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Posted by: Ace at 12:54 PM




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1 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 12:54 PM (XvPQV)

2 And, oh hai Open Thread

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 12:54 PM (XvPQV)

3 Heyo

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 11, 2022 12:54 PM (gRF5m)

4 you wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (yrol0)

5 Reading content now.

Posted by: BignJames at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (AwYPR)

6 tl;dr

Posted by: fluffy at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (x1mUR)

7 I should know better than to read the content first.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (Vav/d)

8 Rookie mistake, I read the content!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (hoyvT)

9 To bloviate or not bloviate that is the question.
The answer is always: yes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (OCou5)

10 Damn. Read the content...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (GKLk+)

11 Oh, open THREAD. Got it.

Posted by: Hope Solo at April 11, 2022 12:55 PM (QYPq3)

12 The Kolache's were getting stale.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (Gpfnk)

13 Now THAT's some high quality content!

(And I even read it!)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (906pl)

14 I found the content witty and insightful.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (II3Gr)

15 Greetings fellow slackers and mouth breathers!

What's the good news?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (i0ykY)

16 You may have open thread, but no open window.

Posted by: CCP at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (QYPq3)

17 Morn...after...

Uh...

Hello.

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (m4Okh)

18 So, how 'bout those Red Sox?

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (hoyvT)

19 I would have been first, but I stopped to read the content.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (5kI0z)

20 Cruel, Ace. Very cruel.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (utMrO)

21 Pull this thread as I walk away.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (gRF5m)

22 Are you okay, Ace?

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (m4Okh)

23 That's very cruel.

Posted by: spindrift at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (h5TKJ)

24 Good afternoon all!
I missed the baseball thread! Anyway, son had a tryout for a travel ball team this weekend. Coach evaluated him as having a sweet swing, being a hard hitter and a great player.

Posted by: Jmel at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (RWHIh)

25 I'm stealing this post.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (AiZBA)

26 But what about Kolchak?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (63Dwl)

27 Open thread: when the teacher walks out and the kids throw paper wads?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (sVtYq)

28 How about that Trump endorsement of Dr. Oz.

Posted by: Rules for thee... at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (jDAqe)

29 For the record, it was the popping of purple smoke that guided Ace into the LZ.

Posted by: zombie Jimmy H. at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (a3Q+t)

30 i want a closed thread...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (otjel)

31 But what about Kolchak?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM

Hell of a detective.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (Gpfnk)

32 15 Greetings fellow slackers and mouth breathers!

What's the good news?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (i0ykY)

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This is the most positive post we've had in days.

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (hoyvT)

33 But what about Kolchak?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM

Hell of a detective.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (Gpfnk)

i loved how he always had one more question...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (otjel)

34 My frozen blueberries were disappointing, I will have to get them fresh next time.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (44ww/)

35 How about that Trump endorsement of Dr. Oz.

Posted by: Rules for thee... at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (jDAqe)

Oz promised me brains, heart and courage. He's got my vote!

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (m4Okh)

36 Lead headline at RCP: "Democrats Are Not Dead Yet"

Be better, RealClearPolitics. Get the job done.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (utMrO)

37 We coulda done all this on Buck's thread.
Good thread, Buck.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (4vwwZ)

38 Not much of a movie. No plot and the ending left me hanging.

Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (v0R5T)

39 28 How about that Trump endorsement of Dr. Oz.

Posted by: Rules for thee... at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (jDAqe)

To me, this shows that if Trump were elected as POTUS again, his hiring choices wouldn't improve much.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (N39Ws)

40 Unless I am mistaken (it happens occasionally...) Dr. Oz is another creation of Oprah.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (jTmQV)

41 15 Greetings fellow slackers and mouth breathers!

What's the good news?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (i0ykY)

There is none and there never will be.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (II3Gr)

42 So when there's a day two or three weeks from now when Jonah Goldberg is mysteriously quiet for a couple hours, we'll know why.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (CTdHu)

43 But what about Kolchak?

Any gamers and Kolchak fans going to the NTRPG con in June, I’m going to be running a Kolchak game, using the Daredevils rules. Did it last year and it went great.

Info in nic.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (U+Oxn)

44 14 I found the content witty and insightful.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (II3Gr)

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I give it 5 tire irons!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (hoyvT)

45 Are pants required?

Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (oXNqT)

46 What the F is going on in Shanghai?

The Chinese Communist Party has completely locked down China's largest city for more than two weeks, while claiming that they have one serious case of Covid and no deaths. Just the economic cost alone has to be running into the multiple billions of dollars every day.

I thought that the Great Leap Forward was insane, but that was a model of rationality, compared to this.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (I2/tG)

47 30 i want a closed thread...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (otjel)

That's up next.
Then another open thread.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (4vwwZ)

48 My frozen blueberries were disappointing, I will have to get them fresh next time.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (44ww/)


I had frozen blueberries once. ONCE. Hurt like hell.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (AiZBA)

49 Good afternoon everyone.
A bit of happy news: Our parish completed it's census recently and I've had a peek at the results.
Since the beginning of the Rona freakout, we have added over 500 new households to the rolls. So, that contributes the the parish's total congregation count of around 22,000.

There's hope for us after all.

Now, to be sure, they all don't attend weekly Mass.

Except on Easter. Then they'll take 'my' parking spot, and 'my' favorite pew.

And for this I am thankful. . .
Sortof. . .
I guess.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (Msys3)

50 I found the content witty and insightful.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM


Not to mention well-formatted with no missing close tags!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (a3Q+t)

51 There is none and there never will be.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (II3Gr)

Well that's a relief.

The suspense was killing me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (CTdHu)

52
I christen thee the "Breitbart Memorial I Only Read The Comments So I Want To Steal Your Commenters But I Guess The Ewok Can Come Along Too Thread".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (n+4am)

53 But what about Kolchak?

Lost Siberia to the Reds in the Civil War.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (I2/tG)

54 We have a new boss, who came from Service Engineering and knows fuckall about design engineering. This is gonna be great....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (i0ykY)

55 I have Kolchak on DVD. The shows are kinda funny now. The paranormal/creepy entities that were the basis for each show are downright hilarious.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (sVtYq)

56 Bringing this over from the previous thread:

592 530 475 The State of Washington is doing their part on GW. No more gas powered cars after 2030 can be sold in the state!!
Posted by: Colin at April 11, 2022 12:34 PM
Well let them soak in their wokeness then.
Posted
Might want to open a car dealership in the westernmost part of Idaho, or the northernmost part of Oregon. Although Oregon will likely follow suit.
Posted by: Tofer732 at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (GcxM3)

I believe that Washington State said they won't register them, coming from other states, as well.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (BgMrQ)

57 Succinct and to the Point. Some of your best work ever, guy

I like it.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (DOReJ)

58 Are pants required?
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM


If wearing chaps and spurs, no.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (a3Q+t)

59 Ugh, I read the content. Rookie mistake.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (bkUtD)

60 Ta rah rah boom dee ay
There is no school today
Our teacher passed away
She died of tooth decay

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (II3Gr)

61 >>>We have a new boss, who came from Service Engineering and knows fuckall about design engineering. This is gonna be great....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (i0ykY)

Does your company have a newsletter?

Posted by: Boeing at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (QYPq3)

62 The content has a good beat and it's easy to dance to.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (iDcra)

63 Pants are optional.

Posted by: ALH at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (JEUag)

64 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (+sD5M)

65 63 Pants are optional.
Posted by: ALH at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (JEUag)

Oh thank God

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (XvPQV)

66 Well that's a relief.

The suspense was killing me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (CTdHu)

Glad I could bring you reassurance and stability.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (II3Gr)

67
Open threads are the blog equivalent of cinderblocks and 1 by 6 planks "shelving systems".

Discuss!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (pNxlR)

68 I don't think Trump reads much more than superficially on a particular candidate, which is dangerous. I admit it's a fault.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (sVtYq)

69 Am I posting on a future thread?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (Oq/TM)

70 Has Ace been welded shut in his apartment?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (gRF5m)

71 69 Am I posting on a future thread?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (Oq/TM)

Not yet.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (II3Gr)

72 The content has a good beat and it's easy to dance to.

--

It's the disco!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (sVtYq)

73 Man on bath salts who cross interstate in dark lose life by dump truck.

- - Shit Confucius Should've Said

Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (+sD5M)

74
So when there's a day two or three weeks from now when Jonah Goldberg is mysteriously quiet for a couple hours, we'll know why.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (CTdHu)


*insert hot dog is a sandwich, fight me comment here*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (n+4am)

75 Am I posting on a future thread?
Posted by: Scuba_Dude

Time will tell.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (Msys3)

76 Check out Jonah's latest column on baseball -- "The designated hitter: if it's good enough for the National League, it's good enough for my wife!"

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (BKgw3)

77 Good afternoon all!
I missed the baseball thread! Anyway, son had a tryout for a travel ball team this weekend. Coach evaluated him as having a sweet swing, being a hard hitter and a great player.
Posted by: Jmel

Nice !

Posted by: JT at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (arJlL)

78 The Cubans have kept their old Detroit beaters running for decades.

Posted by: ALH at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (JEUag)

79 Posted by: Boeing at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (QYPq3)

*spits coffee* Heh!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (i0ykY)

80 Ace's best content in a long time!

Take the rest of the day off, Big Guy!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (LV9Tl)

81 It's the disco!
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (sVtYq)

We'll have a disco duck in the cafe tonight.

#placeyourbets

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (BgMrQ)

82 The suspense was killing me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (CTdHu)

Glad I could bring you reassurance and stability.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (II3Gr)

Just don't be too glad, or you'll wreck it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (/EuRN)

83 I have one, slim, hope about the stupid woke shit coming regarding gasoline automobiles...it's all dependent on them implementing another law to deal with lack of gas taxes. Since our Legislature could fuck up a lap dance at Deja Vu...I have very little hope.

But some.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (XvPQV)

84

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

https://tinyurl.com/2p969cxu

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (63Dwl)

85 Willowed: When I stop at a rest area my goal is in and out as fast I can (insert joke here). These mega mart places are weird to me. Like why do you want to spend all this time in a gas station?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022


***
Well it does provide a chance to stretch your legs and look at something other than the concrete ribbon of road. On our evacuation to Birmingham and on the way back, I tried always to stop at the Love's Travel Plazas. They were clean, you could get your coffee and a snack quickly, and it was interesting to see what kind of gewgaws they had for sale.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (txdEq)

86 46 What the F is going on in Shanghai?

The Chinese Communist Party has completely locked down China's largest city for more than two weeks, while claiming that they have one serious case of Covid and no deaths. Just the economic cost alone has to be running into the multiple billions of dollars every day.

I thought that the Great Leap Forward was insane, but that was a model of rationality, compared to this.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (I2/tG)

People killing themselves over hunger and loss of businesses.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (yrol0)

87 There are days that cashing out everything, finding an isolated cabin and living out my days as a hermit has appeal. But we'd have to have a place where my dogs would be happy.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (4olE8)

88 Ukraniastan war is kinda boring.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (1Kx8v)

89 I demand a refund.

Posted by: vacuum energy at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (vcv8B)

90 76 Check out Jonah's latest column on baseball -- "The designated hitter: if it's good enough for the National League, it's good enough for my wife!"
Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM (BKgw3)

Pfft...

Posted by: Will Smith at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (BgMrQ)

91 I thought that the Great Leap Forward was insane, but that was a model of rationality, compared to this.

Posted by: The ARC of History!
--------------------------------
Autocratic leaders cannot stand to admit they made a mistake lest their political enemies use it to bury them. That goes for Putin and Xi as well as Biden's junta. Hubris meets Nemesis.

