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Wednesday Morning Rant [Joe Mannix]

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It's not just politics

The stories of collusion and outright conspiracy to quash free speech within Big Tech and on its platforms is not something that would be considered "news" to anyone who pays even casual attention to the world or current events. Between the "fact checking" and the coordinated "shadowbanning" (or outright banning) of subversive voices, the botnets and more, the ideological censorship has been making headlines for a long time now.

Beyond ideological and free speech considerations, however, are industrial considerations. Behaviors like colluding to set prices or interfere with the market (that is, the formation of a cartel) are illegal for a reason and it has nothing to do with the political preferences of the operators. It is illegal because it restrains trade, harms citizens, harms other market participants and prevents competition. Antitrust laws exist because of the danger monopolies pose to the level playing field that is required for a competitive system to function effectively.

Fellow Moron "ellipsis" mentioned an article about exactly this: an allegation of conspiracy to pick winners and losers in the market, involving the adult entertainment platform OnlyFans. OnlyFans is a fairly new player in the market and has grown tremendously over the past several years, to the detriment of its established competitors in the field. If this was on the up-and-up, then fine - may the better product win. That's life in the big city. There is a lawsuit underway, however, which alleges that OnlyFans bribed Meta (Facebook) employees and executives to ice the competition for them.

The alleged mechanism for this is the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). The GIFCT is an organization created by Big Tech designed to stop the spread of terrorist accounts and information. When something is flagged as "terrorist content" on the GIFCT watch list, the status will be propagated to other platforms and will be automatically shadowbanned, reducing the content's reach. The suit alleges that OnlyFans conspired with Meta to flag posts from popular, non-OnlyFans performers on their platforms in the GIFCT system, resulting in crashing popularity for major draws to OnlyFans' competitors and creating a market opening for OnlyFans. In essence, the suit alleges that OnlyFans and Meta used the GIFCT - a non-government, industrial organization - to target and suppress individuals who brought traffic to sites competing with OnlyFans, and did so in an opaque way to avoid accountability.

The GIFCT and other alleged participants in the scheme deny any wrongdoing and reject the premise of the suit.

This story - despite the unseemly industry involved - underscores the often-forgotten side of the Big Tech speech and commerce suppression problem. Even when ideology and politics aren't factors, they can still play kingmaker and choose winners and losers in the market. Whether they actually did it in this case will be determined in court (assuming the courts don't just defend Big Tech reflexively), but the systems to do exactly what has been alleged are in place.

There is a reason that we have laws against monopolies and cartels. The negative effects on a free, fair and open system - for speech, for industrial competition, for commerce, etc. - are too great. If we had a functional government, the Big Tech monopolies would have been broken up long ago.

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1 Morgen!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 17, 2022 11:00 AM (ZSK0i)

2 Well now I'm all riled up! How dare they!

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:01 AM (HAngX)

3 And NOODed.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 17, 2022 11:01 AM (ZSK0i)

4 First they came after OnlyFans, and I did nothing...

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:01 AM (dCxaZ)

5 Smoking Poker Monkey.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 17, 2022 11:02 AM (qH6FZ)

6 if only we had some sort of group that would monitor for this sort of thing and punish those ne'er do wells...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 17, 2022 11:02 AM (WhsXQ)

7 If we had a functional government, the Big Tech monopolies would have been broken up long ago.
___

Since we don't, oh well.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:02 AM (IPpg0)

8 At this point, I want to see Zuckerberg flogged through the streets, not for any specific crime, but just because he's such an enormous d***head.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:03 AM (/NCI4)

9 Jim Googlezon Jordan will be right on this next year.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:03 AM (m7R0k)

10 First they came after OnlyFans, and I did nothing...
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:01 AM (dCxaZ)

First, OnlyFans went after other THOTs*

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:03 AM (HAngX)

11 Big Tech $ews Up Congress.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (anj39)

12 Do we even do the antitrust thing anymore? Seems to me that the large corps fully dominate the political system now.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (UuD2k)

13 I'm starting to look forward to the age when all technology fails and we're back to letters or loud shouting to spread news.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (p+1gI)

14 This is an incredible story, about which I was completely unaware. Porn rules the internet so completely that the rush for market share is exposing the nefarious mechanisms of Big Tech! Wow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (bO2nW)

15 Willowed personal gripe: How crappy are current search engines?

I just used DDG to look for 'red emma' and the Ima_ges page was 90% Emma Watson photos and 10% a women's fancy clothing store or manufacturer [some very nice models and jackets BTW] and no photos of Emma Goldman even after downscrolling to get two new sets of photos. [The "All" search did get Red Emma historical links though.]

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (yikp0)

16 At this point, I want to see Zuckerberg flogged through the streets, not for any specific crime, but just because he's such an enormous d***head.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:03 AM (/NCI4)
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That's not fair. Just send him back for repairs and upgrades. He might be the world's most successful robotic simulacrum of a man, but it's also obvious that much remains to be done.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (WWh8n)

17 I made it.

Posted by: Ciampino - a classic at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (qfLjt)

18 Meta Platforms -50% YTD.

fap fap fap

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (m7R0k)

19 Save the porn!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (UuD2k)

20 Do we even do the antitrust thing anymore? Seems to me that the large corps fully dominate the political system now.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (UuD2k)
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I have no idea what the FTC ostensibly does anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (WWh8n)

21 Pretty sure the monkey is cheating. He's holding six cards.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (+kl+V)

22 MuhPrivateCompanies
- NeverTrunp

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (Wjl3P)

23 At this point, I want to see Zuckerberg flogged through the streets, not for any specific crime, but just because he's such an enormous d***head.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:03 AM (/NCI4)

I wanna' see him whupped like a yard dog Liz Cheney.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 11:06 AM (AwYPR)

24 "Now the real work begins."

Representing you inbred pigf*ckers in Congress wasn't "real work", you see.

BTW, have you noticed the similarities between me and Abraham Lincoln?

Posted by: Drunken Liz Cheney! at August 17, 2022 11:06 AM (I2/tG)

25
I have no idea what the FTC ostensibly does anymore.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (WWh8n)

—-

Probably has 12 active investigations of Trump.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 17, 2022 11:06 AM (Wjl3P)

26 We never should have gone past Micro-Fiche.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:06 AM (IDNOW)

27 "Now the real work begins."

Posted by: The Captain of the Titanic! at August 17, 2022 11:06 AM (I2/tG)

28 I wonder what "in kind" payments Meta's deciders received.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 17, 2022 11:07 AM (rJ48h)

29 This is an incredible story, about which I was completely unaware. Porn rules the internet so completely that the rush for market share is exposing the nefarious mechanisms of Big Tech! Wow.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (bO2nW)

porn has always been the driver for internet improvements. remember way back when it was all text and dial up was just fine.

then someone figured out how to send a picture and suddenly dial up was toooooooo slooooow...

then came video clips, and then HD and now virtual

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 17, 2022 11:07 AM (WhsXQ)

30 I have no idea what the FTC ostensibly does anymore.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (WWh8n)

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and a little climate change on the side.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:07 AM (UuD2k)

31 Cheney has a seriousness and sobriety about her, which is key to her appeal as a martyr. The martyr fetish is something that overlaps with the sexual or political cuckold: the humiliation that comes from rejection is the thrill.

Great comment from Dave Reaboi, explaining how the humiliation heaped on the cuck-servatives is really their thrill, and why people like French, the Lincoln Project, and Cheney do what they do; they love the beatings they take.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2022 11:07 AM (bO2nW)

32 "Now the real work begins."

Posted by: The Captain of the Hindenburg! at August 17, 2022 11:07 AM (I2/tG)

33 Probably has 12 active investigations of Trump.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 17, 2022 11:06 AM (Wjl3P)
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Probably also going after independent comics publishers for daring to challenge the Marvel/DC duopoly. That seems like the kind of thing that the FTC would be engaged in, too...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:07 AM (WWh8n)

34 No doubt lack of attention is one reason the media and tech corporations shutting down free speech is not big news.

The other reason is that the left half of the country agree with the suppression of free speech. It would only be big news to them if speech stopped being suppressed (e.g. when Elon Musk got Twitter to be partially fair temporarily).

The second reason is the main one.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 17, 2022 11:08 AM (q3iUt)

35 One of the Morons mentioned an article about exactly this: an allegation of conspiracy to pick winners and losers in the market, involving the adult entertainment platform OnlyFans. OnlyFans is a fairly new player in the market and has grown tremendously over the past several years, to the detriment of its established competitors in the field. If this was on the up-and-up, then fine - may the better product win. That's life in the big city. There is a lawsuit underway, however, which alleges that OnlyFans bribed Meta (Facebook) employees and executives to ice the competition for them.


Free porn in the left hand.
Paying for OnlyFans in right hand.
*Makes weighing motion*

Damn. OnlyFans loses again.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2022 11:08 AM (LNtgV)

36 ASS Action Lawsuit

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:08 AM (IDNOW)

37 I keep seeing ads on TV from some group(s) telling me to call my senator to tell him to oppose some anti-tech legislation being proposed which will "harm" our tech supremacy in the world. I'm unsure as to what they are talking about.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2022 11:09 AM (63Dwl)

38 The other reason is that the left half of the country agree with the suppression of free speech.

Honestly, how many people really believe in the free market-place of ideas ? Not many in my experience. Not many at all. That kind of thinking is Classical Liberalism 101, and Classical Liberalism is all but dead.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:09 AM (+kl+V)

39 Can we say that Meta Platforms is experiencing the investigation version of Surprise Anal?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2022 11:10 AM (bO2nW)

40 I keep seeing ads on TV from some group(s) telling me to call my senator to tell him to oppose some anti-tech legislation being proposed which will "harm" our tech supremacy in the world. I'm unsure as to what they are talking about.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2022 11:09 AM (63Dwl)
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I haven't seen that ad, but it's hard to reflexively judge it immediately. There are four potential outcomes:
1. Useless/no change
2. Improvement
3. Deliberate destruction
4. Craven power/wealth grab

These four outcomes are always the possible four. Only one of them is beneficial and only two of them are non-destructive. Given the odds, I suspect everything new being done by the government...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:10 AM (WWh8n)

41 Meta Platforms -50% YTD.

fap fap fap
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:05 AM (m7R0k)

We only post loss porn on Wall Street Bets!

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (HAngX)

42 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (MwTOW)

43 At this point, I want to see Zuckerberg flogged through the streets, not for any specific crime, but just because he's such an enormous d***head.

Don't mention the d***s!!

Posted by: Basil F. at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (nfrXX)

44 I keep seeing ads on TV from some group(s) telling me to call my senator to tell him to oppose some anti-tech legislation being proposed which will "harm" our tech supremacy in the world. I'm unsure as to what they are talking about.

This happens a lot now. Obviously they're hoping the idiots will call in. I can imagine how one of those conversations goes.

Caller: I'm opposed to the anti-tech legislation.

Staffer: What bill do you mean?

