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I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobe-ONT
Oh lord, I'm old. This makes me laugh, but it makes me laugh in a kind of horrified self deprecation. Not only do I identify with this, but I've lived it, except in my case it was Wham! Or Culture Club or something like that. Imagine Dragons? Isn't that what kids listen to?
Keen Political Instincts
Romney suggests cutting retirement benefits for younger Americans Hey, that's a good idea. Campaign on taking stuff away from people. That should go over well.
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney has addressed the vexing question of how the US copes with its ageing population, suggesting that retirement benefits may have to be cut for younger Americans. In comments to the Senate budget committee on Wednesday, the Republican senator from Utah said that the spiraling costs of retirement programs had to be tackled to bring national debt under control. Romney raised the politically controversial idea of cutting benefits, but only for younger generations before they reach retirement age. “For younger people coming along, we got to be able to find a way to balance these programs or we’re gonna find ourselves in a heap of trouble,” he said. He added that he was not in favour of raising taxes as a way of balancing the books, but was open to adjusting “long-term benefits not for current retirees”.
Look, don't get me wrong. I can't believe that I'm typing this, but Mitt is right. The whole thing is going to collapse at some point. The thing is, I think it is impossible for anyone to reform it. It can't be done. It's too large, and too many people feel that they have the “right” to “their money” that they put into SS. It's political suicide to propose cutting SS or Medicare, however. There is one way that it might possibly work. Pick an age, say, 45. Everyone over 45 gets exactly the same benefits they've been promised. Everyone under 45 will get no SS benefits (and honestly, few of them expect any), but we will also stop taking the withholding tax for SS from their paychecks. It might work, I have no idea of how the numbers look, but it'll never happen. Ain't no way govt is going to give up access to one thin dime of your money. Not happening, no way, no how.
Puck! Well, the NHL season is in the home stretch to the Stanley Cup Playoff, and Daily Faceoff takes a look at What are the common ingredients in recent Stanley Cup champion teams? Over the past decade, they identified the following:
So if we extract all the strongly correlated characteristics of recent Cup champs, we get a team that:Care to guess which NHL team meets all of these criteria? Place your guess in the comments. Answer (highlight to see): The Calgary Flames, baby! Stanley Cup here we come! Whoops
– Is among the heaviest in the NHL
– Has at least one top-10 scorer
– Has a top-10 goalie
– Ranks among the league’s best in CF%
– Has a great penalty kill
– Has at least one player with a Stanley Cup ring
– Made at least one trade-deadline move
Let’s get literal and see which teams, if any, meet all these criteria.
French Fighter Jet Joy Ride Goes Très, Très Wrong He didn't want a joy ride in a Rafele. To each his own, but that's the part that gets me. His friends got him this incredible, bucket list type ride, and he didn't want it. Well, seeing how it turned out, maybe I get why. Me? I'd be all over that like white on rice.
The fighter pilot, being a fighter pilot, probably thought he was taking it easy as he pulled into a 47-degree climb and generated a 3.7-g load. (Which, incidentally, was also beyond the doctor-ordered limit of 3 g's.) On the climb, both pilot and passenger were crushed down into the seat. But when the plane started to level off, things got real panicky in the rear seat, as a negative 0.67-g load caused the ill-buckled passenger to feel like he was about to fly out of the cockpit. Which, shortly thereafter, he did. Apparently the quick and dirty safety briefing failed to properly emphasize the fact that the black-and-yellow striped loop in the middle of the seat, between his legs, was not a grab handle but the trigger for the ejection seat. The good doctor's g-load recommendations were surely exceeded as pyrotechnics blasted a hole in the canopy and rocket motors fired the seat and its terrified denizen out into the slipstream high above the French countryside.Read the whole article. Honestly, the whole ride sounds like it was approached in a very slipshod manner, but I still think it would be cool af.
What's On TV?
2yrs ago. It still applies pic.twitter.com/00NttB9Qyn
— GoshuAAAA (@Skipper1913) March 27, 2022
Number of people who left Canada in the 4th annual quarter at almost 50-year high Seems Trudeau's bully boy tactics are not sitting well with many of those who have the means to avoid them. Gingy is from Canada, and today she saw a car with an Alberta plate and went over to chat with them. Despite the fact that they were from the wrong part of Alberta (Wullert..er, Edmonton. * spit *), they actually agreed with Gingy when she informed them that she didn't think she would ever go back. Now, Gingy is a US citizen and has been here for 20 years and not 2 months like those people, but it's interesting that the thought was there.
Spoiler: The Curse Was “Poopyhead”
Ancient Hebrew curse tablet found by Katy archaeologist could be proof of older Bible timeline I'll let you read the article, but what's interesting here is that this text would be proof of a written language and a distinct Hebrew people concurrent with the events of Exodus, which means that the events in the Torah might be contemporary accounts, and not transcripts of oral history written down many, many centuries after the events in question.
Musical Interlude
Not a musical interlude this evening. How about a dirty joke interlude? Nothing too bad at the link, but obvious NSFW warning. What I find amusing is the reaction some people have to older folks laughing at the jokes. “OMG! Grandma is laughing at a dirty joke! Teehee!” Hate to break it to you, but grandma is a human being, and she had an entire life before you came on the scene, including sneaking smokes, getting drunk, having sex, and, yes, laughing at dirty jokes. People are people, and they always have been. Know those brilliant white classical statues from ancient Rome? Yeah, back when they were carved they were painted with pubic hair and genitalia. People are people. Penis (heehee!).
Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villany
Rep. Madison Cawthorn said he was invited to an orgy by people he "looked up to" in Washington.
Noting how he is significantly younger than his peers in the Capitol — whose "average age is probably 60 or 70" — Cawthorn said: "I look at a lot of these people, a lot of them that I've looked up to through my life — I've always paid attention to politics — guys, that, then all of a sudden you get invited to, 'Oh hey we're going to have a sexual get together at one of our homes, you should come." "'What did you just ask me to come to?' And then you realize they're asking you to come to an orgy," Cawthorn added the 26-year-old.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 09:53 PM (SlUxL)
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Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at March 31, 2022 09:54 PM (eFR3E)
Thought it was eight.
Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 09:55 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at March 31, 2022 09:56 PM (eFR3E)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at March 31, 2022 09:56 PM (hOUT3)
Hiya Hiya Hiya, Hordelings. Thursday ONT must be time for WeirdDaveness. Yay.
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for new mindful video webwork 'Kamala Interpreted' at March 31, 2022 09:56 PM (1+Ehs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 09:56 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 09:57 PM (SlUxL)
Here's one she is working on.
Primavera
https://youtu.be/QyaSU6zZidg
If she's not careful, she's going to get pounced on.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 09:57 PM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2022 09:57 PM (2JoB8)
WMMS (The Buzzard!) out of Cleveland had something similar as their opening.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 09:58 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 09:58 PM (7bRMQ)
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Um, you know the money paying SS now (well, other than more borrowing) is coming from those working like the 45 and under right?
Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 09:59 PM (SlUxL)
When it comes to Biblical archeology always be wary. Ask Emperor Constantine's mother Helen who brought back from the Holy Land part of the True Cross.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 09:59 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 09:59 PM (VU4iv)
We bought an unwatchable cable entertainment (not news) organization that has no one watching....
They're fucked.
Posted by: Boswell at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (5iUNf)
Posted by: wing at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (PlW9M)
Martin-Baker sure as hell should send him his tie!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Mittens "Willard the Rat" Rombley at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (lCui1)
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That won't work because the monies being paid in by those working are given immediately to those collecting. If you stop taking money from those 45 and younger, you've stopped the ponzi scheme, and the beneficiaries won't get that money. The SS fund will liquidate the "bonds" it has on hand, and force the general fund to pay the benefits -- until the "bonds" run out. Then, the beneficiaries would see their benefits cut.
FDR did a hell of a job making social security.
Of the two, Medicare is the bigger problem, for now.
Posted by: Revenant at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (PHukT)
Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 09:59 PM (SlUxL)
Why it is almost like a plan coming together!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at March 31, 2022 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
There's already a re-alignment in retirement benefits occurring right now. The university where I work has moved from a "defined benefit" plan to a "defined contribution" plan. Folks who were hired after a certain date only get the DC plan. Folks like me who were hired before that date get both a DB and DC plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:01 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: zigzag at March 31, 2022 10:01 PM (EvUk7)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:01 PM (II3Gr)
I'M WORKING THIS SIDE OF THE STREET
Posted by: Mittens "Willard the Rat" Rombley at March 31, 2022 10:02 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:02 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 10:02 PM (SH2Zi)
He is the definition - quite literally - of why jokes about Boomers are made. The man has never produced anything in his lifetime. His greatest accomplishment, besides being the spawn of a governor, was being at the head of a company that ate other companies. He could only do that because, like everything else the Boomers enjoyed, he had the good fortune to be born right before the peak of American Wealth - and he thus got to profit from the first of the decline.
And now ? He wants to continue to rob from generations not yet born, to keep his generational party going on just a little bit more.
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 31, 2022 10:03 PM (Zikvc)
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Miklos notes that they spell it "Ahoj" at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (dKiJG)
The bonus failed to come through so certain economies had to be taken.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Doof
Fish camp
Posted by: Miklos did try to call at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (dKiJG)
I heard about this today. They're talking about getting rid of the Reedy Creek district, which is basically Disney's own private governmental unit. Don't know if it's going to happen, but the mere thought of it gives me a stiffy.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:05 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:05 PM (ipWZW)
I've been watching an entertaining YouTube series by a Scottish man who plays "GeoGuessr", a game that plunks you down in the middle of a city (or nowhere) and you have to figure out where you are by searching for clues in Google Street View.
Bigmooney06 explores America:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJQf7irK5Q
He just doesn't get how things work here, so he makes hilarious remarks about America and Americans...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:05 PM (K5n5d)
Of course. What does that have to do with anything? You'd convert the benefits due to everyone 45 and up into a liability and eat it on your balance sheet. Like I said, I have no idea what the number actually is, but that's the only way I can conceive of changing the system.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (GpUUo)
Posted by: Anna Puma
"...and held up with two marble columns."
"Got it." -- Oberlin architect grad
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Miklos, who has never cut himself intentionally at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:07 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Miklos did try to call at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (QzkSJ)
Sorry - it was dinner time at Casa de VIA. Try me again tomorrow morning?
