Daily Tech News 9 August 2022

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AMD's Threadripper Pro 5000 series is finally available in retail. (Tom's Hardware)

Five weeks before Ryzen 7000 launches.

If you need the memory capacity (Threadripper Pro supports up to 2TB of RAM) or the I/O bandwidth (7 full x16 PCIe slots with room left over) then these chips make sense. There's certainly nothing from Intel to compete right now.

If you just want a faster CPU they're less compelling. The 24 core 5965WX is likely only 10% faster than the 7950X will be, and much more expensive.

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I replaced all our blog thumbnails using DALL-E 2 for $45: here's what I learned. (Deephaven)

DALL-E lets you describe what you want a picture of, then generates it. The results are interesting. (Reddit)
A review of the new HP Pavilion Plus. (Thurrott.com)

I mentioned this as potentially the best small laptop, and the review agrees on many points. Where it falls down is not so much the hardware as the crapware - the review uses that term - HP chose to shovel onto it, some of it difficult to remove. You should be able to do a reinstall with plain Windows, but you shouldn't need to.
Another candidate is the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3. (Liliputing)

This is lighter than the HP, has an option for a higher-resolution screen, still has the Four Essential Keys, has an 8 core Ryzen 6850U, and wired ethernet, as well as all the other bits.

I doubt it's cheap though. The previous model is on sale right now at 45% off, and still costs A$2499 for a pretty meh configuration.
Crypto lender Hodlnaut is the latest to steal all its users' money. (CoinDesk)

I wish I could steal half a billion dollars and blame it on "difficult market conditions".

Disclaimer: Up up down down left right left right B A START.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:54 AM

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1 Good evening Pixy
American Civil War II has started here, how is it in Australia?

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2022 04:58 AM (k8B25)

2 Good evening, Pixy, and morning to the majority of you. For some reason August 9 rings in my memory as something personal. Oh! I bought the big Buick 3 years ago today! (Well, 8/8, but this was my first whole day with it.) It's been a fantastic car. Damned if I can understand why it sat on the dealer's lot for 2 months before I came along.

Well! It be time for shave and shower. Back later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 09, 2022 05:02 AM (c6xtn)

3 Yo Pixy How you doin?

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:04 AM (5s/s5)

4 >>>Disclaimer: Up up down down left right left right B A START.

The Hokey-Pokey?

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:04 AM (rnYgr)

5 Can't hang. Back to bed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2022 05:05 AM (4I/2K)

6 Tim Pool had Larry Elder on last night. Larry schooled Tim's idiotic sidekick and his stupid guest comedian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8PEXSCVrnE

Tim, himself was not bad.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at August 09, 2022 05:05 AM (5Qjf9)

7 Yo Pixy How you doin?
Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:04 AM (5s/s5)

4 >>>Disclaimer: Up up down down left right left right B A START.

The Hokey-Pokey?
Posted by: m

Lotta that all-about shakin' goin' on up theah

Posted by: Sen. Fritz "Miklos" Hollings at August 09, 2022 05:06 AM (hXIvZ)

8
DALL-E lets you describe what you want a picture of, then generates it. The results are interesting.

Pretty cool.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 05:06 AM (jE276)

9 Can someone enlighten me how mining crypto currency is even a reality in cyber space. I mean what do the guys do after 'mining' all day 'go home and shower off the mining dirt? WTF? I call a whole lotta bullshit goin on lmao

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:08 AM (5s/s5)

10 g'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 09, 2022 05:08 AM (gNK8s)

11 DALL-E lets you describe what you want a picture of, then generates it. The results are interesting.

Pretty cool.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I'm gonna start with "Phoebe Cates" and "marshmallows" and see where the muse takes me.

Posted by: Artistically Enhanced Miklos at August 09, 2022 05:09 AM (hXIvZ)

12 6 Tim Pool had Larry Elder on last night. Larry schooled Tim's idiotic sidekick and his stupid guest comedian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8PEXSCVrnE

Tim, himself was not bad.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at August 09, 2022 05:05 AM (5Qjf9)

This sounds great. Bookmarking it for breaktime.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:10 AM (rnYgr)

13 1 Good evening Pixy
American Civil War II has started here, how is it in Australia?

Nothing so dramatic here, just the usual energy crisis and inflation created by self-assured idiots.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 09, 2022 05:11 AM (FVPGM)

14 I'm working in the Bitcoin mines tomorrow. Whew I'll need to pack my dinner and fuel my lantern... C'mon canary your coming with me..

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:15 AM (5s/s5)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 09, 2022 05:19 AM (ENBF0)

16 So HP Pavillion has risen all the way to HP Pavillion Plus?!

Heh I bought an HP Pavillion in 1999 at Office Depot in Pompano FL. It was a student issue and I had a 250 rebate.. was ok but no ram to speak of although it could burn CD's and came loaded with programs before apps..

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:20 AM (5s/s5)

17
No safety concerns with Covid vaccines in test animals. Pfizer killed all the test animals shortly after vaccination:

https://tinyurl.com/2z9skmtg

Kill all the animals injected with your poisons, so you can't see any long term ill effects. That's our Pfizer for us.

Telephone poles and railroad cross ties, I tell you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 09, 2022 05:21 AM (Mzdiz)

18 KK nice peoples and Donny Baker Peace Be With you!

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:21 AM (5s/s5)

19 here-
I'd ask 'what fresh hell this day', but yesterday's hell is still fresh

Posted by: DB at August 09, 2022 05:24 AM (geLO8)

20 Pixy what's a good laptop with a big HD display

Posted by: DB at August 09, 2022 05:25 AM (geLO8)

21 Is Bitcoin mining tunnels or open pit these days?

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2022 05:25 AM (k8B25)

22 It's pouring. I'm going back to bed on the faint hope I can calm my rage enough to sleep.

Hang in there, Horde.

Posted by: creeper at August 09, 2022 05:25 AM (cTCuP)

23
No safety concerns with Covid vaccines in test animals. Pfizer killed all the test animals shortly after vaccination:

Kill all the animals injected with your poisons, so you can't see any long term ill effects. That's our Pfizer for us.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 09, 2022 05:21 AM

Melbourne Vaccine Education Center in January 2021:

Previous animal trials of experimental vaccines against SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV have also been shown to induce a more serious disease when subsequently exposed to the virus.

