Mid-Morning Art Thread

Street In Røros
Harald Sohlberg

[Hat Tip: Miley]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 09:30 AM (arJlL)

3 Is that a flying monkey on the weather vane?

Posted by: 496 at January 18, 2022 09:30 AM (U1eOr)

4 I've seen streetier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

5 Those clouds look menacing.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Those birds are coming to kill you

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (F4DJi)

7 Where's Roros ?

Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (arJlL)

8 Roros row your boat, gently down the stream...

Posted by: 496 at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (U1eOr)

9 Kinda like it but can't think where would hang it

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (OFGdU)

10 Guess they don't sell paint in Roros......

Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (arJlL)

11 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (a5d7/)

12 Red house could use a paint job.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

13 We can assume the women with boobs--the Real draw to any art thread--are safely stashed away in these lovely, artistically appealing buildings?

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (FCPbW)

14 I like this.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (45fpk)

15 I don't think that stairway / railing in the foreground is up to code

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (mZUr4)

16 Where's Roros ?

Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (arJlL)

Norway?

Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2022 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

17 I believe the cabin boys will need comforting because they are on land tonight.

Posted by: Capn Ned (Raging Queen) at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (yrol0)

18 Nordic countries have such nice weather.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (z5Vrg)

19 Where's Roros ?
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (arJlL)

It's got the O with a line through it, so Scandinavian country, likely. Denmark....Sweden?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

20 It was quiet. Too quiet.

Posted by: huerfano at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (MzKgG)

21 Why is that spigot in the middle of the street?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (F4DJi)

22 Not a portrait is a plus.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (45fpk)

23 There's a red house over yonder......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

24 Needs a cat or a dog.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

25 Looks like the set for "Cannery Row."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (5pTK/)

26 Needs a cat or a dog.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

They're in the classroom.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

27 Another rerotic painting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (P3gRi)

28 Small town in Norway.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:35 AM (45fpk)

29
Lotsa akvavit sold there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 18, 2022 09:35 AM (/U27+)

30 Love the buildings. The sky is a little weird, but still, would hang.

Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 09:35 AM (FJYfm)

31 Why is that spigot in the middle of the street?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (F4DJi)

Cholera dispenser.

Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2022 09:35 AM (AwYPR)

32 Why is that spigot in the middle of the street?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (F4DJi)

For MANY years, I thought that device was a "spickit" based on the way my dad pronounced that word.

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:35 AM (mZUr4)

33 I like this. The contrast between the colorful buildings and grey, foreboding sky works well together.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (YIVH2)

34 The street looks empty because of the local covid restrictions.

Posted by: dantesed at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (88xKn)

35 Looks like a tornado is forming.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

36 It's a Scandi High Plains Drifter town.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (4I/2K)

37 I like this one. Very attractive piece.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (DU+/6)

38 Where are all the people? Covid lockdown, I guess.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (njfCw)

39 After seeing Roros I can understand why all the chicks from Brekken, Glamos, Feragen, Galaa and Hitterdalen come here to hang out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (VxC1e)

40
Deserted streets. Everyone's emigrated to Minnesota.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (/U27+)

41 CBD, did you get my e-mail with an art suggestion?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 09:37 AM (2JVJo)

42 She rows rowboats in Roros

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:37 AM (njfCw)

43 21 Why is that spigot in the middle of the street?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (F4DJi)

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It's there for Hans and Franz to pump *claps & points* you up!

Posted by: 496 at January 18, 2022 09:37 AM (U1eOr)

44 Roros seems kinda doom-y.

Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 09:37 AM (9otr5)

45 Deserted streets. Everyone's emigrated to Minnesota.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (/U27+)
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The locals probably know something we don't...Viking raiders on the horizon?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2022 09:37 AM (YIVH2)

46 They're in the classroom.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
Lol.
Meow

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

47 The "Visit Norway" site says: 'On a gently sloping plateau, 628 metres above sea level, is where you'll find Roros in Trondelag. It is one of the oldest towns of wooden buildings in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.'

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:38 AM (45fpk)

48 Would guess Norway. Saw a lot of brightly colored buildings in Bergen. The ones that survived the massive explosion in 1944. Like the colors although it's a bit spartan for me. Especially the pavement. Needs a few bistro tables, kittens and those May Day loons that were marching for socialism/communism the first day we visited Bergen.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 18, 2022 09:38 AM (2NHgQ)

49 Storm's a-brewing.

Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2022 09:38 AM (gmo/4)

50 Roros??

He HE he he he he!

Posted by: Scooby Doo! at January 18, 2022 09:38 AM (mZUr4)

51 Why is that spigot in the middle of the street?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (F4DJi)

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And it doesn't even work since the vandals stole the handle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:38 AM (VxC1e)

52 Ya, you bet-cha

Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (gmo/4)

53 .
Hah! I really would hang thing one, probably in a kitchen or bathroom, because the colors! The colors!

Dark, gloomy, despairing Scandi art is redeemed by primary colors.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (MIKMs)

54 Very nice picture; Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (k49Sx)

55 That's the River Hyttelva in the background.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (njfCw)

56 Very evocative of a place I would not want to live in!

But I would hang it in the library, for sure!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (hOUT3)

57 Looks like a storm is coming. Those are storm crows, I think. Better haul the boats up on shore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (P3gRi)

58 Needs a cat or a dog.

*******

The Clock Tower - a limerick

There once was a wise guy named Dorian
Who was certainly no art historian
"What I'd add to this scene
If you know what I mean
Is a gunfight...or perhaps a DeLorean."

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 09:39 AM (m45I2)

59 Roros is near the Village of Os

You just follow the Yellow Brick Road...

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:40 AM (njfCw)

60 A moose once bit my sister right on her Roros.

Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2022 09:40 AM (gmo/4)

61 Deserted streets. Everyone's emigrated to Minnesota.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 18, 2022 09:36 AM (/U27+)
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And taught everyone to make aebleskivers.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 18, 2022 09:40 AM (5pTK/)

62 If only Roros had a harbor we could have had an entire thread full of Brandy jokes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:40 AM (VxC1e)

63
Poster says, "Vote for Quisling. Or Else!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 18, 2022 09:41 AM (/U27+)

64 This painting is too uplifting.

Posted by: observer at January 18, 2022 09:41 AM (Qh+gE)

65 Poster says, "Vote for Quisling. Or Else!"

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He had pockets of popularity, you know!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (VxC1e)

66 If only Roros had a harbor we could have had an entire thread full of Brandy jokes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:40 AM (VxC1e)

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That's not funny!

Posted by: Karen McBrandymom at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (5pTK/)

67 My step brother had to move to Norway for some government contract job he had studying the atmosphere and ozone layer or some such. Before he could go, he had to test on a rifle. He'd never shot a gun in his life, so my dad taught him on his "Jap." A 7.62x39 he got from his dad.

They have bears, you know......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

68 62 If only Roros had a harbor we could have had an entire thread full of Brandy jokes.

It's a mining town. We could do mine jokes.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (njfCw)

69 Looks like the set for "Cannery Row."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 18, 2022 09:34 AM (5pTK/)

Did you know Rodgers and Hammerstein once did a musical version of "Cannery Row?" It was called Pipe Dream and played for seven months in 1955.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (2JVJo)

70 NIce. I would own.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2022 09:43 AM (C7jzY)

71 After looking at this I can see why all the Vikings headed for Sicily.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:43 AM (VxC1e)

72 It's there for Hans and Franz to pump *claps & points* you up!
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But Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.

Idle speculation about the masts above the buildings -- are they lightning rods?

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 18, 2022 09:44 AM (MIKMs)

73 Roros is the sister city of Lolos, Japan.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 18, 2022 09:44 AM (VPncT)

74 It's a mining town. We could do mine jokes.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (njfCw)

They got any nice headframes?

Posted by: Kameltoe at January 18, 2022 09:44 AM (P3gRi)

75 I'm looking at photos of Things to See in Roros. The little white church is charming. I'd love to go there.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (45fpk)

76 CBD -- the link to embiggen the photo is broken. There's a stray quotation mark at the end.

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (mZUr4)

77 There's a guy hanging by one arm from near the top of the spire. I can't unsee it now.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (njfCw)

78 What's up with the corner door on the building in the foreground? That's some odd shit.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (c9zl4)

79 Bats!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (U2p+3)

80 It's a mining town. We could do mine jokes.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (njfCw)

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It doesn't need to be an either ore proposition.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (VxC1e)

81 Mr. Sohlberg really had some nice pictures. I think this one has lovely colors:

tinyurl.com/4a89a6ww

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2022 09:46 AM (k49Sx)

82 Why would you leave all this for Duluth?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:46 AM (45fpk)

83 Looks like he ripped off the clouds from Starry Night.

Posted by: johnd01 at January 18, 2022 09:46 AM (ukNFU)

84 I like it!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 09:47 AM (URNdm)

85 i like it. it's a nice winter scene. i would hang. the colors would work in the den.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at January 18, 2022 09:48 AM (8D42x)

86 The red building is Rosa's Cantina?

Posted by: Marty Robbins at January 18, 2022 09:48 AM (4I/2K)

