EMT 07/23/22

Going to be a good day. Treating my best friend to his favorite meal, then taking him to see Lynyrd Skynyrd. When you only have one friend, it pays to treat them nice on their birthday. I'm getting older, and those bodies just don't bury themselves. (FBI: That's what they call a joke.)

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:01 AM (2JoB8)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Saturday, July 23, 2022.. On this day in 1903 the Ford Motor Company sold its first car.

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:01 AM (mZwKe)

3 Experts slam Pete Buttigieg's comments on EVs: 'A con job'

He claimed EVs were just as cheap as regular cars. He is a liar.

https://tinyurl.com/2bftxb67

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:01 AM (mZwKe)

4 In like Flint. Yeah Buddy

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:01 AM (R5lpX)

5 Fauci just will not go away.

Fauci sounds alarm on 'need' for COVID vaccines that 'protect against infection'

https://tinyurl.com/yas99ysx

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:01 AM (mZwKe)

6 Jesse Watters: If you attack a Republican politician in New York, you'll be out before dinner

https://tinyurl.com/mtj9x9n

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

7 Howdy Vic. How's things in the northeast part of the state?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:02 AM (R5lpX)

8 If reelected in 2024, Trump is planning to cut about 50,000 administrative state employees to rein in unelected technocrats in federal government agencies that have great influence over policies impacting American workers, according to the outlet.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8jcehn

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

9 Political cartoon of the day:

https://tinyurl.com/2nex46cs

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:03 AM (mZwKe)

10 RAMIREZ

https://tinyurl.com/2npx27y7

and that's it for today.

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:03 AM (mZwKe)

11 I have seen Skynrd pre and post Ronnie, obviously not the same, but the new version ain't half bad.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 06:05 AM (oWBc3)

12 7 Howdy Vic. How's things in the northeast part of the state?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:02 AM (R5lpX)

No problems

Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:05 AM (mZwKe)

13 In like Flint. Yeah Buddy
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says

Flint

Our man

Even before Otis Day

Posted by: James Miklos-Coburn at July 23, 2022 06:07 AM (BwzLH)

14 Hiya Vic !

Thank for the VNN !

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2022 06:08 AM (T4tVD)

15 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2022 06:08 AM (T4tVD)

16 It wasn't the first modle Ford ( T?) But maybe second model A than my grandfather had as his first car, fairly sure was used too.

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:08 AM (2JoB8)

17 Beautiful morning here in central Ontario.

Posted by: Man facing North East at July 23, 2022 06:08 AM (50rwN)

18 If reelected in 2024, Trump is planning to cut about 50,000 administrative state employees to rein in unelected technocrats in federal government agencies that have great influence...
Posted by: vic /s at July 23, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)
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They're not just going to go away. Did he say anything about offering them free helicopter rides?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 06:09 AM (EZebt)

19 Mornin' Mista Vic

*a drop of the Brown, just because why not*

Posted by: Mid-State Miklos at July 23, 2022 06:09 AM (BwzLH)

20 have seen Skynrd pre and post Ronnie, obviously not the same, but the new version ain't half bad.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 06:05 AM (oWBc3)

**

I had a ticket to see Skynyrd in Gulfport when I was stationed at Keesler in Biloxi in '76/77. Wish I had kept/not lost that ticket.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:09 AM (R5lpX)

21 hiya

deja-vous all over again

Posted by: Yogi Berra at July 23, 2022 06:10 AM (BwzLH)

22 Fauci sounds alarm on 'need' for COVID vaccines that 'protect against infection'

Because they work so well.

Morning! Thanks for the news Vic!

Posted by: Bruce at July 23, 2022 06:11 AM (vd8XM)

23 deja-vous all over again
Posted by: Yogi Berra

Uncle Joe has vuja-day.

He has no idea what's going on.

Posted by: Bruce at July 23, 2022 06:12 AM (vd8XM)

24 and that's it for today.
Posted by: vic

Hear that people?

Vic says everybody has a Personal Day.

Posted by: Lazy, lazy Miklos at July 23, 2022 06:12 AM (BwzLH)

25 I have always thought, "Gimme Back My Bullets" would be a suitable replacement for "Texas Our Texas" as a state song.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 06:12 AM (oWBc3)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 23, 2022 06:13 AM (ENBF0)

27 He claimed EVs were just as cheap as regular cars. He is a liar.
Posted by: vic /s

I wonder if they factor in the expense of replacing the battery? Those things are expensive.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 23, 2022 06:13 AM (0vFtj)

28 have always thought, "Gimme Back My Bullets" would be a suitable replacement for "Texas Our Texas" as a state song.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 06:12 AM (oWBc3)

**

"Give Me Three Steps" was the theme song at a biker bar I used to hang out at.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:15 AM (R5lpX)

29 I would fund research if it involved Fauci being infected with monkeypox eleven times and having his head eaten by sand flies and radioactive Super Beagles.

Posted by: Except that Miklos likes beagles at July 23, 2022 06:16 AM (BwzLH)

30 I wonder if they factor in the expense of replacing the battery? Those things are expensive.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 23, 2022 06:13 AM (0vFtj)

**

That's the argument we used to talk our granddaughter out of buying one.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:16 AM (R5lpX)

31 radioactive Super Beagles.
Posted by: Except that Miklos

Would the Beagles have lasers?

Posted by: Bruce at July 23, 2022 06:17 AM (vd8XM)

32 Good morning again.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2022 06:17 AM (fBY/Q)

33 That's the argument we used to talk our granddaughter out of buying one.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says

That's not an argument.

Posted by: yes it is at July 23, 2022 06:17 AM (BwzLH)

34 I wonder if they factor in the expense of replacing the battery? Those things are expensive.
Posted by: Blutarski,

Pffft, just throw the car away and buy a new on.

...Pete, with one hand in your pocket looking for more than your wallet...

Posted by: Bruce at July 23, 2022 06:18 AM (vd8XM)

35 You're wrong. An argument isn't just contradiction.

Yes, it is!! Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.

...No, it isn't.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2022 06:19 AM (fBY/Q)

36 Would the Beagles have lasers?
Posted by: Bruce

That would be cool, but I want that fucker to Suffer

Posted by: Miklos is right damn out of the Milk of Human Kindness in this case at July 23, 2022 06:19 AM (BwzLH)

37 Good morning, All!

I thank God for helping me through the worst two weeks of my life.

Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 06:19 AM (w/OAj)

38 "Give Me Three Steps" was the theme song at a biker bar I used to hang out at.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:15 AM (R5lpX)
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Only biker bar I've been to is the Dinosaur in Syracuse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 06:19 AM (EZebt)

39 The charging issue relative to the grid is the ev Achilles. It's a classic do-loop, the grid can't handle a serious influx of personal EVs charging for long periods off a standard household setup. But the grid can't also handle higher kv super chargers dispersed across the same customer base even if they are time differentiated to non peak charging hours. Not to mention the expense of the latter. These people aren't stupid, they are malevolent, they know you can't conjure electricity from nothing.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 06:20 AM (oWBc3)

40 "Con Job" indeed.

We're seeing the late stage corruption of the Party. Individuals are selected not for any particular aptitude, competence, integrity, character, none of that old fashioned stuff.

Just good loyal apparatchiks. Pretty damn scary. If you're not outraged and appalled, you're not paying attention.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2022 06:20 AM (oVN7e)

41 I thank God for helping me through the worst two weeks of my life.
Posted by: JM

We're pulling for you!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2022 06:20 AM (fBY/Q)

42 Morning, all (if baby Stirling will let me type)! Some coffee and toast to start me off, perhaps a pipe -- some Carter Hall? -- a shave and cleanup, true breakfast. And then the real errands begin. Still, it's Saturday -- room for an afternoon nap, for instance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 06:21 AM (c6xtn)

43 I thank God for helping me through the worst two weeks of my life.
Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 06:19 AM (w/OAj)
===
b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 06:21 AM (EZebt)

44 I used to notice young people buying old luxury cars like a Benz or Jag because of the name, not taking into consideration rapidly approaching repairs. Same thing is starting to happen with EVs and hybrids.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 23, 2022 06:22 AM (lz5hY)

45 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 23, 2022 06:22 AM (D4MZJ)

46 A Covid vaccine vaccine is needed.

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:22 AM (2JoB8)

47 I worked at a bar that closed at 4 AM. Most nights the closing "song" was John Wayne-America, that's why I love Her

Posted by: Miklos knew when to put on the sunglasses because they also turned up the lights at July 23, 2022 06:22 AM (BwzLH)

48 Krak, in your first sentence, I thought you were referring to your dog ("treating my best friend to his favorite meal"). Even better, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 06:22 AM (c6xtn)

49 Going to a convention so will see more people than normal for me, unvaxed and all.

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:23 AM (2JoB8)

50 31 radioactive Super Beagles.
Posted by: Except that Miklos

Would the Beagles have lasers?
Posted by: Bruce at July 23, 2022 06:17 AM (vd8XM)

Never fear, Underdog is Here!

Posted by: Finally, a reboot I can support at July 23, 2022 06:24 AM (PiwSw)

51 Going to a convention so will see more people than normal for me, unvaxed and all.
Posted by: Skip

Not if it is a convention of introverts.

Or procrastinators for that matter.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2022 06:24 AM (fBY/Q)

52 Same thing is starting to happen with EVs and hybrids.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Not to mention the Grays and Reptilians.

Posted by: Art Bell's Other Bartender at July 23, 2022 06:24 AM (BwzLH)

53 I thank God for helping me through the worst two weeks of my life.
Posted by: JM

It's all there

Always has been

Posted by: Fen does this better at July 23, 2022 06:26 AM (BwzLH)

54 Or procrastinators for that matter.
Posted by: Tonypete

Tell me about it!

Tomorrow.

Posted by: Miklos, organizer of the quasi-Annual Procrastinators' Convention at July 23, 2022 06:28 AM (BwzLH)

55 Just good loyal apparatchiks. Pretty damn scary. If you're not outraged and appalled, you're not paying attention.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2022 06:20 AM (oVN7e)
===
25 years ago Willie Brown appointed the son of a judge and a political climber to the police commission, and now that dumb gel-headed bastard is visiting the White House conspiring with the chick who polished Willie's knob to slime his way in by squeezing out the president.

It is beyond parody.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 06:28 AM (EZebt)

56 PowerLine funnies

https://tinyurl.com/mt2zt4n2

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 23, 2022 06:28 AM (0vFtj)

57 Does Omicron cause you to lose your sense of smell? Because if Joe can't sniff the hair of pre-pubescent girls, I don't know how he'll take that.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2022 06:28 AM (PiwSw)

58 thank God for helping me through the worst two weeks of my life.
Posted by: JM

It's all there

Always has been
Posted by: Fen does this better at July 23, 2022 06:26 AM (BwzLH)

**

God is always looking over your shoulder. Problem is, the devil is always in the other shoulder

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:29 AM (R5lpX)

59 Hey Vic,

If you are still having problems with your Bluetooth audio distribution, you might want to try out low powered FM, like a whole house transmitter. There are some on Amazon.