Caller: I dunno. I just don't like it.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (/NCI4)

45 Can we say that Meta Platforms is experiencing the investigation version of Surprise Anal?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2022 11:10 AM (bO2nW)
++++
Not yet. They've gotten the accusation version of surprise anal. Whether there is a legitimate investigation or trial remains to be seen.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (WWh8n)

46 loud shouting to spread news.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Doesn't work on Mrs. Sock

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (kC+Z2)

47 "Jetzt beginnt die eigentliche Arbeit"

Posted by: Fredrich Von Paulus, Stalingrad! at August 17, 2022 11:12 AM (I2/tG)

48 Wheee, welcome to the borg. What is facebook?

Posted by: Infidel at August 17, 2022 11:12 AM (QgnTJ)

49 32 "Now the real work begins."
_____________

Pretending that she lived in Wyoming and represented the interests of Wyoming citizens was the fake work. She really lived in MacLean, Virginia, and represented the interests of the Deep State.

Now she'll take up her position as a K Street lobbyist and MSNBC talking head, and begin her real work as a shill for the OneWorldOrder types.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 17, 2022 11:12 AM (MvHI3)

50 That new Inflation Reduction Act essentially put a tax on stock buybacks. So all these tech companies that don't pay dividends well have to either start paying dividends or there's a lot less reason for owning their stock.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:13 AM (UuD2k)

51 The problem is with GIFCT in the first place. While in theory it sounds great that terror activity would be flagged and banned, in reality it can't be anything other than an arbitrary, corrupt system that allows idiots and ideologues to indulge their personal vendettas, that will do little or nothing about actual terror. Please tell me, Mr. GIFCT, an example of just ONE actual terror network or activity shut down by this system? I'll wait.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:13 AM (iFTx/)

52 I'm starting to look forward to the age when all technology fails and we're back to letters or loud shouting to spread news.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 17, 2022 11:04 AM (p+1gI)
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Make Stentors Great Again!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:13 AM (WWh8n)

53 Just got a bleg in my email for Marco Rubio...from Mike Pence...trying to catch my breath...from laughing.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 11:14 AM (AwYPR)

54 If it's indeed true that tens of thousands of competing "performers" had their pages flagged for "terror activity" then that standing alone sounds very suspicious. What could tens of thousands of naked bimbos shaking their asses for money possibly have to do with terror activity?

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

55 "Nunc realis opus incipit"

Posted by: Publius Quinctilius Varus, Teutoburg Forest! at August 17, 2022 11:14 AM (I2/tG)

56 Pretty sure the monkey is cheating. He's holding six cards.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat

He's playing poker with a bunch of dogs. Dogs can't count.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (kC+Z2)

57 The problem is with GIFCT in the first place. While in theory it sounds great that terror activity would be flagged and banned, in reality it can't be anything other than an arbitrary, corrupt system that allows idiots and ideologues to indulge their personal vendettas, that will do little or nothing about actual terror. Please tell me, Mr. GIFCT, an example of just ONE actual terror network or activity shut down by this system? I'll wait.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
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Right. It is a system designed to ban, designed to ban automatically, is completely opaque, has no straightforward appeals process, no rights, no standards of evidence and is completely controlled by the Big Tech platforms that created it.

The mechanism alleged in the suit is entirely possible. That system itself is one of those things that can sound good on paper if you have not even a passing familiarity with human systems and motivations.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (WWh8n)

58 I'm starting to look forward to the age when all technology fails and we're back to letters or loud shouting to spread news.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm


To the stump in the town square!
--Town Criers Local 13

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (LNtgV)

59 I'm starting to look forward to the age when all technology fails and we're back to letters or loud shouting to spread news.

Its a theme I keep going back to. This all may be nothing more than humanity outpacing itself technologically. Could be as simple as things have become too complicated for too many people to understand and manage. Thus, chaos.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (+kl+V)

60
Out: Zuckerbucks.
In: Zuckerfucks .

And just imagine how many millions of dollars (wouldn't surprise if over a billion) Dominion Voting Systems -- and the concomitant kickbacks to the various state hacks delivering the contracts -- has raked-in over the years ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (MGUf8)

61 Previous thread "dirty britches in trees" followup:

Add one "citizen's arrest" to my list of accomplishments before noon. Park police did the actual leg work, but they needed my go ahead, and I gave my enthusiastic consent with a sly smile and double finger point.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (bM7vb)

62 When does Liz Cheney blame this GIFCT bullshit for her devastating loss?

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

63
Moral of the story:

Never look a GIFCT whore in the mouth.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (x0n13)

64 What could tens of thousands of naked bimbos shaking their asses for money possibly have to do with terror activity?
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

Some terror orgs trick guys into joining up with promised bimbos.

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (HAngX)

65 Here is what's wrong.

Twitter suppresses speech!! I will continue to use Twitter to post cat videos and any other non controversial conversation.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (RH1Zb)

66 It’s nice to be an Independent. No calls, texts, or emails from grifting assholes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (89T5c)

67 Musk just said that the CCP information control was the best thing since back holing his friends wife.

Ya'all knew this guy was a lying sack of shit.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (m7R0k)

68 Up too late for the art thread. Love the Russell painting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (E5yf+)

69 What could tens of thousands of naked bimbos shaking their asses for money possibly have to do with terror activity?
Posted by: Elric Blade


Have you seen the size of some of those asses???
Terror inducing. Especially when the lycra fails.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (LNtgV)

70 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (dCxaZ)

71 "Iyoiyo honkaku-tekina sagyō ga hajimarimasu"

Posted by: Chuichi Nagumo, Battle of Midway! at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (I2/tG)

72 Remember, it was DARPA that invented the InterTubes and the search engine and social media to surveil the intended users of it - DoD, State, IRS, DoJ... Then some wise guy in Manhattan saw an opportunity to surveil the world. And here we are.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (MbgKo)

73 It’s nice to be an Independent. No calls, texts, or emails from grifting assholes.
________________

What about extending your car warranty?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (lf83v)

74 #47, Paulus had no "von", was not a Prussian of noble background. Common error. He was a staff officer, who were mostly of that ilk, but he had humble origins.

Posted by: AOSHQ History Pedant on Duty at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (OTzUX)

75 What could tens of thousands of naked bimbos shaking their asses for money possibly have to do with terror activity?
--------------------
WAD -- Weapons of Ass Destruction.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (yikp0)

76 Musk just said that the CCP information control was the best thing since back holing his friends wife.

Ya'all knew this guy was a lying sack of shit.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (m7R0k)

Is Papa Musk up to 11 or 10 kids now? This is a known characteristic of him.

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (HAngX)

77 Some terror orgs trick guys into joining up with promised bimbos.
Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (HAngX)

72 Virginians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (E5yf+)

78 "Iyoiyo honkaku-tekina sagyō ga hajimarimasu"
------------------------

Man, if I had a nickel for every time I said that. . .

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (lf83v)

79 Remember when Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards 'fought' over their daughter starting an OnlyFans account.

And then Charlie had an about face and decided whoring his daughter out for cash is a grand idea. Then Denise announced her OnlyFans.

All stagecraft, done simply to 'boost' their daughters' account and by extension, Denise's.

This is all bullshit and done simply to make money because movie roles are drying up and roles aren't there anymore.

Can't act? Try porn.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (mZ3xv)

80 Add one "citizen's arrest" to my list of accomplishments before noon. Park police did the actual leg work, but they needed my go ahead, and I gave my enthusiastic consent with a sly smile and double finger point.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (bM7vb)

We once saw a young man pleasuring himself behind a tree from my office window. Called the police on him. I really felt sorry of the police having to deal with dumb shit like that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (UuD2k)

81 53 Just got a bleg in my email for Marco Rubio...from Mike Pence...trying to catch my breath...from laughing.
Posted by: BignJames


Just another indicator of how The Rube and RINO's like him are so out of touch with the base voters.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (m7R0k)

82 Just got a bleg in my email for Marco Rubio...from Mike Pence...trying to catch my breath...from laughing.
Posted by: BignJames

What I don't understand is why Liz-zard's fuck the voters campaign didn't play better with the voters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:18 AM (FVME7)

83 Does this box of donuts make my ass look fat?

By the way, I am Lincoln.

Posted by: Liz Cheney at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (wgAtL)

84 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?

I think that the "performers" write to you, and pretend to be interested in you.

Sorta like strippers.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (I2/tG)

85 72 Remember, it was DARPA that invented the InterTubes

was typo. grant was supposed to be for better innertube.

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (oY6Yp)

86 Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:02 AM (yikp0)

Try yandex.com. Best one for most things right now.

The current search engine thing is what I like to call "intentional obsolescence". If their engine doesn't work for most things they can't ever be accused of rigging their results. And they're all rigging results. Badly.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (feqn2)

87 39 Can we say that Meta Platforms is experiencing the investigation version of Surprise Anal?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2022 11:10 AM (bO2nW)
----
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition. (OLÉ

Posted by: Ciampino - now imagine castanets at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (qfLjt)

88 Back in the day you simply kneecapped your competition.

Now it's electronic shadowbanning and being put on a terror watchlist.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (BFigT)

89 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (dCxaZ)

Same reason why THOTs have simps?

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (HAngX)

90 This happens a lot now. Obviously they're hoping the idiots will call in. I can imagine how one of those conversations goes.

Caller: I'm opposed to the anti-tech legislation.

Staffer: What bill do you mean?

Caller: I dunno. I just don't like it.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:11 AM (/NCI4)


Agitator: I'm incensed about all the provable crimes Trump has committed.
Reporter: Which crimes would those be?
Agitator: I'm done talking here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (z99Zw)

91 What about extending your car warranty?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (lf83v)

"Spam Risk" and "Toll Free Caller"?

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (AwYPR)

92 Sorta like strippers.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (I2/tG)


oh so they appeal to the lonelyhearts

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (dCxaZ)

93 57 The problem is with GIFCT in the first place. While in theory it sounds great that terror activity would be flagged and banned, in reality it can't be anything other than an arbitrary, corrupt system that allows idiots and ideologues to indulge their personal vendettas, that will do little or nothing about actual terror. Please tell me, Mr. GIFCT, an example of just ONE actual terror network or activity shut down by this system? I'll wait.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
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Right. It is a system designed to ban, designed to ban automatically, is completely opaque, has no straightforward appeals process, no rights, no standards of evidence and is completely controlled by the Big Tech platforms that created it.