87 Roros is quiet now but on Saturday night that street is a veritable Biden rally of activity.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:48 AM (VxC1e)

88 The scene has a bit of a Far Side look to it. I think the red building is the Midvale School For The Gifted.

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:48 AM (mZUr4)

89 It's a mining town. We could do mine jokes.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022
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It doesn't need to be an either ore proposition.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022

***
We can adit to the previous puns.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 09:48 AM (txdEq)

90 Did you know Rodgers and Hammerstein once did a musical version of "Cannery Row?" It was called Pipe Dream and played for seven months in 1955.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (2JVJo)
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I did not know that. Sounds interesting.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 18, 2022 09:49 AM (5pTK/)

91 Morning Fen. Loved your contribution to ace's thread last night. Those poor cats. I laughed hysterically when the farting started. I've been corrupted by my stepkids and their scatalogical obsessive jokes.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 18, 2022 09:49 AM (2NHgQ)

92 sniper is in the steeple. sure it's obvious, but without a cannon or tank, he's pretty safe to get a kill streak bonus.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at January 18, 2022 09:49 AM (8D42x)

93 IS that Russian bombers coming over?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2022 09:49 AM (yrol0)

94 I like it!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 09:47 AM (URNdm)

Yes. It is a pleasant painting. The subject matter is interesting, and the technique is solid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 09:50 AM (P3gRi)

95 "Meet me at the spigot at nine tonight."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:50 AM (VxC1e)

96 Did you know Rodgers and Hammerstein once did a musical version of "Cannery Row?"
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Now I know where Sweeney Todd originated.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (MIKMs)

97 It's a mining town. We could do mine jokes.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:42 AM (njfCw)

Mining town? You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/iWxnz2akZP0

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (mZUr4)

98 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 18, 2022 09:49 AM (2NHgQ)

Thanks, but that must have been somebody else unless my aged memory is affecting me, because I don't recall posting about farting cats.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (k49Sx)

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (yQpMk)

100 Is that supposed to be a doorway on the corner of the red building?

Posted by: dantesed at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (88xKn)

101 See Kittuh!! Kittuh gazing out the window!

Like the painting.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (sAmhv)

102 Oh ... MINE jokes.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (yQpMk)

103 This painting doesn't exactly make one pine for the fjords.

Posted by: Bert G at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (iMNfP)

104 Rule One when learning to drive in Roros:

Don't hit the spigot

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (VxC1e)

105 102 Oh ... MINE jokes.

I can dig it.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (njfCw)

106 Oh ... MINE jokes.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (yQpMk)

nope, these jokes are mine. you can't have them.

besides, nobody steals these jokes...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (8D42x)

107 Do I spy a water sprout?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (r2kAm)

108 Is that supposed to be a doorway on the corner of the red building?
Posted by: dantesed at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (88xKn)

It's a semi-hidden door -- like in a Legend of Zelda game

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:53 AM (mZUr4)

109 Oh ... MINE jokes.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (yQpMk)

*!

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at January 18, 2022 09:53 AM (4I/2K)

110 FenelonSpoke

Thanks for that link. He had talent.

Would hang, in the saw shed.
Maintenance. It's all about the maintenance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 18, 2022 09:53 AM (u82oZ)

111 Is that supposed to be a doorway on the corner of the red building?
Posted by: dantesed at January 18, 2022 09:51 AM (88xKn)

Looks like it might have been a door once, but was boarded up. Building might have been a shop, converted to a house.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (P3gRi)

112 alternate title: Street Showing Effects of Global Warming

Posted by: m at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (hGIMd)

113 CAIR warns against backlash from next Friday's terror attack.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (yQpMk)

114 There are no steps leading down from it so I'm not thinking door.

Maybe a delivery door, offloading from carts? Still should have some steps though.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (njfCw)

115 Norway?
Posted by: BignJames

*******

Norway, Dude! - a limerick

I think that I now can report it
In Roros the lifestyle is Nordic
But it sure isn't cheap
On the coasts it's so steep
That most people just can't a-fjord it!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (m45I2)

116 That sky makes it look like we're seeing the last moments of Roros.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (3YVs3)

117 Mime jokes are a self-limiting genre.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (VxC1e)

118 Mime jokes are a self-limiting genre.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (VxC1e)
++++
No one will ever be able to top Mel Brooks. It's not worth pursuing...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 09:55 AM (DU+/6)

119 This painting doesn't exactly make one pine for the fjords.
Posted by: Bert G at January 18, 2022 09:52 AM (iMNfP)

Well, if the town were to be spruced up a little.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 09:55 AM (P3gRi)

120 Reminds me of "Motif #1," which deserves its own art thread:

https://tinyurl.com/2vep5vvr

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 09:55 AM (URNdm)

121 >>No one will ever be able to top Mel Brooks. It's not worth pursuing...

Heh, YES

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 09:56 AM (URNdm)

122 No one will ever be able to top Mel Brooks. It's not worth pursuing...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 09:55 AM (DU+/6)

"What did he say?"
"I don't know, I can't speak French."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 18, 2022 09:56 AM (PiwSw)

123 Where are the the minors or miners in this painting?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 18, 2022 09:56 AM (u82oZ)

124 Oh, isn't that special. All the planes are going to fall from the sky tomorrow. Good thing I haven't flown since Covid. Things continue to go swimmingly.

https://tinyurl.com/2s3bws4b

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (njfCw)

125 That warehouse on the corner is full of lutefisk and snipers.

Posted by: fluffy at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (FyYL7)

126 Mine jokes are lame fis sure.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (44ww/)

127 118 No one will ever be able to top Mel Brooks. It's not worth pursuing...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 09:55 AM (DU+/6)

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The Twelve Chairs is well worth discovering if you haven't seen it. Not what one might expect from a Mel Brooks joint, though. It's much sadder and very Russian (he's of Russian heritage, and the film is based on a Russian book), but very worthwhile.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (LvTSG)

128 Reminds me of "Motif #1," which deserves its own art thread

In Rockport MA, about 40-odd minutes away from me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (2JVJo)

129 >>No one will ever be able to top Mel Brooks. It's not worth pursuing...

Oh wait -- a good effort:

https://tinyurl.com/mwuwy8mn

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (URNdm)

130 The foundation on those dwellings looks like it was put together by drunken sailors.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (NpAcC)

131 Cicero

Don't put mime jokes in a box.

Back to painting. Harald Sohlberg paints a rustic Norway that is appealing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (u82oZ)

132 ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (x8kT3)

133 The foundation on those dwellings looks like it was put together by drunken sailors.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (NpAcC)

Early in the morning.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (45fpk)

134 >>In Rockport MA, about 40-odd minutes away from me.

How's retirement, MPPP?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (URNdm)

135 Xi is lobbying the US Federal Reserve to not raise interest rates. That is the best anecdotal evidence yet to start raising them immediately.
2022 will be the year China invades Taiwan in a tail wags dog move by the Chicoms.

Posted by: observer at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (Qh+gE)

136 The Twelve Chairs is well worth discovering if you haven't seen it. Not what one might expect from a Mel Brooks joint, though. It's much sadder and very Russian (he's of Russian heritage, and the film is based on a Russian book), but very worthwhile.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (LvTSG)

I first saw that in high school. Brooks is very hit-or-miss for me, but I always liked it.

Did you see F for Fake on TCM the other day?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 09:59 AM (2JVJo)

137 Did anyone notice the horizon is tilted?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 09:59 AM (r2kAm)

138 It's not a spigot. It's a hosepipe.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 18, 2022 09:59 AM (jYQlA)

139 >>137 Did anyone notice the horizon is tilted?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 09:59 AM (r2kAm)

Uneven ridge of a massive blue glacier.

Posted by: ZOD at January 18, 2022 10:00 AM (x8kT3)

140 Just picked up a DVD of the short-lived Mel Brooks mid-70s TV series "When Things Were Rotten." I remember one of my brothers and I watching it and laughing like hyenas. Hope it's as funny as I remember it.

It was a Robin Hood tale, years before he did Robin Hood, Men in Tights. Dick Gaultier played Robin, Dick Van Patton was Friar Tuck, Doc from the Love Boat was Alan a-Dale and Misty Rowe was Maid Marian.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 10:00 AM (njfCw)

141 136 I first saw that in high school. Brooks is very hit-or-miss for me, but I always liked it.

Did you see F for Fake on TCM the other day?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 09:59 AM (2JVJo)

==========

I don't have cable, but I do own F for Fake. It's a favorite of mine. When Welles decides to be playful, it's always worthwhile. The Immortal Story did something similar. It's fairly good, but just not nearly as entertaining as F for Fake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:00 AM (LvTSG)

142 Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 09:45 AM (mZUr4)

Thanks. Fixed!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (Q9lwr)

143 2019 I entered an installment plan agreement with the IRS to address back taxes.
2020 I got a HELOC to pay off the IRS at a better interest rate than the IRS was charging me.
Today, 2022 I received a letter from the IRS stating I have not been making my monthly payments.
Top Men, in all places!

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (DB16e)

144 Good morning everyone. I like it - would hang in the workshop. But it's not too effective as a tourism poster.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (mD/uy)

145 Ugh, I have got to write. See you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (2JVJo)

146 Did anyone notice the horizon is tilted?
Posted by: Anna Pum

It's the tsunami.

Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (8DRUP)

147 Everyone needs to move to the left.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (yQpMk)

148 Willowed

alternate theory, the "less than lethal" options have INCREASED the confrontational instances and increased the number of perps getting shot and/or killed.

thoughts?
Posted by: SturmToddler

*

Yep, I agree 100% and that was precisely my point.

And now the same people have taken away the ability for the right to peacefully protest.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at January 18, 2022 10:01 AM (0s1kU)

149 Early in the morning.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2022 09:58 AM (45fpk)

Good"un

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 18, 2022 10:02 AM (eGTCV)

150 I find mine jokes to be boring.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:02 AM (hOUT3)

151 Harald Sohlberg paints a rustic Norway that is appealing.

Hopefully, Roros will win its appeal, so it can be somewhere else.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 18, 2022 10:02 AM (3YVs3)

152 CAIR warns against backlash from next Friday's terror attack.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 09:54 AM (yQpMk)

The backlash that never happens. Fuck you, CAIR. Tell your 'religion' to stop creating terror.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

153 Did anyone notice the horizon is tilted?
Posted by: Anna Puma

AP - I think the horizon is level - the canvas was tilted when the painting was done.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:03 AM (mD/uy)

154 Oh, isn't that special. All the planes are going to fall from the sky tomorrow. Good thing I haven't flown since Covid. Things continue to go swimmingly. ...
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 09:57 AM (njfCw)
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Your government at work. The airlines want the C-Band 5G rollout suspended because it can interfere with altimeters. The cell networks paid a fortune for that band space and don't want to stop the rollout. In both cases, neither is beholden to the other.

This precise problem - limited band space, undesirable interference, safety and access concerns in overlapping domains - is why we have a regulatory structure in place. And what are the regulators doing? Getting into mutual pissing matches with each other. The cell networks answer to the FCC, the airlines to the FAA. The FCC says all is well for the rollout, the FAA says it isn't. The FAA is mandating shielding for some airports but not others. Any aircraft with shielded equipment prone to interference from 5G will be restricted to those airports that are site-protected.

In their ineptitude, they have come up with lousy compromises and no agreement on anything of substance. Your government at work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:03 AM (DU+/6)

155 I find mine jokes to be boring.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

******

You talkin' 'bout Shaft?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:04 AM (m45I2)

156 Everyone needs to move to the left.
Posted by: Hank Johnson

Lean to the left
Lean to the right
Stand up
Sit down

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:04 AM (mD/uy)

157 AP - I think the horizon is level - the canvas was tilted when the painting was done.

So he was drunk while painting...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:05 AM (r2kAm)

158 >>137 Did anyone notice the horizon is tilted?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 09:59 AM (r2kAm)

...bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse. And they all lived together in a crooked little house.

Posted by: ZOD at January 18, 2022 10:05 AM (x8kT3)

159 Mackeral Sky never leaves the ground dry.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2022 10:05 AM (C7jzY)

160 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:03 AM (DU+/6)

Exactly, this is a govt failure. They were supposed to ensure there were no conflicts and they screwed up royally.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:05 AM (UuD2k)

161

Death birds acomin...

Posted by: Terry Incognito at January 18, 2022 10:06 AM (ceKpf)

162 You talkin' 'bout Shaft?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:04 AM (m45I2)

I'm down with that!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:06 AM (hOUT3)

163 In their ineptitude, they have come up with lousy compromises and no agreement on anything of substance. Your government at work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:03 AM (DU+/6)

The simple answer is that we don't need 5G phone service. Existing phones work fine at 3G and 4G. You don't need to watch movies on your damned phone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:06 AM (P3gRi)

164 I thought 5G was going to kill us all. Or make us sterile. Or something. Nobody said anything about airplanes.

This is obviously Trump's fault.

* And a good time to be retired with nowhere to go

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2022 10:07 AM (BFigT)

165 Exactly, this is a govt failure. They were supposed to ensure there were no conflicts and they screwed up royally.

Nothing another government agency couldn't solve.

Posted by: More Taxes, Please! at January 18, 2022 10:07 AM (8DRUP)

166 >>alternate theory, the "less than lethal" options have INCREASED the confrontational instances and increased the number of perps getting shot and/or killed.

thoughts?

You could call it the "Luther Paradox" after the BBC cop series Luther. Played by the imposing Idris Elba, Luther is a detective who is, as with the rest of the UK police, unarmed. So. . .every time Luther corners the killer and confronts him, the perp decides to take his chances -- grabs a pipe, baseball bat, kitchen knife -- and lunges at Luther. Being huge, Luther eventually pounds the crap out of the perp, brings him to the police station, and is then reprimanded and/or suspended for abusing the perp. This happens each time.

Now, if Luther were armed, the perp would comply with the arrest without a punch being thrown.

But yeah, it's the guns that make cops violent.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2022 10:07 AM (URNdm)

167 Painting: Can't think of anything funny.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at January 18, 2022 10:07 AM (qpX6U)

168 Trump was big on 5G as I recall. So, Trump's fault.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 10:07 AM (njfCw)

169 Bad time to live near an airport LOL

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 10:08 AM (njfCw)

170 I loath commercial flight. It follows then, that I care not.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 18, 2022 10:08 AM (o2MD2)

171 Exactly, this is a govt failure. They were supposed to ensure there were no conflicts and they screwed up royally.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:05 AM (UuD2k)

Alternatively, it is an example of government success in ensuring that (almost) anyone can get a federal job at any level without any pesky requirements for intelligence, capability, or work ethic!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (hOUT3)

172 167 Painting: Can't think of anything funny.
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I find myself thinking of central heating.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (C7jzY)

173 BREAKING: Hong Kong to cull 2,000 animals after hamsters tested positive for C-19 at pet store with infected employee.

Richard Gere hardest hit.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (UHVv4)

174 Trump was big on 5G as I recall. So, Trump's fault.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 10:07 AM (njfCw)
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Everyone's big on 5G. The Internet of (mobile) Things won't happen without it. I'm not enthusiastic myself for privacy and nationalist reasons, but plenty of people are. And the regulators have failed across the entire spectrum (pardon the pun) of available failure.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (DU+/6)

175 Your government at work. The airlines want the C-Band 5G rollout suspended because it can interfere with altimeters. The cell networks paid a fortune for that band space and don't want to stop the rollout. In both cases, neither is beholden to the other.

**

Two very specific bandwidths used in extremely specialized situations and controlled scenarios that are exclusively under government control, and these exact same government people are going to fix Global Warming.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (K0X64)

176 The top end of US bandwidth for 5G is like 200MHz from the low end of the spectrum for aircraft radar altimeters.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (r2kAm)

177 You talkin' 'bout Shaft?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:04 AM (m45I2)

Ya DAAAAAAAMMMMMN right!

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2022 10:10 AM (mZUr4)

178 Welcome to Roros, where we never cut corners. Well, actually we do.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 18, 2022 10:10 AM (jYQlA)

179 I thought it was spelled "Ruh-roh."

Posted by: red speck at January 18, 2022 10:10 AM (gS3OW)

180 I think the thing is that 5G will make you die of covid on the airplane or something. Something about the frequencies. Hold on, let me ask Kenneth about it.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 18, 2022 10:11 AM (F4DJi)

181 "The airlines want the C-Band 5G rollout suspended because it can interfere with altimeters."

Radar altimeters specifically. AFAIK, proposed 5G band is not on top of those other services, merely adjacent. Has the interference been proven by experiment, or is it just speculation?

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at January 18, 2022 10:11 AM (qpX6U)

182 I thought 5G was going to kill us all. Or make us sterile. Or something. Nobody said anything about airplanes.

This is obviously Trump's fault.

* And a good time to be retired with nowhere to go
Posted by: Martini Farmer

This may turn us all into newts!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:12 AM (mD/uy)

183 I see no pickled herring. I question the authenticity of this work.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2022 10:12 AM (RkC6l)

184 Hey remember the 1990s when EMF was going to kill us all with cancer?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:12 AM (r2kAm)

185 183 I see no pickled herring. I question the authenticity of this work.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2022 10:12 AM (RkC6l)

You're lucky if you get pickled, try the fermented herring.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:13 AM (UuD2k)

186 This is nothing that quadruple masking won't protect us from.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 10:13 AM (VxC1e)

187 Has the interference been proven by experiment, or is it just speculation?

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at January 18, 2022 10:11 AM (qpX6U)

I haven't seen any data to back up the speculation. I think it is hysterical overreaction.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2022 10:13 AM (Q9lwr)

188 Ugh, I have got to write. See you all later.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Just relax and let it flow.....

Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 10:14 AM (arJlL)

189 184 Hey remember the 1990s when EMF was going to kill us all with cancer?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:12 AM (r2kAm)

You're unbelievable.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:14 AM (UuD2k)

190 The FCC vs. the FAA? I don't know what to think until OSHA and the NIH weigh in.

Posted by: johnd01 at January 18, 2022 10:14 AM (ukNFU)

191 Pretty sure most of us here lived through "The computers will all shut down on 1/1/2000" so color me skeptical.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 10:15 AM (njfCw)

192 Radar altimeters specifically. AFAIK, proposed 5G band is not on top of those other services, merely adjacent. Has the interference been proven by experiment, or is it just speculation?
Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at January 18, 2022 10:11 AM (qpX6U)
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No idea. As Anna pointed out, the allocated frequencies are a couple of hundred MHz apart. There shouldn't be a problem on that basis, but the airline industry (and the FAA, I think) position is either that interference is a known risk or that we don't actually know and thus risks are potentially huge from the standpoint of both capital and lives (I am not sure which of those is correct).

The FAA and the airlines are extremely conservative and defer to safety. The FCC errs on the side of technological advancement. The two are in conflict in this case and have proven themselves unable to solve a mutual problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:15 AM (DU+/6)

193 I think it is hysterical overreaction.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

******

Pffft. Right! Like THAT'S ever happened before...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:15 AM (m45I2)

194 So what time is being displayed on the clock?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (jYQlA)

195 Painting: I spent a good minute studying it. The eye travels naturally among all the details. I even crawled underneath that landing in lower center, trying to find something to snark about. Bupkis.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (qpX6U)

196 193 Pffft. Right! Like THAT'S ever happened before...
Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:15 AM (m45I2)

==========

Did you not put your mask up between bites at the restaurant?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (LvTSG)

197 190 The FCC vs. the FAA? I don't know what to think until OSHA and the NIH weigh in.
Posted by: johnd01 at January 18, 2022 10:14 AM (ukNFU)

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Can we get in on this?

Posted by: The Dept of Agriculture SWAT Team at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (VxC1e)

198 I don't have cable, but I do own F for Fake. It's a favorite of mine. When Welles decides to be playful, it's always worthwhile. The Immortal Story did something similar. It's fairly good, but just not nearly as entertaining as F for Fake.
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Coincidentally, I recorded F for Fake a few days ago to go with Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art that I recorded two weeks ago.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (UHVv4)

199 @173 Armageddon!!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (iTM0A)

200 TX Hs recovered all the jobs lost in the pandemic. Almost as if when a state does not close down its economy does well.

So weird.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (8hAix)

201 The FCC vs. the FAA? I don't know what to think until OSHA and the NIH weigh in.
Posted by: johnd01 at January 18, 2022 10:14 AM (ukNFU)

And the USDA. 5G causes cows to give skim milk, hence the shortage of half and half in the markets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:17 AM (P3gRi)

202 Willowed :
427 Whiskey does not belong in Guinness.

There. I said it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

WRONG

-Barleyjuice

Posted by: Inogame at January 18, 2022 10:17 AM (53oGX)

203 You're unbelievable.

Am a neko-grrl nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:18 AM (VVcfL)

204 200 TX Hs recovered all the jobs lost in the pandemic. Almost as if when a state does not close down its economy does well.

So weird.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (8hAix)

==========

State by state job numbers are always fascinating.

I believe Texas was responsible for over half of all jobs created under the Obama presidency, and this was evidence that leftist governance worked, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:18 AM (LvTSG)

205
I see that CBD is still held in thrall by Big Paint!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

206 Armageddon!!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

*******

"Arm-a-geddon sick and tired of all these doomsday predictions!!"

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:19 AM (m45I2)

207 >>available failure. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (DU+/6)

What a useful phrase.

"How about if we increase home ownership statistics by mandating that banks must lend to illiterate unemployed Hispanics? Bob?"
(Bob types into laptop, nods affirmatively)
"Falls into the 'available failure' rubric."
"Perfect! Jan, set up a meeting with Legislative Affairs..."

Posted by: ZOD at January 18, 2022 10:19 AM (x8kT3)

208 I see that CBD is still held in thrall by Big Paint!!!!

Sherwin Williams?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:20 AM (VVcfL)

209 He's a mean mother fu

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:20 AM (UHVv4)

210 Sherwin Williams?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:20 AM (VVcfL)
++++
Ask how. Ask now. Just don't ask why, comrade!

Posted by: People's Commissar of Paint at January 18, 2022 10:20 AM (DU+/6)

211 He's a mean mother fu
Posted by: andycanuck

Shut yo mouf!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:21 AM (mD/uy)

212 Alternate Title:

"Empty Streets: Bare-Shelves Biden's Solution to Empty Store Shelves"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2022 10:21 AM (5NkmN)

213 Yeah and of that Texas number something like 1/2 was either directly or indirectly related to evil oil. And yet Obama took credit for it all.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 18, 2022 10:21 AM (8hAix)

214 So what time is being displayed on the clock?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 18, 2022 10:16 AM (jYQlA)

Happy Hour.

Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2022 10:21 AM (AwYPR)

215 Fen. Ace credited you on the cafe thread last night for a farting French bulldog.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 18, 2022 10:21 AM (2NHgQ)

216 Thick ash on an airport runway delays aid deliveries to Tonga after volcanic eruption.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:22 AM (UHVv4)

217 7 Where's Roros ?
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 09:31 AM (arJlL)

'bout a mile southeast of Kverningan...

Posted by: oldowan at January 18, 2022 10:22 AM (Mfqer)

218 Happy Hour.
Posted by: BignJames

So soon?

Lemme finish my oatmeal first.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:22 AM (mD/uy)

219 Speaking of evil oil....

In Europe, sales of EVs has surpassed sales of diesel cars. Which is a big deal given that the Euros love them some diesel.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 18, 2022 10:23 AM (8hAix)

220 213 Yeah and of that Texas number something like 1/2 was either directly or indirectly related to evil oil. And yet Obama took credit for it all.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 18, 2022 10:21 AM (8hAix)

========

Well, leftists do say that they want us to be more like Scandinavia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:23 AM (LvTSG)

221 Waitwaitwaitwaitwait.

FBI wasn't sure why the Colleysville TX synagogue hostage taker was taking hostages in a synagogue, then Just Joes says this is terrorism and then the FBI says, oh, yeah, this is terrorism.

But why the synagoge in Colleysville? That seems random, right? No one could possibly know why he would go there? Well, the terrorist he wanted freed from prison is imprisoned just 20 miles away.

Oh. Well, that might explain some things.

Jeez.

Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (9otr5)

222 Anders Breivik parole hearing today.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (UHVv4)

223 221 But why the synagoge in Colleysville? That seems random, right? No one could possibly know why he would go there? Well, the terrorist he wanted freed from prison is imprisoned just 20 miles away.

Oh. Well, that might explain some things.

Jeez.
Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (9otr5)

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Why did they kill him if the hostages got away?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (LvTSG)

224 A painting of a bad paint job. Wheels within wheels.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (ZLI7S)

225 So older aircraft are relegated to using only the 50 shielded airports. I see no possible bad outcomes for this.

/s

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (4I/2K)

226 Anders Breivik parole hearing today.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (UHVv4)

This is a joke, right?

Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (FJYfm)

227 available failure. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:09 AM (DU+/6)
...
What a useful phrase.
...
Posted by: ZOD at January 18, 2022 10:19 AM (x8kT3)

This phrase should be included in the AoS Stylebook as a term of art for every government misadventure!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (hOUT3)

228 In Europe, sales of EVs has surpassed sales of diesel cars. Which is a big deal given that the Euros love them some diesel.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 18, 2022 10:23 AM (8hAix)
++++
They also love "city cars" - little Euroboxes that you use to tool around town but don't take on trips. I could see an EV in that scenario, since things like "range" don't matter in that case, and the operating costs will be lower. Of course, Europe's insane energy policy will change that soon as the shortages pile up...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

229 209 He's a mean mother fu
Posted by: andycanuck

Or a bad mamma jamma

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (eARTe)

230 In Europe, sales of EVs has surpassed sales of diesel cars. Which is a big deal given that the Euros love them some diesel.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss�

Would this be the same EU that can't find adequate energy sources for winter heating?

Posted by: I Mean at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (dbmxA)

231 Psssst! Hey everybody! Don't look now, but we're not talking about OVID-CAY...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 10:26 AM (m45I2)

232 "What did he say?"
"I don't know, I can't speak French."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 18, 2022

***
Bea Arthur as unemployment office clerk, to unemployed gladiator: "Did you kill today? Did you try to kill today?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:26 AM (txdEq)

233 228 They also love "city cars" - little Euroboxes that you use to tool around town but don't take on trips. I could see an EV in that scenario, since things like "range" don't matter in that case, and the operating costs will be lower. Of course, Europe's insane energy policy will change that soon as the shortages pile up...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

=========

Weather also tends to happen in a narrower range. Less snow in Italy and such.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

234 Why did they kill him if the hostages got away?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford

They didn't kill him; he died of shame !

Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 10:26 AM (arJlL)

235 Why did they kill him if the hostages got away?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (LvTSG)

You know why.

Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 10:27 AM (9otr5)

236 They didn't kill him; he died of shame !
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 10:26 AM (arJlL)

Shame, and heavy gunfire. But mostly...

Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 10:27 AM (FJYfm)

237 Huh. "Anders Breivik gives Nazi salute during parole hearing."

The defense attorney who coached him to do so--"as a sign of your sincerity; parole boards respect sincerity" is chuckling over his aquavit as we speak.