Posted by: pawn at July 23, 2022 06:29 AM (wsHtO)

60 Never fear, Underdog is Here!
Posted by: Finally, a reboot

Pfft

Posted by: Mr. Peabody and his Boy Sherman at July 23, 2022 06:29 AM (BwzLH)

61 Not sure where a article about Gas VS EV vehicles that returns for issues for each EV's are more than double %

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:30 AM (2JoB8)

62 I look at Powerline week in pictures and Bad Blue as same, adult funnies

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:34 AM (2JoB8)

63 Good morning all! Just waved goodbye to Kidsharn, leaving for a week long vacation. Glad I have the doggehs to keep me company.

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 23, 2022 06:37 AM (PzBTm)

64 I look at Powerline week in pictures and Bad Blue as same, adult funnies
Posted by: Skip

I prefer immaturity, because I'm better at that

Posted by: That Miklos Kid at July 23, 2022 06:37 AM (BwzLH)

65 Pixy told me to type something.

S o m e t h I n g

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:37 AM (R5lpX)

66 And a typo

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:38 AM (R5lpX)

67 Anything happen this week?

No?

usual

Posted by: Mary Worth at July 23, 2022 06:39 AM (BwzLH)

68 BTDT

Posted by: The Owl in the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial at July 23, 2022 06:39 AM (R5lpX)

69 Do you still have the hots for me?

Posted by: Steve Canyon at July 23, 2022 06:40 AM (R5lpX)

70 NYC has a street parking problem. It's obvious that the plan is to eliminate 50% of cars in NYC. Manhattan may end up with no overnight street parking. I have off street parking.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 23, 2022 06:41 AM (b+v9B)

71 Speaking of procrastination -- I'm sure we're going to hear they caught the Supreme Court leaker any day now....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2022 06:41 AM (PiwSw)

72 No?

usual
Posted by: Mary Worth at July 23, 2022 06:39 AM (BwzLH)

Ha ha. Do you still have the hots for me?

Posted by: Steve Canyon at July 23, 2022 06:41 AM (R5lpX)

73 As usual, I show up and everyone heads out for breakfast. Have a great day - I'm going to have more coffee and get started on chores.

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 23, 2022 06:41 AM (PzBTm)

74 Pixy told me to type something.

S o m e t h I n g
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says

You get a Smiley Face!

Now get on that short bus

I need it back

Posted by: Second Grade Techer Mrs. Miklos at July 23, 2022 06:41 AM (BwzLH)

75 70 NYC has a street parking problem. It's obvious that the plan is to eliminate 50% of cars in NYC. Manhattan may end up with no overnight street parking. I have off street parking.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 23, 2022 06:41 AM (b+v9B)

They have to save one spot for Ernest Borgnine's taxi.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2022 06:42 AM (PiwSw)

76 Supposed to be hotter than a Red Pepper Fart today.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:44 AM (R5lpX)

77 Ha ha. Do you still have the hots for me?
Posted by: Steve Canyon

I am "mentoring" Dondi

Posted by: Mary Worth, groomer at July 23, 2022 06:44 AM (BwzLH)

78 If nothing else will hopefully get to post a hobby picture on the hobby thread

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:44 AM (2JoB8)

79 Upper 90s today, saying 100 tomorrow. Don't think had 100 in years so must be global warming, or summer

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:45 AM (2JoB8)

80 Upper 90s today, saying 100 tomorrow. Don't think had 100 in years so must be global warming, or summer
Posted by: Skip

Only 80s in SC, obviously something is RONG

Posted by: World Miklos Forum at July 23, 2022 06:46 AM (BwzLH)

81 I really need to clean up/reorganize my shop, but it would be just like moving chairs around on the Titanic.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:47 AM (R5lpX)

82 Only 80s in SC, obviously something is RONG
Posted by: World Miklos Forum at July 23, 2022 06:46 AM (BwzLH)

**

Where are you in SC that it's only going to be 80's?

I'm in upstate right at base of mountains and it's going to be mid 90's.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:50 AM (R5lpX)

83 >>>Going to be a good day.

=====

You got that right. My son's HS team won the state's 3A baseball championship last night. First ever. Honored to be the assistant coach for the past 23 years. It's almost 6 am and haven't been to sleep yet. Too excited. Have a great day horde!!!

Posted by: Turn Two at July 23, 2022 06:54 AM (RnDuz)

84 Jersey sometimes it's cooler on coast than inland

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:54 AM (2JoB8)

85 It took "experts" to debunk Mayor Pete?

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 06:56 AM (Z3zbM)

86 Taking off
See you from the road

Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2022 06:56 AM (2JoB8)

87 Seeya around Skip

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:57 AM (R5lpX)

88 Congrats T. T.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:58 AM (R5lpX)

89 Posted by: Turn Two at July 23, 2022 06:54 AM (RnDuz)

Congratulations

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 06:58 AM (EZebt)

90 Car needs packed. Grands are of no help.

Off to compete in the NC/SC Coastal Grand Prix. Later Horde.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2022 06:59 AM (fBY/Q)

91 20 degrees cooler today. Heat Index only 105.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 23, 2022 07:00 AM (D4MZJ)

92 Time for the upbeat early morning greeting from Salty.

They should be back in a few weeks, and then resume his normal posting.

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

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

93 Good day: going to take the Franpsycho kids out to our favorite Korean place for lunch. Dolsit bibimbop.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 07:01 AM (EZebt)

94 Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:02 AM (ex2Cx)

95 Morning all. Krak brings the content this morning! For a moment I thought Sefton was subbing in..,,,

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 23, 2022 07:04 AM (sKIIv)

96 One of the subtle changes post Rudy that challenged quality of life in NYC was the relaxing of the "Don't Block the Box" enforcement. Cross town traffic in Manhattan is hellish at times these days.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 07:05 AM (oWBc3)

97 The challenge asks TikTokers and YouTubers to equip their air rifles or water guns with gel pellets and fire them at unsuspecting victims as a prank.

what could go wrong

Dion Middleton, 45 (right), was arrested and charged for the murder of Raymond Chaluisant, 18 (left), after the TikToker allegedly fired at him from a car with an air rifle using Orbeez soft gel balls used in the viral 'Orbeez Challenge' videos.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:07 AM (ex2Cx)

98 Morning, Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 23, 2022 07:09 AM (UnQlg)

99 I only have apple sauce and a banana for breakfast and I'm at work. I guess I'll miss Lynetd Skynerd too. But hey, other than that I well pleased with this Saturday morning.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 07:10 AM (gktX6)

100 Morning Fluff

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:12 AM (R5lpX)

101 Raymond Chaluisant, 18 was just out playing with a toy. It was hot and they were using water guns to cool off.

Posted by: The rest of the story at July 23, 2022 07:12 AM (sn5EN)

102 wait wut?

Drop in air pollution has INCREASED global warming because clean air does not contain aerosol particles that reflect sunlight and cool the Earth

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:13 AM (ex2Cx)

103 Raymond Chaluisant, 18, did in fact, cool off.

Posted by: The rest of the story at July 23, 2022 07:13 AM (sn5EN)

104 Blocking the box is de rigueur in NYC now. When you come to a large intersection, stay to the right. There is more room there.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 23, 2022 07:13 AM (b+v9B)

105 Air soft guns need a permit in NYC.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 23, 2022 07:15 AM (b+v9B)

106 Drop in air pollution has INCREASED global warming because clean air does not contain aerosol particles that reflect sunlight and cool the Earth
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:13 AM (

**

Quick!!! Everyone go out and start your vehicles. Let them idle in the driveway. We need the smog!

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:15 AM (R5lpX)

107 Morning, Guy What Says

Are you still smoke free?

Posted by: fluffy at July 23, 2022 07:15 AM (UnQlg)

108 "Raymond Chaluisant, 18, did in fact, cool off."

At least he died doing what he loved.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

109 Are you still smoke free?
Posted by: fluffy at July 23, 2022 07:15 AM (UnQlg)

**

A week so far. Went from stock in tobacco companies to stock in candy companies.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:17 AM (R5lpX)

110 I found a yahoo article but no pics of the people involved.

Anyone goatta link?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 23, 2022 07:18 AM (1DgE4)

111 At least he died doing what he loved.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

**

Was he an aspiring rapper, too?

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:18 AM (R5lpX)

112 VIA, all your watchstanders make muster this morning? Hope none still in sick bay?

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 07:18 AM (gktX6)

113 krak

A friend will help you move;
A good friend will help you move bodies;
A best friend will come over at 0200 with a backhoe, lime, and a shovel after a 0100 phone call and won't ask questions.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:18 AM (hOUT3)

114 Who doesn't shoot unsuspecting people with a quasi-pellet gun for fun? Is this like practice for upcoming drive-bys? Play for blood Johnny Ringo.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 07:18 AM (oWBc3)

115 "Jesus vero ait eis: Sinite parvulos, et nolite eos prohibere ad me venire: talium est enim regnum caelorum. "

Matthaeus 19:14

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:19 AM (ifHdv)

116 'Good morning!
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.'
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

You have done well VIA, NaCly will appreciate the fine work!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:21 AM (hOUT3)

117 "Who doesn't shoot unsuspecting people with a quasi-pellet gun for fun? Is this like practice for upcoming drive-bys?"

Uvalde shooter did the same kind of thing.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 07:22 AM (sn5EN)

118 Daylight showing at the windows now. When I stepped outside, I saw what looks like rain clouds to the south. And local TV says 50% chance of rain today. I guess I won't wash the car this morning! Perhaps I'll go out to breakfast tomorrow morning and get the car clean afterward?

Decades is having a Wild Wild West marathon today, with the very first episode airing at 11 Central.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 07:23 AM (c6xtn)

119 A survey on transmission of the coronavirus has found that the major reason people report wearing masks in Japan is not to mitigate risk nor be altruistic but to conform to a social norm (46), and studies in the United States have found that perceptions of the extent to which one’s social circle engages in preventive behaviors are strongly related to one’s own behaviors (47, 4

. People tend to do what they think their community expects them to do (49). If policymakers and science communicators can convince influential thought leaders from political, religious, or cultural groups with whom people holding anti-consensus beliefs identify, then these thought leaders may be able to alter their followers’ views.

When your SCIENCTISM fails, go straight to witch trials and town square stocks.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:23 AM (ex2Cx)

120 Parvulos is such a wonderful word in the Latin - little ones. You can almost hear the Master using that phrase in Aramaic.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 07:24 AM (oWBc3)

121 'VIA, all your watchstanders make muster this morning? Hope none still in sick bay?'

I'm starting day three of no fever.
Mrs VIA is now at 12 hours with no motrin, and no fever.
Little VIA was tested at the Weapons Station clinic yesterday, and is free and clear.

But we have been getting calls from up and down the east coast from friends who are getting it. And no common source of contact.

