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Threat Inflation
Threat inflation has become a tool of political repression.
What does it mean when President Biden declares an event in which four people died, all of them Trump supporters and only one by violence, the "worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War," and The New York Times marks the anniversary by proclaiming that "Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now"? The implication is politics as permanent crisis, which sounds strikingly like a definition of war. This obvious threat inflation, which should be familiar after September 11, is used by governments and private corporations alike to award themselves more unaccountable power. To work, it relies on the public being cowed by the expertise and authority of institutions that operate in secret. These methods have proved to be highly effective for defending the power of America's bureaucracies.
"Permanent crisis". Sometimes it helps those in power, sometimes it doesn't. Some domestic crises could have a negative impact in election season. Maybe they will have to generate a new one.
The problem with bureaucratised secrecy is what it does to the rest of society. As illusions come to seem real and formal mechanisms of truth-seeking appear blocked off, conspiracies offer themselves as a virtuous alternative. . .Threat Inflation in Foreign Affairs
"Secrecy is an institution of the administrative state that developed during the great conflicts of the twentieth century. It is distinctive primarily in that it is all but unexamined," the scholar and American statesman Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote toward the end of his long career in public life, when he turned his attention to the power in the shadows. . . Though he never wavered on the righteousness of the anti-Communist cause, Moynihan argued that the effort had been weakened and warped by the growth of a bureaucratic culture of secrecy. He delivered a measured but devastating attack on the underworld of administrative institutions better known today as "the deep state". In Secrecy: The American Experience, published in 1999, Moynihan argued that US policy had been systematically distorted by intelligence agency assessments that exaggerated the economic and military power of the Soviet Union. Because the agencies operated in secret, the exaggerations were not only shielded from scrutiny but had the perverse effect of fuelling their own growth. Over time, this process fundamentally transformed the American political system. "Secrecy is a form of regulation," Moynihan wrote in the book's opening line. . .
Despite his criticisms, Moynihan maintained that secrecy was "at times legitimate and necessary". But he observed a typology of secrets in which there were two critical distinctions. The first was between secrets applied to foreign affairs in the interest of national security, and those used domestically to regulate the activities of American citizens. The second, related division was between functional and symbolic secrets.Angelo Codevilla worked as a staffer for Moynihan. I wonder if this influenced Moynihan's decision to turn his attention to foreign affairs in his later years?
Codevilla believed in avoiding wars if possible and winning them if they could not be avoided. He disdained the postwar twilight of "No-win war, no peace." . . . If Codevilla had done no more than play the part of Jeremiah, we would remember him with gratitude. But he was much more than a scholar or pundit; he also was one of the canniest and most effective intelligence officials that the United States produced in the postwar period, most prominently as staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee during 1979-1985. He was offered senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency more than once, but preferred the role of an outside monitor of U.S. intelligence to the constraints of the intelligence community. Secrecy, he argued, is the most-abused privilege in government, because it allows intelligence agencies to cover up their errors. Codevilla knew where most of the bodies were buried, and showed no fear or favor as a critic of the intelligence establishment. . .Biden has just demonstrated that secrecy in government is subject to sudden disruptions, making the former secrets counter-productive. Threat Inflation in Domestic Affairs vs. Foreign Affairs Back to Siegel's piece at the top of the post:
For four years, while Donald Trump was President, US intelligence agencies colluded with members of Congress and the media to foment a conspiracy about collusion between Trump and Russia. The claims relied on secret smoking gun evidence that was supposedly in the possession of the proper authorities and would, any day, result in the President and his associates being tried for treason. Of course, this never happened, because what the secrecy concealed was not damning evidence, nor merely the lack of it, but the record showing how Clinton lawyers, ex spies, and current federal agents had, together, manufactured the false collusion narrative. Predictably, the official state-sanctioned conspiracy produced as its mutant offspring the counter-conspiracies of the Right, of which the most notorious was QAnon, a group that would play a leading role in the Capitol riot.So, Russia was a big threat to the USA because of some imaginary secret communication with Donald Trump, but it is not much of a threat to the USA when it reminds other countries that they are natural Soviet (that is, Russian) satellites after a Joe Biden press conference! But we have to pretend that this is not our position. I think I get it now. Maybe. Europe seems to be waking up. Is it good that they want to cut Joe out of negotiations with Russia?
The FBI has a record of hyping up threats and encouraging terrorists plots that it can then bust to justify its mission. . . And yet these dubious pseudo-events, which never posed any immediate threat to America's democracy or its security establishment, are compared to the worst attacks in American history. At the January 6 commemoration last week, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi brought out liberal godhead Lin-Manuel Miranda along with the cast of Hamilton to perform a virtual performance. This moment of supreme kitsch was only scarcely more ridiculous than Vice President Kamala Harris, in her commemorative remarks, comparing the largely symbolic riot to Pearl Harbor and 9/11. The purpose of these gross exaggerations is to demand that Americans forfeit their rights in the name of security and convince the public, or some electorally significant fraction of it, that it is wise and just for the US government to prosecute a counterterrorism campaign against Trump supporters. The project uses the full power of the American security establishment as a get-out-the-vote arm for the Democratic party. Secrecy, like conspiracy, dulls the impact of reality. . .There is a connection between the inanity of Biden's disastrous ramblings about Russia in his press conference and the inanity of the campaign against the left's political foes. I recommend reading Siegel's entire piece. It's short. Concerning the Democrats' latest threat inflation, the Republican push to return the USA to "Jim Crow" voting rules, Richard Epstein analyzes the voting rights showdown. Dispassionate, informative. Refreshing. Music Rachmaninoff, played by a blind pianist. Very dramatic. My Dad saw Rachmaninoff perform once. He entered the hall wearing a cape. He stopped the orchestra when a train passed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:16 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 11:17 AM (IJES/)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:18 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:18 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: KT at January 22, 2022 11:19 AM (0ghg2)
Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2022 11:19 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: blaster at January 22, 2022 11:20 AM (9otr5)
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 11:21 AM (IJES/)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2022 11:21 AM (ESjRY)
Unfortunately he passed away a short time later.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:21 AM (jTmQV)
Yeah, that box of 12 tablets bought from a major chain vs. the truckloads of 55 gallon drums of whatever the chemical is that are coming up from Mexico...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - read closely, it's impossible to get a negative result from the free COVID tests at January 22, 2022 11:17 AM (/6kZi)
Sorry, was just reporting the news. I think it's dumb as all get out - we tend to get 2 different drugs with the pseuephe (whatever, not looking it up again), but I can't buy the big box of both at the same time. Apparently whoever set the limits has never been sick with a family before.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:22 AM (TDj17)
I am not kidding"
Don't blame you.
Russia is quite a distance away.
FBI is just an arms length, or closer.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 22, 2022 11:22 AM (3D/fK)
Agreed - a russian gangster taking a slice of Ukraine will have no effect on my life.
But I still have the Biden junta trying to needle rape me and/or put me in a concentration camp.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2022 11:22 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:23 AM (2JoB8)
Scam warning that I just became aware of that may have been around for a while.
I just received a couple of e-mails, one from 'Best Buy' and one from ' Life Lock'. They said either your warranty or membership has been renewed and Visa charged x amount of dollars . If this is not you who made this purchase please contact a number that was linked.
The e-mails had all the official logos, etc for each company. Instead of calling I just checked all recent charges and found none had been made.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:23 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 22, 2022 11:24 AM (FVME7)
FBI is just an arms length, or closer.
Which is worse: to be embarrassed by one tyrant five thousand miles away or to be ruled by five thousand thousand tyrants one mile away?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2022 11:24 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter
i'm getting norton 360 notices that read like that. they too are bs scam phishing.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 11:26 AM (IJES/)
Panic now.
Panic later.
Panic all the time.
Stay Tuned for more "news" on the current threat that should make you panic, right after these messages from our sponsor!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 11:26 AM (pus9T)
I have often thought of that little story as a perfect marker of the passage of time. What will my sons remember of me as archaic when it is time for me to shuffle off.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2022 11:27 AM (mLx4N)
https://bit.ly/3GWpKqu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 22, 2022 11:24 AM (FVME7)
The whole thing is so fucking fake. They're so obviously an FBI joint it's almost laughable.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:27 AM (II3Gr)
Government is in the business of creating and then benefitting from crises. So my view of "threat inflation" is that the government has already buggered the American people SO much, they have to try harder and harder to find ways to up the threat, and carry out the continued buggering of the American people.