Posted by: ZOD at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (x8kT3)

238 Thick ash on an airport runway delays aid deliveries to Tonga after volcanic eruption.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022

***
As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice. Either way, planes might well have a problem landing, or taking off, with it on the runway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (txdEq)

239 Due to my poor aim, I deem this painting more appropriate for the gun thread.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (WFMLs)

240 If you can just imagine yourself to be a different sex, why shouldn't my imaginary friend be able to register to vote?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (UuD2k)

241 This is a joke, right?
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Norway would I lie to you, Wally!

Sirhan Sirhan's wrapped up in CA last week too.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (UHVv4)

242 They didn't kill him; he died of shame !
Posted by: JT at January 18, 2022 10:26 AM (arJlL)

Killed him to protect the identity of the Fibbie that provided his gun?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (P3gRi)

243 Of course, Europe's insane energy policy will change that soon as the shortages pile up...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

Rapid increase in expensive infrastructure that is supplied by nonexistent energy sources.

Makes perfect sense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (Q9lwr)

244 Just picked up a DVD of the short-lived Mel Brooks mid-70s TV series "When Things Were Rotten." I remember one of my brothers and I watching it and laughing like hyenas. Hope it's as funny as I remember it.
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Recommend 'Jakers' kids' TV show. Mel Brooks voices a sheep. Excellent.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (MIKMs)

245 As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice. Either way, planes might well have a problem landing, or taking off, with it on the runway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (txdEq)
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IIRC from the last big eruption, I think the airborne stuff is also pretty corrosive (maybe a consequence of its composition and size like that), so flying through it is risky.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (DU+/6)

246 The Texas jobs are like the stock market, though. It's great that they're back, but the actual story is that there was two years of productivity lost from the market, and I'm guessing the number of jobs from 2019 don't correspond with the population growth or inflation in 2022.

It's good in a bad way. We (they) still lost two years, and all on purpose.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (K0X64)

247 Sherwin Williams?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:20 AM (VVcfL)

"Now I saw when Home Depot opened it's doors, and a great voice called "Come and See!", and I came and saw a Man in Blue Overalls, holding a Paint Brush and a Can of Red Latex Paint and there upon the can was this dread name - Sherwin Williams..."
***

So...yes!

Posted by: naturalfake - Reading from the Book of the Double Coat Apocalypse at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (5NkmN)

248 As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice. Either way, planes might well have a problem landing, or taking off, with it on the runway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (txdEq)

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More seriously, it tends to grind up turbine blades as it makes its way through a jet engine.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 10:30 AM (VxC1e)

249 Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM (9otr5)

Is it known how the muz fanboi got to Texas by air (and TSA approved) or just drove, or was driven, there?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:30 AM (hOUT3)

250 As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice.

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So single-use blue masks, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 18, 2022 10:30 AM (K0X64)

251 As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice. Either way, planes might well have a problem landing, or taking off, with it on the runway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

And it will absolutely grind jet turban fan blades.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:31 AM (mD/uy)

252 I see no pickled herring. I question the authenticity of this work.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2022

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Legalize Lutefisk!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:31 AM (txdEq)

253 245 As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice. Either way, planes might well have a problem landing, or taking off, with it on the runway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (txdEq)
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IIRC from the last big eruption, I think the airborne stuff is also pretty corrosive (maybe a consequence of its composition and size like that), so flying through it is risky.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (DU+/6)

The last big earthquake in Iceland shut down air travel in Europe, because of the risk of volcanic ash ruining engines mid-flight.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 18, 2022 10:31 AM (mdjgu)

254 "Now I saw when Home Depot opened it's doors, and a great voice called "Come and See!", and I came and saw a Man in Blue Overalls, holding a Paint Brush and a Can of Red Latex Paint and there upon the can was this dread name - Sherwin Williams..."

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Come on, we're done, Edwards.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 10:31 AM (VxC1e)

255 As I understand it, volcanic ash is not like cigarette ash. It's more like lightweight gravel or pumice. Either way, planes might well have a problem landing, or taking off, with it on the runway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:28 AM (txdEq)

It is mostly tiny crystals of quartz and feldspar, or tiny shards of glass. Very abrasive. An airplane that landed on an ash-covered runway would suck ash into the engines and destroy them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:32 AM (P3gRi)

256 Killed him to protect the identity of the Fibbie that provided his gun?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (P3gRi)

Once upon a time, and that time was not so very long ago, I would have dismissed this out of hand, but...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:32 AM (hOUT3)

257 Norway would I lie to you, Wally!

Sirhan Sirhan's wrapped up in CA last week too.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:29 AM (UHVv4)

Yeah, but Sirhan shot one guy in the '60s. I can see him at least being eligible for a hearing (Plus, it's California). But killed 77 people 10 years ago. When a country can't put someone like that away forever, honestly, they've lost the gumption it takes to be a functioning nation.

Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 10:32 AM (FJYfm)

258 IIRC from the last big eruption, I think the airborne stuff is also pretty corrosive (maybe a consequence of its composition and size like that), so flying through it is risky.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Sulfur content. Volcanic ash + water vapor = sulfuric acid. Not a crazy amount but enough to wreak havoc with jet engines.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (OUMaO)

259 The British man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue had been under investigation by MI5 as a possible Islamist terrorist threat as recently as 2020, Whitehall sources have acknowledged.

British intelligence closed the investigation, however, after officers had concluded Malik Faisal Akram from Blackburn posed no threat, and as a result he was able to travel freely to the US and purchase a gun.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (UHVv4)

260 Mexican Gas Station Guy: "He says ders a storm comin'."

Sarah Connor: "I know."

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (dfRN6)

261 Legalize Lutefisk!!!
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King Oscar

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (MIKMs)

262 It is mostly tiny crystals of quartz and feldspar, or tiny shards of glass. Very abrasive. An airplane that landed on an ash-covered runway would suck ash into the engines and destroy them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Well, this too. Or maybe I'm just full of it. Not an unknown thing to happen, that.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (OUMaO)

263 It is mostly tiny crystals of quartz and feldspar, or tiny shards of glass. Very abrasive. An airplane that landed on an ash-covered runway would suck ash into the engines and destroy them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:32 AM (P3gRi)
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Abrasive! That's the word I was thinking of when I used "corrosive" up there.

D'oh!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (DU+/6)

264 259 The British man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue had been under investigation by MI5 as a possible Islamist terrorist threat as recently as 2020, Whitehall sources have acknowledged.

British intelligence closed the investigation, however, after officers had concluded Malik Faisal Akram from Blackburn posed no threat, and as a result he was able to travel freely to the US and purchase a gun.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:33 AM (UHVv4)

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Maybe Western intelligence services suck. Makes you wonder about the spy stories of the Cold War...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (LvTSG)

265 Is it known how the muz fanboi got to Texas by air (and TSA approved) or just drove, or was driven, there?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:30 AM (hOUT3)

You can drive from north England to Texas?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (P3gRi)

266 Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard. $69 billion deal.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (mdjgu)

267 "Now I saw when Home Depot opened it's doors, and a great voice called "Come and See!", and I came and saw a Man in Blue Overalls, holding a Paint Brush and a Can of Red Latex Paint and there upon the can was this dread name - Sherwin Williams..."
***
So...yes!
Posted by: naturalfake - Reading from the Book of the Double Coat Apocalypse at January 18, 2022

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"Judgment Day."
"Well, every religion has its own myth about coats of paint."
"Myth? has it occurred to you the reason we've been so busy lately is that the paint coats have been wearing thin faster than ever?"
". . . Let's have a little music. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (txdEq)

268 266 Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard. $69 billion deal.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (mdjgu)

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We can haz Warcraft 4?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (LvTSG)

269 221:Oh. Well, that might explain some things.

No, it doesn't. That's kind of talk is sort of insurrectiony.

Posted by: FBI at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (sAmhv)

270
35,392.08 -519.73 (-1.45%)
As of 10:34AM EST. Market open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (yQpMk)

271 I know it's old-fashioned to refer to easiest girl in town as "the town pump" but no one made that joke within the first hundred comments? Whither the Horde Mind?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (2RBkF)

272 Is that the Angel Moroni on the steeple?

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (dJs6r)

273 Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard. $69 billion deal.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

For games? Holy shit, I have grown old.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (mD/uy)

274 OK, yep, I was wrong on the sulfur. Please return to ignoring me, I'll be sulking off in the corner.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (OUMaO)

275 We can haz Warcraft 4?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (LvTSG)
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Yeah, but the Mages will all be male-to-female trannies with enormous packages framed by revealing outfits.

Posted by: Microsoft Activision Blizzard at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (DU+/6)

276 Mexican Gas Station Guy: "He says ders a storm comin'."

Sarah Connor: "I know."
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 18, 2022

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One of the greatest Final Scenes in all of film.

Dialog like that, the sequels just didn't have it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (txdEq)

277 Maybe Western intelligence services suck. Makes you wonder about the spy stories of the Cold War...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (LvTSG)

I think even the idea of competence against a real enemy was last observed in the 1940-1950 time frame!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (hOUT3)

278 Ha. If anyone ever thought the market was connected to reality in any way, 35,392.08 should knock that foolishness out of you.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (K0X64)

279 Speaking of crashing jets...

Big Air is now trying to stop the deployment of 5G cuz they claim it will cause planes to crash.

