EMT 07/09/22 - Why the Gun is Civilization.

Written maybe a decade ago - the original post seems to be lost in time, but it's always a good time to recall the concise words from Marco Kloos (pronounced "close") on why the 2nd amendment is so fundamental to the preservation of our civilized society.

Why the Gun is Civilization:
- By Marko Kloos

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.

In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.

When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force. The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gangbanger, and a single gay guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.

There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we’d be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger’s potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat – it has no validity when most of a mugger’s potential marks are armed. People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that’s the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.

Then there’s the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser. People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don’t constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level. The gun is the only weapon that’s as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weightlifter. It simply wouldn’t work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn’t both lethal and easily employable.

When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don’t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation … and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:07 AM

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1 Ooooo....Wordy

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:08 AM (vd8XM)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Saturday July 9, 2022.. On this day in 1776 George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:08 AM (mZwKe)

3 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 'severe condition' after shooting; suspect arrested He later died.

https://tinyurl.com/3rn75y4r

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:09 AM (mZwKe)

4 Yeah Buddy

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:09 AM (R5lpX)

5 Karine Jean-Pierre blasted for boasting US ‘stronger economically' than ever ‘in history:’ ‘Pure gaslighting’

https://tinyurl.com/48s8arb8

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:09 AM (mZwKe)

6 James Caan, 'Godfather' star, dead at 82, family says

https://tinyurl.com/bdz9395j

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:09 AM (mZwKe)

7 Kamala Harris caught in word salad when asked if Democrats failed to codify Roe v Wade[/i

I would say that CBS new guy was stupid. It would take a constitution change until some later SCOTUS overrules this one

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:10 AM (mZwKe)

8 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:10 AM (2JoB8)

9 Good re-post, Krak!

Willowed: Wolfus, about your kitty. My SIL got a new one 2 years ago. She, the kitty, loved to be naughty and especially bitey.
My wife Gurgled a few sites on the intertubes about info on how mother cats teach their kids and what you can do.

Worked great. We think that even though she was weaned, she had not been with the mother and siblings long enough to learn proper behavior.
Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022

***
Bruce, I think that's pretty much the deal with Stirling, except that he was with his siblings at the shelter all along. But apparently Mom Cat died fairly early. She certainly taught him about hunting behavior, and he's not rough or inclined to bite. It's just this "I want milk, Mom!" behavior. I'll do some research.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 09, 2022 06:12 AM (c6xtn)

10 Political cartoon of the day:

https://tinyurl.com/2p88vb4m

Kamala Harris caught in word salad when asked if Democrats failed to codify Roe v Wade[/i

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:13 AM (mZwKe)

11 Good morning Vic.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:13 AM (R5lpX)

12 Good rant Krak, you need to get a Monkey spot.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:13 AM (2JoB8)

13 I would say that CBS new guy was stupid. It would take a constitution change until some later SCOTUS overrules this one.

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:13 AM (mZwKe)

14 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:13 AM (Msys3)

15 RAMIREZ

https://tinyurl.com/56ah4z96

and that's it for today. Not much out there today. Biden continues to do really stupid stuff. But it is no longer news.

Posted by: vic s/ at July 09, 2022 06:14 AM (mZwKe)

16 https://www.frontpagemag.com identity politics people-without-identities: daniel greenfield
https://tinyurl.com/3jn7yayp

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:14 AM (2JoB8)

17 Morning Mr Tony Pete.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:15 AM (R5lpX)

18 Good morning all. Got settled in with first cup of coffee, went over and opened the door, and it was like opening an oven. 85 at 0500, August in July.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:16 AM (lz5hY)

19 TGWASYB, Good morning!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:16 AM (Msys3)

20 Lefties don't like it when you tell them...I carry a gun because I can't fit a cop in my pocket.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:17 AM (R5lpX)

21 That's tough BiA. We're looking at mid 90's with a heat index of around 105 or so today.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:19 AM (R5lpX)

22 Still drizzling here, no idea what it will be this afternoon

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:19 AM (2JoB8)

23 We'll probably have afternoon T'storms again.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:21 AM (R5lpX)

24 62 and a little humid here. But, I could turn off the air con last night and open windows. Maybe all the way until Monday

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:22 AM (vd8XM)

25 21 It topped out last night at 105 right before sunset. Fortunately we don't have the usual River Valley high humidity going on. The lawn crew showed up yesterday, and it was like the dust bowl, and when they finished you could watch the grass turn brown.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:22 AM (lz5hY)

26 20 Lefties don't like it when you tell them...I carry a gun because I can't fit a cop in my pocket.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:17 AM (R5lpX)

Ha!

Posted by: m at July 09, 2022 06:23 AM (euHgA)

27 Thanks for the news Vic.

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

28 25 21 The lawn crew showed up yesterday, and it was like the dust bowl, and when they finished you could watch the grass turn brown.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:22 AM (lz5hY)

How ... entertaining.

Posted by: m at July 09, 2022 06:24 AM (euHgA)

29 Thursday afternoon on the way home from Mrs. Yeah Buddy's doctor's appointment in Greenville, we ran into a severe T'storm that producing 60mph straight line winds and quarter size hail.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:24 AM (R5lpX)

30 No rain called for here today - getting together with HS guys and dolls for our 29th (plus a bunch) so good weather would be nice.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:25 AM (Msys3)

31 The lawn crew showed up yesterday, and it was like the dust bowl, and when they finished you could watch the grass turn brown.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,

Always great when that happens. If you are in the middle of summer, hot temps, little rain and by gawd it's Wednesday/Thursday the lawn must be mowed. Nice and short too.

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:26 AM (vd8XM)

32 Off to work, think it will be a short day

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:26 AM (2JoB8)

33 The lawn crew showed up yesterday, and it was like the dust bowl, and when they finished you could watch the grass turn brown.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:22 AM (lz5hY)

How ... entertaining.
Posted by: m at July 09, 2022 06:24 AM (euHgA)

Is that anything like watching paint dry? Because I love doing that. /s

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:27 AM (R5lpX)

34 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:28 AM (ex2Cx)

35 Have an easy day Skip.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:28 AM (R5lpX)

36 What up rhenn

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:28 AM (R5lpX)

37 James Caan z"l
Everyone is mentioning his role as Sonny Corleone but I remember him most in Rollerball as Jonathan E. Very understated anti-hero.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 06:29 AM (EZebt)

38 Armed police swarm Steve Bannon's $2.35M DC home 'while he was live on air' after hoax caller claimed a gunman with a 'high powered rifle' was inside and threatening to 'shoot everyone'

Coming to your house once Red Flag laws become standard!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:31 AM (ex2Cx)

39 Good morning morons and the ships at sea

Thanks for VNN

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 06:31 AM (EZebt)

40 but I remember him most in Rollerball as Jonathan E. Very understated anti-hero.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That was my favorite role of his for me also.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:31 AM (Msys3)

41 Amber Heard's legal team on Friday filed a claim for a mistrial, arguing that a 77-year-old person sat on the jury instead of the 52-year-old who had been summoned. They lived at the same address, and had the same last name.

Now do voting and SS!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:32 AM (ex2Cx)

42 I just received the invite for my 50th HS reunion. I went to the 10th and it was a good time.
I went to the 25th and realized I only knew about 5 people in the room. We had a class of about 400.

I saw the FB pictures of a 40th that someone threw together and luckily the had some names with the pics, else I wouldn't know who some of them were.

I think I'll skip it. Especially since the Saturday dinner is listed as "Cocktail Attire".
I don't drink cocktails. I drink beer. What would I wear to that?

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:32 AM (vd8XM)

43 Morning, Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 09, 2022 06:33 AM (UnQlg)

44 I actually thought of the ending of Rollerball - the crowd chanting Jonathan - when I heard Caan died.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 09, 2022 06:33 AM (oWBc3)

45 James Caan z"l
Everyone is mentioning his role as Sonny Corleone but I remember him most in Rollerball as Jonathan E. Very understated anti-hero.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Brian Piccolo to Billy Dee Williams' Gayle Sayers.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 09, 2022 06:34 AM (LrYuZ)

46 I don't drink cocktails. I drink beer. What would I wear to that?
Posted by: Bruce

A tee-shirt and cutoffs?

The venue for ours is the bar one of my classmates owns. He took it over from his father, and now his daughters run it. It's definitely shot and a beer attire.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:35 AM (Msys3)

47 Coming to your house once Red Flag laws become standard!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:31 AM (ex2Cx)
===
This has been done to Tim Pool at least 10 times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 06:35 AM (EZebt)

48 don't drink cocktails. I drink beer. What would I wear to that?
Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:32 AM (vd8XM)

What else?...Cut-off blue jeans and a Wife beater shirt.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:35 AM (R5lpX)

49 when krakatoa uses more than 7 words on an EMT he uses them to great effect ! BRAVO !

and g'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 06:35 AM (a82Er)

50 Bruce, I'm afraid you'd have to wear pants.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2022 06:36 AM (5HLLH)

51 Bruce, I'm afraid you'd have to wear pants.
Posted by: JuJuBee

Damn it!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:37 AM (Msys3)

52 Dozens of people line up for monkeypox vaccine in NYC as it offers the shot to gay and bisexual men with 'multiple partners' as US tally now tops 700 cases

12 years of an anti HIV drug and we still have 40k new cases every year!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:37 AM (ex2Cx)

53 A tee-shirt and cutoffs?

The venue for ours is the bar one of my classmates owns. He took it over from his father, and now his daughters run it. It's definitely shot and a beer attire.
Posted by: Tonypete

Exactly what I was thinking. I looked it up online and found cocktail attire is sport coat with a colored/patterned shirt. And pants that don't match.

Looks through closet.....yeah cutoffs and a t-shirt it is

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:37 AM (vd8XM)

54 >>> James Caan z"l
Everyone is mentioning his role as Sonny Corleone but I remember him most in Rollerball as Jonathan E. Very understated anti-hero.

He played one of the few characters in A Bridge Too Far that was not a commissioned officer. His role was anti-heroic in that movie.

