head. Denominations should no more be decision makers for families than Schools Boards (or FBI) should be above the parent.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (Cus5s)

84 That picture of DeSantis with three hot chicks only makes me like him more.

Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (prSvo)

85 TAX THE RICH RAAWWK!

Posted by: Propaganda Parrot at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (Tnijr)

86 That's because the goal of the right is to have a functioning society while the goal of the left is to amass power for themselves.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM (6RgRK)

Very good! This one will show up in my next batch of proverbs.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (S/rQ4)

87 "Busty" doesn't really do that picture justice. If I saw that in real life, I would walk into a light pole.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (Y5qcH)

88 And Ron De Santis looks like he's about 21 in that picture, And this is a big deal?!!? As if nobody partied with underage girls-what the drinking age was 21 and they were 19?
SCANDAL! SCANDAL!/s

I do hope, however that after 25 years he's not thinking to himself "If I don't become President , being around the yaboos of the girl on my left made it worth it" because that would be both stupid and obsessive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (ueGNX)

89
Edward Fox and a gal with fabulous announcements.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:32 AM (s2VJv)

90

I was kidding around with Mannix in the last thread about Kafka, but I had a thought... Nobody in Hollywood is motivated to do one of their innumerable remakes and film adaptations that would actually be interesting and connect with audiences, instead of pissing them off.

But if they were, they'd make modernized (but faithful) adaptations of The Castle and The Trial. Anyone living in modern America would immediately understand those stories, and would probably love those movies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 27, 2021 10:32 AM (/KPLX)

91 "Which is why, I think, the Right tends to give up easily, not willing to expend vast amounts of time and resources for goals that turn out to be fruitless."

rearding this bit, i'm of a mind that so often when we win even the little battles, like an election or similar, the man on "our side"(tm) ends up being dem lite at best. look at 90%+ of congress and the senators for the last 30 years, or governors, or etc....

it's disheartening to win only to find out we lost because not only will our guys not fight, but they weren't interested in winning to begin with and just revert to the left at the first opportunity.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:32 AM (8D42x)

92 64 Having drinking parties with underage teens is just Southern Culture. It's like Muslims and killing women for not wearing a bee keeper suit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (Y5qcH)

I bet they're 19-20 year olds. That's why they say "underage" and not "underage teenage" because they're in college but they want you to think he's hanging out getting girls that just passed their driving test sloshed.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (G2zl5)

93 >>I do hope, however that after 25 years he's not thinking to himself "If I don't become President , being around the yaboos of the girl on my left made it worth it" because that would be both stupid and obsessive.

Tits like that?

Sorry. Take your Presidency and hit the bricks.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (N70Am)

94 Is coq au vin called "Pollo Boracho" in Spanish?

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (5Woea)

95 But I did learn a new name for breasts."Yaboos". I can always count on the horde for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (ueGNX)

96
84 That picture of DeSantis with three hot chicks only makes me like him more.
Posted by: Guzalot says FJB at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (prSvo)

Andrew Gillum with 3 versions of "Rachel" Levine.

Winning.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (s2VJv)

97 Valerie Leon and Edward Fox. I admit I had to cheat to find out their connection. Been a long time since I saw that film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (txdEq)

98 Re: the Aussie 'actress':

Despite her harrowing side effects, Ms Stewart 'continues to be an advocate for vaccination'.

Like Ron White says, "You can't fix stupid".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (ZSK0i)

99 "Busty" doesn't really do that picture justice. If I saw that in real life, I would walk into a light pole.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (Y5qcH)

I'll admit I lingered over it for quite some time.

Posted by: spindrift at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (h5TKJ)

100 A Coq in the Hand is worth two in the Van.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg - Transportation Sec. at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM

Vans. Why did it have to be vans.

Posted by: zombie Gabby Petito at October 27, 2021 10:34 AM (EughT)

101 >>I'll admit I lingered over it for quite some time.

Pro Tip : Don't close your laptop before wiping it down.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:34 AM (N70Am)

102 Despite her harrowing side effects, Ms Stewart 'continues to be an advocate for vaccination'.

==

There's a psychological term for that where you justify past errors to absolve yourself of guilt

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 27, 2021 10:34 AM (YZG/i)

103 Yes, the movie covers this. And this movie is notable for being the most faithful to the book it was adapted from that I have ever seen.

Agreed.

Let's see...other Forsyth-novel movies? Didn't like 'The Fourth Protocol' much, but maybe that's because I've spent too much time in the book.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:34 AM (8erNz)

104 She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1

Her skills as a seer are impressive!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (mD/uy)

105 100 A Coq in the Hand is worth two in the Van.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg - Transportation Sec. at October 27, 2021 10:27 AM

Vans. Why did it have to be vans.
Posted by: zombie Gabby Petito at October 27, 2021 10:34 AM (EughT)

"Dude."

- - Cleon Jones

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (s2VJv)

106 Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (N70Am)

Yeah; Right.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (ueGNX)

107 I'm glad I got to live most of my life without the ugly politics we have now infesting everything from gassing the car to going to church. There is no peace.

I'm very sad for my grandchildren, who will live in an awful Orwellian world, with only their little screens to give them an escape from the chaos.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (4ZE6o)

108 Isn't the entire House of Delegates in VA up for election next week too?

With Dems only at a 55-45 advantage?

If the Dem candidate is in task trouble, will 6 seats flip?

Posted by: Lrrr at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (jIL4c)

109 The amazing thing, well, 2 things, is that Forsyth keeps our interest even though we know de Gaulle was not assassinated; and the lead character, the Jackal himself, is the villain and is more fascinating than the French cop Lebel. You almost wind up rooting for him.

They'd have to change the plot today, because Fox sleeps with, then kills a gay man, who is clearly depicted as a pervert.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (ZsR3z)

110 Weren't there two Fox brothers that are/were actors?

Edward and James?

Posted by: Been Lurking at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (rDgjh)

111 I would say that Catholics have a split just like everyone else. Look at the Jesuits, we have our commie death cults too. Our church is full of sjw bullshit as any other. Our pope is arguably not Catholic. Our bishops are not any better. Fully half of us RC in America are democrats. Prolife only because half of us are conservatives.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (0OmEj)

112 So Ron DeSantis has a track record of hanging out with hot chicks?

Perhaps this is meant to depress support from the nerd voting block. Speaking as a kinda-nerd, it has the opposite effect. I eagerly look forward to voting for him in the Republican presidental primary!

I guess Big Media couldn't find anything regarding him in blackface. Our side apparently wants to be rather normal when partying during their youth.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (TNyrE)

113 VA resident here. I know this is only 1 data point, but my college student daughter is coming home on Tuesday in order to vote. In the words of this 21 year old, "McAuliffe scares the hell out of me"
Now, I get it that she is my daughter, but I have seen what she is exposed to school, the fact that young people there have a poor opinion of TM is great to know.

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (oW3TG)

114 the man on "our side"(tm) ends up being dem lite at best.

There is a lot of money to be made by working with the left, and a lot of sins that will be exposed if you don't.

On that later point, the Republican party stopped being anything other then controlled opposition when the Dems got Dennis Hastert installed as the most powerful Rep in DC...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (ESjRY)

115 Very good! This one will show up in my next batch of proverbs.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (S/rQ4)

*blushes*

Aw, thanks! Feel free to alter the wording to make it more proverb-like if you need to.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (6RgRK)

116 87 "Busty" doesn't really do that picture justice. If I saw that in real life, I would walk into a light pole.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (Y5qcH)

You wouldn't believe the 'busty' pics I rejected because I thought they went beyond what I am comfortable with posting.

I mean, that standard is a bit subjective, but there's a difference between 'busty' and 'ridiculously huge'.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (S/rQ4)

117 I'm very sad for my grandchildren, who will live in an awful Orwellian world, with only their little screens to give them an escape from the chaos.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (4ZE6o)

-----
At least they will never have been at war with Eastasia.

Plus they'll love big brother, so that'll be nice.

Posted by: 496 at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (VJsqe)

118 Fen-
I like and respect you, but I have two points:

1) It's a joke. Lighten up.

2) The term is yabbos, not yaboos. I wouldn't want you to embarrass yourself by using the wrong term when speaking publicly.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (ZsR3z)

119 If memory serves, Coq au vin was Jack Tripper's specialty recipe on Three's Company. Although it was MANY years before I realized he wasn't saying "Cocoa Van" -- which made zero sense, but that's what young me always heard

Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (mZUr4)

120
I do hope, however that after 25 years he's not thinking to himself "If I don't become President , being around the yaboos of the girl on my left made it worth it" because that would be both stupid and obsessive.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (ueGNX)

Incorrect.

Elected offices are useless sinecures with no meaning other than self-aggrandizement at the expense of truth and decency. Partying with hot chicks has some kind of intrinsic human value. At least people are having fun. The person who strives for the former is much worse than the person strives for the latter. Immeasurably worse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (/KPLX)

121 I can't think of a better way to get a continuous stream of parents pounding on your office door than to insist, out loud and in public for all to hear, that you have the right to mess with their kids.

They'd better worry about the quiet parent that doesn't scream and yell.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (OCTRt)

122 And no person actually thinks this is a scandal even the ones who promote it. Their little darlings haven't been involved in underage drinking?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (ueGNX)

123 And for that, he should have been primaried the next time he was up for re-election. What a gutless coward.
=====

When Little Dondi Marco did not appear at the Republican primary finale, I made jokes about him 'washing his hair'. Look at the amazing head of hair he now has. He did not appear to thank his supporters or tell his supporters to back the (R) nominee, he was washing his hair.

I know Cruz got little support at the time, but he appeared and thanked his supporters -- one heck of a lot more than any of the others did.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (MIKMs)

124 108 Isn't the entire House of Delegates in VA up for election next week too?

With Dems only at a 55-45 advantage?

If the Dem candidate is in task trouble, will 6 seats flip?
Posted by: Lrrr at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (jIL4c)

========

Yeah.

It's going to be a whole lot easier to stuff ballot boxes for governor in places like Richmond than to assure a Democratic majority in the legislature. We shall see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the 30s with John Ford at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

125 We must continue to encourage each other. We must keep fighting, no matter what. The only way out is through.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (a3Q+t)

126 Because we're not going to win. And if we do win, we'll still lose

_____

PERFECT!!

Posted by: GOP at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (OalnH)

127 Agree with the post totally. I'm in CA and at my wits end about the passivity of the people. They just reaffirmed Newsom!!

I recently went to the grocery store the day after a news "scare" about a new variant. Store full of nice middle class people, in masks. That's the bad side of orderly, clean, nice middle class people. Lovely neighbors but not activists at all.

Posted by: APJ at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (G1dq6)

128 The amazing thing, well, 2 things, is that Forsyth keeps our interest even though we know de Gaulle was not assassinated; and the lead character, the Jackal himself, is the villain and is more fascinating than the French cop Lebel. You almost wind up rooting for him. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021

***
Stephen King's 11/22/63 does the first point, and very well. But his story is not about Oswald; it doesn't follow the villain or assassin. The narrator hero is a young-ish schoolteacher from Maine, rather like the young King himself . . . and that's all to the good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (txdEq)

129
Coco Van sounds like a tranny porn name.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (s2VJv)

130 95 But I did learn a new name for breasts."Yaboos". I can always count on the horde for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (ueGNX)

According to an old Steve Martin standup routine, the following terms are not acceptable regarding womens' breasts:

* boobs
* jugs
* Winnebagos
* Golden Bozos

In fact, they may *only* be referred to as, "hooters."

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (DTX3h)

131 I would say that Catholics have a split just like everyone else. Look at the Jesuits, we have our commie death cults too. Our church is full of sjw bullshit as any other. Our pope is arguably not Catholic. Our bishops are not any better. Fully half of us RC in America are democrats. Prolife only because half of us are conservatives.
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still

Many want to claim membership in the club, but not abide by the rules. See also CEOs. (Christmas/Easter Only)

There's alot of that going around.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (mD/uy)

132 Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (ZsR3z)

O.k. Thanks. I will be sure to get the term right next time I ogle womens yabbos and tell them how great they are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (ueGNX)

133 Why would they even be surprised by DeSantis with beautiful women? His wife is an incendiary hazard.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (ZsR3z)

134 Dude kinda looks like a middle-age version of Bob Weir.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (KAi1n)

135 I guess it was a matter of time.. New covid variant manages to evade all current jabs: https://tinyurl.com/4tbsc4pj

Posted by: kallisto at October 27, 2021 10:02 AM

I remember reading, I think in the Spartacus letter, that the vaccines only account for one part of the virus/disease (the Spike - or S - protein) and not any other parts of the virus/disease. So that when the virus/disease mutated, the "vaccines" would no longer be able to protect from the variants.