Of course they had to destroy the evidence. For nearly 20 years they tried to find a vaccine that did more good then harm - but it never happened.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 05:29 AM (jE276)

24 Good morning from the former United States of America.

Go long on palm sized smooth stones.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2022 05:32 AM (kOpme)

25 I liked this, on ace's Third World Junta thread:

920 I hope all Trump had in his safe was a copy of Hunter's hard drive and a note that said, "Since you dumb bastards can't seem to find this, I put it in the one place I knew you would look."
Posted by: Thatch at August 08, 2022 11:35 PM (qWceQ)

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:32 AM (rnYgr)

26 Today will be loud

Posted by: DB at August 09, 2022 05:34 AM (geLO8)

27 Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:21 AM (5s/s5)

Wow. Look at that hash.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:35 AM (rnYgr)

28 Can you imagine the stream of pure concentrated stupidity that's going to emanate from KJP when she's asked about her bosses Stasi raiding the house of his political opponent?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2022 05:36 AM (kOpme)

29 Good morning morons

Local TV news reporting on yet another midday armed robbery in the tonier suburbs. Police tell the populace not to wear expensive jewelry when going out for lunch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 05:36 AM (EZebt)

30 28 Can you imagine the stream of pure concentrated stupidity that's going to emanate from KJP when she's asked about her bosses Stasi raiding the house of his political opponent?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2022 05:36 AM (kOpme)

omigosh so cringe

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:36 AM (rnYgr)

31 it's a - whaddycallit, uh- pachyderm

Posted by: DB at August 09, 2022 05:37 AM (geLO8)

32 A step of faith. I have a feeling this is by a young person from Japan. These reflections come a year in advance, so I hope and did just pray that the person in ok:

https://tinyurl.com/4nmredaw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 05:38 AM (FSyrX)

33 Posted by: Sen. Fritz "Miklos" Hollings at August 09, 2022 05:06 AM (hXIvZ)

===
One of the guys who made me proud to be a Democrat 40 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 05:38 AM (EZebt)

34 PoliMath @politicalmath

I wonder how many people there are who are like "well, I'm willing to give the FBI the benefit of the doubt, but they better really actually have something here or I'm going to be pretty outraged about this"

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:41 AM (rnYgr)

35 A devotional based on the letter of James. There is a mention of St Teresa of Avila so some of the RC's might appreciate this devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/a595hxy3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 05:45 AM (PtVG9)

36 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 09, 2022 05:46 AM (ju2Fy)

37
I want to know the political affiliation of the judge who signed off on the search warrant because I really wonder whether it is a Bush appointee or the usual Soros type.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 05:47 AM (jE276)

38 So far everyone who can is screaming we are in the Banana Republic part of government

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2022 05:47 AM (k8B25)

39 Today will be loud
Posted by: DB

WHAT ?

Posted by: JT at August 09, 2022 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

40 Democrats were always bad, there is no sell by date. My dad was the best this country offered, and he despised JFK. JFK was way to the right of the modern Demo party, but still a radical leftist.

I voted for one Dem in my life. It was for Sheriff and the guy was Pro 2A, the vote was based only on 2A. The. So called Repub was a gun grabber.

Posted by: Quint at August 09, 2022 05:51 AM (Iekt2)

41 So far everyone who can is screaming we are in the Banana Republic part of government
Posted by: Skip

And.....YES ! We Have no Bananas !

Posted by: JT at August 09, 2022 05:51 AM (T4tVD)

42 20 Pixy what's a good laptop with a big HD display

I like my Dell Inspiron 16 Plus. 16" 3072x1920 display.

The new model is a bit different - they dropped the numeric keypad - but I expect it's still good.

Not sure about the battery life because I have a smaller notebook for travel.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 09, 2022 05:52 AM (FVPGM)

43 "...or I'm going to be pretty outraged about this"
Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:41 AM (rnYgr)

I'm thinking that number is pretty close to zero. If you're not already beyond rage, then any failure by the junta to "find anything" is the fault of the junta for not being diligent enough.

This is exactly the sort of delusional mechanism by which any political terror propagates.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 05:53 AM (6FeV1)

44 Psalm 140-A psalm of protection from those who slander or threaten. Yesterday I suggested that people might consider changing the wording of me and mine to her and his for President Trump:

https://tinyurl.com/4snukf5m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 05:53 AM (p/6sa)

45 I have 0 faith in a judge not going totally political, It's Garland ( or underlings) and or Sundowner's Puppeteers who ordered it, getting a judge to go along is hardly a problem.

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2022 05:54 AM (k8B25)

46 @38

>>So far everyone who can is screaming we are in the Banana Republic part of government.

Republics generally last a couple hundred years and this one is just about done.

Where this Illegitimate Junta has taken us, they're is no going back. There will only be escalation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2022 05:55 AM (kOpme)

47 Wow. Look at that hash.
Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 05:35 AM (rnYgr)

Yeah look cool huh? Psst what does it mean?

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:57 AM (5s/s5)

48 There isn't really a good word for the ideology of the ruling junta. They're not really communists. Certainly not liberals or progressive. Their only ruling ethos is their own power. Raw, unchallengeable power. "Autocratic" comes close. It's really just Rule By Evil Intent. Malocracy?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 05:57 AM (6FeV1)

49 Heh I have status up in here. Gol Dang right I do !!! Check out THIS HASH.

Posted by: Commentor What Got a Shirt at August 09, 2022 05:58 AM (5s/s5)

50 Totalitarian wantabe

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2022 05:59 AM (k8B25)

51 It amazes me every year how quickly the days shorten, after midsummer. Got up this morning at 5 in the dark and dawn is just breaking now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:00 AM (xFKgx)

52 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:01 AM (BRHaw)

53 13 hrs 22 mins Today

13 hrs 21 mins Manana

Losing about a minute a day of sunlight!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:03 AM (BRHaw)

54 Kleptocracy

A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption.
A corrupt and dishonest government characterized by greed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:04 AM (BRHaw)

55 I might say their ideology is Misanthropic Utopianism.

They envision a future perfected. But there are just too many people, making too much pollution, consuming too much of the Earf's resources.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 06:05 AM (EZebt)

56 Losing about a minute a day of sunlight!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:03 AM (BRHaw)

Stop the Sun. Let's pass the Daylight Increasing Act right now. For the children.

- Kíng Joe "Dyslexic Cnut" Biden

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:06 AM (6FeV1)

57 Trump could be BANNED from holding public office if he is found guilty of mishandling classified White House records - and the legal saga will be a 'huge' development for his 2024 hopes, legal experts warn

No do Joe, Hilldog, and Bhussein!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:06 AM (BRHaw)

58 Your hash is cool but my hash is relevant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 06:07 AM (EZebt)

59 When we chanted "Lock Her Up!" I meant it literally, and Trump wouldn't be in the position he is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 06:08 AM (EZebt)

60 What a dope. Taking classified documents to your secure home and keeping them in a safe it took the feds half a day to cut into.

Everyone knows you just whisper the secrets directly into the ear of, oh, i don't know, say, your chauffeur. Or your diminutive Asian lady friend.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:09 AM (6FeV1)

61 When we chanted "Lock Her Up!" I meant it literally, and Trump wouldn't be in the position he is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 06:08 AM (EZebt)

From that disgraceful Comey press conference to today is a straight line.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:11 AM (6FeV1)

62 I voted for one Dem in my life. It was for Sheriff and the guy was Pro 2A, the vote was based only on 2A. The. So called Repub was a gun grabber.
Posted by: Quint

I've never voted for a Dem in my life. I'm open minded about it but so far no Dem has put forth any policies that make sense. I once voted for an insurance commissioner in Kansas that was under indictment. Still a better option than the Dem.