I read that he took five years off to be a full time father.

Posted by: fluffy at July 09, 2022 06:37 AM (UnQlg)

55 James Caan z"l
Everyone is mentioning his role as Sonny Corleone but I remember him most in Rollerball as Jonathan E. Very understated anti-hero.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

To my daughter he is Buddy the Elf's dad. And nothing more.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 09, 2022 06:38 AM (LrYuZ)

56 50 51 Lederhosen.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:38 AM (lz5hY)

57 Bruce, I'm afraid you'd have to wear pants.
Posted by: JuJuBee

I'm thinking probably underwear too.

CLEAN underwear

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:38 AM (vd8XM)

58 Brian Piccolo to Billy Dee Williams' Gayle Sayers.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 09, 2022 06:34 AM (LrYuZ)

That was probably my favorite too. Perhaps because I saw it as a kid and it made an impression on me as my best friend had just died an early death from cancer.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:38 AM (R5lpX)

59 Interesting ideas bubbling up out of Baltimore after the bat wielding driver who went after the Squeegee Kid at the busiest intersection in the city during rush hour was shot dead by a Squeegee Kid.

Apparently, if an individual is approached by a bat wielding person on public streets it is a clear case of self defense to whip out your illegal handgun, and instead of retreating in any of the directions available to you, simply cap the bat holder's ass right then and there. And once you do this, there are many who will declare this as a clear case of self defense, and a good shoot.

So glad to see so many Baltimorons suddenly embracing the concept of carrying for self defense.

It's a real change from 'Guns are evil, and should be destroyed'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 06:39 AM (uLr+K)

60 12 years of an anti HIV drug and we still have 40k new cases every year!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Wear a mask and get your kids vaccinated just in case

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:39 AM (vd8XM)

61 A full life James Caan's life was filled with sex with hookers, drugs and the Playboy mansion

He did some acting too!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:39 AM (ex2Cx)

62 A full life James Caan's life was filled with sex with hookers, drugs and the Playboy mansion

He did some acting too!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Yeah! His best stuff was answering Mrs. Caan's "Where you been?!"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:42 AM (Msys3)

63 full life James Caan's life was filled with sex with hookers, drugs and the Playboy mansion

Some people got it like that.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:42 AM (R5lpX)

64 I ran a couple errands yesterday, hot as hell out there, and you still see some imbeciles making a fashion statement wearing wool stocking caps. Brain's probably already cooked.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:42 AM (lz5hY)

65 He did some acting too!
Posted by: rhennigantx

He also played Ricky Nelson in a John Wayne remake of a John Wayne movie made just five years before. Geez, I'm turning this into the MovieSign! thread. I'll show myself out.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 09, 2022 06:42 AM (LrYuZ)

66 We have gone from the media and elite wanting to use the 25th on Trump daily, to a situation that not only should Biden be removed every single person from Kamala through the Cabinet should be removed for dereliction. But tthey have fucked up so royally on succession we are stuck - let's review the first six: idiot, no talent VP, drunk lady with big tits, feeble Senator from some insignificant NE state, clueless, weak Sec of State, woke Sec of Defense. People should be scared to death.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 09, 2022 06:42 AM (oWBc3)

67 "I saw the FB pictures of a 40th that someone threw together and luckily the had some names with the pics, else I wouldn't know who some of them were. "

One of the local High Schools had their 50th reunion on the Harbor Dinner Cruise the other week.
One very nice touch that I had never seen before was each reunion attendee had a name badge provided. With their Class graduation picture on it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 06:43 AM (uLr+K)

68 full life James Caan's life was filled with sex with hookers, drugs and the Playboy mansion

Some people got it like that.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:42 AM (R5lpX)

Hey, sometimes we have to live vicariously through the actions of others, amirite.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:43 AM (R5lpX)

69 lovely pink & orange sunrise out there. 50 degrees.
coffee will be required, and promptly !

they can't use reason so they need to use force, which is why we must be disarmed BAMN.
I am so printing a few copies of that to leave laying around ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 06:44 AM (a82Er)

70 One very nice touch that I had never seen before was each reunion attendee had a name badge provided. With their Class graduation picture on it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

My wife helped to put together her 50th and they did that. Along with a name badge for the spouse with the graduates pic on it too.

Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022 06:45 AM (vd8XM)

71 One very nice touch that I had never seen before was each reunion attendee had a name badge provided. With their Class graduation picture on it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

We started to do that about 10 years ago. Honestly, it helps a lot. Also noted: there have been a rash of apologies and forgiveness offered for sins of the past (if spouses aren't present). It's interesting.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:45 AM (Msys3)

72 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 09, 2022 06:46 AM (T4tVD)

73 What up JT

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:46 AM (R5lpX)

74 JT! JT! JT!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 06:47 AM (Msys3)

75 ‘Stealthy’ new Covid variant can reinfect you every month

faked it faked it faked it

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:47 AM (ex2Cx)

76 Hiya TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at July 09, 2022 06:48 AM (T4tVD)

77 According to the Wiki thing, James Caan was a staunch supporter of Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 06:48 AM (uLr+K)

78 Hiya YeahBuddy !

Posted by: JT at July 09, 2022 06:48 AM (T4tVD)

79 Since my graduating class was only 45 people, I'd imagine we won't have too many people at our 50th reunion in 2026. In fact, I believe the last couple of reunions have had two or three classes combined.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:49 AM (R5lpX)

80 Good morning all. Got settled in with first cup of coffee, went over and opened the door, and it was like opening an oven. 85 at 0500, August in July.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022

***
Same here, BiA. How long does your "summer" last?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 09, 2022 06:49 AM (c6xtn)

81 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin,

Bill, I live around the corner of the big lake where you grew up. 64 degrees this morning, come on back.

Posted by: clutch at July 09, 2022 06:50 AM (9UmRs)

82 Nice article. When I read James Caan died, it was almost immediate that my thoughts went to Rollerball. I never not saw him in that role. It was the 10:10 showing and the theater was packed to the gills. When they flipped his helmet off, the air was sucked out of the room.

Posted by: sidney at July 09, 2022 06:50 AM (itAo5)

83 A 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio traveled to Indiana for abortion care. Her provider braces for new restrictions: ‘She is not alone’

1. No police records in any Ohio city with online access.
2. No newspaper or online reports of child rape.
3. Original online reports were from 14 to 15 YO kids on FB.

My guess is this is fake!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:52 AM (ex2Cx)

84 Tidbit...I went to the same High School as famous international film and TV star, Nick Searcy. His mother was my biology teacher one year.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:52 AM (R5lpX)

85 Marko Kloos is also the writer of the military sci-fi series "Frontlines", which is excellent.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, what is still sleepy at July 09, 2022 06:52 AM (PiwSw)

86 81 Yep, summer time around Lake Erie is most pleasant. Even if it gets a bit hot you can count on a little breeze out of the north.Dog days in August can be a little harsh, but only last a few weeks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 06:54 AM (lz5hY)

87 NPR:
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.

Guess he deserved it according to NPR!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:54 AM (ex2Cx)

88 ...The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.

But when it is *multiple attackers*, the importance of the size of your magazines becomes important.

And an octogenarian ain't gonna be all that accurate neither.

Now for the main thrust, quoting Heinlein:

An armed society is a polite society.

Interestingly, using DDG for that sentence, the first 4-5 'hits' are attempts to debunk Heinlein's argument. Including the first hit piece by Psychology Today.

To which I say "Fuck off." You can quote me, PT.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 06:55 AM (JOtiF)

89 I used to love it when we lived in San Diego. Weather was nice all year, except for near the end of August when the winds shifted from ocean breezes to the Santa Ana winds off of the desert.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:56 AM (R5lpX)

90 An armed society is a polite society.

Truth! I'm actually more polite when I'm carrying.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:01 AM (R5lpX)

91 I don't know that I 've ever seen James Caan in any movie. I ve never seen The Godfather.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:01 AM (mGRvI)

92 True Story: Joe Biden offered Japan his common sense gun control legislation, but they weren't willing to fight for it in a manner Joe thought was satisfactory.

Next up: Joe Biden wants to ban Japs with guns.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 09, 2022 07:02 AM (0ocXn)

93 Lifts arm, smells armpits, checks breath.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:02 AM (R5lpX)

94 Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 06:56 AM (R5lpX)
===
You must have forgotten June Gloom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 07:02 AM (EZebt)

95 Good morning Miss Fenolon. How goes it?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:02 AM (R5lpX)

96 I have no idea why anyone would want to go to a HS reunion. Sorry.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 09, 2022 07:03 AM (oWBc3)

97 "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all fullness of God. "

Ephesians 3:16-19

Posted by: Marcus T at July 09, 2022 07:04 AM (LjX+p)

98 Youve probably seen El Dorado, which people misremember as Rio Bravo, because they are the same movie. James Caan > Ricky Nelson.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 09, 2022 07:05 AM (oWBc3)

99 96 Never been to one. Rely on spies for the hot gossip and lies spewed.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 07:05 AM (lz5hY)

100 "Lifts arm, smells armpits, checks breath."

You're good.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:05 AM (uLr+K)

101 Hi, Guy

I am ok. How are you?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:06 AM (mGRvI)

102 James Caan was in a number of seminal films.

I think his best performance was in Misery.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2022 07:06 AM (wTK6r)

103 90 An armed society is a polite society.

You shut up!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 09, 2022 07:06 AM (PiwSw)

104
Karine Jean-Pierre

I'll take "Stone cold stupid, or where you wind up when you've exhausted your stock of I'ma historic triple first! ammo", for $400, Alex

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:06 AM (ZvxPV)

105 You must have forgotten June Gloom.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 07:02 AM (EZebt)

I guess maybe I did. That was the month they got their 11 inches of annual rainfall. I remember the underpass at I-5 getting flooded going into the main gate of MCRD San Diego. Every year, there would be a news article about some idiot who tried to drive through the flood and getting stuck.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:06 AM (R5lpX)

106 Bruce,

A slinky dress with a plunging neckline.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 09, 2022 07:06 AM (lKAqb)

107
I liked Caan as the publisher-father in "Elf"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:07 AM (ZvxPV)

108 Nope: Never saw El Dorado either. I'd have to look at a list of his movies to see if I've seen any of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:08 AM (mGRvI)

109 James Caan played a little bit of football at Michigan State, I believe.

Posted by: clutch at July 09, 2022 07:09 AM (9UmRs)

110 Just fine Miss Fenolon. Took Mrs Yeah Buddy to her last three months cancer doctor appointment. Her tumor is still shrinking, albeit slower than before, but we'll take the good news.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:09 AM (R5lpX)

111 "Her tumor is still shrinking,"

Outstanding!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:10 AM (uLr+K)

112 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin,

And the mayflies are harmless.

