Daily Tech News 18 June 2022

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The controls for the underfloor heating work. That just leaves the oven, I think, as the only thing I haven't tested yet. Oh, and the pump for the water tank.

Temperatures hit zero this morning, but in C that's not all that cold. Here inside I was snug and warm.
There's a flaw with - not in, but with - browser extension wallets like Metamask that could let anyone with access to your computer steal everything. (Bleeping Computer)

When you set up Metamask, it gives you a twelve word password recovery phrase. You're supposed to keep that in a safe place, like, well, a safe.

Your browser though sees it as form data that might be lost if you accidentally close the tab, so it writes it safely to disk. Where anyone sharing your computer can find it.

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Video card prices - at least here in Australia - seem to all be below MSRP. Well, up to the RTX 3080 and RX 6800 anyway. The 3090 Ti is still crazy expensive.

The only reason not to buy one right now is new cards are on the way in the next few months. Probably.
Speaking of which: When AMD says something will ship "this Fall" they don't mean November 30. (Tom's Hardware)

The new Socket AM5 / Ryzen 7000 CPUs and motherboards are expected to be launched September 15.
Everything you never wanted to know about USB-C but were forced to ask. (Tech Powerup)

USB-C is now used by USB 3.0, USB 4.0, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4. Oh, and cheap USB-C charging cables (and some not-so-cheap ones) are often only USB 2.0.

This article goes over all the features supported by USB-C generally and how to know which ones actually work with your devices.
In this stunning exposé, BuzzFeed reveals that TikTok is owned by China. (BuzzFeed)

TikTok assured everyone that US user data could not be accessed by the Chinese staff. They lied.
Physicists have linked two time crystals into a single quantum system with two states. (Live Science)

The time crystals are formed by cooling helium-3 to within a gnat's whisker of absolute zero - which unlike 0C is in fact rather cold - and creating a standing magnetic wave, which because helium-3 at that temperature forms a Bose-Einstein condensate, a state of matter where the entire system shares a single quantum state - keeps going forever so long as you maintain the super-cooling.

In this experiment they built two of those, and then brought them together so that the two magnetic fields interfered with each other.

Time crystals generally are perpetual motion devices, just useless ones. They'll keep going forever, but you can only create them by pouring tons of energy into maintaining the specific conditions the require, and also if you look at them they immediately break.

I mean, literally. If you look at them they stop working.

Disclaimer: But then, so do I.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:21 AM

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1 >>>Disclaimer: But then, so do I.

Sounds like Doris Day lyrics!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2022 04:26 AM (PUlNW)

2 Too lazy to look up. 0 Cel is 32 F? More or less?

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 18, 2022 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

3 Yep, 0C = 32F.

Also, -40C = -40F exactly.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2022 04:31 AM (3fed0)

4 Yep, 0C = 32F.

Also, -40C = -40F exactly.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

It's a strange world we live in, Master Jack

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 04:33 AM (vd8XM)

5
Simple formula for converting C to F. F = 9/5C + 32.

Now, 9/5 = 18/10 = 1.28 or 2*(.90). Or twice minus ten percent.

So, you have a number in C, you double it, the subtract off 10 percent, and add 32.

Example, 100C. Double it 200. Subtract 10 percent = 180. Add 32. 212. 100C = 212F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 04:33 AM (Mzdiz)

6 Yep.

-40.

Double it: -80

Take off 10%: -72

Add 32: -40

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2022 04:34 AM (3fed0)

7 G'mornin' everyone !
G'devenin' Pixy ! Congratulations !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at June 18, 2022 04:34 AM (H4bsh)

8
Extra 2 got typed in there. 9/2 = 1.8.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 04:34 AM (Mzdiz)

9 2 Too lazy to look up. 0 Cel is 32 F? More or less?
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Yes

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 04:34 AM (qfLjt)

10 The Bruce Thermometer only goes to 0 degrees.

After that it's either Brass Monkey Warnings cold or Too Freakin' Cold

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 04:34 AM (vd8XM)

11 mATh maKe head hurT. Off to work I go. Probably post sporadically today. Saturdays can be hit and miss, activity wise.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 18, 2022 04:36 AM (sAmhv)

12 And thanks for the answer. I thought that was the case.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 18, 2022 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

13
There are four main temperature scaled, Fahrenheit, Celsius, Rankine, and Kelvin.

Rankine is just Fahrenheit zeroed at absolute zero, rather than 0F (dry ice temp I think, I forget, coldest thing they could easily achieve in the lab at the time).

Kelvin is just Celsius zeroed at absolute zero. Well, Kelvin is an absolute temperature scale. As of 2019, it's defined entirely in terms of the SI second. WTF, you might ask. Now, as of 2019 revisions, the only arbitrary SI unit is the second. The Kelvin is now defined by fixing Boltzmann's constant to an exact value. The Kelvin follows from the others.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 04:38 AM (Mzdiz)

14 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 18, 2022 04:39 AM (arJlL)

15 Interesting that the universe has a minimum temperature but there is no maximum theoretically, the limit being a source of energy to raise the temperature to a particular value. I suspect that there is some limit though we don't know about it.

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 04:44 AM (qfLjt)

16

It is theoretically possible to have no arbitrary units at all. You simply define the physical constants to some value you like, and let the units be what they must.

The problem with this is the precision of your measuring equipment. Only now, is the tech capable of doing this. The kilogram used to be defined as this master chunk of metal in Paris. That chunk of metal was losing mass, due to oxidation.

Well, as of 2019, they simple fixed Planck's constant to be a defined value, and the kilogram is then determined in terms of the meter and the second. The meter is, and has been for decades, defined by defining the speed of light to be a fixed value.

The hold up in completing the circle is the gravitational constant, G. We cannot measured that with enough precision. So, we still need one arbitrary unit, and that is the second.

At this point, in the SI system, everything depends on the second now. Even the electrical units and temperature all are defined by fixing fundamental constants, with one arbitrary unit. The second.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 04:45 AM (Mzdiz)

17
Negative Kelvin temperature is possible, and systems have be created in the lab with negative absolute temperature.

WTF, you may ask. The way it works is that negative temperature is not "colder than cold", but actually "hotter than hot".

Look it up to see the details. A system at negative temperature cools down to even lower negative temperature. Basically negative temperature is hotter than infinite positive temperature.

It has to do with an energy state inversion. Again look it up. Either way absolute zero is unobtainable.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 04:48 AM (Mzdiz)

18 My new HP laptop arrived yesterday, just in time for today's 9+ hours of no power after an early (6AM) storm. It's nice, very similar to the one with broken hinges, except this one has a 1 TB drive (as the old one) plus a 125 GB SSD. 17" screen and backlit KBoard. It only has 2 USB ports instead of 3 which I find annoying as I missed that in the specs. One improvement is the power socket on the right instead of left. Personally I preferred everything hanging out the back, away from armrests and cats. The old one has a DVD drive but alas none here.

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 04:51 AM (qfLjt)

19 I'm using the Ashley Madison app to source my next dead intern, or the fourth Mrs. Scarborough.

Posted by: Morning Hump at June 18, 2022 04:59 AM (BOJAx)

20 One improvement is the power socket on the right instead of left.

Why is that an improvement? Or is it just in the way you use it?

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:00 AM (vd8XM)

21 Amber Heard special on TV last night.

Still waiting on the Ashli Babbit one.