But, anyone who was infected and recovered from SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, their body would develop antibodies to all parts of the virus/disease, which would then give them long-term natural immunity to all future variants.

Considering this is likely well known in the virus/disease community, only logical conclusion I come to is that they want everyone "vaccinated", so they can mandate "vaccination" indefinitely. Because there will always be a new variant (just like there are always new variants of influenza). And unless you have natural immunity from infection/recovery, you'll always need a new "vaccine".

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (Do5/p)

136 I believe only 1/2 the legislature in VA is up for election. It's 1/2 this year, 1/2 in 2023, etc.

Posted by: GOP at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (OalnH)

137 112 So Ron DeSantis has a track record of hanging out with hot chicks?

Perhaps this is meant to depress support from the nerd voting block. Speaking as a kinda-nerd, it has the opposite effect. I eagerly look forward to voting for him in the Republican presidental primary!

"We are announcing today a new...uh...stimulus program. Effective immediately, we are providing full college scholarships to hot women pursuing technical careers who are willing to do some...uh...lab work on the side."

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (8erNz)

138 Off loathsome GOP sock.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (OalnH)

139 I saw a fascinating mask-related comparison this past weekend. At Costco, virtually no one was masked. Small minority. Maybe 10%.

At Kroger, it was inverted. I was one of the fairly few normals. That is an odd reversal. Costco is Karen Central Supply, Inc.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (DU+/6)

140 128 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021

Michael Lonsdale's Lebel reminded me of an old Warner Bros. cartoon of the sheep dog that clocked in and clocked out at the end of the day with the coyote.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (s2VJv)

141

I'm hearing KBR ads on the radio:

"KBR is hiring more than 300 employees across the U.S. to aid the U.S. government's "Operation Allies Welcome" efforts."

https://tinyurl.com/ppyb6kba

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (63Dwl)

142 Cocoa Van...

hmmm. Chicks do dig chocolate.

AND getting them in the van is like, more than half the battle...

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (N70Am)

143 We're seeing the early stages of the usual Democrat's Version of the Old Switcheroo, where they blame Republicans for their stupidity and trouble generated thereby.

I said this yesterday, but it bears repeating - the Deep State knows that bad reactions to the shot have happened and within a few months, at best, are going to be so numerous and widespread that the MFM will not be able to brush it away.

Fauci is being knifed now so that, when the bad effects occur and people are looking for someone to murder, the Dems will point to Fauci and say, "hey, not our fault - he was Trump's guy! Trump's Operation Warp Speed! Trump should have fired him! It's Trump's fault you're sick and dying, not ours!" And Trump has already fallen into the trap, with his obsessive bragging about the shot and how quickly he got it to market.

"But MP4, people aren't that stupid!" I hear you say. "It's the Dems who have been pushing the shot for over a year! Nobody will blame Trump for Fauci!"

Wanna bet? Really wanna bet? Hear me now and believe me later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (2JVJo)

144 -
I do hope, however that after 25 years he's not thinking to himself "If I don't become President , being around the yaboos of the girl on my left made it worth it" because that would be both stupid and obsessive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM
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Stupid and obsessive. Uhm, you've met us, right?

Posted by: Men at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (SchQD)

145 "We are announcing today a new...uh...stimulus program. Effective immediately, we are providing full college scholarships to hot women pursuing technical careers who are willing to do some...uh...lab work on the side."
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (8erNz)
++++
You'd get a lot of takers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (DU+/6)

146 * boobs
* jugs
* Winnebagos
* Golden Bozos

In fact, they may *only* be referred to as, "hooters."

What, 'fun bags' didn't make the list? 'Pillows of human kindness'?

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (8erNz)

147 134 Dude kinda looks like a middle-age version of Bob Weir.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (KAi1n)

Not a fan of the Grateful Dead but I liked Weir's solo effort "Heaven Help the Fool."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (s2VJv)

148 You wouldn't believe the 'busty' pics I rejected because I thought they went beyond what I am comfortable with posting.

These pictures, where would one find them, were one interested in, you know, further research.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (ZsR3z)

149 'Day of the Jackal' is one of those books that's not just a great story, it's a perfect snapshot of an era.
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021

This.
Excellent book!!!

Oh, and the woman is Valerie Leon, Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (axyOa)

150 108 Isn't the entire House of Delegates in VA up for election next week too?

With Dems only at a 55-45 advantage?

If the Dem candidate is in task trouble, will 6 seats flip?
Posted by: Lrrr at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (jIL4c)

Yes.

Yes.

No.

Posted by: blaster at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (mbFEM)

151 I'm very sad for my grandchildren, who will live in an awful Orwellian world, with only their little screens to give them an escape from the chaos.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (4ZE6o)

This x 1000. I keep asking myself what more I could have done back in the day, but I was, as Emmie points out, interested in a stable society for my kids- not power for me.
Thought doing a good job bringing up my family and living a life of integrity would work.
But apparently not.

Posted by: sal at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (bJKUl)

152 The amazing thing, well, 2 things, is that Forsyth keeps our interest even though we know de Gaulle was not assassinated; and the lead character, the Jackal himself, is the villain and is more fascinating than the French cop Lebel. You almost wind up rooting for him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:28 AM (txdEq)

I read the book while I was in HS, the shooting scene had me on the edge of my chair.

I kept thinking... Is he going to kill DeGaulle...? Is he...?

Is Forsythe going to change history for the sake of the novel? I could not stop reading.

Top-notch entertainment.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (S/rQ4)

153 ON the WaPo article about parents not having the right to shape curriculum, Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Steve Green released a Right Angle today or yesterday on the same topic. Interesting discussion. Short Version, get your kids out of public schools.
Available at Rumble or at Bill's website.

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (oW3TG)

154 Don't confuse yaboos with jabos (or, more accurately, Jabos), although some people like both.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (KAi1n)

155 In fact, they may *only* be referred to as, "hooters."
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (DTX3h)
++++
You left out "chesticles"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (DU+/6)

156 >>Not a fan of the Grateful Dead but I liked Weir's solo effort "Heaven Help the Fool."

Bobby is an amazing rhythm guitarist. Really. Dude is like a chord machine.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (N70Am)

157 osted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 27, 2021 10:38 AM (DTX3h)

Yu made the last two up

. I think this is something men just do sometimes. They sit around in groups and laugh hysterically about made up terms for breasts and penises.
You know how I know that? Because my husband who has seen more than a breast or four (Not four on the same person) before he met me said he had never heard of some of the terms men come up on here for bazooms, knockers, breasts, etc.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (ueGNX)

158 Michael Lonsdale's Lebel reminded me of an old Warner Bros. cartoon of the sheep dog that clocked in and clocked out at the end of the day with the coyote.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Mornin' Ralph.

Mornin' Sam.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (mD/uy)

159 I knew a 14-year-old college sophomore. Brilliant. Great body. We spent hours doing everything just short of the act.

Lost track of her for a while, but then for forty years - once we both had other families and careers - we've had this "you realize you should have?" discussion...
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:29 AM

You went to school with Clorette Depasto?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (m+jkK)

160 Despite her harrowing side effects, Ms Stewart 'continues to be an advocate for vaccination'.

*******

"He said he loves me and he only beats me when I disobey him. I'm sure he means it this time."

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (5Woea)

161 I mean, that standard is a bit subjective, but there's a difference between 'busty' and 'ridiculously huge'.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:36 AM (S/rQ4)

As in her shot at the hotel desk in The Spy Who Loved Me?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (2JVJo)

162 Cocoa Van...

hmmm. Chicks do dig chocolate.

AND getting them in the van is like, more than half the battle...
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (N70Am)

She's gonna love me in my ~~Chevy~~ Cocoa Van, and that's alright with me!

Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (mZUr4)

163
It's going to be a whole lot easier to stuff ballot boxes for governor in places like Richmond than to assure a Democratic majority in the legislature. We shall see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the 30s with John Ford at October 27, 2021 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

___

The left's argument against a stolen election 2020 was "well why didn't they steal all those house seats the GOP won if they were stealing?". And the answer is.... because it's easy to stuff ballots in a few urban areas for Dems to win GA by 10K votes. It's a lot harder to stuff ballots in 435 congressional races all over the country.

That's why they can steal statewide races, but it's really hard to steal legislative seats.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (OalnH)

164 145 "We are announcing today a new...uh...stimulus program. Effective immediately, we are providing full college scholarships to hot women pursuing technical careers who are willing to do some...uh...lab work on the side."
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (8erNz)
++++
You'd get a lot of takers.

Then you get into bidding wars to be their doctorate advisors and assistants.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (8erNz)

165 I like who 'dis femme's eyes.

Posted by: Northernlurkerish at October 27, 2021 10:43 AM (cSyAR)

166 I'm very sad for my grandchildren, who will live in an awful Orwellian world, with only their little screens to give them an escape from the chaos.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (4ZE6o)
++++
Don't tell them that, even if they know it. My mom keeps apologizing to me for the state of the world since I'm going to have to keep living it for a lot longer than she is. It's depressing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:43 AM (DU+/6)

167 "But MP4, people aren't that stupid!" I hear you say. "It's the Dems who have been pushing the shot for over a year! Nobody will blame Trump for Fauci!"

Wanna bet? Really wanna bet? Hear me now and believe me later.

Remember that they actually tried to blame us for "Defund the Police". Goebbels knew whereof he spoke.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:43 AM (ZsR3z)

168 These pictures, where would one find them, were one interested in, you know, further research.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (ZsR3z)

Oh, just plug in 'Valerie Leon images' into your preferred search engine and you'll get an eyeful. Literally.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:43 AM (S/rQ4)

169 146 What, 'fun bags' didn't make the list? 'Pillows of human kindness'?
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (8erNz)

Well, it was the late-70's/early-80's. It was a more innocent time back then.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (DTX3h)

170 93 >>I do hope, however that after 25 years he's not thinking to himself "If I don't become President , being around the yaboos of the girl on my left made it worth it" because that would be both stupid and obsessive.

Tits like that?

Sorry. Take your Presidency and hit the bricks.
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:33 AM (N70Am)

Ha. Garrett.

Posted by: m at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (SJbY/)

171 163 The left's argument against a stolen election 2020 was "well why didn't they steal all those house seats the GOP won if they were stealing?". And the answer is.... because it's easy to stuff ballots in a few urban areas for Dems to win GA by 10K votes. It's a lot harder to stuff ballots in 435 congressional races all over the country.

That's why they can steal statewide races, but it's really hard to steal legislative seats.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (OalnH)

========

And it's also why the Dominion will steal everything with the push of a button argument is dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the 30s with John Ford at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (LvTSG)

172 It turns out Valerie Leon has two children who love her, which is awesome, and her daughter is an editor at the Guardian. Very impressive. And Valerie Leon is still out there entertaining.

https://tinyurl.com/jwx5vcaf

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (ITJyK)

173 >>Oh, just plug in 'Valerie Leon images' into your preferred search engine and you'll get an eyeful. Literally.

Any that show her Pink Panther?

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (N70Am)

174 The Desantis revelation is crushing my already stressed hippocampus!

Posted by: Christine Ballsey Fraud at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (1UDVF)

175 'You wouldn't believe the 'busty' pics I rejected because I thought they went beyond what I am comfortable with posting.'

These pictures, where would one find them, were one interested in, you know, further research.
Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (ZsR3z)

Seeking Who Dis? outtakes -- that's next-level Horde behavior right there!

Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (mZUr4)

176 Yu made the last two up . I think this is something men just do sometimes. They sit around in groups and laugh hysterically about made up terms for breasts and penises.

Uh oh, guys, she's on to us.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (ZsR3z)

177 You went to school with Clorette Depasto?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Didn't the actress who played her completely drop out of sight after a year or two of acting?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (mD/uy)

178 Not a nice, plump hen.
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:30 AM

I'm married; you waited too long.