Posted by: clutch at July 09, 2022 07:11 AM (9UmRs)

113 Doocy on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters: "So these Justices, because protesters do not agree with an opinion... have no right to privacy?"

Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Judges would have also accepted mob rule!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:11 AM (ex2Cx)

114
'Stealthy’ new Covid variant can reinfect you every month

faked it faked it faked it
Posted by: rhennigantx

Have the Karens confused it with their "time of the month"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:12 AM (ZvxPV)

115 In Godfather 1, you never see Sonny's legs. Evidently all of Caan's scenes had him on a walkway due to his height. One scene, where he runs from his car to give his BIL a beatdown may be a stunt double, and it wouldn't have been a good idea for Caan to get that involved in a close combat scene. Big martial arts guy, might have screwed up and hurt somebody.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 09, 2022 07:12 AM (lz5hY)

116 The fear is great at Yahoo:

This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:12 AM (ex2Cx)

117 I think the first movie I saw James Caan is was Brian's Song.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, what is still sleepy at July 09, 2022 07:12 AM (PiwSw)

118 Howdy Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:13 AM (yUjc0)

119 Arch conservative. Is McDonald's am arch restaurant?

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at July 09, 2022 07:13 AM (0SrVS)

120 Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Things Maxine Waters said for $500 Alex.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:13 AM (R5lpX)

121 "Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Judges would have also accepted mob rule!"

*Takes notes*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:13 AM (uLr+K)

122 Doof!!

Your State has lost its friggin mind!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:14 AM (uLr+K)

123 Follow up question: "Would it also be "what democracy is" for a like-minded group of Deplorables to harass Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayorrrrrrrrr, and Kagan?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, what is still sleepy at July 09, 2022 07:15 AM (PiwSw)

124 Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Fortunately we are not a democracy.

Posted by: clutch at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (9UmRs)

125 There is no June Gloom east of I-5.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (lKAqb)

126 uh oh!

When asked about the story, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say if the administration had taken steps to verify the story or if it knew the girl’s identity. Instead, she referred questions to the Justice Department saying there was a “legal component.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (ex2Cx)

127
Bruce,

A slinky dress with a plunging neckline.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

If you fwo are assembling a list of "Attire that we'd love to see Nancy Pelosi in next", you can knock that shit off right now!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (ZvxPV)

128 good morning, everyone

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (MrZQl)

129 Trying out a new nickname for KJP -- Kalamity Jean.

Her ability to turn shinola into shit is Obama-esce.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 07:17 AM (JOtiF)

130 There is no June Gloom east of I-5.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (lKAqb)
===
Climate denier!
-Greta Thunderberg

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 07:18 AM (EZebt)

131 An armed society is a polite one.

Posted by: creeper at July 09, 2022 07:19 AM (cTCuP)

132
The fear is great at Yahoo:

This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
Posted by: rhennigantx

They'll work their way up to 'Gojira' variant by the beginning of October.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:19 AM (ZvxPV)

133 What happens if COVID and Monkey-Pox cross pollinate?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:20 AM (uLr+K)

134 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 09, 2022 07:21 AM (+dT9p)

135 Twitter lied to Big Govt:
In addition to the foregoing, Twitter is in breach of the Merger Agreement because the Merger Agreement appears to contain materially inaccurate representations. Specifically, in the Merger Agreement, Twitter represented that no documents that Twitter filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission since January 1, 2022, included any “untrue statement of a material fact” (Section 4.6(a)). Twitter has repeatedly made statements in such filings regarding the portion of its mDAUs that are false or spam, including statements that: “We have performed an internal review of a sample of accounts and estimate that the average of false or spam accounts during the first quarter of 2022 represented fewer than 5% of our mDAU during the quarter,

I bet it is 4 or 5 times that!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:21 AM (ex2Cx)

136
Her ability to turn shinola into shit is Obama-esce.
Posted by: GnuBreed

She's a stone cold dunce, thus the Cliff's Notes to which she frequently refers in blind panic.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:22 AM (ZvxPV)

137 According to Pooky, who (on advice of mental health professionals) tries very hard to ignore politics, the headline on Anime News Network for Abe's assassination was "Shinzo Abe Passes Away at 67."

Oh, und Guten Morgen Horden!

Posted by: pookysgirl, cat warmer at July 09, 2022 07:23 AM (XKZwp)

138 As to James Caan, one of the gossip rags (daily Mail?) saez that Caan was part of the Gambino crime family, and had to get permission to do his role in The Godfather.

Another Moron noted that Caan was a rabid Lefty. I have no idea if any of that is true, but I'll skip the whole mourning his passing part just in case.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 07:23 AM (JOtiF)

139 I don't drink cocktails. I drink beer. What would I wear to that?
Posted by: Bruce

go for the redneck stereotype with beer. grow yerself a 70s pr0n 'stache, get a wife beater sleeveless t'shirt and stain the pits yellow, put a brown stain on the belly, and wear dirty (from working on a car dirty) jeans.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at July 09, 2022 07:24 AM (MrZQl)

140 "he headline on Anime News Network for Abe's assassination was "Shinzo Abe Passes Away at 67."

We rate this statement as 'True'.

Posted by: sNopes at July 09, 2022 07:24 AM (uLr+K)

141 There is no June Gloom east of I-5.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 09, 2022 07:16 AM (lKAqb)
===
Climate denier!
-Greta Thunderberg
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 07:18 AM (EZebt

Well, we lived just east of I-5 just above Home Avenue, east of National City. Used to drive by Archie Moore's house and admire his pool shaped like a boxing glove.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:24 AM (R5lpX)

142 Marko Kloos... There's a name I haven't seen in a while.

Posted by: davidt at July 09, 2022 07:25 AM (oTZbj)

143 Another Moron noted that Caan was a rabid Lefty.

--

Huh. That's the polar opposite of what I've always heard. Who knows, but I'd be disappointed if true.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 09, 2022 07:25 AM (sVtYq)

144 "Another Moron noted that Caan was a rabid Lefty. "

WIKI states that he was a staunch Donald Trump supporter in 2016, and considered himself a staunch conservative.

Hey...It's WIKI.

Posted by: sNopes at July 09, 2022 07:26 AM (uLr+K)

145 3. Original online reports were from 14 to 15 YO kids on FB.

My guess is this is fake!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 06:52 AM (ex2Cx)

That part is new to me. I read Megan Fox's thread shredding it yesterday.

Posted by: pookysgirl, cat warmer at July 09, 2022 07:26 AM (XKZwp)

146
Doocy on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters: "So these Justices, because protesters do not agree with an opinion... have no right to privacy?"

Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

The proper follow up would have been to ask, "What would you say if a little posse was put together to harass your stupid ass every time you appeared in public?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:26 AM (ZvxPV)

147 Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, thats it."

One small correction, although this does not detract from his larger point. He's overlooked Desire, with it's subsets of greed and love. This is not fear, but it often has very little to do with reason. The Heart wants what the Heart wants, and it may be the most powerful motivation of all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:27 AM (r46W7)

148 Looks like rain.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:27 AM (uLr+K)

149 Police initially told The Washington Post that they had encountered a person who claimed to be armed and who appeared to be suffering from a mental health crisis, but they found no gun and no one injured. A D.C. police spokeswoman later said someone had called a crisis hotline and reported that a man inside the rowhouse in the 200 block of A Street NE had shot someone and had a firearm.

PoPo be a liars!!
WaPo actually posted pic and address of house!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:27 AM (ex2Cx)

150 don't drink cocktails. I drink beer. What would I wear to that?
Posted by: Bruce

I think they just want nice attire and you could always tell the person organizing it that you hope beer will be available.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:28 AM (mGRvI)

151 Doof!!

Your State has lost its friggin mind!!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:14 AM (uLr+K)

Howdy VIA! That happened a while ago. Is there something recent you're referring to?

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:29 AM (yUjc0)

152 144 "Another Moron noted that Caan was a rabid Lefty. "

WIKI states that he was a staunch Donald Trump supporter in 2016, and considered himself a staunch conservative.

Hey...It's WIKI.
Posted by: sNopes at July 09, 2022 07:26 AM (uLr+K)

JON-A-THON! JON-A-THON! JON-A-THON!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:29 AM (r46W7)

153 Anybody ask Affirmative Action Jackson for her thoughts on folks stalking Supreme Court Justices yet?

It's not a biology question, so she should be able to answer it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:29 AM (uLr+K)

154 The proper follow up would have been to ask, "What would you say if a little posse was put together to harass your stupid ass every time you appeared in public?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:26 AM (ZvxPV)

Stuff the GOPe won't say because "that's not who we are" for $1000 Alex.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:29 AM (R5lpX)

155 Mornin', all. *Yawn* Moar covfefe.

Posted by: Catherine at July 09, 2022 07:30 AM (ZSsrh)

156 148 Looks like rain.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:27 AM (uLr+K)

Here comes the rain again. Falling on my head like a memory. Falling on my head like a new emotion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:30 AM (ex2Cx)

157 " Is there something recent you're referring to?"

Squeegee kid killing the guy downtown just as we come rolling in.

And it's effect on the candidates for the mid-term, whose early voting just started.

More posturing than at a Posturepedic convention.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:31 AM (uLr+K)

158 >Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Mob Rule.

Both kinds.