Far better to use the Octavian method of First Citizen and rule from the shadows than adopt the El Supremo mode.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (Iq9dF)

92 Please be respectful of the 100-comment guideline.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (a3Q+t)

93 Today is not as Autumnal as last week or weekend. It suggests a rebirth of life on earth. Maybe if we're lucky Tony Fauci will die soon.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (yRved)

94 What? No topic to ignore?

Greedo is about to shoot first.

Lol, he made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs LMFAO


Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (k0g3G)

95 I sure am glad Fox newsreaders are giving credence to Soros Democrat DA Larry Krasner's arguments about the scourge of evil ghost guns and manufatured parts soon to be defined AS firearms. That type of redefinition power will certainly never be abused.

Posted by: Randy Weaver at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (32x3R)

96 Getting ready for Lettuce Brain @ 2:00 EDT to attack the Second Amendment and the English Language. He is also going to announce his new anti Second Amendment choice to lead the BATF.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (8R679)

97 The Conservative Case For Supporting The Pedophile In Chief; by Kevin Williamson.

Posted by: National Review the shiny new Jen Rubin of Conservative Urinalism at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (jV+aN)

98 54 We have a new boss, who came from Service Engineering and knows fuckall about design engineering. This is gonna be great....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:00 PM (i0ykY)

Sounds like another genius decision from upper management.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (II3Gr)

99 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

https://tinyurl.com/2p969cxu
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (63Dwl)


I, for one, am glad we finally got his permission.

Thanks Doc.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (AiZBA)

100 Open threads are the blog equivalent of cinderblocks and 1 by 6 planks "shelving systems".

Discuss!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 01:02 PM (pNxlR)

Full .50 BMG ammo cans and 1x6 planks shelving are where it's at.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (SH2Zi)

101 92 Please be respectful of the 100-comment guideline.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (a3Q+t)

...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (/EuRN)

102 And here's some great news...


Marine is on his way back to the US!!! He's been gone since September. I am over the moon happy he will be home (well San Diego) soon!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (W2Pud)

103 71 Not yet.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:03 PM

You sure? The time on Ace's post is 1:54pm

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Oq/TM)

104 46
I think they have an alternate secret reason for doing that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (2OL6m)

105 I disagree.

Posted by: red speck at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (gS3OW)

106 The Rick Wilson has a great read in this month's Modern Cuckshed. It's titled "5 Things To Look For In A Bull."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (iDcra)

107 Watching Elon Musk jerk Twitter around is going to be all kinds of fun.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (sWM8x)

108 28 How about that Trump endorsement of Dr. Oz.

Posted by: Rules for thee... at April 11, 2022 12:57 PM (jDAqe)

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Disappointing. Like Dan Crenshaw and Tulsi Gabbard, Oz was a World Economic Forum "Young Leader" (AKA Klaus "Barbie" Schwab butt-boy).

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (BKgw3)

109
What the F is going on in Shanghai?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (I2/tG)


My guess is that Xi's secret police got wind of political protests or opposition in Shanghai and he's using the Chinese Lung Rot as an excuse to throw a flash-bang into the crib.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (n+4am)

110 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

--

He left no instructions on how we could grind him into dust.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (sVtYq)

111 Open threads are the blog equivalent of cinderblocks and 1 by 6 planks "shelving systems"

Cheap, functional, and easy to use?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (KZzsI)

112 Governor Kay Ivey's ad is awesome-

https://tinyurl.com/2wrxj55r

Posted by: redridinghood at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (NpAcC)

113 Today is not as Autumnal as last week or weekend. It suggests a rebirth of life on earth. Maybe if we're lucky Tony Fauci will die soon.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (yRved)

We have fresh snow on the ground this morning. I was not amused.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (SH2Zi)

114 There are days that cashing out everything, finding an isolated cabin and living out my days as a hermit has appeal. But we'd have to have a place where my dogs would be happy.

And the bike. And the tool box. And the grill.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (i0ykY)

115 dude where's my apocalypse?

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (geLO8)

116
Please be respectful of the 100-comment guideline.
Posted by: Duncanthrax


Is that the one where we stop posting at exactly 100 comments and then sit around, twitching, under Ace refills the hampster?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (pNxlR)

117 What the F is going on in Shanghai?

The Chinese Communist Party has completely locked down China's largest city for more than two weeks, while claiming that they have one serious case of Covid and no deaths.
........

Sounds like the work of Dr. Fow Chi.

Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (v0R5T)

118 Ta rah rah boom dee ay
There is no school today
Our teacher passed away
She died of tooth decay
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:01 PM (II3Gr)

I thought we were going full Bloodhound Gang/Rob Van Winkle... I find myself disappointed.

Posted by: kotter at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (pWb5K)

119 Congrats, nurse! That's wonderful news!

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (6mvRv)

120 Great news, nurse! I'm sure you're ecstatic!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (sVtYq)

121 92 Please be respectful of the 100-comment guideline.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (a3Q+t)

Is this like a "what it the sound of one hand clapping" Zen koan?

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (II3Gr)

122 Autocratic leaders cannot stand to admit they made a mistake lest their political enemies use it to bury them. That goes for Putin and Xi as well as Biden's junta. Hubris meets Nemesis.

Far better to use the Octavian method of First Citizen and rule from the shadows than adopt the El Supremo mode.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (Iq9dF)

That latter is the Japanese emperor's model, for many centuries. Retire, hand title off to son to do all the ceremonial stuff, while ruling from behind the throne.

Putin IS a Tzar and Russian Tzars are never wrong. Their failures must always be blamed on a subordinate. And Russians eat that shit up, because they prefer a tzar to chaos or out of control corruption.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (XvPQV)

123 That is good news, Nurse!

Posted by: ALH at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (JEUag)

124 The Rick Wilson has a great read in this month's Modern Cuckshed. It's titled "5 Things To Look For In A Bull."
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM


Size, temperament, nose ring. What else?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (a3Q+t)

125 I believe that Washington State said they won't register them, coming from other states, as well.

Posted by: browndog
---------------
Full faith and credit. Wa State simply passed an idiotic law that probably will never actually be enforced either because society has collapsed or an impending backlash against the bien pensants destroys their political system.

Democrats have never learned that you cannot mandate improvements in technology by law. You can only force suboptimal outcomes.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (Iq9dF)

126 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

https://tinyurl.com/2p969cxu

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
===

He will say the opposite later this afternoon. Bank on it!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (iDcra)

127 Marine is on his way back to the US!!! He's been gone since September. I am over the moon happy he will be home (well San Diego) soon!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (W2Pud)

High five

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (1Bdnm)

128 Oz is a celebrity. Trump endorsed him. Simple as that.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (1Kx8v)

129 101 92 Please be respectful of the 100-comment guideline.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (a3Q+t)

...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (/EuRN)

...each

Posted by: vacuum energy at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (vcv8B)

130 88 Ukraniastan war is kinda boring.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (1Kx8v)


come for the goniffs
stay for the noodges

Posted by: REDACTED at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (us2H3)

131 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (txdEq)

If we can't find a Bucees we try for Loves. Best non-Bucees bathrooms and they support Truckers Against Trafficking a Colorado based anti-trafficking organization.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (nC+QA)

132 Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (W2Pud)

Vera Niiiza... PCS or leave?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (i0ykY)

133 Ghostbusters use ghost guns.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 01:09 PM (63Dwl)

134 42 So when there's a day two or three weeks from now when Jonah Goldberg is mysteriously quiet for a couple hours, we'll know why.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (CTdHu)

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"It was an ewok with a tire iron at the hot dog sandwich stand, officer!"

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:09 PM (BKgw3)

135
Full .50 BMG ammo cans and 1x6 planks shelving are where it's at.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur


Ooooh! I like the full ammo cans part!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 01:09 PM (pNxlR)

136 Size, temperament, nose ring. What else?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (a3Q+t)

Girth
Stamina

Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2022 01:09 PM (oXNqT)

137 There are days that cashing out everything, finding an isolated cabin and living out my days as a hermit has appeal. But we'd have to have a place where my dogs would be happy.

And the bike. And the tool box. And the grill.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (i0ykY)

***

I tell very few people about the Gunflint Trail because it has ALL of this... in spades. I plan on taking my dogs up there and I'll never be heard from again.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 11, 2022 01:09 PM (flINI)

138 26 >>But what about Kolchak?


I never cared for Telly Savalas and his creepy cool-guy-ladies'-man schtick.

I was more of a Rockford guy.

Posted by: red speck at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (gS3OW)

139 Anyone think Le Pen has a chance in France? Betting markets are strong against her at present, but it will be interesting to watch. Especially if the hand of the French military appears somewhere in the current conflict in Europe.

Posted by: m0lr4k at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (BwF/v)

140 Test

Posted by: Sassy at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (xSICi)

141 Democrats have never learned that you cannot mandate improvements in technology by law. You can only attempt to force suboptimal outcomes.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (Iq9dF)

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (SH2Zi)

142 There's hope for us after all.
Now, to be sure, they all don't attend weekly Mass.
Except on Easter. Then they'll take 'my' parking spot, and 'my' favorite pew.
And for this I am thankful. . .
Sortof. . .
I guess.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (Msys3)

Assigned seating and parking at church?
I'll tell you I know it's not so and yet when there's a surplus over the usual because of choir or whatever, it throws everyone off. Can't park in your usual spot and then you get in and some sunny beach is in your seat!
So you go somewhere else and two minutes later the person usually in that seat is giving you the stink eye.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (MFphb)

143 Putin IS a Tzar and Russian Tzars are never wrong. Their failures must always be blamed on a subordinate. And Russians eat that shit up, because they prefer a tzar to chaos or out of control corruption.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse
===

Replace "Putin" with "Biden" and "Russians" with "Democrats" and you are close to real truth.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (iDcra)

144 States already have their own rules for car registration. If you move to a different state registration is not automatic. You need an inspection or an air quality test or safety inspection or whatever in most states. So now in WA the inspection will be so you put gas in the car? Sorry it does not pass inspection.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (1Kx8v)

145 I hope that "Tou Ni Fao Qi" means something dirty in some dialect of chinese or another.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (/EuRN)

146 I may have to come back and finish reading this post later.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (nxdel)

147 My guess is that Xi's secret police got wind of political protests or opposition in Shanghai and he's using the Chinese Lung Rot as an excuse to throw a flash-bang into the crib.
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Well, Shanghai represents the richest city in China so locking down and starving the richest Chinese may play well to those other 1B Chinamen who don't have it so good. Maybe a new Cultural Revelotion is afoot? We can only hope.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (yRved)

148 You sure? The time on Ace's post is 1:54pm
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Oq/TM

But you're posting on it in the present. So it can't be a future thread.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (II3Gr)

149 Anyone think Le Pen has a chance in France?
Posted by: m0lr4k at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (BwF/v)

Nyet, comrade tovarisch.

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (1Bdnm)

150 Marine is on his way back to the US!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (W2Pud)

Welcome home!

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (SH2Zi)

151 I just had to flee my office because our boss was wrangling with one of the faculty members. There's a big flap about who should pay for the latter's Dropbox access. It's always been the office who paid for it, and so we set it up as an automatic charge annually to our credit card. Well, new boss says, "We ain't gonna pay that." Result: a big hassle about getting a refund, during which the guy can't access his account -- which he needs to do every day.