Posted by: Lena D. at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (a3Q+t)

179 I'm very sad for my grandchildren, who will live in an awful Orwellian world, with only their little screens to give them an escape from the chaos.
Posted by: Mr Gaga
___

By God's grace alone, my g-babies are learning how to hunt (bow and arrow for now), how to recognize edible plants, and basically spend most of their time outdoors, since they have no internet or TV, much less a smart device.

Their mom, though we disagree on many issues, agrees that the less tech in their lives, the better.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (RU4sa)

180 "The DeSantis Revelation" sounds like a Robert Ludlum book.

Posted by: blaster at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (mbFEM)

181 NT sure the woman but should try 7 steps from him to her

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (4brEp)

182 AND getting them in the van is like, more than half the battle...
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (N70Am)

She's gonna love me in my Chevy Cocoa Van, and that's alright with me!

If this van is rockin', don't bother knockin'.

Okay, time for a Moronmobile. '72 Chevyvan, Cragar SS wheels and BFG Radial TAs, AoS skull and swords on the sides. The gold shag carpet has to be removable for cleaning, though...we're not gonna smell like 1978.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (8erNz)

183 Oh, and another notable fact about 'The Day of the Jackal' novel was that it gave you step-by-step instructions for making your own fake identity. Don't know if the method described would still work, probably not, but you never know when it will come in handy.

The movie shows it visually, quite well.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (S/rQ4)

184 "Perhaps this is meant to depress support from the nerd voting block"

First, it's "bloc". : - >
Second, "all we ever think about is sex" - Lewis Skolnick.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (KAi1n)

185
"KBR is hiring more than 300 employees across the U.S. to aid the U.S. government's "Operation Allies Welcome" efforts."

https://tinyurl.com/ppyb6kba
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (63Dwl)
***

Idiot governor Inslee had a big promo at the airport the other day welcoming several hundred of our new citizens. Big signs and everything. Except none of them could read english.
Effing bozo.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (axyOa)

186 Michael Lonsdale's Lebel reminded me of an old Warner Bros. cartoon of the sheep dog that clocked in and clocked out at the end of the day with the coyote.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

That was a coked-up Christopher Walken performance compared to his sleepwalk through Moonraker.

BTW, pre-ordered your book today, J.J. - will leave a review when I can.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (2JVJo)

187 I'm going to try out that Coq au Vin recipe in my Dutch oven soonly. I have a wedding out west this weekend, so probably after that.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (sjdRT)

188 I like the term "headlights." Seems a little more respectful than jugs.

Posted by: Been Lurking at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (rDgjh)

189 And it's also why the Dominion will steal everything with the push of a button argument is dumb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the 30s with John Ford at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (LvTSG)

___

When people say that (myself included) we use Dominion as a catch all for Democrat fraud.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (OalnH)

190 She was in The Pink Panther, right?

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (N70Am)

191 >it's disheartening to win only to find out we lost because not only will our guys not fight, but they weren't interested in winning to begin with and just revert to the left at the first opportunity.
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 10:32 AM (8D42x)

Indeed. Why do you think that growing numbers of us are checking out of electoral politics as a useless endeavor? Even a flatworm turns away from repeated pain stimulus.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (cSs/W)

192 189 When people say that (myself included) we use Dominion as a catch all for Democrat fraud.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (OalnH)

=========

I'm sure you do. I'm not sure about everyone else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in the 30s with John Ford at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (LvTSG)

193 I just asked my husband what the term "yaboo" means. He had no idea. It's probably funnier making up these terms if you're drunk at the time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (ueGNX)

194 Any that show her Pink Panther?
Posted by: garrett

Snort!

Early in the planting season, my wife bought a "Pinky Winky".

We laugh about that name a couple times a week.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (mD/uy)

195 Any that show her Pink Panther?

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (N70Am)

Yes. Photo #6 is from PP, I believe.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (S/rQ4)

196 137 "We are announcing today a new...uh...stimulus program. Effective immediately, we are providing full college scholarships to hot women pursuing technical careers who are willing to do some...uh...lab work on the side."
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:39 AM (8erNz)

You might even call them "endowed" fellowships.

Posted by: m at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (SJbY/)

197 *waves to Fen*

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (IE0b8)

198 187 I'm going to try out that Coq au Vin recipe in my Dutch oven soonly.

------------------------------------

Must. Resist. Making. Joke.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (Y5qcH)

199 Then you get into bidding wars to be their doctorate advisors and assistants.

Or, as in my case, you marry them.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (ZsR3z)

200 This smiling brunette in cutoff shorts didn't read the thread because she was out fishing:
https://bit.ly/3CgPgUS

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (DU+/6)

201 Ooooh...here is a good one that is likely NSFW :

https://tinyurl.com/knuwheju

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (N70Am)

202 First time I heard "yabbos" was in Animal House, where they were described as "major league."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (v9pBv)

203 What, 'fun bags' didn't make the list? 'Pillows of human kindness'?
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:41 AM (8erNz)

I remember seeing Martin's routine as a comedy video on either HBO or Cinemax back in the 80's.

Making the list that long would have disrupted the flow of the routine.

"And I believe... in going to church on Sundays... except when there's a game on."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (ZSK0i)

204 Get out of the cities.

https://bit.ly/3mlOpNm

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (YYlyE)

205 Yes we did!

Posted by: Father of the baby at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (cWLG9)

206 Oh, just plug in 'Valerie Leon images' into your preferred search engine and you'll get an eyeful. Literally.

I meant the DeSantis pictures.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (ZsR3z)

207 Fauci is being knifed now so that, when the bad effects occur and people are looking for someone to murder, the Dems will point to Fauci and say, "hey, not our fault - he was Trump's guy! Trump's Operation Warp Speed! Trump should have fired him! It's Trump's fault you're sick and dying, not ours!" And Trump has already fallen into the trap, with his obsessive bragging about the shot and how quickly he got it to market.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM

Sadly, they are not wrong. Trump is to blame for not only pushing the "vaccines", but pushing them through only companies which have a long track record of corruption and failure. He did this despite apparently knowing the success of HCQ. Like Bush 43 did not fight back against the media lies about OEF and OIF, Trump did not fight back against the media lies about HCQ ("fish cleaner").

And as far as I know, he has not told people to focus more on prevention and treatment through HCQ, Ivermectin and monoclonal antibodies rather than "vaccines" that do not provide immunity. It's one thing to be wrong last year, but quite another to *still* push "vaccines" now.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (Do5/p)

208 Michael Lonsdale's Lebel reminded me of an old Warner Bros. cartoon of the sheep dog that clocked in and clocked out at the end of the day with the coyote.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021

***
Yes. Lebel was the classic, careful policeman who gets his man because he, the cop, "follows the routine." Joe Friday is like that. So is Lt. Columbo (though his technique of detection is more inspired than Joe's).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (txdEq)

209 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:31 AM (ueGNX)

That, and back then drinking age was NOT 21 everywhere.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (oHd/0)

210 Okay, time for a Moronmobile. '72 Chevyvan, Cragar SS wheels and BFG Radial TAs, AoS skull and swords on the sides. The gold shag carpet has to be removable for cleaning, though...we're not gonna smell like 1978.
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (8erNz)

Can we get those window-screens that are painted on just one side?

And I'm calling dibs on controlling the 8-track selections!

Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (mZUr4)

211 >>> Uh oh, guys, she's on to us.
Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (ZsR3z)

(whispers) don't tell the girls about the whole "that's what she said". That's like 90% of my comedic repertoire right there.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (f6xX0)

212 Don't tell them that, even if they know it. My mom keeps apologizing to me for the state of the world since I'm going to have to keep living it for a lot longer than she is. It's depressing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:43 AM (DU+/6)

They're young enough that this will not dawn on them unless they're red-pilled decades from now. So I don't mention it.
Nor to their parents who would not appreciate the input.

Posted by: sal at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (bJKUl)

213 >She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

I love that this unfalsifiable assertion is the now the main justification for pushing the clot shot.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (cSs/W)

214 I am glad I wasn't having a sip of coffee when I read "Pillows of human kindness" because I laughed. That has sort of a sweet tone to it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (ueGNX)

215 154 Don't confuse yaboos with jabos (or, more accurately, Jabos), although some people like both.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (KAi1n)

Also "elbows."

Posted by: m at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (SJbY/)

216 This is very depressing. Because we're not going to win. And if we do win, we'll still lose.

Wake up to read this.
Whose side are you on?

Posted by: Braenyard at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (9IvoX)

217 Who dis dude is The Jackal, one of my all time favorite movies.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (OalnH)

218 >>Early in the planting season, my wife bought a "Pinky Winky".

There is a Squirrel Feeding Block out there called :
The Nut Munch.

I see it in all the gardening stores and I always laugh out loud.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (N70Am)

219 My favorite has always been Ace's: A sweater full of mischief.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rage-oholic at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (xPJvm)

220 Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (IE0b

Hi, dear!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (ueGNX)

221 Ooooh...here is a good one that is likely NSFW :

https://tinyurl.com/knuwheju
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (N70Am)
++++
Dayum

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (DU+/6)

222 Did a quick look through Leon's CV and realized she was the lead in a good / bad horror movie from 1971, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, a good Hammer production.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (2JVJo)

223 172 It turns out Valerie Leon has two children who love her, which is awesome, and her daughter is an editor at the Guardian. Very impressive. And Valerie Leon is still out there entertaining.

https://tinyurl.com/jwx5vcaf
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 10:44 AM (ITJyK)

I browsed through her twitter TL. She seems like a genuinely nice person.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (S/rQ4)

224 First time I heard "yabbos" was in Animal House, where they were described as "major league."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2021

***
Is *that* where the expression, together with "major league," comes from? I'd forgotten that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (txdEq)

225 A sweater full of mischief.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rage-oholic at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (xPJvm)

I like it. It sounds like a term which would be used in a hard boiled detective novel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:51 AM (ueGNX)

226 I am glad I wasn't having a sip of coffee when I read "Pillows of human kindness" because I laughed. That has sort of a sweet tone to it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fun bags.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:51 AM (mD/uy)

227 I thought Cocoa Van was some French perfume chick??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 27, 2021 10:51 AM (UHVv4)

228 Update to the "update" on James:

he's out of the hospital, and back at home, still with much to do healing wise, physical and occupational therapy. when admitted, he was in a coma, on a vent, and had a ruptured carotid artery.

that was the night i mentioned him on the ONT: the next day he was off the vent, the artery rupture healed, and his progress has been phenomenal, to put it mildly...

y'all do good w*rk.

Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (vwf8z)

229 Yahoo is what employees of Yahoo! call themselves.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (OalnH)

230 I wonder if Covid will be the main voting issue in VA.

If so, Terry Clinton wins. If not, Youngkin might pull it out.

Don't underestimate how much people love covid.

Posted by: MJ at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (zwDuR)

231 One of the screenwriters for Animal House was Chris Miller, who wrote some *astonishingly* dirty stories for National Lampoon. He probably crafted that line.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (v9pBv)

232 "... Republican party stopped being anything other then controlled opposition when the Dems got Dennis Hastert installed as the most powerful Rep in DC..."

right, they certainly had the powerful pedophile dirt of Hastert BEFORE they exalted him to the throne. ... Standard Procedure for DeepState ops in DC, it appears ... even now (EDKH)

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (Cus5s)

233 So that pic could literally be from any social event including Christmas dinner. Getting a picture with girls, idk what age isn't in any way inappropriate. He not sniffing them.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (ySQBZ)

234 Seeking Who Dis? outtakes -- that's next-level Horde behavior right there!

It's been bad enough for those of us of the Twentieth Century to find pix of really, really hot girls often in states of dress or activity that might be problematic, then realize...1927?

Now, kids these days..."I wanna girl from OnlyFans so I can show my grandkids how hot she was".

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (8erNz)

235 Posted by: Romeo13 at October 27, 2021 10:49 AM (oHd/0)

Good point; It was 18 when I was in college.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (ueGNX)

236
first time I heard "yabbos" was in Animal House, where they were described as "major league."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2021

I'm anticipating a religious experience

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (0rVvs)

237 I just asked my husband what the term "yaboo" means. He had no idea. It's probably funnier making up these terms if you're drunk at the time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021

***
"Winnebagos," as quoted above, was a new one on me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (txdEq)

238 At Kroger, it was inverted. I was one of the fairly few normals. That is an odd reversal. Costco is Karen Central Supply, Inc.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 10:40 AM (DU+/6)

In this part of Arizona, mask-wearing is mostly restricted to poor bastard employees of certain big-box chains. You see the odd one out in the wild, but so few they might just be legitimately immuno-compromised individuals.