Posted by: davidt at July 09, 2022 07:32 AM (oTZbj)

159 The fear is great at Yahoo:

This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
Posted by: rhennigantx

They'll work their way up to 'Gojira' variant by the beginning of October.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:19 AM (ZvxPV)

kids will not be in much danger from the Godzooki strain, but it will make all adults incredibly ill.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:32 AM (r46W7)

160 Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules that a [6’ 5”] Transgender Woman Cannot Change Her Name Because She is a Sex Offender.

Judge: Bob stop fucking the children and register!
Bob: yessir
Judge: Bob why didnt you register?
Bob: Whos Bob? My names Lila!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:32 AM (ex2Cx)

161 grow yerself a 70s pr0n 'stache, get a wife beater sleeveless t'shirt and stain the pits yellow, put a brown stain on the belly, and wear dirty (from working on a car dirty) jeans.
Posted by: BifBewalski

My camera is on, isn't it?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2022 07:33 AM (Msys3)

162 Strains of COVID:
Ninja
Ronin
47 Ronin
Yakuza
Slant Eyed Yellow Devil

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:34 AM (ex2Cx)

163 A heartfelt message to the San Francisco Chronicle, Democratic Party, ACLU, SEIU, BLM, my assemblymember Phil Ting, my Supervisor Connie Chan, and the rest of you who supported Chesa Boudin...

How does my ass taste?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 07:34 AM (EZebt)

164 forgot

GODZILLRA

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:34 AM (ex2Cx)

165 "Judge: Bob stop fucking the children and register!
Bob: yessir
Judge: Bob why didnt you register?
Bob: Whos Bob? My names Lila!"

Bob, that's not how this works.

Posted by: Wisconsin Supreme Court at July 09, 2022 07:34 AM (uLr+K)

166 One very nice touch that I had never seen before was each reunion attendee had a name badge provided. With their Class graduation picture on it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 06:43 AM (uLr+K)

We've done that for every one of our class reunionsover the years, including our 50th back in 2016. It really helps!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 09, 2022 07:35 AM (Zvtjl)

167 I'm partial to the Rodan variant. It's airborne!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 09, 2022 07:35 AM (sVtYq)

168 " Is there something recent you're referring to?"

Squeegee kid killing the guy downtown just as we come rolling in.

And it's effect on the candidates for the mid-term, whose early voting just started.

More posturing than at a Posturepedic convention.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:31 AM (uLr+K)

Did you see the headline (WMAR, I think) referring to him as a "squeegee worker"??

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:36 AM (yUjc0)

169 54 >>> James Caan z"l
Everyone is mentioning his role as Sonny Corleone but I remember him most in Rollerball as Jonathan E. Very understated anti-hero."

I agree, that was the role I liked him most in. Of course that's my favorite 70's sci-fi dystopian stories. Well, it's a tossup between Rollerball and Zardoz.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:36 AM (r46W7)

170 The Left had better hope that the Right never fully embraces the lessons of acceptable behavior that the Left seems to be teaching.

Cause it would be soooo lit!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:36 AM (uLr+K)

171 116 The fear is great at Yahoo:

This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:12 AM (ex2Cx)

I thought you were kidding! It's an actual real yahoo article! It's the pinnacle of fear-mongering.

https://tinyurl.com/ymnzkckf

Posted by: m at July 09, 2022 07:38 AM (rnYgr)

172 Did you see the headline (WMAR, I think) referring to him as a "squeegee worker"??
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:36 AM (yUjc0)

Reckon it sounds nicer then " homeless guy who extorts money by performing an unwanted service as you're stuck at a red light."

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:38 AM (R5lpX)

173 144 "Another Moron noted that Caan was a rabid Lefty. "

WIKI states that he was a staunch Donald Trump supporter in 2016, and considered himself a staunch conservative.

Hey...It's WIKI.

Posted by: sNopes at July 09, 2022 07:26 AM (uLr+K)

Okay. The reason I didn't try a search is I don't care that much. And since most Hollyweirders ARE Lefties, it rang 'mostly true'. Just based on prior experience.

10:1 odds, easily.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 07:38 AM (JOtiF)

174 "Did you see the headline (WMAR, I think) referring to him as a "squeegee worker"??"

That is the accepted Party Line phrase, straight out of Mayor Scott's office.

An attempt to de-thug the public perception of these little extortionists.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:38 AM (uLr+K)

175
We are way past due for a serious national discussion on rational squeegee control!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:38 AM (ZvxPV)

176 Heinlein said that an armed society is a polite society - but we should admit that only happens after a period where all the real idiots are eliminated. Which, all things considered, is a big benefit to everyone else.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:39 AM (r46W7)

177 also in WI Supremes news, they have ruled, get this, that the election commissars had no right to order unlimited use of unsupervised ballot drop-boxes back in 2020 !

shocking, right ? all the usual commies outraged, etc.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 07:39 AM (a82Er)

178 “The development of variants now is a freight train,” Irwin Redlener, the founding director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, told The Daily Beast.
In other words, unstoppable.

They have no shame.

Posted by: m at July 09, 2022 07:39 AM (rnYgr)

179 Did you see the headline (WMAR, I think) referring to him as a "squeegee worker"??
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:36 AM (yUjc0)

Whenever one of those guys would try to clean my windows, I'd turn on my wipers and hit the window washer button.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:40 AM (R5lpX)

180 "An attempt to de-thug the public perception of these little extortionists."

I so want to call into Kim Klacik's show and ask if police reports suggests that the Squeegee kids interact differently with Drivers of Color, and Drivers of Pallor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:42 AM (uLr+K)

181 Thanks for the quote from Marko Kloos. I first knew of him from a manual typewriter forum when he was working on his first military sci-fi book. As I recall, that's when he wrote this piece. He emigrated from Germany after serving in their armed forces and lived in northern New England with his wife and family. Even then, his comments were well written and reasoned. I'm so pleased he has been able to follow his dreams.

BTW, I don't think he uses a typewriter anymore. His book have been successful and production demands require a faster output. Too bad. I think the manual typewriter is an excellent first draft tool.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 07:42 AM (7EjX1)

182 I see Gnu Breed got to the "armed society" quote earlier. Shoulda known a Moron would already have covered it.

In other news, I was awakened by thunder and lightning. But not a drop of rain. It's been three weeks as of yesterday.

Posted by: creeper at July 09, 2022 07:42 AM (cTCuP)

183 177 also in WI Supremes news, they have ruled, get this, that the election commissars had no right to order unlimited use of unsupervised ballot drop-boxes back in 2020 !

shocking, right ? all the usual commies outraged, etc.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 07:39 AM (a82Er)

the significance is that this cannot now be done this November, or in 2024. Remember this when people predict the Dems will cheat this fall just like they did before.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:43 AM (r46W7)

184
The development of variants now is a freight train,” Irwin Redlener, the founding director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, told The Daily Beast.

Tangled up and waiting to be unscrambled in the freight yards at Barstow, CA?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 07:43 AM (ZvxPV)

185 Did you see the headline (WMAR, I think) referring to him as a "squeegee worker"??
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:36 AM (yUjc0)

***

Our Urban Outdoorsmen in Frederick County just hold signs and meekly suggest donations and are not aggressive and hostile

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 09, 2022 07:43 AM (flINI)

186 "Whenever one of those guys would try to clean my windows, I'd turn on my wipers and hit the window washer button."

Plenty of video exists, showing them breaking the wipers right off the vehicle.
And sometimes breaking windshields and drivers windows by striking them with the squeegee on purpose.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:44 AM (uLr+K)

187 A heartfelt message to the San Francisco Chronicle, Democratic Party, ACLU, SEIU, BLM, my assemblymember Phil Ting, my Supervisor Connie Chan, and the rest of you who supported Chesa Boudin...

How does my ass taste?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2022 07:34 AM (EZebt)

To increase your joy level, the new DA met with her team of prosecutors, and they were all appointed by Gascon/Boudin, and they are having a major case of the sadz.

Try the headlines at the SF Gate, I don't have the link handy. Plus I'd have to break a longstanding habit of never linking the SF Gate.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 07:44 AM (JOtiF)

188 In other news, I was awakened by thunder and lightning. But not a drop of rain. It's been three weeks as of yesterday.

Posted by: creeper at July 09, 2022 07:42 AM (cTCuP)

You haven't slept in three weeks?

Posted by: davidt at July 09, 2022 07:45 AM (oTZbj)

189 Lefties don't like it when you tell them...I carry a gun because I can't fit a cop in my pocket.

If you could find one.... they have been defunded.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 09, 2022 07:45 AM (AHeqJ)

190 "that the election commissars had no right to order unlimited use of unsupervised ballot drop-boxes back in 2020 !"

So they were all fired and can never hold those posts again, right?

Posted by: fd at July 09, 2022 07:45 AM (sn5EN)

191 I remember reading a few years ago that some intel agency, maybe Russian, was reviving the use of manual typewriters as an information security measure.
it made sense to me.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 07:45 AM (a82Er)

192 In other news...Our mail delivery person "Couldn't drive a soup bean up a goat's ass with a go-devil." Two days in a row, she/he has smashed my mail box with the mirror of their vehicle.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:46 AM (R5lpX)

193 "So they were all fired and can never hold those posts again, right?"

Training was held.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:46 AM (uLr+K)

194 I thought you were kidding! It's an actual real yahoo article! It's the pinnacle of fear-mongering.

https://tinyurl.com/ymnzkckf
Posted by: m at July 09, 2022 07:38 AM (rnYgr)

Bab Bee now just ctrl c and ctrl v for most headlines!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 07:46 AM (ex2Cx)

195 Do Squeegee Workers count when reporting "jobs created or saved"?

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 07:47 AM (yUjc0)

196 LOL, fd !

the law clearly said they couldn't do it in 2020, too.
who's gonna stop them this November ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 07:48 AM (a82Er)

197 blueberry pie for breakfast is also civilization

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at July 09, 2022 07:50 AM (MS+71)

198 "Do Squeegee Workers count when reporting "jobs created or saved"?"