The mechanism alleged in the suit is entirely possible. That system itself is one of those things that can sound good on paper if you have not even a passing familiarity with human systems and motivations.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (WWh8n)
_______________________________________

I read the complaint in the lawsuit. I believe the allegations.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (iFTx/)

94 Has Musk's new robot gone full skynet terminator yet?

Sweet Terminator of Death = STOD

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (gmo/4)

95 Its a theme I keep going back to. This all may be nothing more than humanity outpacing itself technologically. Could be as simple as things have become too complicated for too many people to understand and manage. Thus, chaos.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (+kl+V)
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It's a fundamental new form of communication:
1. One-on-one. A conversation. We're *very* good at this, and it was probably first.
2. One-on-many. An address or a lecture. We're very good at this, too.
3. Many-on-one. A riot or a letter-writing campaign. We're less good at this, because the effective processing capability can't handle the information flow without intermediaries (paper, rocks, etc.)
4. Many-on-many. Social media, forums, etc. This is new. It also depends on intermediaries - the platform - to handle the messaging and, in more sophisticated systems, priority. This is not only a new form of communication that is necessarily intermediated, the intermediary can - and does - change the tenor of the communication as a whole.

The jury is very much out as to whether people can actually handle Type 4 communication on an ongoing basis.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (WWh8n)

96 70 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (dCxaZ

It's the new version of 1-900 numbers. Except live and you get to request the performer do whatever degenerate shit comes to your mind. For a certain fee.

Some people get off on that control.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (mZ3xv)

97 sounds like OF is interactive

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:21 AM (dCxaZ)

98 "Teper' nachinayetsya nastoyashchaya rabota"

Posted by: Russian Paratroopers Trying To Capture Hostomel Airport! at August 17, 2022 11:21 AM (I2/tG)

99 Hi. I'm from NOVA, where you from?

Posted by: Liz Cheney at August 17, 2022 11:21 AM (wgAtL)

100
What about extending your car warranty?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (lf83v)

____________

The moratorium on my student loan debt is being extended! And I'm 29.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2022 11:21 AM (1Nxff)

101 POLITICO@politico
Liz Cheney already has her next move in mind following her defeat in yesterday's primary.
She'll be launching an org "to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” her spokesperson told Playbook exclusively.

-
Doubling down on dumb. Also fat and ugly.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (FVME7)

102 What I don't understand is why Liz-zard's fuck the voters campaign didn't play better with the voters.

Word is that she's hiring for her presidential campaign. The first confirmed hire is some guy who throws soiled underwear into trees.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (/NCI4)

103 Ya'all knew this guy was a lying sack of shit.

I don't think Musk ever claimed to be a conservative, a libertarian, or anything else. I think people have a tendency to see him do something they agree with and then just assume that he agrees with them on other things. Kind of true of Trump too.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (nfrXX)

104 Does this box of donuts make my ass look fat?

By the way, I am Lincoln.
Posted by: Liz Cheney at August 17, 2022 11:19 AM (wgAtL)

We need you to gather all the liberal simps and waste their money.

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (HAngX)

105 I used to think that more corrupt countries were worse off. If you need a driver's license you give 5 bucks or rupees or whatever to someone, then you get in line, then you get what you need.

But now I'm wondering if that wouldn't be better. We have the same system it's just hidden and only accessible by the elite.

In the same scenario, you wait in line for 2 hours, pay 10 bucks and get your license. But what you're not seeing is that it's 2x the cost because the county commissioner uses his brother's cousins printing shop to make the licenses as a vendor, which means you're basically paying them.

Posted by: MJ at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (zwDuR)

106 Some people get off on that control.


This was covered in a scene from True Lies


Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (gmo/4)

107 Never liked strip clubs much or had any interest in OF. The concept of paying to get blue balls just doesn't appeal to me.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (UuD2k)

108 Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (m7R0k)

Can't say I fell for the Musk as Savior thing. His entire business model is government intermingled. That was never gonna lead to anywhere but pain for anybody else, and fallling into line for him.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (feqn2)

109 Try yandex.com. Best one for most things right now.
--------------------
Same results except three pics of Red Emma's Radical Bookstore! Two of which are the store's logo.

Thanks though. I'll give it a try.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (yikp0)

110 101 POLITICO@politico
Liz Cheney already has her next move in mind following her defeat in yesterday's primary.
She'll be launching an org "to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” her spokesperson told Playbook exclusively.

-
Doubling down on dumb. Also fat and ugly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (FVME7)


That's just her holding out her hand for grift.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (mZ3xv)

111 The jury is very much out as to whether people can actually handle Type 4 communication on an ongoing basis.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:20 AM (WWh8n)

I’m going with a solid no at this point.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (89T5c)

112 "If we had a functional government, the Big Tech monopolies would have been broken up long ago."

Of course, but at least half of the government is more focused on manipulating bases of power to increase their own control, so monopolies are a net benefit to them. (See, "Mainstream Media.")

The reason always comes back to the fact that we have raised generations of bad people. Bad people only act in their own best interest.

There's a Washington quote over one of the doorways of a government office building in DC: "Let us raise up a standard to which the wise and honest can repair." Men who would hold such an aspirational ideal are gone from DC. If we are not actively working to resuscitate them, we should at least mark their extinction with a solemn plaque.

Posted by: red speck at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (gS3OW)

113 Yeah, Liz Cheney is walking around K-Street today dressed like a Kansas City hooker.

"Hey baby, you lookin' good. Y'all wanna party? I'll wear my cowboy hat and boots."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (lf83v)

114 The mechanism alleged in the suit is entirely possible. That system itself is one of those things that can sound good on paper if you have not even a passing familiarity with human systems and motivations.

Kinda' like all those straight shooters at the FBI ?

That's a blind spot with most people. They all see their favorite organizations as "doing the right thing". They never consider, as they give those particular noble institutions more and more power, that all those angels on Earth might use that power to do something else instead.

I get that the thought is depressing. It means you can't build big institutions to do great things, because the bigger the institution to more corrupt it will become. But just because it's a depressing thought doesn't mean its not true.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (+kl+V)

115 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (dCxaZ

It's the new version of 1-900 numbers. Except live and you get to request the performer do whatever degenerate shit comes to your mind. For a certain fee.

Some people get off on that control.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Also imaginary girlfriends are cheaper than real ones.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (FVME7)

116 #109 Addendum: I also see they've got several Emma movie photos.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (yikp0)

117 Big Tech and the government are just two sides of the same coin. They enable each other and nothing short of collapse is going to change that.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (jiPwS)

118 Sorta like strippers.

One Portland Only Fans "performer", who marketed herself as the "slutty anarchist", complained that some of her fans were admitting to illegal acts in order to impress her.

OPSEC violation.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (I2/tG)

119 72 Remember, it was DARPA that invented the InterTubes and the search engine and social media to surveil the intended users of it - DoD, State, IRS, DoJ... Then some wise guy in Manhattan saw an opportunity to surveil the world. And here we are.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (MbgKo)
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DARPA did fund it but wasn't Ethernet conceived at Xerox Park? (I am 29x)

Posted by: Ciampino - now imagine castanets at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (qfLjt)

120 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (dCxaZ)


I have seen some people surmise that the payors create, in their minds, the idea that somehow this woman will have sex with them if only they pay her enough.

Apparently it never occurs to them that an actual working prostitute - as opposed to a virtual one - would be cheaper.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (z99Zw)

121 . Kind of true of Trump too.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (nfrXX)

Trump and Musk could not be further apart.

Musk relies on government "cooperation" for his name and livelihood. Trump is Enemy #1 of the State.

They are not the same.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (feqn2)

122 I'm thinking of starting an Only Fans account. The attraction will be to people who like makeup as thick as spackle, straw hair like a scarecrow, a fat ass like a lame cow, a LOT of crazy and saggy tits that look like my fathers turkey neck.

Posted by: Liz Cheney at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (wgAtL)

123 One Portland Only Fans "performer", who marketed herself as the "slutty anarchist", complained that some of her fans were admitting to illegal acts in order to impress her.

OPSEC violation.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (I2/tG)
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The honeypot is as old as espionage for a reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (WWh8n)

124 sounds like OF is interactive
Posted by: kallisto
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I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (IPpg0)

125 "Now she'll take up her position as a K Street lobbyist and MSNBC talking head, and begin her real work as a shill for the OneWorldOrder types." Posted by: TrivialPursuer

good point, but imo her more important (for the globalists) work was to steal the conservative Wyoming seat and use it to fight for the globalists.

Miss Piggy will still be useful as the "bipartisan face" of the persecution of Trump, so doing the MSM circuit will be "the real work of getting rid of Trump" I guess. That seems to be her only claim to fame, other than being Darth's daughter.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (Cus5s)

126 Injun Joe's Gambling Hole! political ads flood the airwaves. Ours iz gude! No! Speak with fork tongue!
They be greedy Casino Injuns! No! We gonna help the homeless too!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty of BAD TRUMPY MANS! at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (kiW7y)

127 110 101 >>>She'll be launching an org "to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” her spokesperson told Playbook exclusively.

That's just her holding out her hand for grift.


You know what they say: If you do what you love, you never work a day in your life.

Posted by: red speck at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (gS3OW)

128 When ns why did Facebook get changed to Meta?

I don't Facebook so know nothing of what goes on here.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (KATBx)

129 The honeypot is as old as espionage for a reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (WWh8n)


I always fall for the honeypot!

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (gmo/4)

130 90 Agitator: I'm incensed about all the provable crimes Trump has committed.
Reporter: Which crimes would those be?
Agitator: I'm done talking here.


once saw a kliban cartoon in which protestors carrying signs reading "against for" and "for against" were throwing rocks at each other.

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (oY6Yp)

131 Trying to picture some THOT on TicTok getting labled a terrorist just to reduce her algorithm reach.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (0BIgw)

132 Maybe Liz can get in on some that sweet, sweet Ukrainian War grift?

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (MbgKo)

133 "Tóra archízei i pragmatikí douleiá"

Posted by: Constantinople, May 29th 1453! at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (I2/tG)

134 I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (IPpg0)

Pffftt, I waste my money in the Wall Street Casino and the valu-rite store like a reasonable moron.

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (HAngX)

135 Just a reminder for those of you with short attention spans (you've already forgotten, haven't you?), the 2022 WNBA Playoffs begin today, and will continue for some indeterminate time.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (a3Q+t)

136 What about extending your car warranty?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (lf83v)


Lately it's been support the police (no), lower your credit card interest rate (I don't carry a balance so I don't care), improve your Medicare (I have insurance through work), murder your neighbors (I don't want to work for the IRS), buy solar (I have solar).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (z99Zw)

137 Maybe Liz can get in on some that sweet, sweet Ukrainian War grift?
Posted by: Puddinhead
___

Like she's not already.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (IPpg0)

138 From the previous thread but posted after the NOOD.
Substitute Lizard or Murky for the eskimo if you like.

In an Alaska bar Bubba the Texan is being challenged. "To become an Alaskan you have to drink a whole bottle of whiskey, fight a grizzly bear and fuck an Eskimo lass." He drinks the whiskey and goes out. Several hours later he comes back, all torn up and bruised, and asks, "Where's that Eskimo lass I'ze gotta wrestle?"

Posted by: Ciampino - the poor grizzly, hope it was female! at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (qfLjt)

139 120 what is the attraction of OnlyFans? Since pron is free all over the interwebs, why would someone pay for OF content?
Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (dCxaZ)

I have seen some people surmise that the payors create, in their minds, the idea that somehow this woman will have sex with them if only they pay her enough.