That's my definition, at least.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (4GFH7)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (UHVv4)
I never have used Geek Squad for anything. There was no charge. It's a ruse to get you to call them.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter
i'm getting norton 360 notices that read like that. they too are bs scam phishing.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 11:26 AM (IJES/)
I've gotten a few of them as well. I just ignore them.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (II3Gr)
J6, like COVID has run its course. The Democrats and the media keep them alive because it suits their agenda.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (yQpMk)
To the Democrats, anyone who hates America and wants the country destroyed is apologized for or defended.
To the Democrats, anyone who loves America and wants the country and its people to prosper is a terrorist threat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (/U27+)
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And Psaki refuses to say how many citizens are in Ukraine.
Quote Tweet John Cooper @thejcoop; 22h
Eyes Fox's @JacquiHeinrich asks how many Americans are currently in #Ukraine and if there's an evacuation plan in place.
Jen Psaki: "We don't put a chip in Americans when they go around the world and track their movements."
Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock; 14h
This flippant response would be a lot less notable if they hadn't just stranded hundreds of Americans in Afghanistan then repeatedly downplayed the number that was there.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:31 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Chris Wray, America's Patriot Act Watchdog at January 22, 2022 11:31 AM (1Q2Jm)
TV Panic Porn is also quite prevalent with the weather forecast, which has gotten 100X worse in the last 20 years.
Oh no, a new storm is coming our way! Stay tuned!
The storm is getting closer. Don't change that channel!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 11:31 AM (pus9T)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:32 AM (yQpMk)
Oh no, a new storm is coming our way! Stay tuned!
The storm is getting closer. Don't change that channel!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 11:31 AM (pus9T)
Society's capacity for being uncomfortable is declining as well. There were late starts for school here due to the cold. I know I'll sound like a 29 y.o., but there were no delays because it felt like the artic when I was in elementary school..
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (II3Gr)
Says now she just wants to be left alone. Peace.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (jTmQV)
And here I thought the oligarchy wanted us all chipped like doggos.
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (yQpMk)
Would you take a call from the current seat warmer in the White House?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (TDj17)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (/U27+)
More specifically you are a white supremacist . And if you happen to be an American loving black person you are an Uncle Tom supporting white supremacy.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 22, 2022 11:34 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Chicken Little at January 22, 2022 11:36 AM (4I/2K)
BREAKING: Non-essential U.S. embassy personnel and families in Ukraine have been ordered by the State Department to begin evacuating on Monday onwards, according to officials.
Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell; 33m
No Ambassador
No plan
No diplomacy
No wonder we're in this mess.
andy: Yes, that's right, Biden hasn't appointed an ambassador to Ukraine yet.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:36 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (TDj17)
True unless you have to have social distancing and safety measures against the Covid spread you can force kids to eat outside in the cold.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:37 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:37 AM (m45I2)
The current term of art is "multiracial white supremacist"
Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2022 11:37 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:36 AM (UHVv4)
We already have an ambassador to all the Russias, silly.
Posted by: Ginger Goebbels explains it all at January 22, 2022 11:37 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 11:26 AM (IJES/)
I've gotten a few of them as well. I just ignore them.
Posted by: Insomniac
Same. I don't dare click a link to unsubscribe. Fuckers.
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 11:37 AM (qpolg)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (UHVv4)
What's scarier, a snowstorm?
or a bomb cyclone named Ivan?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:37 AM (m45I2)
BOMB CYCLONE!!!!!
Used to just call that a blizzard... *shrug*
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (TDj17)
And here I thought the oligarchy wanted us all chipped like doggos.
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (ONvIw)
________
Also neutered and enrolled in obedience classes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (/U27+)
The same material (and more) is now CUI - Controlled Unclassified Information. And the rules have changed a little. It's protected a little more strongly and seems to me to have a bit more presumption to exemption under FOIA.
At the same time, the gov't is now interpreting (for cybersecurity reasons!) a gov't-issued email and office phone number to be PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and protecting it from "disclosure".
Yeah, we got no problem with secrecy......
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2022 11:39 AM (A2G/3)
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:39 AM (ONvIw)
If you're not watching Matt Walsh, you should be. I think he's the real deal, not a phony shit like the Mandel couple, or all the other fake conservative grifters.
Matt Walsh told the truth about tranny freaks on the Dr Phil Show. He and Dr Phil are now under attack.
Here's a quick sample of Matt Walsh as he does not back down from the tranny freaks:
https://youtu.be/heVgxZjTwtA?t=13404
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 11:39 AM (pus9T)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:36 AM
Hunter is the ambassador.
Posted by: Bert G at January 22, 2022 11:39 AM (fHydr)
Also neutered and enrolled in obedience classes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (/U27+)
Hence the gender blender "therapies"
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:39 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (TDj17)
For shits and giggles yeah
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 22, 2022 11:40 AM (Irn0L)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (TDj17)
I wonder if Dairy Queen will change the name of their ice cream specialty to a Dairy Queen Bomb Cyclone ?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:40 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:36 AM
Well no worry. Out ambassador to Russia can handle those duties soon
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 22, 2022 11:41 AM (Irn0L)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:42 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Hadrian
remedial obedience class is the shiznit! you get camps, and work parties.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 11:42 AM (IJES/)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 22, 2022 11:22 AM (3D/fK)
Don't look in the closet. We're not in there.
Posted by: FBI at January 22, 2022 11:42 AM (A2G/3)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:42 AM (2JoB
The Biden factor.
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:43 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: DoublySymm
Yes but I would answer the phone ' Baskin Robbins, how can we help you? ' and laugh my ass off as Biden tries to order ice cream.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:43 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (/U27+)
Schools and churches have been doing that for decades now.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:43 AM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:42 AM (2JoB
No one would take it when they were told it was a 4-month gig on a 1099.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 22, 2022 11:43 AM (vN+oL)
We need to accept the fact that people are getting on the internet or turning on the TV to 1) find out who they should hate, today, and 2) what they should fear, today.
Who's the Enemy of the day?
And what's the Threat of the day?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 11:44 AM (pus9T)
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:44 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: FBI at January 22, 2022 11:42 AM (A2G/3)
We're *definitely* not in that protest crowd.
Posted by: other FBI at January 22, 2022 11:44 AM (A2G/3)
Posted by: Brian at January 22, 2022 11:45 AM (eV752)
Posted by: other FBI at January 22, 2022 11:44 AM (A2G/3)
We've never been to a gun show.
Posted by: ATF at January 22, 2022 11:45 AM (A2G/3)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:36 AM (UHVv4)
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Lt. Col. Bearclaw is pasty, obese, suddenly quiet, and not available at this time!
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 11:45 AM (moZvl)
It's all to protect the money laundering that is happening in banks in the Ukraine. Everything from foreign aid kickbacks to drugs to weapons.
Our pols are having their pockets lined and having their offspring placed on boards of Ukrainian companies, pulling down big salaries for no show jobs.
Any US service person willing to go fight, maybe die for these oligarchs is out of their minds.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:45 AM (jTmQV)
Any US service person willing to go fight, maybe die for these oligarchs is out of their minds.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:45 AM (jTmQV)
__________
But the war brides, yum!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:46 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:46 AM (/U27+)
Brides? No, use them, leave them, find more.
~ Attila the Hun
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 22, 2022 11:47 AM (TDj17)
Lt. Col. Bearclaw is pasty, obese, suddenly quiet, and not available at this time!
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 11:45 AM (moZvl)
Nope. He said we should get involved in the mess. Also said that the war to come was encouraged by Tucker Carlson. Such a rooski, that one
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:47 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2022 11:47 AM (A2G/3)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 11:47 AM (pus9T)
Posted by: Zek at January 22, 2022 11:48 AM (w/5KC)
Most definitely. If you lose one sense the other senses increase to pick up the slack.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (z8oRC)
RNC Research @RNCResearch; 29m
When Americans were rushing to evacuate the American embassy in Afghanistan, Biden was on vacation.