My suggestion was going to be, "Let it slide this year, we'll avoid the refund business and pay for it. Then he goes in next week and changes the card to his own. Solved." My boss wouldn't let me talk, so I got up and left. Twenty minutes later it seems to be over, for now. New Boss is the kind who can never admit he's wrong, so this kind of thing was always on the horizon. I just wish they'd go into one of their own offices to argue.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (txdEq)

152 i want a closed thread...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (otjel)

That's up next.
Then another open thread.
Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 12:59 PM (4vwwZ)

so the threads are like the front door with a cat...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (otjel)

153 If only French voted Le Pen would win. But France is 15-20% non French now. So no she has no chance.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (1Kx8v)

154 And the bike. And the tool box. And the grill.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:07 PM (i0ykY)

And this ashtray.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (II3Gr)

155 Dr Oz is an anti Second Amendment asshole. Sure he didn't write those pieces about guns bans and such.

*makes ok sign*

Bad choice. He's also behind on the polls for a reason. Mr I Have Two Passports.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (8R679)

156 Proposed CA bill, AB 2932, would shorten the standard workweek to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees

.. why not just 5 hours a week

Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (RHGPo)

157 Putin IS a Tzar and Russian Tzars are never wrong. Their failures must always be blamed on a subordinate. And Russians eat that shit up, because they prefer a tzar to chaos or out of control corruption.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
-----------------------------------
Well, yes and no. The Tsar had an emotional and religious significance that Putin lacks along with a historical tradition. That is why the rule of strongmen unless converted into something like monarchial succession ultimately fails. The closest that worked sort of was the Byzantium system of adopting un related adults as the new emperor--maintaining the fiction of continuous ruling with the benefits of new blood. Otherwise, death or overthrow is the fate of tyrants and their rule departs with them.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (Iq9dF)

158 Savalas was Kojak

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (geLO8)

159 Might want to open a car dealership in the westernmost part of Idaho, or the northernmost part of Oregon. Although Oregon will likely follow suit.
Posted by: Tofer732 at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (GcxM3)

I believe that Washington State said they won't register them, coming from other states, as well.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

Buy one acre of land in Idaho. Sell one square inch to allow Wash State residents ownership. Let them register cars in Idaho.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (H4qIP)

160 You sure? The time on Ace's post is 1:54pm
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (Oq/TM

But you're posting on it in the present. So it can't be a future thread.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM (II3Gr)

I thought he was posting out in the Atlantic in a little dingy.

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (1Bdnm)

161 Nurse!! Good news!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (nxdel)

162 I never cared for Telly Savalas and his creepy cool-guy-ladies'-man schtick.
--------------------
Who loves you, baby?

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (yRved)

163 But what about Kolchak?

Got a job at the grocery store refilling the shelves. He's the night stocker.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (nfrXX)

164 Size, temperament, nose ring. What else?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (a3Q+t)

Girth
Stamina

Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2022 01:09 PM
===

The Rick Wilson used girth but that is same as size. His fifth item was "Letting Him Watch." Which I put in with temperament.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (iDcra)

165 Speaking of Marine, that is Le Lens first name. Not Marie, as most think.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (1Kx8v)

166 i want a closed thread...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (otjel)

***

I want a sealed yarn

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (flINI)

167 How can there be a 100 comment rule in this instance? There is literally no way to be off topic lol ....

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (6mvRv)

168 Anyone have a summary about new atf rules. Other than the atf needs utter destruction.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (0OmEj)

169 Ukraniastan war is kinda boring.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (1Kx8v)
........

Yeah, they should at least bomb Chernobyl again.

Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (v0R5T)

170 Proposed CA bill, AB 2932, would shorten the standard workweek to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees

.. why not just 5 hours a week
Posted by: SMOD


Who could afford a 32 hour work week?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (H4qIP)

171 Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (Iq9dF)

Posted by: flounder

Thanks for the edit. Made it much better.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (Iq9dF)

172 Savales wasn't especially good looking, but he had magnetism.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (sVtYq)

173 You need an inspection or an air quality test or safety inspection or whatever in most states.


Not in the land of the free - South Dakota. Also, no permit for concealed carry. Winter is a little sporty though...



Posted by: Archer at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (gmo/4)

174 i want a closed thread...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at April 11, 2022 12:58 PM (otjel)

***

I want a sealed yarn
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (flINI)


I see a red door and I want it painted black.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (AiZBA)

175 Putin IS a Tzar and Russian Tzars are never wrong. Their failures must always be blamed on a subordinate. And Russians eat that shit up, because they prefer a tzar to chaos or out of control corruption.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse
===

Replace "Putin" with "Biden" and "Russians" with "Democrats" and you are close to real truth.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (iDcra)

Good point. Plus current Democrat part has it's roots in Russian commie philosophy. Props.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (XvPQV)

176 126
He will say the opposite later this afternoon. Bank on it!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:08 PM (iDcra)


The dot head Indian COVID czar is already saying masks on airline travel will remain. That guy is a psycho.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (s2VJv)

177 Buy one acre of land in Idaho. Sell one square inch to allow Wash State residents ownership. Let them register cars in Idaho.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (H4qIP)

Yeah, there will be all kinds of workarounds. Retards.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (SH2Zi)

178 Looking for reading material during this pause?
Visit NIH.gov and type in IVERMECTIN and CANCER
(h/t Tommy Robinson on GAB)

Posted by: Kathy at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (h3RRP)

179 But what about Kolchak?

Got a job at the grocery store refilling the shelves. He's the night stocker.
Posted by: Oddbob


That is so bad. Hilarious, but bad.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (H4qIP)

180
SloJo was Cornholio

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (pNxlR)

181 172 Savales wasn't especially good looking, but he had magnetism.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (sVtYq)

Almost persuaded me to get a Player's Club credit card.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (II3Gr)

182 Full .50 BMG ammo cans and 1x6 planks shelving are where it's at.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur


My wife pointed out the other day that if the decision to bug out is reached, there isn't enough room for both her and all the ammo cans in the truck.


*Picture Jack Benny, standing next to the truck, with his hand on his chin, saying - "I'm thinking!!"*

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (Msys3)

183 102 And here's some great news...

Marine is on his way back to the US!!! He's been gone since September. I am over the moon happy he will be home (well San Diego) soon!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM (W2Pud)

Proud mom. That's so great.

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (4vwwZ)

184 Yay! Its finally happening! The weather is Springs-ish.

Here in south central Indiana the weather has been psycho. Temps in the 40's with rain and wind. A few 70 degree days sprinkled around but still with the rain and wind. Today we are at 65 degrees with light wind and partly cloudy skies. My daffodils are still looking good and a bunch of bluebells I planted years ago and forgot about because the did nothing are suddenly blooming! The spice bush is budding also.

Yay!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (Vxu+H)

185 46 -- I think possibly unrest in the upper ranks? Another big construction company default over the weekend. Rumors of slow planting and poor harvest. Machinations in the Central Committee? Hiding the planning of the invasion of Taiwan? The citizens of the U.S. slowly becoming aware of how much the country is controlled by the CCP? But, yeah, there is something going on. Something someone thinks is more important than losing a shit ton of money.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (HVZDN)

186 I got an error code in the last thread....
Monday before Easter, the Gospel reading today (catholic), Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are throwing a party for Jesus. Mary pours perfumed oil on Jesus' feet. Then Judas pipes up: she shouldn't do that, she should give the money away instead. But the Gospel writer (Jn) was quick to add that it wasn't because Judas thought about the poor, but that he was a thief and stole from the money pouch...(Jn 12)...we have had embezzlers from the beginning. Carbon credits are the same. They try to make people feel bad for doing a nice/fun thing, so that we will give them money.

Posted by: Sassy at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (xSICi)

187 Rockford > Kojak, no question.

But I always kinda thought that television really started its long descent into the pit after David Janssen died...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (JzDjf)

188 So, after 2030, you won't be able to move to Washington State unless you have an electric vehicle? I see unintended consequences somewhere in that decision-making.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (sVtYq)

189 >163 But what about Kolchak?

Got a job at the grocery store refilling the shelves. He's the night stocker.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (nfrXX)

Well played.

Posted by: Havy Meta at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (gryET)

190 My wife pointed out the other day that if the decision to bug out is reached, there isn't enough room for both her and all the ammo cans in the truck.

***

Are you gonna miss her?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (flINI)

191 139 Anyone think Le Pen has a chance in France? Betting markets are strong against her at present, but it will be interesting to watch. Especially if the hand of the French military appears somewhere in the current conflict in Europe.
Posted by: m0lr4k at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (BwF/v)

I was posting on that this morning - it all comes down to the Socialists, whose candidate was eliminated from the runoff. The socialist bloc has the voting power to throw the runoff election either way. They are certainly no allies of Le Pen and her rightist coalition; but they also hate Macron because he has been flipping the Socialists off with various policies since he took office. So, which way will they jump?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (trdmm)

192 The dot head Indian COVID czar is already saying masks on airline travel will remain. That guy is a psycho.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (s2VJv)

Who cares? The baggage handlers are all on silent strike, and they can't afford to put gas in the planes anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (/EuRN)

193 Trump, for all his political acumen in other areas, is hopeless when it comes to judging people. He hired or retained outright enemies when in the WH and seemed genuinely surprised when they bit him.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (HmZuC)

194 Marine is on his way back to the US!!! He's been gone since September.

Great news Big hugs for the Nurse

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (KZzsI)

195 Open thread >> tentacles

Posted by: GnuBreed, not a tentacle fan at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (F0YaR)

196 I'm all for China shutting down their economy. Go, Xi, go!

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (Qhnrt)

197 >Anyone have a summary about new atf rules. Other than the atf needs utter destruction.

Posted by: USNtakim


my understanding is*, any part of a gun, is now a gun, and thus subject to federal regulation

even if you make the part yourself


*if it becomes law

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (geLO8)

198 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

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How magnanimous of the Emperor!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (BKgw3)

199 Disney: We're not grooming your kids!

Also Disney: https://tinyurl.com/76yk5kmr

Just look at it.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (OssQ4)

200 We get to church early so we always get the same pew.

Posted by: ALH at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (JEUag)

201 167 How can there be a 100 comment rule in this instance? There is literally no way to be off topic lol ....
Posted by: Blacksheep at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (6mvRv)

THAT'S WHY IT WAS FUNNY UNTIL YOU HAD TO KILL THE VIBE BY EXPLAINING WHAT WAS ALREADY OBVIOUS ABOUT WHY IT WAS FUNNY

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (II3Gr)

202 So, after 2030, you won't be able to move to Washington State unless you have an electric vehicle? I see unintended consequences somewhere in that decision-making.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (sVtYq)


And with that electric car you can never leave.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (AiZBA)

203 Full .50 BMG ammo cans and 1x6 planks shelving are where it's at.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur
===

Friends joke how my office desk is supported by ammo cans.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (iDcra)

204 188

Only if your car is 2030 or newer. And you can still move there you just cant register your car there. Around me I see a ton of recent transplants who still have their CA plates. Which makes no sense since it would be cheaper to switch registration. But people are lazy as fuck.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (1Kx8v)

205 Yeah, they should at least bomb Chernobyl again.

Posted by: wth
------------------
Apparently, the Russians were stupid enough to dig trenchworks around Chernobyl for their troops disturbing contaminated soil which I first believed was Ukrainian psyop news.

I see this dragging on like the Iran-Iraq war but with the chance of nuke usage.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (Iq9dF)

206 Anyone think Le Pen has a chance in France?

The majority—or close to it (49.8%) went for the hard left authoritarian socialist wimp and the hard-hard-left socialist.

So no, probably not. In order to win, she would have to pick up every other voter, which is impossible, or would need some of Macron’s and Mélenchon’s voters to switch to her, which is merely highly improbable.

I don’t know enough about the French election system to say more; it appears to be an actual runoff system like we have here in some states, but whether people who didn’t vote in the first round can vote in the second round, I don’t know, and that could potentially make a huge difference.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (U+Oxn)

207 Anyone think Le Pen has a chance in France?

I dunno. She has come close to winning several times and people are really REALLY annoyed with Macron. I mean, nobody elected the dude last time, he got in on a procedural technicality.