In other news, I saw a flicker on a palm tree when I went to pour a coffee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (P3gRi)

239 And what body part is a yo gabba gabba? That was one trip of a kids show. As close to a modern sid and Marty production as you'll get these days. Creepy weird

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (f6xX0)

240 What year is thst supposed to be? Also how old is he? Also it's not his job to tell hanging girl she can't have a beer.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (ySQBZ)

241 157 Yu made the last two up . I think this is something men just do sometimes. They sit around in groups and laugh hysterically about made up terms for breasts and penises.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (ueGNX)

Heh. Speaking as one who has inserted the Beavis and Butt-head laughs inappropriately throughout conversations over the past decades, I cannot take credit for those two; they really are from a Steve Martin standup album.

203 Making the list that long would have disrupted the flow of the routine.

"And I believe... in going to church on Sundays... except when there's a game on."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (ZSK0i)

*touches nose*
*drinks some more*

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (DTX3h)

242 As in her shot at the hotel desk in The Spy Who Loved Me?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (2JVJo)

Yes. When I found it, my first thought was "are you f*king kidding me?"

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (S/rQ4)

243 Fun bags.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:51 AM (mD/uy)

Now you did it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (RChnB)

244 Indeed. Why do you think that growing numbers of us are checking out of electoral politics as a useless endeavor? Even a flatworm turns away from repeated pain stimulus.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM

Yep. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (Do5/p)

245 My favorite has always been Ace's: A sweater full of mischief.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rage-oholic at October 27, 2021 10:50 AM (xPJvm)

Reminds me of the story of closeted gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein asking the "boys" what they thought of his newly-released memoir, A Cellar Full of Noise.

"It should have been 'A Cellar Full of Boys,' Brian," John Lennon shot back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (2JVJo)

246
"The DeSantis Revelation" sounds like a Robert Ludlum book.
Posted by: blaster at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (mbFEM)

--------

Dan Brown. A series of coded ham-radio transmissions come through a warp in space-time, and are decoded by that Tom Hanks character, with the help of a super-hot DoJ attorney/shortwave radio hobbyist. To their shock, they discover that it's a Gnostic Gospel describing an unholy union between Lucifer and Ronald Reagan that yields the abomination DeSantis, the Third Beast and False Prophet.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (/KPLX)

247 Didn't the actress who played her completely drop out of sight after a year or two of acting?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM

Yep. IMDB has her in 4 things, and nothing after Caddyshack.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (m+jkK)

248
Good point; It was 18 when I was in college.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (ueGNX)

It was 18 when I was in high school and we still drank with people over 18. They were buying the booze for us.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (UuD2k)

249 https://tinyurl.com/knuwheju

It's a great print top, so it's safe for work if your cow-orkers have bad vision.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (8erNz)

250 At a dinner buffet last month I overheard an older woman tell her companion as she gestured to the far end of the buffet line, "I'm loving that coq au van, down by the liver!"

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2021 10:55 AM (5Woea)

251 246 Dan Brown. A series of coded ham-radio transmissions come through a warp in space-time, and are decoded by that Tom Hanks character, with the help of a super-hot DoJ attorney/shortwave radio hobbyist. To their shock, they discover that it's a Gnostic Gospel describing an unholy union between Lucifer and Ronald Reagan that yields the abomination DeSantis, the Third Beast and False Prophet.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (/KPLX)

==========

"I heard it on Rachel Maddow."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at October 27, 2021 10:55 AM (LvTSG)

252 >Idiot governor Inslee had a big promo at the airport the other day welcoming several hundred of our new citizens. Big signs and everything. Except none of them could read english.
Effing bozo.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 27, 2021 10:46 AM (axyOa)

Those were obviously aimed at the wine aunt "Refugees Welcome" voters that he's courting, not the actual refugees.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 10:55 AM (cSs/W)

253 I am glad I wasn't having a sip of coffee when I read "Pillows of human kindness" because I laughed. That has sort of a sweet tone to it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021

***
The ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 said that when she was a little girl, her mother called them "people pillows."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 10:55 AM (txdEq)

254 "No more meat-eating for you," says Bill Gates. Instead, he explains, we can eat "plant-based meat," maybe even sourced from his vast GM soybean fields. Largest owner of farm land in the US, Bill says we will "get used to the taste difference..."

https://bit.ly/2XQ6j1b

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 10:55 AM (YYlyE)

255 Fwiw. My poasting on the last thread was inspired by the most recent Bruce Charlton entry. I dig his stuff and today's piece really spoke to me.

"It is our fate to be living in epic times; yet where the epic scale of evil is submerged beneath dreary lies and shallow incomprehension.

We all inhabit an evil global empire that demonstrates its evil on a daily basis; even going so far as to declare its intention to eliminate most of the people of the world. Its morality, aesthetic and idea of truth is inverted from that of common sense and all traditional religion.

There have never been so many or bigger public lies than in the recent past - and never have these lies been so uniformly endorsed and enforced by those with power, status, influence or fame."

Posted by: Thesokorus at October 27, 2021 10:55 AM (1ais2)

256 233 So that pic could literally be from any social event including Christmas dinner. Getting a picture with girls, idk what age isn't in any way inappropriate. He not sniffing them.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:52 AM (ySQBZ)

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But but but he's holding a beer!!! Near children!!!!!
Won't somebody think of the Children???

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (OalnH)

257 240 What year is thst supposed to be? Also how old is he? Also it's not his job to tell hanging girl she can't have a beer.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:53 AM (ySQBZ)

I think the year was 1971. DeSantis was 21, the girls were 17. They're grasping at straws.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (S/rQ4)

258 Cleon Jones

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (s2VJv)

Played right field for the Mets...right?

Posted by: BignJames at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (AwYPR)

259 just asked my husband what the term "yaboo" means. He had no idea. It's probably funnier making up these terms if you're drunk at the time.

It means a feral, uncivilized human. Comes from Johnathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels where he lands on an island where the horses are sentient and people are not. Horses are Whinnims (sp) and people yahoos.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (ySQBZ)

260 By God's grace alone, my g-babies are learning how to hunt (bow and arrow for now), how to recognize edible plants, and basically spend most of their time outdoors, since they have no internet or TV, much less a smart device.

Their mom, though we disagree on many issues, agrees that the less tech in their lives, the better.
Posted by: SMH

If it wasn't for the age difference in grand babies, I'd swear we are talking about the same kids. (Mine are 4 & 1) Still a little too young. By the time our house is finished they'll have a hundred acres to play on when they get a little bigger.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (OCTRt)

261 Every thread is a yaboo thread!

Posted by: That guy who always says... at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (TKmok)

262 Oh, nvm yahoo not yahoo.

Sigh. Old eyes

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (ySQBZ)

263 You know how I know that? Because my husband who has seen more than a breast or four (Not four on the same person) before he met me said he had never heard of some of the terms men come up on here for bazooms, knockers, breasts, etc.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:42 AM (ueGNX)

The "Who Dis?" gal has nice lung warts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (P3gRi)

264 That is, that the state, not parents, has the sole authority to determine the content of their children's education.
_________

That, too, used to be something the Catholic Church fought. Chesterton often wrote about it. Alas, it seems to have been dropped.

Part of the above problem is that when we DO fight, we tend to be single-issue focused. They aren't like that. It's something I've never really been able to figure out, how the Left keeps together a coalition of out and out incompatible beliefs, without collapsing. E.g., Muzzies and everyone else. (Though we just may be seeing a break, as the feminists are increasingly aware they've been shoved to the bottom of the totem pole.)

Posted by: Eeyore at October 27, 2021 10:57 AM (7X3UV)

265 >I think the year was 1971. DeSantis was 21, the girls were 17. They're grasping at straws.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (S/rQ4)

Well, not to bring math into it, but he wasn't born until 1978.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 27, 2021 10:57 AM (sjdRT)

266 I think the year was 1971. DeSantis was 21, the girls were 17. They're grasping at straws.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (S/rQ4)

___

I think you mean 2001?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 10:57 AM (OalnH)

267 Time to see the deep, contemplative analysis of the left in action (i.e. how can we make any topic of discussion about racist whites)

Ilhan Omar tweets: "our office received a package with a suspicious substance and a threat reading "The Patriarchy will rise again. Merry f***ing Christmas.""

Person A: Sounds kkkinda racist.
Fighting imaginary threats, while ignoring the real ones.
Person B: Racist? I don't see anything racist
Sexist more likely.
Person C: They managed to do both.
Merry fucking Christmas to a Muslim.
Person D with the intersectional trump card: Implicit in patriarchy is white patriarchy in this case.

All for an event that, let's be honest, is probably a hoax the left is doing to itself to generate support.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at October 27, 2021 10:58 AM (JCZqz)

268 I like it. It sounds like a term which would be used in a hard boiled detective novel.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 10:51 AM (ueGNX)

It was cold in the city that day...the kind of cold that creeps in and never quite lets go. You feel it in your bones. I could see she was holding her own against the chill though as I watched her walk into my office. Her sweater was perfect for the season, warm looking yet unable to conceal the mischief within.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 27, 2021 10:58 AM (axyOa)

269 OMuse, first of all, I gotta tell you that I go to the March for Life every year and while it's mainly organized by Catholics, there are always lots of Protestant, Jewish, and even atheist groups there. It's wonderful to behold.

Secondly, you will love what former VA governor Doug Wilder (D) has to say about Terry McAwful:

https://youtu.be/PYsFpTpOC1Y

Posted by: bluebell at October 27, 2021 10:58 AM (wyw4S)

270 231 One of the screenwriters for Animal House was Chris Miller, who wrote some *astonishingly* dirty stories for National Lampoon. He probably crafted that line.

I have a decent collection of NatLamp from the late '70s through most of the '80s. Peak quality? Maybe peak drug, too. But damn, so great.

"Are the sins of the father visited upon the sons? Consider the Kennedy family:

(pic of Joe Sr): Fascist Asshole
(pic of Joe Jr): Dead
(pic of JFK): Dead
(pic of RFK): Dead
(pic of Ted): A bum"

Get that one through the left media hive these days.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:58 AM (8erNz)

271 Today's female "who's this?" really knocked it out of the park in Blood From the Mummy's Tomb, and by knocked it out of the park, I of course mean showed some superb underboob.

Posted by: Bud Norton at October 27, 2021 10:59 AM (6cOMd)

272 Fox was also Pilot-Officer Archie in "The Battle of Britain".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 27, 2021 10:59 AM (IcPPU)

273 Could that be Nikki Haley in the bright blue top, hanging her arm around DeSantis?

Posted by: m at October 27, 2021 10:59 AM (SJbY/)

274 Their mom, though we disagree on many issues, agrees that the less tech in their lives, the better.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (RU4sa)

You mean social media. Most non electronic technology is beneficial and useful.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 27, 2021 10:59 AM (o2MD2)

275 I like babaloos, but I just attached a Ricky Ricardo term to hooters and it seems to work.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 27, 2021 10:59 AM (RoIW/)

276 He's not holding a beer and looks their age. Girl draping herself on highly educated guy. Shocker.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 11:00 AM (ySQBZ)

277 Fun bags.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 10:51 AM (mD/uy)

That has a weird sort of serial killer trophy keeper vibe to me.
I like pillows of kindness of whatever that was earlier. Fun bags sounds like they're detached.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 11:00 AM (ueGNX)

278 But but but he's holding a beer!!! Near children!!!!!
Won't somebody think of the Children???

I don't think for a second that they blurred the faces to protect the youngsters. They did it because leaving them unblurred would make it too obvious that these are adult women. They're letting you imagine them as children, but if that was the goal, they should've cropped the picture so that you couldn't see their chests. But then, of course, you wouldn't see the demon alcohol with which he's clearly trying to ply them.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:00 AM (ZsR3z)

279 Photo 5 made me feel young again.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 27, 2021 11:00 AM (7X3UV)

280 I think part of it is most conservatives have some sort of religious orientation and have rules on how we conduct ourselves and also view this life as temporary.

We also usually have family and something to lose.

Liberals seem to believe in nothing but politics, that is their religion. They simply fight way harder than we do and feel more is on the line.