Also, it'd be nice if voting Dem wasn't an existential threat to what was left of the Republic. My dad was a Dem in Texas, but everyone was. He didn't leave the party, it left him.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 09, 2022 06:12 AM (X++p7)

63 (Not that i believe for a second that there is a shred of incriminating anything at mar a lago)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:12 AM (6FeV1)

64 @59

>>When we chanted "Lock Her Up!" I meant it literally, and Trump wouldn't be in the position he is.

Yes, but Trump is law abiding to a fault and respectful of traditions and norms unlike his opponents and locking up your opponents is third world banana republic sh*t.

Every time you see a Never Trumper, kick them in the shins all the while screaming, HOW DO THESE NORMS FEEL?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2022 06:12 AM (kOpme)

65 Hotter today than yesterday
Stay cool

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2022 06:15 AM (k8B25)

66 Hotter today than yesterday
Stay cool
Posted by: Skip

Here, it's cooler today than yesterday.

Still, stay cool though.

Good morning all!

Posted by: Bruce at August 09, 2022 06:16 AM (vd8XM)

67 I'm thinking today is a good to avoid ASHQ. I am going to hit the tip jar, however, and encourage to do the same. Ace writes very well and has been on fire about the hideous transgender ideology and grooming of kids. God bless him and his site!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 06:16 AM (ydkH5)

68 Meant "encourage everyone".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 06:17 AM (ydkH5)

69 Miley shows his true colors, what a POS

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=128933

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:19 AM (SnOp8)

70 *waves to Fenelon Spoke*

Going back to bed sounds like a good plan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:20 AM (SnOp8)

71 Just to entertain us while the gibbets are being built, Trump's first act should be to release Ghislaine Maxwell's copy of Epstein's client list. The "Merrick Garland" entry will be illuminating.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:20 AM (xFKgx)

72 Wife is a little under the weather. I'm off to do some early grocery shopping before they start the repaving the 4 lane road that goes by the store.

Later all. Be cool no matter what. As my HS basketball coach would say, "Hot as hell on the inside, cool as a cucumber on the outside"

Posted by: Bruce at August 09, 2022 06:21 AM (vd8XM)

73 There is no more law. Only men with guns.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2022 06:21 AM (EZebt)

74 Highland Games horror: Man killed by 22-pound metal ball during competition in Netherlands

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:22 AM (BRHaw)

75 Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze

Goodnight, norms. Hope the norms get a good night sleep. Did you tuck in the norms? The norms have a big day ahead of them tomorrow. Big big day for the norms.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:22 AM (rnYgr)

76 Does anyone else immediately see the irony of having Highland games in the Netherlands?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:24 AM (OEMZY)

77 This morning's coffee is "Columbian Geisha" from King Harv. Darn tasty.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:24 AM (xFKgx)

78 We found the reason why America is in the shitter. It was in Trump's safe. He did it. It's been two years, Damn you Trump!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 09, 2022 06:25 AM (WHt4f)

79 Meena Harris @meena (Kamala's niece)

Trump on FBI search: “Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before.” Yes we know booboo

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:25 AM (rnYgr)

80 Does anyone else immediately see the irony of having Highland games in the Netherlands?

Well it is the lowlands after all...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:26 AM (SnOp8)

81 80 Does anyone else immediately see the irony of having Highland games in the Netherlands?

Well it is the lowlands after all...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:26 AM (SnOp

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:26 AM (rnYgr)

82 Does anyone else immediately see the irony of having Highland games in the Netherlands?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:24 AM (OEMZY)
=============
like holding canoe races in Death Valley

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:26 AM (xFKgx)

83 Prayer request-,The dear organist-,Jessie- is having pain and intestinal issues and was not
there on Sunday. She's such a light in our church and we all love her very much. Thx so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 06:27 AM (RV0sU)

84 9 Aug 2022, Bock's Car re-enacts its famous mission over Washington DC...

In an alternate timeline.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:27 AM (SnOp8)

85 hodlnaut

Truth in advertising. You’re holding naut.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 09, 2022 06:28 AM (vcv8B)

86 76 Does anyone else immediately see the irony of having Highland games in the Netherlands?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 06:24 AM (OEMZY)

Trying to cut down greenhouse gases!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:28 AM (BRHaw)

87 Democrats (and their secret police) are watching today, to see how this is taken by the public. They expect gnashing of teeth and shaking fists at the sky, but fear anything more substantive.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:29 AM (xFKgx)

88 Done, Fen.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:30 AM (xFKgx)

89 Senior White House officials found out about the FBI’s Mar a Lago raid on Twitter, had no notice, per source familiar

Bhussein never knew a fucking thing until he saw it in the WaPoop!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:30 AM (BRHaw)

90 "This is some third world bullsh*t!"
-Bongino on Watters show yesterday

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

91 Yes we know booboo
Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:25 AM (rnYgr

Did she mean "boohoo" because boo-boo sounds like someone's who's long in the tooth to know about Yogi Bears little friend.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 06:31 AM (RV0sU)

92 They realize few are taught history. They expect the abuse to pay dividends.

Posted by: Quint at August 09, 2022 06:32 AM (Iekt2)

93 $3 billion for the Department of Transportation to look into racist infrastructure.

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:32 AM (BRHaw)

94 87 Democrats (and their secret police) are watching today, to see how this is taken by the public. They expect gnashing of teeth and shaking fists at the sky, but fear anything more substantive.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:29 AM (xFKgx)

Also, the IRS is making a list of the fist-shakers.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:33 AM (rnYgr)

95 If the President of the United States is out of the loop for something this major they don't deserve to be President. Might as well admit Joey was asleep, taking a nap.

Then again when New Zealand suddenly sold off its entire air force to an American company, the Commie Leftist PM did not know the sale went through until it was reported in the paper.

Stop giving the vile vermin Commie Leftists a pass. But that is all the Media does. Fellow traveling traitors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:34 AM (SnOp8)

96 Thanks, Huck. Now I'm off to look at some flowers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2022 06:34 AM (RV0sU)

97 I buried a grandmother decades ago with a reading of Psalm 119, its meaning and power become clearer every day in the present unpleasant times.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 09, 2022 06:34 AM (oWBc3)

98 Larry Elder
@larryelder
32m
Once again Donald Trump’s “white privilege” failed to kick in.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:34 AM (rnYgr)

99 The Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump’s management of classified documents and the FBI raid Monday is a part of that probe.

The federal agency was tipped off earlier this year when the National Archives and Records Administration said it found classified materials in 15 boxes at Mar-a-Lago.
==================

The gall of this man! Keeping classified materials unsafely! Out in the open practically!

Huma, print that Top Secret message now, please.