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:02 AM (vd8XM)

22 Ciampino, is the power button next to the delete key?

Posted by: Morning Hump at June 18, 2022 05:03 AM (BOJAx)

23 Negative temperature is how the math works out. It's completely anti-intuitive and unnatural. Reminds me of imaginary numbers.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2022 05:06 AM (wsHtO)

24 > Negative Kelvin temperature is possible, and systems have be created in the lab with negative absolute temperature.

Weird. Never heard of that. My first thought on your mentioning that was to wonder if negative Kelvin was something like the Casimr effect with negative energy. Gonna have to read up on this.

Posted by: Bitblt at June 18, 2022 05:06 AM (62Gyn)

25 Yesterday at noon got call from New Mexico it said on I'd, thought what's in NM so answer it.
"Your phone service will be shut off in two hours, to find out why press 9"
Turned it off, my bill is paid next month as well.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 05:06 AM (2JoB8)

26
Now, most normal systems, an infinite positive temperature would mean infinite internal energy. But there are some quantum tricks, where you can create a system with only a finite number of such positive energy states.

To get to negative temperature, you get that system in a state where there are more higher energy state occupied than lower. This an inversion of the normal energy distribution, and this is negative temperature.

A simple way to see this is to consider the inverse of temperature 1/T. Here, absolute zero is infinity. And this forms an "affine infinity", a circle where positive and negative infinity meet.

Here, absolute zero is the unattainable infinity. But you can go through zero and go positive or negative.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 05:07 AM (Mzdiz)

27 from the BuzzFeed on TikTok article:

When asked for comment, Booz Allen Hamilton spokesperson Jessica Klenk said something about the above information was incorrect, but refused to specify what it was. “[A]t this point I’m not in a position to further discuss or even confirm/deny our relationship with any client. But I can tell you that what you’re asserting here is inaccurate.”

I appreciate the author's honesty, but it might be that the inaccurate "something about the above information" (whatever that might mean) undermines the whole article!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2022 05:10 AM (PUlNW)

28 75 degrees in ETEX this morning, won't stay that way though.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2022 05:11 AM (0OP+5)

29
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: Chemical Jeffery at June 18, 2022 05:15 AM (ENBF0)

30 20 One improvement is the power socket on the right instead of left.

Why is that an improvement? Or is it just in the way you use it?
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Sorry for not enlarging on this. I sit on the right of the livingroom so it's closer to the wall power and the router + the switches. Also not in the same place as the headphone socket and Ethernet should I want to go wired, say to work on the router (I always disable admin logon from WiFi).

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 05:15 AM (qfLjt)

31 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 18, 2022 05:17 AM (UnQlg)

32 Sorry for not enlarging on this. I sit on the right of the livingroom so it's closer to the wall power and the router + the switches. Also not in the same place as the headphone socket and Ethernet should I want to go wired, say to work on the router (I always disable admin logon from WiFi).
Posted by: Ciampino

Ahhh...Got it!

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:21 AM (vd8XM)

33 22 Ciampino, is the power button next to the delete key?
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Yes. Unlike the broken one that has a power switch just under the hinges and thus not likely pressed in error (except by Belle my lap cat) this one has the power button as part of the function keys, above the backspace key and next to the delete key. Morons/idiots/cretins (the designers) - have I covered the intelligence quotients?

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 05:21 AM (qfLjt)

34 25 Yesterday at noon got call from New Mexico it said on I'd, thought what's in NM so answer it.
"Your phone service will be shut off in two hours, to find out why press 9"
Turned it off, my bill is paid next month as well.
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I also never ever press any number on request - you may be redirected to Indonesia at $9 a minute or something. They are all scams.

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 05:24 AM (qfLjt)

35
Yes, negative absolute temperature is not negative energy, it's "simply" an inverted Boltzmann distribution, something that is only possible with those "weird quantum tricks".

Any normal system would require infinite energy to get to such an inversion.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 18, 2022 05:27 AM (Mzdiz)

36 > To get to negative temperature, you get that system in a state where there are more higher energy state occupied than lower. This an inversion of the normal energy distribution, and this is negative temperature.

Okay, after looking it up on Wikipedia, I think I begin to get it. There's no entropy whether everything is pegged to the lowest energy state, or to the highest. Entropy is maxed when everything is equally distributed across the energy states.

I've certainly seen that inverted U-curve in the "entropy vs. energy" graph they have in the examples section, albeit in the context of Shannon's information entropy in data compression.

Posted by: Bitblt at June 18, 2022 05:29 AM (62Gyn)

37 I am not sure I feel like getting up.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 05:30 AM (2JoB8)

38
The wife got a phone call yesterday with a number I've never seen before 'Private Number'. I suspect my new neighbor was calling. I also suspect he works for a govmint agency where April 15th is a big day. Accounting major, DC plates at first.

I'll probably keep it to myself, not let the rest of the neighbors know. But when someone in mid-20's can buy a million dollar home, perhaps a second look at our public 'servants' wages?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 18, 2022 05:31 AM (dQvv7)

39
off, former commenter sock

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 18, 2022 05:33 AM (ENBF0)

40
I had a couple of friends who went to college, earned the accounting major, then went to work for the IRS. I still stayed friends with them as after a few beers they would loosen up and tell me some interesting stuff. Stuff that certainly paid for the beers I would buy them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 18, 2022 05:36 AM (dQvv7)

41 Morning, all,

I think I have a problem with my 2014-ish MacBook Air laptop. I bought a new real Apple power cord yesterday, as the cord was fraying and the laptop was not charging. It charged last night, no problem. And the little green light on the cord where it clips in (the MagSafe element) showed this morning. It isn't showing any more and the battery charge is inching downward from 97 to 96 and 95 as I work. Battery issue?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 18, 2022 05:46 AM (c6xtn)

42 It isn't showing any more and the battery charge is inching downward from 97 to 96 and 95 as I work. Battery issue?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Or the power cord.

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:48 AM (vd8XM)

43 I've got a 2013 and the power cord light goes yellow when it charges. Did this cord do that?

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

44 I've got a 2013 and the power cord light goes yellow when it charges. Did this cord do that?
Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022

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Yes it does. And I unplugged, waited 30 seconds, and replugged; no problem now. The computer was simply not recognizing the power adapter for some reason. It is now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 18, 2022 05:51 AM (c6xtn)

45
TikTok assured everyone that US user data could not be accessed by the Chinese staff. They lied.

In the background, smiling, is the Big Guy, Mr. Ten Percent.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 05:52 AM (ZvxPV)

46 60, sunny and windy, perfect beach weather

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 18, 2022 05:52 AM (b+v9B)

47 Yes it does. And I unplugged, waited 30 seconds, and replugged; no problem now. The computer was simply not recognizing the power adapter for some reason. It is now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Maybe some schmutz on the pins on the computer.

Soak it in warm water and TCP for an hour....

No, don't do that. Maybe a soft toothbrush to remove it.

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

48
... and creating a standing magnetic wave

It's more like a loitering magnetic wave, really. I'ma gonna call the photon poleece and have them tell it to move along now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 05:55 AM (ZvxPV)

49 It's more like a loitering magnetic wave, really. I'ma gonna call the photon poleece and have them tell it to move along now.
Posted by: Krebs

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 05:56 AM (vd8XM)

50
It was 90 degrees (F) yesterday and all the young women* at the lake were wearing thongs.

* Standard disclaimer: Not a biologist

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 18, 2022 05:59 AM (dQvv7)

51
I'm using the Ashley Madison app to source my next dead intern, or the fourth Mrs. Scarborough.
Posted by: Morning Hump

Yeah, that fivehead you've got ain't gonna dust and polish itself, amirite?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 06:02 AM (ZvxPV)

52
In this experiment they built two of those, and then brought them together so that the two magnetic fields interfered with each other.

