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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd.aoshq at gee mail.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com | Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (9/20/20)Quote I “Sadly, and with a broken heart, I can no longer say that my hometown of San Diego, is the greatest place in the world. I can no longer say that SD is a safe, healthy, clean, and beautiful place. I can no longer urge my family, friends, tourists, and businesses to come to SD to live, work, and play.” NBA HOF Bill Walton Perhaps more hassling of the 1% will get them to call for action. However, I am not holding my breath. Quote II “If reparations need to be paid, we need to go right back to the beginning of that supply chain and say, ‘Who was rounding up their own people and having them handcuffed in cages?’ Absolutely. That’s where they should start. And maybe, I don’t know, the descendants of those families where they died at the, in the high seas trying to stop the slavery, that those families should receive something too, I think, at the same time.” British royal commentator Hillary Fordwich Lemon really is dumber than a box of rocks. Quote III “My psychiatrist calls my actions, ‘compulsive behavior,' Others would call them reckless, stupid or brazen. I’m not in a position to argue with any of these descriptions.” Erick Adame, Spectrum News NY1 weatherman We really do live in fvcked up times. What is upside down is right side up apparently to trial lawyers. Three Venezuelan migrants filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other members of the Florida state government over their flight to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Alianza Americas (a not-for-profit immigration corporation), Yanet Doe, Pablo Doe, and Jesus Doe claim the Venezuelan immigrants were exploited “for the sole purpose of advancing their own personal, financial, and political interests,” according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts. The Treasury is refusing to publish a forecast of the UK's economic outlook alongside this Friday's mini-Budget. Independent forecaster the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has already provided a draft to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, the BBC understands. The Treasury Select Committee says a forecast is "vital" given recent government moves to curb living costs. Two alleged home invaders were confronted by an angry man, holding a large knife, after they interrupted his cooking of a cake, an ACT Supreme Court trial has heard. Key points: It's a good thing these guys didn't interrupt CBD and the Sous Vide Mystery Machine. SCIENTISTS HAVE BAD NEWS ABOUT ALL THESE ENERGY EFFICIENT LEDS - "THIS TREND IS WIDELY INCREASING THE RISK OF HARMFUL EFFECTS TO ECOSYSTEMS." We’ve all heard of the woes of blue light: don’t look at your phone or computer before going to bed, because it’ll make it harder for you to sleep. And according to a new study published Wednesday in Science Advances, that problem may extend beyond your personal beauty sleep to a much larger, environmental scale. Studying the spectral composition of the continent's lighting using images captured from the International Space Station, the researchers found that the more energy efficient and higher visibility LED lights are rapidly replacing the old school sodium lights for outdoor use in Europe, bringing with them some unintended but drastic consequences. The bogus document claimed the Treasury had sensitive documents related to the FBI’s raid on Trump’s Florida home and told CNN to keep “leaked tax records.” “The U.S. Department of Treasury through the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Marshals Service have arrested Seized Federal Securities containing sensitive documents which are subject to the Defendant Sealed Search Warrant by the F.B.I. arrest,” the document claimed, according to Just The News. Two warrants included in the filing were identical to those from an inmate at a North Carolina prison medical center What an unhappy life it must be to be perpetually offended. TikToker Says She Was “Disrespected” by Employer Who Asked for an In-Person Interview TikToker Natalya Haddix went viral on the popular social media platform after delineating a "nightmare" job application experience that involved her having to go in-person for an initial interview where she could visibly see other folks vying for presumably the same job, along with the fact that she was asked to fill out a paper application, and that it offered a base salary she argued was way too low. What an absolute ray of sunshine she is. Speaking of sunshine. NFL great Tom Brady just might stay in Florida without his spousal unit. Gisele Bundchen, Homewrecker Feminist take great and serious umbrage if you should ever even hint that they are homewreckers. Or should we say that they are marriage wreckers? But still, ever since feminism entered the American cultural bloodstream, around five decades ago, they have broken a considerable number of marriages. Strong, empowered women, motivated by the absurdly unrealistic idea that men and women should have precisely the same division of tasks at home, have produced a raft of divorces. At of now, America leads the world in broken homes. America leads the world in fatherless homes. Don’t we all understand that this exertion of female power has damaged children? So, now