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2022 10:07 PM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 31, 2022 10:07 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 10:02 PM (SH2Zi)
It's only a model.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:08 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Miklos, envying the VIAspitality at March 31, 2022 10:08 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (nxdel)
Howdy Jewells!! I still owe you a phone call.
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2022 10:09 PM (3D/fK)
those deep booming horns in the opening theme from Conan The Barbarian
what instrument is that
Posted by: DB
French horns and trombones -- https://youtu.be/PhSCxA78x1k
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 31, 2022 09:04 PM (pNxlR)
If you look closely, one chick is play a disc brake rotor.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 10:09 PM (SH2Zi)
The profundity of your punditry is whelming.
Thx 4 the post WD.
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for new mindful video webwork 'Kamala Interpreted' at March 31, 2022 10:09 PM (1+Ehs)
It's going to work the same way every other collective effort works here. We're going to ride this shit to the bottom, those that want to get off before the crash will be shamed by those who jut their chins out and refuse to doubt the system, and at the end we'll all listen to Lee Greenwood while somebody mops up the mess.
And then we'll all do it again, because, AMERICA !!!
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 31, 2022 10:09 PM (Zikvc)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:09 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 31, 2022 10:04 PM (dKiJG)
Whoopsie!
Posted by: Mickey Mouse at March 31, 2022 10:09 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (GpUUo)
Hi!
Posted by: Mass Die-Off of Oldsters at March 31, 2022 10:10 PM (7bRMQ)
They already hate us baby boomers. Let's not give them any more reason to encourage euthanasia.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 31, 2022 10:10 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 31, 2022 10:11 PM (F/J1O)
"Do not, under any circumstances, pull the Loud Handle unless I tell you to."
I want a ride in the back seat of an F-14 Tomcat. I promise I shan't touch the Loud Handle unless so instructed.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:11 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: flounder
That is fantastic - and striking it with a ball peen hammer!
Why is the director wearing a dress?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:11 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:12 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at March 31, 2022 09:56 PM (hOUT3)
That house is ugly, and just plain weird.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:12 PM (P3gRi)
Yes. That's exactly what you would have to do. Isn't it time we put an end to the "Current payees are funding the system" myth? The government completely broke, and has been for decades. There is no "lock box". There is no fiscal reality. There is no money. Nothing changes that.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:12 PM (GpUUo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 31, 2022 10:12 PM (ZDXYb)
Posted by: Kamala Harris, with 25 Amendment paper work in hand at March 31, 2022 10:12 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
That house is the worst photoshop ever, until you realize it isn't.
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (P1f+c)
Which is why Romney is suggesting it.
The only way to reform the system is go hard after lefty groups.
A billionaire's wealth tax.
A tax on pensions
A tax on million dollar+ homes
None of this will raise enough money...but making the left feel the pain they put everyone through will make them more rational again.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:06 PM (GpUUo)
Hi!
Posted by: Mass Die-Off of Oldsters at March 31, 2022 10:10 PM (7bRMQ)
Hey, that's my next election strategy! I called it first!
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (ipWZW)
Martin-Baker sure as hell should send him his tie!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (bNcG+)
Do the Frogs use Martin-Baker? I figured they built their own shitty seats.
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (F6Xpw)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:00 PM (bNcG+)
Indeed!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 31, 2022 10:14 PM (lCui1)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) repeats himself at March 31, 2022 10:14 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (SlUxL)
That was me!
Posted by: Mass Kill-Off of Oldsters at March 31, 2022 10:14 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Covid-19 and variants at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (Y+l9t)
The days of Douglas or Northrop making their own seats are long gone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (ipWZW)
And...we also need to stop adopting policies that will make lefties leave. Point out in Canada they beat people in the streets that don't want the Clot Shot - I mean that gives lefties a sexual thrill...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (ESjRY)
"Alec baldwin is known to fire live rounds!"
Posted by: Ciampino at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (qfLjt)
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Eclectic!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
Whoever is responsible deserves the eclectic chair, that's for sure.
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (z4BwD)
I gotta say, as curses go, that's pretty solid. No emojis or multiple exclamation points. No mistaking the intent, that's for sure.
I wonder what the circumstances of this particular tablet being created were. A Clash of Empires? Or a stolen goat?
We will never know.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2022 10:13 PM (ESjRY)
Trump tried that with cutting the SALT deductions. How'd that work out for him?
Or right, Romney and the other RINOs wanted to crucify him for it.
Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2022 10:17 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:17 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 31, 2022 10:17 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: a.moron
Don't honestly know but think we can all agree it's a safe assumption that it was a M/B since the damn thing worked.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:18 PM (bNcG+)
"Do not, under any circumstances, pull the Loud Handle unless I tell you to."
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:11 PM (xpV7z)
Seems like they should remove the ejection handle in the back seat of the joy ride airplane, and let the pilot decide when it's time to punch out.
Or, just leave the safety pins in the handle in back.
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 10:18 PM (F6Xpw)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 31, 2022 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Whoa!
Posted by: Kamala Harris
I read that in a President Keanu Reeves voice
Posted by: Miklos, and Spicoli too at March 31, 2022 10:18 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid
Nowadays, you have to leave them at least a three-star review on Amazon to get the hat, too.
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:16 PM (nxdel)
Awesome! Will check in with you tomorrow :-)
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: nerdygirl
They just raised pay for staff by 25%
Posted by: Miklos, connector of dots at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 10:18 PM (F6Xpw)
That isn't always a great idea.
Posted by: Zombie Goose, GIB DOA at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (6FeV1)
Don't forget to pay your taxes.
People in other countries are counting on you.
Posted by: Ciampino at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (qfLjt)
Well knock me over with a feather.
Posted by: LyingSackOfMitt at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (1LKup)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 31, 2022 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Visualizing that == instant birth control
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (SH2Zi)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2022 10:20 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (+56GQ)
"Times change, but human nature doesn't"
Barbara Tuchman
I always liked that, altho academic historians don't take her work very seriously.
Posted by: mnw at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (NLIak)
I need to transfer the keychain item to the other set of keys
Posted by: The Authentic Horde-type Miklos at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (QzkSJ)
The days of Douglas or Northrop making their own seats are long gone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (ipWZW)
I knew all the US and British aircraft builders use them, didn't know about the Frogs or the Israelis.
Doesn't India build their own fighter aircraft, or do they just build Russian designs under license?
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (F6Xpw)
Yeah that is right up there with a nude Kathy Bates in a hot tub....
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (ipWZW)
"They" knew the system was complete bullshit from the day Roosevelt signed the bill into law.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:12 PM (GpUUo)
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There are ways of reforming the system before that. Means test social security to reduce payment of benefits on the back end. On the front end, extend the retirement age again until the actuarial tables work (the average life expectancy is the year that you can first claim benefits) and raise taxes.
But that's conventional thinking. Given the wizards that we currently have as a government, I'd expect that they'd concoct a scheme whereby the Federal Reserve would somehow directly monetize the social security shortfall. The benefits get paid, and we ride the inflation dragon all the way into a currency collapse.
Posted by: Revenant at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (PHukT)
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (AmoqO)
does that include benefits to all the illegal immigrants who neve paid a dime into the system?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (+56GQ)
Join the club.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:22 PM (nxdel)
WMMS (The Buzzard!) out of Cleveland had something similar as their opening.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 09:58 PM (bNcG+)
Murray Saul.
With a yeast, and a youst, and a yost...it's Friday, Friday, Friday
The rant went on for few minutes
#legendary
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 31, 2022 10:22 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Larry, Curley, Moe
The Three Wise Guys
Three Crosses at Calvary
Nina, Pinta, Santa Marie
Tinker, Evers, Chance
There's more. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:22 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:22 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 31, 2022 10:23 PM (N6NYc)
Social Security and Medicare are for people who have passed retirement age.
Unemployment compensation and Medicaid are largely used by people who could work, but don't.
Posted by: LyingSackOfMitt at March 31, 2022 10:23 PM (1LKup)
Posted by: rhomboid
Nowadays, you have to leave them at least a three-star review on Amazon to get the hat, too.
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2022 10:19 PM (P1f+c)
I bet the one-star reviews are hilarious !
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 10:23 PM (F6Xpw)
PNWMoMe June 6.
There won't be door prizes or raffles or a DJ. But there will be morons. And we will have lawn darts and corn hole and alcohol.
Whatever. It will be fun. And here in the PNW, it's a haven. Because we are in the minority. It's not easy to be us here. If we put a fuck biden sticker on our car, it will be destroyed. If we fly a Betsy Ross flag at our home, it will burn. So.
I love y'all. Come join us.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2022 10:23 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:24 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: The Authentic Horde-type Miklos at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (QzkSJ)
You there, with the big thing dangling, can you direct me to Kelp's Keys?
Posted by: Frankie Howerd at March 31, 2022 10:24 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:24 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:24 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:25 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Y+l9t)
Yes. And it includes younger immigrants who bring their parents here and put them on the dole, as well. All you need to qualify for Social Security is 40 quarters (10 years) worth of work, and you can bilk the government for decades. Many also qualify for food stamps, too.
Posted by: LyingSackOfMitt at March 31, 2022 10:25 PM (1LKup)
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler
I saw that picture on Twatter yesterday and that's what everyone was asking. And then this one dude said: "It's a house built in Nigeria", and then everyone was like: "Oh. Of course!!!"
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:25 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:24 PM (Y+l9t)
Makes it harder for him to run away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:25 PM (P3gRi)
This whole SS ponzi thing is really depressing.
Howza bout we pour some cocktails and talk about the over 60 mass suicide scheme?
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 10:26 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:24 PM (Y+l9t)
The kink is strong.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:26 PM (yQpMk)
First, quit lying to people. Money going in goes right out. You cannot tax your way out
The primary feature worth keeping is the welfare payments
Treat it like welfare. Means test for benefits, fund from general revenue. Get rid of the payroll taxes and increase tax rates. Cont.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 31, 2022 10:26 PM (nHzHV)
Yep. Every time the skeptics ("scholars") say events in the Bible did not happen as recorded therein, evidence turns up to show they're wrong. One example I've heard is the "scholars" said King David didn't really exist. He was just a mythical figure like our Superman. Well, then archaeology unearths some artifacts referring to "the House of David" that proved David was an actual person.
Posted by: Emmie at March 31, 2022 10:26 PM (6RgRK)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:26 PM (yQpMk)
Two problems with this line of thought.