I don't see why not.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:50 AM (uLr+K)

199 Plenty of video exists, showing them breaking the wipers right off the vehicle.
And sometimes breaking windshields and drivers windows by striking them with the squeegee on purpose.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:44 AM (uLr+K)

We've met. Do I look like the kind of guy who would allow some miscreant to damage my vehicle and get away with it?.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:50 AM (R5lpX)

200 182 I see Gnu Breed got to the "armed society" quote earlier. Shoulda known a Moron would already have covered it.

Just last night, I used TANSTAAFL at a store that newly imposed an extra charge for credit card users.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 07:50 AM (JOtiF)

201 the significance is that this cannot now be done this November, or in 2024. Remember this when people predict the Dems will cheat this fall just like they did before.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2022 07:43 AM (r46W7)

You're right...they won't cheat just like they did before.

They'll find new and better ways. It's how you win elections now.

Posted by: creeper at July 09, 2022 07:51 AM (cTCuP)

202 Kamala Harris caught in word salad when asked if Democrats failed to codify Roe v Wade

Is she a fisherwoman?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 07:51 AM (hOUT3)

203 which of the many devices termed a go-devil is contemplated for the soup-bean operation ?

asking for a friend, who loves the rich imagery !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 07:52 AM (a82Er)

204 Just last night, I used TANSTAAFL at a store that newly imposed an extra charge for credit card users.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 09, 2022 07:50 AM (JOtiF)

Yeah, a four percent upcharge at most places, plus any other upcharge fee they can get by with.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:53 AM (R5lpX)

205 Morning peeps. After nearly a month with no rain we've had a little over and inch of it since yesterday afternoon. While I welcome the rain I do not look forward to mowing the grass every 3-5 days again. 5 acres takes a while, yo.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 07:53 AM (BFigT)

206 Just last night, I used TANSTAAFL at a store that newly imposed an extra charge for credit card users.
Posted by: GnuBreed

I am finding a lot of small business will knock of 3% if you pay by cash or check, which is why we must make all suspicious cash and check transactions illegal!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 07:53 AM (hOUT3)

207 off

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 07:54 AM (hOUT3)

208 "We've met. Do I look like the kind of guy who would allow some miscreant to damage my vehicle and get away with it?."

No...no you would not.

Unfortunately, the last guy who felt that way in Baltimore was shot to death in broad daylight, during rush hour, at the busiest intersection in downtown.

Less than an hour after another arrest had been made at that intersection for a man with a gun.

And two hours after a serving Maryland State Senator had filed a police report concerning actions at that intersection.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:55 AM (uLr+K)

209 which of the many devices termed a go-devil is contemplated for the soup-bean operation ?

asking for a friend, who loves the rich imagery !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 09, 2022 07:52 AM (a82Er)

What some people would call a Maul or splitting axe for making firewood.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:55 AM (R5lpX)

210 "So they were all fired and can never hold those posts again, right?"

Training was held.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

*Mandatory* training --

Come on VIA, you know the way to make verbiage carry weight!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 07:56 AM (hOUT3)

211 "I am finding a lot of small business will knock of 3% if you pay by cash or check, which is why we must make all suspicious cash and check transactions illegal!"

Our favorite Hot Dog place in Mt. Pleasant gives a cash discount as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:56 AM (uLr+K)

212 The fear is great at Yahoo:

This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
______________

Meanwhile, there have now been multiple scientific studies done that have concluded that people who get vaxxed are actually more susceptible to getting infected with the virus than the unvaxxed, and yet our idiot government is continuing to fire thousands of military personnel for refusing to get vaxxed.

Idiocracy is not a dumb enough word for what our government has become.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 07:57 AM (MvHI3)

213 "*Mandatory* training --

Come on VIA, you know the way to make verbiage carry weight!"

My bad.

Rookie mistake on my part.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:57 AM (uLr+K)

214 190 "that the election commissars had no right to order unlimited use of unsupervised ballot drop-boxes back in 2020 !"

So they were all fired and can never hold those posts again, right?
Posted by: fd at July 09, 2022 07:45 AM (sn5EN)

Thanks fd, I always like to start Saturday morning by laughing out loud and scaring the dog!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 07:58 AM (hOUT3)

215 We've met. Do I look like the kind of guy who would allow some miscreant to damage my vehicle and get away with it?.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:50 AM (R5lpX)

ABC - Always Be Carrying. Apparently the squeegee guy was. :S

Posted by: pookysgirl never actually saw Glengarry Glen Ross at July 09, 2022 07:58 AM (XKZwp)

216 Rookie mistake on my part.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Be better VIA, be better!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 07:58 AM (hOUT3)

217 Morning all. Damn a bunch of you are already up and commenting and everything! Sipping on my first cup of coffee.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 09, 2022 07:59 AM (nxdel)

218 "ABC - Always Be Carrying. Apparently the squeegee guy was. :S"

Yeh, biggest take-away?

Never bring a baseball bat to a gun fight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:59 AM (uLr+K)

219 Have people stopped carrying balances on their credit cards? Used to be stores did everything in their power to get you to open an account because they made a mint off the interest charged on unpaid balances.

These extra charges remind me of the airlines billing you for everything but the use of the loo.

A lot of people are getting rich because they can.

Posted by: creeper at July 09, 2022 08:00 AM (cTCuP)

220
*Mandatory* training --

Come on VIA, you know the way to make verbiage carry weight!

Is it foolish to wonder whether sternly worded letters of reprimand were dropped in the miscreants' personnel files?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 09, 2022 08:00 AM (ZvxPV)

221 We need common sense squeegee laws. Enough is enough!

Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2022 08:01 AM (yUjc0)

222 Our favorite Hot Dog place in Mt. Pleasant gives a cash discount as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:56 AM (uLr+K)

A local restaurant we sometimes visit has a sign at the door that states..."prices on the menu reflect the cash price. There will be a 3.9% addition to your total for credit card purchase."

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:01 AM (R5lpX)

223 113 Doocy on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters: "So these Justices, because protesters do not agree with an opinion... have no right to privacy?"

Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Hmmm. Why the gun is civilization

Posted by: 7man at July 09, 2022 08:01 AM (qwO6y)

224 yet our idiot government is continuing to fire thousands of military personnel for refusing to get vaxxed.

Funny, I think most, if not all, of those fired military, are not #Woke. I am sure that is a mere coincidence!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:02 AM (hOUT3)

225 ""prices on the menu reflect the cash price. There will be a 3.9% addition to your total for credit card purchase."

Lot's of Dorchester County government transactions have a 'Credit Card fee' if one choses to go the plastic route as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:03 AM (uLr+K)

226 Greatest quote from a Denzel Washington movie...

You want to hold my gun?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 09, 2022 08:04 AM (tmStG)

227 It's about to get sporty. twitter is threatening to sue muck to enforce the deal. No way they will go through with a lawsuit because it will expose the actual number of bots on the platform.

Posted by: Fezzik at July 09, 2022 08:05 AM (bVYXr)

228 Is it foolish to wonder whether sternly worded letters of reprimand were dropped in the miscreants' personnel files?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

But of course...

However, they can be removed and replaced by a certificate showing completion of a mandatory rigorous advanced DIE training course (conducted at taxpayer expense).

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:05 AM (hOUT3)

229 yet our idiot government is continuing to fire thousands of military personnel for refusing to get vaxxed.

--

Since recruitment is down, maybe that flaming freak in the supervisory capacity of nuclear waste can get his/its friends to join en masse. That should make our enemies quake!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 09, 2022 08:05 AM (sVtYq)

230 My favorite gun store gives a discount for cash. I normally pay with cash anyway, but it's a nice gesture. And one less data point for the feds to track. I'm sure they have plenty of others.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 08:06 AM (BFigT)

231 You want to hold my gun?
Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 09, 2022 08:04 AM (tmStG

What I used to ask my girlfriends before I got married for $200 Alex.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:06 AM (R5lpX)

232 Musk may be a genius. But in idiotic times a "genius" can be someone who simply sees that two plus two equals four, that the emperor has no clothes and that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Musk'' approach was penetratingly moral and practical. He saw that twitter was grossly anti-freedom, thus a moral impulsion to act. He also saw that it was a paper giant riddled and rotted with fraud and mismanagement. So he tempted them irresistibly, then like a pied piper led them into the merciless maws of the auditor.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:06 AM (H8QX8)

233 Sipping on my first cup of coffee.
Posted by: jewells45

{{{Jewells}}} DaughterH just acquired a rescue female Australian Shepherd-Border Collie mix. Conor and I go to meet them today if the rain ever stops!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:08 AM (hOUT3)

234 More fun emails from meth-head Hunter's laptop. The latest show Hunter calling step-mom Jill a stupid whore and lying, evil, entitled c*nt because she was trying to convince Slow Joe to send his druggie spawn to rehab.

Hunter also mocks Jill and says she'd never last a day in an Ivy League school (like the one Hunter went to). Curiously, Hunter never stops to ponder why, if he's so damn smart, he's never held a real job in his life, and has spent his entire sordid existence grifting off his famous father's name.

It was likely Hunter's last name that got him admitted to Yale Law in the first place, and he certainly never did anything with the degree he received. His entire career has consisted of nothing more than selling access to dear old dad's influence and (illegal) favors. If Hunter is so damn smart and sophisticated, then why didn't he use his intelligence to achieve something on his own, rather than becoming a drugged-up, whore-mongering, sleazy crook who has to rely on daddy to make his illegal living?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:10 AM (MvHI3)

235 113 Doocy on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters: "So these Justices, because protesters do not agree with an opinion... have no right to privacy?"

Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Hmmm. Why the gun is civilization
Posted by: 7man

So mob violence = "Our Democracy". Its about time they admitted the obvious.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 09, 2022 08:10 AM (AHeqJ)

236 Maybe Musk has never had any actual intention of owning Twitter.

Posted by: davidt at July 09, 2022 08:11 AM (oTZbj)

237 Here's what's going to happen in WI without the dropboxs. The Democrats are going to hire a bunch of people to collect (and fill out) ballots in the Democrat leftist cities and bring them straight to their municipal clerk's office who are staffed entirely with Democrats. The clerk's office will accept them without question.
Isn't that how they do it in the Twin Cities, allowing Omar to keep getting elected.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 09, 2022 08:12 AM (qH6FZ)

238 VIA and Doof, my son is coming to visit soon and was thinking of going up to the Baltimore aquarium because he hasn't been in many years. Should I tell him not to go?