Y'see, Irwin, when two quantum devices love each other very much ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 06:04 AM (ZvxPV)

53 Washington Examiner, June 09, 2021 10:26 AM

President Joe Biden on Wednesday dropped executive orders meant to ban TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps that were issued by former President Donald Trump.

Instead, Biden's Commerce Department will conduct its own review of the apps to evaluate whether they are credible foreign threats "and take action, as appropriate," according to a White House fact sheet.

45 Yep. Ten percent for the Big Guy. National security is for chumps.

Oh, and who exactly is head of the Commerce Dept? Gina M. Raimondo (more on that next comment)

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 18, 2022 06:06 AM (F0YaR)

54 Dec 22, 2021 This time, it's former Rhode Island governor and current Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Last week, House Republicans sent a letter to Raimondo demanding she explain her family's financial ties to China after a report came out claiming her husband works for a tech company funded by the communist Chinese government, Breitbart reports.

Go figure, huh?

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 18, 2022 06:07 AM (F0YaR)

55 In this experiment they built two of those, and then brought them together so that the two magnetic fields interfered with each other.

I'm not touching you....

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 06:08 AM (vd8XM)

56 I don't answer my phone for calls from strangers.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 18, 2022 06:09 AM (lKAqb)

57 I don't answer my phone for calls from strangers.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Don't think of them as strangers. Think of them as friends that want to take your time and money.

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 06:10 AM (vd8XM)

58 55 In this experiment they built two of those, and then brought them together so that the two magnetic fields interfered with each other.

I'm not touching you....

Albert, it's touching me!

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 06:10 AM (qfLjt)

59 "Last week, House Republicans sent a letter"

Now they're in trouble.

Morning.

Posted by: lowandslow at June 18, 2022 06:15 AM (qH6FZ)

60 Sundowner has yet to make a decision not in China's favor, and heard/ read people think he will do something to help Taiwan.
Not in a million years

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 06:16 AM (2JoB8)

61
Sundowner has yet to make a decision not in China's favor, and heard/ read people think he will do something to help Taiwan.

No doubt that petulant little turd is still stewing that he's less popular than 45.

Stew in your self-created hell, asshoe!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 06:21 AM (ZvxPV)

62 Stew in your self-created hell, asshoe!
Posted by: Krebs

Right now I got me some Fruit of the Loom stew cooking.

...Joey, with that satisfied smile on his face...

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

63
"Last week, House Republicans sent a letter"

"We have it on deepest authority that the letter was 'e' and there were mad howls of derision in the caucus when that was announced."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 06:24 AM (ZvxPV)

64 "We have it on deepest authority that the letter was 'e' and there were mad howls of derision in the caucus when that was announced."
Posted by: Krebs

Anti-Consonants!!!

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 06:25 AM (vd8XM)

65 63
"Last week, House Republicans sent a letter"

"We have it on deepest authority that the letter was 'e' and there were mad howls of derision in the caucus when that was announced."
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What a waste. Don't they know that there are some countries that are short of vowels, like the Balkans?

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 06:27 AM (qfLjt)

66 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2022 06:29 AM (ju2Fy)

67 What a waste. Don't they know that there are some countries that are short of vowels, like the Balkans?
Posted by: Ciampino

Krrtk Blyrrkkkk...

...Kkkr President of Klingon-astan...

Posted by: Bruce at June 18, 2022 06:30 AM (vd8XM)

68 "If you look at them they stop working."

Like a road construction crew?

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 06:32 AM (vrz2I)

69 good morning

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 18, 2022 06:39 AM (yrol0)

70 The new school administrator here has banned using cellphones during school hours, but the students are still allowed to carry them "in case of emergency". The phones are supposed to be turned off when they enter the school. That's going to work out real well.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 06:43 AM (vrz2I)

71 Trusting God-- Some thoughts and a scripture passage from The Upper Room:

https://tinyurl.com/2n98r832

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 06:45 AM (/Y48i)

72 Good morning dear Hordelings.

Pixy, it sounds like you are settling nicely into the new PixyCastle. Although I can't believe you have yet to turn on the oven. Have you eaten anything since you moved in?

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 06:45 AM (aeePL)

73 Always wondered how it worked that in a small office had to install phone lockers by entrance of their space. Heard it was to be used by every employee during office hours.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 06:45 AM (2JoB8)

74 The Live Science article is interesting

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 06:46 AM (kf6Ak)

75 It's pretty early in the morning. If you're not working today is there a place you can go before it gets too hot to enjoy the beauty of nature?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 06:47 AM (/Y48i)

76 Well well well. Adam Schiff reportedly let Colbert's posse into the House.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 06:47 AM (vrz2I)

77 When the kids were in highschool they would keep their phones on silent with no vibrate
For school, but they got used to it being like that all the time. Weird

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 06:49 AM (kf6Ak)

78 This is the thread on the blog where we are allowed to do math.

*stretches out*

Posted by: Roy at June 18, 2022 06:50 AM (Ti+Tv)

79 I like that scripture passage, Fen. I wish I could just stop worrying on command, although I've gotten better at it. I try to live by Padre Pio's "pray, hope, and don't worry."

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 06:51 AM (aeePL)

80 Morning peeps. The heat wave here in the Bluegrass has been broken for the weekend.

Yet, I still have the property to mow today. Again. It's like the yard is nothing but weeds... oh, wait.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2022 06:51 AM (BFigT)

81 Easy prayers when you're feeling overwhelmed:

https://tinyurl.com/42kne28w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 06:52 AM (/Y48i)

82 77 When the kids were in highschool they would keep their phones on silent with no vibrate
For school, but they got used to it being like that all the time. Weird
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 06:49 AM (kf6Ak)

Never missing a call, as they check it every few seconds.

Posted by: Roy at June 18, 2022 06:53 AM (Ti+Tv)

83 Celsius poem:
30 is hot
20 is nice
10 is cool
Zero is ice

Posted by: Mrs Leggy at June 18, 2022 06:53 AM (Vf4Y7)

84 78 This is the thread on the blog where we are allowed to do math.

*stretches out*

Posted by: Roy at June 18, 2022 06:50 AM (Ti+Tv)
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But not too much otherwise someone divides by zero or -i and open up a Black Hole (racyss!) and it will swallow the Universe.

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 06:53 AM (qfLjt)

85 77 You don't need ringtone or vibrate when your looking at your phone every waking hour.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 06:53 AM (lz5hY)

86 But not too much otherwise someone divides by zero or -i and open up a Black Hole (racyss!) and it will swallow the Universe.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 06:53 AM (qfLjt)

It's all fun and games, until someone tries to divide by zero.

Posted by: Roy at June 18, 2022 06:54 AM (Ti+Tv)

87 Easy prayers when you're feeling overwhelmed:

https://tinyurl.com/42kne28w
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 06:52 AM (/Y48i)
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Those are good! Easiest of all is the Divine Mercy prayer: "Jesus, I trust in you!"

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 06:56 AM (aeePL)

88 Saved by Zero

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 06:56 AM (2JoB8)

89 Never missing a call, as they check it every few seconds.

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Yup!
It would be hilarious though when thet mislaid it in the house

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 06:57 AM (kf6Ak)

90 luebell at June 18, 2022 06:51 AM (aeePL)

Bluebell, it's hard not worry and I'm by not means an expert at It. By any means I put up these reflections not because I think I'm an expert but to encourage myself as well as others. I did find that taking breaks -even for a large part of the day /from news and ASHQ helped and I know that you do that

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 06:57 AM (/Y48i)

91 Easy prayers when you're feeling overwhelmed:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 06:52 AM (/Y48i)
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I find saying a Hail Mary is helpful. Nice and short.