First you are thinking like a normal person. These people are bored with "normal" sex.
Second, half the point is to get blackmail material on their target.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2022 10:27 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: pookysgirl can't sleep, the penguins will eat her at March 31, 2022 10:27 PM (BPlqk)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2022 10:27 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:27 PM (ipWZW)
You there, with the big thing dangling, can you direct me to Kelp's Keys?
Posted by: Frankie Howerd
This entirely escapes me.
Perhaps Garret can help.
Posted by: Miklos, suspicious and mystified at March 31, 2022 10:27 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:22 PM (ipWZW)
Interesting. Probably counted on the wind stream to carry the canopy away before the seat fired. Flat spin == no wind stream == canopy floating above the aircraft == bonk bonk on the head.
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 10:28 PM (F6Xpw)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 10:28 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:28 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 31, 2022 10:29 PM (PPQdm)
From 2007, James Cameron's fraudulent documentary on the Talpiot Tomb and the James Ossuary
https://tinyurl.com/2pp7f2sh
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:30 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortex at March 31, 2022 10:30 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Y+l9t)
I looked for a breakdown but didn't find one. Didn't look too hard.
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 10:30 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: IC - Joe Biden has shit for brains at March 31, 2022 10:30 PM (oX3MH)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:30 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:31 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:31 PM (Y+l9t)
OK
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 10:32 PM (AmoqO)
My BIL is mentally handicapped. He receives much more in housing help (HUD), SSI, Medicaid, county and state benefits, etc. than he can possibly spend. Lives in a HUD owned house by himself. Utilities paid for by HUD. Plenty to eat and owns his own car free and clear.
He lives better than many, many working families.
The support system is a disaster.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:32 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: mnw at March 31, 2022 10:32 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Muad'dib
These words flow over the ONT like so much sweet syrup.
Posted by: Miklos, trying not to get in certain kinds of trouble at March 31, 2022 10:32 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Larry, Curley, Moe
The Three Wise Guys
Three Crosses at Calvary
Nina, Pinta, Santa Marie
Tinker, Evers, Chance
There's more. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:22 PM (bNcG+)
I wrote an essay long ago on the Gettysburg address, and pointed out that Abraham Lincoln loved to make his important rhetorical points in groups of 3's. Example:
"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. "
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 10:33 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: DB at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (VwHCD)
And sheesh! That house is ugly.
Night all. My left eye is pretty banged up from cataract surgery yesterday. My ophthalmologist had hell's own time getting the old, gunky lens out. But both eyes are done now. In about five weeks, she'll be able to write me a prescription to cover my godawful astigmatism. I cannot believe how the cataracts distorted my color perception the past few years.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (vMM2s)
Second, half the point is to get blackmail material on their target.
Posted by: 18-1
--------
The Left have targeted Cawthorn, he is under constant directed attack.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (PPQdm)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Interesting. Probably counted on the wind stream to carry the canopy away before the seat fired. Flat spin == no wind stream == canopy floating above the aircraft == bonk bonk on the head.
Posted by: a.moron
Yeah, I think Ward Carroll covered this in one of his vids on his channel.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (bNcG+)
Form>Function
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Styrofoam<function
Posted by: Miklos, the actual one we have been waiting for at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (K3WTO)
Larry, Curley, Moe
The Three Wise Guys
Three Crosses at Calvary
Nina, Pinta, Santa Marie
Tinker, Evers, Chance
There's more. . .
Posted by: Tonypete
Manny, Moe and Jack
Crosby, Stills and Young
Abraham, Martin and John
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: IC - Joe Biden has shit for brains
They're just viagra pills. Like this one:
https://youtu.be/AqfLxCFdXaE?t=20
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (P1f+c)
I do that too. For some reason a group of 3 just seems "right" to me as I'm writing.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (GpUUo)
Posted
++++
As a Jew, I have never understood antisemitism. Jews gave,civilization monotheism and to this day continue to provide more Nobel laureates and contributions to medicine and science and technology. Yet Jews are reviled and discriminated more than any other race on the planet.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (Y+l9t)
If they manage this feat, it will mean there will be three Lancaster bombers in flying condition.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:38 PM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Zettai
He could still take Bitem in a fair fight
Posted by: Miklos, oddsmaking at March 31, 2022 10:38 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:30 PM (yQpMk)
The name "El" survived in the Hebrew word "Elohim".
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 10:39 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 10:34 PM (VwHCD)
Try an IKEA. You may rethink letting the planet survive, just in case man comes back.
Posted by: Bete at March 31, 2022 10:39 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:39 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (63Dwl)
That house is fugly!!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (3D/fK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2022 10:23 PM (U2p+3)
Plus, there will be the Lord Humungus Walk Away reenactment at the local gas station and, of course, the ceremonial midnight streaking.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (SH2Zi)
Eh, clunkers happen sometimes. They can't all be winners.
Posted by: Frankie Howerd at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
Perhaps it is because of those very admirable achievements Jews are reviled by, what I consider to be, failing cultures. In other words, simple jealousy of a intelligent, inventive people.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Weirddave
Also applies to music and architecture (the Parthenon for example)
3:1 ratio
Posted by: Miklos, seeking the Golden Mean at March 31, 2022 10:41 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:39 PM (63Dwl)
Just so long as liver transplants aren't limited to 3.
Posted by: David Crosby at March 31, 2022 10:41 PM (SlUxL)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (Y+l9t)
I suspect that most secular Jews don't believe in Satan, but they don't have to. He believes in them, and makes sure they know it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 10:41 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Frankie Howerd
Tell me about it
Posted by: Reality Winner at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Goldilocks at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2022 10:25 PM (nxdel)
Awesome. Then I shall be calling!
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (3D/fK)
Posted by: Weirddave
Also applies to music and architecture (the Parthenon for example)
3:1 ratio
Posted by: Miklos, seeking the Golden Mean at March 31, 2022 10:41 PM (QzkSJ)
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The Planescape campaign setting from Dungeons and Dragons has "The Rule of Three" as a fundamental principle built into the fabric of the cosmos. It shows up a lot in real world physics as well....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (Y+l9t)
My plan is to understand less and fight back more.
I don't really give a rat's ass why somebody hates me. But I am prepared to fight if they try to do anything about it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur, homeschooler at March 31, 2022 10:40 PM (SH2Zi)
The streaking was out sekrit.
Dammit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2022 10:43 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Miklos, seeking the Golden Mean at March 31, 2022 10:41 PM (QzkSJ)
Or the "Golden Ratio" of the isosceles triangle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2022 10:43 PM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Kara Hultgreen, the first woman combat pilot/death, died because of the delay between the RIO popping first and hers. Her ship was rolling to port, RIO shot perpendicular to the water's surface, she shot almost straight down. RIP.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Geni at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 31, 2022 10:37 PM (GpUUo)
The ancients started that. But true science seems to agree it takes three times for a person to remember something.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:42 PM (K5n5d)
Earth Wind and Fire
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: DB at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, calling the Clans at March 31, 2022 10:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Tonypete
This is known as "bad luck."
Posted by: probably not R.A. Heinlein at March 31, 2022 10:45 PM (P1f+c)
_________________
IIRC there are only 2 B-29 Liberators in flying condition here in the US. Seen one. Incredibly low to the ground. Maybe others... dunno.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2022 10:45 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:45 PM (K3WTO)
Posted by: T Shirt at March 31, 2022 10:45 PM (z4BwD)
@Revenant, I think they will expand the back door means testing by making more of the benefits taxable and probably raising premiums on all the parts of Medicare other than A. Weight more of the benefit to discourage people from retiring at 65 and staying in the workforce longer. Fiddle with the escalator formula. There are tweaks that they can do within the existing system.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 31, 2022 10:46 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2022 10:43 PM (XIJ/X)
A wun, anna two, anna root three...
Posted by: zombie Lawrence Welk at March 31, 2022 10:46 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:46 PM (yQpMk)
I agree. I always thought that leaving those people in my rear view mirror was very satisfying.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2022 10:46 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (7bRMQ)
Its taken me 30 years to remember to put out the garbage. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 10:46 PM (VwHCD)
Three blind mice
Three little pigs
The three graces
The three Norns
Three witches from Shakespeare
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:47 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:47 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Now see?
Take back everything you all have ever said about CDB!
Posted by: Miklos, eyeing the maple syrple at March 31, 2022 10:47 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:47 PM (II3Gr)
As long as they remain there. But if they don't, you need to have a plan to shoot them in the face.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2022 10:47 PM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:47 PM (K3WTO)
Posted by: Buckwheat at March 31, 2022 10:48 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2022 10:48 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: DB at March 31, 2022 10:48 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Even back then the EPA was shutting down mines?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at March 31, 2022 10:48 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 10:48 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 31, 2022 10:48 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (nHzHV)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (P3gRi)
I hope you both are having a fine evening. It's always a kick to see you both here
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: JRR T at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
The lovely Mrs is a retired special ed administrator and teacher. She insists it takes three 'corrections' to change any bad behavior.
Therefore, when I claim I want to see a Congresscritter drawn and quartered for anti-American behavior, for example, she reminds me that if that is my only action, it will not be effective.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Ciampino at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (qfLjt)
@Tonypete, I would be happy to start with reducing AFDC (or whatever they call it these days) to account for the free breakfasts and lunches they give kids at school now. But to your main point, I think it was Pennsylvania that did a study that found that an unmarried mother of 2 had to make $62,000 a year to replace the benefits she was getting for doing nothing (at least on the books). Going to work was a terrible deal for her.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (BMmaB)
Spock!
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (yQpMk)
Lizard!
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: DB at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:49 PM (K5n5d)
...Lizard, Spock
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: JRR T at March 31, 2022 10:51 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (bNcG+)
It'll stop that particular one!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:51 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:51 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:51 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:51 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (6FeV1)
He founded Bain Capital. But with his father's Rolodex. Which makes him just about as stupid as you think he is, but as a textbook case of nepotism as opposed to, um, whatever you want to call it that Kamala did/does.
Posted by: HTL at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (G6nPO)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: Miklos, also liking Nina Hagen at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (7bRMQ)
Moar as from Leon Uris' "Exodus".
Less as from Woody Allen's entire IDMB.