Apparently it never occurs to them that an actual working prostitute - as opposed to a virtual one - would be cheaper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (z99Zw)
_________________________

It's a little more complicated than that. A lot of OF "performers" are closer to go-go dancers or strippers than X-rated porn performers. I think for a lot of fans, the attraction is the same as going to a strip club: pretty girls pay attention to you. It's less sexual that you might think. For some of these guys, it's like therapy. I never understood the appeal myself.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (iFTx/)

140 I am still surprised that the geeks and nerds who make up much of today's IT crapola and who implemented fakebook and the like turned out to be good old fashioned jack booted fascists who would make Dr. Gurgles of the 3rd Reich blush.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (X/UGK)

141 I think I'm going to change my voter registration to DEMOCRAT. It just might save an audit or five.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (u4CEu)

142 Instagram = THOTS having thoughts.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (a3Q+t)

143 the 2022 WNBA Playoffs begin today, and will continue for some indeterminate time.

_______________________

"Free Brittany!" signs. Five dollars.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (lf83v)

144 "Teper' nachinayetsya nastoyashchaya rabota"
Posted by: Russian Paratroopers Trying To Capture Hostomel Airport! at August 17, 2022 11:21 AM (I2/tG)

Is there some sort of joke here that I am failing to get, or is this some sort of trolling?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (E5yf+)

145 Its a theme I keep going back to. This all may be nothing more than humanity outpacing itself technologically. Could be as simple as things have become too complicated for too many people to understand and manage. Thus, chaos.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:15 AM (+kl+V)

I believe that if widespread electronic communication persists, the eventual form must inevitably be Chinese style surveillance and monitoring of all interpersonal communications. Things move in that direction because Government Control will look less scary than the attacks from an unhinged mob.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (trdmm)

146 I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (IPpg0)

You can count on a big fat never from me

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (feqn2)

147 Trump and Musk could not be further apart.

Musk relies on government "cooperation" for his name and livelihood. Trump is Enemy #1 of the State.

They are not the same.


You miss my point. They are the similar in that people cast their own images onto them based on one action and then are disappointed when they fail to live up to that image

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (nfrXX)

148 When ns why did Facebook get changed to Meta?

I don't Facebook so know nothing of what goes on here.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (KATBx)
++++
Earlier this year, I think, Facebook (the company) reorganized. The company is so big and does so many things - Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and countless other things - that the corporate structure and name were no longer working well. They reorganized, made Facebook a division within the company and changed the overall company name to Meta. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram and WhatsApp and countless other things.

This is very similar to what Google did when it became Alphabet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (WWh8n)

149 @132

>>Maybe Liz can get in on some that sweet, sweet Ukrainian War grift?

She's going to be there for six more months, that's a lot of time to line her pockets and feather her nest.

I have a feeling they're isn't going to be a lick of silverware or post-it notes when this crew is done picking our pockets on the way out the door.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (Tl2w+)

150 135 >>>Just a reminder for those of you with short attention spans (you've already forgotten, haven't you?), the 2022 WNBA Playoffs begin today, and will continue for some indeterminate time.


Has viewership been forcibly mandated yet, in order to narrow the "wage gap"?

Posted by: red speck at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (gS3OW)

151 Their are moving Fascism on us. Government orders to run companies by government rules.

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (MwTOW)

152 I always fall for the honeypot!

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (gmo/4)


"Ditto"

- - Mrs. Snuffy Smith

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (x0n13)

153 Poor Dick Cheney must be hitting the hard stuff today.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (m7R0k)

154 JUST IN - Liz Cheney loses primary to Harriet Hageman.

37 points making this the 4th worse incumbent loss since 1968.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (yikp0)

155 One Portland Only Fans "performer", who marketed herself as the "slutty anarchist", complained that some of her fans were admitting to illegal acts in order to impress her.

She's still facing felony riot and assault charges from last year.

Since she was dumb enough to commit these acts in a suburban county, not in Portland, she is in trouble.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (I2/tG)

156 Not surprised that Cheney is now focusing on her TDS to grift the rubes and NT crowd. Plus, she gets to continue running her mouth and getting media attention which is really her whole reason for being.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2022 11:30 AM (BFigT)

157 130 once saw a kliban cartoon in which protestors carrying signs reading "against for" and "for against" were throwing rocks at each other.
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:26 AM (oY6Yp)

=========

Around 2000 MadTV had a great sketch where Michael McDonald played one of two candidates for each major party at a debate saying slight variations of the same thing to each other.

It was pretty funny, and also pretty accurate as to the state of the two parties at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Xv1UqRENk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:30 AM (LvTSG)

158 "Teper' nachinayetsya nastoyashchaya rabota"
Posted by: Russian Paratroopers Trying To Capture Hostomel Airport! at August 17, 2022 11:21 AM (I2/tG)

Is there some sort of joke here that I am failing to get, or is this some sort of trolling?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:28 AM (E5yf+)

I'm waiting for a Davy Crockett quote at the Alamo.

Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:30 AM (HAngX)

159 I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (IPpg0)


If I can find enough ladies with a fetish for a man with a Spongebob Squarepants ass, I'll make a fortune.

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:30 AM (+kl+V)

160 this little item is actually on topic:

Pfizer is funding Farcebook "fact-checking" partner:

https://tinyurl.com/5frb7rx8

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:30 AM (dCxaZ)

161 I am still surprised that the geeks and nerds who make up much of today's IT crapola and who implemented fakebook and the like turned out to be good old fashioned jack booted fascists who would make Dr. Gurgles of the 3rd Reich blush.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy
===

I'm not at all. Don't mistake cowardice and being unpopular with being meek and nice. The geeks and nerds would love to have revenge for high school and they are exacting it times ten. I'm no head doctor but this makes sense to me.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 11:31 AM (u4CEu)

162 150 Has viewership been forcibly mandated yet, in order to narrow the "wage gap"?
Posted by: red speck at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (gS3OW)

========

I'm pretty sure the tributes in the Hunger Games didn't get paid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

163 POLITICO@politico
Liz Cheney already has her next move in mind following her defeat in yesterday's primary.
She'll be launching an org "to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” her spokesperson told Playbook exclusively.

-
Doubling down on dumb. Also fat and ugly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (FVME7)


Dumb? I don't think so. She'll rake in the bucks, appear on TV from time to time, and drink all the boxed wine she wants.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:31 AM (z99Zw)

164 124 sounds like OF is interactive
Posted by: kallisto
___

I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (IPpg0)
_________________________

I don't have an account but I know a few girls who do it for some extra cash

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:31 AM (iFTx/)

165 Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:16 AM (m7R0k)

Can't say I fell for the Musk as Savior thing. His entire business model is government intermingled. That was never gonna lead to anywhere but pain for anybody else, and fallling into line for him.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:23 AM (feqn2)

I'm still trying to find out exactly what Maj Healy is referring to since his snark included debunked accusations.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2022 11:31 AM (RH1Zb)

166 I don't have an account but I know a few girls who do it for some extra cash
Posted by: Elric Blade
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Figures.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (IPpg0)

167 What exactly is Onlyfans?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (QSjkU)

168 Maybe Liz Cheney can go on OF?

But you pay her to keep her clothes on.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (lf83v)

169 132. Uke war grift? Is she friendly with Soros SoS Blinken? His family is in with the Soros to the extent that there is an Open Society group named for the Blinkens.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (VuQO/)

170 Just a reminder for those of you with short attention spans (you've already forgotten, haven't you?), the 2022 WNBA Playoffs begin today, and will continue for some indeterminate time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (a3Q+t)

Since Griner's out, can the arms dealer take her place?

Posted by: Wally at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (EkHsf)

171 163 POLITICO@politico
Liz Cheney already has her next move in mind following her defeat in yesterday's primary.
She'll be launching an org "to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” her spokesperson told Playbook exclusively.

-
Doubling down on dumb. Also fat and ugly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:22 AM (FVME7)

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The graft machine will not run out of oil and gas. She will push long and hard on this, squeezing every dollar out of liberals and big dollar GOPe donors.

I applaud her efforts to fleece our enemies of cash they might otherwise use in effective campaigns to counter the ascendant MAGA majority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (LvTSG)

172 Poor Dick Cheney must be hitting the hard stuff today.

Metamucil?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 11:33 AM (nfrXX)

173 Maybe Liz Cheney can go on OF?

Do they make a wide format PC camera ?

Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:33 AM (+kl+V)

174 Is there some sort of joke here that I am failing to get, or is this some sort of trolling?

Pixy won't allow me to repeat "Now the real work begins" in English repeatedly, so I'm doing foreign languages for appropriate events.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:33 AM (I2/tG)

175 @167

>>What exactly is Onlyfans?

I think it's a porn site, not going to look it up, but apparently it's all the rage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2022 11:33 AM (Tl2w+)

176 You miss my point. They are the similar in that people cast their own images onto them based on one action and then are disappointed when they fail to live up to that image

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (nfrXX)

Maybe I did. Trump told everyone what he was going to do starting in 2015 and he set about doing it. The most "honest" politician imaginable.

So anyone who projected things onto him is responsible for that. I don't get the impression Elon is so honest.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:33 AM (feqn2)

177 Since Griner's out, can the arms dealer take her place?

Since he's male, he's probably a better basketball player.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (I2/tG)

178 But you pay her to keep her clothes on.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (lf83v)


she gets extra $$ for each piece of clothing she adds

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (dCxaZ)

179 What exactly is Onlyfans?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM (QSjkU)

No light fixtures. Only fans.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (E5yf+)

180 Poor Dick Cheney must be hitting the hard stuff today.
__________________

His pacemaker is banging away like a four-cylinder Yugo.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (lf83v)

181 Musk did get a victory of sorts since the court ruled Twitter has to give Musk the bot info he requested.

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (RH1Zb)

182 135 Just a reminder for those of you with short attention spans (you've already forgotten, haven't you?), the 2022 WNBA Playoffs begin today, and will continue for some indeterminate time.
----------------
Up against the J6 Hearings? They don't stand a chance of getting viewers.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (MbgKo)

183 Ron Klain respects Liz Cheney. 'She speaks the truth.'


LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (m7R0k)

184 Isn't Griner a male?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (IPpg0)

185 I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (IPpg0)


I'd hope only as performers. The rest of us should be 29 enough to know that the internet is full of free porn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (z99Zw)

186 Oh, goody!
Quote Tweet Deirdre Walsh @deirdrekwalsh · 4h
New: Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) -says will "educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” [...]

Mollie @MZHemingway · 2h
Lincoln Project rebrand about to drop. The most overfunded and media-beloved fringe group in history.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (yikp0)

187 >>What exactly is Onlyfans?