They've only had 5-10 years to study and assess this technology...So -

I smell greenmail and whining for gov't handouts in the offing.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (5NkmN)

280 For games? Holy shit, I have grown old.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (mD/uy)

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I hear they've come a long way since Zork.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (VxC1e)

281 Is it known how the muz fanboi got to Texas by air (and TSA approved) or just drove, or was driven, there?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:30 AM (hOUT3)

The FBI has no idea at all. Not a clue.

But they have full surveillance of parents who go to school board meetings. So we have that going for us, I guess.

Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (9otr5)

282 244 Recommend 'Jakers' kids' TV show. Mel Brooks voices a sheep. Excellent.

Thanks - will check it!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (njfCw)

283 278 Ha. If anyone ever thought the market was connected to reality in any way, 35,392.08 should knock that foolishness out of you.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (K0X64)

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My financial advisor is really weirded out by the market.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

284 Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard. $69 billion deal.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Building the game library to end all game libraries.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (OUMaO)

285 Why did they kill him if the hostages got away?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:24 AM

Avoids awkward testimony later, comrade.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (RkC6l)

286 Scotland ending all Necronomicon, errr Omicron restrictions.

Posted by: Bert G at January 18, 2022 10:37 AM (iMNfP)

287 286 Scotland ending all Necronomicon, errr Omicron restrictions.
Posted by: Bert G at January 18, 2022 10:37 AM (iMNfP)

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That socialist hellhole?

It's really just coming down to the deadenders now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

288 British Airways Speedbird 007 flew through the ash cloud of an erupting Indonesian volcano en route to Australia on an overnight flight.

All four engines of the 747 eventually flamed out after the crew was treated to St. Elmo's fire. The ash cloud clogged the engines. But as the airplane glided to certain doom the crew kept trying to restart the engines.

Miraculously they eventually got all four engines going. Only to flame out again because they had turned around to the closest airport and flew through the ash cloud again*.

They got the engines started again and flew to the airport they had just departed. On approach they realized they could not see through the cockpit windows because the fine ash had turned them opaque.

Luckily they still were able to land safely. The only reason they were able to restart the engines was because the ash cooled and fell away from the turbine blades.

*The ash cloud was invisible on the weather radar which is why they flew through it twice.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:37 AM (VVcfL)

289 OK, yep, I was wrong on the sulfur. Please return to ignoring me, I'll be sulking off in the corner.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (OUMaO)

There is indeed sulfur in the ash plume of a volcano. I don't know how much remains in the ash that settles out on the ground.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (P3gRi)

290
Sad to say, AKC judge Joe Gregory passed away this week. He was 94. He judged the Hound Group at Houston and gave Lila a Group 1. He was remarkably energetic for a man of his age, literally jumping and spinning as he watched the exhibits going around. He was one of the few judges licensed to do all the AKC-recognized breeds. Sympathies to his wife Evalyn and his family.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (/U27+)

291 They've only had 5-10 years to study and assess this technology...So -

I smell greenmail and whining for gov't handouts in the offing.

Posted by: naturalfake

Turf wars. When these agencies are basically personal fiefdoms effectively beholden to no-one (at least so long as they grease the right palms and make homage to the right shibboleths) this sort of thing happens.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (OUMaO)

292 You can drive from north England to Texas?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:34 AM (P3gRi)

The question was once he flew into the US how did he get to TX?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (hOUT3)

293 "35,392.08 -519.73 (-1.45%) As of 10:34AM EST. Market open."

XLE has been on a little rally. I love me some petroleum.

Posted by: gp Drinks Your Milkshake at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (qpX6U)

294 For games? Holy shit, I have grown old.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 18, 2022 10:35 AM (mD/uy)
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Video games are *big* business. The industry will generate around $200 billion - That's Carl Sagan "Billion with a 'B'" - in revenue this year. It's bigger than Hollywood, and game development costs are breathtaking, as it is with hardware development. A single mega-hit franchise will butter your bread for a decade or more, and a major flop can kill you.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (DU+/6)

295 Luckily they still were able to land safely. The only reason they were able to restart the engines was because the ash cooled and fell away from the turbine blades.

*The ash cloud was invisible on the weather radar which is why they flew through it twice.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:37 AM (VVcfL)

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Has "Air Disasters" done that one, yet? I musta missed it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 18, 2022 10:39 AM (dfRN6)

296 Maybe Western intelligence services suck. Makes you wonder about the spy stories of the Cold War...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, no. The KGB kept the Western IC on there toes and somewhat sharp. It had to be. Two nuclear powers were staring each other down. The Cold War ending caused a lack of focus that has only gotten worse. That's just one problem, there are others. Many many others.

Posted by: FBI at January 18, 2022 10:39 AM (sAmhv)

297 294 Video games are *big* business. The industry will generate around $200 billion - That's Carl Sagan "Billion with a 'B'" - in revenue this year. It's bigger than Hollywood, and game development costs are breathtaking, as it is with hardware development. A single mega-hit franchise will butter your bread for a decade or more, and a major flop can kill you.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (DU+/6)

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QA those open world games, CD Projekt Red. QA them hard. We don't need another Cyberpunk 2077 on our hands.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

298 But they have full surveillance of parents who go to school board meetings. So we have that going for us, I guess.
Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (9otr5)

At least they still have their priorities straight!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (hOUT3)

299 QA those open world games, CD Projekt Red. QA them hard. We don't need another Cyberpunk 2077 on our hands.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

The general trend seems to be that the players are now the QA. Also ridiculously huge file sizes.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (z5Vrg)

300 The question was once he flew into the US how did he get to TX?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (hOUT3)

Oh. I assumed he had a direct flight from Heathrow to DFW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (P3gRi)

301 299 QA those open world games, CD Projekt Red. QA them hard. We don't need another Cyberpunk 2077 on our hands.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

The general trend seems to be that the players are now the QA. Also ridiculously huge file sizes.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (z5Vrg)

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I'm gonna pick up the PS4 version at some point. The free PS5 upgrade, whenever it comes, is mighty tempting and I don't want to miss it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

302 Has "Air Disasters" done that one, yet? I musta missed it.

I think so or May Day because I watched it on YouTube.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (VVcfL)

303 Well, no. The KGB kept the Western IC on there toes and somewhat sharp. It had to be. Two nuclear powers were staring each other down. The Cold War ending caused a lack of focus that has only gotten worse. That's just one problem, there are others. Many many others.
Posted by: FBI at January 18, 2022 10:39 AM (sAmhv)

If by kept them sharp, you mean the KGB was running western intelligence services, sure.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (z5Vrg)

304 Has "Air Disasters" done that one, yet? I musta missed it.
___

Yes.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (ERcy3)

305 303 If by kept them sharp, you mean the KGB was running western intelligence services, sure.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (z5Vrg)

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There's a mole right at the top of the circus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:42 AM (LvTSG)

306 You can drive from north England to Texas?
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Yes, once the genie hand-building the bridge for me because it's easier than my wish for the Leafs to win the Cup before I die is done.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:42 AM (UHVv4)

307 A single mega-hit franchise will butter your bread for a decade or more, and a major flop can kill you.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Plus the business model is different. Hollywood only wishes they could charge extra during a movie running to change character outfits, add side stories, and tighten pacing. Games can and increasingly do. Stupidly lucrative in the hands of an inventive and unscrupulous corporation, such as, well, nearly all of them these days.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:42 AM (OUMaO)

308 307 Plus the business model is different. Hollywood only wishes they could charge extra during a movie running to change character outfits, add side stories, and tighten pacing. Games can and increasingly do. Stupidly lucrative in the hands of an inventive and unscrupulous corporation, such as, well, nearly all of them these days.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:42 AM (OUMaO)

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I've never invested in a microtransaction. It's a model that works because people let it work on them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:42 AM (LvTSG)

309 They also arrested two teens in the UK connected to the case but I didn't bother reading up on the details.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (UHVv4)

310 Big Air is now trying to stop the deployment of 5G cuz they claim it will cause planes to crash.

They've only had 5-10 years to study and assess this technology...So -

I smell greenmail and whining for gov't handouts in the offing.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2022 10:36 AM (5NkmN)

I'm supposed to be on a plane Thursday evening.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (Ez6QX)

311 Plus the business model is different. Hollywood only wishes they could charge extra during a movie running to change character outfits, add side stories, and tighten pacing. Games can and increasingly do. Stupidly lucrative in the hands of an inventive and unscrupulous corporation, such as, well, nearly all of them these days.
Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:42 AM (OUMaO)
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Yeah. This is way more of a factor in mobile gaming than in console or PC gaming, but the behavior is in those as well. But mobile gaming - itself a many multi-billion-dollar subset of the overall industry - is fueled on this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (DU+/6)

312 XLE has been on a little rally. I love me some petroleum.
Posted by: gp Drinks Your Milkshake at January 18, 2022 10:38 AM (qpX6U)

My little Canadian junior oil stock just broke a dollar for the first time in over a year. Still has a way to go for me to break even on it, but they have production, and no debt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (P3gRi)

313 265 Is it known how the muz fanboi got to Texas by air (and TSA approved) or just drove, or was driven, there?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:30 AM (hOUT3)

You can drive from north England to Texas?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Yes. See, KlIMatE cHAngE caused the North Atlantic to dry up. Now you can drive from Birmingham, UK to Texas!! #sCIeNcE

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (sAmhv)

314 They also arrested two teens in the UK connected to the case but I didn't bother reading up on the details.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (UHVv4)

They're his kids, who undoubtedly knew what was going on, and didn't say jack.

Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 10:44 AM (FJYfm)

315 QA those open world games, CD Projekt Red. QA them hard. We don't need another Cyberpunk 2077 on our hands.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford

We do not understand this concept.

Posted by: Bethesda Game Studios (owned by Microsoft) at January 18, 2022 10:44 AM (OUMaO)

316 You do not have an ax.

Posted by: ZORK at January 18, 2022 10:45 AM (UHVv4)

317 315 We do not understand this concept.
Posted by: Bethesda Game Studios (owned by Microsoft) at January 18, 2022 10:44 AM (OUMaO)

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Do you do anything but re-release Skyrim anymore?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:45 AM (LvTSG)

318 White House citing "his greatest political strength" as "empathy and an ability to connect with ordinary Americans." .. by calling them "domestic terrorists" and "racists"

Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 10:45 AM (RHGPo)

319 317 315 We do not understand this concept.
Posted by: Bethesda Game Studios (owned by Microsoft) at January 18, 2022 10:44 AM (OUMaO)

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Do you do anything but re-release Skyrim anymore?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:45 AM (LvTSG)

Re-releasing Skyrim is a very profitable business model.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (z5Vrg)

320 You do not have an ax.

Posted by: ZORK at January 18, 2022 10:45 AM (UHVv4)

No grinding, huh?

Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (AwYPR)

321 Oh. I assumed he had a direct flight from Heathrow to DFW.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (P3gRi)

Good on you, I just presumed that was a non-starter.
And a quick check shows LHR to DFW direct flights!

So the real question is was he vetted at LHR by TSA?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (hOUT3)

322 Every beta game I played was fun and not broken, unlike a few ostensible AAA titles.

I played Factorio back when there was only 3 types of conveyer belts.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (44ww/)

323 Fen. Ace credited you on the cafe thread last night for a farting French bulldog.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Heh.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (OssQ4)

324 We are Terrorist Monitors...

Posted by: TSA at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (yQpMk)

325 Yeah. This is way more of a factor in mobile gaming than in console or PC gaming, but the behavior is in those as well. But mobile gaming - itself a many multi-billion-dollar subset of the overall industry - is fueled on this.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (DU+/6)
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I remember watching a YouTube video doing a deep dive on Raid: Shadow Legends. Turns out the game was really operated by a gambling company. They use a lot of the same manipulative tricks to keep you playing those mobile microtransaction games that they do to keep you in the casino.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (YIVH2)

326 QA those open world games, CD Projekt Red. QA them hard. We don't need another Cyberpunk 2077 on our hands.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:40 AM (LvTSG)
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Not necessary if you're a Real Gamer

Posted by: Nostalgia Gamer (I play only text-based roguelike dungeon crawlers) at January 18, 2022 10:47 AM (DU+/6)

327 Same view today..

https://tinyurl.com/ycftb28p

Looks like Middle-of-nowhere, Norway!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 18, 2022 10:47 AM (CjFDo)

328 325 I remember watching a YouTube video doing a deep dive on Raid: Shadow Legends. Turns out the game was really operated by a gambling company. They use a lot of the same manipulative tricks to keep you playing those mobile microtransaction games that they do to keep you in the casino.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (YIVH2)

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South Park tackled this a few years ago. Satan gave Stan a lecture about freemium games.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:47 AM (LvTSG)

329 I've never invested in a microtransaction. It's a model that works because people let it work on them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford

And they've gotten very, very good at persuading people to let it work. Good enough it's getting them in trouble in some places because some of it skirts gambling laws and laws against targeting minors. The entire industry, at least the major players, have sunk crazy amounts into research on maximizing this, like all of Big Tech has (don't mistake, this is a part of Big Tech as much as Meta or Google).

Posted by: Bethesda Game Studios (owned by Microsoft) at January 18, 2022 10:47 AM (OUMaO)

330 327 Same view today..

https://tinyurl.com/ycftb28p

Looks like Middle-of-nowhere, Norway!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

Cool.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (sAmhv)

331 SIDEBAR: Democrats Don't Have 'Bad Leaders, They Have Bad Followers'

Reminds me of this exchange in Remember the Titans:

Julius Campbell: [ ... ] Nobody plays. Yourself included. I'm supposed to wear myself out for the team? What team? Nah, nah what I'm gonna do is look out for myself and I'ma get mine.

Gerry Bertier: See man, that's the worst attitude I ever heard.

Julius Campbell: Attitude reflects leadership, captain.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (Do5/p)

332 I remember watching a YouTube video doing a deep dive on Raid: Shadow Legends. Turns out the game was really operated by a gambling company. They use a lot of the same manipulative tricks to keep you playing those mobile microtransaction games that they do to keep you in the casino.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (YIVH2)
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I didn't know that. I'm not a big gamer. I play Tetris, and that's about it. But I will say that it doesn't surprise me.

I imagine there could be a mighty fine line between "engagement" or "repeat playability" and "addiction" ....

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (DU+/6)

333 So the real question is was he vetted at LHR by TSA?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (hOUT3)

Well, if he wasn't carrying a weapon, and the Brit cops had dropped him from their watch list...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (P3gRi)

334 South Park tackled this a few years ago. Satan gave Stan a lecture about freemium games.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford

I saw that. Not a word was an exaggeration. It's really that bad.

Posted by: Bethesda Game Studios (owned by Microsoft) at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (OUMaO)

335 Bored Panda - Can You Find the Cat?

https://tinyurl.com/58v47hzf

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:49 AM (VVcfL)

336 Oh, FFS, buggy-ass sock off.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 10:49 AM (OUMaO)

337 4 Has "Air Disasters" done that one, yet? I musta missed it.
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Yes.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 18, 2022 10:41 AM (ERcy3)

The air disaster that gives me the willies the most is the Swiss Air crash near Newfoundland. Also the USAir crash into the Florida swamps.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2022 10:49 AM (Fs5vw)

338 We are Terrorist Monitors...
Posted by: TSA at January 18, 2022 10:46 AM (yQpMk)

Here Achmed, why don't you take the express lane, you look like you are in a hurry, and the strip searching of the grandmothers may take a while!

Posted by: TSA Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:50 AM (hOUT3)

339 I've got a zerrrrrrrg
And a shotgun
And I'm bringin' 'em home to you

https://youtu.be/WVRZAJTJKYs

Posted by: In the Hyperion's Cantina at January 18, 2022 10:50 AM (h5TKJ)

340 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I kinda like todays art. Interesting scene. Good choice.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2022 10:51 AM (axyOa)

341 Swiss Air - "we gonna install an after-market entertainment centre in our DC-10. Nothing will go wrong."

US AIr baggage handler - "Hey what's these little bottles?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:51 AM (VVcfL)

342 Well, if he wasn't carrying a weapon, and the Brit cops had dropped him from their watch list...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (P3gRi)

SO, with a "clean" Brit passport...

Posted by: TSA Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:51 AM (hOUT3)

343 The air disaster that gives me the willies the most is the Swiss Air crash near Newfoundland. Also the USAir crash into the Florida swamps.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2022 10:49 AM (Fs5vw)

I watched the Tenerife one the other day. I knew there had been a crash there but not the details. Sheesh.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 18, 2022 10:52 AM (Ez6QX)

344 Tenerife was firmly with the KLM Captain who thought he was god.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:53 AM (VVcfL)

345 342 Well, if he wasn't carrying a weapon, and the Brit cops had dropped him from their watch list...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:48 AM (P3gRi)

SO, with a "clean" Brit passport...
Posted by: TSA Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:51 AM (hOUT3)

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Five Eyes turning against normals is just the fantasy of a James Bond movie, people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:53 AM (LvTSG)

346 We let foreigners buy guns in the US? How do they pass a background check?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (UuD2k)

347 The White House is planning a new communications strategy, as President Joe Biden faces a total collapse of his approval ratings.

Citing "senior administration officials," NBC News reported Tuesday the White House is exploring new ways to communicate directly with the American people.

guess the are 'circling back'

Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (RHGPo)

348 Some of us have some personal knowledge about volcanic ash. If you own a car and live in an area that had an eruption, the ash will grind down the cylinder walls. It is very abrasive.

Posted by: notsothoreau at January 18, 2022 10:55 AM (YynYJ)

349 Critical Drinker review of The 355, "this computer MacGuffin that can control Joe Biden's life support."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:55 AM (VVcfL)

350 I've been a "gamer" (PC) for decades, but over time my taste has gotten very niche and selective. I don't buy many games, and the games I do buy have massive replayability (and I don't mind supporting studios with DLCs that add new content to these games, such as Paradox Studios -- it's not that this business model is beyond critique, but I appreciate that it continually allows for good games (like CK2) to get better over time.