Another alternative when one feels panic rising is just to say "Jesus, I trust in you" three times. The repetition allows you to focus on giving up whatever it is you are carrying.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (llXky)

92 It's pretty early in the morning. If you're not working today is there a place you can go before it gets too hot to enjoy the beauty of nature?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022

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Lemme think . . .

No.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (c6xtn)

93 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (yUjc0)

94 Also, keep some holy water handy. Never know when you're going to need it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (llXky)

95 Hiya Mrs. Leggy !

Posted by: JT at June 18, 2022 06:59 AM (arJlL)

96 Another alternative when one feels panic rising is just to say "Jesus, I trust in you" three times. The repetition allows you to focus on giving up whatever it is you are carrying.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (llXky)

Three times is for you. He hears you the first time.

Posted by: Roy at June 18, 2022 06:59 AM (Ti+Tv)

97 Those are good! Easiest of all is the Divine Mercy prayer: "Jesus, I trust in you!"

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 06:56 AM (aeePL)
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Beat me to it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 06:59 AM (llXky)

98 Talking of swallowing up the Universe, I liked those gadgets in "The Arrival" (Charlie Sheen)(good movie plot and well done) that spun around and cleared a room. I remember a scifi story of a gadget that swept up all the dust in a room and sent it elsewhere. The elsewhere turned out to be a problem.

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 07:00 AM (qfLjt)

99 94 Also, keep some holy water handy. Never know when you're going to need it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (llXky)

Do yiu actually? Do you just get it from church? What do you use it for?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:00 AM (kf6Ak)

100 Also, keep some holy water handy. Never know when you're going to need it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 06:58 AM (llXky)
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I always sprinkle a little blessed salt in my kids' College dorms and apartments. I figure it will probably be there all year long.

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:01 AM (aeePL)

101 Three times is for you. He hears you the first time.

Posted by: Roy at June 18, 2022 06:59 AM (Ti+Tv)
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Yes, that's what I said. Repeating it helps *you* focus on giving up whatever is bothering you. You focus your mind, gather up your troubles, and in the third time release it to Jesus.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:02 AM (llXky)

102 I rely on Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be. Soothing, specially in Latin.
Sometimes I just say "please God help me"
But I'm no good at giving my worries to God

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:03 AM (kf6Ak)

103 Hey, all,

Breakfast (after being awakened by Crazy Black Kitten Stirling), a leisurely pipe, and now it's time to gird my everything and head out into the heat to wash the car. Then I'll stagger back inside to detail *me.*

Miss Linda wants to go to the Thrift Store a few miles away. I hate that place, so I'll drop her off, hit the Dollar Tree, and come back. You'd think that would be a good time to wash the car, but it'll be close to 90 by then (at 10 in the morning -- grrrr). No way.

Forbidden Planet is on Svengoolie tonight!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 18, 2022 07:03 AM (c6xtn)

104 Do yiu actually? Do you just get it from church? What do you use it for?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:00 AM (kf6Ak)
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We have a small fount in our home that I typically use before going to work and we have other bottles in reserve. Each vehicle has a bottle in it as well.

As for what you can do with it, you can bless yourself and others, and also use it to clear out unclean spirits. It's free at the church, you just need to bring your own bottle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:05 AM (llXky)

105 bluebell at June 18, 2022 06:56 AM (aeePL)

I like the diary of St Faustina, use a rosary to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet
and also have the divine mercy image hanging in my house.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 07:05 AM (/Y48i)

106 But I'm no good at giving my worries to God
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:03 AM (kf6Ak)
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It's easy to say but hard to do, isn't it?

I really like the Memorare. It's my favorite prayer. It helps calm me down when I need it.

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:08 AM (aeePL)

107
I don't know about Holy Water but I've found a "No Soliciting" sign at the end of my driveway keeps the Devils away for the most part.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 18, 2022 07:08 AM (dQvv7)

108 I like the diary of St Faustina, use a rosary to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet
and also have the divine mercy image hanging in my house.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 07:05 AM (/Y48i)
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It's a beautiful set of prayers, and a beautiful image.

How is your recovery going? Are you able to walk more?

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:09 AM (aeePL)

109 Wolfus

You can pet and enjoy your purring kitten which is calming or if not calming all the time because kittens are kittens😉 at least he can take your mind off worries for a bit

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 07:09 AM (/Y48i)

110 Plano...outside all weekend...yuk

Posted by: Qmark at June 18, 2022 07:12 AM (cng/q)

111 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

112 Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:09 AM (aeePL)

Of and on walking. Some days or nights are more painful than others which I think is to be expected.

Well. I'm off now to feed some stray cats and get a whiteboard sign from the church to make a sign for Father's Day. I like these this thread where people share their helpful and meaningful spiritual practices. May you have a blessed day, everyone

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2022 07:13 AM (/Y48i)

113 And for our EU lurkers:

Guten Morgen!

Lasst uns lächeln und glücklich sein und Angst in die Herzen der Killjoy-Linken überall schlagen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

114 You too, Fen! Hoping for fewer painful days and nights for you.

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:15 AM (aeePL)

115 "Finally, be strong in the Lord and his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devils schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."

Ephesians 6:10-12

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2022 07:15 AM (VF4WI)

116 "All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers." Francois Fenelon (1651–1715)

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

117 It's free at the church, you just need to bring your own bottle.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yes, blessings cannot be sold - in fact selling s blessed item negates the blessing.
That's why rosaries that are sold have to be re-blessed.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:16 AM (kf6Ak)

118 Godspeed, Fenelonspoke.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

119 Lots of work to do today and my legs are stiff and sore from the Pass in Review yesterday. I heard it was an easy gig and thought it would be nice to head up north for an overnight. Some extra money and two days away from the office.

BUT...it came with an extra dose of sensitivity training in a stifling high school auditorium and the next day I spent three hours standing in ranks while politicians flapped their gums. My calves are so sore. The problem is that my new boots are fully broken in.

These (for those keeping score) are the brown boots, which replaced the sage green boots, which replaced the tan books, which replaced the black shiny boots. I need inserts or something.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:17 AM (llXky)

120 On the plus side, the weather was wonderful - best northern Michigan has to offer. Also, I stopped at Jay's Sporting Goods in Clare. So the trip had some positives.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:17 AM (llXky)

121 Marcus T

Preach it, brother. True words.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

122 Good morning Doof! I see you hiding in the back there.

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:18 AM (aeePL)

123 bluebell, the Memorare is beautiful

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:18 AM (kf6Ak)

124 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Lock your knees to get out of all that. Ask me how I know.

3 hours. My. They are impressed with themselves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

125 bluebell

Thank you again for the wonderful meeting and signing my copy of the Deplorable Cookbook.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

126 Salty, it was our pleasure and thank you for coming all the way from Kansas to be with us!

Posted by: bluebell at June 18, 2022 07:23 AM (aeePL)

127 The SpaceX Letter pieces parts:
But for all our technical achievements, SpaceX fails to apply these principles to the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion with equal priority across the company.

Translation: Great work does not matter. Skin color and sex does.

we feel an unequal burden to carry this effort as the company has not applied appropriate urgency and resources to the problem in a manner consistent with our approach to critical path technical projects.

Translation: Spend more time and effort and money on things that will not gets rockets of the ground.

do not live up to its stated values, as many employees continue to experience unequal enforcement of our oft-repeated “No Asshole” and “Zero Tolerance” policies.