Not being of The Tribe, but I picture Muscular Jewry as being Righteous Before God, but dweebish pseudojewry as being an abomination. But of course, I see Christ and Christianity in exactly the same way. You may now proceed to throw stones at me, the sinner.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (K5n5d)
El was, I think, the generic word for a household god
That sounds like something in the Centauri Republic.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (63Dwl)
In the Proto-Indoeuropean (and many of its daughter languages) cardinal numbers up to three are declined for case and gender as regular adjectives...
There is speculation that higher numbers were innovations at the time and thus not declined...
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (2296J)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 10:51 PM (6FeV1)
I'd say your memory for ancient deity names is pretty darn good!
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (7DwHm)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (XG2Fi)
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I won't hold my breath for $500 a year. Standard Biden tactic, though, more better lies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (FVME7)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 10:52 PM (QzJWU)
I don't fire off howitzers in a glass house. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)
Duck, duck, goose.
Losers.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I got rock, scissors, and goose.
Cheap at the thrift store, but still
Posted by: Miklos, disappointed but getting creative at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (QzkSJ)
muddy May Suggins
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (x8Wzq)
https://youtu.be/LwS1k8LKxJg
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (KywlU)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (II3Gr)
I doubt the increase would be less than $500 a month.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (yQpMk)
Sooner or later it collapses. It will probably take thirty or so years.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (nHzHV)
Posted by: Methos at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (2296J)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (II3Gr)
You said rape twice.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (7DwHm)
Clotho (Spinner), Lachesis (Allotter), and Atropos (Inflexible).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (K5n5d)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Them stones might come in right handy
*sends Jim a Wrist Rocket type slingshot*
Posted by: Miklos, waste not at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (QzkSJ)
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I won't hold my breath for $500 a year. Standard Biden tactic, though, more better lies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at March 31, 2022 10:53 PM (FVME7)
I would expect zero savings by transitioning to "renewable" energy. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:56 PM (P3gRi)
One is the loneliest number...
Posted by: Zettai
https://tinyurl.com/b9wyrjff
Posted by: Miklos, also liking Nina Hagen
I like this extended version:
https://youtu.be/JZ5ofB7axSg
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 10:56 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 31, 2022 10:56 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2022 10:57 PM (7DwHm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 10:57 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 31, 2022 10:57 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2022 10:57 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 31, 2022 10:55 PM (nHzHV)
It's gonna get "fixed" by Gen's X, Z, and Millennials taking it up the ass by not collecting any SS benefits. We're all gonna be told that we were privileged to grow up when we did and that we completely consumed more GAIA than we were supposed to. And you better believe there's still gonna be a SS tax.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at March 31, 2022 10:58 PM (KywlU)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2022 10:58 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at March 31, 2022 10:58 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Methos at March 31, 2022 10:58 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:58 PM (2296J)
Posted by: 3 Mikloses 3 at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (QzkSJ)
muddy May Suggins
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (x8Wzq)
Ella Mae Morse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5ysmjLlaw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (z4BwD)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Other Knight at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The Lanc is a truly beautiful aircraft.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:00 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Zeppo and Gummo at March 31, 2022 11:00 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2022 11:00 PM (7DwHm)
Posted by: One Corinthian at March 31, 2022 11:01 PM (4I/2K)
Can't we just make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share? That works for everything else.
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2022 11:01 PM (PTDkx)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:01 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (zWaRI)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 10:58 PM (2296J)
In japanse, "shi" means death, but the numbers 4 and 7 are canonically "shi" and "shichi". So they'll often call those numbers "yon" and "nana" instead, especially when reciting data like phone numbers or whatever, just so they don't have to incidentally say "shi" out loud.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (abcoC)
Posted by: The Three Mousketeers at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (XG2Fi)
The greatest is Love.
Posted by: One Corinthian
If you disagree, the Bell, Book, and Candle.
Posted by: one medieval pope at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (7DwHm)
Posted by: A. Schicklgruber at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: 3 Mikloses 3 at March 31, 2022 10:59 PM (QzkSJ)
Must be naughty, won't let me look.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (7bRMQ)
that building looks like a really cheap hotel in Puerto Rico, or someplace similar.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:03 PM (VwHCD)
that building looks like a really cheap hotel in Puerto Rico, or someplace similar.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (evAgx)
Has to be the same asshole who designed the kitchens I was looking at tonight.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:03 PM (VwHCD)
that building looks like a really cheap hotel in Puerto Rico, or someplace similar.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:02 PM (evAgx)
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Someone got a good deal on two pillars.
I've seen worse in the hinterlands of China.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 11:04 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:03 PM (VwHCD)
Three and yet one; a deep sacred mystery
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 11:04 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at March 31, 2022 11:04 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: mnw at March 31, 2022 11:05 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:03 PM (VwHCD)
Three and yet one; a deep sacred mystery
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 11:04 PM (II3Gr)
The music zone?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (63Dwl)
I've seen worse in the hinterlands of China.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 11:04 PM (XG2Fi)
There were four, but I sold the other two on the black market.
Posted by: Party Bureaucrat at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (7bRMQ)
https://youtu.be/JZ5ofB7axSg
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
And it has Dancin' Candy!
Posted by: Miklos doing a major Oh Lawd on this at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 31, 2022 11:08 PM (UUBmN)
And I don't mean the 1960s Amerriachi two-strokes, imported from Italy and rebranded H-D so AMF would have something to sell against the Japanese Invaders. Oh, and the one lung "Ducati-ish" 350 four stroke, too. Gawd, that was one UGLY bike!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:08 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (VwHCD)
You are entering a realm not only of sight and sound, but of a whole ear-bleeding cochlea-dislodging fuckload of sound....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 11:08 PM (abcoC)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The Lanc is a truly beautiful aircraft.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:00 PM (xpV7z)
Saw on on the ground once. Dang they're big.
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:09 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Party Bureaucrat at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (7bRMQ)
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That's exactly how the Three Gorges Dam got built.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 11:09 PM (XG2Fi)
Except I expect the house of cards to completely collapse within 5 to 10 years and means testing reducing SS for "the rich" doesn't solve the issue of the deep state pushing way too many people to be helpless and need SSDI w/o ever working.
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at March 31, 2022 11:09 PM (3cGpq)
Posted by: Miklos is the guy on accordion at March 31, 2022 11:09 PM (QzkSJ)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I had one as a lad. Shot a couple birds out of the air from a fair distance with just plain old rocks. Gave it up when I realized I just didn't like killing critters.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:10 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Sun Ting Wong, PMP at March 31, 2022 11:10 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
SPEAK UP
Posted by: Miklos, of mis-spent high-decibel youth at March 31, 2022 11:11 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sharkman
I was privileged to see one at Rickenbacker in '99. There were also over 50 p-51 Mustangs there. Along with a host of other aircraft. My kids thought I was the greatest Dad in the universe because of that.
(I am)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 11:11 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2022 11:13 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 11:13 PM (X0yXK)
Posted by: klaftern at March 31, 2022 11:13 PM (taPSh)
Posted by: Miklos, neglected Sixth Stooge at March 31, 2022 11:13 PM (QzkSJ)
The lovely Mrs is a retired special ed administrator and teacher. She insists it takes three 'corrections' to change any bad behavior.
Therefore, when I claim I want to see a Congresscritter drawn and quartered for anti-American behavior, for example, she reminds me that if that is my only action, it will not be effective.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 10:50 PM (bNcG+)
So drawing and quartering three congresscritters will work? Or drawing and thirding congresscritters?
Posted by: a.moron at March 31, 2022 11:14 PM (F6Xpw)
https://youtu.be/JZ5ofB7axSg
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
And it has Dancin' Candy!
Posted by: Miklos doing a major Oh Lawd on this at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (QzkSJ)
okay that was a lot more mesmerizing than I thought it could be!
it reminded me of the kinds of things that used to be on NightFlight back in the 80's.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Javems
I got to crawl through a B-17 at an airshow once. I couldn't believe they could stuff 10 guys into the thing, much less guns, ammo, bombs, heavy boots and gloves and jackets. The interior was incredibly small and cramped.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (xpV7z)
Maybe some of that will make up for the screwing they are applying to me now that I am drawing it.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 11:16 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: Sun Ting Wong, PMP at March 31, 2022 11:10 PM (QzkSJ)
Don't look to me for help.
Posted by: Little Dutch Boy at March 31, 2022 11:16 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Jimmy Castor Bunch at March 31, 2022 11:16 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 11:16 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 31, 2022 11:17 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:17 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM
Which is why the B-17 is known as the FIAT 500 of four-engine strategic bombers...
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 11:17 PM (X0yXK)
They all score more goals than the opponents.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2022 11:18 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (xpV7z)
I've toured a couple, and I've wondered what it was like to walk through that bomb bay, with the doors open, on that thin little strip of metal in the middle.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:18 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 31, 2022 11:18 PM (TfRuS)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:18 PM (dpnJh)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:18 PM (evAgx)
Carefully?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM
incredibly roomy compared to a WW2 sub.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 31, 2022 11:18 PM (TfRuS)
Yeah, and I've had just about enough of 'em!
Posted by: Texas at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (xpV7z)
Same here. Saw a B-29 at the Commemorative Air Show, formerly known as the Confederate Air Show. Too long a line to go through it. Big though.
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Doris Day at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (dpnJh)
This is a major reason it won't be done - it can't be used as a jobs program to create tens of thousands of new, unionized Federal jobs for the Democrats to launder public money through on its way back to their campaign coffers.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (Unq4t)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:20 PM (9uqbB)
They want that slush fund, though. It's not about actual SECURITY for people. It's about favors and grift.
Posted by: SARDiver at March 31, 2022 11:21 PM (Cmxw7)
Posted by: Sharkman
Sort of like below decks on any USN vessel. Amazing that even on an aircraft carrier, not counting the hanger deck, every space below is jam-packed with equipment and gear.
*and places to knock your head and bang your knees*
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2022 11:21 PM (bNcG+)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:21 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 31, 2022 11:21 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2022 11:22 PM (axyOa)
*and places to knock your head and bang your knees*
Posted by: Tonypete
Steel doesn't give when you hit your head on it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 11:23 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:23 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:23 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 31, 2022 11:23 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Dawn at March 31, 2022 11:24 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:24 PM (dpnJh)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Talk about walking the high wire without a net.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:24 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 31, 2022 11:24 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Fp145 at March 31, 2022 11:24 PM (k3C7G)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:25 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at March 31, 2022 11:25 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Watch your step, buckaroo!