we have Gisele Bundchen the fashion model wife of football great Tom Brady taking her grievances public. She is “quiet quitting” her marriage. She has had enough of bringing up children and making a home. Now that her youngest child has reached the ripe age of 9, she has decided to abandon home and hearth, the better to go out and save the planet. You can’t make this stuff up. Maybe that "threat" in school about a permanent record is true. Florida’s Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) has been compiling secret lists of middle and high school students that they believe could “fall into a life of crime.” The confidential records, some protected by state and federal law due to the sensitive nature of their contents, have been used to single out children with poor grades, or who have been a victim of or a witness to abuse – all criteria that the Sheriff’s office uses to compile its roster. According to Pasco County law enforcement officials, 420 students are currently on the list – a list created by data plucked surreptitiously from academic records and those of the state Department of Children and Families. Neither the parents nor the children have been aware of the Sheriff’s Office’s practices until now, and even school superintendent Kurt Browning said he was “unaware of the Sheriff’s Office was using school data to identify kids who might become criminals,” the Tampa Bay Times reported. MushHead, the Don't ever say, "Bite me", to Beyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey ‘Woke’ Vegan Food Company Executive Arrested for Biting Man’s Nose On this day: 20 Sep 1973 And because..............Gibson guitar, Marshall amp & Ted, what's not to like? Know your target and what is beyond. Or not. Genius Award Winner. Detroit police officer accidentally shot on the city’s west side -- what we know Genius Award Winner becomes Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day. A crook with a fake gun died in a street struggle with his victims during a wild Staten Island attempted mugging, cops said Monday. The crook pulled an imitation handgun on two 29-year-old men near Pacific Ave. and St. Albans Place about 1:55 a.m. Sunday, cops said. Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Things You Never Say To Your Wife. Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire and AceCorp, LLC. No shoes, no shirt, no lingerie, no pants, no problem. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:00 PM (g1tto) 2
First?
Posted by: GWB at September 20, 2022 10:00 PM (BJd6U) 3
1st
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at September 20, 2022 10:00 PM (iPbC0) 4
damn
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Dang.
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Stairs and an American flag?! Joe won't like this ONT, MisHum.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2022 10:02 PM (7bRMQ) 9
That is a beautiful newel post. Lovely proportions - not like the clunky, block-like garbage they sell today.
Posted by: Yes at September 20, 2022 10:02 PM (LsEU/) 10
Off! Affirmative sock!!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2022 10:02 PM (LsEU/) 11
Hi Y'all! Nice to hear from Jewels. Prayers continuing.
Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2022 10:02 PM (foa6+) 12
So Rutger Hauer? Am I Right?
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:03 PM (MGB5H) 13
So, now we have Gisele Bundchen the fashion model wife of football great Tom Brady taking her grievances public. She is “quiet quitting” her marriage. __________ Make me a sammich. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:03 PM (fBDkU) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:04 PM (fBDkU) 15
Evening, Horde...How goes it?
Kaylee, the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) says, "Hello!" and that she NAILED the job interview for "cutest little cat of them all"... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 20, 2022 10:04 PM (K5n5d) Posted by: westminsterdogshow at September 20, 2022 10:05 PM (/UQ/R) 17
Bill Walton was the original NBA liberal hippie. I think Larry Bird took some of the hippie out of him when they played together,
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:06 PM (XT8yI) 18
WDS!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 20, 2022 10:06 PM (llON8) 19
a newel post
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at September 20, 2022 10:06 PM (W3FGw) 20
Police say they found the stolen ute's keys between Mr Aldred's clenched buttocks" ...wait, what???? Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (r46W7) 21
That is a beautiful newel post. Lovely proportions - not like the clunky, block-like garbage they sell today. Posted by: Yes at September 20, 2022 10:02 PM (LsEU/) __________ We had a staircase like that in our 150-year-old Ohio farmhouse. The previous owner covered it in ugly carpet. We had it all stripped off. Lovely maple treads and risers. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (fBDkU) 22
Yanet Doe, Pablo Doe, and Jesus Doe claim the Venezuelan immigrants were exploited “for the sole purpose of advancing their own personal, financial, and political interests,” according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts.
they are looking for the Doe Re Mi. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (WICSE) Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (KTPXo) 24
You need a sturdy handrail with stairs that steep.