Translation: We are the assholes that keep getting bitch slapped.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 18, 2022 07:23 AM (yrol0)

128 Lock your knees to get out of all that. Ask me how I know.

3 hours. My. They are impressed with themselves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:19 AM (u82oZ)
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Yeah, no one fell out. The day before it was close to 90, and I'm pretty sure that would have happened.

There was probably a thousand Army guys there, and the Air Force contingent had about 30 - mostly senior ranks (officer and enlisted) with a handful of easily duped volunteers who vowed never to do it again.

We had a great view of the artillery - saw the muzzle flash and everything. There were about ten minutes where I thought it was cool. Then it was just tedious.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:24 AM (llXky)

129 bluebell

De nada. Captain Whitebread traveled slightly further than me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

130 Good morning, horde. Time to throw some water on the yard to keep it alive.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2022 07:25 AM (4I/2K)

131 Morning all

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2022 07:25 AM (wveFp)

132 Translation: We are the assholes that keep getting bitch slapped.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 18, 2022 07:23 AM (yrol0)

Who runs Musktown?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2022 07:26 AM (4I/2K)

133 "Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:17 AM (llXky)"

Try SOF Sole. I haven't used them but know others who did and they swear by them. FWIW

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2022 07:26 AM (VF4WI)

134 Speaking of prayers, there's a wonderful old site that lists prayers in English and Latin but sometime last year the character set used got messed up somehow
Can anyone figure out what's going on?
I feel like there should be a way to copy paste then automatically correct it

http://prayers.gleeson.us/

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 18, 2022 07:28 AM (kf6Ak)

135 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Wait. The AF has sharp military bearing? And a lot of different boot colors?

That is like trying to get sailors to march. Saw that as a punishment at thePascagoula Ingall's yard in my first ship.

The Ops department marched to the ship from the berthing barge. What a sight.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

136 But for all our technical achievements, SpaceX fails to apply these principles to the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion with equal priority across the company.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 18, 2022 07:23 AM (yrol0)
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For all the ads on the radio, this nation has not experienced serious hunger in a long time. We use terms like "food deserts" and "food insecurity" to cover up the fact that the poor are obese. (The money spent on these project goes to subsidize trendy health food co-ops.)

All that is quickly changing, and idiots who think "Well, I don't have a car, so who cares about gas" are going to learn that everything needs some sort of fuel - including your Uber Eats and that Amazon truck.

Hard rain coming.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:28 AM (llXky)

137 I am remembering that St Paul wrote Ephesians while imprisoned in Rome. I'm guessing that wasn't pleasant.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2022 07:28 AM (VF4WI)

138 Ben Had

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

🥃
🥃
🥃

This year, soon, in Corsicana.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

139 Marcus T

Ephesians 6:12 is my go-to text these days. Has been for a while.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

140 Who runs Musktown?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2022 07:26 AM (4I/2K)

Gwynne Shotwell I am not a biologistitician but my guess is she is a woman.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 18, 2022 07:31 AM (yrol0)

141 Gwynne Shotwell is amazingly successful. She runs Space-X well. Think of all the advances over the dtate of the art.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

142 "Ephesians 6:12 is my go-to text these days. Has been for a while.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:30 AM (u82oZ)"

Amen. For me also Romans 8:31-33

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2022 07:34 AM (VF4WI)

143
It is entertaining to see the SpaceX rubes self identify as "Hey, does this make me fireable?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 07:34 AM (ZvxPV)

144 NaCly, dearest. Good Morning! Soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2022 07:35 AM (wveFp)

145 rhennigantx

Musk is the Delos David "D. D." Harriman of our time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

146 143
It is entertaining to see the SpaceX rubes self identify as "Hey, does this make me fireable?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 07:34 AM (ZvxPV)

Maybe we are the Assholes in the No Asshole statement!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 18, 2022 07:35 AM (yrol0)

147 It is entertaining to see the SpaceX rubes self identify as "Hey, does this make me fireable?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 18, 2022 07:34 AM (ZvxPV)

Why yes, yes it does. Time to jettison useless ballast.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2022 07:36 AM (4I/2K)

148 Not enough coffee. Yet.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2022 07:36 AM (gktX6)

149 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 18, 2022 07:36 AM (Irn0L)

150 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

There is a finite amount of stupidity even in the most elite group.

- My observation based on living the dream.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

151 Hey there Salty! Saw your comment a few days ago but it was too late to reply. Great to meet you in person last week!

Posted by: Doof at June 18, 2022 07:37 AM (yUjc0)

152 Nevergiveup

Good morning, Sir.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

153 Hiya Captain !

Feeling better today ?

Posted by: JT at June 18, 2022 07:38 AM (arJlL)

154 I doubt SpaceX has the market cornered on SJW employees. They infest every organization to one degree or another.

And tho' they might be in the minority they hold sway over the entities they "work" at to an alarming degree. Hopefully that's changing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2022 07:38 AM (BFigT)

155 Wait. The AF has sharp military bearing? And a lot of different boot colors?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:28 AM (u82oZ)
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First off, we're talking National Guard, so this wasn't precision drill team stuff.

It was funny at the end, when we did the actual Pass in Review - marching past the viewing stand, doing an eyes right as the announcer identified our unit.

After whole battalions of Army troops filed past, you get this tiny detachment of three dozen airmen and the announcer (who was great) says "And representing both wings and our bases is this detachment from the Air National Guard." Yeah, 2,500 Airmen and only we showed up for this gig.

The crowd ate it up, lots of people laughing at our tiny contribution and of course we were the next to last unit to pass. The Army band should have done a sad trombone as we went by.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:39 AM (llXky)

156 In ancient times when locked up in jail you got 1 lertter you could send out. Most wrote their lawyer, Paul wrote to the Ephesians.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 07:39 AM (2JoB8)

157 Feeling better today ?
Posted by: JT at June 18, 2022 07:38 AM (arJlL)

Mostly LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 18, 2022 07:39 AM (Irn0L)

158 Doof

Yes. We just missed a great nostalgic conversation on Chess King and Ferrel's Ice Cream Parlor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

159 Doof

Yes. We just missed a great nostalgic conversation on Chess King and Ferrel's Ice Cream Parlor.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

Loved both of those places back in the day!

Posted by: Doof at June 18, 2022 07:42 AM (yUjc0)

160 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

You got more stories right there!

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

161 Good morning. Why am I up at this ungodly hour?

Posted by: jewells45 at June 18, 2022 07:42 AM (nxdel)

162 Howdy Jewells!

Posted by: Doof at June 18, 2022 07:43 AM (yUjc0)

163 In ancient times when locked up in jail you got 1 lertter you could send out. Most wrote their lawyer, Paul wrote to the Ephesians.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 07:39 AM (2JoB

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The practice of the government feeding prisoners is a fairly recent invention. Traditionally the families of the incarcerated had to bring food or they just starved.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:44 AM (llXky)

164 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I never associate the AF or Navy with precision drill team stuff. I'm sure it exists. In DC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

165 Howdy Doof!

Posted by: jewells45 at June 18, 2022 07:45 AM (nxdel)

166 I'm pretty sure "AF" and "precision drill team" shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2022 07:45 AM (VF4WI)

167 BN passed in review Gulfport late 70s, after standing prade rest 45 minutes 90 degrees had a few chunky guys fall out. This was before fatboy program really kicked in.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2022 07:46 AM (gktX6)

168 {{{ jewells45}}}

Because you feel great, have a lot of energy, and can tackle the worldly taskings?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

169 "Finally, be strong in the Lord and his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devils schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."