Posted by: Major Kong at March 31, 2022 11:25 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 11:25 PM (63Dwl)
Yale medical school administrator stole $40-million in $10k increments, to avoid detection. That means she stole $10k twice a day for 8 years, and no one caught on:
https://t.co/EFAEtuxFIU
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at March 31, 2022 11:09 PM (3cGpq)
SSDI is denying people with mental illness right now, specifically vets. Honestly, Pooky should have been on it five years ago, but he was trying to do "the right thing" by working full-time while his psychosis was starting to manifest. Now we're playing catch-up while the SSDI people deal with COVID backlog (or at least, that's the current excuse). Pooky probably *could* work, but then he'd snap and murder his coworkers, which would cost the government taxpayers and people paying into SS.
Posted by: pookysgirl, making the hard calculations at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (BPlqk)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: H Clinton at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Brewdog at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (g9jSc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:19 PM (evAgx)
Went through a sub moored at the USS Alabama site at Mobile. Have gotten more claustrophobic through the years. Couldn't do it again.
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (AmoqO)
He plays for the uniparty not conservatives....
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (X4Ncv)
Posted by: Brewdog at March 31, 2022 11:26 PM (g9jSc)
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Yes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 11:27 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Miklos Foster-Brooks at March 31, 2022 11:27 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:29 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: Some Kind of Wet Cake at March 31, 2022 11:29 PM (4I/2K)
By the way. "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" is a country western song written by Randy Hanzlick. He recently passed, but was Chief Medical Examiner for Fulton County GA (Atlanta).
Posted by: Fp145
I heard that line on Existential Blues
https://youtu.be/_lkYL1a5TqQ
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM (dpnJh)
*and places to knock your head and bang your knees*
Posted by: Tonypete
Many a sailor, including this idiot butter bar supply officer, has enjoyed the sheet of blood that cascades over your face when you run through a hatch during GQ with a little too much bounce in your step.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (xpV7z)
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Yeah, forward of the bomb bay, it's a nightmare for those of us who are tall. I marvel that Jimmy Stewart managed to get in there. 'course we were all younger and skinnier then.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM (T8gyh)
Posted by: ptschett at March 31, 2022 11:31 PM (zB+vL)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:31 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:31 PM (dpnJh)
Madison Cawthorn is...a bit disappointing. I liked what his appearance at the RNC and what he had to say in interviews but between the DWI and...that...damn.
Anyway, why would anyone invite a cripple to an orgy?
Shaved my head *and* my face fuzz. My head looks like a giant cue ball. I ran my razor around the edge of my ears because, ya know, middle age, and I seemed to now be slowly bleeding to death. It's recommended to anyone interested in my stuff to leave a request and I shall scribble you into my will.
Oh, look at the time! Gotta be up early.
Night!
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2022 11:31 PM (x7qxA)
Posted by: Miklos Foster-Brooks at March 31, 2022 11:27 PM (QzkSJ)
You rigged that, didn't you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:31 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:32 PM (dpnJh)
Posted by: Lothar of the Keolu Hill People at March 31, 2022 11:32 PM (eBKFl)
So long as they're taking that shit out of my check against my will he isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2022 11:34 PM (KFhLj)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:31 PM (9uqbB)
Aussie beer guy, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:34 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2022 11:34 PM (T8gyh)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I was overserved
*slaps right hand with left hand*
Posted by: Miklos Foster-Brooks, roasting while toasted at March 31, 2022 11:34 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:35 PM (7bRMQ)
Lacking speed, armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, well, you know the rest.
Admiral Yamamoto tested, Admiral Yamamoto..aaauggghh!!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:35 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM (T8gyh)
I once hit my head hard on something, then went to the rack shortly after. Didn't notice my head was bleeding until I woke up and the pillow was stuck to my head.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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I remember him being on the Dick Whittinghill Show on KMPC in the late '60s.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (T8gyh)
The three tests Indiana Jones had to pass to reach the holy grail.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: A Guy Ands His Comets at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (Y5qcH)
That's what she said.
Posted by: Nice, Soft Rack at March 31, 2022 11:37 PM (7bRMQ)
The three tests Indiana Jones had to pass to reach the holy grail.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (9uqbB)
Even after you made it, one could still choose... poorly.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 31, 2022 11:38 PM (evAgx)
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The B-17 was a beautiful plane all 'round - for its time, of course. My Dad was USAAF Air-Sea rescue, and noted that it would float for hours, even when shot full of holes. OTOH, the B-24 would sink in about 90 seconds, even intact with the bomb bay doors closed.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2022 11:39 PM (T8gyh)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:40 PM (dpnJh)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:30 PM
As an Army guy aboard Belleau Wood in Somalia, we'd do daily drills. All my navy shipmates put on these hoods. Apparently for fire protection.
I asked where mine was?
Their answer was a blank stare.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2022 11:41 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 31, 2022 11:36 PM (Y5qcH)
Hey sniffy, didn't know you were a swabbie.
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:41 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:42 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: azjaeger at March 31, 2022 11:43 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:43 PM (dpnJh)
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:41 PM (AmoqO)
I had a short, lackluster career as a submarine officer.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 31, 2022 11:44 PM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 10:44 PM (7bRMQ)
*slaps forehead* D'OH!
Posted by: St. Peter at March 31, 2022 11:44 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Miklos , one of those meddling kids at March 31, 2022 11:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:45 PM (dpnJh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Could you repeat that?
Twice?
Posted by: Miklos, a bit slow on the uptake at March 31, 2022 11:46 PM (QzkSJ)
Their answer was a blank stare.
Posted by: Diogenes
___
Squids.
Gotta love them (especially if your dad is one).
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 31, 2022 11:46 PM (zWaRI)
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:46 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
___
So you're one of the batshit crazy types my dad told me about.
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 31, 2022 11:47 PM (zWaRI)
Posted by: Miklos, the Original Three Man Commenter Quartet at March 31, 2022 11:47 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: St. Peter at March 31, 2022 11:44 PM (4I/2K)
Well, you were warned.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:47 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 31, 2022 11:44 PM (Y5qcH)
Never considered the Navy, Grew up in the Army. Resigned as an O-3.
Posted by: Javems at March 31, 2022 11:47 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 31, 2022 11:44 PM (Y5qcH)
I pointed out to my dad that every time he dove the boat, he was doing the Japanese work for them.
He'd get annoyed and pointed out that me, the product of his loins, jumped out of perfectly good airplanes.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2022 11:47 PM (axyOa)
from a quick link -- Adam and Eve, about 4000 BC .. Abraham birth maybe 1952BC. Joseph in Egypt 1670 BC.
1146 BC Moses leads Israel out of Egypt.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2022 11:47 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Miklos, but I was just a kid at March 31, 2022 11:48 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: 496 at March 31, 2022 11:48 PM (U1eOr)
He probably left out the vowels to get it to fit...
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 11:51 PM (oZBZc)
Lacking speed, armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, well, you know the rest.
That was a deliberate design philosophy the Japanese had. It was their attempt to fudge their deficiency in high power engine design and ability to build large numbers of planes. Light weight meant more range and better performance so they could beat the early Allied planes and use fewer airplanes to cover larger areas. Once the Allies built larger numbers of planes that could perform as well while also having strength, the Japanese were pretty much screwed. Of course, the whole Pacific War for the Japanese was like playing chess where your opponent gets new pieces every turn and you don't. If you don't win fast, you aren't going to. FDR engineered the whole thing by cutting off their oil and steel unless they left China. Basically they could just give up trying to be a power without fighting, or they could take the longshot. They took the longshot.
Posted by: azjaeger at March 31, 2022 11:51 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:51 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: Shipoopi at March 31, 2022 11:51 PM (xKFcT)
Bouncing Betty was the Bomb!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:51 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2022 11:45 PM
Ahhh. Three of the Army's food groups.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2022 11:52 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:52 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: Jack Crabb at March 31, 2022 11:53 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Diogenes
Those guys were on fire teams, expected to actively fight fires. I assume your GQ station wasn't on a fire team. Thus, no hood issued to you.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:53 PM (xpV7z)
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A friend of mine observed that in the Pacific War, the Japanese were playing Go. A game where, if you occupy the strategic points, your opponent understands that he has lost. Unfortunately for the Japanese, we were playing Chess. A game that is not over until the King is dead.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2022 11:53 PM (T8gyh)
What was the question?
Posted by: COMountainMarie
*adopts the Position*
The question is the answer
Posted by: Miklos, not as fat as the Buddha but I guess I could try at March 31, 2022 11:54 PM (QzkSJ)
War for the Japanese was like playing chess where your opponent gets new pieces every turn and you don't.
And we got two special pieces at the end.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2022 11:54 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Zettai
ISWYDT . . . No vowels that long ago, yes?
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:55 PM (xpV7z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:57 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:55 PM
Akshooly...
Hebrew has a number of letters that can and often do serve as vowels...
Posted by: Zettai at March 31, 2022 11:57 PM (oZBZc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
That's even in Axis and Allies
Posted by: Miklos, the triple bombers are killer too at March 31, 2022 11:57 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Shipoopi at March 31, 2022 11:58 PM (xKFcT)
But their materials engineering was still weak, with inconsistent steels, hardening & tempering bearings, cylinder sleeves, valve seats, bearings & races. Was all.. kinda maybe!
And yeah. FDR finagled that war pretty much like the left is now horny for Nukerania. All the Galveston Island homes that had "Hate Has No Home Here" signs, are replete now with Gold & Blue and all other manner of Ukrania cheerleading. But then, (d) has always been the WarStarting party.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2022 11:58 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 31, 2022 11:59 PM (9uqbB)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2022 11:59 PM (7bRMQ)
what's the bad number? Is it four - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 31, 2022 11:59 PM (lCui1)
Hebrew has a number of letters that can and often do serve as vowels...
Posted by: Zettai
I could be a Mr. Smartypants too, except pants are opshunul
Posted by: Miklos, opting out, and even lies on the Book Thread at March 31, 2022 11:59 PM (QzkSJ)
I worked outside in the ward wgile it was fricking snowing! Got some stuff done, and now thawing out w/ a libation. Nothing in the morning so I can indlge and sleep in.
Posted by: Farmer at April 01, 2022 12:00 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: azjaeger at April 01, 2022 12:00 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 01, 2022 12:01 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Miklos, strategically thinking logistics at April 01, 2022 12:01 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:53 PM (xpV7z)
My GQ station was in the Intel Center. My guys and I had to keep doing our stuff and stay out of the way.