Our side though is lazy and stingy (and I group myself in this group). How many here donate to political causes? Or donate their time?

Posted by: Blago at October 27, 2021 11:00 AM (5DwlJ)

281 If it wasn't for the age difference in grand babies, I'd swear we are talking about the same kids. (Mine are 4 & 1) Still a little too young. By the time our house is finished they'll have a hundred acres to play on when they get a little bigger.
Posted by: rickb223
___

We're happy that the g-babies and their parents own their own little slice of land in the Ozarks.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (IE0b8)

282 It was 18 when I was in high school and we still drank with people over 18. They were buying the booze for us.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

It was 18 in high school. Went to 19 after I turned 20, & went to 21 two months before my 21st birthday. Bartender kept serving me because I had been legal for almost two years.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (OCTRt)

283 In my limited contact with real people, I'd guess mask usage is around 3-4% in stores and work.

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (/6GbT)

284 >>Photo 5 made me feel young again.

Check that tiny url I posted...maybe take a baby aspirin first, though.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (N70Am)

285 Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (ySQBZ)

Wasn't that yahoos?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (ueGNX)

286 >>> It's a great print top, so it's safe for work if your cow-orkers have bad vision.
Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 10:54 AM (8erNz)

When did the whole cow-orker become a thing? Was it an ace-ism that stuck like lak? I see it all the time now.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (f6xX0)

287
4 I haven't made coq au vin in forever. I should remedy that.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 10:16 AM (Ez6QX)

Just remember that the vin goes into the coq, not the cook.

Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (qyH+l)

288 This garbage will ensure defeat:

"This is very depressing. Because we're not going to win. And if we do win, we'll still lose."

Posted by: Travis Anderson at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (/gUgY)

289 In my limited contact with real people, I'd guess mask usage is around 3-4% in stores and work.

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM

About the same here, mostly store employees.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (JUOKG)

290 You mean social media. Most non-electronic technology is beneficial and useful.
Posted by: Xipe Totec
__

No, I meant exactly what I said.

No TV, no internet.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (IE0b8)

291 The lady, I don't know; but the guy, was in A Bridge Too Far

Posted by: Archer at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (gmo/4)

292 I'm going to try out that Coq au Vin recipe in my Dutch oven soonly. I have a wedding out west this weekend, so probably after that.
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 27, 2021 10:47 AM (sjdRT)

yeah, there's no way to read this cleanly...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (8D42x)

293 That has a weird sort of serial killer trophy keeper vibe to me.
I like pillows of kindness of whatever that was earlier. Fun bags sounds like they're detached.

It's funny...I like a breast as much as the next guy, but a nice smile is far more important.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (8erNz)

294 Yeah, I've been at least following official and not so official school "narratives" for a long time, and the time for parents to "get involved" was 25 years ago. It's good that they are waking up, I guess, but that ship sailed long ago.

I don't claim to know what the answer is, but ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away. Critical Theory isn't new, they just went balls to the wall with it officially in recent years. It has been the de facto instruction in academia for decades if you knew what you were looking at.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (W8e/N)

295 We're happy that the g-babies and their parents own their own little slice of land in the Ozarks.
Posted by: SMH

Beautiful country. Used to go to Branson and Silver Dollar City for summer vacation every year from '68 to '78. Love the Ozarks.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (OCTRt)

296 When did the whole cow-orker become a thing? Was it an ace-ism that stuck like lak? I see it all the time now.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (f6xX0)
++++
I think "cow-orker" is Dilbert.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (DU+/6)

297 1971 you could buy beer at 18. Literally no one cared, still in 1981 if a 17 yr old had a beer --including the bars in Georgetown and capitol hill. I know this.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (ySQBZ)

298 Played in a Pinball Tourney on Monday night.

No masks in sight.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (N70Am)

299 Just remember that the vin goes into the coq, not the cook.
Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (qyH+l)

***

**scratches coq au vin from list**

Posted by: Diogenes at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (axyOa)

300 I think the year was 1971. DeSantis was 21, the girls were 17. They're grasping at straws.

I started school at 17, in 19*cough* and spent most of my first quarter drinking way too much. If they're implying that beer and wine weren't readily available on campus at that time, they're lying. But you already know that.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (ZsR3z)

301 Seeking Who Dis? outtakes -- that's next-level Horde behavior right there!
Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2021 10:45 AM (mZUr4)

Interesting idea.

But if I posted them, they would no longer be outtakes, now, would they?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (S/rQ4)

302 No, I meant exactly what I said.

No TV, no internet.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (IE0b

Those would be electronic technology.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 27, 2021 11:03 AM (o2MD2)

303 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (P3gRi)

That sounds like a disease. Now I know you never in your life before this referred to breasts are "lung warts".

See I told you men like to sit round make up silly terms for breasts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (ueGNX)

304 Beautiful country. Used to go to Branson and Silver Dollar City for summer vacation every year from '68 to '78. Love the Ozarks.
Posted by: rickb223
___

They live closer to the Mississippi than Branson, but yes, it is a gorgeous area.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (IE0b8)

305 that vid of the chick on the subway getting punched was very disturbing. But hey, if getting raped on a train is ok in the city...well...thats where we are.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (RoIW/)

306 >>Seeking Who Dis? outtakes -- that's next-level Horde behavior right there!

Who Dis? - Unplugged.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (N70Am)

307
When did the whole cow-orker become a thing? Was it an ace-ism that stuck like lak? I see it all the time now.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM

it's a derivation of Ace's "cob-logger", which itself is one of the epic typos of all time

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (jNlqr)

308 258 Cleon Jones

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 27, 2021 10:35 AM (s2VJv)

Played right field for the Mets...right?
Posted by: BignJames at October 27, 2021 10:56 AM (AwYPR)
________

I'd have said left. I think Shamsky and Swoboda platooned in right. That's without checking. I know Jones hit .340 in 1969.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (7X3UV)

309 Second, the WEF has been a leading proponent of digital biometric identity systems, arguing that they will make societies and industries more efficient, more productive and more secure. In July 2019, the WEF started a project to "shape the future of travel with biometric-enabled digital traveler identity management". In addition, the WEF collaborates with the ID2020 alliance, which is funded by the Gates and Rockefeller foundations and runs a program to "provide digital ID with vaccines". In particular, ID2020 sees the vaccination of children as "an entry point for digital identity."

Third, WEF founder Klaus Schwab is the author of the book COVID-19: The Great Reset, published in July 2020, which argues that the coronavirus pandemic can and should be used for an "economic, societal, geopolitical, environmental and technological reset", including, in particular, advancing global governance, accelerating digital transformation, and tackling climate change.

https://bit.ly/3jIkwF4

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (Do5/p)

310 Here in Alexandria is about 90% mask wearing

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (ySQBZ)

311 It was 18 in high school. Went to 19 after I turned 20, & went to 21 two months before my 21st birthday. Bartender kept serving me because I had been legal for almost two years.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (OCTRt)

Same for me, legal for 2.5 years, illegal for 6 months, then legal again. Dumbest thing ever.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (UuD2k)

312 >Just remember that the vin goes into the coq, not the cook.

Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (qyH+l)

I reject your rules, h8tr.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (sjdRT)

313 Just remember that the vin goes into the coq, not the cook.
Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2021 11:02 AM (qyH+l)

What? Never mind, count me out.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (Ez6QX)

314 Those would be electronic technology.
Posted by: Xipe Totec
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Whatevers.

In any case, they're not glued to a screen being brainwashed.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (IE0b8)

315 >>Just remember that the vin goes into the coq, not the cook.

So. You need a tiny funnel?

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (N70Am)

316 The Progs: A young DeSantis being pictured a party where young college chicks were drinking is unacceptable and dangerous and prohibits from higher office.

Also the Progs: An elderly Biden feeling up little girls and grabbing their nipples is not only not a problem, we deny it ever happened despite routine video and photographic evidence.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (DU+/6)

317 When did the whole cow-orker become a thing? Was it an ace-ism that stuck like lak? I see it all the time now.

Have no idea. Been here since LGF imploded tho not the most active, never been to a MoMe though I probably could have pulled loose Tx time this go round.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (8erNz)

318 I'm gonna put my coq in the mashed potatoes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (UuD2k)

319 "And I believe... in going to church on Sundays... except when there's a game on."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (ZSK0i)

reminds me of the SNL bit he did with the christmas wishes...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (8D42x)

320 Heh. Valerie Leon was the babe in the old Hai Karate commercials!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (wtvvX)

321 Edward Fox to Valerie is barely 2 steps

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 27, 2021 11:06 AM (4brEp)

322 It's funny...I like a breast as much as the next guy, but a nice smile is far more important.

Yeah, but it's a lot harder to make up hilarious new names for a nice smile.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:06 AM (ZsR3z)

323 Please also pray for Alex's family, mentioned last week.

Alex's funeral is today.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 27, 2021 11:06 AM (5kI0z)

324 I haven't made coq au vin in forever. I should remedy that.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 10:16 AM (Ez6QX)

Just remember that the vin goes into the coq, not the cook.
Posted by: Fox2!

Zombie Justin Wilson would like a word with you.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (OCTRt)

325 When did the whole cow-orker become a thing? Was it an ace-ism that stuck like lak? I see it all the time now.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021

***
I used to see "cow-irker" back in the 2005-2010 time frame, before I came here, at various 'Net locations.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (txdEq)

326 316 The Progs: A young DeSantis being pictured a party where young college chicks were drinking is unacceptable and dangerous and prohibits from higher office.

Also the Progs: An elderly Biden feeling up little girls and grabbing their nipples is not only not a problem, we deny it ever happened despite routine video and photographic evidence.

Also the Progs: it's fine for a guy in a skirt to rape your daughter, as long as he's not an authentic Scot.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (8erNz)

327 213 >She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

I love that this unfalsifiable assertion is the now the main justification for pushing the clot shot.
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Yep, I really wish when somebody says that that the response would be "really, what's your proof of that? Or are you just taking the word of the government officials who have been wrong about everything else, and the drug companies that are profiting hugely from the government forcing these shots on people?"

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (k4dH2)

328 No one ever stopped me from buying beer or drinking it. Walked straight into bars at 16, never had an issue.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (ySQBZ)

329 "The right" keeps giving up after political defeats because "the right" doesn't include most of "their" politicians.

The GOP is full of quislings whose job is to pretend to put up a fight and then lose - usually using the loss as a fundraising platform. They're not cowards, they're just on the other side.

And the actual right's actual problem is no longer that they want to go back to everyday life instead of politics. It's now that they keep trying to live everyday life instead of burning everything the fuck down and making tableware out of the skulls of their enemies.

It is time. It has been time. All that is wanting is the specific spark.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM (yVPr3)

330 >>No one ever stopped me from buying beer or drinking it. Walked straight into bars at 16, never had an issue.

I was in the same boat...only I never liked drinking.

Used to buy beer for all of my friends, though.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM (N70Am)

331 Ooooh...here is a good one that is likely NSFW :

https://tinyurl.com/knuwheju

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 10:48 AM (N70Am)

That's a good pic, but just a tiny bit too "nipply" for a 'who dis' pic.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM (S/rQ4)

332 >>> Recent news story about an Aussie actress crippled by the Clot shot. https://tinyurl.com/b7xa4pwh

She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

Rare.

The article mentions the rare side-effect of the injections where people's blood repeatedly rarely clots up as it is a rare thing that only very rarely keeps happening re-rarely. The article then goes on to tell us how rare this rare event is that keeps happening over and over again so very rarely. It is very careful to remind you throughout how rare it is by mentioning it's rarity throughout the article every sentence or so. The word "rare"? It's occurrence is not so rare in that article.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM (f6xX0)

333 " vaccines only account for one part of the virus/disease (the Spike - or S - protein) and not any other parts of the virus/disease. So that when the virus/disease mutated, the "vaccines" would no longer be able to protect from the variants."

I don't understand the whole thang ... BUT, yeah, the point is the variants are adapting to that one type of resistance (assuming the different vaccines are somewhat the same?) ... Natural Immunity may not be complete, but it is broader, and (I assume) every person develops immunity in their own way.

So the variants might adapt to one person's natural immunity, but that would not run like a wildfire through those with somewhat different natural immunities. (that is my current theory at least) But with the vaccine, the virus is given the environment to adapt to just that one spike protein, and then all the vaccinated are vulnerable.