I bet I can name eight people who have tested positive in the last three days, in four different States.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:25 AM (1n+EO)

122 Are you still smoke free?
Posted by: fluffy at July 23, 2022 07:15 AM (UnQlg)

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A week so far. Went from stock in tobacco companies to stock in candy companies.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022

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Congratulations to you! My first weekend booze-free, I drank coffee and ate M & Ms, so I know how it goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 07:25 AM (c6xtn)

123 Uvalde shooter did the same kind of thing.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 07:22 AM (sn5EN)

There was a story about him shooting BB guns at older people and at parks where kids played.

If nothing else you would think some dad would have shove about of foot or so up his ass as a lesson!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:26 AM (ex2Cx)

124 When your SCIENCTISM fails, go straight to witch trials and town square stocks.
Posted by: rhennigantx a

Truly, the tried and true old ways are best!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:26 AM (hOUT3)

125 Hyundai is keeping it's car prices low by employing illegal immigrant children in Alabama. Doing the work Americans won't do, mostly because it's too easy to live in America without doing any work.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 07:26 AM (sn5EN)

126 "NaCly will appreciate the fine work!"

Thank you.
It's a small thing to do for someone like Salty.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:27 AM (1n+EO)

127 Good morning.
Looks around.

What am I doing here.I'm never here this early.

Drinks more coffee.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 23, 2022 07:28 AM (Y+l9t)

128 These people aren't stupid, they are malevolent, they know you can't conjure electricity from nothing.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 06:20 AM (oWBc3)
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Sorry, there is no evidence that any of these people are competent. Mayor Pete has accomplished nothing in his entire life besides being a non-threatening homosexual wine moms can fancy.

That's it. That's all he is. He got elected mayor of small college town because he was gay and that would Thumb Their Nose at Notre Dame. Now he's a no-show cabinet secretary.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:30 AM (llXky)

129 well duh!
If you’re a taxpayer — in New York or anywhere in the US – you’re getting scammed by groups like United Way, Catholic Charities and the Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN). You may think these are charities. Truth is, these groups are hauling in millions in taxpayer dollars — your money — under government contracts to facilitate illegal immigration.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:30 AM (ex2Cx)

130 Promising report, VIA! Is that Goose Creek NWS? If so, we may have a mutual acquaintenance.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 07:30 AM (gktX6)

131 Good morning.
Looks around.

What am I doing here.I'm never here this early.

Drinks more coffee.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 23, 2022 07:28 AM (Y+l9t)

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Welcome to the club. I'm usually not around until the afternoon. Almost done with a pot of very strong, darker than the depths of hell,coffee. My hair is finally laying back down.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:31 AM (R5lpX)

132 Only 80s in SC, obviously something is RONG

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We're going to 96 today in the upstate. You're in the luckier part of the state...

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:31 AM (sVtYq)

133 "Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 23, 2022 07:24 AM (oWBc3)"

I believe the Aramaic word is "talaye".

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:32 AM (ifHdv)

134 Test-optional schools have created a two-tier system to get around complaints about their affirmative-action preferences. They don’t want scores that might screen out applicants they’d otherwise like to accept. But they do want test results from wealthier white kids because the tests provide valuable info.

Translation:
PoCs can be let in on a free ride but white kids get ranks by their real world knowledge.
Even more clear translation:
Fucking SCAM

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:33 AM (ex2Cx)

135 "Raymond Chaluisant, 18, did in fact, cool off."

At least he died doing what he loved.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:16 AM (1n+EO)
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So, he loved being stupid.
Play stupid games. Win Stupid prizes.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 07:34 AM (dr4Q1)

136 Drinks more coffee.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 23, 2022 07:28 AM (Y+l9t)

This must a fake account, I an certain that that Swa has never been spotted on the EMT!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:35 AM (hOUT3)

137 Howdy Lady in Black. Gonna be a scorcher today.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:35 AM (R5lpX)

138 How is the Melbourne Florida area?

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:35 AM (ifHdv)

139 They don’t want scores that might screen out applicants they’d otherwise like to accept.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:33 AM (ex2Cx)
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Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.

Destroying the sense that elite schools recruit entirely on merit is a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:37 AM (llXky)

140 Good Saturday morning! Second day of craft show, then off to watch the Royals. Forecast is 101. Good news for any around last night and saw my post about Dottie she came back! She's safe and sound at Shep's!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 23, 2022 07:37 AM (nxdel)

141 125 I had a pretty alarming discussion with an HR professional at our staffing agency this week about that subject. Didn't involve Hyundai, but well known "American" brands. The Congress pays people not to work, collects taxes from those who do work, pays to bring in illegals, who displace those who work....great for getting votes and KOCHPAC contributions, maybe not so hot for anything resembling nationhood.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 07:37 AM (Z3zbM)

142 "If so, we may have a mutual acquaintenance."

Could be. But we have little to do with the facility other than an occasional trip to the commissary, and know virtually no-one at WepSta.
And Little VIA is home on leave from NAS Oceana, but needed a negative test due to pending deployment.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:38 AM (1n+EO)

143 Dr. Deborah Birx: "I knew these vaccines were not going to protect against infection and I think we overplayed the vaccines ..."

Claims vaccines "protect against severe disease and hospitalization" before saying that 50% of those who died via Omicron were older & vaccinated.

Remember that while they hate PDT, they really really HATE YOU!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:38 AM (ex2Cx)

144 H/T Insty

Some one-sided violence, just as one might expect:

shorturl.at/aEIP7

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:38 AM (hOUT3)

145 Alright.....Dottie's home!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:39 AM (1n+EO)

146 Resident Retard takes credit for the crumbs thrown to the serfs:

@potus
If you live in South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, or Tennessee, the average price of gas at the pump is under $4 a gallon.

That's a big deal.
6:45 PM · Jul 22, 2022

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:40 AM (sVtYq)

147 maybe not so hot for anything resembling nationhood.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 07:37 AM (Z3zbM)

In other words, the Liberal Democrap Party at work, ably assisted by the scum of the GOPe wing of the Uniparty!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:40 AM (hOUT3)

148 141 125 I had a pretty alarming discussion with an HR professional at our staffing agency this week about that subject. Didn't involve Hyundai, but well known "American" brands. The Congress pays people not to work, collects taxes from those who do work, pays to bring in illegals, who displace those who work....great for getting votes and KOCHPAC contributions, maybe not so hot for anything resembling nationhood.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 07:37 AM (Z3zbM)

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Back in late 90's early 2000's, Ryobi in Pickens SC went that route. People who had worked there for years, were being forced to train their replacements under penalty of losing severance pay.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:41 AM (R5lpX)

149 Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:38 AM (ex2Cx)

Heard a review of Birx's book, if she were a conservative republican she'd already be up on charges!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (hOUT3)

150 Do the vaccines have any value at all?

Honest question.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)

151 Howdy Lady in Black. Gonna be a scorcher today.

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My counter offensive will involve being at the pool in a few hours.

It's been so muggy here that it feels like you're outside in a dryer full of hot, wet towels.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:43 AM (sVtYq)

152 Do the vaccines have any value at all?

Honest question.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)

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Only as a cudgel to beat over the heads of us hoi polloi.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:43 AM (R5lpX)

153 150 Yes. Just not to you or the recipients. Value, not science, not facts.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 07:43 AM (Z3zbM)

154 The Congress pays people not to work,

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 07:37 AM (Z3zbM)
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The ongoing labor shortage is because the Boomers quit working. Most (if not all) the stimulus money has been spent and inflation is swallowing what's left.

The labor shortage is ongoing because the Boomers are the largest age cohort in the work force and Covid made them decide to retire earlier than they'd planned.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:44 AM (llXky)

155 Reg. unleaded down ten cents to $5.89

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 07:44 AM (EZebt)

156 We used to recruit a lot from the top schools. Not so much anymore. The level of graduate has vastly deteriorated over the years to the point nobody wants to hire them, save the wokeists. Even then, at some point you expose yourself to their incompetency. A lot of these people are dumber then paints chips. Plus we have found recruits from the allegedly "lower tier" schools with the right educational path and resume items are much more hungry, productive and grounded.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:44 AM (ifHdv)

157 VIA @ 142- I just had a eureka! If you hit the farmers market for a bushel of green peanuts in October, I'll figure a way to boil them at Corsicana.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 07:45 AM (gktX6)

158 I saw regular unleaded at the Spinx station for $3.68, with their club card.
$3.93 without.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:46 AM (1n+EO)

159 That's it. That's all he is. He got elected mayor of small college town because he was gay and that would Thumb Their Nose at Notre Dame. Now he's a no-show cabinet secretary.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:30 AM (llXky)
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Hey, not fair! He's been on maternity leave for a big part of his tenure. And vacation. And who can understand the port problems, anyway?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:46 AM (YKyOU)

160 "Do the vaccines have any value at all?"

Something like a thousand dollars a pop for the doc/hospital/clinic.

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2022 07:46 AM (oTZbj)

161 Do the vaccines have any value at all?

Honest question.

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Other than creating 500 new billionaires, I don't know. I'm very dubious about any claims they reduce severe illness, since everything we've been told thus far has been a total lie. CAT or Muldoon may know more, obviously, but if there is benefit, it is very short lived. I keep coming back to the unavoidable fact that it doesn't keep you from getting covid, and it doesn't keep you from spreading it around. And its possible severe side effects (whose long term damage is yet to be seen) negate any benefit it claims to have. YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:46 AM (sVtYq)

162 Honest question.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)
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I know of dozens of fully vaccinated people who became infected including yours truly. Girl F. was sick twice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 07:47 AM (EZebt)

163 37 Good morning, All!

I thank God for helping me through the worst two weeks of my life.
Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 06:19 AM (w/OAj)

JM -
So sorry to hear of your struggles.

Look up Psalm 18:2

Stay strong JM.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2022 07:47 AM (UcAQV)

164 "If you hit the farmers market for a bushel of green peanuts in October, I'll figure a way to boil them at Corsicana."

We won't be making Corsicana this year. But if you tell me how to get them to you, we can maybe make that work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:47 AM (1n+EO)

165 My counter offensive will involve being at the pool in a few hours.

It's been so muggy here that it feels like you're outside in a dryer full of hot, wet towels.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:43 AM (

There are so many trees around our house, that we only get direct sunlight between 11 and 2. So far, we've only had to run one of the two mini splits I installed and our power bill has stayed the same, even though it runs 24/7 at 66 degrees. Walking into the living room is like walking into a meat locker.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:48 AM (R5lpX)

166 We used to recruit a lot from the top schools. Not so much anymore.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:44 AM (ifHdv)
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A reputation for excellence has to be maintained or the "brand" will fade. The Ivies decided that diversity and wokeness was what they wanted but still expect people to believe that their curriculum is super-strict and elite when it obviously isn't.

This is what happens when stupid people take charge.

It's like the military. Right now the Army is 50,000 short. The idiots in the Pentagon are saying that it's going to go a little lower but they figure there's a floor. There isn't.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:48 AM (llXky)

167 You people and your heat and humidity.

I will see the sun maybe for an hour. It will be a high of 55.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 07:49 AM (EZebt)

168 Interesting tactic by the biden junta. Raise the price of gas about $3 per gallon. Then bring it back down 20 cents per gallon.
Brag about what a great job you are doing on bringing down the price of gas.