Those Navy scamps!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2022 12:02 AM (axyOa)
FFS, we fought OURSELVES to total destruction in the Civil War. What did they think we were going to do to them?
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:04 AM (xpV7z)
Whigs tried that once, I think?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 12:05 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 01, 2022 12:05 AM (zWaRI)
Posted by: Miklos, strategically adjusting fez and monocles at April 01, 2022 12:07 AM (QzkSJ)
By the end of the war, the best Japanese planes were just about caught up with the Helical and Mustang. Of course, we had better planes than those two a few months away and maybe a year out from having first gen jet fighters. The Germans were a little ahead at the end as far as prototypes but as was always their problem they didn't have the resources or manufacturing capabilities to make enough for it to make a difference.
Posted by: azjaeger at April 01, 2022 12:08 AM (3/XaG)
Those are now standard percussion library.
Sometimes they are played with a cello bow for more of that haunting sustain.
Bowed brake drums.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:08 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2022 11:06 PM (VwHCD)
You are entering a realm not only of sight and sound, but of a whole ear-bleeding cochlea-dislodging fuckload of sound....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 11:08 PM (abcoC)
Man, no shit, really not far from the truth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:10 AM (VwHCD)
Had a thirty minute ride in a B17 a few years ago. Really a thrill.
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 01, 2022 12:10 AM (Jzz++)
And yes I think 2 flying B-29s in the US. FiFi, and Doc. Have been aboard both (on the ground ..... wouldn't fork out the $$$ to fly on them).
And back in the early 80s, to continue the ejection seat theme, I recall that in Zimbabwe a similar incident occurred. High-ranking official was given a ride in the British Aerospace equivalent of an Alpha Jet, forget the name of the model, small trainer/Third World general purpose aircraft. He freaked out and ejected himself and the pilot. Recall this was a reliable inside story that was kept quiet for obvious reasons, but it might have been wrong/apocryphal.
And impossible to imagine a "skimpy" safety briefing on flying in an ejection seat-equipped aircraft. Once was lucky to go up in one and the briefing/training for both on-ground escape (fire) and ejection seat use was extensive.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 01, 2022 12:10 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: azjaeger at April 01, 2022 12:13 AM (3/XaG)
I'm surprised they don't just disable certain things in the trunk of a fighter jet when taking on mere passengers...
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:14 AM (2296J)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2022 11:15 PM (xpV7z)
I did that once. Walking on that little strip between the bomb racks, looking at the area the waist gunners were, seeing the ball turret and the tail gunner area. It was one of thee most eeriest things I ever did. I just couldn't imagine having to get out of that thing before you go high speed dirt. I can't even explain what I felt.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:14 AM (VwHCD)
And she was mostly writing about the war with us. Most the same pathologies were at work in the non-decisions (in our sense of them, political authorities making the call) on Manchukuo, and the China war, two debacles that led right into the final, catastrophic one.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 01, 2022 12:15 AM (OTzUX)
Does this stone paved loading zone make my ass look fat?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (S3EUx)
He survived a dozen missions before the war ended.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (jTmQV)
I was inside of a PBY Catalina on static display once...
A fellow could get downright comfy in here, I thought!
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (VU4iv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Exact feeling I had. "How the Hell did anyone ever get out when they really had to?" 25,000 didn't.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (xpV7z)
You forgot Nash - CSNY
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (qfLjt)
People of the past were used to much, much more physical discomfort and danger than we are. A steady trend for always. I wonder if people of the past would be able to handle the high speed information load and rapid change of the modern era, though, or if it would make them crazy. I guess its all what you are used to as "normal"
Posted by: azjaeger at April 01, 2022 12:19 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: gourmand du jour
He clanked when he walked, didn't he?
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:19 AM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 31, 2022 11:08 PM (abcoC)
Man, no shit, really not far from the truth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Already-Deplorable Cookbook
Next-Deplorable playlist
Posted by: Miklos, thinking Doof could be of assistance at April 01, 2022 12:19 AM (QzkSJ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nENkNMvckak
Posted by: SMH
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Yeah, he pretty much covers it all. Wokers, however, IF they listened to the whole thing, would digest not a second of it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2022 12:20 AM (OMKK+)
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 31, 2022 11:21 PM (mNhhD)
Don't forget the daughter who died in the car crash.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 01, 2022 12:20 AM (Y7xeS)
They had a Flight Surgeon up for a ride, and when the pilot rolled inverted, the Surgeon grabbed for that yella n' black "grab handle".
There are good pics of the '14 safely landing in full Convertible Mode. The story won't be hard to find on a search.
Jmi
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 12:20 AM (QzJWU)
I have, in the past, related this story prior to tonight.
I may have to make several comment boxes to finish it. Here goes.
The year is about 1988. I had just married his daughter. We are in Waterloo Iowa.
There is a static display of a B17. I wanted to go see it. I watched it come and land.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:22 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (xpV7z)
To use a star wars reference, it was like 25,000 cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I'll never step foot in another one of those things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:22 AM (VwHCD)
I wonder if people of the past would be able to handle the high speed information load and rapid change of the modern era, though, or if it would make them crazy.
Like what's happening to us?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2022 12:24 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:24 AM (xpV7z)
I asked "Dick, I wanna go see that B17, let's go, I'll pay the ticket."
"Oh, hell no" he says. "I never want to see one ever again".
"OK, Dick, may I borrow your car?"
"No way".
"OK, never mind, I'll call a cab". (This would have been 40 bucks both ways).
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:24 AM (jTmQV)
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Jews tend to marry Jews and this is also a source of resentment. Happens to other 'closed' sects such as Mormons.
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 12:24 AM (qfLjt)
Of the 10 man crew, the two waist gunners were killed. Three were wounded/njured, and captured.
The other five, after a few or several weeks, showed up in England reporting for duty.
I have thought that the stories of those five could make for a great book.
Posted by: Miklos at April 01, 2022 12:26 AM (QzkSJ)
I never seen you around here.
Just giving you crap as I just made a couple of typos. It was snowing today when I was working in the yard. I needed something to warm up.
I'm warm now and confortably buzzed. I think I'm going for one of those chicken drumusticks J fried last night.
Posted by: Farmer at April 01, 2022 12:26 AM (55Qr6)
He says, "OK, I'll drive us" which he does in his Buick Riviera.
We drive from Cedar Falls to Waterloo airport.
I buy the admission tickets.
Dick is walking toward the aircraft and a change comes over him. I am the first up the skinny ass ladder in to the fuselage of the B17. He follows me.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:27 AM (jTmQV)
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If they are like the NE Jews it's easy to see.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 01, 2022 12:27 AM (9v1sv)
Dick follows me. He shows me where he used to sit at the radio desk. How he would take written notes to be passed up to the pilot.
He starts to cry. I try to comfort him.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:29 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: azjaeger
Which is funny if you know how Shogi is played.
Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2022 12:29 AM (P1f+c)
Of the 10 man crew, the two waist gunners were killed. Three were wounded/njured, and captured.
The other five, after a few or several weeks, showed up in England reporting for duty.
I have thought that the stories of those five could make for a great book.
Posted by: Miklos at April 01, 2022 12:26 AM (QzkSJ)
yeah, like how they dragged those big fucking heavy balls back in England.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:30 AM (VwHCD)
Dick has now composed himself and describes how he was in his own little world while absolute mayhem erupted all around him. Focus on his job.
We completed the tour. We watched the B17 take off for its next destination.
I actually felt guilty for asking Dick to remember what must have been terrible memories.
He passed in 1997.
His widow, my mother in law, is now 97 and lives with us.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:32 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Well, my best guess is that either the Royal Navy picked them up from the French coast, or that the actual Resistance got them over the mountains to Spain, where Franco turned a blind eye.
Posted by: Miklos, has written books, no novels yet at April 01, 2022 12:33 AM (QzkSJ)
The photos and story are worth the click.
https://tinyurl.com/3es77e3h
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 12:34 AM (QzJWU)
I actually felt guilty for asking Dick to remember what must have been terrible memories.
Dana Andrews in The Best Years of Our Lives
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2022 12:35 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: gourmand du jour
Bless him and bless her.
Posted by: Miklos at April 01, 2022 12:35 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:36 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:37 AM (2296J)
Posted by: Daytona at April 01, 2022 12:39 AM (QzkSJ)
Dick follows me. He shows me where he used to sit at the radio desk. How he would take written notes to be passed up to the pilot.
He starts to cry. I try to comfort him.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:29 AM (jTmQV)
I'll never step foot in one again. I'm starting to shake just thinking about it. I got half way through that thing, and I froze, my knees started to buckle and I almost collapsed. I saw flashes of waist gunners freezing their ass off, getting shot to pieces as bullets tore through the skin of the plane, dudes splattered all over the inside of the ball turrets, other dudes fighting to get out, and a ton of images I don;t even want to remember. I don't know what the hell happened, but the feeling of dread was just fucking crushing. I never felt anything like that, it was like watching a high speed reel of every dude that suffered in those things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:39 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 01, 2022 12:40 AM (OTzUX)
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For some reason that reminds me of
Hillary, Chelsea, William -- Clinton
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 12:41 AM (qfLjt)
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For some reason that reminds me of
Hillary, Chelsea, William -- Clinton
Posted by: Ciampino
heh
Posted by: Perkins Coie at April 01, 2022 12:41 AM (QzkSJ)
My favorite PBY story is that after the war someone had the (admittedly brilliant) idea of buying surplus airframes and basically refitting them as....flying RVs. I think the whole thing fell apart when he flew his family to some small Pacific island and got attacked by natives. Or maybe it was Africa. I don't recall. Great idea though, I'd love to have a Catalina RV.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 01, 2022 12:42 AM (zjsv2)
They reached out and touched you from the halls of Valhalla. I'd imagine you'd kinda notice that kind of thing.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 12:42 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 12:43 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino
It's always good to work with professionals
Posted by: Miklos the Hun at April 01, 2022 12:45 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:46 AM (xpV7z)
Compared to the normal flow? It's a stampede. And, as one said when I welcomed him to the states, "I'm a refugee from Communism."
You and the occasional pilot still sneaking in from Hong Kong, dude. There's only two times to flee a country's fall: too early, and too late.