This weekend, he's on vacation again.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (UHVv4)
Them a couple line with rhythm and rhyme.
But before you know it its full blown limericks!
And writers of simple prose are left to ponder their existence in crummy coffee houses where bongo drums gather dust on the shelves.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 11:50 AM (qpolg)
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Back when some Dems at least loved America
Never go full commie ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 11:50 AM (moZvl)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:50 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Zek at January 22, 2022 11:48 AM (w/5KC
( types on I-phone). I AGREE !
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:50 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (axyOa)
Dig it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:51 AM (SJp+V)
Most definitely. If you lose one sense the other senses increase to pick up the slack.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (z8oRC)
_________
I'm permanently deaf in one ear and I can no longer locate by sound. I'm slowly going blind too, so my senses are in poor shape.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:51 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (UHVv4)
Who does America parachute in when there are no men around to do the job?
Why, Bethany Mandel.
Bethany Mandel - cleaning up Cuckster Fucks since 2016.
Posted by: Boswell at January 22, 2022 11:51 AM (5iUNf)
... the scholar and American statesman Daniel Patrick Moynihan ...
__________
A drunk who made nice noises, then voted with the rest of the Democratic lunatics.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:52 AM (/U27+)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 11:52 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 11:33 AM (ONvIw)
They still do, they just don't want you to be aware of it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ In Memorium: Absent Friends and Companions at January 22, 2022 11:53 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
In 1963 there was a day when it was -21F while we were waiting for the bus. Our mothers were smart enough to have the girls put snowpants on underneath their skirts. No one died.
The buses were harder than hell to start though I'd bet.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2022 11:53 AM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (axyOa)
Dig it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:51 AM (SJp+V)
*snap*snap*
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:54 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:54 AM (jTmQV)
Twenty five years is a generational stretch of time, and during that time, the feckless, aimless application of American """power""" has left our enemies totally unafraid, and our """friends""" totally dismissive.
Virtually no serving head of state can remember a time in their public life when America was a good friend or a formidable foe. The world only knows us as a corrupted old syphilitic whore of an empire.
None of that is good, I suppose. But it's totally natural. In anyone's position, I'd conduct my affairs with our consultation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2022 11:54 AM (4odx6)
Executive summary: "Never let a crisis go to waste. If there isn't a crisis, manufacture one, and use it as an excuse to grab more power."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 11:54 AM (YqDXo)
Got most of the days cleaning done. Wife is at the end of being sick but this last stand is doozy.
So I've got the kids and got 85% of what needs to be done, done.
Posted by: thathalfrican - All up in arms like minute men at January 22, 2022 11:55 AM (YglAn)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:51 AM (/U27+)
Sorry to hear that but I've bet you have adjusted to those deficiencies in some manner.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:55 AM (z8oRC)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:55 AM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Tonypete
I remember walking in the snow to the bus. We had to leave at 7:10 to catch it. Kids now are sissies. They are the ones we pantsed or buried in a snow bank in the parking lot.
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 11:56 AM (qpolg)
Posted by: thathalfrican - All up in arms like minute men at January 22, 2022 11:56 AM (YglAn)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 11:57 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:50 AM (m45I2)
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That's certainly part of it; pretty before the 24-hour news cycle, clicks, and eyeballs -- ALL the Commies have to sell is All-Fear-Porn-All-The-Time (given their perfect historical genocidal track record).
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 11:57 AM (moZvl)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 11:49 AM (axyOa)
Dig it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 11:51 AM (SJp+V)
*snap*snap*
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:54 AM (yQpMk)
Woman , Woe Man , Whoa man !!
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:57 AM (z8oRC)
https://twitter.com/Lewis_Brackpool/status/
1484900486218231809
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (UHVv4)
Hey, Andy! Replace "twitter.com" with "nitter.net", and the link works, but it loads waaay faster, and denies clicks to Twatter. Win, win.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 11:58 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 11:58 AM (moZvl)
I definitely can imagine JFK.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 11:58 AM (z8oRC)
Them a couple line with rhythm and rhyme.
But before you know it its full blown limericks!
******
Is this an intervention? Because I have to say, it sounds like an intervention. Okay, fine, I admit it. I'm hooked. I've tried quitting cold turkey but got the shakes so bad I couldn't even type. I sunk so low I was scrawling doggerel in Sharpie on mens' room stall doors. I want to stop, but I just feel powerless...
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:58 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 11:59 AM (axyOa)
I never have used Geek Squad for anything. There was no charge. It's a ruse to get you to call them.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (jTmQV)
I have been getting a blizzard of spam since I bought auto insurance from Progressive, and set up a Protonmail account to do it. One of those two triggered a spambot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 11:59 AM (P3gRi)
My loss is lifetime abuse.
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:00 PM (2JoB8)
My mom saw him, too. Regular fan club here.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 22, 2022 12:01 PM (videA)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:50 AM (m45I2)
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Excellent point. I suspect a factor in all this is the increasing feminization of the country, as evidenced by the Karens soiling their undies about Covid. I call this the "Lifetime channel effect," as it appeals to the demographic that likes to feel threatened and then made safe.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:01 PM (YqDXo)
just wondering is hearing loss from lifetime deterioration or internal complications?
________
Inner ear infection. Gone, just like that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 12:02 PM (/U27+)
Hearing aids have helped me.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 12:02 PM (jTmQV)
This flippant response would be a lot less notable if they hadn't just stranded hundreds of Americans in Afghanistan then repeatedly downplayed the number that was there.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:31 AM (UHVv4)
And exactly how many of those stranded "Americans" weren't Afghans with U.S. residency papers?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:02 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 11:58 AM (m45I2)
The first step is recognizing you have a problem.
Now. Iambic pentameter. Its easy. Give it a try. Go ahead. You can do it. We're with you all the way.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 12:03 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 12:03 PM (qpolg)
I never have used Geek Squad for anything. There was no charge. It's a ruse to get you to call them.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (jTmQV)
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Check out ThioJoe's video on the most recent scams, in which he, inter alia, talks about exactly this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed7uKTq02i4
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:03 PM (YqDXo)
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There's a photo meme of it somewhere on Insty's knockoff ONT from last night.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 12:03 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Marooned at January 22, 2022 12:04 PM (w6hJ9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:05 PM (u82oZ)
Related: have you noticed for the last two years flags on public property are at half-staff almost every day?
We need to be in constant mourning (for strangers).
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:05 PM (pus9T)
Speaking of threats... remembering the Gabbard love yesterday, and the Crenshaw hate, I saw this today.
Lookee who's also a young world leader, in Crenshaw's class!
https://tinyurl.com/2p8rmkyj
Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (Rbu5d)
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Have you seen those Drume Hand commercials? Looks cool and I want one but I'd be like the kid who can't live without a toy, plays with it five minutes, then never touches it again.
https://drumemusic.com/
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
******
Perhaps a sequela of an overall societal prosperity that insulates people from both real danger and consequences of their own actions, leaving a void. A virtual emotional vacuum??
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:07 PM (m45I2)
The irony is that what is reflexively labeled as a "conspiracy" by our betters is often simply buried truth, uncovered.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (Xrfse)
Tulsi Gabbard sure sounds smart. She is quite crafty in sounding like the voice of reason. We have seen this before.
Her voting record does not match her rhetoric. She is a Leftist.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (u82oZ)
This is the natural element of the limerick.
Never saw one anywhere else until I was in my 20's.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (videA)
Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:02 PM (P3gRi)
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Has there been ANY real reporting or investigative journalism on the fate of those abandoned (a-Brandoned?) since Biden's unconditional surrender and retreat?
I've not heard one; it's already been memory-holed and airbrushed out of existence ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (moZvl)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 12:03 PM (qpolg)
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I watched it one day in growing horror. Every story was a woman meeting her Prince Charming, who then became a monster and stalked her. She was becoming progressively (?) more and more terrified, until she reached her perigee and sank to the floor in the shower, sobbing. Then she realized she was a strong woman, and fought back. Roll credits.