I'm not sure if even their voters are that stupid, but maybe.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 07:49 AM (dr4Q1)

169 The same folk who tell me that exposure to the old variant does not give protection from the new variant, tell me to get boosted with the same two year old booster formula.
Cause magically, that will protect me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:50 AM (1n+EO)

170 Lucky you, That Guy! I'm sure the lack of direct sunlight helps a lot too. The back half of my house, where I'm at 99% of the time during the day, gets the full-on afternoon sun beating into it every day. I usually close the blinds to try and keep the heat out. We have woods in the backyard, but they're too far away to block that relentless sun!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:51 AM (sVtYq)

171 Interesting tactic by the biden junta. Raise the price of gas about $3 per gallon. Then bring it back down 20 cents per gallon.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 07:49 AM (dr4Q1)
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They clearly have no idea what they are doing. This is just desperation messaging, nothing more.

That's all these people know. "If we use the right spin, people will ignore that they are starving in the dark!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:52 AM (llXky)

172 Nope...ain't gonna do it. So far, have been able to avoid getting the vax. I won't even get a flu shot.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:52 AM (R5lpX)

173 I saw regular unleaded at the Spinx station for $3.68, with their club card.
$3.93 without.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022

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My regular convenience store w/ Exxon dropped .06 from Friday morning to Friday afternoon -- $3.99 to $3.93.

What is causing these price drops? I know it's not anything Mush Brain has done, and I want to be able to answer people who think he's helping us w/ this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 07:52 AM (c6xtn)

174 "It's like the military. Right now the Army is 50,000 short. The idiots in the Pentagon are saying that it's going to go a little lower but they figure there's a floor. There isn't.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:48 AM (llXky)"

You and I both know there is a pretty specific pool in the population they recruit from. I would posit they've damaged their reputation greatly within that pool. Now in a broader sense I believe some of it is a bit unfair. There are still a lot of good people serving and some in leadership (GO's are few and far between). Nonetheless, nobody wants to serve under some suck up woke O-1 or O-2 from the academy whose main concern is how you feel about the vaccine and making you use proper pronouns.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:54 AM (ifHdv)

175 Gas prices dropping may be because people have been buying less gas because of high prices?

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2022 07:54 AM (oTZbj)

176 I wonder how much carbon that burning windmill produced. Probably 100X more that it would have "saved" during it's expected lifetime.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 07:55 AM (sn5EN)

177 Speaking of stupid, last week Whitmer vetoed $20 million to help expectant mothers, some of which also was to offset adoption expenses. She said it wasn't sufficiently "pro-choice," meaning she has now officially said that low-income women should just abort their babies, not carry them to term.

She then vetoed legislation providing for stricter oversight on the disposal of aborted babies, calling it "Anti-science" because of course those parts need to be sold for extra cash.

Even the media was struggling to follow her logic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:55 AM (llXky)

178 We have a good friend who is a Republican who just got the Chinese Cooties. He's vaxxed and boosted, but caught it anyhow. He thinks it's because he went to a get-together and was drinking beer too much and didn't wear his mask enough. That's right. He didn't wear his mask. So he got the coof. No introspection on how he got it since he's "vaxxed." This whole thing has severely dented my belief that most people have logical brains.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:56 AM (sVtYq)

179 There is something to be said about a friend with vast property and a backhoe.

Posted by: Rjkramerjr at July 23, 2022 07:56 AM (d1g2g)

180 Gas prices dropping may be because people have been buying less gas because of high prices?
Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2022 07:54 AM (oTZbj)

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Couldn't tell it by where we live. There are as many boats getting fueled up at the gas stations as there are cars. We have several lakes in the area.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 07:56 AM (R5lpX)

181 ope...ain't gonna do it. So far, have been able to avoid getting the vax. I won't even get a flu shot.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022

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Same here. I got my religious exemption last November. Before I got the word I was prepared to let them fire me and to ring up an employment lawyer to give 'em hell.

There have been far too many cases of people dropping dead or getting deathly ill, as in heart trouble, shortly after receiving one or more of these shots. Parents are getting the right idea: Only about 1-3% (?) of kids under 11 have received the damn things. And the admin is throwing away millions of doses because nobody will take them and they are expiring.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 07:56 AM (c6xtn)

182 What is causing these price drops? I know it's not anything Mush Brain has done, and I want to be able to answer people who think he's helping us w/ this.

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I'd like to know too. Because I have no doubt they're going right back up as soon as Nov comes and goes, or the usurper's poll numbers reverse their freefall.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:57 AM (sVtYq)

183 I had Delta COVID. Since then I've been exposed countless times to idiots who had COVID. Nothing. No additional bouts.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:58 AM (ifHdv)

184 VIA @ 164-
We'll miss you , bro. Raw green peanuts are tricky to ship. I'll ask my people in Lexington County. Thanks, anyway!

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 07:58 AM (gktX6)

185 New FORD electric truck can tow just 85 miles

Hey Honey lets go to Yellowstone.
Ok When we leaving
Monday
When do we get there
Never Vaca is over next Friday so we have to turn around Thursday near Amarillo and head home!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:58 AM (ex2Cx)

186 Now in a broader sense I believe some of it is a bit unfair. There are still a lot of good people serving and some in leadership (GO's are few and far between).

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:54 AM (ifHdv)
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It's entirely earned and the "good people" are simply marking time until they can leave. The criminally stupid policy of barring unvaccinated reservists from drill or any training to coerce them to get the jab has totally wrecked operational readiness. At a stroke, 60,000+ Guard and Reserve troops just got sidelined. No pay, no drill.

It sucks for them, but it hits the units worse as now they have to fumble around and figure out how to fill those gaps. Oh, and they did it just before the usually Annual Training cycle. Genius move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:59 AM (llXky)

187 Gas prices dropping may be because people have been buying less gas because of high prices?
Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2022
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Couldn't tell it by where we live. There are as many boats getting fueled up at the gas stations as there are cars. We have several lakes in the area.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022

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Same here. Traffic is unchanged and idiots are still driving at well over the speed limit on the Interstate. (I do that myself, but only under safe conditions, dry and with good visibility. And I have slowed down, 60-65 instead of 70, to save on fuel.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 07:59 AM (c6xtn)

188 27 He claimed EVs were just as cheap as regular cars. He is a liar.
Posted by: vic /s

I wonder if they factor in the expense of replacing the battery? Those things are expensive.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 23, 2022 06:13 AM (0vFtj)

Given the life span of the battery, the fact that when the battery life is up, the car can't be driven, and that manufacturers are likely to not support the car after battery end of life, the depreciation calculus is totally different than any other good.

The day is not far off from there being a several thousand dollar cost to rid oneself of a used EV.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2022 08:00 AM (8C7+r)

189 I'm guessing the gas distributors have lowered their prices to the gas stations. They may have raised their prices a bit more than they should, and they will be paying more in taxes on profits. It's a balancing act on profits.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 23, 2022 08:00 AM (2NHgQ)

190 I'd like to know too. Because I have no doubt they're going right back up as soon as Nov comes and goes, or the usurper's poll numbers reverse their freefall.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 07:57 AM (sVtYq)

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Didn't our State suspend the gas tax for a while? And although I don't think they have yet, the Feds were supposed to suspend the federal tax also.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 08:00 AM (R5lpX)

191 It really pisses me off when the vax lovers get covid and then claim they had mild symptoms because they were vaxxed.
They have no proof of that at all.
I had covid a few weeks ago. I have not been vaxxed.
And I had mild symptoms.
So, I guess that proves unvaxxed = mild symptoms.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:01 AM (dr4Q1)

192 169 The same folk who tell me that exposure to the old variant does not give protection from the new variant, tell me to get boosted with the same two year old booster formula.
Cause magically, that will protect me.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 07:50 AM (1n+EO)

Common Cold is rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, adenoviruses and enteroviruses and the common medical theory is that vax mostly do not work. Somehow the Scienctistism in 2020 found a magical cure!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:01 AM (ex2Cx)

193
Didn't our State suspend the gas tax for a while? And although I don't think they have yet, the Feds were supposed to suspend the federal tax also.
Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022

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Stopgaps; like trying to keep a major flood out of your house by stuffing towels under the door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:02 AM (c6xtn)

194 3 Experts slam Pete Buttigieg's comments on EVs: 'A con job'

He claimed EVs were just as cheap as regular cars. He is a liar."

he also claims men can get pregnant.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:02 AM (r46W7)

195 185 New FORD electric truck can tow just 85 miles...
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 07:58 AM (ex2Cx)

Something of note in that test: the trailers were empty. I'd really like to see that test done again with the car trailers hauling a car in them.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2022 08:02 AM (8C7+r)

196 Marcus T @ 174-
The military, especially Big Army, is below the point they were when the lottery went away and the all volunteer service started.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 08:03 AM (gktX6)

197 Do the vaccines have any value at all?
Honest question.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)

Nope. I don't think anything we did helped. From, lockdowns, masks, distancing to vaccines. I think if we would have done nothing everything would have progressed exactly the same. Only thing we did do was find a few treatments along the way.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 23, 2022 08:03 AM (qH6FZ)

198 "he also claims men can get pregnant."

I remember back in the day, just that opinion by itself would get one banned from polite company.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:04 AM (1n+EO)

199 I had covid a few weeks ago. I have not been vaxxed.
And I had mild symptoms.
So, I guess that proves unvaxxed = mild symptoms.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022

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If I had the coof in late June -- and I only guess at that since Miss Linda got it first and tested + on one of those home kits -- it was mild indeed. The infection, whatever it was, that I had in Dec. 2019 was far worse; and I've had flu bouts that topped that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:04 AM (c6xtn)

200 189 I'm guessing the gas distributors have lowered their prices to the gas stations. They may have raised their prices a bit more than they should, and they will be paying more in taxes on profits. It's a balancing act on profits.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 23, 2022 08:00 AM (2NHgQ)

Although there is some of that going on, gas prices are always a matter of local supply and demand. There are 2 ways to lower gas prices, and ONLY 2 ways; one is to increase supply by drilling and producing more; the other is to reduce economic activity so that not as much oil is needed to keep things going. It astounds me that Dems are actually starting to brag about being able to do the second one.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:04 AM (r46W7)

201 Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 08:03 AM (gktX6

Gotta love it when a plan comes together, especially a multifaceted global plan!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2022 08:05 AM (+sKC5)

202 198 "he also claims men can get pregnant."

I remember back in the day, just that opinion by itself would get one banned from polite company.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:04 AM (1n+EO)

it would get one placed in a mental institution.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:05 AM (r46W7)

203 "he also claims men can get pregnant."

I remember back in the day, just that opinion by itself would get one banned from polite company.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Impolite company too.