Posted by: huerfano at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (dTFZY) 25
Key points:
James Elliott and Jackson Aldred allegedly stole items including a safe, a hydro set and a ute Uhhhhh, what's a yute? Posted by: Judge Chamberlain at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (ayzS/) 26
Harvey Haddix >>>> Natalya Haddix
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:04 PM (fBDkU) Almost perfect! Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (7bRMQ) 27
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In before the rabble! Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:00 PM (g1tto) I'll have you know I do not identify as rabble! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (hOUT3) 28
And because..............Gibson guitar, Marshall amp & Ted, what's not to like?
Ted. Definitely Ted. What do I win? Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (x8Wzq) 29
Good evening
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (N6bh0) 30
Must be Aussie stuff: a ute is what we would call a Ranchero or El Camino. Car with a bed.
Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (KTPXo) 31
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Police say they found the stolen ute's keys between Mr Aldred's clenched buttocks" ...wait, what???? Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (r46W7) -------------------- Just read that story. The entire thing sounds like a David Lynch movie. Posted by: Colonel Travis at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (RG7Wy) 32
A man staring down the barrel of a pistol will calm down.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (mE7cY) 33
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In before the rabble! Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:00 PM (g1tto) I'll have you know I do not identify as rabble! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (hOUT3) That's Mr. Rable to you folks. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (aA3+G) 34
I'll have you know I do not identify as rabble! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (hOUT3) ________ We riff-raff object to being called rabble. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:10 PM (1Nxff) 35
Make the rabble bounce!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 20, 2022 10:10 PM (Dc2NZ) 36
Ted. Definitely Ted. What do I win? Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:09 PM (x8Wzq) The Clap, likely. Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:10 PM (mE7cY) Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:10 PM (KTPXo) 38
So, now we have Gisele Bundchen the fashion model wife of football great Tom Brady taking her grievances public. She is “quiet quitting” her marriage.
_______ Make me a sammich. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:03 PM (fBDkU) I'm thinking Brady is not worried... Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:10 PM (hOUT3) 39
All possible prayers--and some of the impossible ones--for Jewells.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 20, 2022 10:10 PM (m0zqP) 40
Home from work this evening, and in time for a lovely ONT. Life is good.
ONT Greetings, Horde. Cheers! Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at September 20, 2022 10:11 PM (e6UQI) 41
What was the outcome today for Jewells?
Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:11 PM (KTPXo) 42
41 What was the outcome today for Jewells?
Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:11 PM (KTPXo More tests. Keep praying Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:11 PM (mE7cY) 43
So, now we have Gisele Bundchen the fashion model wife of football great Tom Brady taking her grievances public. She is “quiet quitting” her marriage. She has had enough of bringing up children and making a home. Now that her youngest child has reached the ripe age of 9, she has decided to abandon home and hearth, the better to go out and save the planet.
Tom, we warned you about sticking it in crazy. Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 20, 2022 10:11 PM (Xrfse) 44
Great White Buffalo is a good cut from Ted without some of the self-indulgence of that time.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:12 PM (krQz2) Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:12 PM (KTPXo) 46
Lemon really is dumber than a box of rocks.
- I saw a YouTube video entitled the biggest lie about Africa and Africans which proposes that the biggest lie is that Africans sold other Africans into slavery. Then the rest of video says it's kind of true but doesn't count because they didn't consider themselves Africans but rather members of one tribe or another and, anyway, you can't judge 16th and 17th cenrury Africans by today's standards. So that's why it's a lie even though it's true. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 20, 2022 10:13 PM (FVME7) 47
Almost perfect! Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (7bRMQ) _________ After he lost the game, a fraternity sent him a telegram: "Dear Harvey. Tough shit." He said, "Well, they're right." Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:14 PM (1Nxff) 48
Gisele Bundchen is 42 years old!?! WTF Tom Brady, she's at least seven years past her expiration date. Time to ditch her and start banging 24 years olds.