Next segment, exactly the same plot. Always a version of damsel tied to railroad tracks by Simon Legree, only to be rescued, this time not by her knight in shining armor, but by her own efforts. Roll credits again.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:09 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:09 PM (u82oZ)
Its good for the Europeans. Not so good for the US.
The increasingly larger void where American leadership used to be is going to get filled by someone. The French, the Germans? Someone will step up. The Russians have a very clear strategic interest in the ukraine. By extension the rest of Europe does too. The US does not.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 12:09 PM (axyOa)
State Department will encourage evacuation by commercial flights, report says.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 22, 2022 12:09 PM (Irn0L)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 11:55 AM (UHVv4)
Don't they alliterate within families? So DOCTOR Jill could be Skank and whatever his name is could be (Beer) Goggles.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 22, 2022 12:09 PM (llON8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:10 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 22, 2022 12:10 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (u82oZ)
I think she votes consistent with her rhetoric but her rhetoric only contains a few conservative ( American values) positions. The rest of her rhetoric is liberal.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 12:10 PM (z8oRC)
******
No way man. That stuff is nasty. I did a little bit once and woke up a month later in Schenectady!
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:11 PM (m45I2)
Rachmaninov had huge hands, able to cover a tenth easily. He was an excellent conductor as well; he turned down an offer to lead the Boston Symphony.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 12:11 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ In Memorium: Absent Friends and Companions at January 22, 2022 12:11 PM (hOUT3)
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Lt. Col. Bearclaw at January 22, 2022 12:12 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:07 PM (m45I2)
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That's my take. A virtual emotional vacuum that members of the demographic attempt to fill with cats. Lots of cats.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:12 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (ZLI7S)
How nice of them. Are they providing transportation, or only advice?
Posted by: Zombie Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2022 12:12 PM (llON8)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8rmkyj
Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (Rbu5d)
Quite the Rogues gallery, that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:12 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Zombie Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2022 12:12 PM (llON
Commerical Airlines
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 22, 2022 12:13 PM (Irn0L)
Socialism / communism / fascism has 150 years of unredeemed failure. Since the fall of the Paris Commune. And somehow, in their dim brains, we are the unlearned. The Left are functioning as barbarians.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Imagine the people kicking, clawing, and scratching to get on those planes, to avoid getting Afghanistaned.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:13 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 22, 2022 12:13 PM (ikwem)
Posted by: CN at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (ONvIw)
I loath them. Why they can't make a user friendly non-android and non-apple is confounding.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: Zombie Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2022 12:12 PM (llON
Commerical Airlines
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 22, 2022 12:13 PM (Irn0L)
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"Use your frequent flyer miles!"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Need to know the players. The Good in Civilization is undefended. Except by the pragmatic.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (z8oRC)
Posted by: Zek
There is a phone game called A Normal Lost Phone (or something like that) in which you discover the mystery of the owner of a lost phone you found by reading his texts, checking his voice mail etc. So you play like your on a phone while you're actually on a phone!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:08 PM (Xrfse)
or covered with a pillow until...
courtesy iowahawk
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ In Memorium: Absent Friends and Companions at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: CN at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (m45I2)
We need to be in constant mourning (for strangers).
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:05 PM (pus9T)
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I visit VA clinics in Northern AZ for my job, and have noticed this now seemingly for 4-5 years (maybe to coincide with Trump's presidency?).
Another factor though is the state's Governor (I found a website to answer why were flags flying at half-mast, and much of the time -- here at least -- it's to honor the in memoriam death of a fallen law enforcement officer).
But yeah, my comment to my wife during this time was: why not just fly them half-staffed all the time? [Or upside down the past year ...]
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (moZvl)
Posted by: Look, Fat! at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (BOJAx)
Can we all put phones in Faraday cages, stay off the internet, and pay cash, even for one day?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:17 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ In Memorium: Absent Friends and Companions at January 22, 2022 12:11 PM (hOUT3)
Moron Banana Dream came up with it. It also works to view Inman vids, and kbdabear's art galleries. Twatter is trying to block non-members from viewing "members" media. I assume that nitter is some sort of mirror site, kind of like Hooktube was for Ewetoob.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:17 PM (P3gRi)
Must have picked that up in my childhood watching films or something ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 12:18 PM (moZvl)
Can we all put phones in Faraday cages, stay off the internet, and pay cash, even for one day?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:17 PM (u82oZ)
I like this idea.
Who knows, it might be good practice...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 22, 2022 12:18 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:18 PM (m45I2)
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:11 PM (m45I2)
Snort!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 12:18 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (MS9b1)
The lure of easy graft
it has a very strong appeal.
Do you really think the phone companies are finacially able to rewire/re-fiber and re-tower the entire country without government assistance at every level?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ In Memorium: Absent Friends and Companions at January 22, 2022 12:18 PM (hOUT3)
Don't worry. I'm sure cuck-wife Bethany Mandel will tweet something we like on Monday.
Or maybe Ted Cruz will tweet a zinger to Democrats. A real sick burn!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:19 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: jdgalt1 at January 22, 2022 12:19 PM (3SFo/)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:19 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
****
Heh.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2022 12:15 PM (m45I2)
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A mobile notary came to our house, a 60ish flower child in a sun dress and wearing sandals, as though she'd just come from Woodstock. She put on a SECOND mask before entering our house, and was careful to keep her distance from us. When she was about to leave, I tried to open the door for her, but couldn't, until I realized that the deadbolt had been thrown.
"Oh, yes, I did that. Most of my clients like it."
After she left I turned to my wife and said, "I'm setting the over/under at 12." "Cats, you mean?" "Yep."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:20 PM (YqDXo)
I spent all last night coughing and coughing and coughing
but feel it slipping away now.
Fingers crossed
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at January 22, 2022 12:20 PM (fBtlL)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:20 PM (YqDXo)
https://tinyurl.com/46xaemsv
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:21 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:14 PM (MS9b1)
Check out the Pinephone. There are a few other linux-based phones out there, too. Security is important.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:22 PM (P3gRi)
Lookee who's also a young world leader, in Crenshaw's class!
https://tinyurl.com/2p8rmkyj
Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (Rbu5d)
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Damn, NOT creepy AF at all ... it's oligarchy theater, and you're merely fodder to be harvested.
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 12:22 PM (moZvl)
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at January 22, 2022 12:20 PM (fBtlL)
I just got over something, didn't get a test because my boss didn't require it. All I know is I had gotten lazy with my preventive supplements, diet, and poor sleep habits...and I got sick.
During the illness I took a lot of stuff but the one thing I recall that gave me immediate relief is when I popped a 50mg Zinc tablet. (I hadn't really been taking any zinc prior)
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:23 PM (DJFLF)
I never lived in Texas, but I am knowledgeable enough to have known that the Dallas region has always experienced drastic temperature changes in the Winter, due to the Jet Stream and the warm air from the Gulf.
But today, not only are people really ignorant, Texas has so many newcomers to the state who aren't familiar with Texas weather. So they'll believe the Bullshit.
Fake News and the fake weather channels have been specifically focusing on Texas weather, this year, making every single temperature change a big fake news story like it's unusual.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:24 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at January 22, 2022 12:20 PM (fBtlL)
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Were you tested positive.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (MS9b1)
A friend of mine worked in software support for the Corps of Engineers. She was constantly bitching about users who had retired in place. There was nothing she or anyone else could do about these people because they were protected by the Civil Service laws.
But it's worse than that. People who refuse to do their jobs, but still come to work and get paid are one thing. People who actively work against the legitimate desires of the majority of the American citizenry for either monetary or political gain are something entirely different. But, again, the Civil Service laws constrict a president or head of a department's desire to clean house. Somehow, we need to change those laws so it is possible to remove the individuals who are thwarting the will of the American citizenry.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (N86eO)
Just viewed it an totally agree. Kinda raises the hair on the back of your neck.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (Xrfse)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8rmkyj
Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (Rbu5d)
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Damn, NOT creepy AF at all ... it's oligarchy theater, and you're merely fodder to be harvested.
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 22, 2022 12:22 PM (moZvl)
Hopefully puts an end to the "yes, but.." comments regarding who and what Crenshaw is. Same with Tussy Gabbard. Sell your soul to the devil, I'm not giving you ANY benefit of the doubt on anything.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (4GFH7)
Posted by: CN at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)
I spent all last night coughing and coughing and coughing
but feel it slipping away now.