Posted by: bluebell at July 09, 2022 08:13 AM (aeePL)

239 DaughterH just acquired a rescue female Australian Shepherd-Border Collie mix. Conor and I go to meet them today if the rain ever stops!

Oh how fun! Please send some of that rain this way. We got some last week and it wasn't nearly enough.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 09, 2022 08:13 AM (nxdel)

240 Hunter also mocks Jill and says she'd never last a day in an Ivy League school (like the one Hunter went to). Curiously, Hunter never stops to ponder why, if he's so damn smart, he's never held a real job in his life, and has spent his entire sordid existence grifting off his famous father's name.

He is smart in a f'd up sort of way. He was able to receive millions of dollars of unearned money, craft a long lasting drug habit, have others clear the path for his long train of crimes, and knock up whores from around the world and never get the beatdown from any pimp.

He is living the gangsta life. You try doing that. You will be waist deep in debt, lawyers and trouble if you tried.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 09, 2022 08:14 AM (AHeqJ)

241 All my first dates bring a weapon and lipstick.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 09, 2022 08:14 AM (tmStG)

242 My wife Gurgled a few sites on the intertubes about info on how mother cats teach their kids and what you can do.

Worked great. We think that even though she was weaned, she had not been with the mother and siblings long enough to learn proper behavior.
Posted by: Bruce at July 09, 2022

Not exactly the same thing, but Mama Dog teaching the younguns is why a "choke" chain works so well in certain aspects of training dogs.

It simulates Mom giving the kiddo a quick nip on the neck to correct its behavior. The "choke" chain doesn't hurt the dog at all if used properly.
Similar results can be achieved by giving the pup/dog a quick pinch on the back of the neck.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 09, 2022 08:15 AM (5NkmN)

243 So mob violence = "Our Democracy". Its about time they admitted the obvious.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July

Exactly why the Founders did NOT want a democracy!

The most aberrant 51% of the population making "flexible" rules is not a solid basis for a civilization!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:16 AM (hOUT3)

244 It was likely Hunter's last name that got him admitted to Yale Law in the first place, and he certainly never did anything with the degree he received. His entire career has consisted of nothing more than selling access to dear old dad's influence and (illegal) favors. If Hunter is so damn smart and sophisticated, then why didn't he use his intelligence to achieve something on his own, rather than becoming a drugged-up, whore-mongering, sleazy crook who has to rely on daddy to make his illegal living?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:10 AM (MvHI3)

Did you see new rule from Yellen that requires Congress get permission to see illegal bank transactions? When Congress asked how do we get permission Treasury said it was a secret or something like that.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 08:16 AM (ex2Cx)

245 Thanks for posting this! I plan on using part of it in my class on rhetorical writing in the fall...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 09, 2022 08:17 AM (K5n5d)

246 I knew a Czech model in Hollywood, a lovely gal. She had a trained protection Malinois that accompanied her everywhere. She was also a skilled carpenter (she'd gone to a trade school as a girl in her homeland).

The dog did in fact save her from a mugging (or worse) once.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:18 AM (H8QX8)

247 Maybe Musk has never had any actual intention of owning Twitter.
Posted by: davidt

It was a win for him either way, and all the costs will be written off against his businesses.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:18 AM (hOUT3)

248 "Should I tell him not to go? "

Is he driving?

Get in and out during daylight hours.
Park as close to the aquarium as possible.
While walking, have nothing of value, including his phone in his hand or visible.

Another little trick that the yutes have developed is using stolen electric scooters to come up behind a victim, grab and go.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:18 AM (uLr+K)

249 Much like in the Netherlands, Justin Trudeau is bringing in a nitrogen emissions cap that will absolutely decimate Canadian farming. Why is nobody talking about this?

https://bit.ly/3atBrd8

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 09, 2022 08:18 AM (Do5/p)

250
He is living the gangsta life. You try doing that. You will be waist deep in debt, lawyers and trouble if you tried.
___________

Sure I would. Because my daddy is not Joe Biden. Hunter got paid millions because of who his father is, not because Hunter is smart. If Hunter was actually smart, he would have taken those ill-gotten millions and invested them in something lucrative and made himself a billionaire. But no, genius Hunter decided instead to piss away his grift money on drugs and hookers and strippers.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:19 AM (MvHI3)

251 247 Maybe Musk has never had any actual intention of owning Twitter.
Posted by: davidt

It was a win for him either way, and all the costs will be written off against his businesses.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

He's doing the ultimate troll.

Posted by: davidt at July 09, 2022 08:19 AM (oTZbj)

252 He is smart in a f'd up sort of way."

I prefer 'cunning'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:19 AM (uLr+K)

253 If Hunter was not a Biden he would either be on the street or dead. He is nothing without the name.

Posted by: fd at July 09, 2022 08:20 AM (sn5EN)

254 And the Sri Lanka government is no more

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:20 AM (ONvIw)

255 When Congress asked how do we get permission Treasury said it was a secret or something like that.
Posted by: rhennigantx at

Well, to be perfectly clear, there is NOTHING to see in those bank records (anymore), so you should be thanking us for saving you time and needless effort!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:20 AM (hOUT3)

256 Thanks, VIA. Yes, he would be driving. I will pass along your tips. I'm just wondering if he would be going through any squeegee intersections.

Posted by: bluebell at July 09, 2022 08:20 AM (aeePL)

257 Hunter decided instead to piss away his grift money on drugs and hookers and strippers.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:19 AM

And don't forget the Ten Percent for the "Big Guy."

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:21 AM (R5lpX)

258 "I'm just wondering if he would be going through any squeegee intersections. "

Almost certainly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:21 AM (uLr+K)

259 Our favorite Hot Dog place in Mt. Pleasant gives a cash discount as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 07:56 AM (uLr+K)

Mmmm, Hot Dogs....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 09, 2022 08:21 AM (PiwSw)

260 249. I am. The Sri Lankan government has fallen over food shortage.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:21 AM (ONvIw)

261 The most aberrant 51% of the population making "flexible" rules is not a solid basis for a civilization!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3)

This is why 'bots exist. Because the true number of rabble is low single digit. Most people are too involved in their own lives to waste on shouting down judges and making asses of them selves.

Twitter needed to create a perception of 51% or greater.

There was some historical observations about percentages of Muslims in a community to be able to completely turn it around and have it observe sharia. Wasn't much. Even the American Revolution had a small minority fed up with England and went up against a population just as large or larger who were Tories and didn't mind the King. Yet the majority didn't care.

Our Democracy™ = Leftist Violence

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 09, 2022 08:22 AM (AHeqJ)

262 And don't forget the Ten Percent for the "Big Guy."
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM

Yet people still say that Hunter has no business sense...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:22 AM (hOUT3)

263 Not exactly the same thing, but Mama Dog teaching the younguns is why a "choke" chain works so well in certain aspects of training dogs.

It simulates Mom giving the kiddo a quick nip on the neck to correct its behavior. The "choke" chain doesn't hurt the dog at all if used properly.
Similar results can be achieved by giving the pup/dog a quick pinch on the back of the neck.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 09, 2022 08:15 AM (5NkmN)
---
I imagine a similar dynamic is at work when you pick up a cat by the loose skin behind the neck. That's how mommy kittehs move them around.

My dad showed my how to calm a cat by doing that - you don't even have to pick them up, the sensation is very familiar to them. Some will just go limp.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:22 AM (llXky)

264 Oh no my McAffee subscription has expired again. It does this every damn day.

* digs out credit card *

Posted by: fd at July 09, 2022 08:22 AM (sn5EN)

265 Have no idea what Caan's politics were -- which is as it should be. Good actor.

Then there's Larry Storch. No idea about his politics either (I don't pay much attention). His stint on F Troop has gotten a lot of comments, but his part as Texas Jack in The Great Race was the one that always did it for me.

Top of the mornin' to all. Coffee now before going out to do battle with the lawn mower.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 09, 2022 08:23 AM (JzDjf)

266 Almost certainly.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:21 AM (uLr+K)
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Ugh. Ok, thanks.

Posted by: bluebell at July 09, 2022 08:24 AM (aeePL)

267 Maybe Musk has never had any actual intention of owning Twitter.
_____________

There were some people on business sites speculating that Musk had sent the "no deal" letter to Twitter as a tactic. They think he may be trying to push the twats into accepting a much lower tender offer.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:24 AM (MvHI3)

268 265 Have no idea what Caan's politics were -- which is as it should be. Good actor.

His character in "Thief" was uncompromising in a way few modern movies dare to show. Great performance.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:25 AM (H8QX8)

269 Bluebell!

If traveling up I-95, and taking 395 into the downtown area, he would be going through that EXAXT intersection while traveling to the aquarium.

Bring up google maps, and type in 'Light st and Conway' and it will take you right to the intersection. Then take note of where the aquarium is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:25 AM (uLr+K)

270 Have no idea what Caan's politics were -- which is as it should be. Good actor.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 09, 2022 08:23 AM (JzDjf)
---
He spent a year at Michigan State before transferring to Hofstra and then dropping out to become an actor.

He was the Grand Marshal for the 1997 Homecoming Parade and while not an alumnus, retained a lifelong affection for the Spartans. He was actually a walk-on football player, but never made the cut.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:26 AM (llXky)

271 If Hunter was actually smart, he would have taken those ill-gotten millions and invested them in something lucrative and made himself a billionaire.

I know a lot of people who are brilliant but are not billionaires or even multi-millionaires. Perhaps the love of money is not what compels them.

I do know that Hunter was smart enough to know that he could make a quarter of a million dollars every time he vomited on a canvas.

Leveraging the things you have around you is a skill.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 09, 2022 08:27 AM (AHeqJ)

272 254 And the Sri Lanka government is no more
Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:20 AM (ONvIw)

And they have killed around 400 so called rich people.