Some real science guys think that could allow a much more serious pandemic than the original ... "extinction event" is probably overwrought, but some say even that.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM (Cus5s)

334 Apparently Valerie Leon and Edward Fox were in Never Say Never Again Fox played M, if you recall. She had a small role, "Lady in Bahamas."

Valerie also worked with Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 11:09 AM (txdEq)

335 >>That's a good pic, but just a tiny bit too "nipply" for a 'who dis' pic.

This is why I insist that you are a chick.

Too Nipply?

That's not a thing. At all.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:09 AM (N70Am)

336 >I reject your rules, h8tr.
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (sjdRT)

I liked your namesake's cameo in the new movie.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 11:09 AM (cSs/W)

337 That's a good pic, but just a tiny bit too "nipply" for a 'who dis' pic.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM (S/rQ4)

That is a sexist, patriarchal position that oppresses the wemens.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (Y5qcH)

338 I think the year was 1971. DeSantis was 21, the girls were 17. They're grasping at straws.

These are the same people who support Epstein Island, sex trafficking of young girls and women, pushing explicit sex education in schools, etc.

They have zero problem with DeSantis doing this. They're employing Rules for Radicals Rule 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." The problem is that maybe this was a rule for conservatives in 1950s, but in 2020s, I doubt anyone takes issue with this. They're trying to make this DeSantis' "grab them by the p-ssy" moment. Won't work.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (Do5/p)

339 "Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into Heaven, Jesus a Christ the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. "

Hebrews 4:14

Posted by: Marcus T at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (acsaG)

340 Check that tiny url I posted...maybe take a baby aspirin first, though.
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:01 AM (N70Am)

some impressive tracts of land...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (8D42x)

341 I'm gonna put my coq in the mashed potatoes.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM

If you liked our coq au vin, try our whiskey coq!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (m+jkK)

342 16 The Progs: A young DeSantis being pictured a party where young college chicks were drinking is unacceptable and dangerous and prohibits from higher office.

Also the Progs: An elderly Biden feeling up little girls and grabbing their nipples is not only not a problem, we deny it ever happened despite routine video and photographic evidence.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 11:05 AM (DU+/6

The squeamish suburban women vote Democrat because no one is ever going to show them icky photos of a dem politician but they will see icky photos of Republicans that they don't want to think about.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (6RgRK)

343 325 When did the whole cow-orker become a thing? Was it an ace-ism that stuck like lak? I see it all the time now.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021

***
I used to see "cow-irker" back in the 2005-2010 time frame, before I came here, at various 'Net locations.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (txdEq)

I believe 'cow-worker' was first used on Scott 'Dilbert' Adams' old blog back in late 90s.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (S/rQ4)

344 Whover the dude is he stole Trumps luxurious head pelt.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (flINI)

345 So many people think electronics is the only technology.

When a machine tool produces precision parts that is a technology.
When a loom produces the cloth that covers your naked ass that is also technology.

When you flush the toilet, that is again technology.

Electronics is not the whole show, not by a lot.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (o2MD2)

346 some impressive tracts of land...

Dang, I forgot that one.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (ZsR3z)

347 "I love cooking with wine. Sometimes some of it even makes it into the dish."

Posted by: Julia Child at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (rDgjh)

348 It's very disheartening. Which is why, I think, the Right tends to give up easily, not willing to expend vast amounts of time and resources for goals that turn out to be fruitless.

Are we talking "The Right" - or are we talking "Conservatism" ? Because "The Right" never gives up either. They never stop supporting the next Government Solution - via some politician that's going to fix everything. They never stop "backing the blue" - even when the blue arrests them for not staying six feet apart in church. They see #VoteHarder as a virtue.

The Right would rather die that stop beating their heads against a brick wall, insisting that the same thing will deliver a different result, all while everything around them burns. Call "The Right" anything you want - I certainly don't like them - but don't call them quitters.

Posted by: Working for Peanuts at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (d39g4)

349 It's funny...I like a breast as much as the next guy, but a nice smile is far more important.

Try playing with a smile.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (OCTRt)

350 Played right field for the Mets...right?
Posted by: BignJames

Yep !

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (arJlL)

351 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (arJlL)

352 342 The squeamish suburban women vote Democrat because no one is ever going to show them icky photos of a dem politician but they will see icky photos of Republicans that they don't want to think about.
Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM (6RgRK)

==========

So, Republicans should stop caring what they have to say or how they might vote because they're as culturally Democratic as a Berkeley professor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (LvTSG)

353 Twix ad features a witch blowing away a kid for making fun of a boy in a dress. When the boy asks the witch if the kid will come back, she answers, "Probably."

https://bit.ly/3miQoSg

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (YYlyE)

354 This is why I insist that you are a chick.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:09 AM (N70Am)

I can verify that OM is not a chick.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (Ez6QX)

355 When we have two lazy lumps of fat as Republican leaders the base loses its motivation.

Posted by: Don Huffines For Texas Governor at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (2xGy+)

356 Electronics is not the whole show, not by a lot.
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No, really?

Wow, I never knew that.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (IE0b8)

357 FYI-- The earliest reference to "Lung Warts" on the Urban Dictionary is from 2007.

(Don't go to that site, Fen)

Posted by: irright at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (SchQD)

358 Lol. If that's all they have on DeSantis, they must really be scared. Maybe the Golden Scalp Weasel should take a pass.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (kbvR/)

359 Are they still rubber bulleting people in Australia.?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (295RA)

360 This is why I insist that you are a chick.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:09 AM (N70Am)

You may be right. I haven't checked lately.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (S/rQ4)

361 The article mentions the rare side-effect of the injections where people's blood repeatedly rarely clots up as it is a rare thing that only very rarely keeps happening re-rarely. The article then goes on to tell us how rare this rare event is that keeps happening over and over again so very rarely.
___________

Yeah, but you know what else is rare? Otherwise healthy people under 65 dying the from the china virus.

So of course healthy people should expose themselves to being crippled, having a stroke, going blind, becoming sterile, dying, etc, just so they can maybe avoid -- for a couple of months -- a virus that has almost no chance of killing them. Totes makes sense! It's science!!!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (k4dH2)

362 Longtime silent lurker. Finally decided to say something important:

More elbows please.

Posted by: Harry Dangler at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (cioQe)

363 If you liked our coq au vin, try our whiskey coq!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

It's never hard.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (OCTRt)

364 Hey Jordan!

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (IE0b8)

365 Too Nipply?

That's not a thing. At all.

Well, I suppose it could be.

But in general...to the extent that it matters, I prefer secondary sexual characteristics modest in size but with significant protuberances.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (8erNz)

366 Merrick Garland told the Senate this morning he intends to keep targeting parents. Democrats are foul and evil.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (ITJyK)

367 "Which is perhaps why, when state election officials unconstitutionally rewrote election laws for the 2020 election, we mostly just sat there and watched them do it."

-------

I absolutely disagree. The GOP "played by the rules" and fought in the legislatures, but mostly in the courts -- and the courts totally failed to do their job.

Which leaves what? Torches and pitchforks??

Posted by: JM in Florida - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (HCeRP)

368 "29 Recent news story about an Aussie actress crippled by the Clot shot. https://tinyurl.com/b7xa4pwh

She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)"

At this point every nation with reasonably transparent data that hasn't been deliberately fucked (looking at you, CDC) shows negative efficacy on the mRNA vaccines, for both catching it and outcomes, in addition to mortality under ~30 that exceeds COVID itself. And that cutoff is likely to keep creeping upwards.

These people can't be reasoned with. The best you can do is serve their mask mandate trick back at them and use this kind of silliness for IFF.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 27, 2021 11:14 AM (yVPr3)

369 Speaking of education....

Report out today shows college enrollment for 2021 is down 6.5% from 2019. That's a yuuuuuge drop in 2 years.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 11:14 AM (OalnH)

370 You may be right. I haven't checked lately.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (S/rQ4)

Ohferchrissake, now we're gonna get PRONOUNS.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:14 AM (8erNz)

371 Hey Jordan!
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (IE0b

Hi SMH! Did WDS send you the picture of us?

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 11:14 AM (Ez6QX)

372 But in general...to the extent that it matters, I prefer secondary sexual characteristics modest in size but with significant protuberances.

Wait, we're still talking about women, right?

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:14 AM (ZsR3z)

373 For example, I remember when we lost the Obergefell decision, somebody on our team, I think it was Marco Rubio, said 'Oh well, I guess we lost. We need to just move on now.' And for that, he should have been primaried the next time he was up for re-election. What a gutless coward.

I don't think he's gutless; he's just on the other side. And so are a majority of "conservatives." Cultural conservatives - a minority, and a much smaller one that most seem to imagine - got sold out by their own side. The number of conservatives who are going to publicly disapprove of anything gay-related is small, and was small well before cancel culture got rolling. Ask Rick Santorum. Nor can most conservatives seem to connect the dots between the gay stuff and things they are willing to carp about, like trans nonsense, even though it's right there in the acronym: LGBTQ. For all their mockery of the left's denial of reality, a majority on the right also think they can only be half-pregnant. Good luck with "live and let live" and all that.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (QU5/8)

374 Report out today shows college enrollment for 2021 is down 6.5% from 2019. That's a yuuuuuge drop in 2 years.
___

Meanwhile, some of the trade schools are seeing increased enrollment.

Funny, that.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (IE0b8)

375 >Are they still rubber bulleting people in Australia.?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (295RA)

They've moved on to outright stating that the happy fun camps are being finished in order to hold the unvaccinated.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (cSs/W)

376 Ok, I don't get the Pennywise libertarian, literally everyone joke??

Posted by: redridinghood at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (NpAcC)

377 Whover the dude is he stole Trumps luxurious head pelt.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 27, 2021 11:10 AM

There can be only one Golden Scalp Weasel. This is a Known Thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (m+jkK)

378 Devil's dumplings = breasts
Elizabethan Blackadder

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (UHVv4)

379 But with the vaccine, the virus is given the environment to adapt to just that one spike protein, and then all the vaccinated are vulnerable. Some real science guys think that could allow a much more serious pandemic than the original ... "extinction event" is probably overwrought, but some say even that.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2021 11:08 AM

Yep. And I have read that while the "vaccines" may provide temporary "protection" specifically against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, they also weaken the "vaccinated" person's immune system in general. So while the result of the shot may be short-term "protection" against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, long term they will be more vulnerable to every other possible illness due to weakened immune system.

All this shit reminds me of the storyline in the movie "Serenity". People think that that kind of evil only exists in science fiction books and films. We're living through that very evil shit right now. And they're getting away with it, because the majority of people can't even fathom that people could be that evil in real life. What's the saying? Tell a lie so big, no one would possibly believe it. That's the Plandemic.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (Do5/p)

380 >>> Try playing with a smile.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:11 AM (OCTRt)

They make a neat b-b-b-b-b sound when you bounce your finger between their lips. Boobs might do that too, not sure, I'll have to check the next time I'm around some. For now, I'll give a single point to both smiles and boobs.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (f6xX0)

381 Merrick Garland told the Senate this morning he intends to keep targeting parents. Democrats are foul and evil.

Excellent. I've been worried that they'd wise up and stop stepping on their d***s in time for the election.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (ZsR3z)

382 369 Speaking of education....

Report out today shows college enrollment for 2021 is down 6.5% from 2019. That's a yuuuuuge drop in 2 years.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at October 27, 2021 11:14 AM (OalnH)

========

$5 says it's disproportionately men.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (LvTSG)

383 No one ever stopped me from buying beer or drinking it. Walked straight into bars at 16, never had an issue.
Posted by: dagny

Yep - celebrated my 18th birthday at a bar that had been serving me for two years.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (mD/uy)

384 Isn't the picture of DeSantis doctored?

Wasn't that Justin Trudeau in the original?