Fingers crossed
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at January 22, 2022 12:20 PM (fBtlL)
Last Saturday, I was at a birthday party, and one couple had the Omicron. When I got home, I popped an Ivermectin pill. Did not get the coof. Tuesday, back at the same place, the original couple with Omicron were over it, but two other ladies had it. Got a hug from one, as she was flying back to Minnesota the next day. Took an Ivermectin that might. No Coof yet. Now, maybe I wouldn't have gotten it anyway...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:27 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:27 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
"Allo allo? Allons-y, Brandon!"
Posted by: O'Macron at January 22, 2022 12:27 PM (QzkSJ)
We are standing up with our Ukranian allies!
Except for all those people we are flying home 'cause we don't want another Kabul which was a great success!"
Posted by: Auspex at January 22, 2022 12:27 PM (Xo3T0)
Even the tech savvy reviewer said they wouldn't use it for their regular phone.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:28 PM (MS9b1)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8rmkyj
Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 12:06 PM (Rbu5d)
Sitting on any panel with Megan Rapinho makes you an anti-American fucktard and I wish nothing but misery in your future.
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 22, 2022 12:28 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Draki at January 22, 2022 12:29 PM (TGFWQ)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 22, 2022 12:30 PM (y7DUB)
I never have used Geek Squad for anything. There was no charge. It's a ruse to get you to call them.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 22, 2022 11:28 AM (jTmQV)
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Check out ThioJoe's video on the most recent scams, in which he, inter alia, talks about exactly this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed7uKTq02i4
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:03 PM (YqDXo)
On my desk at work, I have my "landline" number - for the FBI office that matches my cell phone number.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 22, 2022 12:30 PM (qyH+l)
https://tinyurl.com/46xaemsv
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:21 PM (DJFLF)
I will continue to wear the Carhartt that I own as it's already paid for and is quality stuff. I won't be spending another dime going forward, however.
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (yQpMk)
Maybe in '24 they won't launder our votes and install another puppet.
Posted by: Clutch at January 22, 2022 12:32 PM (9UmRs)
Even the tech savvy reviewer said they wouldn't use it for their regular phone.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:28 PM (MS9b1)
Do you have a link to Pixy's review? I suspect that "user friendly" varies from user to user. All I really want is to use it as a phone (radical, I know), and maybe as a mobile Web browser tool in limited circumstances. Apps? Fuck apps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:32 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 22, 2022 12:33 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)
Click link for more information...
Ya, NO.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:33 PM (MS9b1)
my symptom profile was almost exactly like a bug I picked up on a flight about 20 years ago, so I don't really think it was the coof. I didn't run a fever either. I'm just pissed at myself that I dropped the ball on ingesting the D3 prior to onset.
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:33 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: CN at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 22, 2022 12:30 PM (y7DUB)
I believe that CBD has said it is up to his family for that to be done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (P3gRi)
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I'll go dig it up. If I don't catch you here I'll post it tonight.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 22, 2022 12:30 PM (y7DUB)
Yes, CBD said when/if he got that info he would post it; said that he would keep us in the loop.
Posted by: Pony Tail at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (tzZq2)
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (arJlL)
We are standing up with our Ukranian allies!
Except for all those people we are flying home 'cause we don't want another Kabul which was a great success!"
Posted by: Auspex at January 22, 2022 12:27 PM (Xo3T0)
***
Through a special agreement, all flee...err...evacuating Americans will fly for free on Donbass Air. All flights will be routed through Kabul. Baggage transfers guaranteed.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 22, 2022 12:30 PM (y7DUB)
CBD mentioned something last night about there not being anything as of yet, but he did send a link to our comments about him to the family to show how much he was appreciated and will be missed.
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Pony Tail at January 22, 2022 12:36 PM (tzZq2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Big bewbs ?
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:36 PM (arJlL)
Thanxs.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 12:36 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (V13WU)
That's not how any of this works.
However I'd like to know which site I've bought something from and used that particular email has been selling their contact list. Or been hacked.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: CN at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (ONvIw)
I'm learning a lot about this particular nutrient from a Dr. Berg on Youtube. He also described how sunlight is beneficial not only because of the D3 value, but the infrared light waves cause the cells to create melatonin, that is an important antioxidant. So really, in these dark winter months, it's important to get as much sunlight as possible from 10am to 2pm
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (DJFLF)
Clearing out stuff to downsize and getting rid of anything we don't love or use. Hubbymayhem is struggling with letting go of old music cassette tapes. This could be rough.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (Vxu+H)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 12:01 PM (YqDXo)
Rush called it the "chickafication" of America.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 22, 2022 12:38 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:34 PM (MS9b1)
Thanks! I have thought about getting one. My little old flip phone cacked out. Bought a $49 Nokia "feature phone", and it is a POS. Weak sound, drops calls, clumsy user interface. I had an older Blackberry for a while, and liked it right well, but 3G is phasing out.
I will not buy an Android or Apple phone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:38 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (V13WU)
Sad thing is they prey on old people. They're really gullible. My mother is constantly forwarding me emails where they tell her they'll give her $10,000 for getting $5,000 waiting for her at Western Union.
Mom.....it's a scam. They're either looking for access to your account or asking you to launder money. She had a job once where she was printing checks and FedEx'ing them everywhere. But, was told not to use the same drop box twice.
She got a cease and desist email from the FBI.......
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:39 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 12:39 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (DJFLF)
Another reason the coof hits some hard.....they've been scaring the fuck out of humans for decades about SKIN CANCER!!!!!!! THE SUN IS BAD FOR YOU!!!!!!!! WEAR SPF 10000!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:40 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 12:40 PM (qpolg)
Clearing out stuff to downsize and getting rid of anything we don't love or use.
How does one even begin? I'm trying to motivate myself to take that first step...
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:31 PM
Same. I actually already had an order in with Duluth Trading when the Carhartt stuff came out. I'll stick with DTC for now.
Posted by: Bert G at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (fHydr)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Sadly the Morning Rants that I get to comment on are only recent now I have a web phone capability though mostly if had time use to read them long willowed later in the day.
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (2JoB8)
emails are something new for me.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (z8oRC)
Yep. I decided last night that even if it's just a hat tip, the COBs deserve that recognition. Also decided that I'm long overdue hitting the tip jar. Thanks, KT.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (Xrfse)
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My own beef is that creating a 'national security' off-taxpayer books has contributed to the domestic ugliness, both fiscal and social. Who the heck knows what various agencies have offthebooks percentages of their budgets? Dept of Education has 'black ops' against parental agitation?
I was fortunate to hear Moynihan speak a few times (almost 50 years ago) and he really was just that smart and pointed.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 22, 2022 12:42 PM (MIKMs)
Same. I actually already had an order in with Duluth Trading when the Carhartt stuff came out. I'll stick with DTC for now.
Posted by: Bert G at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (fHydr)
Oh yeah.....LOVE their stuff. Pricey, but quality. Wearing their ballroom jeans as we speak.
Yes, I'm wearing pants.
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 22, 2022 12:42 PM (mdaT8)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 22, 2022 12:42 PM (VWR+w)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:42 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:43 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)
yes, I have had to have basal cell carcinomas removed and I'm not scared away from Old Sol. Because I don't overdo the exposure the way I did when a teen.
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:44 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:45 PM (2JoB8)
Rush called it the "chickafication" of America.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 22, 2022 12:38 PM (Fs5vw)
Personally, I liked the "anything you can do, I can do better" feminazis better.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 22, 2022 12:45 PM (4GFH7)
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:36 PM (arJlL)
Entirely adequate.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Just helpin' ya flesh out the story.
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:46 PM (arJlL)
Clearing out stuff to downsize and getting rid of anything we don't love or use.
How does one even begin? I'm trying to motivate myself to take that first step...
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:41 PM (DJFLF)
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I've been giving away stuff for two years.
It's difficult.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:46 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:46 PM (2JoB8)
I know...you even solved the chess problems. This is so heartbreaking. And I was not aware, until I saw Sponge's handle, that redc14 also is gone???