That Fan Store across the street from Spatula City.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (IDNOW)

188 this little item is actually on topic:

Pfizer is funding Farcebook "fact-checking" partner:

https://tinyurl.com/5frb7rx8

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:30 AM (dCxaZ)
==

Speaking of Praudzer: https://tinyurl.com/7b3c5f7j

More than 40 percent of pregnant women who participated in Pfizer’s mRNA COVID vaccine trial suffered miscarriages, according internal Pfizer documents, recently released under court order.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (u4CEu)

189 OT: Photo of FIB Looking for nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago...
https://is.gd/gI4Xu0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (ynpvh)

190 We no dunk, but have better fundamentals.

- Snu Snu Amazon Girls

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (gmo/4)

191 Pixy won't allow me to repeat "Now the real work begins" in English repeatedly, so I'm doing foreign languages for appropriate events.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 17, 2022 11:33 AM (I2/tG)

Ah! OK, then. I know you are not a troll.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (E5yf+)

192 No light fixtures. Only fans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (E5yf+)

That reminds me of a guy that thought he saw a cougar near his house, so he searched the innerwebs to find out more about them. At work.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (UuD2k)

193 184 Isn't Griner a male?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (IPpg0)

After viewing her pics I would say that was debatable.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (QSjkU)

194 >>Ron Klain respects Liz Cheney.


She may be a Tool. But she's OUR Tool.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (IDNOW)

195 @deirdrekwalsh
New: Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) -says will "educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” ...
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (yikp0)
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Oh, good. It's all about "education."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (WWh8n)

196 I applaud her efforts to fleece our enemies of cash they might otherwise use in effective campaigns to counter the ascendant MAGA majority.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:32 AM


And some of you people poo-poohed the existence of 11-Dimensional Chess.

Wheels within wheels, man.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (a3Q+t)

197 After viewing her pics I would say that was debatable.
Posted by: Xipe Totec
___

She has an adam's apple.

And she's built like a dude.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (IPpg0)

198 Poor Dick Cheney must be hitting the hard stuff today.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (m7R0k)

He set his defibrillator to the highest setting.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (44ww/)

199 Just a reminder for those of you with short attention spans (you've already forgotten, haven't you?), the 2022 WNBA Playoffs begin today, and will continue for some indeterminate time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax


Test:
Name one WNBA player, excluding Griner, because she/he won't be playing.
Name a dozen NBA players past or present.

Which is easier?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (LNtgV)

200 I get that the thought is depressing. It means you can't build big institutions to do great things, because the bigger the institution to more corrupt it will become. But just because it's a depressing thought doesn't mean its not true.
Posted by: Rinse and Repeat at August 17, 2022 11:24 AM (+kl+V)

that's a big part of the reason I've decided that the only churches I can really support (although there are some others who still do some good things) are those with NO hierarchy at all. They still go bad too, but at least when they fail it's just one small group and they don't poison the well for everyone else.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (trdmm)

201 >>What exactly is Onlyfans?


Subscription-based amateur porn.
As in 'only fans* get to see my nudes'?

*Fans = paying customers

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (I/doM)

202 195 Oh, good. It's all about "education."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (WWh8n)

========

It's about a lack of metrics of success, so she can pay a polling firm to give her what she wants to see once every six months and tout it as gaining progress in funding pleas to donors.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (LvTSG)

203 Dumb? I don't think so. She'll rake in the bucks, appear on TV from time to time, and drink all the boxed wine she wants.

She's already worth $44M. This is about ego.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (/NCI4)

204 I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
__________

I don't. I also don't have a FB, twitter, or instagram account. All of those platforms just feed the beast.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (MvHI3)

205 183 Ron Klain respects Liz Cheney. 'She speaks the truth.'

Is he at all familiar with the truth?

Posted by: NLurker at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (eGTCV)

206 198 Poor Dick Cheney must be hitting the hard stuff today.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:29 AM (m7R0k)

He set his defibrillator to the highest setting.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (44ww/)

So not set on Stun?

Posted by: Capt. Kirk at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (ynpvh)

207 Why are the ads so horrific and gross?

*sneaks back into the background*

Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (sI15f)

208 Isn't Griner a male?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (IPpg0)

It would certainly seem to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (E5yf+)

209 136 What about extending your car warranty?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:17 AM (lf83v)

Lately it's been support the police (no), lower your credit card interest rate (I don't carry a balance so I don't care), improve your Medicare (I have insurance through work), murder your neighbors (I don't want to work for the IRS), buy solar (I have solar).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM (z99Zw)
----
I love to string them along for as long as possible and save some other sucker from being scammed.
Add Final Expenses insurance, and extended car maintenance warrantees. Then there's the 'cable company' techs who want to get to your cable box (actually want you I.P. number so as to hack your computer). The funny thing is all these Indians don't seem to know we have caller-id and have no idea of what an area code is.

Posted by: Ciampino - I give made up name, BD, zipcode at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (qfLjt)

210 She has an adam's apple.

And she's built like a dude.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (IPpg0)
++++
Both are true. It would not surprise me if Griner was born a hermaphrodite so they just ticked a box and went home. Her paperwork shows that she's always been a female so it isn't a "trans" thing (well predates it).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (WWh8n)

211 Isn't Griner a male?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (IPpg0)


Lesbian and uglier than a hat full of ***holes. So, she might as well be.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (ZSK0i)

212 203 Dumb? I don't think so. She'll rake in the bucks, appear on TV from time to time, and drink all the boxed wine she wants.

She's already worth $44M. This is about ego.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (/NCI4)

========

Generational wealth. Her grandchildren should be rich, spoiled assholes who post about how rich they are and better than the poors.

It's the American dream.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (LvTSG)

213 Isn't Griner a male?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming


How did the Rooski DNA test come back...?

Posted by: Brother Tim...as the man said, the die is cast at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (OUMaO)

214 186
That should get all of the TDS turds in the same toilet bowl.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (q3iUt)

215 210 She has an adam's apple.

And she's built like a dude.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:36 AM (IPpg0)
++++
Both are true. It would not surprise me if Griner was born a hermaphrodite so they just ticked a box and went home. Her paperwork shows that she's always been a female so it isn't a "trans" thing (well predates it).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (WWh8n)
________________________

She's too ugly to be a man

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

216 Subscription-based amateur porn.
As in 'only fans* get to see my nudes'?

*Fans = paying customers
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (I/doM)

Leaves me out. Don't pay actual money for dirty pics.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (QSjkU)

217 208 Isn't Griner a male?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (IPpg0)

It would certainly seem to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (E5yf+)

If you saw the topless pics, you'd look at those pecs and say there's no way in hell that that's a woman...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

218 Isn't Griner a male?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:34 AM (IPpg0)

Ummmmmmmm......Yes.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (X/UGK)

219 >>New: Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) -says will "educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” ...


Why not just name it "Permanent NeverTrump Grift" and stop being coy about what she's doing?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (I/doM)

220 216 Subscription-based amateur porn.
As in 'only fans* get to see my nudes'?

*Fans = paying customers
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (I/doM)

Leaves me out. Don't pay actual money for dirty pics.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (QSjkU)

So you don't support Sarah's income model?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

221 But it's not just "geeks and nerds" that have ascended to the top of the tech sector.

It's the "geeks and nerds" who are ruthless enough to get to the top. That means screwing people over without conscience.

Why should it surprise anyone that such people are control freaks who want to subjugate humanity? It comes with the territory. These types are also mainly, but not always, default leftists.

Many run of the mill "geeks and nerds" landed in IT support or stayed in the protective shell of academia.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (feqn2)

222 Teper' nachinayetsya nastoyashchaya rabota = Now the real work begins
according to Google translate

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (yikp0)

223 Old and busted: Sharks with lasers on their heads.

New and cool: Robot dogs with rocket launchers on their backs

https://bit.ly/3prmiNm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (FVME7)

224 >>Isn't Griner a male?


Having seen a picture. It doesn't matter.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (IDNOW)

225 I think Griner is a female, but I also think she took HGH or testosterone at some point for her to be that tall and muscular.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (lf83v)

226 If you saw the topless pics, you'd look at those pecs and say there's no way in hell that that's a woman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
____________________

Dude, some of us have to eat later . . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

227 I have seen some people surmise that the payors create, in their minds, the idea that somehow this woman will have sex with them if only they pay her enough.

Apparently it never occurs to them that an actual working prostitute - as opposed to a virtual one - would be cheaper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (z99Zw)

I strongly suspect that the vast majority of OF's paying clientele consists of that subset of men (increasingly common in the younger generation) who are completely terrified of actual, in person, human interaction and thus they need to go through an electronic interface, to avoid facing their own deep feelings of inadequacy.

Meeting an actual prostitute in person requires the confidence that one won't fail pathetically and be laughed at.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (trdmm)

228 Mornin' Horde. I'm still happy this morning, even though my SIL (who lives in Baltimore) has informed me that I should be ashamed for voting against the noble paragon of Truth and Democracy, Liz Cheney. Excuse me while I put my nose in the corner and Think About What I Did.

Anyhoo, I found the results from Albany County (where I live) most interesting. It's one of the 2 Dem counties in Wyoming, because it's the home of UW. Piggy took Albany (as I expected) but according to the SecState website, it was 4218 to 3967. Some Dems may not have crossed over for Piggy, as the Dem primary may actually matter to some people here. But it cheers me that almost 4000 people in my county showed up for Harriet.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (pkAcY)

229 204 I'm wondering how many here have OF accounts.
__________

I don't. I also don't have a FB, twitter, or instagram account. All of those platforms just feed the beast.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (MvHI3)

Oh, I have an FB account...just haven't been able to acess it for years, as I don't use it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

230 BabylonBee:

Boston Children's Hospital Throws Child Off Roof After She Claims To Be A Bird

Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2022 11:41 AM (RHGPo)

231 that's a big part of the reason I've decided that the only churches I can really support (although there are some others who still do some good things) are those with NO hierarchy at all. They still go bad too, but at least when they fail it's just one small group and they don't poison the well for everyone else.

Posted by: Tom Servo


Your term of the day is subsidiarity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity

Posted by: Brother Tim...as the man said, the die is cast at August 17, 2022 11:41 AM (OUMaO)

232 If you saw the topless pics, you'd look at those pecs and say there's no way in hell that that's a woman...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

Yes. Compared to Griner, Twiggy looks like Carol Doda.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:41 AM (E5yf+)

233 >>She's already worth $44M. This is about ego.


And reestablishing the pre-Trump GOPe in DC.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (I/doM)

234 She's already worth $44M. This is about ego.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (/NCI4)


Maybe her dad told her to keep up the grift or she gets the shotgun to the face.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (z99Zw)

235 Visual metaphor of the Cheney campaign.

https://bit.ly/3JZeZFW

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (FVME7)

236 186 Oh, goody!
Quote Tweet Deirdre Walsh @deirdrekwalsh · 4h
New: Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) -says will "educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” [...]

Mollie @MZHemingway · 2h
Lincoln Project rebrand about to drop. The most overfunded and media-beloved fringe group in history.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (yikp0)

The Grift must flow!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (dNqv+)

237 That reminds me of a guy that thought he saw a cougar near his house, so he searched the innerwebs to find out more about them. At work.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe


Never seen one by the house. Seen dozens in bars.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (LNtgV)

238 Griner doesn't look like any less of a woman than Dennis Rodman.

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (IDNOW)

239 Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has died. He was 81.

Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (RHGPo)

240 Meeting an actual prostitute in person requires the confidence that one won't fail pathetically and be laughed at.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:40 AM (trdmm)
++++
The odds of a hooker laughing at the john are probably pretty slim. The john being unable to perform are decent, but he can always try ago with a largely unbruised ego. I think it is perhaps more rationalization that it isn't prostitution or the solicitation of prostitution.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (WWh8n)

241
Isn't Griner a male?


Nope. Zek.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (pNxlR)

242 #222 It looks like there's a song with those lyrics, and a Russian military TV series' episode with a similar title phrase.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (yikp0)

243 233 >>She's already worth $44M. This is about ego.

And reestablishing the pre-Trump GOPe in DC.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (I/doM)

It is amazing how rich our 'public servants' become. Not surprising, but it is something you look at and think 'That is not the way it should work.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (dNqv+)

244 "Even when ideology and politics aren't factors, they can still play kingmaker and choose winners and losers in the market. Whether they actually did it in this case will be determined in court (assuming the courts don't just defend Big Tech reflexively), but the systems to do exactly what has been alleged are in place."

If I want to use this tool to shut down sites on the Trump Right, I'd first test the GIFCT tool on OnlyFans. Nobody likes p*rn, so it is easy to convince the public to get behind shutting down OF. Once you've set the predicate, it's supereasybarelyaninconvenience to go after the Trumpers.

Think this hasn't been done before? BigTech followed the same roadmap to Alex Jones before using it to de-platform sites on the Right.

This is just Phase II.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (OB+je)

245 Griner reminds me of that old Beatles song.

All the ugly assed people, where do they all come from?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (QSjkU)

246 The Lincoln Project ads are easily the most disgusting political ads I have ever seen.

It makes sense that its run by p3hd000s.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (Tl2w+)

247 CNN Pundits Admit: Liz Cheney's Base Is 'Democrats and the Beltway Media!'

Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

248 Apparently it never occurs to them that an actual working prostitute - as opposed to a virtual one - would be cheaper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (z99Zw)


My guess is that a lot of these people are scarred to hire an escort to come to their homes for fear of a) robbery or b) police sting and are likewise afraid to go to the shady parts of town for a streetwalker for the same reason.

Posted by: Mehive at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (ky+MF)

249 Honestly, the more I look at things, the more I realize I've turned into something resembling what the Euros might call a "Christian Democrat". It's an idea whose time may finally have come for the US. I'm not 100% on board with the classic Christian Democrat platforms but it comes closer than what I'm seeing served up by parties here.

Posted by: Brother Tim...as the man said, the die is cast at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (OUMaO)

250 247 CNN Pundits Admit: Liz Cheney's Base Is 'Democrats and the Beltway Media!'
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

=======

In other words: the perfect Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (LvTSG)

251
Maybe her dad told her to keep up the grift or she gets the shotgun to the face.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland


Daddy has invited her to spend a day hunting with him.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (pNxlR)

252 Worth noting: among users under 25, Twitter is dead last and Facebook is second to last. Both platforms are dying.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (3cXfB)

253 This blonde golf chick wants to takes this opportunity to reassure you that she is *not* a terrorist:
https://is.gd/lU1ixN

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (WWh8n)

254 It appears that rapper Cardi B is the biggest name on Only Fans. She charges $4.99/month to view her account.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (rJ48h)

255 Isn't Griner a male?

Bradley Grinder is a man with a very large clit

Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (us2H3)

256 Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” [...]
_____________

Somebody should tell Lizard that the FBI and DOJ are already doing that, and have been for years now. And they have limitless funds and much power they're willing to abuse, as they've shown repeatedly.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (MvHI3)

257 >>Griner reminds me of that old Beatles song.


L-O L-A

Lola

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (IDNOW)

258 252 Worth noting: among users under 25, Twitter is dead last and Facebook is second to last. Both platforms are dying.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (3cXfB)

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Twitter has always been an excuse for the elite doing what they wanted to do under the guise of bowing to popular whim.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

259 She's too ugly to be a man

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 17, 2022 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Back in the day HS yearbooks had "senior superlatives"...Janis Joplin won "ugliest man" @ her HS.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (AwYPR)

260 245 Griner reminds me of that old Beatles song.

All the ugly assed people, where do they all come from?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (QSjkU)

I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (ynpvh)

261 FBI Reveals Items Found In Trump's Safe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zup6iAUVs

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (IPpg0)

262 Think this hasn't been done before? BigTech followed the same roadmap to Alex Jones before using it to de-platform sites on the Right.

This is just Phase II.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (OB+je)
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Possible. The suit alleges that it was straightforward pay-for-play and a fairly normal bribery scheme. If that is true - and it is more than possible that it is - you can be sure the bigwigs are paying attention to run the playbook again.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (WWh8n)

263 250 247 CNN Pundits Admit: Liz Cheney's Base Is 'Democrats and the Beltway Media!'
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (RHGPo)


Linda Graham turns green

Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (us2H3)

264 Generational wealth. Her grandchildren should be rich, spoiled assholes who post about how rich they are and better than the poors.

It's the American dream.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (LvTSG)


I recall seeing a photo a few years back of some kids (teens, 20s, whatever) using brand new iphones as coasters so that they could display daddy's wealth to the lessers.

Lots of people were incensed. It didn't bother me. There's a reason why, historically, families didn't stay rich unless they were royals and avoided being beheaded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (z99Zw)

265 248 Apparently it never occurs to them that an actual working prostitute - as opposed to a virtual one - would be cheaper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (z99Zw)

My guess is that a lot of these people are scarred to hire an escort to come to their homes for fear of a) robbery or b) police sting and are likewise afraid to go to the shady parts of town for a streetwalker for the same reason.


And don't know where a brothel is. I certainly have no idea if there are actual brothels in the area where I live and if there are, have no idea how you would go about locating them.

Posted by: Mehive at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (ky+MF)

266 >>his blonde golf chick wants to takes this opportunity to reassure you that she is *not* a terrorist:
https://is.gd/lU1ixN


In that skirt. With that pose...

She has to be trimmed tighter than that green!

Posted by: garrett at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (IDNOW)

267 Visual metaphor of the Cheney campaign.

https://bit.ly/3JZeZFW
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 11:42 AM (FVME7)


Weird. They're saying folks are pissing themselves watching this guy but functionally, that jump is no different than skydiving out the side of an old 1959 Cessna 182...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (ZSK0i)

268 248 Apparently it never occurs to them that an actual working prostitute - as opposed to a virtual one - would be cheaper.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:25 AM (z99Zw)

My guess is that a lot of these people are scarred to hire an escort to come to their homes for fear of a) robbery or b) police sting and are likewise afraid to go to the shady parts of town for a streetwalker for the same reason.

Posted by: Mehive at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (ky+MF)

There may also be the issue of legality in your jurisdiction...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (ynpvh)

269 Griner reminds me of that old Beatles song.


L-O L-A

Lola


Say what?

Posted by: Ray Davies at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (rJ48h)

270 Grammar or usage rant. Why do people nowadays insist on writing "calendar invite instead of "invitation," and "reveal" (as in "gender reveal party" or "leading up to the reveal") instead of "revelation"?

Reveal and invite are VERBS. Revelation and invitation are NOUNS. (Plus "I'll send an invite" makes you sound like Gomer Pyle.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (J2vNu)

271 > Isn't Griner a male?
____________

I seriously doubt the Russians give a shit about s/h/it's pronouns. If they think it's a man... male prison.

As it should be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (BFigT)

272 >>>>New: Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) -says will "educate the American people about the ongoing threat to our Republic, and to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” ...

Will they contract Michael Steele to be their token POC because, NT as it stands now is white as a bowl of Chinese rice?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (m7R0k)

273 There's an economy worth billions in political thinkery. It includes everyone from the media to K street. It's a rentable mouthpiece to push whatever messaging you want or push whatever legislation you need.

Social Media is also part of this machine.

All for sale to the highest bidder.

It's as big a problem for the country as corporations paying for votes that specifically benefit them.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (mZ3xv)

274 Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” [...]
_____________

Somebody should tell Lizard that the FBI and DOJ are already doing that, and have been for years now. And they have limitless funds and much power they're willing to abuse, as they've shown repeatedly.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (MvHI3)
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Yes indeed. As TJM has pointed out, it'll be nothing but a grift ....

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (8AZzc)

275 264 Lots of people were incensed. It didn't bother me. There's a reason why, historically, families didn't stay rich unless they were royals and avoided being beheaded.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (z99Zw)

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You sound like a person who relies on rationality and experience to help drive your emotional responses.

You are an anomaly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (LvTSG)

276 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (u4CEu)

This should be the top story in the world.

Instead we have Mar a Lago and who's on Dancing With the Stars.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (feqn2)

277 If I want to use this tool to shut down sites on the Trump Right, I'd first test the GIFCT tool on OnlyFans. Nobody likes p*rn, so it is easy to convince the public to get behind shutting down OF. Once you've set the predicate, it's supereasybarelyaninconvenience to go after the Trumpers.

Think this hasn't been done before? BigTech followed the same roadmap to Alex Jones before using it to de-platform sites on the Right.

This is just Phase II.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (OB+je)

Except they aren't using the GIFCT tool to shut down OnlyFans, but to shut down competitors, including freelancers, on behalf of OnlyFans.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (E5yf+)

278 253 This blonde golf chick wants to takes this opportunity to reassure you that she is *not* a terrorist:
https://is.gd/lU1ixN

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (WWh8n)

I'm not so sure...Those aren't bombs hiding in her blouse, are they?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (ynpvh)

279 BTW, have you noticed the similarities between me and Abraham Lincoln?
Posted by: Drunken Liz Cheney!

If you're referring to the aircraft carrier, then yes.

Posted by: Moron horde at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (cY9wR)

280 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (T4tVD)

281 >>It appears that rapper Cardi B is the biggest name on Only Fans. She charges $4.99/month to view her account.


Well, she was a stripper and prostitute who used to drug and then rob her johns, so. . . not amateur!

Not surprised she's killing it in OnlyFans after the music industry decided she has award-worthy "talent."

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (I/doM)

282 I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (ynpvh)

The Lord maketh it to rain on the wicked and the righteous also the ugly and the beautiful.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (QSjkU)

283 Lots of people were incensed. It didn't bother me. There's a reason why, historically, families didn't stay rich unless they were royals and avoided being beheaded.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (z99Zw)

The wealth of aristocracy tended to be more enduring when it was real estate/farmland in a more agrarian economy. Other than wild overspending(and armed conflict) it was harder to screw up.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (b2nrj)

284 ... Reveal and invite are VERBS. Revelation and invitation are NOUNS. (Plus "I'll send an invite" makes you sound like Gomer Pyle.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (J2vNu)
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We verb nouns (often proper nouns, like Xerox and Google), so nouning verbs is just fair play!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (WWh8n)

285 Cheney's next step - her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org (1st reported by Politico) to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,” [...]
________________________

And with that announcement she has just disqualified herself from the J6 Committee.