Posted by: JROD at September 20, 2022 10:14 PM (0jZnq) 49
Never in the history of calm down has anyone calmed down by being told to calm down.
--- Calm down. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:14 PM (krQz2) Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:14 PM (g1tto) 51
It looks like Newel has posted!
Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 10:14 PM (cx155) 52
Not just a gibson guitar, thats a frigging late 50's les paul burst. Probably worth a cool 3-400K these days.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 20, 2022 10:15 PM (VwHCD) Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:15 PM (krQz2) 54
Uhhhhh, what's a yute?
Posted by: Judge Chamberlain at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (ayzS/) I think it is the utility vehicle or some sort of quad. Then again, it is Australia so it might be some sort of motorized electro-mechanical sheep defibrillator Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 10:15 PM (xhaym) Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2022 10:15 PM (Oaem6) 56
you can't judge 16th and 17th cenrury Africans by today's standards. So that's why it's a lie even though it's true.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 20, 2022 10:13 PM (FVME7) But we can judge everyone else by today's standards? Sigh. Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (OX9vb) 57
Shouldn't that be "Increase your calm"?
So, Calm up? Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:15 PM (krQz2) --- whatever happened to the tried and tested STFU and STFD? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (K5n5d) 58
So that's why it's a lie even though it's true.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 20, 2022 10:13 PM (FVME7) I think most news today that is presented as true even though it is a lie, and the MSM people spouting it know that!! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (hOUT3) 59
The Tom Brady marriage story reminded me of Bill Burr's Comedy bit about how people say a stay at home mother is the hardest job in the world. It's ace cruel and hilarious.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (XT8yI) 60
Not just a gibson guitar, thats a frigging late 50's les paul burst. Probably worth a cool 3-400K these days.
That was my thought. Gimme. Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (Xrfse) 61
whatever happened to the tried and tested STFU and STFD?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Dad? Iz dat you? Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (LsEU/) Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (U1eOr) 63
Uhhhhh, what's a yute?
Posted by: Judge Chamberlain at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (ayzS/) A "ute" is the Aussie term for a utility vehicle, a passenger car with a pickup bed. Think Ford Ranchero or Chevy El Camino, if you are of a certain age. But what a "hydro set" is, I don't effin' know. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (WICSE) 64
The fish sticks are calm.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (Xrfse) 65
So, Calm up?
Posted by: Axeman HAH, whenever someone tells me to calm down about something I say "No one's calmed up." Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (MGB5H) 66
whatever happened to the tried and tested STFU and STFD?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 20, 2022 10:16 PM (K5n5d) --- It does not fit into a sermon as well. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (krQz2) Posted by: Obligatory at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (ESjRY) 68
I'll tell ya just this one more time:
A ute, originally an abbreviation for "utility" or "coupé utility", is a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe vehicles with a tonneau behind the passenger compartment, that can be driven with a regular driver's license. Like our El Camino . . . . . . Posted by: LRob in TX at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (KTPXo) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (1Nxff) 70
11 Hi Y'all! Nice to hear from Jewels. Prayers continuing.
Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2022 10:02 PM (foa6+) I hope it's good news. My prayers for her as well. Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (JrN/x) 71
LEDs suppress testosterone and increase estrogen in men, causes women to go color blind and bugs to bite more often.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (N6bh0) 72
Enhance your calm.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:18 PM (krQz2) 73
But what a "hydro set" is, I don't effin' know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (WICSE) Maybe that is the still-suit, or the elector-mechanical sheep defibrillator. Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (xhaym) 74
62 >>>Lemon really is dumber than a box of rocks.
------- That's really not gneiss. Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (U1eOr) Maybe, but I took it for granite! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (hOUT3) Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (WICSE) 76
Hi Folks
Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (qfLjt) 77
Lovely photo and lovely music.