Posted by: Not From Around Here at April 01, 2022 12:47 AM (wrzAm)
Posted by: vivi at April 01, 2022 12:47 AM (33kEg)
Posted by: Weirddave
And go bouncing around Fench Polynesia for a couple of years. Or decades? Hell, yeah.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:48 AM (xpV7z)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 12:42 AM (QzJWU)
I think Mrs B felt it too, some minutes later she literally broke down.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:48 AM (VwHCD)
Respect.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:48 AM (jTmQV)
hung till almost dead;
gutted and genitals chopped off;
cut into pieces to be hung in various places
pour encourage les autres
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 12:49 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 01, 2022 12:49 AM (Yllyl)
Respect.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:48 AM (jTmQV)
Me??? Oh hell no.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:50 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at April 01, 2022 12:50 AM (buTO7)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:50 AM (xpV7z)
Respect.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
___
Even more remarkable, he doesn't look a day over 40.
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 01, 2022 12:51 AM (zWaRI)
Posted by: David Prince at April 01, 2022 12:52 AM (WUxVt)
Posted by: David Prince at April 01, 2022 12:53 AM (WUxVt)
I think I know how Berserker felt... Maybe...
I had a severe case of the willies when I visited the Gettysburg battlefield -- horrible visions and intrusive thoughts, and feeling physically weak, nauseated, and such
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:54 AM (VU4iv)
Posted by: Weirddave
I have been thinking about that for years.
NEED MOAR MONEYS
Posted by: Miklos would also need a pilot, but I know a couple at April 01, 2022 12:54 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 31, 2022 10:54 PM (II3Gr)
You said rape twice.
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he meant rape-rape a la Whoopy
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 12:55 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: SMH
Technically, a day over December 1941
Posted by: Miklos, trying similar at April 01, 2022 12:56 AM (QzkSJ)
For the flash of a moment there, he was as close as a man of our times might get, so, almost yes.
Similar, standing amongst the rows of markers at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery on Point Loma, San Diego, CA. Overlooking San Diego Bay, the Ballast Point Submarine Base, and beyond that, North Island NAS and the 32nd St. Naval Base.
There with well over a hundred years of ships, campaigns, battles, losses, victories. Laid often with their spouses of years, it is Hallowed Ground, indeed. I'd be honored to have my ashes cast upon the wind, there.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 12:56 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:56 AM (VU4iv)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 12:50 AM (xpV7z)
I don't know. I just never want to go through that again. In some small ways I don't think I really ever fully recovered from that. I don't know what the hell I tapped into, but it was brutal. I used to love looking at those planes. I couldn't wait to get in one, now you'll have to kill me first.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:57 AM (VwHCD)
I'd rather tour the South Seas in a nice boat rather than a airplane...
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I hear you baby.
Posted by: Amelia Earhart at April 01, 2022 12:58 AM (WUxVt)
There are stories of flyers who fell from thousands of feet of altitude and survived.
I should save it for book thread but I have read many books regarding the air war over Europe in WWII. Amazing stories.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:58 AM (jTmQV)
I had a severe case of the willies when I visited the Gettysburg battlefield -- horrible visions and intrusive thoughts, and feeling physically weak, nauseated, and such
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:54 AM (VU4iv)
thats exactly it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:59 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Zettai
Hula hoop pics
You know the rules
Posted by: Miklos, consulting Samoan Lawyer at April 01, 2022 12:59 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 12:39
Up too late but I've had similar experiences like this. A couple at the Little Big Horn battlefield where I saw, heard, and smelled men and horses screaming and dying. The other was the Hornets Nest at Shiloh. I could hear and feel the mini balls passing past bodies everywhere. I started walking away but something forced me to turn around and leave - now.
No drugs, alcohol well rested yet the past came crashing into my present world.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 01, 2022 01:00 AM (+3ARs)
Posted by: vivi at April 01, 2022 01:01 AM (33kEg)
There is no shame in that. I have experienced similar when I visited Hiroshima as a tourist.
I got violently ill.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 01:01 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 01, 2022 12:51 AM (zWaRI)
Damn, you're too kind. I guess metal has been beddy beddy good to me. We're not allowed to get old. I think I found favor with Odin, lol . Seriously, I'm at least 10 years older than you.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 01:02 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I think you tapped into conclusive proof that there is, in fact, a spiritual realm. Which is very good news for all of us, as disturbing as that experience was for you.
The afterlife is gonna be LIT.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:02 AM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 01, 2022 01:03 AM (ZbKVX)
Luckiest dude in the entire war.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:05 AM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Miklos, who understands something about this at April 01, 2022 01:05 AM (QzkSJ)
No drugs, alcohol well rested yet the past came crashing into my present world.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 01, 2022 01:00 AM (+3ARs)
Yup, thats what it was like. I felt the cold. It started when I was walking between the bomb racks. I kept thinking I can't imagine what this was like. Well, it was like something showed me. Then I looked at the ball turret and it just went to shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 01:07 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Joe XiDen
It's blast
To be a member
Of the Underclass
Posted by: Miklos, quoting Alex Chilton (there's song) at April 01, 2022 01:08 AM (QzkSJ)
I am guessing there is a purple and silver striped shag carpet in that house.
Posted by: JB1000 at April 01, 2022 01:08 AM (w6PQE)
The afterlife is gonna be LIT.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:02 AM (xpV7z)
I think my mother proved that to me the morning after she died when I woke up with a new body with no traces of old injuries, but thats another story.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 01:12 AM (VwHCD)
There are stories of flyers who fell from thousands of feet of altitude and survived.
I should save it for book thread but I have read many books regarding the air war over Europe in WWII. Amazing stories.
Well, he took his plane down with him. I have part of his memoir, maybe 40 pages. Fascinating reading. It's first draft, typewritten pages. I can see in him things that I deal with when writing, like disgraphia. It's choppy, jumping from place to place. Like I said, first draft stuff. He worked for the government after the war in aviation before he died of brain cancer in the 50s. Mom says he had written a books worth of memoirs, but most of it was destroyed after he died along with the contents of his office(classified stuff, and they just shredded everything that was on paper). I've got a small piece. Wish I had it all.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 01, 2022 01:13 AM (Yllyl)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 12:36 AM (jTmQV)
The vets of WWI weren't big on talking about their war experiences, either, and WWI was a real meat grinder. The filmed bits that I've seem of guys suffering from shell shock in WWI leave me speechless. We simply can't imagine the carnage of that war today with thousands of dead in a couple of hours, week after week. The horrors of WWII have overshadowed what the WWI men went through, to our detriment. But they seem to be getting their rightful due after 100 years. But going over the top? I can't imagine the thoughts of a soldier doing that though I would think they are akin to the men in Pickett's Charge: I am fucked!
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 01:13 AM (ldL4g)
Will Wheaton is writing his biography and he is still whining because William Shatner was mean to him once when 'Ensign Crusher' decided to walk up to Shatner out of the blue during the filming of Star Trek V to introduce himself.
Apparently Bill made fun of his horrible costume and told Will that Shatner would never let a boy on his bridge.
Grow up Wesley. Suck it up and be a man and not some intergalactic pedophile's toy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 01:13 AM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 01, 2022 01:15 AM (ZbKVX)
I did read that story, the author was Jay Stout.
The book was "Hell's Angels, the story of the 303rd bomb group"
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 01:15 AM (jTmQV)
You had an Italian Mother who'd have done that for you and more, when she was still alive. So, she did it for you after she wasn't.
Quite frankly, I'm surprised she didn't also leave you with a baking dish full of Baked Ziti, with her ghost insisting that you EAT!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 01:16 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 01:16 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 01:22 AM (qfLjt)
He floated for days on a piece of junk, no water or food. Finally rescued.
He couldn't talk about that at all without becoming a sobbing wreck. I stupidly asked him about it, he broke down. I was a teen, and have never forgiven myself.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 01:24 AM (jTmQV)
Quite frankly, I'm surprised she didn't also leave you with a baking dish full of Baked Ziti, with her ghost insisting that you EAT!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 01:16 AM (QzJWU)
I had an italian mother who had an italian grandmother who by all accounts was a frigging witch. The family stories are epic. I'm literally not surprised mom had that kind of juice. She had an epic 6th sense. Don't go on the next street with your bike she tell me, you're going to get hit by a car. Did I listen? Nooo, and I got hit by a fucking car.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 01:24 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: raimondo at April 01, 2022 01:25 AM (fGKwA)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Tell your buddy Rob to shave that bird's nest on his chin. Looks ridiculous. And old.
Blue Oyster Cult
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Posted by: SFGoth at April 01, 2022 01:26 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 01, 2022 01:27 AM (KAi1n)
Form>Function
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 31, 2022 10:29 PM
As often as I have made the same joke, FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc is the responsible party. And FIGG still has "Building Bridges as Art" as the slogan on their home page, so they haven't even learned their lesson.
Posted by: Chuck C at April 01, 2022 01:29 AM (EughT)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 01, 2022 01:27 AM (KAi1n)
Could always go full blown Sumerian and go base 60.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2022 01:29 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 01:31 AM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 01:31 AM (ipWZW)
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 01:32 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2022 01:33 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:34 AM (xpV7z)
Suppose Trump says that Putin is smart. Roll out Romney to criticize Trump for taking the side of our enemy. Suppose Republicans are making inroads with younger voters. Roll out Romney to suggest we cut benefits to younger voters.
The economics of this position might make sense to Romney's putative side in the long term, but the rhetoric of the position makes more sense short term for our enemies. In power politics it is the short term that matters because once our enemies have power, there is no long term for us.
Posted by: Amelia Earhart at April 01, 2022 01:34 AM (WUxVt)
The days of Douglas or Northrop making their own seats are long gone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2022 10:15 PM (ipWZW
Martin-Baker makes excellent seats. So do the Russians.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2022 01:35 AM (LkeiN)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 01, 2022 12:49
That is a very cool story WD, thanks for sharing. If you don't mind, what was the name of the little French girl? These type of stories connect us in our humanity.
The stories I hear from Nancy and Joe, well not so much. They have always been assholes.
Posted by: Farmer at April 01, 2022 01:36 AM (55Qr6)
--Amelia
Posted by: David Prince at April 01, 2022 01:36 AM (WUxVt)
The article mentioned that a few PBYs were converted for luxury travel/living. It looked and sounded spectacular, of course. Wonderful idea. I think if enough PBYs had survived in restorable condition into the era of the tremendous wealth explosion (80s and beyond), there'd be enough people with the $$$ and excellent taste to have converted more.