Coming to a North American Republic near you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 08:27 AM (ex2Cx)

273 Yellen putting barriers in place so it's difficult if not impossible to see the SAR's is amusing. You've got some faction in the capitol city hell bent on running the *biden's out of town and another faction doing shit like this to protect them. Everyone knows the *biden's are garbage people and Hunter the poster child. The incestuous nature of that place is disgusting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 08:27 AM (BFigT)

274 "EXAXT"?

Where the hell did that come from?

EXACT..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:27 AM (uLr+K)

275 There were some people on business sites speculating that Musk had sent the "no deal" letter to Twitter as a tactic. They think he may be trying to push the twats into accepting a much lower tender offer.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:24 AM (MvHI3)
---
The level of complexity in Musk's movements here is impressive. Twitter fought his acquisition, grudgingly accepted it, and are now going to sue him to make it happen.

Not sure how people are portraying this as a loss for him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:27 AM (llXky)

276 Send Nancy, Liz and Adam to Sri Lanka to see a real live insurrection. They might get a clue.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 09, 2022 08:27 AM (2NHgQ)

277 272. The government types who can have fled.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:28 AM (ONvIw)

278 Musk had sent the "no deal" letter to Twitter as a tactic. They think he may be trying to push the twats into accepting a much lower tender offer.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 09, 2022 08:24 AM (MvHI3)

Which would certainly suck for the shareholders and could possibly open the board of directors up for litigation vis a vis lack of fiduciary responsibility? IANAL so just a question to throw out there.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:28 AM (R5lpX)

279 Did Brett Kavanaugh cry like a baby when the commies came looking for him?

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 09, 2022 08:29 AM (R/m4+)

280 Hmmm, so having barely put down the trucker rebellion, they want to add farmers to the mix.

Let's see how this plays out...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:30 AM (llXky)

281 "Let's see how this plays out..."

Bold move, Cotton.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:30 AM (uLr+K)

282 272. Canada first maybe. Part of me wonders if the collectivists successfully manipulated the greedy Schwab types to push their agenda this hard, to bring us to this moment.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:31 AM (ONvIw)

283 279 Did Brett Kavanaugh cry like a baby when the commies came looking for him?

Probably. Didn't he write some sort of coda to the Roe ruling meant to placate the Left? Maybe he would have ruled differently if he'd realized he'd have to be slipping out the back of restaurants for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:31 AM (H8QX8)

284 Everyone is talking about James Caan, but no mention of 'Thief'.

More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at July 09, 2022 08:31 AM (88xKn)

285 Caan was also good in The Gambler.

Posted by: davidt at July 09, 2022 08:32 AM (oTZbj)

286 284 Everyone is talking about James Caan, but no mention of 'Thief'.

More coffee.
Posted by: dantesed at July 09, 2022 08:31 AM (88xKn)

268

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:32 AM (H8QX8)

287 Hmmm, so having barely put down the trucker rebellion, they want to add farmers to the mix.

Let's see how this plays out...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022

I'm gonna say the truckers would probably join up with the farmers considering that the meat and produce are delivered by truckers.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:33 AM (R5lpX)

288 The people in Holland and Sri Lanka need to go after Bill Gates. He's been " advising " sri lanka' s pols on green ag since 2018

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:34 AM (ONvIw)

289 Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:32 AM (H8QX

Glad somebody got it.

Posted by: dantesed at July 09, 2022 08:34 AM (88xKn)

290 "It was a win for him either way, and all the costs will be written off against his businesses.*

Obligatory Seinfeld clip:
https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 09, 2022 08:34 AM (QI0cN)

291 An armed society is a polite society.

The most polite people I've ever been around were my fellow soldiers in Vietnam. Everyone was carrying a loaded machine gun, and nobody wanted to be there. Even the people from New York and New Jersey were polite.

People who don't believe Heinlein's quote have never experienced an armed society.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at July 09, 2022 08:35 AM (ZEHVO)

292 Sipping on my first cup of coffee.
Posted by: jewells45 at July 09, 2022 07:59 AM (nxdel)

Good morning, Jewells!

You are a couple of time zones behind some of us, aren't you? But I'm EST and these Morons are still up commenting two hours before I am.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at July 09, 2022 08:36 AM (OX9vb)

293 I'd just like to say that at this point, having an international cabal run by John Houseman ala "Rollerball" would be a distinct improvement.

Also, I want that fireball handgun.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:36 AM (llXky)

294 Thanks again, VIA. It's sad - years ago we had a family membership to the aquarium because we loved it so much. And now you couldn't pay me to go.

Posted by: bluebell at July 09, 2022 08:37 AM (aeePL)

295 "But I'm EST and these Morons are still up commenting two hours before I am. "

Anything after sunrise...and you're burning daylight!

( Plus, Old Guy bladder)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:37 AM (uLr+K)

296 You are a couple of time zones behind some of us, aren't you? But I'm EST and these Morons are still up commenting two hours before I am.

Yeah, I'm CST. But I'm usually on here around 6:30 am my time and there's not that many comments!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 09, 2022 08:39 AM (nxdel)

297 " years ago we had a family membership to the aquarium because we loved it so much. And now you couldn't pay me to go. "

We have the family plan for the Charleston Aquarium now.

Much smaller, yet more intimate feeling.

And we can bring guests

*Insert hint here>>>>>

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:39 AM (uLr+K)

298 >>Probably. Didn't he write some sort of coda to the Roe ruling meant to placate the Left? Maybe he would have ruled differently if he'd realized he'd have to be slipping out the back of restaurants for the rest of his life.

I suspect being falsely dragged as a sexual predator during his nomination hearing and then having a crazy person show up outside his house with plans to kidnap and murder him and his family probably gave him a pretty good idea of what he was in for.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2022 08:40 AM (ZLI7S)

299 The Baltimore Aquarium was great! ... Twenty years ago...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 09, 2022 08:40 AM (QI0cN)

300 Hmmm, so having barely put down the trucker rebellion, they want to add farmers to the mix.
Let's see how this plays out...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022
I'm gonna say the truckers would probably join up with the farmers considering that the meat and produce are delivered by truckers.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:33 AM (R5lpX)

In all honesty, I have been surprised since the beginning of the destruction of middle and working class jobs and businesses started during COVID and continued today by people's own governments, that -

some city hall, capitol, whatever hasn't been stormed and everyone within hung from a lamppost.

While that's unlikely in the US and I would hope wouldn't happen, Holland may be the first in the 1st world category where we see it.

And it would be deserved. Their gov't is insane.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 09, 2022 08:40 AM (5NkmN)

301 I remember when the B'more aquarium first opened. My folks took us up a couple times and there was at least one, maybe two school field trips as well. My wife and I did a weekend getaway at the inner harbor back in the late 90's but that was the last time I've been anywhere near the D.C. and Baltimore area.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 08:42 AM (BFigT)

302 lost a patient today
no wait, I filled up my gas tank today

Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 09, 2022 08:42 AM (buTO7)

303 And we can bring guests

*Insert hint here>>>>>
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:39 AM (uLr+K)
---------

I will hold you to it some day!!!

Posted by: bluebell at July 09, 2022 08:42 AM (aeePL)

304 I don't know that I 've ever seen James Caan in any movie. I ve never seen The Godfather.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I'm not much of a movie person, but I knew who he was. Never saw any of the Godfathers, either. Had to look it up. Misery and Alien Nation might be the only 2 of his I've seen. I liked both.

And good morning, Fen.

Posted by: Oedipus at July 09, 2022 08:42 AM (Ajm6Y)

305 Teenage Mutant Ninja COVID

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 09, 2022 08:43 AM (ex2Cx)

306 "...some city hall, capitol, whatever hasn't been stormed and everyone within hung from a lamppost."

The State is too powerful. People would be killed and the subsequent lockdowns would make Covid look like kid stuff. People are going to have to be a lot more desperate.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:44 AM (H8QX8)

307 Civilization predates "the gun" by 5000 years give or take.

So there's obviously some flaw in the argument.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:46 AM (5Qjf9)

308 "People are going to have to be a lot more desperate."

You see what the Karen McWinemoms are willing to do just because the Supreme Court quit telling them what they can do with their bodies, and babies?

Now just imagine what happens when they can't get their Starbucks and box wines.

It will be anarchy in the streets.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 09, 2022 08:46 AM (uLr+K)

309 We don't torture people. Our government outsources that to other countries. Same with germ labs.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at July 09, 2022 08:47 AM (tmStG)

310 My thoughts on James Caan:

I wonder how many Playboy bunnies he banged?

And yes, i loved his movies.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 09, 2022 08:47 AM (APPN8)

311 The State is too powerful. People would be killed and the subsequent lockdowns would make Covid look like kid stuff. People are going to have to be a lot more desperate.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Yes, J6 could not have happened in my father's US of A, but it was refreshing reminder of the power of the state, if you had any doubts about today's america!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:47 AM (hOUT3)

312 I'm gonna say the truckers would probably join up with the farmers considering that the meat and produce are delivered by truckers.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:33 AM (R5lpX)
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Any nation where farmers *and* truckers go on strike has serious, serious problems on its hands...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 09, 2022 08:48 AM (K5n5d)

313 Was in Balt a few weeks ago for a couple of days. Squeegee "Workers" (LOL) at all major intersections especially on MLK Blvd. Pretty much just waive them off.

Visited the B&O rail museum ($20) Lots of interesting history. A/C was broken, so kinda stuffy in the Roundhouse. Good for 3 hours before I ran out of steam...no pun intended.