Posted by: JT at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (T4tVD)

204 New FORD electric truck can tow just 85 miles

In the road test, the Ford was the gas truck.
The 85-mile electric was a GMC Denali.
FWIW, the Rivian has also tested ignominiously.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (x61Im)

205 The military, especially Big Army, is below the point they were when the lottery went away and the all volunteer service started.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 08:03 AM (gktX6)
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The military also ended the pension at 20 years system. The idea was to get rid of the time-servers who spend the last few years marking time and to attract people interested in mid-length careers.

Thus: you get retirement dollars from day one with incentives the longer you stay in.

However, there's no reason to stick it out for the pension or feel you've "wasted" time. A lot of people are simply not going to reenlist.

And yes, the recruiting pool has collapsed. No one I know is encouraging people to join, in fact they are doing the opposite.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (llXky)

206 186 Now in a broader sense I believe some of it is a bit unfair. There are still a lot of good people serving and some in leadership (GO's are few and far between).

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 07:54 AM (ifHdv)
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It's entirely earned and the "good people" are simply marking time until they can leave. The criminally stupid policy of barring unvaccinated reservists from drill or any training to coerce them to get the jab has totally wrecked operational readiness. At a stroke, 60,000+ Guard and Reserve troops just got sidelined. No pay, no drill.

It sucks for them, but it hits the units worse as now they have to fumble around and figure out how to fill those gaps. Oh, and they did it just before the usually Annual Training cycle. Genius move.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:59 AM (llXky)

If your goal is a politically reliable military omelette, it is truly a genius move. A purge by other means.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (8C7+r)

207 "Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 07:48 AML"

The single most damaging thing they've done to undercut out military was the forced vaccine policy. That level of stupid has to be purposeful. No sane military leader concerned with preparedness, morale and ethos above all else would support that. Any thinking person can deduce that it is without merit and does zero to support the mission. If you read the studies, which are credible, and you compare that against every other virus lifecycle, the "vaccine", which it is not, does almost nothing to secure troops overall health. In fact, given the general level of health, which is much better then the overall population and almost completely outside the virus attack vector, it hurts preparedness because the negative effects are more damaging then the actual virus. That leadership isnt saying they will step down from their command if they don't retract the vaccine policy is a gross dereliction of duty.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (ifHdv)

208 Something of note in that test: the trailers were empty. I'd really like to see that test done again with the car trailers hauling a car in them.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2022 08:02 AM

Why do you want to make our Electric Vehicle Guy sad?

Posted by: Chuck C at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (hOAT3)

209 Another J6 defendant committed suicide.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 08:07 AM (H8QX8)

210 You people and your heat and humidity.

I will see the sun maybe for an hour. It will be a high of 55.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022

***
Sounds like a dream climate to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:07 AM (c6xtn)

211 Think of your average American... and then realize 1/2 the population is even more stupid than him/her. This is where we are and this is why we have the leaders we have.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 23, 2022 08:07 AM (flINI)

212 "Something of note in that test: the trailers were empty. I'd really like to see that test done again with the car trailers hauling a car in them."

Yep. I expect it would be about 50 miles.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (sn5EN)

213
Nope. I don't think anything we did helped. From, lockdowns, masks, distancing to vaccines. I think if we would have done nothing everything would have progressed exactly the same. Only thing we did do was find a few treatments along the way.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 23, 2022 08:03 AM (qH6FZ)

I remember pointing out at the time that countries like Mexico did nothing at all about it, and their fatality rate was actually less than ours was. India was predicted to be a source of millions of fatalities, and they stopped Covid in its tracks by manufacturing ivermectin themselves and distributing it as a preventive to the entire country.

The 3rd world actually dealt with this far better then we did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (r46W7)

214 Morning peeps.

The reports on BB and Axios about Trump's plans to ditch about 50K feds...

... yea, no. It's about reinstituting Schedule F, a classification for certain federal employees that would strip away "some" of their protections against being fired. It was a big story, for a couple days near the end of Trump's term. He signed an EO to implement it, it was challenged in court, and within a couple weeks the "election" was stolen and *biden rescinded the EO. It never saw the light of day.

The bigger issue is how to deal with the upper and middle management feds who are hardcore leftists and disrupters. They (mostly) were responsible for disobeying Trump's directions. Trump and his people apparently understand this now and the bigger plan is to have some sort of "tool" they can use to remove these people if necessary.

IMO it was a huge mistake to broadcast this plan to the very people you intend to use it on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (BFigT)

215 "There are 2 ways to lower gas prices, and ONLY 2 ways;"

Seems that there are other theoretical ways as well.
Reduce transportation and distribution costs.
Reduce refinement costs due to developing more efficient refinement methods.

Not that these have occurred, but if the had, it would trend gas prices downward.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (1n+EO)

216 If your goal is a politically reliable military omelette, it is truly a genius move. A purge by other means.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (8C7+r)
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They might have thought it would work that way, but it's too broad and its effects are too widespread. Understrength units are a burden on everyone, and no one wants to be the last one out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:09 AM (llXky)

217 Do the vaccines have any value at all?
Honest question.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)

***

Got me a sweet $6 million townhouse in Boston!

Posted by: Moderna HR Executive at July 23, 2022 08:10 AM (flINI)

218 Time to go shave and get cleaned up. I like to look presentable when I get my hair cut. And I have other errands to run this am. I hate to look like a slob.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:10 AM (c6xtn)

219 "Common Cold is rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, adenoviruses and enteroviruses and the common medical theory is that vax mostly do not work. Somehow the Scienctistism in 2020 found a magical cure!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:01 AM (ex2Cx) "

this ! this ! this ! real science from back when it was still allowed !
the same science that said that wearing cosplay masks was ineffective !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra MAGA FTW ! at July 23, 2022 08:10 AM (oZtf9)

220 Once you get to your campsite though your truck can power your air conditioned trailer for a few hours before the battery goes dead in the middle of the night.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 08:11 AM (sn5EN)

221 All seven of the dogs were a pit bull mix, according to authorities, but no owner of the animal was identified at the time.
However, following an investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Office along with Fort Bend Animal Control and the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, authorities on Friday were able to identify and arrest 47-year-old Samuel Cartwright in connection to the mauling death of Garcia.

It is time to consider a commonsense assault dog ban. Nobody needs 7 pitbulls.
-But! Here is a cute video of one being nice to a baby!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 23, 2022 08:12 AM (KNJGg)

222 ***
Sounds like a dream climate to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:07 AM (c6xtn)

heh, Texas isn't that far away from you. It's actually a nice cool morning because the temp actually got down into the 70's overnight - first time that has happened in a couple weeks. Probably won't see temps in the 50's till it's trick or treat time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:12 AM (r46W7)

223 The single most damaging thing they've done to undercut out military was the forced vaccine policy. That level of stupid has to be purposeful. No sane military leader concerned with preparedness, morale and ethos above all else would support that.
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Yeah. But we don't have sane military leaders.
We have Austin and Milley.

Oh, and admiral rachel levine.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:12 AM (dr4Q1)

224 Do the vaccines have any value at all?
Honest question.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)

Yes, for thinning the herd.

Posted by: Bill Gates at July 23, 2022 08:12 AM (H8QX8)

225 " I hate to look like a slob."

Consider it a disguise as you go out among the unwashed.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 08:13 AM (sn5EN)

226 The single most damaging thing they've done to undercut out military was the forced vaccine policy. That level of stupid has to be purposeful.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (ifHdv)
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Why? Why do people keep thinking this? We know that the higher ranks live in a world of delusions and the Pentagon is an echo chamber. You think anyone's going to risk promotion by telling senior leadership actual facts?

No, they convinced themselves losses would be minimal (and people they didn't like) and when non-compliance was bigger than they thought, they did the think bullies always do: double down.

Lloyd Austin is a typical West Pointer: he hates the troops. He thinks they are stupid and need to be stomped on to keep them in line. That's why he keeps escalating because to do otherwise would require him to admit a mistake. This he cannot do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:13 AM (llXky)

227 Have a great day, krak, and best wishes to your buddy!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 23, 2022 08:14 AM (kf6Ak)

228 215
Gas rationing with price controls can also lower price at the pump!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2022 08:14 AM (+sKC5)

229 The 3rd world actually dealt with this far better then we did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (r46W7)
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Their design margin is narrower than ours. We are rich, so we can afford to be stupid.

For a while...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:14 AM (llXky)

230 A couple of weeks ago we had 110 degree days here and there was nothing on the national news. This weekend it will be low 90s here and the rest of the country is gonna melt.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 08:15 AM (sn5EN)

231 The wars did a lot for recruiting, especially post 9-11. The big appeal was to patriotism, and it worked pretty well. A lot of guys got sucked in by that, and then watched years of leadership failure and reality chip away at their enthusiasm and desire to continue the mission. Point being, that was a big recruitment driver and they knew it. That's why the cynical part of me thinks this latest woke/vaccine garbage is a deliberate attempt to undercut the force and reshape it into a weaker hodgepodge of disconnected units less effective as a fighting force. But then, I'm a cynic.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:15 AM (ifHdv)

232 Twitter began censoring the word “groomer” after left-wing media watchdog group Media Matters for America pressured the site to crack down on the term, which they claim is anti-LGBT.

Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2022 08:15 AM (X5CsJ)

233 My weather page links several "news" links.
This morning one is a fact check that confirms AOC was indeed arrested, contrary to your lying eyes.

Posted by: Fool Otto at July 23, 2022 08:16 AM (DB16e)

234 Sounds like a dream climate to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:07 AM (c6xtn)
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I've been to New Orleans and felt like I was suffocating.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2022 08:16 AM (EZebt)

235 Lloyd Austin is a typical West Pointer: He's dumb as a box of rocke and he hates the troops. He thinks they are stupid and need to be stomped on to keep them in line. That's why he keeps escalating because to do otherwise would require him to admit a mistake. This he cannot do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:13 AM (llXky)

**

FIFY

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 08:16 AM (R5lpX)

236 Yeah. But we don't have sane military leaders.
We have Austin and Milley.

Oh, and admiral rachel levine.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:12 AM (dr4Q1)
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Their stated goal is a more diverse military with increased female membership. This is what they are actively promoting.

They also imposed a policy allowing men who identify as female into the female showers and barracks.

Their response to complaints was essentially "Deal with it."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:16 AM (llXky)

237 Why? Why do people keep thinking this? We know that the higher ranks live in a world of delusions and the Pentagon is an echo chamber. You think anyone's going to risk promotion by telling senior leadership actual facts?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:13 AM (llXky)

We're morphing into the Egyptian army circa the late 1960s. Bristling with the latest weaponry but with an ossified and rigid hierarchy unwilling to hear the truth and lower ranks terrified of speaking up.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 08:17 AM (H8QX8)

238 215 "There are 2 ways to lower gas prices, and ONLY 2 ways;"

Seems that there are other theoretical ways as well.
Reduce transportation and distribution costs.
Reduce refinement costs due to developing more efficient refinement methods.