Seaplanes are the top of the aircraft buff's dream list, PBYs would be above that. (I'll settle for a Grumman Mallard myself - or a Goose or a Widgeon, if that's all that is available)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 01, 2022 01:38 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: raimondo
Between the USSR and National Socialists from Germany, Ukraine probably had at least 15 million people murdered in cold blood during the 20th century, all by socialists. That's a low estimate. The Holodomor alone , the deliberate starvation of the entire country by Stalin, may have killed 10 million in just 18 months.
Shut your ignorant hole, you monkey fucking fool.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:38 AM (xpV7z)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:38 AM (xpV7z)
Yeah, I'm pretty embarrassed for retardo. If you said that to a Ukrainian, they'd probably beat your ass.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2022 01:40 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 01:40 AM (ipWZW)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 01, 2022 01:42 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 01, 2022 01:44 AM (ZbKVX)
Martin-Baker makes excellent seats. So do the Russians. Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2022 01:35 AM (LkeiN)
Y'all do your homework on the ACES II U.S. made Ejection Seat. A-10, F-15, F-16, F-117, F-22, B-1, WB-57, B-2 and Mitsubishi F-2.
I think the ACES II is the smoother ride. But I'd rather have the Martin-Baker swag!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 01, 2022 01:46 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: raimondo on tap at April 01, 2022 01:46 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:46 AM (xpV7z)
----
It got very dusty in here while reading that. Must be all the cats.
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 01:47 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 01, 2022 01:47 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 01:49 AM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2022 01:51 AM (xpV7z)
ace
sock saying the most racist things imaginable, then pointing to that comment as an example of how extremely white supremacist the blog is.
That shit needs to be fixed and our host understand this quite well.
Posted by: David Prince at April 01, 2022 01:51 AM (WUxVt)
Posted by: David Prince at April 01, 2022 01:51 AM (WUxVt)
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2022 01:52 AM (pIBUf)
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Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 01:56 AM (ipWZW)
Posted by: Weirddave
Now see?
I could use this kind of information
Posted by: Aspiring Miklos at April 01, 2022 01:57 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 01, 2022 01:58 AM (GpUUo)
The PBY that landed to rescue the survivors of the Indianapolis had to be sunk after the rescue, too beaten up to fly. That rescue was the stuff that heroes are made of. It's almost nightmarish just to read about it. https://tinyurl.com/59use5mw
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2022 02:00 AM (OMKK+)
Platinum Fighter Sales has a listing for a Martin JRM-3 Mars. Asking price - $5,000,000.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2022 02:00 AM (ipWZW)
In honor of Mr. Bruce Willis, tonight, MiladyJo and I watched Fifth Element. One of the movies in that category I call pretty much perfect. We first saw it original run in the theater. We have a nice size tv, but I wouldn't mind seeing it again some day on the big screen.
The most popular video I've ever posted (from 2013, currently eight views short of 20K!) was a simple mashup of a car commercial and a scene from Fifth Element.
Stolen Kisses (0:43)
https://youtu.be/dFmecXCCcRw
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for new mindful video webwork 'Kamala Interpreted' at April 01, 2022 02:03 AM (1+Ehs)
Posted by: Horizontalizing Miklos at April 01, 2022 02:22 AM (QzkSJ)
A fellow could get downright comfy in here, I thought!
Posted by: Zettai at April 01, 2022 12:17 AM (VU4iv)
My father worked as a sheet metal hand, building the tail sections of Catalinas at the Boeing factory in Vancouver, B.C.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2022 02:23 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2022 02:23 AM (P3gRi)
Ah the good old days of righteous neighborly countries working together.
There's one movie I watch and I always wonder: What the hell happened to that world? The movie is "The 49th Parallel."
AOP, there was an interesting thing I read a long time ago about the basic difference between Canadians and Americans. I'm curious as to whether you agree or not. (end Pt 1)
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 02:30 AM (ldL4g)
When the Canadians went westward, the first to go were the Mounties. So law and order went first. In the American west, law and order came second. That's why so many view Canadians as being 'nice' while Americans are looked at askance as being reckless cowboys. In a way, it makes sense. I'm also sure our Hollywood westerns, even of yesteryear in the era of good films, has a lot to do with the nasty 'violent American cowboy' perception.
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 02:34 AM (ldL4g)
There is actually method to sexagesimal madness. The ancients were not dumb. 60 is a type of number dubbed a "superior highly composite number". You can look up the precise definition of that, but it basically means the number has a shit ton of divisors for its size, and some other properties.
These properties make them ideal for bases. 360, a multiple of 60 is also such a number. Dividing the circle into 360 parts, and basing time on factors of 60 were not just some arbitrary choice.
The ancients knew what they were doing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 01, 2022 02:35 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 01, 2022 02:35 AM (Mzdiz)
Well, we divide an hour into 60 minutes. So I guess some of that ancient 'smarts' stuck.
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 02:37 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 01, 2022 01:38 AM (OTzUX)
I rode a Mallard (then a scheduled airliner) from Vancouver, B.C. to Tahsis, B.C. in the 1970's. Took off from the runway at YVR, landed in Tahsis Inlet, and motored up a ramp onto the land.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2022 02:47 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 02:34 AM (ldL4g)
Well, the fur traders were the first to go west, as early as the late 1600's. And there were explorers and prospectors, too. But the Mounties did indeed predate the big influx of farmers and ranchers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2022 02:51 AM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2022 02:59 AM (P3gRi)
Time for bed. April is calling.
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for new mindful video webwork 'Kamala Interpreted' at April 01, 2022 03:05 AM (1+Ehs)
(sips coffee)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 01, 2022 03:14 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Ciampino at April 01, 2022 03:17 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:17 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:18 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 02:34 AM (ldL4g)
I think it's simpler than that. Americans broke away from the crown, we demanded a concept of government where the government is owned by the people: the citizen. Loyalist fled north to Canada, they still viewed themselves as subjects of a monarchy, owned by the crown: a subject.
Subjects are by nature going to be more polite, their prosperity is tied to the benevolence of the king. Citizens, by their nature, are going to more "reckless", their lot is to demand that the government meld itself to their needs.
I'm an American, I prefer the later. But that doesn't mean I don't understand the former. And honestly, politics down here have been forcing us more and more into the role of subject
Posted by: Weirddave at April 01, 2022 03:20 AM (GpUUo)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:20 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:31 AM (2JoB8)
Time for bed. April is calling.
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for new mindful video webwork 'Kamala Interpreted' at April 01, 2022 03:0
Smart move on your part. My in-laws born and bred South Shore Chicagoans, left about the same time for AZ.
They had some good yrs there. We just lost both of them last year, she was 87, passed last March. Jerry hung in there, but he died Oct. 31, at 90.
They really did enjoy moving from Chicago to AZ. For us, I'm not thinking so much. Phoenix is a huge metropolis I'm not going to deal w/ in my old age.
Posted by: Farmer at April 01, 2022 03:32 AM (55Qr6)
It could be the entrance to an upscale Motel 6.
If there is such a thing. And the possible hooker entering the joint is an added touch of class. Look, fat, low class is still a class.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 01, 2022 03:34 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:37 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 01, 2022 03:40 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 02:34 AM (ldL4g)
Which one has been romanticized, over and over again, across the whole world? The cowboy movie may be our best contribution to world change.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 01, 2022 03:41 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:41 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 03:42 AM (ldL4g)
PNWMoMe June 6.
There won't be door prizes or raffles or a DJ. But there will be morons. And we will have lawn darts and corn hole and alcohol.
!
Posted by: JT at April 01, 2022 03:44 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:20 AM (2JoB
The Aussies used to be considered a bit rough around the edges, being founded as a penal colony, but it seems as if they've become a dictatorship, too. Voluntarily giving up ones personal firearms will do that.
Posted by: RickZ at April 01, 2022 03:44 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: JT at April 01, 2022 03:45 AM (arJlL)
5% actually do this. I've made the claim myself. But when it comes down to the nutcutting, very few do.
Like "Lia" Thomas. So to speak.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 01, 2022 03:49 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 03:50 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: JT at April 01, 2022 03:55 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 01, 2022 03:58 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 04:01 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 01, 2022 04:12 AM (9Y2T6)
Today it will hit 40, so snow should be gone
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at April 01, 2022 04:16 AM (9Y2T6)
https://ai.mee.nu
Posted by: m at April 01, 2022 04:16 AM (4vwwZ)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 04:16 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 04:22 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: m at April 01, 2022 04:24 AM (4vwwZ)
Posted by: m at April 01, 2022 04:29 AM (4vwwZ)
I've been up for a bit, but have been holding off posting until Pixy's Tech Thread. He's having difficulties? I'm off today and will go for a workout in a bit. Shower, breakfast, a relaxing pipe while I watch Paladin, maybe a quick rinse for the car. Later we will trek to the pet cemetery to pick up Chekov's ashes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 01, 2022 04:37 AM (c6xtn)
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2022 04:43 AM (2JoB8)
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Posted by: JT at April 01, 2022 04:44 AM (arJlL)
Jeebus Crisp...look at the random placement of the solar panels on the roof, not square to each other, major gaps, alignment issues.
"Howard Roark...call your office."
Posted by: birddog at April 01, 2022 10:59 AM (uAI4S)
I read the article a few times. I have a doctorate in Bible and Ancient Near East. That doesn't mean I know everything or are necessarily right. But I've learned enough and know enough to be convinced there are several problems with the article, particularly with statements by Stripling.
The Deuteronomic History is 600-300 BCE??? What reputable scholar claims this?
The inscription dates to 1500 BCE??? That strains credulity past the breaking point.
The evidence does not provide warrant for some of the conclusions Stripling claims.
Job is the oldest book of the Bible??? I know some very intelligent, well-educated scholars might say this, but that's not remotely a mainstream position. My dissertation was largely about the historical development of Biblical Hebrew, there's considerable debate on the date of Job (prose or poetic sections?), but the general consensus is it's early post-exilic.
Posted by: Rick67 at April 01, 2022 12:15 PM (aG9PT)
They've then done everything that they can to take all of that away from the younger generations, then call them "entitled" when they complain about that.
If you take my social security, after I've paid into it for nearly thirty fucking years? Fuck you, that's a line too far, I'm talking literal war.
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