Posted by: Actually Inside the Beltway at July 09, 2022 08:48 AM (fMhOl)

314 Civilization predates "the gun" by 5000 years give or take.

So there's obviously some flaw in the argument.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

So then, all things being equal, you wouldn't mind living under a despot in AD 1000?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:49 AM (hOUT3)

315 Imagine a world where people riot because they can't kill babies...

Posted by: In my best Rod Serling Voice at July 09, 2022 08:50 AM (QI0cN)

316 I don't know that I 've ever seen James Caan in any movie. I ve never seen The Godfather.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I would consider The Godfather part of the American canon at this point. Not only is it an excellent movie in itself, but its musings on family and society are timeless.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:50 AM (llXky)

317 So then, all things being equal, you wouldn't mind living under a despot in AD 1000?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:49 AM (hOUT3)

But "all things being equal" is obviously untrue. I'd be 20 years in the grave without modern pharmaceuticals.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:51 AM (5Qjf9)

318 The State is too powerful. People would be killed and the subsequent lockdowns would make Covid look like kid stuff. People are going to have to be a lot more desperate.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:44 AM (H8QX

TBH, I am sort of expecting something like the closing chapters of "Unintended Consequences" to happen, whereby certain politicians and Uber leftist mega donors start "mysteriously dying" for no apparent reason.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:52 AM (R5lpX)

319 The State is too powerful. People would be killed and the subsequent lockdowns would make Covid look like kid stuff. People are going to have to be a lot more desperate.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 09, 2022 08:44 AM (H8QX

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The state is tottering, on the brink of collapse. A lot of people who wanted an uprising (including commenters here) are nothing thinking things through.

Once that line is crossed, it cannot be uncrossed and normal people understand on a visceral level that this is not to be done lightly.

History shows us that people have to be pushed into rebellion. Those societies that are more prone to such uprisings tend to be less stable overall.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:52 AM (llXky)

320 Brian Piccolo to Billy Dee Williams' Gayle Sayers.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 09, 2022 06:34 AM (LrYuZ)
--------
Alan. Bourdillion. Traherne.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 09, 2022 08:53 AM (aaGzp)

321 > Any nation where farmers *and* truckers go on strike has serious, serious problems on its hands...
____________

However, last winter just after the Canadian authorities curb stomped their own trucker strike there was supposed to be an American trucker strike. All that materialized out of that was some mouthing off, a couple trucks circling the Beltway and... then nothing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 08:54 AM (BFigT)

322 Krakatoa is the world's major source of black diamonds.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 09, 2022 08:55 AM (yikp0)

323 The state is tottering, on the brink of collapse.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:52 AM (llXky)

It's also on the brink of establishing a totalitarian world order, that makes Orwell and Huxley look like pikers.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:55 AM (5Qjf9)

324 But "all things being equal" is obviously untrue. I'd be 20 years in the grave without modern pharmaceuticals.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:51 AM (5Qjf9)
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The author was attempting to illustrate the very new phenomenon of being able to go out at night in complete safety.

Completely unknown in human history till around the 1850s. It was known that at dusk one locked the doors and - in placed like Imperial Rome - servants kept watch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:55 AM (llXky)

325 OT

really enjoying the ewetoob channel Diesel Creek. dude basically is building his dream shopon his property, and is purchasing, using, then flipping the heavy equipment he needs to prep the land. good mechanical and trobleshooting skills and techniques in use.

link to his channel if you're interested in that stuff.
https://m.youtube.com/user/mstetar

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at July 09, 2022 08:56 AM (MrZQl)

326 But "all things being equal" is obviously untrue. I'd be 20 years in the grave without modern pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:51 AM (5Qjf9)

I'm gonna go out out on a limb here and guess that you're one of those people who believe that law abiding citizens shouldn't be allowed to carry guns in public for any reason and expects the cops to protect them.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 08:56 AM (R5lpX)

327 It's also on the brink of establishing a totalitarian world order, that makes Orwell and Huxley look like pikers.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:55 AM (5Qjf9)
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This is the NWO's Kaiserschlacht. It looks impressive, seems to be gaining ground, but it's really a last, desperate throw before their system collapses.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:56 AM (llXky)

328 I am asking the intercession of St. Titus Brandsma to aid the truckers and give the people more freedom from their oppressive government.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 08:56 AM (mGRvI)

329 Rollerball was a great role for Caan. Like Soylent Green for Charlton Heston, it showed the possible future under Gubmint evil.

Posted by: Jonah at July 09, 2022 08:56 AM (WY8d2)

330 History shows us that people have to be pushed into rebellion. Those societies that are more prone to such uprisings tend to be less stable overall.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

What about nudging, nudging is OK, right?

Stable civilizations do NOT seem to be the historical state of affairs!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:57 AM (hOUT3)

331 Completely unknown in human history till around the 1850s.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:55 AM (llXky)

More likely due to street lighting than guns.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:58 AM (5Qjf9)

332 Wasn't Caan in 'A Bridge too Far' or 'A Movie too Long'?

Posted by: dantesed at July 09, 2022 08:58 AM (88xKn)

333 Lefty women on Twitter putting forth the idea that abortion and trans will save the planet. Yes they want to neuter kids. You first. Daina

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 08:58 AM (ONvIw)

334 Always thought the best part of the Godfather, was Making Michael a medal winning War Hero in the Pacific. In the book he was a Captain who left Dartmouth to volunteer against the Don's wihes

Posted by: Jonah at July 09, 2022 08:59 AM (WY8d2)

335 it's really a last, desperate throw before their system collapses.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 08:56 AM (llXky)

The problem is that it's not "their system", it's everyone's system. So we're all f*cked.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:59 AM (5Qjf9)

336 Posted by: Paul at July 09, 2022 08:58 AM (vDqIW)

Yes, and, when all else fails, "Trust your betters!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 08:59 AM (hOUT3)

337 33. Yes he was. good catch

Posted by: Jonah at July 09, 2022 09:00 AM (WY8d2)

338 More likely due to street lighting than guns.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 09, 2022 08:58 AM (5Qjf9)
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In some instances, but pocket pistols were immensely popular everywhere in the West. Gun control only came later.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 09:00 AM (llXky)

339 My husband and son have seen it, but I'm off dark movies at the moment and a movie about the mafia doesn't appeal to me, but I understand it's an excellent film and I know people who have watched it dozens of times news

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 09:00 AM (mGRvI)

340 Karen at Grocery store: "Do you really think a "Don't tread on me" t-shirt is appropriate?"

Marcus T: "Do you really think tastefully exposing your decoupage means showing some nipple?"

Posted by: Marcus T at July 09, 2022 09:01 AM (s1dWN)

341 Covfeve Thread is up!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 09:01 AM (hOUT3)

342 The best guy we could hope for in England's new PM race dropped out. Def Minister Wallace. Deep state over there wants the Hindu to win, aka Obama

Posted by: Jonah at July 09, 2022 09:01 AM (WY8d2)

343 Of course if a robber suspected his victim of being armed he might just shoot him first just to be safe
Posted by: Paul

Do you have any supporting information for this assertion?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2022 09:01 AM (HA9eg)

344 You know what else gives all Americans the ability to easily kill others so easily?

Posted by: fd at July 09, 2022 09:01 AM (sn5EN)

345 Marko Kloos books are one of my guilty pleasures, I think that I’ve read every one he’s written. They are military science fiction, with great characters and great action.

Posted by: Akua Makana at July 09, 2022 09:02 AM (CJVha)

346 342. Decoupage? You mean decolletage

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 09:02 AM (ONvIw)

347 Yes the 2nd Amendment apparently gives all Amercans the ability to easily kill others so easily. And to rein in a tyrannical government we also should be fighting for our right to possess RPGs and IEDs
Posted by: Paul at July 09, 2022 08:58 AM (vDqIW

And yet, except for criminals who don't obey the law anyway and the rare nutjob who passed under the radar and decided to get their fifteen minutes of fame by shooting up a school or parade, there is no mayhem in the streets from law abiding citizens having wild west shoot outs.

IED's are fairly easy to make, if one were so inclined.

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

348 Decollete. I guess spell check doesn't like The Frogs.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 09, 2022 09:08 AM (s1dWN)

349 It was funnier as decoupage (sp)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 09:09 AM (mGRvI)

350 349. I guess he likes the artform

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 09:12 AM (ONvIw)

351 Greetings:

"God created all men and Samuel Colt made them equal."

I think that's what Marty was trying to say.

Posted by: 11B40 at July 09, 2022 09:37 AM (uuklp)

352 29:
"quarter size hail"? I bet you were glad it wasn't half size or full size!

Posted by: Dr. Weevil at July 09, 2022 10:37 AM (AMezC)

353
This is funny cuz it's true.

https://tinyurl.com/336zsj9c

Also hilariously sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 09, 2022 10:44 AM (5NkmN)

354 It's finally happened. Biden approval falls below Trump’s worst point. It impacts everything. 2 others from @Rasmussen_Poll

1 - Generic ballot expands to 8 points for GOP, 3-points in a week.

2 - Consumer confidence at lowest level recorded.

Posted by: SMOD at July 09, 2022 10:52 AM (X5CsJ)

355 Shorter version of this column. "God made all men. Samuel Colt made them equal."

Posted by: Mike K at July 09, 2022 11:02 AM (o3Ds4)

356 Why is it in the country thst author claims is most civilized is crime and murder so high?

Posted by: Paul at July 09, 2022 11:58 AM (vDqIW)

357 Funny how police consider themselves warriors...and the protectors of freedom....want people who disagree with them (felons and others) disarmed.

Posted by: Broken Apple at July 09, 2022 04:33 PM (MhAqr)

358 It appears after a quick look at Markus Kloos's twitter posts, that he has a severe case of TDS. He also removed his novel from Hugo award consideration in 2015 after "Sad Puppies" campaign voted for it, as they were evil right wingers.
Seems to be a full fledged commie now.. I suggest reading less of Marko's garbage and more of Larry Correia's novels.

Posted by: VAR1ABLE at July 10, 2022 01:17 AM (gC9O2)

359 https://tinyurl.com/2zxw4m63
Full on commie now.

Posted by: VAR1ABLE at July 10, 2022 01:21 AM (gC9O2)

360 Inspiring ѕtory there. What happened after? Take cɑre!

Posted by: upriver at July 11, 2022 12:27 AM (iXooi)

361 The first rule of all Tyrants, Dictators, Despots is Disarm the People it worked for Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Castro

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 11, 2022 06:28 PM (wGqjj)

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