But whether the system and the people in charge will LET her win is the question,

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (KZzsI)

208 You sure? The time on Ace's post is 1:54pm
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 11, 2022 01:06 PM

===

But you're posting on it in the present. So it can't be a future thread.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:11 PM


We were all doing a tour of the Thread here and talking about the significance of the passage of time right. The significance of the passage of time, so when you think about it there is great significance to passage of time.There is such great significance to the passage of time when you think of a day in the life of our commenters.

Posted by: Kamala! at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (a3Q+t)

209 >>Marine is on his way back to the US!!! He's been gone since September.


stock your fridge

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (geLO8)

210 THAT'S WHY IT WAS FUNNY UNTIL YOU HAD TO KILL THE VIBE BY EXPLAINING WHAT WAS ALREADY OBVIOUS ABOUT WHY IT WAS FUNNY
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (II3Gr)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (/EuRN)

211 Well, yes and no. The Tsar had an emotional and religious significance that Putin lacks along with a historical tradition. That is why the rule of strongmen unless converted into something like monarchial succession ultimately fails. The closest that worked sort of was the Byzantium system of adopting un related adults as the new emperor--maintaining the fiction of continuous ruling with the benefits of new blood. Otherwise, death or overthrow is the fate of tyrants and their rule departs with them.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:12 PM (Iq9dF)

I think he's leaning into that role. Putin has repeatedly championed the Eastern Orthodox church (it helps that the Russian Patriarch is his tool). He's also a Slavic champion (as opposed to the pro-Western faction) and at least pays lip service in public to the needs of the peasants.

Once Vlad has identified a successor he can trust, he'll retire and hand the power off to a new tyrant. The rule of Tzars will very likely go on with a new life, though perhaps not in a bloodline lineage.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (XvPQV)

212 Open Thread = Nope R. Death

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (dscaa)

213 And of course it will also matter who stays home in the second round.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2022 01:18 PM (U+Oxn)

214 My wife pointed out the other day that if the decision to bug out is reached, there isn't enough room for both her and all the ammo cans in the truck.

*Picture Jack Benny, standing next to the truck, with his hand on his chin, saying - "I'm thinking!!"*

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:15 PM (Msys3)

No worries, dear. Who do you think is unloading the truck?

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:19 PM (SH2Zi)

215 I have lots of old 70s show series on DVD. Including Rockford Files. I don't think it's that great of a show overall. Garner seems like he's just mailing it in. I like Kojak better, but best of all for storyline, acting and show music is Baretta. I like Barnaby Jones too, but I like Buddy Epsen a lot anyway.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2022 01:19 PM (sVtYq)

216 Trump fired Bannon and kept Fauci.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 01:19 PM (44ww/)

217 I just bought a gas guzzling SUV over the weekend Glad I live in Texas and not Washington state!

Posted by: redridinghood at April 11, 2022 01:19 PM (NpAcC)

218 Savales wasn't especially good looking, but he had magnetism.

#metoo

Posted by: Ferrous Bueller at April 11, 2022 01:19 PM (nfrXX)

219 i want a closed thread...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x)

I want a sealed yarn
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

I see a red door and I want it painted black.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV


I want a tank of prop wash to clean all the gear back stage ...

Posted by: Adriane the Stage Fright Critic ... at April 11, 2022 01:19 PM (okV1R)

220 Trump sucked at hiring people because he is a slave to credentials and reputation. Oh so and so went to Wheaton and he is friends with all the cool kids in DC, hired!!

And the. He turns around and says the swamp needs to be drained.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (1Kx8v)

221 200 We get to church early so we always get the same pew.
Posted by: ALH at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (JEUag)

I do the same with the gun range.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (II3Gr)

222 so, you guys that build guns, Joe Biden's Handlers are coming for you

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (geLO8)

223 >>>Are you gonna miss her?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report


No, he'll miss the ammo.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (bkUtD)

224
Who could afford a 32 hour work week?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (H4qIP)
--
I believe the bill contains exceptions for union labor under a CBA. So it's meant to strong arm more hourly workers into unionizing so that they can work 40 hours. (And pay union graft which will be funnelled to Democrats)

Posted by: Revenant at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (UelxP)

225 The biggest problem with France is that it's full of the French.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (HmZuC)

226 Last year Chicago suffered 1,836 carjackings, or theft of a vehicle from the driver by force. That's five per day -- and dramatically more than in 2010 -- when there were 570 carjackings or just one-and-a-half per day.

Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (RHGPo)

227 >>Trump fired Bannon and kept Fauci.

Bannon was a political employee at will. Fauci is a civil servant who is nearly impossible to fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (ZLI7S)

228 I was posting on that this morning - it all comes down to the Socialists, whose candidate was eliminated from the runoff. The socialist bloc has the voting power to throw the runoff election either way. They are certainly no allies of Le Pen and her rightist coalition; but they also hate Macron because he has been flipping the Socialists off with various policies since he took office. So, which way will they jump?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:16
===

That's easy. Because they are socialists, they will vote for the worst for the French people. Macron takes this and it's not even close.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (iDcra)

229 I do the same with the gun range.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (II3Gr)

*nods*

Second from the left, every time.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (XvPQV)

230 This cheeky, chilly redhead loves open threads:
https://is.gd/gpbgmy

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (DU+/6)

231 The CA legislature is literally out of its collective mind.
They went for it with CA AB5, which mandated that everyone be an employee of some type, preferably a unionized employee. No more gig economy, no more self employed, no more sole proprietors.
That went over like a fart in a scuba suit...
Now, while still on the books, AB5 has so many exemptions, carve-outs, etc. it is the very definition of unequal application of the law.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (jTmQV)

232 Kolchak>Kojak

Posted by: BPT at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (L3l0u)

233 220 Trump sucked at hiring people because he is a slave to credentials and reputation. Oh so and so went to Wheaton and he is friends with all the cool kids in DC, hired!!

And the. He turns around and says the swamp needs to be drained.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:20 PM (1Kx8v)

Wharton...fwiw

Posted by: Will Smith at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (BgMrQ)

234 173 You need an inspection or an air quality test or safety inspection or whatever in most states.

-------

Not here in OK. Freedom is taken seriously here.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (Qhnrt)

235 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

**

You know. Pre-2020 election America American America.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The diary is real, too at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (T8x+P)

236
Should I be worried?

This is not like Ace not to say a few words. Something's wrong.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (iXSBz)

237 Demi-troll is tiresome

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (XvPQV)

238 I was posting on that this morning - it all comes down to the Socialists, whose candidate was eliminated from the runoff. The socialist bloc has the voting power to throw the runoff election either way. They are certainly no allies of Le Pen and her rightist coalition; but they also hate Macron because he has been flipping the Socialists off with various policies since he took office. So, which way will they jump? Posted by: Tom Servo
---------------------
Describing Le Pen as far right is a reach. Le Pen's stated goals are much more congenial to French socialism economically. It is her nationalism and dislike of immigration that makes her toxic to the globalist leaders of the Socialists but not necessarily to the rank and file Socialist party voters. France, like the US, has increasingly only had economic growth in a few cities while most of the rest of France have suffered. Centralization always works that way.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (Iq9dF)

239 /off Oscar slapper sock

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (BgMrQ)

240 The CA legislature is literally out of its collective mind.
They went for it with CA AB5, which mandated that everyone be an employee of some type, preferably a unionized employee. No more gig economy, no more self employed, no more sole proprietors.
That went over like a fart in a scuba suit...
Now, while still on the books, AB5 has so many exemptions, carve-outs, etc. it is the very definition of unequal application of the law.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (jTmQV)
++++
Yet, they somehow *always* make bad decisions. That strikes me more as malice than madness. If it was simple madness, they'd occasionally get lucky and doing something insane that was helpful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (DU+/6)

241 "Anyone have a summary about new atf rules. Other than the atf needs utter destruction.

Posted by: USNtakim"

Partial summary here at GOA. New proposal is very close to the old and will be posted in the Federal Register after 2 pm.

https://tinyurl.com/462sms73

Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (8R679)

242
Proposed CA bill, AB 2932, would shorten the standard workweek to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees

.. why not just 5 hours a week
Posted by: SMOD


Who could afford a 32 hour work week?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:13 PM (H4qIP)


Not the employers, or the employees. With a 32 hr work week, Friday will be time and a half. No way that there would be adverse side effects...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (n+4am)

243 Every American election should have a runoff system. Bullshit candidates like fake libertarian help Democrats win all the time by siphoning off 1 or 2% from Republicans.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (1Kx8v)

244 236
Should I be worried?

This is not like Ace not to say a few words. Something's wrong.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (iXSBz)

Check his blinking. It could be Morse code.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (II3Gr)

245 230 This cheeky, chilly redhead loves open threads:
https://is.gd/gpbgmy
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (DU+/6)

And I love that ass

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (XvPQV)

246 Should I be worried?

This is not like Ace not to say a few words. Something's wrong.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (iXSBz)
++++
I wouldn't be. It's Monday and so my bet is that he's either working on something *huge* or he had a good weekend and slept in.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (DU+/6)

247 The funniest part about the air quality inspection is that the 1997 or so and earlier cars are exempt. You know. The ones that are polluting the most.

You'd best make sure your 2021 Honda Accord has its sticker, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The diary is real, too at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (T8x+P)

248 233
Wharton...fwiw
Posted by: Will Smith at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (BgMrQ)

Fabulist Bob Woodward went to Wheaton.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (s2VJv)

249 Disney: We're not grooming your kids!

Also Disney: https://tinyurl.com/76yk5kmr

Just look at it.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (OssQ4)

I'd note two things.

1. It's a licensed product.

B. It's apparently middle eastern. Hey, it's a step up from beating their kids!

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (ZSYrc)

250 227. Thank you Jack.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (Bfp+D)

251 230 This cheeky, chilly redhead loves open threads:
https://is.gd/gpbgmy
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (DU+/6)

Vera Nahce...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (BgMrQ)

252 Yeah Wharton. Stupid auto correct, lol.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:24 PM (1Kx8v)

253 244 Check his blinking. It could be Morse code.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 01:22 PM (II3Gr)


"Don't forget to drink your Ovaltine."

- - Tony Blinkin

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:24 PM (s2VJv)

254 Pfft...

Posted by: Will Smith at April 11, 2022 01:05 PM (BgMrQ)

---------

Heh. And that hash is a keeper, browndog.

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:24 PM (BKgw3)

255 Ace must be in Keto Coma.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:24 PM (yRved)

256 Should I be worried?

This is not like Ace not to say a few words. Something's wrong.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news


He might be still watching the movie ...

Posted by: Adriane the Stage Fright Critic ... at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (okV1R)

257 255 Ace must be in Keto Coma.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:24 PM (yRved)


Or a Candace Kita coma, FTW.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (s2VJv)

258 To its credit WA got rid of the air quality test because something like 99.5% of cars were passing. So whats the point?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (1Kx8v)

259 Fabulist Bob Woodward went to Wheaton.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:23 PM (s2VJv)


Shut up Wesley.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (AiZBA)

260 258 To its credit WA got rid of the air quality test because something like 99.5% of cars were passing. So whats the point?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (1Kx8v)


Money. And power.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:26 PM (s2VJv)

261 "We get to church early so we always get the same pew.

Posted by: ALH"



Do you shout "First"?

Posted by: Ripley at April 11, 2022 01:26 PM (MxEKc)

262 Or a Candace Kita coma, FTW.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (s2VJv)
++++
She'd fit in well here:
https://is.gd/c2xRLD

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:26 PM (DU+/6)

263 The socialist bloc has the voting power to throw the runoff election either way. They are certainly no allies of Le Pen and her rightist coalition; but they also hate Macron because he has been flipping the Socialists off with various policies since he took office. So, which way will they jump?
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:16 PM (trdmm)

C'mon man! Lefties are gonna go left. That's the rules and will be until I see otherwise.
See 60 years of plantation voting patterns in the US.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 11, 2022 01:26 PM (MFphb)

264 258 To its credit WA got rid of the air quality test because something like 99.5% of cars were passing. So whats the point?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (1Kx8v)

Uh, the 0.5% that don't. Surely that justifies an intrusive govt program and all the spending that entails.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 11, 2022 01:26 PM (UuD2k)

265 "We get to church early so we always get the same pew.