Posted by: Nom de Blog at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (UNQS9)

385 That sounds like a disease. Now I know you never in your life before this referred to breasts are "lung warts". See I told you men like to sit round make up silly terms for breasts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 11:04 AM (ueGNX)

No, it was really used in a book. "Rhubarb", by H. Allen Smith. "Lung Warts" was spoken by a character of less than sterling reputation, if I remember right. It is a really funny story, about a cat that inherits a baseball team.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (P3gRi)

386 Edward Fox has always been one of my favorite actors. Supposed to have been a helluva swell guy, too.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (dfRN6)

387 Ok, I don't get the Pennywise libertarian, literally everyone joke??
Posted by: redridinghood

Nobody gives a shit what libertarians think.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (OCTRt)

388 Also the Progs: it's fine for a guy in a skirt to rape your daughter, as long as he's not an authentic Scot.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (8erNz)

No true Scotsman would ever rape your daughter.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (S/rQ4)

389 376 Ok, I don't get the Pennywise libertarian, literally everyone joke??
Posted by: redridinghood at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (NpAcC)

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People don't want to listen to libertarians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (LvTSG)

390 So many people think electronics is the only technology.

When a machine tool produces precision parts that is a technology. When a loom produces the cloth that covers your naked ass that is also technology.

When you flush the toilet, that is again technology.

Sure, but most people speak in shorthand. When they refer to electronics as technology, they are saying modern technology. A toilet's s-bend has been around for thousands of years.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (YYlyE)

391 Hi SMH! Did WDS send you the picture of us?
Posted by: Jordan61
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Yes she did.

The Troublemaking 'Ettes should be the title.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (IE0b8)

392 "I absolutely disagree. The GOP "played by the rules" and fought in the legislatures, but mostly in the courts -- and the courts totally failed to do their job.

Which leaves what? Torches and pitchforks??
Posted by: JM in Florida - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at October 27, 2021 11:13 AM (HCeRP)"

The longer people take the GOP at face value with their protestations of "but we tried", the longer this will drag on.

When your political opposition is running a biowarfare campaign on you, it's probably time to skip right past the torches and pitchforcks.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (yVPr3)

393
Merrick Garland told the Senate this morning he intends to keep targeting parents.

Ah, so targeting is back on the menu? Good to know.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (pNxlR)

394 378 Devil's dumplings = breasts
Elizabethan Blackadder

Xiao long boob.

Just don't bite off the top before you suck out the soup.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (8erNz)

395 Kathleen Parker says criticizing Alec Baldwin for shooting an innocent woman is "indecent".

She literally says that, in her WaPo column. It's indecent.

Fuck you, Kathleen Parker.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (ITJyK)

396 Ok, I don't get the Pennywise libertarian, literally everyone joke??
Posted by: redridinghood

The meme is suggesting everyone hates libertarians.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (mD/uy)

397 Twix ad features a witch blowing away a kid for making fun of a boy in a dress. When the boy asks the witch if the kid will come back, she answers, "Probably."

https://bit.ly/3miQoSg

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (YYlyE)

Liked the witch, but the commercial is crap.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (VwHCD)

398 Devil's dumplings = breasts
Elizabethan Blackadder
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM

E. Blackadder: Oh, my goodness, my earmuffs have slipped!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (m+jkK)

399 Wasn't that Justin Trudeau in the original?
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No, that guy is white.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (UHVv4)

400 Sure, but most people speak in shorthand. When they refer to electronics as technology, they are saying modern technology. A toilet's s-bend has been around for thousands of years.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Thank you.

Some of us are used to speaking in shorthand.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (IE0b8)

401 395 Kathleen Parker says criticizing Alec Baldwin for shooting an innocent woman is "indecent".

She literally says that, in her WaPo column. It's indecent.

Fuck you, Kathleen Parker.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (ITJyK)

==========

Translation: "Gun violence is okay."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, OCP were the good guys at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

402 Kay Parker > Kathleen Parker

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (RChnB)

403
Ok, I don't get the Pennywise libertarian, literally everyone joke??
Posted by: redridinghood

The meme is suggesting everyone hates libertarians.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 11:17 AM (mD/uy)

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And that they are creepy freaks who dwell in filth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (/KPLX)

404 >>> Excellent. I've been worried that they'd wise up and stop stepping on their d***s in time for the election.
Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (ZsR3z)

When their behavior changes not at all, they are as a result roundly booed and hated for it by a vast majority, and they end up all winning soundly, comfortably you will understand more.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (f6xX0)

405 Uncle Joe is still movin' kinda slow at the Junction.
https://tinyurl.com/386vky82

Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 27, 2021 11:18 AM (SrHez)

406 388 Also the Progs: it's fine for a guy in a skirt to rape your daughter, as long as he's not an authentic Scot.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:07 AM (8erNz)

No true Scotsman would ever rape your daughter.

I figured someone would work 'no true Scotsman' in there somewhere.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (8erNz)

407 Recent news story about an Aussie actress crippled by the Clot shot. https://tinyurl.com/b7xa4pwh

She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

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I read some of the article. I like how it says there is a 4-6 in 1 million chance of throwing a clot after getting vaccinated. How many people have been vaccinated in the U.S. 100 million? 150 million? 200 million? My wife showed me a whistleblower story in which several nurses that work for the agency that oversees medicare/medicaid payments and they admit to close to 50,000 deaths from the shot. That's just a tad more than 4-6 in 1 million.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (3TihK)

408 Hi SMH! Did WDS send you the picture of us?
Posted by: Jordan61
___

Yes she did.

The Troublemaking 'Ettes should be the title.
Posted by: SMH

We loved it!!

Posted by: Bob at NSA at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (mD/uy)

409 DeSantis was born in 1978. There's no reason for that photo to look so Polaroid-y.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (6RgRK)

410 When their behavior changes not at all, they are as a result roundly booed and hated for it by a vast majority, and they end up all winning soundly, comfortably you will understand more.

We shall see, my good man, we shall see.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (ZsR3z)

411 I have 2 nephews that went in to the trades rather than college. Both are making bank. One of them owns 2 houses (no mortgages) and he's not even 35.

Posted by: casual observer 1027 at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (jTmQV)

412
When you flush the toilet, that is again technology.

When the toilet plugs up and overflows, the first question that comes to mind is, "Why did we forsake using a privy for this, again?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (pNxlR)

413 lol Bob at NSA.

It was nice meeting you at the TxMoMee, btw.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:20 AM (IE0b8)

414 No one ever stopped me from buying beer or drinking it. Walked straight into bars at 16, never had an issue.
Posted by: dagny

Yep - celebrated my 18th birthday at a bar that had been serving me for two years.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (mD/uy)

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Growing up in Las Vegas, I started playing blackjack (back when it was one or two decks so you could still card-count) at age 17. Only time I got carded was when I was winning a lot ...

Posted by: ShainS -- State-Stamped Sluggish Schizophrenic at October 27, 2021 11:20 AM (X8KNs)

415 "The Right wants to do politics and be done with it so they can get on with life, while the Left wants to do politics all the time."

Let me see:

A republic, if you can keep it.
- Benjamin Franklin

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which G-d hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.
- John Philpot Curran

The warnings were there, over two centuries ago.
The next step is Kipling, and The G-ds of the Copybook Headings followed by MacDonough's Song.

Posted by: Sam at October 27, 2021 11:20 AM (ohyxL)

416 No true Scotsman would ever rape your daughter.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional

He can't get to First Base if she can't understand what he's saying.

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2021 11:20 AM (arJlL)

417 {{SMH}}

Posted by: Bob at NSA at October 27, 2021 11:20 AM (mD/uy)

418 Viruses replicate in very high numbers, power of 10 numbers. They rely on host cells to provide the replication machinery, they can't replicate on their own. So mutations are produced in all parts of the the RNA (or DNA, depending on the virus type). Think a million monkeys on a million typewriters. Most of these mutations would cause loss of replication or some other loss-of-function, and not survive. The ones that do survive will code for different amino acids than the original virus, and have a different conformation (3-D shape). Antibodies to the original viral protein will not bind to the same location if there is an amino acid or conformational change in that region.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 27, 2021 11:20 AM (w9Wax)

419 "375 >Are they still rubber bulleting people in Australia.?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (295RA)

They've moved on to outright stating that the happy fun camps are being finished in order to hold the unvaccinated.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at October 27, 2021 11:15 AM (cSs/W)"

They've built similar facilities in Canada (built, not building), and a number of US states are still staffing up theirs.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (yVPr3)

420 I know it's a little late in the thread to be bringing up actual content, but this line here is why I wanted Trump to run before he even announced:

>>>"The Right does not have the stomach for a sustained fight"

I asked people at the time - what the hell is Jeb! going to do. He will not fight. The left will tar him with some made-up charge and he'll apologize for it in hopes they leave him alone.

Trump actually fights, and it was great to have a fighter in our corner for a change.

Posted by: 496 at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (VJsqe)

421 When people say "technology" nowadays they usually refer to "high technology personally used by most people" and that usually means "electronics and the internet."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (DU+/6)

422 Hi SMH! Did WDS send you the picture of us?
Posted by: Jordan61
___

Yes she did.

The Troublemaking 'Ettes should be the title.
Posted by: SMH

Witches of Eastwick maybe? lol (ducking)

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (VwHCD)

423 I can verify that OM is not a chick.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (Ez6QX)

Thank you, milady.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (S/rQ4)

424 But in general...to the extent that it matters, I prefer secondary sexual characteristics modest in size but with significant protuberances.
Posted by: JEM

Wait, we're still talking about women, right?
Posted by: pep

Or he has a thing for handlebar mustaches.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (P1f+c)

425 Thanks everyone. I guess I'm slow. I agree with that meme then!

Posted by: redridinghood at October 27, 2021 11:21 AM (NpAcC)

426
DeSantis was born in 1978. There's no reason for that photo to look so Polaroid-y.
Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (6RgRK)

I bet it's real enough, But if not, that *would* be the perfect photo to fake. If a staffer came to me and said "sir, we have a problem... the media jackals are running this photo of you drinking with some chicks at a party in college," all I could say is "yeah, that does look like me. That's probably real. Deal with it."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (/KPLX)

427 I have 2 nephews that went in to the trades rather than college. Both are making bank. One of them owns 2 houses (no mortgages) and he's not even 35.
Posted by: casual observer 1027
___

Good for them.

My son-in-law is an industrial electrician, and he's doing fine. Able to buy some land and a nice home in the Ozarks.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (IE0b8)

428 "WEF founder Klaus Schwab is the author of the book COVID-19: The Great Reset, published in July 2020, which argues that the coronavirus pandemic can and should be used for an "economic, societal, geopolitical, environmental and technological reset",

right ... these oligarchs get together and plot to overthrow of sovereign free states, and yet any that think they are serious are labeled "Conspiracy Theorists", or domestic terrorists. ...

Oligarchs are pushing the buttons for all the (otherwise) Crazy responses to the pandemic. ... They openly state their maniacal plans, even how to FLOOD the zone with their Narrative, censoring and drowning out all rational counter-narratives. ...

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (Cus5s)

429 >>I can verify that OM is not a chick.

Then. Why does she have a girl's name?

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (N70Am)

430 Nood ape

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (w9Wax)

431 Sure, but most people speak in shorthand. When they refer to electronics as technology, they are saying modern technology. A toilet's s-bend has been around for thousands of years.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 11:16 AM (YYlyE)

Modern electronics - as we all see them now - contain something that has never been seen in recorded history. The ability to not only contain knowledge - like a book - but also apply it, such as a CNC mill, far beyond the scope of mechanical devices like the loom, printing press, or cotton gin. That's the difference. I should know - automation is my field.

If we regress back - and I think we will - there will be upsides and downsides. One upside ? A single programmer won't be able to "automate" tasks anymore. We'll be back to individuals pushing buttons in a manufacturing plant ... thinking, in other words. Back to machinists operating mills and lathes.

That arrangement won't be the most efficient. But it will be, in the macro sense, more resilient. More diversified.

Posted by: Working for Peanuts at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (d39g4)

432 Witches of Eastwick maybe? lol (ducking)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
___

I've been called worse.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (IE0b8)

433 The problem with todays trade schools is that with all the emphasis on college for the past 20 years the trade schools are watered down so much as to be nearly useless.
The major trade school here just added a 2 year college program. I told those assholes what Arkansas needed was more top drawer trade schools and less second rate colleges. But who am I, with degrees in Engineering and Biology to made such radical judgements?

The "machinists" I've hired of late don't know how to machine a fucking cube, much less a precision casting.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (o2MD2)

434 The Youngkin campaign is not firing on all cylinders. Calls are not being returned or picked up. Field offices are empty.