Posted by: Hillary! at August 09, 2022 06:34 AM (xFKgx)

100 Same today as yesterday. 97. Hottest and driest summer in my corner of NJ since I moved here 10 years ago. I like it.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 09, 2022 06:35 AM (vcv8B)

101 Joe has had threadripper pro down for quite awhile now

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 09, 2022 06:36 AM (/6GbT)

102 KurtSchlichter

This is an excellent time not to take the bait of the Stasi. Say nothing radical. Think what you wish, but listen to the Godfather and never let anyone know what you are thinking.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:36 AM (BRHaw)

103 Did the National Archives send a SWAT unit to raid Sandy Burglar's sock drawer?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:36 AM (SnOp8)

104 No sir. No fists. I have jazz hands.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 09, 2022 06:37 AM (7AJF9)

105
Note to the truly pissed off: Probably not a good day to rent a Ryder truck with a destination of Washington, DC.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 06:37 AM (jE276)

106 A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The National Pulse finds that 56% of Likely U.S. voters believe every state should require that ballots be available immediately after elections for bipartisan voter reviews to enhance election confidence and transparency. Only 23% are against ballot reviews, while another 21% are not sure.

So 1 out a five think vote cheating is ok!! I would have guessed higher! About 40%

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:39 AM (BRHaw)

107 The best reaction? Win both houses in November and shut the sumbitch down for 2 years, grind the government grifter class down.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 09, 2022 06:39 AM (oWBc3)

108 I will say that the one disappointment about the TMNT: Shredders Revenge game was the apparent lack of utilising the Konami code.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 09, 2022 06:39 AM (ANYwd)

109 I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.

Posted by: Psalm 119 at August 09, 2022 06:40 AM (xFKgx)

110 Senior White House officials found out about the FBI’s Mar a Lago raid on Twitter, had no notice, per source familiar

Bhussein never knew a fucking thing until he saw it in the WaPoop!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:30 AM

caca de toro. biden signed off on this raid. There is no way the fib would go in there without him giving the green light.

Today's press conference should be sporty if they don't cancel it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 09, 2022 06:40 AM (bVYXr)

111 102 KurtSchlichter

This is an excellent time not to take the bait of the Stasi. Say nothing radical. Think what you wish, but listen to the Godfather and never let anyone know what you are thinking.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:36 AM (BRHaw)

A good reminder.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:40 AM (rnYgr)

112 67 I hit the tip jar a week or so ago. Think about it folks.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 09, 2022 06:41 AM (vcv8B)

113
This is an excellent time not to take the bait of the Stasi. Say nothing radical.

_________

Glory to our ever-vigilant FBI, Sword and Shield of the State! Hail! Hail! Hail!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2022 06:43 AM (1Nxff)

114 Democrats (and their secret police) are watching today, to see how this is taken by the public. They expect gnashing of teeth and shaking fists at the sky, but fear anything more substantive.

Shall I predict?

50% of the people (and the entire state of MA) will be cheering this from the rooftops- in fact, I expect my local rag to have this in yuge above-the-fold extra-large type.

The other 50% will shake their fists, engage in social media frustration and do nothing.

Great patriots like Ted Cruz will propose medals of bravery be struck for the FBI agents who took on the dangerous raid on dangerous BadOrangeMan's house. Staunch constitutionalists like Kevin McCarthy will huff and puff and soil their Underoos threatening hearings if they win the midterms.

And the Dems will know they can arrest Trump and nothing will happen.

You can take this last prediction to the fucking bank. Change my mind.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2022 06:44 AM (AW0uW)

115
I wonder if Justice Clarence Thomas and crew can review a lower court ruling?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 06:45 AM (jE276)

116 *spins a platter*

https://youtu.be/i17mgRK3GX8

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:45 AM (SnOp8)

117 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 09, 2022 06:46 AM (UnQlg)

118 I was watching the Tim Pool videocast (with Larry Elder) and Tim says, of the FBI raid of PDT's home: "we know that this is an attempt to stop [PDT] from running [for President]." Eh.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:46 AM (rnYgr)

119 Professor Jacobson writes they want radical reactions to use as a weapon to continue their campaign against DJT

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 09, 2022 06:46 AM (9+5+q)

120
Have the NPCs gotten their programming patch for this event?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2022 06:47 AM (1Nxff)

121 Outrageous! We will investigate! Hold a hearing! Can I get a "harrrummph!"?

Posted by: Kevin Luntz-McCarthy at August 09, 2022 06:48 AM (xFKgx)

122 $3 billion for the Department of Transportation to look into racist infrastructure.

*

($3B later)

We still don't know why MLK Jr Boulevards are so problematic!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 09, 2022 06:49 AM (/zWKu)

123 Skip mentioned Professor Jacobson. His comment is a wise one:

This is a provocation. They are trying to get a reaction that allows a further crackdown.

Don't take the bait.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:50 AM (xFKgx)

124 I'm so old when I remember that saying "lock her up" was considered beyond the pale.

They sent the FBI to raid the President's house.

Anybody got a read on the current shit status?

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 06:50 AM (6TxNR)

125 114 And the Dems will know they can arrest Trump and nothing will happen.

You can take this last prediction to the fucking bank. Change my mind.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2022 06:44 AM (AW0uW)

I'm afraid you might be right.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:51 AM (rnYgr)

126 Shall I predict?

50% of the people (and the entire state of MA) will be cheering this from the rooftops- in fact, I expect my local rag to have this in yuge above-the-fold extra-large type.The other 50% will shake their fists, engage in social media frustration and do nothing.

I'd say you've got the percentage wrong, that's all.

I know a ton of people like myself, who simply aren't going to lose much sleep over missing the opportunity to go "fight" for a guy that doesn't fight all that hard for himself, when push comes to shove. Donald Trump isn't exactly cut from the same stuff as Cliven Bundy.

Trump will do what he always does, make some scattered statements and delegate the rest to his lawyers. What, exactly, am I supposed to do about that ? Knock that 50% down to 45%, maybe 40%. Then I'll be in complete agreement.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 06:51 AM (/tnu7)

127 It could be a smooth move if Peter Doocy does NOT ask a question about the FBI raid of PDT's house. Just let the spokes-liar stew in her prefabricated lies.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:53 AM (rnYgr)

128 Working 9 to 5 what a way make a living
I hate bankers hours

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 09, 2022 06:53 AM (9+5+q)

129 This is a provocation. They are trying to get a reaction that allows a further crackdown.

Don't take the bait.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:50 AM (xFKgx)

Okay.

This assumes, though, that they will eventually stop putting bait out there if it is seen as not effective.

They aren't going to stop provoking until something stops them.

I heard that was what Durham is up to. Right?