Posted by: ALH"

Do you shout "First"?
Posted by: Ripley at April 11, 2022 01:26 PM (MxEKc)


You win the interwebs today.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (AiZBA)

266 "So whats the point?"
Funneling cash back to the politicians to passed the stupid law in the first place, duh...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (jTmQV)

267 >>Yay! Its finally happening! The weather is Springs-ish.


Wait 3 days. Spring has not yet sprung.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (DOReJ)

268 So no, probably not. In order to win, she would have to pick up every other voter, which is impossible, or would need some of Macron's and Melenchon's voters to switch to her, which is merely highly improbable."

I can see a possibility - NOT a probability, of course - that Le Pen, being primarily a Nationalist, not an economic conservative, could make some plausible promises to the socialists on certain areas, in order to win their votes. Most of the socialists would love to vote against Macron, just out of spite.

as it stands right now, Macron has a guaranteed 28% in the runoff, Le Pen has a guaranteed 30% (her vote plus Zemmour's) and the Socialists, with 21% and no candidate of their own remaining, will decide the issue.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (trdmm)

269 There are no "ghost" guns. Criminals have never had an issue with using off the shelf guns. There is no ghost gun crisis in America or anywhere. This is liberal fantasy porn not real life.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (ItM6q)

270 260

Right thats what I mean. They could have kept it as a stealth tax l, which is why these things always are, but surpassingly did away with it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (1Kx8v)

271 Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 11, 2022 01:17 PM (OssQ4)

evidently docs or vids were leaked that prove Disney C-suite knows that a grooming agenda is being promoted at their company

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (DJFLF)

272 Once you've seen one tentacle, you know what the other 7 look like.

*tentacle facts*

Posted by: GnuBreed, not a tentacle fan at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (F0YaR)

273 230 This cheeky, chilly redhead loves open threads:
https://is.gd/gpbgmy
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (DU+/6)

That's some fine feminine butt right there, I tell ya.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (Qhnrt)

274 Heh. And that hash is a keeper, browndog.
Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:24 PM (BKgw3)

I'll miss it, when the sad day comes that my router resets itself.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (BgMrQ)

275 Once Vlad has identified a successor he can trust, he'll retire and hand the power off to a new tyrant. The rule of Tzars will very likely go on with a new life, though perhaps not in a bloodline lineage.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
-------------------------
Not sure about that. Autocrats tend to believe themselves indispensable and it is rare for them to leave office before dotage or death. Leadership transitions are always tricky and I think of Putin more along the lines of Cromwell than of the Tsars. Cromwell muffed the transition by making his unsuited son Richard Lord Protector just as the contradictions of Cromwell's rule were catching up with him.

The Kims in NK, on the other hand, apparently made the transition to emperor and Xi hopes to emulate that perhaps. Not sure that approach works without a civil war in a modern society. NK is basically a small elite with a large ignorant mass of peasantry.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (Iq9dF)

276 Buy one acre of land in Idaho. Sell one square inch to allow Wash State residents ownership. Let them register cars in Idaho.

Washington residents have tried tricks like that in Oregon to avoid paying sales taxes on luxury cars (Oregon has no sales tax).

Doesn't work.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 01:28 PM (I2/tG)

277 Posted by: Adriane the Stage Fright Critic ... at April 11, 2022 01:25 PM (okV1R)

Hey! 'Sup?

Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2022 01:28 PM (ZSYrc)

278 >>To its credit WA got rid of the air quality test because something like 99.5% of cars were passing. So whats the point?


100% are paying for it, though.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:28 PM (DOReJ)

279 This cheeky, chilly redhead loves open threads:
https://is.gd/gpbgmy
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:21 PM (DU+/6)

Chilly? I see no evidence of that.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 11, 2022 01:28 PM (MFphb)

280 I will never understand Asian chicks who get facial work done.

Relatedly, one of my favorite Instagram THOTs has ruined her face with boxtox and lip fillers. She looks like an alien now. Albeit...an alien with a hot body, still.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:29 PM (XvPQV)

281 >>Chilly? I see no evidence of that.


She's hiding the carrot.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:29 PM (DOReJ)

282 Last night I saw an article that had lots of pictures of Ghislane Maxwell making a special appearance at Disney in the 80s. Now, that's quite a while ago so she might have had nothing to do with intelligence or child trafficking but who knows? Its sketchy as hell.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:29 PM (KZzsI)

283 269 There are no "ghost" guns. Criminals have never had an issue with using off the shelf guns. There is no ghost gun crisis in America or anywhere. This is liberal fantasy porn not real life.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks
-------------------------------------
Clintonian small ball politics but not responsive to the public's priorities. It is merely useless action that appears to do something about crime when it ignores the main driver of street crime--criminals.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:29 PM (Iq9dF)

284 Buy one acre of land in Idaho. Sell one square inch to allow Wash State residents ownership. Let them register cars in Idaho.

Washington residents have tried tricks like that in Oregon to avoid paying sales taxes on luxury cars (Oregon has no sales tax).

Doesn't work.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

So if you "own property and live" in another state, you can't work in WA?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:29 PM (H4qIP)

285 The only ethnic food I got as a kid was meatloaf.

Posted by: klaftern at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (taPSh)

286 100% are paying for it, though.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:28 PM (DOReJ)

Not anymore.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (SH2Zi)

287 Shelving weekends are a bitch.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (QfPug)

288 If you like Asian chicks, you really need to check out Korean Twitch. It's something else.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (UuD2k)

289 32 hour work week? Gotta make room for the illegals I guess.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (oWBc3)

290 This is liberal fantasy porn not real life.

Someone saw a TV show that used the term and thought it was scary and effective, who cares how true it is?

I mean, sure there are unregistered guns that fell off the truck being used, but I question how often.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (KZzsI)

291 >>I will never understand Asian chicks who get facial work done.


Asian chick asks for a facial and I help her out.

My mother raised me proper like.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (DOReJ)

292 > Bannon was a political employee at will. Fauci is a civil servant who is nearly impossible to fire.
_____________

This is true. It's also true Trump made Fauci and Brix the faces of his administration's efforts to combat COVID. He could have put Fauci on the sidelines at any time, but chose not to. For whatever reason(s).

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (BFigT)

293 285 The only ethnic food I got as a kid was meatloaf.

Posted by: klaftern at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (taPSh)


In our house, meatloaf ended up being ethnic because mom pretty much Italianized everything

except golonki

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (DJFLF)

294 Took me a while to read the content.

Posted by: BifBewalski (UgAdJ) - at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (UgAdJ)

295 Asian chick asks for a facial and I help her out.

My mother raised me proper like.
----------------
Me too.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (yRved)

296 285 The only ethnic food I got as a kid was meatloaf.
Posted by: klaftern at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (taPSh)


Growing up as I did in Brooklyn, that was ethnic food. Everyday food was Hungarian at home or Italo-American at friends' houses. Plus Chinese on Sundays.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (s2VJv)

297 Didn't think she got into intel until Daddy died.

Isn't that when she transferred to Epstein?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (XnG/+)

298 The only ethnic food I got as a kid was meatloaf.
Posted by: klaftern

Shaved carrots and white grapes in lime jello.

Just shoot me.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (Msys3)

299 Not sure about that. Autocrats tend to believe themselves indispensable and it is rare for them to leave office before dotage or death. Leadership transitions are always tricky and I think of Putin more along the lines of Cromwell than of the Tsars. Cromwell muffed the transition by making his unsuited son Richard Lord Protector just as the contradictions of Cromwell's rule were catching up with him.

The Kims in NK, on the other hand, apparently made the transition to emperor and Xi hopes to emulate that perhaps. Not sure that approach works without a civil war in a modern society. NK is basically a small elite with a large ignorant mass of peasantry.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:27 PM (Iq9dF)

Putin only has daughters (that we know of), so I don't see him following the Kim model. I suspect he'll be looking for more of a Yeltsin exit, once he feels Russia is 'secure' vs the West....which will probably mean eating Ukraine, Moldova and the Baltics...maybe Poland, too.

Russians want strongmen and whoever replaces Putin will be in that mold. That's my bet, at least.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (XvPQV)

300 292 > Bannon was a political employee at will. Fauci is a civil servant who is nearly impossible to fire.
_____________

This is true. It's also true Trump made Fauci and Brix the faces of his administration's efforts to combat COVID. He could have put Fauci on the sidelines at any time, but chose not to. For whatever reason(s).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (BFigT)

It should have been Scott Atlas and maybe the Surgeon General but he's a swamper.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (s2VJv)

301 I think of Putin more along the lines of Cromwell than of the Tsars. "

A more recent example of the type would be Marshall Tito. Strong, authoritarian leaders generally eliminate all strong rivals, which leads to no one in power except useless yes-men when the end comes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (trdmm)

302 Asian chick asks for a facial and I help her out.

My mother raised me proper like.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (DOReJ)

Momma Garrett: You see, little Garrett, when an Asian chick asks for a facial, you nut right in her eye. And take off those damned, faggy crocs!

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (SH2Zi)

303 "Don't say 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'"

Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (RHGPo)

304 Just shoot me.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (Msys3)


What?

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (DJFLF)

305 >>If you like Asian chicks, you really need to check out Korean Twitch.


I like nothing but petite brunettes...yet, I have no attraction to Asian Chicks.

They are cute enough. Until you see a picture of their brother and realize they look identical.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (DOReJ)

306 >> Buy one acre of land in Idaho. Sell one square inch to allow Wash State residents ownership. Let them register cars in Idaho.

Washington residents have tried tricks like that in Oregon to avoid paying sales taxes on luxury cars (Oregon has no sales tax).

Doesn't work.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 01:28 PM (I2/tG)


With this one simple trick, it will work.

Posted by: GnuBreed, aka John Kerry at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (F0YaR)

307 This is true. It's also true Trump made Fauci and Brix the faces of his administration's efforts to combat COVID. He could have put Fauci on the sidelines at any time, but chose not to. For whatever reason(s).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2022 01:30 PM (BFigT)

He told Candace Owens (I believe it was her) that it was because the left would have attacked him if he had sidelined/gotten rid of Fauci.

Sigh.

Posted by: chique l'African Viking Math Queen King of Greenland, the Merciless (don't/stop/believin') at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (rF64X)

308 Telly Sevalas was an interesting choice for Blofeld but the wrong one.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (44ww/)

309 Spell check thinks kolache is spelled Lachesis.

gonna go find out what a Lachesis is

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (XnG/+)

310 sniglop pookmip bligflood borp

Posted by: Kurt at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (WvBro)

311 I'm heading to East TX this afternoon.

I'll wave as I pass by Bonham on 82.

Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

312 All my guns are ghosts - drowning victims, and I still hear their cries from the pond.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (oWBc3)

313 So if you "own property and live" in another state, you can't work in WA?

Washington state tax authorities are capable of detecting sham "land purchases" and "subleases" done purely to avoid payment of Washington taxes by claiming residence in another state.

If you claim that you live in another state, you had better live in another state - and there are tests to determine whether your claim of out-of-state residency is valid.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (I2/tG)

314 except golonki

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (DJFLF)

Stuffed cabbage?

Posted by: BignJames at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (AwYPR)

315 gonna go find out what a Lachesis is

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (XnG/+)


It's a snake!

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (DJFLF)

316 303 "Don't say 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'"
Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (RHGPo)


"Pfft."

- - Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (s2VJv)

317 gonna go find out what a Lachesis is
Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (XnG/+)

Muse of something-or-other.

Historic poetry?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (/EuRN)

318 Trump fired one guy one time, early on, with abundant cause for the firing.
As a result he endured months of pure hell from every media outlet on the planet. His approval numbers dived.
The fired party went on the book-lecture circuit and reaped tens of thousand of dollars. Didn't hurt him a bit.
And we wonder why didn't Trump fire others?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (jTmQV)

319 I think of Putin more along the lines of Cromwell than of the Tsars. "

A more recent example of the type would be Marshall Tito. Strong, authoritarian leaders generally eliminate all strong rivals, which leads to no one in power except useless yes-men when the end comes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (trdmm)

Jah, Putin is realizing how many 'yes men' he has around him now. Hence the recent disappearances and staff changes.

Dunno who will come after Tzar Vlad, I'm not a close enough observe of current day Russian politics, I don't see him leaving for at least a decade.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (XvPQV)

320 except golonki

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (DJFLF)

That was named after Arlene Golonka.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (s2VJv)

321 14 I found the content witty and insightful.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 11, 2022 12:56 PM (II3Gr)


I rate it "Above Average".

Posted by: a.moron at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (tu3iY)

322 Russians want strongmen and whoever replaces Putin will be in that mold. That's my bet, at least.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (XvPQV)

Russian history is full of discontinuities - years of chaos - in between strong men.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (trdmm)

323 Bannon was a true Trump ally. One of the very few. But Trump fired him because he wanted some of the spotlight and Trump would have none of it. And his personnel decisions went from bad to worse after that.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (1Kx8v)

324 139 Anyone think Le Pen has a chance in France? Betting markets are strong against her at present, but it will be interesting to watch. Especially if the hand of the French military appears somewhere in the current conflict in Europe.

Posted by: m0lr4k at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM (BwF/v)

--------

Are they using Dominion Voting Systems?

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (BKgw3)

325
Kurt's scrofula also continues after 5 years. It'll always continue. Gross bastard doesn't bathe.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (SKVme)

326 Stuffed cabbage?

Posted by: BignJames at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (AwYPR)


Yes! A Polish neighbor taught her the recipe.

Mom also mastered American food like potato salad and deviled eggs and vanilla wafer banana pudding.

She was an ecumenical cook.

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (DJFLF)

327 305 is funny as hell, I don't care who you are.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (oWBc3)

328 237 Demi-troll is tiresome

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
-----------------------------
He is the type of troll that is a disruptor or filibusterer which primarily tries to discourage people from reading or participating in a thread.

Disruptors only speak in rhetoric and by and large are free from any attempt at conducting a dialectic conversation. When challenged, a disruptor will always go to ad hominem attacks on others when they are not bragging about themselves.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (Iq9dF)

329 Took me a while to read the content.

Posted by: BifBewalski (UgAdJ) - at April 11, 2022 01:31 PM (UgAdJ)


Try keeping your lips from moving while reading.

I hear that helps alot.

Posted by: GnuBreed, aka John Kerry at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (F0YaR)

330 >>This is true. It's also true Trump made Fauci and Brix the faces of his administration's efforts to combat COVID. He could have put Fauci on the sidelines at any time, but chose not to. For whatever reason(s).


In theory. But what do you think would have been the political fallout of sidelining the longtime head of the NIH in the middle of a once in a century pandemic? You can't pretend that politics don't play a part of political decision in the middle of a political campaign for president. Trump would have been roasted.

Besides, the extent of Fauci's duplicity wasn't really know until after Trump just about gone. In fact, we are still finding out about stuff as recently as this morning. Hindsight is perfect but not always realistic. Besides, what is this new movement to trash Trump? Seems bizarre.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)

331 I never cared for Telly Savalas and his creepy cool-guy-ladies'-man schtick.

I was more of a Rockford guy.
Posted by: red speck at April 11, 2022 01:10 PM


-------------------
Me too. Remember when Savalas did commercials for the "Player's Club" and SNL spoofed it as the "Playa with Yourself Club"? That was funny.

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (4DyN9)

332 Fauci is a civil servant who is nearly impossible to fire.

You can give him a desk, no phone, and nothing to do.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (I2/tG)

333 >>That was named after Arlene Golonka.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton



what a cutie
she was in Hang 'Em High

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (geLO8)

334 Do Russians really WANT strongmen? Its not like they voted for Stalin or Putin or had much of a say in what they did.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (1Kx8v)

335 I will never understand Asian chicks who get facial work done.

Korean women often have a moon-shaped face that they do not consider pretty, so they will get work to address that. Some Asian women have really big noses, that they want to trim back. Its the same as any woman; they don't look how they want to or their culture says they ought to look.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (KZzsI)

336 The only ethnic food I got as a kid was meatloaf.

Posted by: klaftern


Growing up in St. Louis, I was lucky to be introduced to real German food and real Italian food.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (H4qIP)

337 >You can give him a desk, no phone, and nothing to do.


move him to the basement

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (geLO8)

338 "Lachesis Muta (Lach.) is prepared from the venom of the bushmaster snake. Those who need Lachesis experience an inner restlessness and agitation which results in extreme talkativeness, sarcasm, vivid imaginings, and passionate, intense behaviours. They are affected by heat, easily becoming hot."

That's what Brave spell Czech thinks a kolache is.
faggots

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (XnG/+)

339 Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Benjamin: Yes, sir.

Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

Benjamin: Yes, I am.

Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?

Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?

Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (RHGPo)

340 Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2022 01:32 PM (RHGPo)
++++
Gandhi was known for his rough, homespun garments, hunger strikes, minimalist diet and ascetic lifestyle.

This took a toll over the years, especially as he evolved in terms of his religious understanding. His eschewing of shoes led to the accumulation of large, tough callouses over his feet. His frequent hunger strikes left his body weak and vulnerable. When not on a hunger strike, his unusual diet often resulted in serious bad breath.

When you put it all together, it is fair to describe him as a super-calloused fragile mystic vexed with halitosis.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (DU+/6)

341 Gov Inslee also told the Washington State Patrol they no longer could pull over cars for not having current registration tabs.
Because, raciss.

So. Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:37 PM (W2Pud)

342
move him to the basement
Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (geLO

Good idea. That's where people usually keep interrogation cells.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2022 01:37 PM (SKVme)

343 Posted by: Kurt at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (WvBro)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 11, 2022 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

344 Besides, what is this new movement to trash Trump? Seems bizarre.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)


April is Grumpy Old Men month!

Posted by: kallisto at April 11, 2022 01:37 PM (DJFLF)

345 Russian society has two features - suffering as a personal choice and their good leaders are expected to be assholes. It's what they do.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (oWBc3)

346 move him to the basement

Posted by: DB - starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (geLO

Better not forget his red stapler...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (i0ykY)

347 Fauci is a civil servant who is nearly impossible to fire.

People assert this a lot but I'm skeptical. Democrats have never had any trouble firing anyone, and do so without legal challenge or complaint. I think that SOME government employees are difficult to fire, but not nearly as many as people claim.

Do Russians really WANT strongmen?

Every evidence says yes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (KZzsI)

348 >>Because, raciss.


Didn't they also try to reduce sentencing for Drive By Shootings using the same trope?

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (DOReJ)

349 Gandhi was known for his rough, homespun garments, hunger strikes, minimalist diet and ascetic lifestyle.

This took a toll over the years, especially as he evolved in terms of his religious understanding. His eschewing of shoes led to the accumulation of large, tough callouses over his feet. His frequent hunger strikes left his body weak and vulnerable. When not on a hunger strike, his unusual diet often resulted in serious bad breath.

When you put it all together, it is fair to describe him as a super-calloused fragile mystic vexed with halitosis.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (DU+/6)

one who liked to sleep between underaged girls at night, too....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (XvPQV)

350 184 >>Yay! Its finally happening! The weather is Springs-ish.


Visited some friends in NC last week. They're where MA is in mid-May. Flowers blooming, trees leaving, birds chirping.

I gotta get outta this place; If it's the last thing I ever do-o-o...Girl, there's a better life for me & you.

Posted by: red speck at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (gS3OW)

351 >.April is Grumpy Old Men month!

Posted by: kallisto


I'm gonna need more than a mnth

Posted by: DB - brought to you by... Chevrolet at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (geLO8)

352 >>April is Grumpy Old Men month!

I am a grumpy old man. Will I be getting cake?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:38 PM (ZLI7S)

353 >"Don't say 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'"

Biden: If there's one word that sums up America...

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 01:39 PM (44ww/)

354
I like nothing but petite brunettes...yet, I have no attraction to Asian Chicks.

They are cute enough. Until you see a picture of their brother and realize they look identical.
Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (DOReJ)

In Thailand, their brother probably looks "cuter".

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:39 PM (trdmm)

355 84

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of our nation's COVID-19 response, seemingly conceded on Sunday that new government restrictions weren't going to happen and that it's now up to Americans to assess their own risk and act accordingly.

https://tinyurl.com/2p969cxu

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2022 01:04 PM (63Dwl)


The biggest question now about government restrictions is if the CDC will extend the masking requirement in airports and on planes, trains, and buses, scheduled to end next Monday, April 18. In a rational world, the requirement will be end. In our insane world, who knows?

Posted by: Gref at April 11, 2022 01:39 PM (AMIL/)

356 Is ace on spring break?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 11, 2022 01:39 PM (/crfU)

357 To its credit WA got rid of the air quality test because something like 99.5% of cars were passing. So whats the point?
Posted by: Joe XiDe
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See: Mask mandate

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 11, 2022 01:39 PM (bPH26)

358 Shaved carrots and white grapes in lime jello.

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Does that count as ethnic food if it's from Utah?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 11, 2022 01:39 PM (vuisn)

359 Will I be getting cake?
Posted by: JackStraw

Oh! You said 'Cake'.

My bad.

Barkey Obummer

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:40 PM (Msys3)

360 Dunno who will come after Tzar Vlad, I'm not a close enough observe of current day Russian politics, I don't see him leaving for at least a decade.

Possibly.

Russian male life expectancy is 68. Putin is already 69, but he doesn't drink, which helps.

Posted by: The Grim Reaper! at April 11, 2022 01:40 PM (I2/tG)

361 A more recent example of the type would be Marshall Tito. Strong, authoritarian leaders generally eliminate all strong rivals, which leads to no one in power except useless yes-men when the end comes.

Posted by: Tom Servo
------------------------
Better example. Tito did have the advantage of being a war hero that Putin lacks as well as ruling a multi ethnic empire where Tito could play the ethnics against each other. The drab 7 person committee that succeeded him failed in short order because the collapse of the Eastern Bloc made the West curtail credit to the overextended Yugo govt. NATO no longer needed Yugoslavia as a buffer to the Warsaw Pact. With no money, the central government collapsed because it could no longer buy off the different ethnics from going their own way.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:40 PM (Iq9dF)

362 >>> 282 Last night I saw an article that had lots of pictures of Ghislane Maxwell making a special appearance at Disney in the 80s. Now, that's quite a while ago so she might have had nothing to do with intelligence or child trafficking but who knows? Its sketchy as hell.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:29 PM (KZzsI)

That's an order of magnitude beyond "Rosalyn Carter meeting Jim Jones" sketchy.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (llON8)

363 The only ethnic food I got as a kid was meatloaf.

Dad was born in Missouri and mom in Wyoming, then we lived in New Mexico a few years, so we got a lot of tex-mex and southern cooking. Plus mom was a creative and very skilled cook so we got American Chinese cuisine as well. She's very old now and isn't up to her previous amazing standards, sadly.