Step down now.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (lf83v)

286 I'm not so sure...Those aren't bombs hiding in her blouse, are they?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (ynpvh)


We'll need to check for safety's sake!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (ZSK0i)

287 Twitter has always been an excuse for the elite doing what they wanted to do under the guise of bowing to popular whim.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

There was a story a couple days ago that I find completely plausible, that Twitter traffic is around 25% - 50% bots that have been added mainly to mask the fact that actual user numbers have been dropping for years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:49 AM (trdmm)

288 The current search engine thing is what I like to call "intentional obsolescence". If their engine doesn't work for most things they can't ever be accused of rigging their results. And they're all rigging results. Badly.
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You can't even get results that aren't ads anymore.
The top 3 say they're ads. But the rest are ads too because the SEO have so manipulated the algorithm.

Completely useless.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 17, 2022 11:49 AM (Zf0+a)

289 BTW, have you noticed the similarities between me and Abraham Lincoln?
Posted by: Drunken Liz Cheney!
*
If you're referring to the aircraft carrier, then yes.
Posted by: Moron horde at August 17, 2022


***
I don't think Abe had any hair on his upper lip, either

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2022 11:49 AM (J2vNu)

290 287 There was a story a couple days ago that I find completely plausible, that Twitter traffic is around 25% - 50% bots that have been added mainly to mask the fact that actual user numbers have been dropping for years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:49 AM (trdmm)

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It passes the smell test. Twitter sucks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

291 265 And don't know where a brothel is. I certainly have no idea if there are actual brothels in the area where I live and if there are, have no idea how you would go about locating them.

i bet siri knows. you could try asking.

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (oY6Yp)

292 Cheney is to Lincoln as Concrete is to banana.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (mZ3xv)

293 She's too ugly to be a man
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I beg to differ.

See Henry Waxman.

(Forgot his name, so I in typed, "congressman with huge nostrils" and voila!)

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (IPpg0)

294 252 Worth noting: among users under 25, Twitter is dead last and Facebook is second to last. Both platforms are dying.
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Not soon enough.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (MvHI3)

295
Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has died. He was 81.

Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM


another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (ENBF0)

296 i bet siri knows. you could try asking.
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (oY6Yp)
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Hey, government-affiliated Big Tech personal assistant? Can you please direct me to the nearest highly-rated criminal enterprise?

Posted by: A Very Smart Person at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (WWh8n)

297 You know the poll from FL that had all the NT cucks cumming in their pants showing Rubio down 4? Turns out the makeup of the polling sample was 71% college grads. 71%!!

And still the Dim only leads by 4. Which means Rubio should win by 10% easily.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (Wjl3P)

298 "...her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org ... to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,”
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We already have a unified political org to oppose Trump. It currently calls itself the US government.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (pkAcY)

299 And don't know where a brothel is. I certainly have no idea if there are actual brothels in the area where I live and if there are, have no idea how you would go about locating them.

i bet siri knows. you could try asking.

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM


Or you could ask senior local politicians.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (RkC6l)

300 284 ... Reveal and invite are VERBS. Revelation and invitation are NOUNS. (Plus "I'll send an invite" makes you sound like Gomer Pyle.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (J2vNu)
++++
We verb nouns (often proper nouns, like Xerox and Google), so nouning verbs is just fair play!


indeed. what are you, some sort of antidisennounengizationalist?

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (oY6Yp)

301 @101: "... mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign ..."

Yet, somehow, Cheney will end up (unexpectedly!) fundraising for Beto O'Rourke, Stacy Abrams, etc.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (bM7vb)

302 Twitter has always been an excuse for the elite doing what they wanted to do under the guise of bowing to popular whim.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM (LvTSG)

Twitter is interesting. Remember in the old days before Trump. It seemed tailor made to be a platform for geeks (politics, movies, food, sci-fi, whatever subject) to argue with other geeks on that subject. It allowed people who loved celebrity to follow and learn more about that celebrity. It was a big discussion forum that served multiple different subjects.

The problem is that geek discussion forums (on any subject) are never really that thing. Tons of people read books who just like a good story, and they ignore the quotidian details that geeks live to argue about.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM (dNqv+)

303 298 "...her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org ... to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,”
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What a vindictive b**ch

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM (bs+z0)

304 265
'I certainly have no idea if there are actual brothels in the area where I live and if there are, have no idea how you would go about locating them.'

Is this a cry for help?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM (q3iUt)

305 BTW, have you noticed the similarities between me and Abraham Lincoln?
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The combined BMI for Lincoln, Nebraska??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM (yikp0)

306 I've never hired a hooker. It just seems....tacky.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM (QSjkU)

307 Hey, government-affiliated Big Tech personal assistant? Can you please direct me to the nearest highly-rated criminal enterprise?

Posted by: A Very Smart Person at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM


Don't ask Siri about the nuclear wessels, whatever you do.

Posted by: Chekov at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (RkC6l)

308 291 265 And don't know where a brothel is. I certainly have no idea if there are actual brothels in the area where I live and if there are, have no idea how you would go about locating them.

i bet siri knows. you could try asking.
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (oY6Yp)

Some years ago, my younger child asked SIRI where he could find something (don't remember what now), and Siri offered to find him the location of local drug dealers...I was worried the police would come knocking at my door...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (ynpvh)

309 I notice the similarity between Cheney and a Lincoln Log. On fact there were several Lincoln Logs this morning that could have easily been mistaken for Cheneys.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (feqn2)

310 There's an economy worth billions in political thinkery. It includes everyone from the media to K street. It's a rentable mouthpiece to push whatever messaging you want or push whatever legislation you need.

Social Media is also part of this machine.

All for sale to the highest bidder.

It's as big a problem for the country as corporations paying for votes that specifically benefit them.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (mZ3xv)
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Nice summation. Out: People voting themselves money. In: Oligarchs buying pols & voting themselves money at the expense of the people.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (8AZzc)

311 The wealth of aristocracy tended to be more enduring when it was real estate/farmland in a more agrarian economy. Other than wild overspending(and armed conflict) it was harder to screw up.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 17, 2022 11:48 AM (b2nrj)

It's too involved a topic to go into detail, but in the past there were huge sections of English Law dedicated to making sure that the Great Estates and Great Incomes stayed in the hands of the most influential families, aka the nobility. Thomas Jefferson, among many others, despised these laws and made sure all of them were tossed out of our constitutional system. Today's ruling class is trying to bring them back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (trdmm)

312 See Henry Waxman.

(Forgot his name, so I in typed, "congressman with huge nostrils" and voila!)


See! Proof that search engines do work right sometimes.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (nfrXX)

313 Nobody loves big government more than techies, politicians, and police do.

Posted by: Riptide at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (D3hqT)

314 284 ... Reveal and invite are VERBS. Revelation and invitation are NOUNS. (Plus "I'll send an invite" makes you sound like Gomer Pyle.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (J2vNu)
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idnt this why we got a barrel ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2022 11:54 AM (us2H3)

315 It is amazing how rich our 'public servants' become. Not surprising, but it is something you look at and think 'That is not the way it should work.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 11:43 AM (dNqv+)


It's not that they become rich, it's that their spouses are just great at business. Nothing to do with them being in government at all. How dare you even suggest such a thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:54 AM (z99Zw)

316 296 i bet siri knows. you could try asking.
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM (oY6Yp)
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Hey, government-affiliated Big Tech personal assistant? Can you please direct me to the nearest highly-rated criminal enterprise?

Posted by: A Very Smart Person at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (WWh8n)

No, no no. You're supposed to say, "Wiretap, where can I find.."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

317 I beg to differ.

See Henry Waxman.

(Forgot his name, so I in typed, "congressman with huge nostrils" and voila!)

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:50 AM


Objection. I believe Waxman is a species of leaf-nosed bat.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2022 11:54 AM (RkC6l)

318 BTW I would have preferred "Friend of the Blog Ellipsis" to "one of the Morons". Not that I'm precious about it, mind you.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:54 AM (feqn2)

319 Objection. I believe Waxman is a species of leaf-nosed bat.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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lol

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (IPpg0)

320 300 284 ... Reveal and invite are VERBS. Revelation and invitation are NOUNS. (Plus "I'll send an invite" makes you sound like Gomer Pyle.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 17, 2022 11:46 AM (J2vNu)
++++
We verb nouns (often proper nouns, like Xerox and Google), so nouning verbs is just fair play!

indeed. what are you, some sort of antidisennounengizationalist?

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 11:51 AM (oY6Yp)

How about "The Reveal"? Is it gerundic, like smoking?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (ynpvh)

321 More than 40 percent of pregnant women who participated in Pfizer’s mRNA COVID vaccine trial suffered miscarriages, according internal Pfizer documents, recently released under court order.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (u4CEu)


so all those young RNs who left their job rather than submit to the jab were correct. Their main concern about the mRna shots was that it caused infertility.

Posted by: kallisto at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (dCxaZ)

322 Well as long as they don't target Spoops.

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (vN+oL)

323 I notice the similarity between Cheney and a Lincoln Log. On fact there were several Lincoln Logs this morning that could have easily been mistaken for Cheneys.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:53 AM (feqn2)

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She can call her new grift "Lincoln Log Republicans."

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (8AZzc)

324 I've never paid a hooker to be with me.

I pay her to leave.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (feqn2)

325 This blonde golf chick wants to takes this opportunity to reassure you that she is *not* a terrorist:
https://is.gd/lU1ixN

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (WWh8n)


She needs a couple three burgers and a milk shake. Not a normal body type pushing the anorexia envelope.

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 11:56 AM (gmo/4)

326 so all those young RNs who left their job rather than submit to the jab were correct.
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And who still aren't being rehired despite ER and hospital staff shortages.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 17, 2022 11:56 AM (yikp0)

327 Those legal geniuses over at ABC want you to desperately believe that Trump has to follow some procedure before he's allowed to declare anything declassified:

https://tinyurl.com/pfbak7v9

Except when you read the article - whoops whoopsi! Turns out that he doesn't have to do anything at all except say they are declassified. ABC trots out the usual liberals that worked for Obama to darkly suggest there might be some way Trump isn't allowed to this, but don't really give any reason why they think this. They are forced to even admit that even Scooter Libby was allowed in court to say the President told him something was declassified - and whoopsi again - so it was!