Ephesians 6:10-12

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2022 07:15 AM (VF4WI)

Bears repeating. Thanks Marcus T. Good morning hordelings.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 18, 2022 07:46 AM (45fpk)

170 From the Catholic Loop:

SOTOMAYOR PRAISES THOMAS: Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday told an audience about her deep respect for conservative Justice Clarence Thomas. "He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution," she said. Justice Thomas is the one justice in the building that literally knows every employee's name, every one of them. And not only does he know their names, he remembers their families' names and histories," she said, adding that he has sent her flowers when her family suffered a loss.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 18, 2022 07:49 AM (45fpk)

171 I never associate the AF or Navy with precision drill team stuff. I'm sure it exists. In DC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:44 AM (u82oZ)
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We do have an Honor Guard that is quite good. I was a member years ago, and learned the modified manual of arms they use with all the flourishes and stuff.

I did a couple of grave site ceremonies, firing the rifle. Also played "Taps." I actually played "Taps" for both of my grandfathers - my father's dad before I was in the service and my mother's dad as part of the Honor Guard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:50 AM (llXky)

172 Yeah Buddy. Top o'the morning y'all.

After a few days of over 100 degree heat index, we finally get a two day break. And yesterday, we had some pea sized hail come through.

Other than that, howzit going?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 07:50 AM (R5lpX)

173 {{{grammie winger}}}

Last weekend was the extended Jordie Nelson & family charity event. The local paper The Riley Countian has details.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

174 radiant floor heat is best heat

Posted by: Fool Otto at June 18, 2022 07:51 AM (DB16e)

175 The trick to keeping one's composure while playing "Taps" is closing your eyes. Helps you focus on hitting the notes.

You don't want to crack a note at a time like that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:51 AM (llXky)

176 Because you feel great, have a lot of energy, and can tackle the worldly taskings?

No, because I woke up and I was hungry.

Posted by: jewells45 at June 18, 2022 07:51 AM (nxdel)

177 The Riley Countian

* Crisp*

Hand Salute
Two.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

178 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

* Crisp*

Hand Salute
Two.

Sheesh. Time for food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

179 Last weekend was the extended Jordie Nelson & family charity event.

I do love me some Jordy.

Posted by: grammie winger at June 18, 2022 07:52 AM (45fpk)

180 Have a great day, everyone.

May the heat lead to sweat, which leads to a body of twisted steel and sex appeal.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

181 May the heat lead to sweat, which leads to a body of twisted steel and sex appeal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022 07:53 AM (u82oZ). **

In my case, it would lead to heart attack and heat stroke.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 07:55 AM (R5lpX)

182 I was up front and the short chubby (really good Chief) EOCS passed word up to 'get that longlegged sonofabuck to slack ogg the pace.' I had a hangover and just wanted off that grinder, but I did slow down a little bit.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2022 07:55 AM (gktX6)

183 Yahoo news headline. Republicans have been sent back to their rabbit hole by the Democrat's in the Jan. 6th hearings....What "professional" news org. uses such terms, and wants to be takes seriously.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 07:57 AM (YVx1O)

184 In ancient times when locked up in jail you got 1 lertter you could send out. Most wrote their lawyer, Paul wrote to the Ephesians.
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 07:39 AM (2JoB

Its no mystery that Christianity brought modern jail reform. Before that, governments were formed around royal tyrants or thug leaders who figured 'hey, if I am deposed, guess I get the torture treatment as well, such is life"

Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2022 07:58 AM (5iUNf)

185 Who reads Yahoo news?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 07:58 AM (R5lpX)

186 182 They always managed to get the basketball players at the front of the column, and guys like me with the Barney Rubble legs at the rear. I always had to double time to keep up when route stepping from one range to another in ITR.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 07:58 AM (lz5hY)

187 Who reads Yahoo news?

Idiots?

Posted by: jewells45 at June 18, 2022 08:00 AM (nxdel)

188 "Finally, be strong in the Lord and his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devils schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."

Ephesians 6:10-12

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Thanks for that, Marcus. Isn't it literally amazing how things never change with the human race?

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2022 08:00 AM (sVtYq)

189 They always managed to get the basketball players at the front of the column, and guys like me with the Barney Rubble legs at the rear. I always had to double time to keep up when route stepping from one range to another in ITR.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 07:58 AM (lz5hY). **

I always thought every soldier/airman was supposed to have the same length stride...about thirty inches as I recall, so it shouldn't have mattered if one was 6-8 or 5-4.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:01 AM (R5lpX)

190 America Online. We still have mail.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 18, 2022 08:02 AM (G0ebO)

191 Cool out today, good day for yard work.
Hope I feel like it

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:02 AM (2JoB8)

192 I use Yahoo for some of my email accounts, so the Yahoo news is a bonus of sorts. I usually bypass it, but curiosity gets me to look at it sometimes...Never seen the 'rabbit hole' term used in the headline.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:02 AM (YVx1O)

193 I missed out on that great SpaceX thread yesterday. So, so good to see those phony, entitled crybabies get canned. Every corporation and every college institution should mirror these actions. These pampered punks have gotten away with stomping their feet and making demands for far, far too long.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2022 08:03 AM (sVtYq)

194
Isn't it literally amazing how things never change with the human race?

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2022 08:00 AM

Psalms 109:8
Let his days be few; Let another take his office.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 18, 2022 08:03 AM (dQvv7)

195 189 Doesn't matter when you're on the route step, especially with the troop handlers "encouraging" you because your company is running behind on time.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 08:04 AM (lz5hY)

196 Rabbit hole is a term used to describe a phenomenon of going on YouTube or Google for one thing and three or four hours later, you wonder where the time went.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:04 AM (R5lpX)

197 Don't forget AOL is owned by Verizon for some reason. Yahoo is owned by another large company, forgot who, and don't care.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:04 AM (YVx1O)

198 "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
---
People need to understand the truth of this - we are not up against institutions, but the spiritual powers who are using them. We are dealing with the Seen but also the Unseen, but too many people in the West have forgotten this. Something miraculous happens and their immediate default is to seek a "logical explanation." Hence the current worship of SCIENCE.

This is why someone like David French is objectively evil. He keeps harping on "liberty" but what he's really doing is channeling Crowley's "Do what thou wilt" creedo.

The fact that so many fake Religious Right types can't find language or arguments against drag queens shows you their moral deformity.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:05 AM (llXky)

199 Ohhh, The Ho is the new Disinformation Czar

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:05 AM (2JoB8)

200 Everyone knew it wasn't going away, and would return.
Leftists never give up.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:06 AM (2JoB8)

201 Ohhh, The Ho is the new Disinformation Czar
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:05 AM (2JoB

. **

Kameltoe or Hillary?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:07 AM (R5lpX)

202 Kamala is the czar of so many jobs that need to be done. Does she ride in a carriage drawn by white horses and foot men on the rear. I wonder if she knows all the positions she runs, or ignores.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:08 AM (YVx1O)

203 I always thought every soldier/airman was supposed to have the same length stride...about thirty inches as I recall, so it shouldn't have mattered if one was 6-8 or 5-4.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:01 AM (R5lpX)
---
Correct. The regulation stride is 30 inches. In drum and bugle corps, they use a 22.5 inch stride. This gives you the 6 to 5 or 8 to 5 paces (that is the number of steps it takes to cover five yards on the football field).

The problem is of course that most people have a stride other than 30 inches, so you have to learn it, which takes a lot of time in a practice.