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 06:53 AM (6TxNR)

130 128 Working 9 to 5 what a way make a living
I hate bankers hours
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 09, 2022 06:53 AM (9+5+q)

LOL your hash.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 06:54 AM (rnYgr)

131 You can take this last prediction to the fucking bank. Change my mind.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2022 06:44 AM (AW0uW)

It's safe in the bank. The Left is proving each day the failures of both the institutional Right's imagination and courage. It cannot imagine the Left's nature and designs, and moreover has no courage to arrest it if it did. To accept the Left for what they are is inherently beyond it, and moreover to do so would require a commensurate response (impossible for lack of courage). So we just keep reprising the same phony and deadening routine, but each time with the Left dialing the depredation further.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 06:56 AM (H8QX8)

132 Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2022 06:45 AM (SnOp

=================
great '80's choice for the day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 06:57 AM (xFKgx)

133 It could be a smooth move if Peter Doocy does NOT ask a question about the FBI raid of PDT's house. Just let the spokes-liar stew in her prefabricated lies.

Oh, yeah. If there's one thing this regime hates, any regime hates, its standing at a podium and only telling their side of the story without any challenge or counter-argument.

Reminds me of the Stalin days, when Beria would practically BEG the proles to at least contradict what he was saying - so he could enjoy the intellectual exercise of proving his statements were correct in the arena of ideas.

You betcha'.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 06:58 AM (/tnu7)

134 A cell phone is a radio, not a telephone. The government needs a warrant to tap a telephone (that is why it is called a wire tap) IT DOES NOT NEED A WARRANT TO LISTEN TO A CELL PHONE CONVERSATION because the law allows anyone to listen to any radio broadcast. The NSA listens to every cell phone conversation in the country. Be careful what you say.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 09, 2022 06:58 AM (CecP5)

135 I'd like to make a deposit at the fucking bank.

Posted by: Guy that thinks everything sounds dirty at August 09, 2022 06:58 AM (sn5EN)

136 Professor Jacobson writes they want radical reactions to use as a weapon to continue their campaign against DJT

We're going to "don't take the bait" ourselves right into the gulags.

I predicted Trump's arrest over two years ago. I'm just off on the timing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2022 06:58 AM (AW0uW)

137 So what does the great undoing of America look like?

I am guessing it is a neo-social kleptocracy with just a hint of over policing the good people.

Policing of the bad has failed as while it starts with all the laws for all the people it always lands right in the middle of Person of Color communities.

Thus the IRS doubling, as the rich and famous have people like Arthur Anderson sign their tax bills and have lawyers on 911 standing by. This will bring a new level of policing down to divorcees and side gig workers to the point they quit and take whatever meager handouts are available.

Real GDP will drop about 6% (it will be sold as 1% a quarter) per year. Real jobs (40 hours/week) are ending at about 1 million per year (80k/month) and are 20 hour PT work.

Voting (R) or PDT will not fix this. There are millions of people with Big Govt jobs whos job is to hurt you and your family. It may be through a thousand paper cuts, but they will bleed you dry.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 06:59 AM (BRHaw)

138 Skip mentioned Professor Jacobson. His comment is a wise one:
This is a provocation. They are trying to get a reaction that allows a further crackdown.
Don't take the bait.

Yes, Compliance is the best policy. GOP Playbook, pg 1

Posted by: Beavis at August 09, 2022 06:59 AM (Tc2CN)

139
Supreme Court could find something in error in the search warrant and fruit of the poisoned tree takes hold. Who knows what the FBI could have planted in Trumps papers?

The agency has become just that corrupt.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 06:59 AM (jE276)

140 We're going to "don't take the bait" ourselves right into the gulags. I predicted Trump's arrest over two years ago. I'm just off on the timing.

As I was. I thought they'd ice him immediately. Turns out, I think they actually tried a little subtlety - to see if he'd just fade away.

Now the only question is, do they do it before the midterms or after. At this point, the timing of his formal declaration to run doesn't matter to their decision.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:01 AM (/tnu7)

141 G'morning' all.

Time for Saltie's upbeat and uplifting morning greeting.

"Good morning!

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

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 09, 2022 07:02 AM (svdGq)

142 136 We're going to "don't take the bait" ourselves right into the gulags.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2022 06:58 AM (AW0uW)

Nice!

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 07:02 AM (rnYgr)

143 131 nailed it. GOP cant help with this.

Posted by: Beavis at August 09, 2022 07:03 AM (Tc2CN)

144 >>> Who knows what the FBI could have planted in Trumps papers?
~~~~~

That's a possibility, but I think it's more likely what JackStraw said last night:

"The raid was to take documents that proved Democrat corruption."

Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:04 AM (3ImbR)

145 144 >>> Who knows what the FBI could have planted in Trumps papers?
~~~~~

That's a possibility, but I think it's more likely what JackStraw said last night:

"The raid was to take documents that proved Democrat corruption."
Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:04 AM (3ImbR)

Epstein passenger list.

Posted by: m at August 09, 2022 07:05 AM (rnYgr)

146 Whatever happens in this sordid mess will be stupid and infuriating. That's basically an iron clad law of History.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2022 07:06 AM (OEMZY)

147 That's a possibility, but I think it's more likely what JackStraw said last night:

"The raid was to take documents that proved Democrat corruption."

If true, then Trump is a bigger fool than I thought, for not keeping such documents in a discrete location not even remotely linked to his name, until he was ready to use them.

What ? Did Trump think "they wouldn't dare ?". The Left always dares. There's not been any reason yet for them not to dare.

For the record, I don't think any such records existed at Mara Lago. They raided it as a message, both to him, and to those that support him.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:06 AM (/tnu7)

148 Section 2071 of Title 18 of the USC makes it a crime to willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, falsify or destroy government documents. Further this statue, upon conviction for violating it bars a person from holding any US office. However, the US Constitution sets eligibility for the presidency and impeachment as the only removal remedy.

Democratic lawyer Marc Elias stated the real purpose for the FBI raid on President Trump's home, "Yes, I recognize the legal challenge that application of this law to a president would garner. But the idea that a candidate would have to litigate this is during a campaign is in my view a 'blockbuster in American politics.'"

TLDR: Russian Collusion 2.0 but without the fake Russians. This raid was the opening salvo of a political circus, Roman Coliseum edition. It is not unreasonable to view that the US government is engaging in political terrorism to send a message to the public at large. The people and government agencies behind this are rotten to core.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 09, 2022 07:07 AM (FF+On)

149 G'morning' all.

Time for Saltie's upbeat and uplifting morning greeting.

"Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere."
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

He's being held as a sex slave for Lizzo and Tank, isn't he ?