Not that these have occurred, but if the had, it would trend gas prices downward.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (1n+EO)

Good technical points; those were the focus in the first half of the 20th century, and still have to be faced in the 3rd world. But in this country, most of those issues were resolved as well as they could be by the 1950's, and since then it's just been a tweak here and a tweak there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:17 AM (r46W7)

239 Been up an hour and am exhausted

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 23, 2022 08:17 AM (kf6Ak)

240 I kinda felt that right about the time all those CPO skull tee-shirts came out, we lost something in the community.

Never owned one.
Never wanted one.

AND......those time honored challenge coins?
I come from a time before those exist as well.

And my contempt for the Joint Chiefs is just as bad.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:18 AM (1n+EO)

241 That's why the cynical part of me thinks this latest woke/vaccine garbage is a deliberate attempt to undercut the force and reshape it into a weaker hodgepodge of disconnected units less effective as a fighting force. But then, I'm a cynic.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:15 AM (ifHdv)
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We naturally try to find rational explanations for puzzling behavior, but the whole "this is all part of some grand plan" thing doesn't work when the people doing it have never done anything correctly, ever.

At that point, you have to believe that the cretin that can't tie his shoes somehow is doing 4-dimensional chess in the background. I don't believe there is any latent talent for that sort of thing. What we're seeing is who they are.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:19 AM (llXky)

242 223 The single most damaging thing they've done to undercut out military was the forced vaccine policy. That level of stupid has to be purposeful. No sane military leader concerned with preparedness, morale and ethos above all else would support that.
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Yeah. But we don't have sane military leaders.
We have Austin and Milley.

Oh, and admiral rachel levine.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:12 AM (dr4Q1)

It's not about sanity. It's about goals. Goals are currently not about warfighting.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 23, 2022 08:20 AM (8C7+r)

243 "But in this country, most of those issues were resolved as well as they could be by the 1950's, and since then it's just been a tweak here and a tweak there."

Would a resurgence in affordable nuclear power effect refinement costs?

I don't know how energy intensive petroleum refinement is.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:20 AM (1n+EO)

244
Something I did learn from the two year covid experiment was that my former method of buying groceries every four or five days was inefficient. We're now up to three plus weeks between trips. Less driving, less exposure to people, with just a little more work.

It's now like a two hour workout of lifting, moving, carrying, transporting, unpacking, re-wrapping, freezing, etc.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 23, 2022 08:21 AM (Irs8U)

245 Coney-Barrett sides with the three liberal justices on illegal invader detentions and deportations. She's a real gem, especially for the Catholic Charities.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 23, 2022 08:21 AM (m7R0k)

246 "Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:13 AM (llXky)"

I don't believe we disagree at all. We all know a bunch of people in command more concerned with their next promotion and not much else. There are tons of Lloyd Austin Mini Me's from West Point running around trying to polish their resumes and get that sweet defense contractor or think tank retirement. But that's not what wins wars. It's what make them longer, without a goal for mission completeness and in the end gets a lot of people in the dirt. So, yes. They don't give a fig what the GO's tell them to do or whether it makes sense. They're cowards who will do what they're told whether it makes sense or not. They will NEVER put their asses on the line for principle or what is right.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:21 AM (ifHdv)

247 Sure seems like extra refining capacity would be a good path to pursue.
Put them in the middle of solar panel farms and see which one generates the most energy in the long term!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2022 08:22 AM (+sKC5)

248 Things are going well if the goal is defeat of the USA.

Posted by: davidt at July 23, 2022 08:23 AM (oTZbj)

249 We naturally try to find rational explanations for puzzling behavior, but the whole "this is all part of some grand plan" thing doesn't work when the people doing it have never done anything correctly, ever.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:19 AM (llXky)

What if it was a "grand plan" of degenerative osmosis, simply everybody tuned into the same base settings of decay and destruction? It doesn't have to be the plot formed and run from the shadows of a redoubt in Davos.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 08:24 AM (H8QX8)

250 We're morphing into the Egyptian army circa the late 1960s. Bristling with the latest weaponry but with an ossified and rigid hierarchy unwilling to hear the truth and lower ranks terrified of speaking up.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 08:17 AM (H8QX

when you look at history, you find that Imperial armies that have been around too long always morph into this stage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:25 AM (r46W7)

251 "We're morphing into the Egyptian army circa the late 1960s. Bristling with the latest weaponry but with an ossified and rigid hierarchy unwilling to hear the truth and lower ranks terrified of speaking up. "

Well, I kinda like the Maadi AK's. So there's that.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:27 AM (ifHdv)

252 Maj. Healey @ 245-
So the justice is leaning more to her Coney (bunny) nature and not toward
her Barrett (high power rifle) nature?

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2022 08:27 AM (gktX6)

253 BJ's gas is 4.05 with out the 45cent gas tax. Demand has dropped and supply is ok. The SPR runs out in October and that supply drop will rocket prices back up.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 23, 2022 08:27 AM (b+v9B)

254 Horde, thank you for your support. I was not clear enough.

Yesterday I got the great news that the darkness I was living under for two weeks was lifted through the grace of God. He got me through this awful time. Thanks be to God.

Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 08:27 AM (1UEDr)

255 247 Sure seems like extra refining capacity would be a good path to pursue.
Put them in the middle of solar panel farms and see which one generates the most energy in the long term!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 23, 2022 08:22 AM (+sKC5)

and yet California's entire plan for 20+ years now has been to mandate the shutdown of every bit of refining capacity they have, and outsource it all to Indonesia. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:28 AM (r46W7)

256 I remember pointing out at the time that countries like Mexico did nothing at all about it, and their fatality rate was actually less than ours was. India was predicted to be a source of millions of fatalities, and they stopped Covid in its tracks by manufacturing ivermectin themselves and distributing it as a preventive to the entire country.

The 3rd world actually dealt with this far better then we did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:08 AM (r46W7)

Haiti which lives on HCQ for mosquito diseases had about 5% of the death rates of the US and Europe.

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:28 AM (ex2Cx)

257 I remember the old school military guys...Generals Robert Barrows, Carl Mundy and "Wes" Westmoreland. Guys who had been through the crucible and came out forged in steely determination to do the right thing.

The present military leadership is all about playing it safe and not stepping on their dicks.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 08:30 AM (R5lpX)

258 Reposted from because that we had a computer problem and I also didn't know there was a new thread:

And the farmer who said to my son when son was standing up and looking around after weeding for seven hours in 93 degree temps, "If you're just going to stand around I will have to send you home" and then sent him home ten minutes before his shift ended, has now said the same thing again. Son said to me, "I'm not standing around for a long time, I was just evaluating what I needed to do next,"

I figured out farmer is under stress and doesn't like paying out $600 every two weeks. However, he still has the sign out for help, and if he fired son he'd have fewer workers.
I told son he might consider going in and saying "I am trying to work as fast as I can, but if it would be helpful to you if I work fewer hours I can do that." I also told him that Most people have at least one or more bosses who are jerks and he should pray for him, FenSpouse had a boss who used to shout rudely at people. She finally had some kind of nervous breakdown and they fired her for shouting at people.

Spouse just said "If he says the same thing again" just say "Ok" and leave it at that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:30 AM (RJQR5)

259 Going to be a good day. Treating my best friend to his favorite meal, then taking him to see Lynyrd Skynyrd.

*holds up lighter screaming FREEEEEBIRD*

Nothing like getting fused at by wifey for way too much excitement for 0700

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:30 AM (ex2Cx)

260 And I think Spouse is correct. the guy is mostly just venting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:31 AM (RJQR5)

261 I don't know how energy intensive petroleum refinement is.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:20 AM (1n+EO)

one good thing about refineries is that they can always use a part of their product stream to provide all the power they need.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:31 AM (r46W7)

262 At that point, you have to believe that the cretin that can't tie his shoes somehow is doing 4-dimensional chess in the background. I don't believe there is any latent talent for that sort of thing. What we're seeing is who they are.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23
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But the cretin that can't tie his shoes isn't really in charge of anything. He just signs whatever they put in front of him and tries his best to read the teleprompter.
The people who are really in charge are pure evil. And they hate conservative Americans with a passion.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:31 AM (dr4Q1)

263 That line "Treating my best friend ...." triggered memory of Depeche mode's "Never Let Me Down Again"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A

I think that's the first DM song I heard and I like it still.

Posted by: Ciampino - triggers at July 23, 2022 08:32 AM (qfLjt)

264 In the road test, the Ford was the gas truck.
The 85-mile electric was a GMC Denali.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2022 08:06 AM (x61Im)

Ford was electric, GMC was gas.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 23, 2022 08:32 AM (Zvtjl)

265 Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 08:27 AM (1UEDr)

Sorry that you were having a dark time and thankful to God that the darkness was lifted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:32 AM (RJQR5)

266 Twitter began censoring the word “groomer” after left-wing media watchdog group Media Matters for America pressured the site to crack down on the term, which they claim is anti-LGBT.
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2022 08:15 AM (X5CsJ)
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I guess that could be true, if, that is, you believe LGBT means pedophile.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 08:32 AM (wS4ra)

267 Yesterday I got the great news that the darkness I was living under for two weeks was lifted through the grace of God. He got me through this awful time. Thanks be to God.

Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 08:27 AM (1UEDr)
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AMEN!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:33 AM (llXky)

268 The question is this: What do we do to make jobs more likely to be done by Americans and scale our economy to serving our population, or do we continue an endless cycle of importing labor, who double as voters, to do jobs that industry refuses to or simply can not modernize and simplify enough to make them less labor dependent and that pay at a scale caoable of providing a comfortable life?

Posted by: Erik In Texas at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM (Z3zbM)

269 The present military leadership is all about playing it safe and not stepping on their dicks.

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Even worse than playing it safe, their main goal seems to be social engineering. Of course, I'm not in the military. Only a backseat driver. They sure seem to be going down a very bad path. Hope we don't have an actual land invasion in our future.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM (sVtYq)

270 So I was reading a really weird story about how PDT has a legal team that is researching how to WIPE OUT entire divisions of EPA, Dept of Ed, IRS.

2025 may be fun to watch!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM (ex2Cx)

271
Good morning, Hordians.

Slept from 3:00 to 6:30. Generators restarted. Coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2022 08:35 AM (JVuoD)

272 Twitter began censoring the word “groomer” after left-wing media watchdog group Media Matters for America pressured the site to crack down on the term, which they claim is anti-LGBT.

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The Left thinks if they ban a word, the entire bad connotation associated with it makes the whole thing disappear. Like banning the word 'groomer' makes what they're doing to children not exist at all. They're dumb like that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2022 08:37 AM (sVtYq)

273 This rebarreled m110 upper sitting in a box against the wall is saying "reassemble me!"

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 08:37 AM (ifHdv)

274 Sorry that you were having a dark time and thankful to God that the darkness was lifted.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:32 AM (RJQR5)

"The Upper Room devotionals that you posted were a timely source of comfort as well. Thank you.

Posted by: JM in Florida at July 23, 2022 08:37 AM (1UEDr)

275 270 So I was reading a really weird story about how PDT has a legal team that is researching how to WIPE OUT entire divisions of EPA, Dept of Ed, IRS.