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:47 PM (DJFLF)
The Police (and Fake News) are now describing black criminal suspects as having "Dark White Skin."
Don't believe me?
https://youtu.be/heVgxZjTwtA?t=19678
(I know what you're thinking -- it was probably a mistake. Nah, bro. It was no mistake. Smarten up.)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:47 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:47 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 12:43 PM (MS9b1)
Thanks. I usually scan the Tech thread each day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:47 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:48 PM (arJlL)
One of the many things I miss about El Rushbo. He was so damned good at identifying and creatively labeling things, and then applying his unique spin on them.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:48 PM (Xrfse)
Hasn't Carhatt been making their shit in china for the past 20 years? Don't you people look at labels?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:49 PM (pus9T)
I started last summer by going through a dozen or so plastic bins that were left after my dad passed. Just sorting trash from stuff that could be sold or donated. We had a huge sale and donated whatever was left. Now we are going through our house. We have to get a different house. My 150 year old farmhouse is falling down. Decades of sitting on the ground with no foundation is causing extreme problems. We owe $3000 on our mortgage and when that's paid we will be saving for the down payment on a double wide manufactured home.
TLDR - I have no choice. It has to be done whether I want to or not
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 22, 2022 12:50 PM (Vxu+H)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:49 PM
Just checked my Carhartt jacket. Hecho in Mehico.
Posted by: Bert G at January 22, 2022 12:51 PM (fHydr)
Posted by: Skip
There's a Filipino store not far from there tgat we go to to buy food occasionally. Up 202 north turn right towards Bridgeport and turn left into where the paint store is.
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at January 22, 2022 12:51 PM (EGSGm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 12:22 PM (P3gRi)
Those fascinated me until someone pointed out that the promise of security might really be entrapment.
Posted by: Emmie at January 22, 2022 12:51 PM (6RgRK)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (N86eO)
This can be played both ways. Just make it "at will" employment like the private sector.
To the victor belong the spoils.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 22, 2022 12:51 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 22, 2022 12:51 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 22, 2022 12:53 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Bert G at January 22, 2022 12:53 PM (fHydr)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 12:54 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:55 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2022 12:55 PM (CYnTg)
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:55 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 22, 2022 12:50 PM (Vxu+H)
I see
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 12:56 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 22, 2022 12:56 PM (mdaT8)
I would propose that 90% or more of them have. Some just haven't gotten around to advertising their wokeness yet.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 12:57 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 12:57 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 12:57 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at January 22, 2022 12:57 PM (Qv0Mi)
Why, who knows. I'm not a complicated guy. But I want 100% cotton in a T shirt. Everybody makes one, or made one, and then somebody decides to make them really thin, and add nylon, and pretty much fvck up something they didn't need to.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 22, 2022 12:57 PM (psL96)
Posted by: Emmie at January 22, 2022 12:58 PM (6RgRK)
Posted by: Infidel
Bah !
Clothes are overrated !
Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 12:58 PM (arJlL)
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My own experience is that I remember the saving and sacrifices to buy something. Not so much the item itself, but what it took to buy the item. Hard to give up something you worked so hard for -- even though you haven't used or cared about it since.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 22, 2022 12:59 PM (MIKMs)
All I really want is to use it as a phone (radical, I know), and maybe as a mobile Web browser tool in limited circumstances. Apps? Fuck apps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I have a flip phone but have been contemplating getting a smartphone. I want to use it just as you mentioned. NONE of the reviews of phones I read or watch on Youtube mention making phone calls. They're all about playing games and taking pictures. Some of the comments on reviews even make fun of the concept that someone (old people) would actually want to make phone calls.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 22, 2022 12:59 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:00 PM (EughT)
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 01:02 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 01:02 PM (DJFLF)
Anyone tried out a Freedom Phone?
Posted by: Dogbert at January 22, 2022 01:03 PM (/DNWp)
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:00 PM (EughT)
A few years ago I called a RNC rep and suggested they offer a deal- contribute $20 (or $40 or $60) and we promise to leave you completely alone for 6 months. I think they'd clean up.
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 01:03 PM (Ed8Zd)
Heh. My millennial niece is literally welded to her iPhone, as most of them are. I used to meet her for lunch fairly regularly before coof hit and now that is no more. Anyway, I once asked her if she used her phone much to call people. She looked at me like I'd sprouted a third eye.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:04 PM (Xrfse)
My own experience is that I remember the saving and sacrifices to buy something. Not so much the item itself, but what it took to buy the item. Hard to give up something you worked so hard for -- even though you haven't used or cared about it since.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 22, 2022 12:59 PM (MIKMs)
I'm giving my Bentley to Goodwill. Maybe it'll bring joy to someone else.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 22, 2022 01:04 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 01:05 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2022 01:05 PM (F4b8f)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 01:06 PM (2JoB8)
Works great in North Korea...let's try it here!
Posted by: Joe Biden's Handlers at January 22, 2022 01:06 PM (NCgXW)
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM (V13WU)
I've been getting a few of those these last few weeks too.
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 01:07 PM (Ed8Zd)
How does one even begin? I'm trying to motivate myself to take that first step...
Posted by: kallisto
Start somewhere, with anything.
Be ruthless. Do I remember why I have this? When is the last time I used it? Will I use it?
My crap was so intermingled that I had to create subpiles of crap by categories and then I started with the questions above.
It does take time, but endeavor to persevere!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 22, 2022 01:07 PM (tt3kE)
There's really nothing feminine about this crap at all. Girls aren't taught to be ladies or mothers or caring teachers anymore. Girls are taught to be harsh and gruff and ugly and promiscuous . Gone are the days of femininity and modesty.
Look at any talk show. The women are slumped in their chairs with their legs crossed at the knee. Their clothes are ill fitted and revealing and inappropriate. They interrupt each other and gesticulate like men in a bar.
I'm disgusted.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 22, 2022 01:07 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: French Jeton at January 22, 2022 01:08 PM (LvMzo)
They have been for his entire career. Every now and then, the leftist miscreants decide it's time to sharpen the blade.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:09 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:09 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 01:10 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 11:30 AM (yQpMk)
Maybe in '24 they won't launder our votes and install another puppet.
Posted by: Clutch at January
Fook them. They snubbed Trump, the best ally they could dream of. All they had to do was be honest and not take advantage of Americans; he would have been loyal to the end.
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 01:10 PM (Ed8Zd)
Anyone tried out a Freedom Phone?
Posted by: Dogbert at January 22, 2022 01:03 PM (/DNWp)
Well, lack of MMS would be regarded by me as a blessing, not a curse. I would welcome a means of blocking MMS messages. I use texts, reluctantly, and concede that they can be useful in some circumstances (I'll text you the address.). But if you want to send me a photo, send it as an email attachment.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 01:10 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 22, 2022 01:11 PM (84WIv)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM
Suggest that he sort through them and keep three or 10% or a shoebox full. That way you get rid of a bunch of junk and he keeps some memories.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:12 PM (EughT)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 22, 2022 01:07 PM (tt3kE)
I think I'll be able to sell a lot of stuff at auction.
Amazing that most of the "junque" I have was actually the result of weeding out two prior homes. lol
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 01:12 PM (DJFLF)
all looks legit, for all households, not just us old folks.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 22, 2022 01:12 PM (Cus5s)
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My sisters sold up and moved south (Georgia and Florida) last year. They are up here to deal with the detritus from their various storage and house 'stuff'. One of them is totally convinced that odd junk is worth 'big money' and she is being cheated somehow if she doesn't get $$$ for what is essentially family junk. I think the poor girl is deluded, but I am fortunate enough to have a small and 'poor' house. No room for extra stuff.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 22, 2022 01:13 PM (MIKMs)
I'm so old I remember when Democrats said Trump was going to break NATO.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2022 01:13 PM (ZLI7S)
I suspect companies such as Carhartt will buy all their materials from china, such as fabric, zippers, needles, machinery, etc., and then ship that stuff its various factories for assembly.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:15 PM (pus9T)
Worth the little bit of extra money.
Posted by: Clutch at January 22, 2022 01:16 PM (9UmRs)
One of them is totally convinced that odd junk is worth 'big money' and she is being cheated somehow if she doesn't get $$$ for what is essentially family junk.