Posted by: JT at August 09, 2022 07:07 AM (T4tVD)

150 Hunter Biden was not raided. Hillary Clinton was not raided.

Criminals both, they are Democrats and exempt. PDJT, on the other hand, pissed off the National Archives and must pay the price.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:07 AM (xFKgx)

151 "The raid was to take documents that proved Democrat corruption."
Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:04 AM (3ImbR)

If so, what the hell were they doing in Trump's safe and not in the hands of Project Veritas? Trump's problem is always that he seemed to be waiting to pounce but never pounced.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:07 AM (H8QX8)

152 The problem with big government control apparatus is they require more and more energy to maintain - this is an impossible state to maintain. You can dream of being on the battlements at Concord or the Alamo, and your time may come, but the answer today is to focus on what we can do while the system, albeit on its lasts legs, survives. Prepare for the election. Vote. Get others to vote. Don't be hopeless or helpless. To the extent you can, punish those who would enslave us - skip the Costner reruns, pass on the Coke, etc. A thousand small actions today will have an effect.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 09, 2022 07:08 AM (oWBc3)

153 FBI agent seen removing objects from Mar A Lago. Among the items, a flexible flyer sled with a rosebud on it. Thrown on a burn pile. FBI agent quoted as saying "we'll never solve everything on this man".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 09, 2022 07:08 AM (lz5hY)

154 Back in June, Kash Patel said that Trump had made him his official representative to the National Archives. Patel said he was going to go there and identify ever single document that they were trying to prevent Trump from declassifying.

Note: the president has the ability to classify or declassify any document he chooses.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:08 AM (3ImbR)

155 PM, thank you for the review of the HP laptop. It looks to be quite interesting. My experience with HP hardware has, for the most part, been quite positive.

However, I do not need that sort of power. I'm a minimal user - browsing, playing music, watching a movie or streamed video, exchanging email, doing a little editing of audio tracks and photos, is about the extent of it. I picked up an Asus notebook for $250, installed Ubuntu, and am content. I find that, for my purposes, trailing-edge hardware is perfectly adequate.

I may pick up the HP notebook, but five years now, when it's on the remainder table.

Posted by: Nemo at August 09, 2022 07:10 AM (S6ArX)

156 Criminals both, they are Democrats and exempt. PDJT, on the other hand, pissed off the National Archives and must pay the price.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:07 AM (xFKgx)

The entire Bhussein 8 years will be hidden in a second non-public library for 100 years. There are no documents at the Bhussein library.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

157 For the record, I don't think any such records existed at Mara Lago. They raided it as a message, both to him, and to those that support him.
Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:06 AM (/tnu7)

All they need to do is find one document that violated the Records Act or some other jaywalking-level misprision.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:10 AM (H8QX8)

158 >>> If true, then Trump is a bigger fool than I thought, for not keeping such documents in a discrete location not even remotely linked to his name, until he was ready to use them.
----------
>>>If so, what the hell were they doing in Trump's safe and not in the hands of Project Veritas?
~~~~~

Eric Trump reported last night that the safe they broke into was empty.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:11 AM (3ImbR)

159 Ya know how much "classified" info in the aggregate I have on my Gov Computer?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:11 AM (FHzKS)

160 Fuck Joe Biden
Fuck Bee Aye
*type delete type delete*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (RN7Qy)

161 Eric Trump reported last night that the safe they broke into was empty.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:11 AM (3ImbR)

Well that is because it was really Geraldo's safe. Trump was just holding it for him

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (FHzKS)

162 Eric Holder was publicly licking his lips several days ago about this upcoming outrage. Holder is one ugly human being.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (xFKgx)

163 I predicted Trump's arrest over two years ago. I'm just off on the timing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 09, 2022 06:58 AM (AW0uW)

After election day, I said the President should skip the inauguration, take the helicopter straight to Dulles Airport and fly on Trump One along with his family to a non-extradiction country, like the UAE.

Eventually, things died down, I thought that was overwrought. Clearly, it wasn't.

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (6TxNR)

164 Holder is one ugly human being.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (xFKgx)

Amen

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:13 AM (FHzKS)

165 Ya know how much "classified" info in the aggregate I have on my Gov Computer?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:11 AM (FHzKS)
~~~~~

So someday it will be revealed whether Biden has veneers, implants or false teeth?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:13 AM (3ImbR)

166 151 yes, if such documents were in his possession hr should have made them public.

Posted by: CN at August 09, 2022 07:13 AM (VuQO/)

167 164 Holder is one ugly human being.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (xFKgx)

Hollywood is making a hero-worshiping movie about him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:14 AM (H8QX8)