I can still do 8 to 5 strides if I concentrate and am within an inch of the ideal. Eight years of marching band will do that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:09 AM (llXky)

204 Liquor stores quit selling Russian vodka, bars won't make a Black Russian, all things Russian verboten and the feds still use the term Czar.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 08:10 AM (lz5hY)

205 https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/
dont-read-this-if-youre-vaccinated?s=r

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:10 AM (2JoB8)

206 I'm not sure what the hell garrett is talking about in the sidebar, but that chick has some nice legs.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 18, 2022 08:10 AM (eh1Wg)

207 Brisket smoking nicely at 225. Using oak.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2022 08:10 AM (ZG+Bu)

208 Don't forget AOL is owned by Verizon for some reason. Yahoo is owned by another large company, forgot who, and don't care.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:04 AM (YVx1O)
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Makes you wonder what's going to happen when interest rates make stocks less attractive. A lot of paper that is invested in digital enterprises is going to evaporate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:11 AM (llXky)

209 Liquor stores quit selling Russian vodka, bars won't make a Black Russian, all things Russian verboten and the feds still use the term Czar.

--

When all that started happening, I was so struck with how childish it all was. Because it is. It's mindless stupidity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2022 08:11 AM (sVtYq)

210 Watching a Chinese military parade is interesting. Their lines of men are near perfect. Even when they goose step, they keep the line perfect. The goose step is maintained for when they are marching in front of their beloved leader.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:13 AM (YVx1O)

211 pres ent

Posted by: DB at June 18, 2022 08:13 AM (geLO8)

212 210 Yeah, but their motivational training can be a bitch.(Officer screaming "take that man out and shoot him").

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 08:16 AM (lz5hY)

213 > Brisket smoking nicely at 225. Using oak.
___________

Nice. Sometime next week, maybe Monday or Tuesday we're going to smoke a smallish pork butt. Hickory. Figure 4 hours, or so.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2022 08:16 AM (BFigT)

214 Martini Farmer, I intend to hav a drink, sit on my butt, and smoke a cigar this evening.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2022 08:18 AM (gktX6)

215 When all that started happening, I was so struck with how childish it all was. Because it is. It's mindless stupidity.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2022 08:11 AM. **

Exactly so. The left screeches moans and boycotts products or companies at the drop of a hat. On the other hand, most normies know that to boycott every company that you don't agree with, would leave you with an empty larder and no clothes on your back.

Buycotts work better I think, than boycotts.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:18 AM (R5lpX)

216 Cancel Culture comes to world politics

Do Leftists still insist Cancel Culture isn't real?

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:20 AM (2JoB8)

217 215 I like it when a buycott is successful in offsetting a lefty boycott, like in the case of Goya foods.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 08:21 AM (lz5hY)

218 119
These (for those keeping score) are the brown boots, which replaced the sage green boots, which replaced the tan books, which replaced the black shiny boots. I need inserts or something.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 07:17 AM (llXky)

'Coon skin and an alligator hide,
Make a pair of jump boots just the right size.

Lace 'em up tight when you put 'em on your feet,
A new pair of jump boots can't be beat!

Hey, hey, All the Way!
Hey, hey, ev'ry day!

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at June 18, 2022 08:21 AM (8C7+r)

219 Must have gotten 5-6 hrs of rain yesterday here in the desert, pattern is supposed to repeat today. Hope it does because it kept it cool yesterday. If not, 93 with 40% humidity and the swamp cooler works for shit.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at June 18, 2022 08:25 AM (oopYk)

220 218 Had a friend in the Corps, recently passed away, and we went to Vietnam together. At the time, they were issuing three pair of jungle boots. Here comes my bud back from issue, jungle utilities, green skivvies, and six pair of boots hanging around his neck. Guy had one foot size 8, one size 10.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2022 08:25 AM (lz5hY)

221 doe anyone really use those browser wallets? when i first saw those, i had the thiught that gas station day old sushi wouod be more trust worthy.

good morning.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 18, 2022 08:25 AM (UgAdJ)

222 My elixir has snake oil and sushi oil.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 18, 2022 08:27 AM (STB0N)

223
'Coon skin and an alligator hide,
Make a pair of jump boots just the right size.
Lace 'em up tight when you put 'em on your feet,
A new pair of jump boots can't be beat!
Hey, hey, All the Way!
Hey, hey, ev'ry day!
posted by: Iron Mike Golf

haven't heard that one in a coon's age

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 18, 2022 08:28 AM (UgAdJ)

224 Has anyone seen an EMT around here?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2022 08:30 AM (dr4Q1)

225 Good morning Big.

I checked out Partzilla for my Honda parts...no dice. Seems like every part I looked up was unavailable. The only parts they had were nuts, bolts and washers.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:30 AM (R5lpX)

226 Port Authority Bus Terminal > JFK Terminal 7

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2022 08:31 AM (4TiSW)

227 Has anyone seen an EMT around here?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2022 08:30 AM (dr4Q1). **

EMT's are weekdays at around sixish.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:31 AM (R5lpX)

228 > Martini Farmer, I intend to hav a drink, sit on my butt, and smoke a cigar this evening.
Posted by: Eromero
_____________

I have grass to mow today. I'll be at it until at least 4PM. Then, I'm doing what you're going to do. I've got a box of Padron 3000's I'm working on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2022 08:31 AM (BFigT)

229 Bif dammit. Either fat thumb or spell check.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:31 AM (R5lpX)

230 I see visits to auto wreck yards for parts in all futures.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 18, 2022 08:32 AM (STB0N)

231 Someone I was following on twitter said "If you call child services on parents who bring their kids to DQSH I'll burn your house down".

The wrong framing seems deliberate to me. My question would be "OK if you hate an overbearing solution, would you hate a proportionate response?" If there are kids at your strip show, your bar or restaurant will be shut down. This has been the norm since fucking yesterday as far as I know.

You can't just subtly lead the conversation away from the fault line of the disagreement. The David Frenches of the world have lost their mask, and I am grateful for that. Heinlein's crazy years, not so much.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 18, 2022 08:35 AM (ybIRR)

232 I mowed about an acre on Tue, we got a nice rain yesterday afternoon. My shift today is 0600-1800.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2022 08:35 AM (gktX6)

233 Watching the German guy (blog) giving a tour of Aldi in Germany. The prices are something only us Americans can dream about. So low compared to the US prices.
Thanks Uncle Joe. German beer 6 pac for 3 dollars.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:36 AM (YVx1O)

234 First thing I need to do is apply for a lost title on the Bike. Then pick it up and transport it to my house...or a local bike shop and see if it will be worth fixing. Be hard to find parts for a '76 Honda GL 1000 Goldwing.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:37 AM (R5lpX)

235 5:59am I had feeling EMT wasn't coming.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:38 AM (2JoB8)

236 Perhaps I misspoke. The EMT is only on weekends. I'm so confused!

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:39 AM (R5lpX)

237 You can't just subtly lead the conversation away from the fault line of the disagreement. The David Frenches of the world have lost their mask, and I am grateful for that. Heinlein's crazy years, not so much.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 18, 2022 08:35 AM (ybIRR)
---
It's really weird how quickly the discussion shifted from "Hey, maybe this isn't age-appropriate" to "Showing 5-year-olds XXX films is perfectly fine and healthy."

And of course because the left is merciless, all the psych "experts" are either agreeing or staying silent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:41 AM (llXky)

238 Have we always been at war with Eastasia?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 18, 2022 08:42 AM (dr4Q1)

239 Watching the German guy (blog) giving a tour of Aldi in Germany. The prices are something only us Americans can dream about. So low compared to the US prices.
Thanks Uncle Joe. German beer 6 pac for 3 dollars.