Posted by: Boswell at August 17, 2022 11:56 AM (+Cgut)

328 BTW I would have preferred "Friend of the Blog Ellipsis" to "one of the Morons". Not that I'm precious about it, mind you.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:54 AM (feqn2)
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Fixed. I didn't remember who told me about it, and I forgot to write it down and I couldn't find the original comment. I didn't intend a slight.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (WWh8n)

329 Honestly, the more I look at things, the more I realize I've turned into something resembling what the Euros might call a "Christian Democrat". It's an idea whose time may finally have come for the US. I'm not 100% on board with the classic Christian Democrat platforms but it comes closer than what I'm seeing served up by parties here.
Posted by: Brother Tim...as the man said, the die is cast at August 17, 2022 11:44 AM (OUMaO)


Based on wikipedia's description, seems like green neo-fascism with a dollop of moral scold.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (z99Zw)

330 She needs a couple three burgers and a milk shake. Not a normal body type pushing the anorexia envelope.

Yeah. I like them slim, but not toothpick thin. My wrists are bigger than her upper arm.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (QSjkU)

331 306 I've never hired a hooker. It just seems....tacky.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM (QSjkU)

Agreed- and empty. I get almost the same feeling when I am in a casino as thinking about prostitution. No joy there. It is the monetization of impulses.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (dNqv+)

332 I binged “Congreeman who looks like Porky Pig.”

I got Waxman.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (89T5c)

333 Liz has a lot in common with Lincoln.. Both their political careers are dead

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (bs+z0)

334 She can call her new grift "Lincoln Log Republicans."
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 17, 2022 11:55 AM (8AZzc)

A Lincoln Log on the day after Lincoln had a big bowl of chili.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2022 11:58 AM (trdmm)

335 Life is better with Nazi Coca Cola.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 17, 2022 11:58 AM (J8LnB)

336 330 She needs a couple three burgers and a milk shake. Not a normal body type pushing the anorexia envelope.

Yeah. I like them slim, but not toothpick thin. My wrists are bigger than her upper arm.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (QSjkU)

Kat Timpf

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

337 Griner is Juwanna Mann

Posted by: polynikes at August 17, 2022 11:59 AM (RH1Zb)

338 333 Liz has a lot in common with Lincoln.. Both their political careers are dead

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (bs+z0)

"Other than that, how was the election, Liz"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:59 AM (ynpvh)

339 I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM


I know, right?

Posted by: Liv Tyler at August 17, 2022 11:59 AM (RkC6l)

340 335 Life is better with Nazi Coca Cola.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 17, 2022 11:58 AM (J8LnB)

Commi Coca Cola?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:59 AM (ynpvh)

341 I couldn't find the original comment. I didn't intend a slight.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (WWh8n)

No sleight taken - I was just having fun. I come here mainly for the laughs. And the credit.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 12:00 PM (feqn2)

342 339 I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM

The milk man was good looking

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 12:00 PM (bs+z0)

343 253 This blonde golf chick wants to takes this opportunity to reassure you that she is *not* a terrorist:
https://is.gd/lU1ixN

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)


I dunno. Those bazooka's are weapons of war.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 17, 2022 12:00 PM (m7R0k)

344 342 339 I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM

The milk man was good looking

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 12:00 PM (bs+z0)

I guess the milk man doesn't care how momma looks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (ynpvh)

345 Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 11:57 AM (bs+z0)

Speaking of credit you make me LOL as much as almost anyone here.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (feqn2)

346 What a vindictive b**ch

Pettiness and vindictiveness must be more sustaining than I imagined judging from the number of people who seem to have nothing else to live for and yet hang on and on.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (nfrXX)

347 At the Olympics, Nazi Coke was advertised in mmm1938?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (8ZxMi)

348 Liv Tyler got her looks from her mom. Her dad looks like a side show freak.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (QSjkU)

349 Liv Tyler got her looks from her mom. Her dad looks like a side show freak.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (QSjkU)
++++
Liv got dad's lips, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2022 12:02 PM (WWh8n)

350 335 Life is better with Nazi Coca Cola.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezi

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 17, 2022 12:02 PM (oY6Yp)

351 I know, right?

Posted by: Liv Tyler at August 17, 2022 11:59 AM (RkC6l)

Liv's mom did a Playboy spread....just sayin'.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 12:02 PM (AwYPR)

352 346 What a vindictive b**ch

Pettiness and vindictiveness must be more sustaining than I imagined judging from the number of people who seem to have nothing else to live for and yet hang on and on.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (nfrXX)

Hate will keep you alive, 41.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 12:02 PM (dNqv+)

353 Liv Tyler got her looks from her mom. Her dad looks like a side show freak.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2022 12:01 PM (QSjkU)


Dude looks like a lady.

Posted by: Archer at August 17, 2022 12:02 PM (gmo/4)

354 BTW I would have preferred "Friend of the Blog Ellipsis" to "one of the Morons". Not that I'm precious about it, mind you.
Posted by: ...

What about Tri dot ?

Posted by: JT at August 17, 2022 12:03 PM (T4tVD)

355 @ 148 Thanks, Joe Mannix. This came up in a general conversation and somebody said (can't remember who) said do they realize that means"Make Everything Trump Again" which cracked me up.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 17, 2022 12:03 PM (KATBx)

356 ace is up. Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2022 12:03 PM (dNqv+)

357 And don't know where a brothel is. I certainly have no idea if there are actual brothels in the area where I live and if there are, have no idea how you would go about locating them.

C:/hookers/no_yellow/locator

Posted by: Hunter the Biden at August 17, 2022 12:03 PM (w9Wax)

358 "She needs a couple three burgers and a milk shake. Not a normal body type pushing the anorexia envelope."

Nothing wrong with that blonde's body except for the fact that she doesn't have the usual grossly overinflated phony looking boobs that are usually posted here.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at August 17, 2022 12:03 PM (1DgE4)

359 I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM

adoption?

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 12:04 PM (AwYPR)

360 does Liz like attend plays ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2022 12:04 PM (us2H3)

361 What about Tri dot ?

Posted by: JT at August 17, 2022 12:03 PM (T4tVD)

I'm good with anything.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 12:04 PM (feqn2)

362 It's been a rule of thumb for a long time that advances in civil rights often occur in cases involving less-than-savory actors.

Ernesto Miranda was a rapist. Not only that, but a rapist so dumb that he actually said "Yeah, that's her." when confronted with the victim in a lineup.

Nonetheless, his case led to the right to counsel and the right to remain silent being emphasized for all of us (those rights existed before, but the cops weren't required to tell you about them).

Same thing going on here, I'd say.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2022 12:04 PM (bW8dp)

363 "...her spokesman confirms she will launch new political org ... to mobilize a unified effort to oppose any Donald Trump campaign for president,”
---

What a vindictive b**ch

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2022 11:52 AM


If I were the Golden Scalp Weasel, I'd offer her an ambassadorship. To Afghanistan. Or Sudan. Someplace, you know, interesting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2022 12:04 PM (RkC6l)

364 I'd say ugly-assed parents, but then I a saw a girl, looked at her parents, and thought, "How the hell did that happen?". She was beautiful...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 11:45 AM


It's the old Genetic Shuffle. Never quite sure how it will all turn out.

You see the same thing in reverse sometimes with movie stars who marry, and it's like Holy Cow! how did that happen! The kid looks like an organ grinder's monkey.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2022 12:05 PM (5NkmN)

365 >>There was a story a couple days ago that I find completely plausible, that Twitter traffic is around 25% - 50% bots that have been added mainly to mask the fact that actual user numbers have been dropping for years.


Would not surprise me -- and this is what Elon's Musk's purchase was going to reveal, along with all of the DNC-Twitter Safety Team collusion to suppress 'n suspend non-progressive speech.

Really, all you have to do is look at twitter feeds with millions of followers that only get a handful or "likes" and retweets. No way real people are following them.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 12:05 PM (I/doM)

366 Liv's mom did a Playboy spread....just sayin'.

Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2022 12:02 PM


True enough. Liv dodged a bullet, there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 17, 2022 12:06 PM (RkC6l)

367 > Holy Cow! how did that happen! The kid looks like an organ grinder's monkey.

Bill, Hillary, Chelsea
Jimmy, Rosalynn, Amy

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2022 12:07 PM (bW8dp)

368 212 203 Dumb? I don't think so. She'll rake in the bucks, appear on TV from time to time, and drink all the boxed wine she wants.

She's already worth $44M. This is about ego.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 17, 2022 11:37 AM (/NCI4)
========
Generational wealth. Her grandchildren should be rich, spoiled assholes who post about how rich they are and better than the poors.

It's the American dream.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 17, 2022 11:38 AM (LvTSG)
----
That's why in olden days the vanquished were often slaughtered, women, children and livestock too. That solved the problem of some kid or grandkid going out for revenge in the future to the point that you'd always be looking over your shoulder.

Posted by: Ciampino - slavery did not take care of revenge problem at August 17, 2022 12:08 PM (qfLjt)

369 The kid looks like an organ grinder's monkey.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2022 12:05 PM (5NkmN)

That's pretty funny. Perfectly describes it though.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 17, 2022 12:09 PM (sI15f)

370 >>Bill, Hillary, Chelsea


Web Hubbell and Hillary
Chelsea looks just like Hubbell's (other) daughter.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2022 12:09 PM (I/doM)

371 Bill, Hillary, Chelsea
Jimmy, Rosalynn, Amy

None of those are pretty people.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 17, 2022 12:09 PM (sI15f)

372 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 11:35 AM (u4CEu)

This should be the top story in the world.

Instead we have Mar a Lago and who's on Dancing With the Stars.

Posted by: ... at August 17, 2022 11:47 AM (feqn2)
===

Yes it should be. Along with that the FDA and CDC KNEW that the vaccine would do this and fast tracked approval. They should all be in jail.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 12:10 PM (u4CEu)

373 Lizzy organization is to earn money through contributions

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 17, 2022 12:11 PM (MwTOW)

374 Brownell's is claiming they have primers & powder in stock.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2022 12:12 PM (LNtgV)

375 335 Life is better with Nazi Coca Cola.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 17, 2022 11:58 AM (J8LnB)

Commi Coca Cola?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Fascist Fanta

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2022 12:12 PM (u4CEu)

376 Lindy Li@lindyli
One day Republicans are gonna regret Liz Cheney losing today the same way they’re gonna regret blocking Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court
Calling it now

-
And on that day, pigs will fly over a frozen Hell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 17, 2022 12:14 PM (FVME7)

377 Here's one I must've missed earlier:
"GOP Pennsylvania Representative Scott Perry...revealed how the FBI recently seized his phone, just hours after the feds raided President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago complex."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

378 NOOD Ms. Piggy Cheny

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2022 12:17 PM (ynpvh)

379 Pffftt, I waste my money in the Wall Street Casino and the valu-rite store like a reasonable moron.
Posted by: Draki at August 17, 2022 11:27 AM

You, sir, are a moron's moron!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 17, 2022 12:35 PM (uT3hI)

380 @Joe Mannix (not a cop):
I have no idea what the FTC ostensibly does anymore.

Apparently, filing unsuccessful lawsuits against businesses not favored by the Junta:

https://tinyurl.com/6jmtdm76

Posted by: Frank at August 17, 2022 03:10 PM (7ToQ3)

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