168 Well that is because it was really Geraldo's safe. Trump was just holding it for him
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:12 AM (FHzKS)
~~~~~

Hahahaha.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 09, 2022 07:14 AM (3ImbR)

169 159 When I was the go to the message center pick up guy, I would see maybe 90% of the stuff coming in with too high a classification or priority. Makes the sender feel just a little more important.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 09, 2022 07:14 AM (lz5hY)

170 All they need to do is find one document that violated the Records Act or some other jaywalking-level misprision.

That they may find, or plant. But they won't produce any Earth shattering, DNC dissolving, Watergate list of hookers at Mara Lago. I highly doubt any such document was ever there.

And that's part of my point. The UniParty doesn't need any such pretext to raid Trump. Trump's existence, and insistence on running again, is all they need. That, plus his past performance. The UniParty is banking that he'll "fight" against this the same way he fought against getting boned out of his second term. Ineffectively, without focus, late to the party, and mostly delegated through a legal team that more resembles a circus.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:15 AM (/tnu7)

171 Hollywood is making a hero-worshiping movie about him.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:14 AM (H8QX

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Well, I have one thing to say about that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:16 AM (xFKgx)

172 Black Panther wasn't about Holder? Missed that I guess.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 09, 2022 07:16 AM (oWBc3)

173 The UniParty is banking that he'll "fight" against this the same way he fought against getting boned out of his second term. Ineffectively, without focus, late to the party, and mostly delegated through a legal team that more resembles a circus.
Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:15 AM (/tnu7)

Good point.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:16 AM (H8QX8)

174 When I was the go to the message center pick up guy, I would see maybe 90% of the stuff coming in with too high a classification or priority. Makes the sender feel just a little more important.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 09, 2022 07:14 AM (lz5hY)

Classified is not a particularly high classification, as we both know LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:16 AM (FHzKS)

175 For the record, I don't think any such records existed at Mara Lago. They raided it as a message, both to him, and to those that support him.

This is how warlords and gangsters communicate.

Face it folks, we appeased our way into a terror state. These animals have no soul and no mechanism within them to say "lets pause for a moment, this is over the top".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:17 AM (3hSHB)

176 If so, what the hell were they doing in Trump's safe and not in the hands of Project Veritas? Trump's problem is always that he seemed to be waiting to pounce but never pounced.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:07 AM (H8QX

The FBI has already talked you past the sale, huh? You already are in the narrative, you think he has documents he shouldn't, and that he is dumb for having them.

Not: the FBI is the Stasi carrying out political terror against the administration's biggest political foe.

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:17 AM (6TxNR)

177 We keep saying that FJB had to have known about this. But what if it was an HRC op the entire time? We know she commissioned the Russian collaboration hoax to try and derail Trump. She hates DJT with the fury of a billion suns.

She would stop at NOTHING to prevent him from being on the ballot next time. And I'm sure she has plenty of allies in the FBI...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 09, 2022 07:19 AM (K5n5d)

178 It is not unreasonable to view that the US government is engaging in political terrorism to send a message to the public at large.
Posted by: Lost In Space

1. Parents objecting to CRT and gender-bending in school curricula labeled domestic terrorists and surveilled as such.

2. 87,000 new IRS agents to intimidate those not ensnared in 1.

3. If 1. and 2. fail, send a clear, final(?) message by incarcerating the guy you voted for.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 09, 2022 07:19 AM (vcv8B)

179 After election day, I said the President should skip the inauguration, take the helicopter straight to Dulles Airport and fly on Trump One along with his family to a non-extradiction country, like the UAE.

They would just drone him.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:20 AM (3hSHB)

180 Meanwhile, the Junta never sleeps. They say they are close to signing some sort of capitulation to Iran.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (xFKgx)

181 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 9h
MORE - Three people sustained serious burns after an "electrical incident" at the Google data center in Iowa.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (yikp0)

182 It is not unreasonable to view that the US government is engaging in political terrorism to send a message to the public at large.
Posted by: Lost In Space

1. Parents objecting to CRT and gender-bending in school curricula labeled domestic terrorists and surveilled as such.

2. 87,000 new IRS agents to intimidate those not ensnared in 1.

3. If 1. and 2. fail, send a clear, final(?) message by incarcerating the guy you voted for.

They already made political prisons at the FUSA's Lubyanka on January 6th.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (3hSHB)

183 Ten to one the fib lied on the search warrant affidavit.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (bVYXr)

184 Face it folks, we appeased our way into a terror state. These animals have no soul and no mechanism within them to say "lets pause for a moment, this is over the top".

No. "We" built it. Applauded it every step of the way. Go back and look at every expansion of the FBI. Of regular policing. Of the creation of DHS and TSA. Who supported all that stuff ?

"We" did. All in the name of winning the Cold War, then the War on Drugs, then finally the War on Terror. Why do I keep banging on that point ?

Simple. Because I still, after all this time, get the distinct impression that if America gets a reset and a do-over, "we" will immediately start building up all these institutions again. Even though we've been shown, plainly, that those institutions can't be controlled.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (/tnu7)

185 They would just drone him.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:20 AM (3hSHB)

Probably right. Really, there is nothing out of bounds here.

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (6TxNR)

186 174 Then you would see stuff marked routine unclass that was actually pretty hot.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (lz5hY)

187 Ten to one the fib lied on the search warrant affidavit.

Do they even need warrants anymore? Some dude could have just waved some refrigerator art crafted by his trans kid the morning before.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:22 AM (3hSHB)

188 183 Ten to one the fib lied on the search warrant affidavit.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (bVYXr)

Maybe they can add that to Durham's investigation!

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:22 AM (6TxNR)

189 187 Chinese menu found under a windshield wiper. Worked for Denzel Washington.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 09, 2022 07:24 AM (lz5hY)

190 Glory to our ever-vigilant FBI, Sword and Shield of the State! Hail! Hail! Hail!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Better in the original Russian?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 09, 2022 07:24 AM (RN7Qy)

191 The FBI has already talked you past the sale, huh? You already are in the narrative, you think he has documents he shouldn't, and that he is dumb for having them.

Not: the FBI is the Stasi carrying out political terror against the administration's biggest political foe.
Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:17 AM (6TxNR)

Yeah, that's right. I'm a little slow.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 09, 2022 07:24 AM (H8QX8)

192 This day has DOOM written all over it.

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:24 AM (6TxNR)

193 20 Pixy what's a good laptop with a big HD display

I like my Dell Inspiron 16 Plus. 16" 3072x1920 display.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Another reason to seriously consider Dell boxes is their service tag system. With that code you can log into your Dell account, register the code, and get a complete of set drivers and related software for that specific machine seemingly in perpetuity. This is most useful if you need to flatten a box a few years down the road. I haven't looked for a few years how other vendors handle driver and related software retrieval but in the past, it was pretty much a disaster.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 09, 2022 07:24 AM (FF+On)

194 Then you would see stuff marked routine unclass that was actually pretty hot.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 09, 2022 07:21 AM (lz5hY)

Yup. And as for me, it is not than any one or 2 documents is particularly "secret" but put all the docs I have and access together in the aggregate and well, it could be construed that way

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:24 AM (FHzKS)

195 CBS has THREE series of the FBI

Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2022 07:25 AM (6TxNR)

196 Clark County reports 19,967 additional ballots counted. Kent net gains 1,116 over JHB, putting Kent in 2nd place by 813 votes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 07:25 AM (BRHaw)

197 Interesting comment by one of the talking heads on CNN. To paraphrase:

Most people don't know that if you have a search warrant concerning specific items, concerning a specific crime, and you find evidence for another crime, or a third crime, you can act on that.

So you use the search warrant to get in, then you can go shopping inside the residence for other stuff? I did not know that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 09, 2022 07:27 AM (svdGq)

198 Speaking of treason, the excerpts I'm seeing from the Milley book are stunning - dude thinks he's Jason Bourne.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 09, 2022 07:27 AM (oWBc3)

199 RACE CALLED: Pro-Impeachment Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has lost reelection. Trump-endorsed Joe Kent (R) will advance to November and face Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D).