Thanks MH. You do have the knack for so much variety, and above all, great taste. Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (Xw6OM) 78
That's really not gneiss.
Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (U1eOr) Of quartz it's not, but do we care? Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (OX9vb) Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (YglAn) 80
Greetings:
Whoever hanged the American flag in the top photo needs to check his work. Wasn't NBA HOF Bill Walton all about the counter-culture back in his playing days, hanging with The Grateful Dead and stuff ??? Posted by: 11B40 at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (uuklp) Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (Oaem6) 82
The amazing thing to consider about Tom Brady and Giselle Bundchen is that she's worth about twice as much as he is for essentially walking around mostly naked and strutting awkwardly on a runway.
Anyway, they're both beautiful people, they'll be alright no matter what happens. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (up/3i) 83
In total fairness to Tom Brady's not-sure-if-woke wife, there's a lot of evidence that football is his one true love. She may have a valid argument, especially if he mad a bunch of promises that he was gonna retire and spend more time with the family.
To wit: not all broken homes are due to divorce, some are because one of the parents is simply not around, ever, due to being a workaholic. Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (UewuT) 84
Beard your clam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon That can be done? Huh - you learn something new every day. Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (LsEU/) 85
>>>Lemon really is dumber than a box of rocks.
------- That's really not gneiss. Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (U1eOr) Maybe, but I took it for granite! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (hOUT3) --- Get out of here with that schist! Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (krQz2) 86
22 Yanet Doe, Pablo Doe, and Jesus Doe claim the Venezuelan immigrants were exploited “for the sole purpose of advancing their own personal, financial, and political interests,” according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts.
they are looking for the Doe Re Mi. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (WICSE) To get relief in a lawsuit, the plaintiff has to demonstrate the harm they suffered, for which should be compensated. I'd like to hear the Harm they are claiming from being given an all expense paid trip to one of the most well known resort towns in the country. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (r46W7) 87
30 DAYS!!!!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (F+SQB) 88
didn't consider themselves Africans but rather members of one tribe or another and, anyway, you can't judge 16th and 17th cenrury Africans by today's standards. So that's why it's a lie even though it's true.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 20, 2022 10:13 PM (FVME Were the Tutsi and Hutu 16th and 17th century? Can we judge them? Or at least one of them. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (XT8yI) 89
Haddocks>Harvey Haddix> Natalya Haddix
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (sJHOI) 90
When I want to help one of my kids calm down I tell them to take deep breaths
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (p/nbH) 91
That's really not gneiss.
Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (U1eOr) Of quartz it's not, but do we care? Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (OX9vb) Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not. Ignominious and sedentary rocks are more honest. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (WICSE) 92
We riff-raff object to being called rabble.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Don't leave out the rogues. Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (ftFVW) 93
88 didn't consider themselves Africans but rather members of one tribe or another and, anyway"
but even back then, all White People were just White People. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (r46W7) 94
To wit: not all broken homes are due to divorce, some are because one of the parents is simply not around, ever, due to being a workaholic.
Posted by: CppThis She just all butt hurt he retired spent like 5 weeks at home and went "Nah, Im going back to work". Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:22 PM (MGB5H) 95
BTW - I'm listening to an awesome podcast by Darrell Cooper aka MartyrMade, about the early days of work in America.
I can't recommend it enough. Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:22 PM (YglAn) 96
30 DAYS!!!!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM hath September... October, November, and December!!!! Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (g1tto) 97
87 30 DAYS!!!!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (F+SQB) ---------------- Bringing some nice bourbon to share amongst everyone. Posted by: Colonel Travis at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (RG7Wy) 98
The cvnt in Miami with the job like says like, like every like 2nd word.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (JyFcW) Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (N6bh0) 100
Dude next door says San Diego was a shit hole 60 years ago FWIW.
Tiujana is the place to be. Border livin' is the life for me. Land spreadin' out so far and wide Keep San Diego, just give me that countryside. Posted by: These Fish Sticks Are Hard As Tits at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (3AD8C) 101
30 DAYS!!!!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (F+SQB) Wait. Wut? Guess me and the Missus need to do some planning. *runs off* Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (x8Wzq) 102
I met Harvey Haddix, by the way.