Posted by: mustbequantum
Most of Craigslist is like this. Selling junk for 95% of original retail price.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM (pus9T)
I'm disgusted.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 22, 2022 01:07 PM (U2p+3)
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Yeah, the coarseness of younger women is rather off-putting.
Hi nurse!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM (5pTK/)
I deleted that email as soon as I saw it in my inbox.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM
Suggest that he sort through them and keep three or 10% or a shoebox full. That way you get rid of a bunch of junk and he keeps some memories.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:12 PM (EughT)
Just get him to make a project of digitizing them. Find a working stereo cassette deck with lin-out jacks, connect to line-in on a computer, and record using Audacity or a similar audio program. Record them as mp3's or whatever format he likes. Then they can be put on thumb drives, and used in car stereos with a USB port.
Of course, any noise on the cassettes will be faithfully recorded, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: Sponge - Remembering Oregon Muse, Redc1c4 and Tami - TOAST! at January 22, 2022 12:31 PM
Just bought a hat from them with ear covers and a cold weather mask. Would return it except I've already worn it. I guess I'll remove the logo just like I did with the one Nike shirt I was given.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:18 PM (EughT)
It'll mean that, in 20 years, we'll be taking possession of hundreds of billions in military equipment as the remaining elements of the US government flee for their lives from a handful of poorly controlled airfields.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2022 01:19 PM (4odx6)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Didn't I already do this years ago?
Posted by: Mush brain BiXen at January 22, 2022 01:20 PM (mD/uy)
Of course, any noise on the cassettes will be faithfully recorded, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM (P3gRi)
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I decreed "no wires running everywhere from our TV, including dvd player in our new house. Putting together the server and digitizing all of our movies was a pain. But, more than worth it, because we can now stream movies throughout the house without a dvd player in every room. Fortunately, I digitized my music long ago, so, all I had to do was copy it to the media server.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 22, 2022 01:21 PM (5pTK/)
Even my wife, who is a 'trash-hoarder,' is joining in. I love her effort.
Getting rid of crap is very fulfilling. I love it.
Posted by: French Jeton at January 22, 2022 01:21 PM (LvMzo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM
I would guess they are mix tapes and the value is more sentimental than musical so he would still want to keep the original media.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:21 PM (EughT)
Agree on all counts. I thought I despised the Left destroying masculinity but what they have done to femininity is a crime against God Himself.
Women used to grace 95% of magazine covers because both men and women wanted to look at them. Women are beautiful, and beauty is proof of God. That is why the Left set about destroying them. It was always the goal but they had to get rid of the men first so no one would stand up and say "enough!".
Posted by: ... at January 22, 2022 01:21 PM (/9mpK)
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:18 PM (EughT)
I will not wear clothing with a maker's logo prominently displayed. Why should I give them free advertising? And, fuck Nike. Commies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 01:22 PM (P3gRi)
How do you like your new environs?
Can you please email me a new addy as I sent something to the old one a couple months ago and it got returned.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 22, 2022 01:23 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
If I get the symptoms, I'll take ivermectin and the rest, but would still like to know if I tested positive after a couple days.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 22, 2022 01:23 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 12:49 PM (pus9T)
The bib overalls I was looking at were made in Nicaragua. A lot was US made, but not now.
Posted by: Clutch at January 22, 2022 01:24 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 22, 2022 01:07 PM (tt3kE)
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Broke it down to - 'if it's not gold, silver or diamonds', then I came across some old tools.
Not my tools *blink*
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 01:24 PM (MS9b1)
It's because satan hates the Blessed Virgin Mary above all human creatures and therefore must discredit, debase, demean and destroy all members of her sex.
(When you look at Catholic iconography, you often see the BVM with her foot on the head of the serpent.
Satan *gets* it, and is doing his best to wreck everything in the time allotted to him.)
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 01:25 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at January 22, 2022 01:25 PM (N86eO)
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2022 01:21 PM (EughT)
All the more reason to digitize them for future enjoyment. Whole albums, you can get off the Internet, and in better-quality audio than pre-recorded cassettes ever managed. But the mix tapes include your own DJ chops.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 01:26 PM (P3gRi)
I understand and didn't mean to be rude. I guess my position is that the less I have to interact with the gub'mint, the better.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:26 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 01:28 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 22, 2022 01:29 PM (wBpKf)
New environs are great. I was back in CA week or so ago to pick up the last of our furniture and realized how ready I was for a lot smaller town.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 22, 2022 01:29 PM (5pTK/)
This might be the most Karen thing in the world.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2022 01:31 PM (4odx6)
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Every time I get irritated with my very conventional sisters, I remember they sewed 'designer' labels into random stuff. Very funny.
My kids are starting to take the logo issue seriously because it should be cheaper.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 22, 2022 01:31 PM (MIKMs)
-Alberto Vargas, famed "pinup" painter, when asked why he only painted women
(Incidentally this hit home with me because I only draw and paint women)
Posted by: ... at January 22, 2022 01:31 PM (/9mpK)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
yeah true ... I might be on "the list" (of bad conservatives) and they'll send me the special tests that GIVE me covid, or worse. heh
Posted by: illiniwek at January 22, 2022 01:32 PM (Cus5s)
Milestone at Che Blake: First homemade pizza since we moved.
Later!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 22, 2022 01:33 PM (5pTK/)
Follows a pattern of sorts. Firestone kids had one of the first wineries in that area (now their kids - I think? - have a craft brewery just a little up the road in Templeton). And Fess Parker established one of the earlier wineries.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 22, 2022 01:33 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: ... at January 22, 2022 01:21 PM (/9mpK)
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Women are beautiful. They're like flowers; everyone likes to look at them. Who wants to look at the bees?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 01:34 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 01:28 PM (YynYJ)
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They are bogus texts and clicking the link opens the door for them.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 01:35 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 01:25 PM (DJFLF)
Many people are too happy to help reduce women to the sum of her body parts...then get on their soapbox about "values".
Posted by: CN...FJB at January 22, 2022 01:35 PM (ONvIw)
Sometimes I wonder if I am paranoid enough.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 22, 2022 01:35 PM (yQpMk)
Well, they are now publicly referring to themselves as "the elite."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:37 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at January 22, 2022 01:37 PM (N86eO)
But it's completely incorrect to say that the major elements of this topic were not openly debated. Ridiculous, actually.
But this gets into verboten territory, so, enough.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 22, 2022 01:37 PM (OTzUX)
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There's a tailor in NYC that will put your label of choice in the lining.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 01:37 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 01:37 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 01:37 PM (YynYJ)
Yeah, you never text back to Spam. Never.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:38 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: Winston at January 22, 2022 01:38 PM (krvAd)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:38 PM (pus9T)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:39 PM (pus9T)
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My credit card provider sends me email confirmation of any charges to my card. A minute or two after a charge I get an email confirmation.
It's a very useful service.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 01:39 PM (YqDXo)
Them a couple line with rhythm and rhyme.
But before you know it its full blown limericks!
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Is this an intervention? Because I have to say, it sounds like an intervention. Okay, fine, I admit it. I'm hooked. I've tried quitting cold turkey but got the shakes so bad I couldn't even type. I sunk so low I was scrawling doggerel in Sharpie on mens' room stall doors. I want to stop, but I just feel powerless...
Posted by: Muldoon
this reminds me something i spotted in 7th grade gym locker room.
those who write upon these walls of wit,
roll their sh!t into little balls.
those who read these word of wit,
eat those little balls of sh!t
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 01:39 PM (IJES/)
I've been getting a few of those these last few weeks too.
Posted by: LASue
That has been going on for months with me. Now averaging a "deal" every other day.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) [/s at January 22, 2022 01:40 PM (IRAJo)
These days, ya never know. In all seriousness, I don't want to in any way give "our betters" any statistical ammunition to prolong the Coof Crisis. "Oh, we see that BFD asked for our Coof tests. Wonder what's gong on there?. Let's make up some stats for that". I semi-jest but as many of us have come to realize, the good ol' tinfoil hat that we used to make light of may not be so comical anymore. For what it's worth and that ain't much. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:43 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:04 PM (Xrfse)
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I do not understand the logic of people paying big bucks for an iPhone, and then paying a whacking great charge to their service provider. It's a PHONE. That's all. If back in the day AT&T had been charging you a couple grand a year you'd have had a fit.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 01:43 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 01:44 PM (MS9b1)
I'm curious to know where all these taxpayer-purchased "tests" are made.