Hope JHB has to suck dicks at a bus station to make lunch money!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 09, 2022 07:29 AM (BRHaw)

200 No. "We" built it. Applauded it every step of the way. Go back and look at every expansion of the FBI. Of regular policing. Of the creation of DHS and TSA. Who supported all that stuff ?

So "We" applauded the idea and the hopes and aspirations of these various three-letter agencies. DHS and TSA was a hysterical response to a political opportunity. Same mentality that had people standing in line to get poisoned with the Clot Shot.

You can't help when sheep get spooked and run away from a perceived threat and into the "protection" of an evil shepherd.

Also, these agencies pull from the public their employees, they don't just hatch them in a secret incubator, so to some degree, these malevolent operators come from the culture at large. Neighbors throwing neighbors into the Lubyanka.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:29 AM (3hSHB)

201
Funny coincidence that Trump at CPAC talked about shutting down the Dept of Education a couple of days ago. Which got him spirited agreement from the crowd. But what I thought he was really talking about was a different agency.

Boom. Search warrant issued.

As Schumer said, "they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you".

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 07:30 AM (jE276)

202 I hope JJ doesn't rage stroke out while writing today's MR

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 09, 2022 07:30 AM (RN7Qy)

203 Mark Milley outed himself as a feckless traitor, not much tougher than his high school buddy ("Admiral" Levine).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:30 AM (xFKgx)

204 The most amazing thing about the Washington race is it taking over a week to count votes in a marginal race in a backwater.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 09, 2022 07:31 AM (oWBc3)

205 I hope JJ doesn't rage stroke out while writing today's MR
Posted by: vmom
___

He's gonna be epic.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 09, 2022 07:32 AM (4/66f)

206 The previous model is on sale right now at 45% off

Do Lenovo ever sell at MSRP?

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 09, 2022 07:32 AM (vcv8B)

207 Washington race?

How about Frederick County Md.

https://tinyurl.com/ycka29e5

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 09, 2022 07:33 AM (svdGq)

208 I used to care about the Civil War. There was a time when I truly believed people should learn this. I am at the point where I legit don't care. I can honestly say I don't give a shit.
.
Few know dick about the Civil War. The irony is the next one is more likely because they are retards.

Posted by: Quint at August 09, 2022 07:33 AM (/hMoF)

209 So "We" applauded the idea and the hopes and aspirations of these various three-letter agencies.

No. "We" thought we were supporting agencies that were big, powerful, and yet noble and just. Which was a farce and runs counter to basic human nature, but "we" supported the lie all the same.

Look at how naive that was. That you can build a big bureaucracy, give them tools and rights not available to the common man, yet somehow they'll resist the urge to use those tools and rights for the betterment of themselves at the expense of those beneath them.

We laugh at little kids for believing in comic book super heroes. Then we go out and try to make our own.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:34 AM (/tnu7)

210 McCarthy has issued a strongly worded declaration.

Posted by: davidt at August 09, 2022 07:34 AM (oTZbj)

211 I hope JJ doesn't rage stroke out while writing today's MR
Posted by: vmom
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He's gonna be epic.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming

Yep !

Posted by: JT at August 09, 2022 07:35 AM (T4tVD)

212 Washington race?

How about Frederick County Md.
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Newsflash:
There's a Washington State.

Not everything revolves around DC, contrary to popular thinking there.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 09, 2022 07:35 AM (4/66f)

213 Mark Milley outed himself as a feckless traitor, not much tougher than his high school buddy ("Admiral" Levine).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:30 AM (xFKgx)

And he is ruining the Military. And this is from observations deep inside

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 09, 2022 07:36 AM (FHzKS)

214 Just searched Joe Kent. I ain't one for the gents, but sheesh: dude could play alongside Chris Pratt in season 2 of Terminal List.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 09, 2022 07:36 AM (vcv8B)

215 We laugh at little kids for believing in comic book super heroes.
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One thing about growing up with an alcoholic parent (at least for me), is that you learn at a very early age there's no such things as superheroes, thus comic books held little appeal for me.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 09, 2022 07:37 AM (4/66f)

216 And he is ruining the Military. And this is from observations deep inside
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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The view from outside is even worse.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 09, 2022 07:37 AM (4/66f)

217 No. "We" thought we were supporting agencies that were big, powerful, and yet noble and just. Which was a farce and runs counter to basic human nature, but "we" supported the lie all the same.

That is what I meant by "hopes and aspirations". Sort of like the "Clinton For Change" campaign bumperstickers where adding Hammer & Sickle clip art would dramatically alter the "change" eisegeted by people who would think positively about whatever "change" should be.

Hollywood sold "Us" that feds were young, attractive, energetic, pure, virtuous, holy, hard working people who would gladly sacrifice their lives to the protection of the least of "Us".

And "we" were stupid enough to accept this despite the copious empirical evidence to the contrary.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 09, 2022 07:39 AM (3hSHB)

218 198 Speaking of treason, the excerpts I'm seeing from the Milley book are stunning - dude thinks he's Jason Bourne.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

He does have a chapter on how to put on lipstick, wear a dress and high heels, and march up and down the square. So butch.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 09, 2022 07:39 AM (sAmhv)

219 Hilarious aside in the sidebar is Ace waking up early to denounce Allah, again. And he expands his criticism to the whole of HotAir, as some sort of CNN-like creature. In keeping with Ace's point I went over to check out HA for the first time in a while. I wanted to see the HA response to tyranny at the DOJ.

Today, of all days, their lead article worries that the Democrat Senate spend-a-palooza passed the other day doesn't cover enough electric cars.

You can't make this shit up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 09, 2022 07:39 AM (xFKgx)

220 Eric Trump reported last night that the safe they broke into was empty.

Nice episode, Geraldo.

Posted by: t-bird at August 09, 2022 07:41 AM (ugV9/)

221 Hollywood sold "Us" that feds were young, attractive, energetic, pure, virtuous, holy, hard working people who would gladly sacrifice their lives to the protection of the least of "Us".

I don't know who Hollywood sold that lie to. I do know that it was always my elders trying to sell it to me. I don't blame that particular error on Hollywood at all.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:41 AM (/tnu7)

222 However, I do not need that sort of power [HP Pavilion Plus]. I'm a minimal user - browsing, playing music, watching a movie or streamed video, exchanging email, doing a little editing of audio tracks and photos, is about the extent of it. I picked up an Asus notebook for $250, installed Ubuntu, and am content. I find that, for my purposes, trailing-edge hardware is perfectly adequate. Posted by: Nemo

There is a lot to like about a generation or two behind hardware anymore. 20 years ago the hardware was changing so rapidly you needed to buy current generation devices because they went obsolete in a handful of years. Today, the delta between generations isn't that significant from a practical perspective. I also find the lower specified boxes, if selected with some care, are perfectly fine for the use case you outlined. I picked up a Surface Go 2 with the M3 CPU (think i3), after the new versions released, as my go everywhere box. It is a little pokey at times, a bit light on battery life but at the same time the build quality is top notch, and it fits in my bag perfectly. It has become one of my all time favorite machines.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 09, 2022 07:45 AM (FF+On)

223
I remember driving to work one day and on the radio (KYW) it was announced that the day was the anniversary of the assault on the Branch Davidians at Waco. A couple of hours later a leftist employee told me of the bombing of the Federal Office building in Oklahoma City. He said, "they think it's Middle East terrorists."

My reply, "You know what today is the anniversary of ?"

The little leftist was in shock.

I hope today is calm, but this is so over the top, anything is possible.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 09, 2022 07:46 AM (jE276)

224 192 This day has DOOM written all over it.

Posted by: blaster

DOOM? Cool!

https://youtu.be/Q4GiCg_m8wA

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 09, 2022 07:46 AM (sAmhv)

225 Morning all. I see De Santis issued a statement slamming the weaponization of government against it's political opponents.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2022 07:47 AM (Z6weq)

226 Morning all. I see De Santis issued a statement slamming the weaponization of government against it's political opponents.

Had to do something, I guess. For all the good it'll do. Makes me think of the various states that passed laws through their statehouses forbidding Federal agents from enforcing gun legislation within their various states.

When that time comes, I suspect the BATF and FBI intend on simply walking through those state laws, just like a pissed off ex struts through a restraining order.

Posted by: Good for the Gander at August 09, 2022 07:52 AM (/tnu7)

227 sock off

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 09, 2022 09:06 AM (yikp0)

228 As far as Dall-E 2, you may want to give midjourney (dot com) a shot. I don't use either, but the results from midjourney seem more artistic.

Posted by: danh at August 09, 2022 12:16 PM (96gw5)

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