2025 may be fun to watch!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM (ex2Cx)

That would be fun. I sure hope Trump has people who will cooperate with saving the country.

Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2022 08:38 AM (6RgRK)

276 What if it was a "grand plan" of degenerative osmosis, simply everybody tuned into the same base settings of decay and destruction? It doesn't have to be the plot formed and run from the shadows of a redoubt in Davos.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 08:24 AM (H8QX

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That line of reasoning runs very close to "everything that happens must be part of some plan" logic.

The whole point of doing analysis is to gain insight sufficient to predict what comes next.

A smaller force means less GO positions. Whole units will have to be inactivated, and less weapons will be purchased to equip them. This is a blow to the entire ecosystem careerist generals have lived in for decades. I think they are stupid, but not suicidal.

Remember: the Habsburgs, Romanovs and Hohenzollerns all thought World War I was a great idea.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:38 AM (llXky)

277 Fen I live in farm country and getting non family farm help is next to impossible regardless of how much you pay. Farmer should be happy he has help and should be trying to keep it. He is responsible for their health and safety and if he is going to bitch about someone taking a break in that kind of heat then he deserves to not have help. Your son should make sure his personal safety is foremost.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2022 08:38 AM (RJuo0)

278
So I was reading a really weird story about how PDT has a legal team that is researching how to WIPE OUT entire divisions of EPA, Dept of Ed, IRS.

2025 may be fun to watch!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM

Yeah, I suspect some misinformation from the left to encourage fraud among those in the govmint. Trump is(or should be) savvy enough to keep that under his hat.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 23, 2022 08:39 AM (Irs8U)

279 Spouse just said "If he says the same thing again" just say "Ok" and leave it at that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:30 AM (RJQR5)
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It's out of your hands. I know it is very hard not to worry, but your worry can't solve it.

If the bosss thinks your son isn't working hard enough, that is a comparison he's evidently made. Farm work is the toughest job there is, IMO, and if your son has never done it before he will have a hard time comparing well.

Take the complaints and don't react, is my advice. Reacting gets you nothing. Work as hard as you are able. But, always and in every job you ever have, tell your son to be alert for something better.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 08:39 AM (wS4ra)

280 The people who are really in charge are pure evil. And they hate conservative Americans with a passion.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:31 AM (dr4Q1)

we've discussed this here often; the heart of the problem is that there is no single person or group in charge of anything; but there are a whole lot of dedicated ideologues and bureaucrats who are each in charge of little bits of it. And they pursue their own wicked goals in their own ways, and there is *no* coordination between any of them - which is why taken together, the entire system is hurtling into absolute chaos.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:39 AM (r46W7)

281 So I was reading a really weird story about how PDT has a legal team that is researching how to WIPE OUT entire divisions of EPA, Dept of Ed, IRS.

2025 may be fun to watch!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM

if you read past the "scare words" in that piece, they're just saying what everyone on this site says every day. I read that article and thought "okay, that could be a nice start...."

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:42 AM (r46W7)

282 The Axios article excited me, thinking "what a great start!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 08:44 AM (wS4ra)

283 The vaccines had value early on in
-people over 70
-or 60 with
--diabetes
--hypertension
--obesity
And the immunocompromised

Everyone else was going to be just fine with rare, unpredictable exceptions, but that could have been mitigated with vitamin D and zinc supplements.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 23, 2022 08:44 AM (KNJGg)

284 76 Supposed to be hotter than a Red Pepper Fart today.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 06:44 AM (R5lpX)
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Haven't herd that one before. Good one!

Posted by: Ciampino - did you remember to put the TP in the fridge? at July 23, 2022 08:44 AM (qfLjt)

285 I figured out farmer is under stress and doesn't like paying out $600 every two weeks. However, he still has the sign out for help, and if he fired son he'd have fewer workers.
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I know I am in the minority here, but every time I hear the 'you can get good help' lament, especially from local acquaintances, they are not people I would ever work for. YMMV, but I think they believe somehow that immigrant labor will work endlessly for minimum wage and be darned grateful for the 'opportunity'.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (MIKMs)

286 What do you call it when 50 politicians are eaten by sharks?

A good start.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (R5lpX)

287 And they pursue their own wicked goals in their own ways, and there is *no* coordination between any of them - which is why taken together, the entire system is hurtling into absolute chaos.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:39 AM (r46W7)
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Yes, and the reason things aren't worse is that there are also institutional actors trying to retrain the chaos - not because they are noble patriots, but out of pure self-interest.

There is a fairly small segment of the military that is very religious and would seek conscience waivers, just as there's a small segment seeking medical ones. If your frame is that these people must all be shirkers and subversives, you try blanket denials to push them out. But that also requires you to violate your own regulations, which sends a clear signal to everyone else that conforming doesn't confer safety.

So even irreligious people who got vaxxed now want out because the leadership can't be trusted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (llXky)

288 Thanks, Huck and Jen. I appreciate the comments. The guy doesn't want to hire under the table so I think he's stuck with son

(and he still has a sign out for more help) who is doing the best he can having never done this work before. Son is very even tempered and so probably wouldn't react. He just feels bad that he hasn't done this work before and can't go as fast..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (RJQR5)

289 "and not stepping on their dicks."

A military which focuses on gender, transgenderism and pronouns, will be defeated by a military that does not.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (1n+EO)

290 *rejoices with JM that God carries us through tough times*

Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (6RgRK)

291 Posted by: mustbequantum at July 23, 2022 08:45 AM (MIKMs)

He doesn't hire under the table.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:46 AM (RJQR5)

292 And they pursue their own wicked goals in their own ways, and there is *no* coordination between any of them - which is why taken together, the entire system is hurtling into absolute chaos.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:39 AM (r46W7)
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It's lucky for us that so far they are not well coordinated.
Because none of the goals that are being pursued are in the best interests of ordinary Americans.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 08:48 AM (dr4Q1)

293 The Axios story... see my comment at 214.

TL;DR

It's really about Schedule F, a classification modification for certain federal employees that strips some of their protections from being fired.

Implementing it is another story.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2022 08:49 AM (BFigT)

294 Thanks Cat, and also to rhennigantx for all the great vaccine info you periodicially post. I had the J&J vaccine in early 2021 and then caught covid in the fall. Based on that I never boosted, figuring it serves no purpose. I check my antibodies about every three months and they are still high.

In my last test (a few weeks ago) the lab did not give me actual data as they have in the past, saying instead the CDC told them not to.

CDC says they don't think antibody levels are reliable info markers of resistence to covid. On it's face, that sound nonsensical to me, but I'm no virologist.

Anyway, they say "less information is better for you, slave" and "get the booster".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 08:50 AM (SRZO6)

295 Gas prices always drop in late July.

Schools open in many places in early August so vacation travel drops off and demand for gas goes down.

On the flip side price jump up in May so part of Biden's problem was timing but he made things much worse then a normal year.

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at July 23, 2022 08:50 AM (PbwT0)

296 I know I am in the minority here, but every time I hear the 'you can get good help' lament, especially from local acquaintances, they are not people I would ever work for. YMMV, but I think they believe somehow that immigrant labor will work endlessly for minimum wage and be darned grateful for the 'opportunity'.

I've seen it both ways. Really shitty help, and really shitty people that want to name their own price for infinite labor. Most business owners, get this, are of the "capitalism for me, but not for thee" variety.

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 23, 2022 08:50 AM (rmXRd)

297 113 krak

A friend will help you move;
A good friend will help you move bodies;
A best friend will come over at 0200 with a backhoe, lime, and a shovel after a 0100 phone call and won't ask questions.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 23, 2022 07:18 AM (hOUT3)
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That!

Posted by: Ciampino - have backhoe; will travel at July 23, 2022 08:50 AM (qfLjt)

298 Fen your son needs to get the workers to unite and demand that the farm be turned over to the workers. That will show that 'ol boss.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 08:51 AM (sn5EN)

299 He doesn't hire under the table.
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I don't like going against my usual Pollyanna attitude, but my educated guess would be that he got caught in the past.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 23, 2022 08:51 AM (MIKMs)

300 And they pursue their own wicked goals in their own ways, and there is *no* coordination between any of them - which is why taken together, the entire system is hurtling into absolute chaos.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:39 AM (r46W7)

There you go. No actual coordination but a confluence of similar degenerative energy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 08:52 AM (H8QX8)

301 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2022 08:52 AM (Irn0L)

302 You live in Kingsport TN? I'm looking to move to eastern Tennessee. Sick of Florida. Is it our kind of town?

Posted by: travlin man at July 23, 2022 08:53 AM (7FbwY)

303 Fen, your son's situation reminds me of some of the unpleasant work experiences I had when I was younger. For some reason, work situations got better as I got older. I do not know if this phenomenon is universal, but if it is, your son has better times to look forward to. He just has to persevere in the meantime.

Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2022 08:53 AM (6RgRK)

304 And they pursue their own wicked goals in their own ways, and there is *no* coordination between any of them - which is why taken together, the entire system is hurtling into absolute chaos.

Sooner or later, this uncoordinated cabal will fall apart. They'll create maximum destruction along the way, but it won't last forever.

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 23, 2022 08:53 AM (rmXRd)

305 In lovely scenic Lancaster, will have to pay to park but nice attendance to Historicon miniatures gaming

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 23, 2022 08:53 AM (CQ9bR)

306 Vis a vis Farm Work. The tree farm my late brother worked for, has to get temporary visas for their workers and put them up. They have to pay a decent wage to get good help.

My brother used to pay his crew "by the piece." He only hired a crew for harvest season and paid them by how many Christmas trees they harvested, baled up and transported, per day. Most of the time, the crew of seven people plus foreman were making about $1500/day to split amongst the crew. Of course the foreman always took a cut from the other crew members.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 08:54 AM (R5lpX)

307 Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 08:51 AM (sn5EN)

LOL. That wouldn't even occur to him Besides the other workers consist of the farmers son in law, some older guy (50's) who works there part time and hasn't critiqued my son and two other young people doing a summer job before they also go to college

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:54 AM (RJQR5)

308 290 *rejoices with JM that God carries us through tough times*
Posted by: Emmie

Most of our problems today is because too many people don't understand this. God does not stop bad things from happening. But he helps carry us through. With His help we come out stronger.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 23, 2022 08:54 AM (KNJGg)

309 Aren't biker bars with theme songs kind of, I don't know, ghay?

Posted by: From about that time at July 23, 2022 08:55 AM (4780s)

310 People have forgotten what the rainbow means.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 23, 2022 08:56 AM (KNJGg)

311 CDC says they don't think antibody levels are reliable info markers of resistence to covid.

*

I'm betting only vaxxine shots and boosters every three months is the only way to be sure.

You know. Like Joe Biden.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 23, 2022 08:56 AM (gIwDN)

312 Most of our problems today is because too many people don't understand this. God does not stop bad things from happening. But he helps carry us through. With His help we come out stronger.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 23, 2022 08:54 AM (KNJGg)
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Correct.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 23, 2022 08:56 AM (llXky)

313 @283

>>but that could have been mitigated with vitamin D and zinc supplements.