He came to speak about his almost perfect game in a tiny town in Champaign,Co. Ohio good reference Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (sJHOI) Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (YglAn) 104
Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not. Ignominious and sedentary rocks are more honest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I marble at your explanation Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (p/nbH) 105
Has anyone actually fucked off when told to fuck off? I’m thinking that must have. Lower batting average than calm down.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (JyFcW) 106
The existence of a grift funded caste of political lawyers, dedicated to deconstructing every rational concept of civilization developed over the centuries, is a bad omen for those that liked the concept of a Constitutional Republic!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (hOUT3) 107
Libs: it's not fair to judge people based on things their cultural ancestors did hundreds of years ago
Also libs: you're all horrible people who should pay us money and beg forgiveness based on things your cultural ancestors did hundreds of years ago Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (UewuT) 108
Only in this fading republic can someone rock up to the border, enter the country without permission, receive a private jet flight to Martha's Vineyard, and then find a scumbag lawyer to sue someone over the whole deal.
Posted by: ballistic at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (oXNqT) 109
To get relief in a lawsuit, the plaintiff has to demonstrate the harm they suffered, for which should be compensated. I'd like to hear the Harm they are claiming from being given an all expense paid trip to one of the most well known resort towns in the country.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (r46W7) Supposedly, Venezuela is emptying its prisons, and sending the inmates to the USA. Now if these inmates were all anti-Communist political prisoners, that would be a good thing. But perhaps they are the common criminals, and are being sent to make more room for political prisoners. Perhaps real journalists could investigate this question? I know... Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (WICSE) 110
Has anyone actually fucked off when told to fuck off? I’m thinking that must have. Lower batting average than calm down.
Posted by: Joe XiDen Ive fucked around and found out once or twice. Never fucked off at ones urging tho. Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (MGB5H) 111
Types, deletes.
Posted by: ballistic at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (oXNqT) 112
The Venial DoJ.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (krQz2) 113
Colonel Travis, greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (F+SQB) 114
Wait, the FBI used jailhouse documents to secure warrants on President Trump?
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:23 PM (N6bh0) either someone is an idiot, who is employed by idiots, and works with idiots, or as someone said when they saw the listing and non-document information picked up, someone is really working to queer this subpoena and fishing expedition. It would be nice if the FBI got snakebit for once, right? Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (xhaym) 115
59 The Tom Brady marriage story reminded me of Bill Burr's Comedy bit about how people say a stay at home mother is the hardest job in the world. It's ace cruel and hilarious.
Posted by: polynikes I'm going to have to look up that Bill Burr clip. My mom was a stay at home mom. A good part of her day consisted of leisurely grocery shopping, naps, and watching the soaps. Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (+lVUW) 116
104 Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not. Ignominious and sedentary rocks are more honest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I marble at your explanation Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (p/nbH) I'm slated to speak with a geologist about this punnery Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (mE7cY) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 10:26 PM (63Dwl) 118
The Grass is always greener for the majority of women and full of what ifs and regrets. That's the hard truth. Men have there own negative trait that hurts marriages. That is being clueless about women thinking the grass is greener and not doing anything to change that mindset.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:26 PM (XT8yI) 119
We was in Montana a couple weeks ago, and apparently there is a beer out of Butte called Pug Mahon's. We could not find any in Billings, but my sister had heard of it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:26 PM (x8Wzq) Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at September 20, 2022 10:26 PM (sJHOI) 121
Venezuela is emptying its prisons, and sending the inmates to the USA. Now if these inmates were all anti-Communist political prisoners, that would be a good thing. But perhaps they are the common criminals, and are being sent to make more room for political prisoners.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (WICSE) --- That makes the case that it's not a political stunt and that it's in Florida's interest to ship them to a "sanctuary" location all that much more compelling. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:27 PM (krQz2) 122
"the descendants of those families where they died at the, in the high seas trying to stop the slavery, that those families should receive something too"
so many of the bravest young men were sacrificed for some "greater good", often before they had children. Then the weak men got to impregnate the women? WW2 and many earlier wars in Europe weakened the stock of the bravest, and it all most seems like that was the intent of the shadowy globalists even then. Of course "a few good males" are all that is needed to keep the herd impregnated every year. ... Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 10:27 PM (Cus5s) 123
I'm sure Jizzhell is surrounded by Oprah types telling her she can do much better.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:27 PM (mE7cY) 124
I fucked off once.