Posted by: Colin at June 18, 2022 08:36 AM (YVx1O)
---
Germany will not allow levels of inflation we already have. Verboten. If the Euro starts to inflate, they'll go back to the Deutschmark.

Also interesting that because the Germans have a coalition government, there's actual incentives to investigate the Covid response rather than paper it over. If the SPD can hang it on the CDU, so much the better.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:43 AM (llXky)

240 It's really weird how quickly the discussion shifted from "Hey, maybe this isn't age-appropriate" to "Showing 5-year-olds XXX films is perfectly fine and healthy.". **

It's pretty safe to say if I found out some idiot showed my grandkids XXX films or did a strip tease in front of them, tar and feathers would be the least of their problems.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:43 AM (R5lpX)

241 Thinking of my phone call about service ending in 2 hrs so hit #9 to find out why, guess it was a charge scam but can a phone get a virus by phone call?
My phone even using web is limited to a few sites ( here mostly) and occasional product information if needed at work.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:43 AM (2JoB8)

242 Self-described “socialist” male teacher in Hawaii arrested for having sex with a 13 year former student and video recording it.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 08:43 AM (vrz2I)

243 Slowly getting motivated to get outside and do something

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:45 AM (2JoB8)

244 Self-described “socialist” male teacher in Hawaii arrested for having sex with a 13 year former student and video recording it.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 08:43 AM (vrz2I). **

How soon until we read about queer teacher being sacrificed to the active volcano god?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:45 AM (R5lpX)

245 Bastard should be dumped out of a helicopter over a volcano

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2022 08:46 AM (2JoB8)

246 Morning, everyone. Putting up ceiling joists today, the gateway task to drywall. Fortunately, the temps are only supposed to be "ovenlike" as opposed to "surface of the sunlike." Not sure how to convert those to celsius.

Just clicked on the sidebar bit, nice to see prominent political appointees using their office and their uniform to promote sexual abuse of children. Amazing days we live in. Well, off to the day's work, have a great day!

Posted by: Erik In Texas at June 18, 2022 08:46 AM (7Ne0P)

247 "Bunag is a first-time offender with no criminal history, which is typical of child pornography suspects, according to former Hawaii attorney general Doug Chin"

Yeah I'm sure this guy showed no indication of his perversion.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 08:47 AM (vrz2I)

248 Self-described “socialist” male teacher in Hawaii arrested for having sex with a 13 year former student and video recording it.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 08:43 AM (vrz2I)
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A lot of people struggle with implementing moral restraint. This has long been known, and Western civilization over the centuries created strong incentives for people to live a moral life even if they didn't agree with it.

There was always the sense that certain behaviors were so taboo that to even talk about them would lead to social ostracism. So even though people might get urges or be curious, acting upon this was rare because the resulting reaction would be so bad.

The internet allowed these freaks to not only find people with similar kinks, but to encourage ever more outlandish behavior. This acted as a force multiplier on the existing counter-culture emerging from the 60s, leading us to a place where "society" now views taking kids to church as harmful or dangerous but exposing them to grooming as exciting and healthy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:49 AM (llXky)

249 Bunag is a first-time offender with no criminal history, which is typical of child pornography suspects, according to former Hawaii attorney general Doug Chin". **

So exactly what does that mean? He gets a slap on the wrist and transferred to another school?

Bailiff..." Whack his pee pee."

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:49 AM (R5lpX)

250 I have been up all night and now my eyes say 'sleep or sand'. So I am going to take a nap. I'll leave you with a little humor.
'Computer programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit.'

Posted by: Ciampino at June 18, 2022 08:49 AM (qfLjt)

251 How soon until we read about queer teacher being sacrificed to the active volcano god?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:45 AM (R5lpX)
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They will kill Catholic clergy instead. That's what the left always does. They're already flirting with burning churches. If they take the next step, it's July 1936 all over again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:51 AM (llXky)

252 In fact, they're burning pro-life pregnancy centers. That's another indicator. If they start assassinating employees, It'll be time to fuel up the Dragon Rapide.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:53 AM (llXky)

253 But we get another example of what Socialism is for many if not most- cover for other deviancies and moral failings. Just like the promotion of historic-first deviancies is supposed to immunize those who are actively killing our culture from being criticized while they do it.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at June 18, 2022 08:54 AM (7Ne0P)

254 This guy was sending his videos to a guy in Philadelphia. Strangely I can find no picture of him anywhere.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 08:54 AM (vrz2I)

255 Amateurs ask: "Who is the new Franco?"
Professionals ask: "Who is the new Mola?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2022 08:54 AM (llXky)

256
Powerline is up:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/
2022/06/the-week-in-pictures-liberal-
exhaustion-edition.php

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 18, 2022 08:56 AM (dQvv7)

257
I checked out Partzilla for my Honda parts...no dice. Seems like every part I looked up was unavailable. The only parts they had were nuts, bolts and washers.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy

it's a '70s model? ouch. i have done all the repairs on mine so far and am slowly reassembling it. should be rideable again tomorrow afrernoon. spent an hour installing the choke cable bracket. almost gave up and said it doesn't need a choke, but kept at it.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 18, 2022 08:57 AM (UgAdJ)

258 Musk is the Delos David "D. D." Harriman of our time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 18, 2022

***
He is!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 18, 2022 08:59 AM (c6xtn)

259 Strangely I can find no picture of him anywhere.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 08:54
---------------

This guy?

https://deathmilitia.com/alden-bunag-arrested-in-hawaii/

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 18, 2022 09:00 AM (ju2Fy)

260 it's a '70s model? ouch. i have done all the repairs on mine so far and am slowly reassembling it. should be rideable again tomorrow afrernoon. spent an hour installing the choke cable bracket. almost gave up and said it doesn't need a choke, but kept at it.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 18, 2022 08:57 AM (UgAdJ). **

Yep, and it's been sitting in a horse pasture for at least the last ten years or so. The fairing/windshield was laid over the gas tank seat so there was that anyway.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 09:01 AM (R5lpX)

261 Good grief, I only have enough coffee for one cup.

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2022 09:01 AM (88xKn)

262 Cool and breeze out

Posted by: Skip's phone at June 18, 2022 09:01 AM (2JoB8)

263 Dark, black coffee nood

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 09:03 AM (R5lpX)

264 Good grief, I only have enough coffee for one cup.
Posted by: dantesed

This is the saddest thing I have read in awhile.

Be strong!!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2022 09:04 AM (Msys3)

265 The fairing/windshield was laid over the gas tank seat so there was that anyway.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy

as long as the engine isn't siezed, you may be lucky to only need to replace hoses, tires, and rebuild/balance the carbs. hopefully mice and other vermin haven't destroyed the wiring.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 18, 2022 09:04 AM (UgAdJ)

266 no decaf thread is up

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 18, 2022 09:06 AM (c6xtn)

267 "This guy?
https://deathmilitia.com/alden-bunag-arrested-in-hawaii/"

Eww could be. What a creep.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2022 09:19 AM (vrz2I)

268 Bailiff..." Whack his pee pee."

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at June 18, 2022 08:49 AM (R5lpX)

Bailiff, whack off his pee pee.

No. not like that.

Like with a machete.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at June 18, 2022 12:46 PM (nByzo)

269 If you look at (the time crystals) they stop working.

So, they're like Mystery Men's Invisible Boy?

If you can't look at them, how do you know they're really working?

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