What we didn't get was stuff like eastern European, Greek, that kind of thing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (KZzsI)

364 When challenged, a disruptor will always go to ad hominem attacks on others when they are not bragging about themselves.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (Iq9dF)

The bragging in particular gets old.
I should just scroll by, I know...I know...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (XvPQV)

365 Wait, you can drink as much as a Russian and still live to 68?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (UuD2k)

366 When you put it all together, it is fair to describe him as a super-calloused fragile mystic vexed with halitosis.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (DU+/6)

one who liked to sleep between underaged girls at night, too....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Not sure if a rumor about Gandhi, but drinking one's own urine doesn't help your health.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (Iq9dF)

367 The biggest question now about government restrictions is if the CDC will extend the masking requirement in airports and on planes, trains, and buses, scheduled to end next Monday, April 18. In a rational world, the requirement will be end. In our insane world, who knows?
Posted by: Gref


There are people who still have to mask?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (H4qIP)

368 Pointing out errors Trump made is trashing him?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (1Kx8v)

369 Shaved carrots and white grapes in lime jello.

Just shoot me.
--------------
My mom's specialty was a pineapple slice on lettuce with mayo and cheese. Its pretty good, surprisingly.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (yRved)

370 Roomy!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (wtvvX)

371 Ewoks gone wild

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (44ww/)

372 Besides, what is this new movement to trash Trump? Seems bizarre.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)

I know i've been souring on the guy of late, mostly because i feel (rightly or wrongly, but it's still a feeling) that he essentially gave up. He should either be President right now, or in jail or worse for fighting tooth and nail to keep his second electoral victory.

And now we're in a complete fucking disaster without a single hero to look to while he fucks about playing amateur kingmaker and playing golf.

That sounds harsh all on its own, but it's a thread of thought that's unmistakably there amidst everything else.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (/EuRN)

373 Not sure if a rumor about Gandhi, but drinking one's own urine doesn't help your health.
--------------
It brightens your teeth but leaves you with bad breath. So a tradeoff.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (yRved)

374 332 Fauci is a civil servant who is nearly impossible to fire.

You can give him a desk, no phone, and nothing to do.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (I2/tG)

Don't let the take your stapler...

#illburntheplacedown

Posted by: Milton Waddams at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (BgMrQ)

375 Speaking of Breitbart...

I was surprised to hear that his old MMFA nemesis, Eric Boehlert, was killed in an accident last week.

Posted by: Gran at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (GM3/s)

376 Well, at least Ace did not say gay.

Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (v0R5T)

377 344 Besides, what is this new movement to trash Trump? Seems bizarre.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)

It appears to me that a lot of it has to do with the Dr. Oz endorsement. I personally don't have an opinion the Pa. Senate race; I don't live there, won't vote in that election, and haven't paid a lot of attention to the candidates. But it does seem to me that in a closely divided race, the smart play would have been to wait until after the primary and *then* jump in with an endorsement. There was no big gain to be made from endorsing early.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (trdmm)

378 Mom used to make jello with fruit in it, like crushed pineapple, and that's pretty good. But not grapes, and not vegetables.

She used a trick to make a foam out of part of the jello to top it, using a hand mixer. That was really good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (KZzsI)

379 Trump is a worse judge of character than Ulysses S. Grant.

I'm not enthusiastic about voting unless I hear a right-wing candidate talking about throwing teachers, journ-o's, and academics in internment camps.

Posted by: Tasty Burger at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (N/oGZ)

380 Visited some friends in NC last week. They're where MA is in mid-May. Flowers blooming, trees leaving, birds chirping.

*

Yeah, that's us. Tulips, dogwoods blooming, hummingbirds, but still crisp evenings for bonfires.

If the wind would stop blowing quite so much so that it was easier to be out on the boat while fishing it would be just about perfect, but then again we're flying a lot of kites with the kids, so it's a decent trade off.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The diary is real, too at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (T8x+P)

381 >>>Gov Inslee also told the Washington State Patrol they no longer could pull over cars for not having current registration tabs.
Because, raciss.

So. Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2022 01:37 PM (W2Pud)

So just don't renew. Been doing it for years.

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (QYPq3)

382 Well, at least Ace did not say gay.
Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (v0R5T)
++++
Well, except about garrett...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (DU+/6)

383 People who played Sid Meyer's Civilization already know that Ghandi is an a**hole.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (44ww/)

384 Biden COVID Czar: Extension Of Fed Mask Requirement On Planes "Absolutely On The Table"

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Go for it, Joe! I don't want you to crash and burn. I want you to auger it in.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 11, 2022 01:44 PM (FVME7)

385
Besides, the extent of Fauci's duplicity wasn't really know until after Trump just about gone. In fact, we are still finding out about stuff as recently as this morning. Hindsight is perfect but not always realistic. Besides, what is this new movement to trash Trump? Seems bizarre.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)

They're NeverTrump cucks. I'll call them for what they are. They refuse to see the obvious.

The DC deep state has been set up by decades of congressional permission and abdication of congressional powers to the bureaucracy to resist any change of structure or political interference.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 11, 2022 01:44 PM (Qhnrt)

386 I used to love tomato aspic at Thanksgiving as a kid, but now I think it's gross.

And by "tomato" I mean V8.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 11, 2022 01:44 PM (vuisn)

387 317 gonna go find out what a Lachesis is
Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (XnG/+)

Muse of something-or-other.

Historic poetry?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 11, 2022 01:34 PM (/EuRN)

One of the Fates or Furies, I forget which.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2022 01:44 PM (906pl)

388 I love stuffed cabbage.

Posted by: Archer at April 11, 2022 01:44 PM (gmo/4)

389 Dr. Oz is a real mistake. He's not a cultural warrior at all.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (LyTO1)

390 187 >>Rockford > Kojak, no question.


There's no maneuver called "the Kojak Turn."
QED

Posted by: red speck at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (gS3OW)

391 >>> 311 I'm heading to East TX this afternoon.

I'll wave as I pass by Bonham on 82.
Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

Whereabouts in ETex, and just for the afternoon or what? // nosy neighbor

There's a bunch of us in the vicinity...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (llON8)

392 People who played Sid Meyer's Civilization already know that Ghandi is an a**hole.

MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

Posted by: Running Civilization Joke! at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (I2/tG)

393 Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:43 PM (trdmm)


Oz is a grifter and IIRC is A-OK with kid trannies.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (mp9e7)

394 I was surprised to hear that his old MMFA nemesis, Eric Boehlert, was killed in an accident last week.
Posted by: Gran at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (GM3/s)

If by "surprised" you mean "amused, tickled, satisfied, or thankful", then I agree, I felt the same.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (trdmm)

395 Laconic Ace is not best Ace.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (yQpMk)

396 1) Why yes, I AM a crank, as a matter of fact; and

2) I'm inclined to obsess over things that are of minimal interest to others. Now...

RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

Sunrise in south Florida is 7:01 AM. Yes, I DID check.

Posted by: mnw at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (NLIak)

397 176 The dot head Indian COVID czar is already saying masks on airline travel will remain. That guy is a psycho.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 11, 2022 01:14 PM (s2VJv)


Then, I'll continue to not fly. Kinda stinks that I'll miss some things like the MoMee's but them's the breaks.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik [DHS Verdict: MDM] at April 11, 2022 01:46 PM (DTX3h)

398 The bragging in particular gets old.
I should just scroll by, I know...I know...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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The rise of VPNs has made permanent troll eradication difficult.
When they spray all over the threads, it is difficult to avoid them in this format. Nested commentary allows the troll to be diverted into smaller padded rooms if you will while allowing the main of the thread to go on.

I find that while automatically dismissing any argument from a known troll reduces information input slightly, I find it improves the signal to noise ratio of the overall thread.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:46 PM (Iq9dF)

399 I was surprised to hear that his old MMFA nemesis, Eric Boehlert, was killed in an accident last week.
Posted by: Gran at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM (GM3/s)

If by "surprised" you mean "amused, tickled, satisfied, or thankful", then I agree, I felt the same.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (trdmm)


What Tom said

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 11, 2022 01:46 PM (XvPQV)

400 395 Laconic Ace is not best Ace.
--------------
Autumnal Ace is pretty good.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:46 PM (yRved)

401
Whereabouts in ETex, and just for the afternoon or what? // nosy neighbor

There's a bunch of us in the vicinity...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (llON8



Red River county on the other side of Clarksville.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Zz0t1)

402 DAMN with the sock fail again......

Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Zz0t1)

403 RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

Sunrise in south Florida is 7:01 AM. Yes, I DID check.
Posted by: mnw

Was there any other info as to the 'why' he was crossing the road at that hour? I'm as sorry as the next guy he passed but it would important to the story to hear the why too.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Msys3)

404 April is Grumpy Old Men month

Wait till I tell my hubby. He was born to be a grumpy old man. When he was 5 he was already dreaming of becoming a curmudgeon. He has arrived!

Posted by: Carmenzoid at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (9sa5h)

405 So, Twitter made a statement that neither the Board, nor Stockholders, control company policy.

Elon Musk has now said he is NOT joining the Board.

So, we have someone raised in a Foreign country, in charge of a company that controls speech, with no oversite at all.... this is about to get realllllyyyy interesting.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (oHd/0)

406 184 >>Yay! Its finally happening! The weather is Springs-ish.

=======

Happy for you. Sadly, we can expect a frozen mix later in the week.

Posted by: Rules for thee... at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (jDAqe)

407 Oz will be Susan Collins without the shakes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (drs6R)

408 Wait, you can drink as much as a Russian and still live to 68?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 11, 2022 01:41 PM (UuD2k)


Perestroika. That means 'I will outlive you, infidel'.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (F0YaR)

409 Have the warmongers convinced Simple Joe to commit war crimes yet?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Wnd0C)

410 You used to never hear about surgeons, football players and other intellectual types getting killed crossing the interstate.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (vuisn)

411 When you put it all together, it is fair to describe him as a super-calloused fragile mystic vexed with halitosis.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 11, 2022 01:36 PM (DU+/6)

Another groaner.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (MFphb)

412 Then, I'll continue to not fly.

Yeah I've been boycotting airlines since 2000. Not that they notice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (KZzsI)

413 The Associated Press
@AP
Mimi Reinhard, a secretary in Oskar Schindler's office who typed up the list of Jews he saved from extermination by Nazi Germany, has died in Israel at the age of 107. Reinhard was one of 1,200 Jews saved by Schindler.

-
Well, she had a good run.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (FVME7)

414 I'm heading to East TX this afternoon.

I'll wave as I pass by Bonham on 82.
Posted by: Sponge


Waves back.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (H4qIP)

415 30% of the House GOP voted against the resolution of support for Ukraine.
They are the most rabid Trump supporters

Posted by: Kurt at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (WvBro)

416 >>It appears to me that a lot of it has to do with the Dr. Oz endorsement. I personally don't have an opinion the Pa. Senate race; I don't live there, won't vote in that election, and haven't paid a lot of attention to the candidates. But it does seem to me that in a closely divided race, the smart play would have been to wait until after the primary and *then* jump in with an endorsement. There was no big gain to be made from endorsing early.

Nor do I. But from what I've read so far the race is pretty much between two people, McCormick and Oz. McCormick seems to be the favorite of Mitch and the establishment.

I think one of Trump's biggest goals is to gut Mitch's power and turn the Senate and the House into more America First institutions that he can work with. It might simply be a case of sucking less.

But seems kind of dumb to toss away the best president we've had in decades over a Senate race in PA when nobody has made the case the alternative is any better if better at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (ZLI7S)

417 403 RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

Sunrise in south Florida is 7:01 AM. Yes, I DID check.
Posted by: mnw

Was there any other info as to the 'why' he was crossing the road at that hour? I'm as sorry as the next guy he passed but it would important to the story to hear the why too.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Msys3)

Chasing the chicken?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (oHd/0)

418 >>> 396 1) Why yes, I AM a crank, as a matter of fact; and

2) I'm inclined to obsess over things that are of minimal interest to others. Now...

RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

Sunrise in south Florida is 7:01 AM. Yes, I DID check.
Posted by: mnw at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (NLIak)

...but do we know WTF he was doing trying to cross an interstate in the early AM? And is that legal twilight, or astronomical twilight, or...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (llON8)

419
Oz is a grifter and IIRC is A-OK with kid trannies.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 11, 2022 01:45 PM (mp9e7)



He's backed by Oprah. That should tell you all you need to know.

Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)

420 Then, I'll continue to not fly. Kinda stinks that I'll miss some things like the MoMee's but them's the breaks.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik

The Mrs. and I will not fly anymore either. But, we are lucky in that we have the time to drive anywhere we want.

So we do.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (Msys3)

421 Speaking of Breitbart...

I was surprised to hear that his old MMFA nemesis, Eric Boehlert, was killed in an accident last week.

Posted by: Gran at April 11, 2022 01:42 PM
===

I was HAPPILY surprised.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (iDcra)

422 Nood.

Flame throwing thread.

Posted by: Bete at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (F9322)

423
...but do we know WTF he was doing trying to cross an interstate in the early AM? And is that legal twilight, or astronomical twilight, or...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:48 PM (llON8



My money's on bath salts.

Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

424 >.Was there any other info as to the 'why' he was crossing the road at that hour?


to get to the other side

ba-dum tisss
thank you
what a crowd

Posted by: DB - brought to you by... Chevrolet at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (geLO8)

425 gonna go find out what a Lachesis is
Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 01:33 PM (XnG/+)

***

It is an NGO that advocates for breast feeding the babies that aren't killed in utero

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (flINI)

426 Mimi Reinhard, a secretary in Oskar Schindler's office who typed up the list of Jews he saved from extermination by Nazi Germany, has died in Israel at the age of 107. Reinhard was one of 1,200 Jews saved by Schindler.


Salute!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (H4qIP)

427 The asshole is awake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (drs6R)

428 Why did the Quarterback cross the road?

apparently it was not to get to the other side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (trdmm)

429 It seems like a lot of the complaints about Trump just reflect disappointed hopes in the wake of the steal.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (ppBhU)

430 RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

**

Apparently there was some coach or other professional who had been around him that caught a lot of hell immediately for commenting something like "I'm surprised it took this long, he's been living his whole life to die"

We're not supposed to talk about that sort of thing, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The diary is real, too at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (T8x+P)

431 The DC deep state has been set up by decades of congressional permission and abdication of congressional powers to the bureaucracy to resist any change of structure or political interference.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons
-------------------------
You are absolutely correct. Self serving bureaucrats and their agencies inevitably wear down even the most authoritative government which finds it impossible to govern without them.

Posted by: whig at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (Iq9dF)

432 I know a guy who got hit jaywalking the Autobahn and lived.

He was 1) Scottish, and 2) drunk.

True story.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (vuisn)

433 403 RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

Sunrise in south Florida is 7:01 AM. Yes, I DID check.
Posted by: mnw

Was there any other info as to the 'why' he was crossing the road at that hour? I'm as sorry as the next guy he passed but it would important to the story to hear the why too.
--------------
The story I heard was he was riding a friend's motorcycle headed for the airport and the bike broke down. He was trying to get to the other side of the highway to access some help.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (yRved)

434 Lead headline at RCP: "Democrats Are Not Dead Yet"

There's a screenshot going around of MSNBC freaking out over a poll showing that both college-degree and non-degree men are strongly Republican vs. 2018, and so are non-degree women. Women with a college degree are *more* strongly Democrat after seeing Biden in action.

I don't think Karen being your entire base is a good omen for a political party, but you never know I guess.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 11, 2022 01:50 PM (ZGrMX)

435 Besides, what is this new movement to trash Trump? Seems bizarre.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2022 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)

A combo of some people who were genuinely disappointed in some Trump things, others who badly want to be Right About Trump All Along (despite him making a mockery of them for four years), and others taking convenient advantage of the stolen election to raise the profile of Their Guy.

Posted by: ... at April 11, 2022 01:50 PM (dscaa)

436 Oz will be Susan Collins without the shakes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (drs6R)
===

We already have a Mitt Romney.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 11, 2022 01:50 PM (iDcra)

437 >>> Red River county on the other side of Clarksville.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Zz0t1)

402 DAMN with the sock fail again......
Posted by: Sponge - FJB at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Zz0t1)

LOL

Well that's a bit north of me and the neighbors (the ones I know about) . Hoping whatever you're up to turns out the way you want.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:51 PM (llON8)

438 Was there any other info as to the 'why' he was crossing the road at that hour? I'm as sorry as the next guy he passed but it would important to the story to hear the why too.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Msys3)

***

To get to the fried chicken on the other side?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 11, 2022 01:51 PM (flINI)

439 He's backed by Oprah.

Yeah so was Trump until he ran against a Democrat. Then suddenly he turned into a demon.

Trump is pretty bad in personnel decisions, though. He's a guy that totally goes by instinct and kneejerk reactions and has an ego that won't let him back down. Sometimes it works -- maybe often -- but not when it comes to people. They really seem to be able to fool him.

I never watched his cheesy apprentice show, was he terrible choosing people on that, too? Or did they have a staff that did it and he's just show up and deliver the decision?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:51 PM (KZzsI)

440 I just want to point out that Trump's endorsement record is somewhere around 97%.

Jeez. He picks one lemon, and it's 'the walls are closing in'.

I admit, he needed to do a lot more firings though.

Day One shit.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 11, 2022 01:51 PM (F0YaR)

441
RE: The NFL QB who was hit by a dumptruck & killed, while trying to cross an Interstate highway in south Florida, on foot, at 6:29 AM.

Tragedy!

Don't question it!

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at April 11, 2022 01:51 PM (iXSBz)

442 my understanding is*, any part of a gun, is now a gun, and thus subject to federal regulation

even if you make the part yourself

*if it becomes law


There's the problem. It doesn't need to become a "law" as in passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President. It's a "regulation" made up by agency bureaucrats unaccountable to the voters and yet enforced as if it were a law.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2022 01:52 PM (nfrXX)

443 They should just combine the Frogger and Madden video games.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 11, 2022 01:52 PM (vuisn)

444 >>> 441
.....
Tragedy!

Don't question it!
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at April 11, 2022 01:51 PM (iXSBz)

Is the Eff.Bee.EYE on the case???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2022 01:52 PM (llON8)

445 Trump is pretty bad in personnel decisions, though. He's a guy that totally goes by instinct and kneejerk reactions and has an ego that won't let him back down. Sometimes it works -- maybe often -- but not when it comes to people. They really seem to be able to fool him.

That was what stuck with me from Patrick Byrne's book about the steal. Trump was told to his face who was backstabbing him and he looked concerned, but then decided he knew them and they were good people. Shades of W. seeing into Putin's soul or whatever.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 11, 2022 01:53 PM (ZGrMX)

446 Heh. So if you have an ice car in wa but not registered you will never be pulled over. Perfect.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:53 PM (1Kx8v)

447 The story I heard was he was riding a friend's motorcycle headed for the airport and the bike broke down. He was trying to get to the other side of the highway to access some help.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:49 PM (yRved)

You'd think an NFL QB could run a little quicker. What was his time in the 40?

Posted by: Archer at April 11, 2022 01:53 PM (gmo/4)

448 Have the warmongers convinced Simple Joe to commit war crimes yet?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (Wnd0C)
........

He doesn't listen to Hannity.

Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 01:54 PM (v0R5T)

449 Has Biden yet told of the story of he and Ghandi? How he walked from South Africa to India with Ghandi for over thousands of miles? The part where they had to go by kayak across the Indian Ocean to reach India is spellbinding!

Posted by: Cheri at April 11, 2022 01:54 PM (oiNtH)

450 >>>Why did the Quarterback cross the road?

>Safety blitz?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 11, 2022 01:54 PM (Wnd0C)

451 A combo of some people who were genuinely disappointed in some Trump things, others who badly want to be Right About Trump All Along (despite him making a mockery of them for four years), and others taking convenient advantage of the stolen election to raise the profile of Their Guy.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2022 01:50 PM (dscaa)
~~~~~

There's some of that, no doubt, but the whole thing seems to be much more organized. It's become very noticeable on Twitter over the past two weeks or so.

Posted by: IrishEi at April 11, 2022 01:54 PM (VhE0u)

452 Heh. So if you have an ice car in wa but not registered you will never be pulled over. Perfect.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:53 PM (1Kx8v)


Soon, all the cars in WA will look like the cars in Escape from NY...

Posted by: Archer at April 11, 2022 01:55 PM (gmo/4)

453 Oz will be Susan Collins without the shakes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 11, 2022 01:47 PM (drs6R)

Oz will be the Mitt Romney of Susan Collins...

Posted by: Boswell at April 11, 2022 01:55 PM (5iUNf)

454 I saw Jaywalking the Autobahn open for Rammstein in Dusseldorf.

Posted by: wth at April 11, 2022 01:56 PM (v0R5T)

455 Why did the Quarterback cross the road?

He just watched Bowfinger and wanted to try out that one scene?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:56 PM (KZzsI)

456 Oz never did nothing for the Trump-man that he didn't already have....


Posted by: Archer at April 11, 2022 01:57 PM (gmo/4)

457 I had a HS friend who was walking along a state highway who got killed by a bus mirror. Shit happens. Don't walk along or across highways if you can. Stay in the woods. Trees are your friend.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 01:58 PM (yRved)

458 So if you have a nice car in WA but not registered you will never be pulled over.

This whole push baffles and concerns me.

Its always based on the same thing: a disproportionate number of one ethnic group (almost always blacks) keeps being busted for x crime.

The response of the idiot left is to go "well that's mean to blacks, we should stop doing that". But the sane and logical response is "what the hell, blacks, stop breaking the law so much!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 01:58 PM (KZzsI)

459 439

Dude it was a reality show. In other words nothing was real about it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 11, 2022 01:59 PM (1Kx8v)

460 I had a HS friend who was walking along a state highway who got killed by a bus mirror.

I was friends with a guy in HS whose brother was shot dead. His brother was army, riding in a troop truck driving down the road over the hill from a firing range, where a live round somehow skimmed the hilltop, sailed downrange and finally hit this poor guy in the head. Like a million to one shot, literally.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 02:00 PM (KZzsI)

461 nood ace

Posted by: m at April 11, 2022 02:02 PM (4vwwZ)

462 I was friends with a guy in HS whose brother was shot dead. His brother was army, riding in a troop truck driving down the road over the hill from a firing range, where a live round somehow skimmed the hilltop, sailed downrange and finally hit this poor guy in the head. Like a million to one shot, literally.
----------------
I had two Height brother friends, identical twins. Seems one of them got shot dead getting caught screwing the wife of another HS friend in his house. They wouldn't tell me who the husband and wife were. But they did tell they were present at my 20th Class Reunion. My HS was lit!

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 11, 2022 02:04 PM (yRved)

463 Carmichael told Trump that Oz's religion would be a negative. I think that put Trump off.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 11, 2022 02:04 PM (XnG/+)

464 Like a million to one shot, literally.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2022 02:00 PM (KZzsI)

A college friend was in his boat, hit a stump in the lake, was knocked backwards overboard and the propeller on his outboard cut an artery in his leg - bled out right there. A real freak tragedy.

Posted by: Boswell at April 11, 2022 02:05 PM (5iUNf)

465 Dude it was a reality show. In other words nothing was real about it.

Sure, but when he would fire people did it seem to be arbitrary or did he have good reason most of the time?

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What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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