I haven't owned a console since a SEGA Genesis. Recently I purchased a console for my kid (Thing 1). It took me a bit to set it up and it amazed me how much these things are embedded with micro-transactions. Kinda pissed me off when Thing 1 opens up a game on the new console and immediately wants to have a locked "DLC" that's a character reskin.

No, Thing 1, you will not have this.

Must be getting old -- can't help but think that the gaming scene used to be better before it was all corporatized.

Posted by: Revenant at January 18, 2022 10:55 AM (b9Gb2)

351 We let foreigners buy guns in the US? How do they pass a background check?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (UuD2k)

Did you see our fabulous government agencies discuss this. It was purchased "on the street." And that's it. Not another word about it. Then they moved on to their next bit of ass covering.

Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 10:56 AM (FJYfm)

352 Chuck Schumer Has Turned Into Wile E. Coyote

Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

353 ... Citing "senior administration officials," NBC News reported Tuesday the White House is exploring new ways to communicate directly with the American people. ...
Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (RHGPo)
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Twitter? Nightly fifteen minutes on all radio and TV networks? They communicate a lot as it is. The problem isn't available channels or bandwidth, it's that too many people dislike the message.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:57 AM (DU+/6)

354 I've been a "gamer" (PC) for decades, but over time my taste has gotten very niche and selective.

Posted by: Revenant at January 18, 2022 10:55 AM (b9Gb2)

I used to play PC games on occasion, but haven't in years. Halo, Half-Life, and...um...that's about it.

Anything out there as good as those?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2022 10:58 AM (Q9lwr)

355 I like it. Is that like a beachfront?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2022 10:58 AM (dNqv+)

356 Five Eyes turning against normals is just the fantasy of a James Bond movie, people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 10:53 AM (LvTSG)

Please to ignore this obvious dezinformatsiya, comrade!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 10:58 AM (hOUT3)

357 We let foreigners buy guns in the US? How do they pass a background check?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (UuD2k)

FBI said he bought the gun "on the street". Yeah, riiight. How is a foreigner, a Paki with a Brit accent, going to find some gang-banger willing to do business with in just a day or so? Dollars to donuts, he had a list of radical mosques in the DFW area, went to one or two, confided in some like-minded jihadi Johnny, and got a gun there. And maybe jihadi Johnny was an FBI asset.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 10:58 AM (P3gRi)

358 I was on a stretch DC8 from Europe trying to land at O'Hare on Dec 20th of 1972. It wasn't the worst crash they have had there but, being stacked up to land for four hours and running out of fuel while looking down at burning debris on the runway will make an impression on you as a passenger.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 10:59 AM (yQpMk)

359 Chuck Schumer Has Turned Into Wile E. Coyote

Is there an Acme Anvil in his future?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:59 AM (VVcfL)

360 353 ... Citing "senior administration officials," NBC News reported Tuesday the White House is exploring new ways to communicate directly with the American people. ...
Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (RHGPo)
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Twitter? Nightly fifteen minutes on all radio and TV networks? They communicate a lot as it is. The problem isn't available channels or bandwidth, it's that too many people dislike the message.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:57 AM (DU+/6)

This administration has now become that guy in the office who won't stop asking out the girl in accounting, even though she's made it clear that she's not interested.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 18, 2022 10:59 AM (KbCG3)

361 I used to play PC games on occasion, but haven't in years. Halo, Half-Life, and...um...that's about it.

Anything out there as good as those?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2022 10:58 AM (Q9lwr)
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I've not played Halo or Half-Life. Closest thing to a shooter that I've played somewhat recently was "Prey" (2017), which really isn't a shooter (it's an immersive sim).

I'd recommend Prey.

Posted by: Revenant at January 18, 2022 10:59 AM (b9Gb2)

362 347 The White House is planning a new communications strategy, as President Joe Biden faces a total collapse of his approval ratings.

Citing "senior administration officials," NBC News reported Tuesday the White House is exploring new ways to communicate directly with the American people.

guess the are 'circling back'
Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 10:54 AM (RHGPo)

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"Really, $20 hamburgers at McDonald's are awesome you dumb fucks."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 11:00 AM (LvTSG)

363 The Fed announced that it's not buying $6 billion in Treasuries today as planned due to "technical difficulties".

I guess the money printer needs toner.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 18, 2022 11:00 AM (UuD2k)

364 Did you see our fabulous government agencies discuss this. It was purchased "on the street." And that's it. Not another word about it. Then they moved on to their next bit of ass covering.
Posted by: Wally at January 18, 2022 10:56 AM (FJYfm)

Purchased from a street glowie who he just happened to meet while walking to the synagogue?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at January 18, 2022 11:00 AM (hOUT3)

365 353 Twitter? Nightly fifteen minutes on all radio and TV networks? They communicate a lot as it is. The problem isn't available channels or bandwidth, it's that too many people dislike the message.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2022 10:57 AM (DU+/6)

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Also, the results of policy. That's a big one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 18, 2022 11:00 AM (LvTSG)

366 359 Chuck Schumer Has Turned Into Wile E. Coyote

Is there an Acme Anvil in his future?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 10:59 AM (VVcfL)

How about a cannon?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2022 11:01 AM (dNqv+)

367 >>>The air disaster that gives me the willies the most is the Swiss Air crash near Newfoundland. Also the USAir crash into the Florida swamps.

Just the thought of being on a plane when suddenly the cabin floors collapses into the burning cargo compartment makes my skin crawl.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 18, 2022 11:01 AM (HmZuC)

368 Same view today..
https://tinyurl.com/ycftb28p
Looks like Middle-of-nowhere, Norway!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

*****

That's awesome.

Looks like they paved over the oump.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 11:01 AM (m45I2)

369 Nood monkey

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 18, 2022 11:01 AM (z5Vrg)

370 I used to play PC games on occasion, but haven't in years. Halo, Half-Life, and...um...that's about it.

Anything out there as good as those?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You have to look. Indie studios are most of the worthwhile offerings these days, and those can be...idiosyncratic.

Posted by: Brother Tim has nothing much to say, lately at January 18, 2022 11:02 AM (OUMaO)

371 I would be remiss if I didn't point out that jihadi buying his gun "on the street" is code for "we need moar gun control".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2022 11:02 AM (P3gRi)

372 Just the thought of being on a plane when suddenly the cabin floors collapses into the burning cargo compartment makes my skin crawl.

At least two DC-10s had their cargo doors blow out and collapse the floors because MDD decided they should open outward as it gave them more luggage space.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2022 11:04 AM (VVcfL)

373 oump? Pump, dammit!!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2022 11:04 AM (m45I2)

374
My financial advisor is really weirded out by the market.
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When he starts telling you to sink your money into ammo, smoked meats and liquor, let us know.

Posted by: La la la nothing to see at January 18, 2022 11:08 AM (ST28Z)

375 I was on a stretch DC8 from Europe trying to land at O'Hare on Dec 20th of 1972. It wasn't the worst crash they have had there but, being stacked up to land for four hours and running out of fuel while looking down at burning debris on the runway will make an impression on you as a passenger.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 18, 2022 10:59 AM (yQpMk

That was a period in airline aviation that saw many big catastrophes. I really do think that they were the product of the changeover to the larger jumbo type jets. Plus some sloppy engineering of airframes to keep competitive.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2022 11:10 AM (Fs5vw)

376 I used to play PC games on occasion, but haven't in years. Halo, Half-Life, and...um...that's about it.

Anything out there as good as those?
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depends on what you like.

the total war games series are pretty solid

the batman games are pretty good

the xcom game series is pretty well done

Posted by: sign up for steam at January 18, 2022 11:11 AM (d18Zh)

377 FalseBI said he bought the gun "on the street". Yeah, riiight. How is a foreigner, a Paki with a Brit accent, going to find some gang-banger willing to do business with in just a day or so? Dollars to donuts, he had a list of radical mosques in the DFW area, went to one or two, confided in some like-minded jihadi Johnny, and got a gun there. And maybe jihadi Johnny was an FBI asset.
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So at a minimum, the FBI had an asset in the welcome committee which provided the gun. Whether money changed hands or not is irrelevant. You don't grab an uber at the airport and say take me to the nearest illegal gun dealer.

Posted by: there is no way that guy got into the country without the Feds green lighting an op at January 18, 2022 11:15 AM (7Rql5)

378 Came across this item:

Texas Court of Appeals Rules State Cannot Prosecute Vote Fraud

Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2022 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

379 I'm supposed to be on a plane Thursday evening.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 18, 2022 10:43 AM (Ez6QX)

Can we have your stuff?

Seriously, have a safe trip.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 18, 2022 12:23 PM (Zvtjl)

380 It's got the O with a line through it, so Scandinavian country, likely. Denmark....Sweden?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 18, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

This is in Norway, although Denmark also uses the O with a line through it. Swedes put an "umlaut" thing over this kind of O.

Note that these are considered completely different letters, not just Os with decorations (like in French, with accent grave or accent aigu).

However, in Sweden, W and V are considered the same letter. You'll see them mixed together in the phone book, for example.

/end OT

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