Vitamin C and D, Quercetin and Zinc, and Famatodine and you have most of the I-Mask protocol.

If one can get ivermectin and HCQ you've got a regimen that exceeds the efficacy of the bullshit non-vaccine they are forcing on people.

The plandemic was a political Op but it was aided and abetted by the Medical and Scientific community and they must pay a price as surely as these political monsters must.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2022 08:57 AM (H3XDq)

314 Probably won't see temps in the 50's till it's trick or treat time.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022

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I won't see temps in the 50s until Christmas. If then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 23, 2022 08:57 AM (c6xtn)

315 I question a "farmer" who uses manual labor to pull weeds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2022 08:57 AM (BFigT)

316 We are going to remove your blood and replace it with 100% vaccine. It is the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 23, 2022 08:57 AM (KNJGg)

317 For some reason, work situations got better as I got older. I do not know if this phenomenon is universal, but if it is, your son has better times to look forward to.

It's not just you. A lot of adults have a natural tendency to treat young kids in the workplace like shit. Talk terribly to them, treat them almost sub-human. As you get older, they knock that shit off. Most people, especially if they've been shit on, really like to shit on somebody else whenever they think they've got the chance.

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 23, 2022 08:57 AM (rmXRd)

318 My theory is that Bannon is setting up a SCOTUS challenge to knock out the J6 Commission entirely. On the merits he should win. Storming this hill by himself will win his way back into TrumpLand and foil Nancy's third attempt at impeachment.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 23, 2022 08:58 AM (i0slg)

319 "People have forgotten what the rainbow means."

Pepperidge Farms remembers

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2022 08:58 AM (1n+EO)

320 Fen agree with emmie, did lots of jobs when younger but having tougher that out I think helped me immensely

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 23, 2022 08:59 AM (CQ9bR)

321 So I was reading a really weird story about how PDT has a legal team that is researching how to WIPE OUT entire divisions of EPA, Dept of Ed, IRS.
2025 may be fun to watch!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM
if you read past the "scare words" in that piece, they're just saying what everyone on this site says every day. I read that article and thought "okay, that could be a nice start...."
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2022 08:42 AM (r46W7)

Concur. Has to happen sooner or later. Abolish All Their Asses!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 23, 2022 08:59 AM (R/m4+)

322 Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2022 08:57 AM (BFigT

Why? Is it something you can do by machine?. Son has also put down stakes, picked tomatoes and garlic and onions and done something calling "stringing" with plastic that I don't understand

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 09:00 AM (RJQR5)

323 Aren't biker bars with theme songs kind of, I don't know, ghay?
Posted by: From about that time at July 23, 2022 08:55 AM (4780s)

**

A good way to find out is to go into one and pose the question. I mean, I wouldn't advise it, but you do you.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 23, 2022 09:00 AM (R5lpX)

324 FAGA. Fire All Government Assholes.

Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 09:01 AM (sn5EN)

325 Good lord, now they are mad at Trump for what he did not do on January 6, after spending his term mad at what he did do.

What a load of bullshit. Those people, one and all, are a complete waste of time and oxygen.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 09:01 AM (SRZO6)

326 I used the FLCCC last Friday and ordered HCQ and Ivermectin. Yesterday I received a 5-day supply of both, 2 pills 2x per day, to be taken "at the onset" and a 30 day supply of Ivermectin, one pill 2x a week, for prevention and general health with 2 refills.
No more arguing with the TSC retards that continually lie and tell me they are "sold out" or buying questionable product from Amazon.

Posted by: Fool Otto at July 23, 2022 09:01 AM (DB16e)

327 "People have forgotten what the rainbow means."

This people hasn't

but yes, the LBGT completely usurped that symbol-deliberately.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 09:01 AM (RJQR5)

328 Posted by: Skip's phone at July 23, 2022 08:59 AM (CQ9bR)

He isn't planning on quitting. He enjoys the paycheck and thinks this is a more interesting job than working in the garden center at Lowes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 09:02 AM (RJQR5)

329 Bo Jackson did a good thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 09:03 AM (SRZO6)

330 The only news we will get about biden's covid from the white house is that he is feeling fine and having mild symptoms. He has been vaxxed and double boosted. So, that is the only acceptable news that can be reported.
Of course that will change if he dies.
Unexpectedly.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2022 09:03 AM (dr4Q1)

331 IMO it was a huge mistake to broadcast this plan to the very people you intend to use it on.
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But, they were always going to fight Trump with all they had-- especially the dishonest and illegal.

And the biggest complaint folks have on Trump II is, 'has he learned his lesson?"
You don't win campaigns with secret plans for your administration. Specifically, "he never said he would cut the federal workforce!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 23, 2022 09:04 AM (Zf0+a)

332 FWIW, Neil Cavuto had Dr. Birx on his show yesterday. An admitted liar/manipulator, and he gave her a platform.

Posted by: SC Math Teacher at July 23, 2022 09:05 AM (dBpR0)

333 Bo Jackson did a good thing.

I love his story about taking his kids to the store. One of 'em supposedly grabbed something off the shelf. Bo sez "put it back". Kid sez "but we're rich". Bo sez "No, I'm rich. You're broke."

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 23, 2022 09:05 AM (rmXRd)

334 o I was reading a really weird story about how PDT has a legal team that is researching how to WIPE OUT entire divisions of EPA, Dept of Ed, IRS.
2025 may be fun to watch!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 23, 2022 08:34 AM

Well, I heard in 2016 how they were going to "deconstruct the administrative state."

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2022 09:05 AM (H8QX8)

335 >The only news we will get about biden's covid from the white house is that he...

cleaned his plate after breakfast and lunch!

Posted by: Fool Otto at July 23, 2022 09:05 AM (DB16e)

336 FWIW, Neil Cavuto had Dr. Birx on his show yesterday. An admitted liar/manipulator, and he gave her a platform.
Posted by: SC Math Teacher at July 23, 2022 09:05 AM (dBpR0)
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Simple solution: Don't watch Fox.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 09:06 AM (SRZO6)

337 @Eromero, the 5-4 decision had no opinion, so I'm just speculating as to ACB's motives, but here goes. The issue is that the Biden Administration issued a policy on deportations that told DHS to take racial equity into account and not to take nonviolent criminal convictions into account when prioritizing who to deport. The Fifth Circui blocked it because it was effectively changing the law, which requires that all convicted criminals be deported. The Tenth Circuit, I believe, didn't block it. In the DACA decision, the Supreme Court said prosecutorial discretion is an individual determination and can't be a blanket policy. The question is whether that also applies to deportations, which are administrative actions.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 23, 2022 09:07 AM (7B5FA)

338 He isn't planning on quitting. He enjoys the paycheck and thinks this is a more interesting job than working in the garden center at Lowes.
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Good for him. The experience will be invaluable going on as he will know intimately the effort it takes to get food to table. So many younger people are clueless.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 23, 2022 09:09 AM (MIKMs)

339 Powerline suggest AOC has a bondage fantasy, after smiling happily through her fake handcuff pictures. I hadn't thought of that, but it makes some sense.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 09:09 AM (SRZO6)

340 Babylon Bee won the meme wars, saying Ilhan Omar used her one phone call from jail to call her husband and her brother

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 09:10 AM (SRZO6)

341 FAGA. Fire All Government Assholes.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2022 09:01 AM (sn5EN)

Love It!

I gotta get some hats and t-shirts made and pass them out for free.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 23, 2022 09:10 AM (R/m4+)

342 oops- Nood

but you already knew that

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 09:12 AM (SRZO6)

343 Powerline suggest AOC has a bondage fantasy, after smiling happily through her fake handcuff pictures. I hadn't thought of that, but it makes some sense.
=====

Too young to be a 'respected elder of the resistance', those silly misty water-colored memories are sooooo romantic.

(Suggestion for the book thread one of these days: how the term 'romantic' has shifted over the years.)

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 23, 2022 09:13 AM (MIKMs)

344 "And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow around the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."

Revelation 4:3

"And I saw another mighty angel come down from Heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face were as it was the sun, and his feet were pillars of fire."

Revelation 10:1

Pretty sure that's the right context. Pretty sure.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 23, 2022 09:14 AM (ifHdv)

345 @Ignoramus, I think Bannon wins, but the reasoning is something like this: We have three branches of government. The legislative branch can create whatever kangaroo hearings (not courts) it wants; that's their prerogative. Perhaps the executive branch can choose to prosecute people who don't go along with it. But when the judiciary gets involved, the proceeding has to be Constitutional, and the alleged crime was not.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 23, 2022 09:15 AM (7B5FA)

346 150 Do the vaccines have any value at all?

Honest question.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2022 07:42 AM (YKyOU)

I'm sure everyone here would love to hear my unscientific opinion (lol) so here goes:

The immune response generated by the "vaccines" is worthless, since it teaches your body to produce antibodies to just one component of the virus from 2019 that has long ago mutated and isn't even circulating any more.

A very weird thing is that within weeks, a jabbed person achieves negative efficacy -- more likely than unjabbed to get infected.

Here's my unscientific theory: the reason there seems to be any protection at all (for 8-20 weeks, depending on how many shots; more shots, shorter protection window) is because the shots cause the incidence of spike proteins in the body, which "clogs up" the ACE-2 receptors, which then temporarily prevents Covid spike proteins from being able to dock in the ACE-2 receptors. With repeated shots, the body becomes more efficient cleaning up the vaccine spike proteins, so protection time shortens. Israeli study showed second booster protected for 8 weeks before going negative.

Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2022 09:16 AM (6RgRK)

347 Everyone around me is getting this new covid strain, but not me. Me strong like bull

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 23, 2022 09:19 AM (Irn0L)

348 Spouse just said "If he says the same thing again" just say "Ok" and leave it at that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 08:30 AM (RJQR5)

When I first graduated from college with a finance degree, I went to work at a bank and had, as my first boss, a woman who told me when she met me that she hated college kids and gave me a horrible first evaluation. I left a year later and became a naval officer. Before I left, I told her boss, the bank VP, that she was insane. He just looked at me and shrugged.

A year after I left, I heard from a friend that she shot herself in the bank parking lot in front of the customers - she was despondent over an affair, very sad. Sometimes, you just know that certain people were never, ever meant to be the boss of anyone.

Posted by: Boswell at July 23, 2022 09:36 AM (+Cgut)

349 Posted by: Boswell at July 23, 2022 09:36 AM (+Cgut)

Wow; That's quite a story. Sad too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2022 09:46 AM (0h3lo)

350 Liz Cheney 2024? Not everyone is laughing

.. but a majority certainly are

Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2022 10:26 AM (X5CsJ)

351 sign in

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 23, 2022 10:57 AM (yikp0)

352 quite a stretch to refer to the lineup of has-beens and journeymen sidemen as "lynard skynard" but I guess Rossiington is staggering around up there. These classic era band names should be retired when there are less than 2 new members left.

Posted by: docweasel at July 23, 2022 01:31 PM (6B8TT)

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