Posted by: MikeN at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (mslAS)

435 . . . https://bit.ly/3miQoSg

Posted by: bonhomme at October 27, 2021 11:12 AM (YYlyE)

Liked the witch, but the commercial is crap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 27, 2021

***
It goes on too long as well as hitting the transgender stuff too hard. And the product vanishes from the screen for a long period of time. The viewer is gonna forget this is abut Twix (if he doesn't turn the thing off before the end, as I did).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (txdEq)

436 I hope DeSantis has a good laugh about these latest attempt to make a scandal out of nothing. I think a good sense of humor is really necessary in politics.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (ueGNX)

437 The MacAwful rally was worse than I thought it would be. Biden's full incoherence and lies on display, MacAwful dancing on stage, and Biden spitting on a woman. Gross.

Love the baby's onesie!

Posted by: Cheri at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (oiNtH)

438 Merrick Garland told the Senate this morning he intends to keep targeting parents.
__________

He'd better hope that none of them decide to target him back.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (k4dH2)

439 430 Nood ape
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (w9Wax)

The ape is at the top of this current thread.

Posted by: m at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (SJbY/)

440 NoooooOOOOOOoooooOOOOOddd.

In excelsis deo.

Posted by: JEM at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (8erNz)

441 I've been wondering how they would sideline Kamala, so as to open up a slot for someone, you know, electable. I think they've settled on spasm-inducing death ray.

https://tinyurl.com/3fdrkhkk
Posted by: pep at October 27, 2021 10:20 AM (ZsR3z)

A-ha. You've found the one in 2.75 million that experiences side effects from the Ivermectin / HCQ cocktail.

Posted by: Golfman at October 27, 2021 11:24 AM (hOMhY)

442 "Ron DeSantis partied with underaged girls while teaching in college. "

I will now clutch my pearls and say "why I never..".
(yawn)

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 27, 2021 11:24 AM (QFVV9)

443 nood Biden Stumbles into DC-Adjacent Virginia to Speak Incoherently to Sparse and Dejected Gathering

Posted by: m at October 27, 2021 11:24 AM (SJbY/)

444 My wife showed me a whistleblower story in which several nurses that work for the agency that oversees medicare/medicaid payments and they admit to close to 50,000 deaths from the shot.

**

Details are starting to trickle out and people are starting to make connections.

Instructions are apparently not to aspirate the injection, which means you inject and pull back to make sure there's no blood drawn into the syringe. If there's blood you're in a vein and not a muscle, and if you're in a vein you're sending the payload straight to the heart.

They want deaths.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - all of modern medicine is based on abortion at October 27, 2021 11:25 AM (RKEEA)

445 I hope DeSantis has a good laugh about these latest attempt to make a scandal out of nothing. I think a good sense of humor is really necessary in politics.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Two words: Hunter Biden. I think DeSantis has the whole snark and mock thing down.

Posted by: Cheri at October 27, 2021 11:25 AM (oiNtH)

446 "I read some of the article. I like how it says there is a 4-6 in 1 million chance of throwing a clot after getting vaccinated. How many people have been vaccinated in the U.S. 100 million? 150 million? 200 million? My wife showed me a whistleblower story in which several nurses that work for the agency that oversees medicare/medicaid payments and they admit to close to 50,000 deaths from the shot. That's just a tad more than 4-6 in 1 million.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (3TihK)"

Moderna had (has?) a subcontractor for processing adverse event reports. In their quarterly report after this summer they were patting themselves on the back for handling over 300,000 reports in a 3 month span.

We are probably well past the 50k mark in the US. My personal count of dead post-jab acquaintances is now up to 7, with two more who weren't looking good whose status I have not been able to determine - and who were not expected to survive.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at October 27, 2021 11:26 AM (yVPr3)

447 Lots of Federalist Society conservative-ish legal types are always saying things like, "We'll the role of the judiciary should be modest and deferential to the elected branches, so we can't expect much from a conservative SCOTUS ... you'll have to win some elections."

But every prog/lib legal type is like, "We need to pack the court with 50 progs TODAY and start issuing sua sponte rulings federalizing elections, vaccine mandates, incorporating free healthcare into the 14th amendment, outlawing CO2 admissions, and making teacher unions formal arbiters of curricula."

Posted by: Match Checksout at October 27, 2021 11:28 AM (dYe5S)

448 I read some of the article. I like how it says there is a 4-6 in 1 million chance of throwing a clot after getting vaccinated. How many people have been vaccinated in the U.S. 100 million? 150 million? 200 million? My wife showed me a whistleblower story in which several nurses that work for the agency that oversees medicare/medicaid payments and they admit to close to 50,000 deaths from the shot. That's just a tad more than 4-6 in 1 million.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 27, 2021 11:19 AM (3TihK)

And a recent Project Veritas undercover video has a couple of nurses admitting that a lot of vaccine deaths aren't being reported or recorded. So there's that.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:28 AM (S/rQ4)

449 Sadly, they are not wrong. Trump is to blame for not only pushing the "vaccines", but pushing them through only companies which have a long track record of corruption and failure. He did this despite apparently knowing the success of HCQ. Like Bush 43 did not fight back against the media lies about OEF and OIF, Trump did not fight back against the media lies about HCQ
And as far as I know, he has not told people to focus more on prevention and treatment through HCQ, Ivermectin and monoclonal antibodies rather than "vaccines" that do not provide immunity. It's one thing to be wrong last year, but quite another to *still* push "vaccines" now.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Trump, as President at the time, bears a lot of responsibility for what happened. He could have said "No!" to a lot of this stuff, and pushed back. At the time, he probably thought (incorrectly) that a vaxxination would end the plandemic fear mongering.
He was wrong on this, as he was wrong on other things..

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at October 27, 2021 11:29 AM (vcOmj)

450
DeSantis was born in 1978. There's no reason for that photo to look so Polaroid-y.
Posted by: Emmie

That is an ill-lit and ill-focused photo that could have been taken of anybody by anybody at anytime. As for its destructive potential, I am sure that saints abound among those celebrating its release. Whether knowingly or not, I imagine that the vast majority of adults in this country now alive have been at least one party where there was someone not of age imbibing in alcoholic beverages. I have no shocked face for this tripe.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 27, 2021 11:29 AM (pNxlR)

451 29 Recent news story about an Aussie actress crippled by the Clot shot. https://tinyurl.com/b7xa4pwh

She says though it would have been much worse if she wasn't forced to take it.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 10:23 AM (ESjRY)

"Much worse"? How much worse? It looks to me that if it had been only 1% worse, she'd be dead now.

Posted by: Emmie at October 27, 2021 11:29 AM (6RgRK)

452 > They've moved on to outright stating that the happy fun camps are being finished in order to hold the unvaccinated.

Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. Anyone who is destined for prison will be taken to prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die by the sword.

Posted by: me at October 27, 2021 11:32 AM (9p+wn)

453 Edward Fox has always been one of my favorite actors. Supposed to have been a helluva swell guy, too.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

He was also one of many stars in the movie "The Battle of Britain".

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at October 27, 2021 11:32 AM (vcOmj)

454 429 >>I can verify that OM is not a chick.

Then. Why does she have a girl's name?
Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2021 11:22 AM (N70Am)

Way back in the dawn of time when I posted my first comment to this blog, I had to choose a nic, and 'OregonMuse' was the first name that came to me. The fact that the Greek Muses are female did not occur to me.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:32 AM (S/rQ4)

455 Trump, as President at the time, bears a lot of responsibility for what happened. He could have said "No!" to a lot of this stuff, and pushed back. At the time, he probably thought (incorrectly) that a vaxxination would end the plandemic fear mongering.
He was wrong on this, as he was wrong on other things.

Trump is a product of his geography and generation. He saw a problem, and he thought he could make it go away through delegating to experts the authority to properly allocate the resources of the lone Superpower left standing. He was wrong. Also, not all that different than a sane Joe Biden.

Posted by: Working for Peanuts at October 27, 2021 11:33 AM (d39g4)

456 433 Xipe Toltec,
A good trade school is expensive to run due to requiring a large new technology acquisition budget and skilled instructors.

Colleges are cheaper to run and brings in about the same in revenue and more importantly bring in higher salaries for administrative staff.
Administrators for reasons of pay and prestige always go for the college route if allowed.

Posted by: whig at October 27, 2021 11:37 AM (9hXN1)

457 Posted by: MikeN at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (mslAS)

OK moby.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:37 AM (S/rQ4)

458 Trump is a product of his geography and generation. He saw a problem, and he thought he could make it go away through delegating to experts the authority to properly allocate the resources of the lone Superpower left standing. He was wrong. Also, not all that different than a sane Joe Biden.
Posted by: Working for Peanuts at October 27, 2021 11:33 AM (d39g4)

Also, Trump is a stage IV germaphobe. That has to be factored in, too.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:38 AM (S/rQ4)

459 Edward Fox also played British General Brian Horrocks of XXX Corps (that's Thirty Corps, pervs) in A Bridge Too Far.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 27, 2021 11:42 AM (5YmYl)

460 My wife showed me a whistleblower story in which several nurses that work for the agency that oversees medicare/medicaid payments and they admit to close to 50,000 deaths from the shot. That's just a tad more than 4-6 in 1 million.

Vaers says 17K death, 80K hospitalizations.

Here's where things get interesting - not all vaers reports are ultimately due to the clot shot - just like the death number for COVID is the people *with* COVID that have died not people who COVID killed. Based on 50% of "COVID hospitalizations" being people whe had a positive PCR test after being hospitalized, I think we get to a ceiling on actual covid deaths of 350K.

But, there is a bunch of pre-covid research showing that only something like 2% of adverse reactions get reported. So there could be up to 850k deaths from the clot shot...though that also is a ceiling.

So it is possible that the clot shot has killed more people, whose death certificate would say stroke or heart attack, then COVID has...though i think it is unlikely.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 27, 2021 11:46 AM (ESjRY)

461 The Youngkin campaign is not firing on all cylinders. Calls are not being returned or picked up. Field offices are empty.
Posted by: MikeN at October 27, 2021 11:23 AM (mslAS)

OK moby.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at October 27, 2021 11:37 AM (S/rQ4)

MikeN is trying to discourage those Conservative folks in the other 49 states from voting in the VA gub election.

Posted by: Golfman at October 27, 2021 11:50 AM (hOMhY)

462 Jazuz this place has morphed into the Penny Shopper.

Posted by: MikeN at October 27, 2021 11:53 AM (iVPyr)

463 sock off

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at October 27, 2021 11:54 AM (UHVv4)

464 I recognized him from Force 10 From Navarone.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 27, 2021 12:27 PM (HBlzO)

465 OregonMuse, in your Monday Who Dis paragraph, you wrote it in such a way that it appears you are describing the porn star's CV.

Posted by: bradc at October 27, 2021 03:08 PM (zcqRh)

466 "Which is perhaps why, when state election officials unconstitutionally rewrote election laws for the 2020 election, we mostly just sat there and watched them do it. The Republicans in the various state legislatures should've screamed bloody murder about this, and perhaps some of them did, but not nearly enough."

No, they didn't because they were totally on board with throwing Trump under the bus--and in Georgia, even their own US Senate candidates too.

In my very red Florida county I used to do volunteer GOP work. Now the office is hardly staffed, and I backed off because I don't see a commitment to fighting and winning, as they say, by any means necessary, in the same way the "woke" Democrats do.

Posted by: 370H55V at October 27, 2021 04:36 PM (WusEB)

467 "The second is the pro-life movement. They've been fighting for the rights of the unborn since the mid 1970s. They will never, ever give up. And I have to commend Roman Catholics for their steadfastness here. They pretty much jump-started the pro-life movement themselves and have always been rock solid on this issue."

Well, good for them, but what happens when Pope Bergoglio decides that abortion is a blessing?

Posted by: 370H55V at October 27, 2021 04:38 PM (WusEB)

468 Parents don't have the right to determine their child's education content? Oh really?

https://tinyurl.com/9pnpx3j5

Posted by: 370H55V at October 27, 2021 04:42 PM (WusEB)

469 Thank you for finally admitting that conservatives are impotent cuckolds who will do nothing once they have power. You allow everyone else identity politics but deny it to White people. So you are losers who will do nothing even when you win. This is the first step in admitting you should never have power or even be listened to.

Posted by: Dogbot's Ghost at October 29, 2021 08:28 AM (7E3C4)

470 I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the page layout of your website? Its very well written

Posted by: Leia Driscoll at November 24, 2021 09:23 AM (DmJEz)

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