(And I wouldn't believe it if it said "Made in USA")
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 01:44 PM (pus9T)
LOK, keep 'em, Brandon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2022 01:45 PM (4odx6)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at January 22, 2022 01:45 PM (oVUEr)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 01:47 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 22, 2022 01:49 PM (mdaT8)
Apparently, it's all about the texting. That and the phone's use as mini gaming platform and web surfing. At least that's what I gathered from the conversation. I truly am a dinosaur - don't paly games on my phone and will use it for internet surfing as an absolute last resort.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:49 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 01:34 PM (YqDXo)
Ahhh. Reminded of Yul Brenner as the King of Siam.
Man must be like the honey bee and gather all he can.
But woman must be like blossom with honey for just one man.
In gathering up his honey the honeybee must be free.
But blossom must not ever go from bee to bee to bee.
Yeah. Mrs D doesn't agree either.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 01:50 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:49 PM (Xrfse)
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Move over, my brother, I'm with you 100%. I've never played a game on a phone, use it for internet access only in an emergency, and rarely text (because I don't like texting; besides you could text on a *flip phone* perfectly well, should you be so inclined).
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 01:52 PM (YqDXo)
Instead of hunting BLM-Antifa in the street, it kept #patriots jerking off at their keyboards. What surprised me most was the inability of conspiracy-minded intuitives to ignore the obvious manipulations of Qanon.
Trust the plan. Sounds like Trust God's plan. This suckers good Christians who conflate God's grand and unknowable plan with the conspiratorial machinations of men. I mean, who trusts the plans of a man who won't tell you what the plan even is?
And the idea that jack-booted agents of the State were going to rescue us from jack-booted agents of the State preyed upon #conservatoves' tendancy to look to government to solve their problems.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 22, 2022 01:53 PM (/vi7S)
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 01:54 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: Braenyard
Straight Talk, $ 55 unlimited everything data speeds can be effected after 90G. They use Verizon towers in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at January 22, 2022 01:54 PM (oVUEr)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 22, 2022 12:37 PM
Mrs D has a trunk full of VHS movies. And we have two VHS players in the garage. I was about to toss it all when my SNL stopped me. Apparently the VHS players are valuable. He showed me a type like mine going for $800.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 01:56 PM (axyOa)
yeah, hard to tell how far they will go. If they want me to swab my mouth with their swab, I guess I could use a spoon to scrape enough material from my cheek, then use their swab on that ... AND use gloves to handle their packaging and the whole kit ... AND only open the box outdoors with wind blowing away from me. ... heh
Posted by: illiniwek at January 22, 2022 02:01 PM (Cus5s)
Have to admit that I do a fair amount of texting, mostly because my younger colleagues seem to dislike "antiquated" email. I guess I'm okay with that, to some degree. Have no real say in the matter. As for web browsing, the mobile device still sucks. It's inhibited by multiple realities. Many, if not most websites are sub-par with respect to mobile rendering. Site navigation is in most cases an afterthought and a nightmare. Finally, so much is crammed into a tiny window of perspective that it sometimes makes your eyes roll into the back of your head. Well, time to get off of my own lawn.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 02:01 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 22, 2022 01:52 PM (YqDXo)
You can text on a flip phone, or a feature phone, but it's a righteous PITA, when have to press the "8" key three times in quick succession to render the letter "v". And caps, and punctuation? Fuggeddaboudit. The Blackberry was delightful for the very little texting I did.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2022 02:07 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 02:10 PM (2JoB8)
yeah, they probably have enough profiling from reading our emails and listening to our phone calls, plus all the groups we belong to, and our online activity. I sometimes try to provide a different profile to confuse them and their pigeon holing efforts.
So I'm a good boy, I got the tests ... and I have solar panels ... another boost for my social credit score. But mostly they will go after bigger targets for now, people of influence (like the Dem that was against open borders).
Posted by: illiniwek at January 22, 2022 02:11 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 22, 2022 02:12 PM (GYllL)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at January 22, 2022 02:13 PM (TRc6C)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 02:17 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 02:19 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 22, 2022 02:33 PM (z8oRC)
just spit in a cup and dip the swab in it
Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2022 02:38 PM (DJFLF)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 02:41 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 22, 2022 02:45 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 02:58 PM (Ed8Zd)
I deleted that email as soon as I saw it in my inbox.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 22, 2022 01:17 PM
My family growing up consisted of 12 people across three generations. Four test kits would not be nearly enough.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 22, 2022 03:02 PM (qyH+l)
@JackPosobiec 2m
BREAKING: Diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany to hold their own "Normandy format" talks in Paris this week, per Reuters
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 22, 2022 03:06 PM (zWpOF)
Jen Psaki: "We don't put a chip in Americans when they go around the world and track their movements."
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Jen Psaki next week: you must be chipped to leave the country for your safety.
I just got here. Working my way thru the comments.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:08 PM (IDhUW)
Gawd these people are evil.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 03:10 PM (axyOa)
https://rumble.com/embed/vqeukm/?pub=g11u5
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 02:58 PM (Ed8Zd)
Bear in mind they all exceed themselves during Hearing Theater.
Posted by: ... at January 22, 2022 03:12 PM (/9mpK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2022 11:38 AM (/U27+)
Schools and churches have been doing that for decades now.
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Which makes them state agents. I know that is harsh but it is true in the main. They have to jump thru the hoops for tax and licencing reasons.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:14 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: LASue at January 22, 2022 01:02 PM (Ed8Zd)
Wasn't there a scam several years ago where clothing was imported into the Northern Marianas from somewhere in Asia, just to have a "Made in America" label sewn into them?
Posted by: Fox2! at January 22, 2022 03:20 PM (qyH+l)
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Yes, they are evil.
I saw a newsclip the other day, stating statistics on abortion. Earlier numbers had white abortions at 52%, now it is less.
End of story. So incomplete. Less by how much? What was the break down of other groups? Why mention only one group and then not give a later comparison of that same group?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:21 PM (IDhUW)
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Schools, airlines, some work places are requiring a negative test to be able to engage in those activities.
Remove those requirements and the need for testing diminishes. Test the sick only and then only to offer proven therapeutics.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:27 PM (IDhUW)
Schools, airlines, some work places are requiring a negative test to be able to engage in those activities.
Remove those requirements and the need for testing diminishes. Test the sick only and then only to offer proven therapeutics.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:27 PM (IDhUW)
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They've got the bit in their teeth and are running with it.
A taser to the snoot will put a stop to it.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 03:37 PM (MS9b1)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:43 PM (IDhUW)
They've got the bit in their teeth and are running with it.
A taser to the snoot will put a stop to it.
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Ha! If only that were an option!
Want a test? No symptoms? Zap!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:45 PM (IDhUW)
They covered up 2 of them.
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at January 22, 2022 03:48 PM (++emK)
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Which they will learn from in order to improve their next attempt.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:50 PM (IDhUW)
They covered up 2 of them.
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Ashley Babbit, the woman in the tunnel, and?
Why am I hearing that the protesters were armed?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 03:53 PM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 03:59 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at January 22, 2022 12:25 PM (N86eO)
This can be played both ways. Just make it "at will" employment like the private sector.
To the victor belong the spoils.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at
Yes, to both ideas. I would also add, cutting employment numbers drastically.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 04:08 PM (IDhUW)
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The disparity between the consequences of protesters based on political alignment is horrifying. Not sure how we correct it.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 22, 2022 04:11 PM (IDhUW)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8rmkyj
Posted by: Flyover,
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Really enjoyed that 2004 pic of Dan Crenshaw in they Young Global Leaders forum. Regretfully, he was wounded in 2012. He had sight in both eyes in 2004.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 22, 2022 04:23 PM (MS9b1)
What did the Navy dentist put on his license plate?
TOPGUM. One word, all caps.
Posted by: butch at January 22, 2022 05:37 PM (cHvOo)
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