Once. Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at September 20, 2022 10:26 PM (sJHOI) Well, mosquitoes won't ever bite your dick. So there's that. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:27 PM (WICSE) 125
@99
>>Wait, the FBI used jailhouse documents to secure warrants on President Trump? Who knows? Probably, it's clear as hell that they are going to indict him on made up bullsh*t, so we have that nightmare to look forward to. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 10:27 PM (up/3i) 126
88 didn't consider themselves Africans but rather members of one tribe or another and, anyway"
This is one of my pet peeves: Africa is not a country, it's a continent. It consists of 54 separate, sovereign nations with their own cultures, languages and histories. I don't understand the lumping of the whole place together, save for lazy scholarship. Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (JrN/x) 127
Hi Helena! Can't wait ro see you! How are the chickens?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (/UQ/R) 128
"Equity" means it's all right to condemn whites for what happened 300 years ago, but it's racist to condemn blacks for the same acts that happened 300 years ago. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (1Nxff) 129
Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not. Ignominious and sedentary rocks are more honest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I marble at your explanation Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (p/nbH) I'm slated to speak with a geologist about this punnery Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (mE7cY) --- It's a basalt on our sensibilities. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (krQz2) 130
90 When I want to help one of my kids calm down I tell them to take deep breaths
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (p/nbH) Before or after you duct tape their mouths? Or is it when you zip tie them to the upright vacuum cleaner in the closet? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (aA3+G) 131
"Equity" means it's all right to condemn whites for what happened 300 years ago, but it's racist to condemn blacks for the same acts that happened 300 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Yes, it's just easier to omit the offending history of 300 years ago and teach THAT to the kiddies. Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:29 PM (ftFVW) 132
*yawn*
Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:29 PM (iQE+/) 133
Being a mom is hard for the first few years. But by the time the kids are school age, eh.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 20, 2022 10:29 PM (JyFcW) 134
"Equity" means it's all right to condemn whites for what happened 300 years ago, but it's racist to condemn blacks for the same acts that happened 300 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (1Nxff) By Jove, I think Hadrian gets it! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:29 PM (hOUT3) 135
Supposedly, Venezuela is emptying its prisons, and sending the inmates to the USA. Now if these inmates were all anti-Communist political prisoners, that would be a good thing. But perhaps they are the common criminals, and are being sent to make more room for political prisoners. Perhaps real journalists could investigate this question? I know...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I'm so old, I remember the Mariel Boatlift by which Castro emptied Cuba's jails. With US assistance. Posted by: Miklos believes J. Carter was Preznit at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (d+wXR) 136
103 He works half the year.
Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (YglAn) ...and the other half of the year he's training, strategizing, interviewing, more training, playing football incognito, etc. Seriously, even by pro sportsball standards Tom Brady has a reputation amongst insiders and media types for being absolutely gonzo into it beyond any reasonable standard. Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (UewuT) 137
When we were kids, we learned to calm down after the first switch
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (mE7cY) 138
She just all butt hurt he retired spent like 5 weeks at home and went "Nah, Im going back to work".
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:22 PM (MGB5H) So the old adage about hot women is true! Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (7bRMQ) 139
I don't see Jewells here tonight.
I do however in my simple mostly unworthy way, wish that girl my best, for what it's worth. Everyone loves her here, and I believe there are big, strong prayers for her. I'm sure she feels it... Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (Xw6OM) 140
Imagine being Giselle, wanting for literally nothing because you're immensely wealthy on your own and PLUS your husband is the best quarterback the NFL has ever known, and STILL finding some reason to not be happy.
Posted by: ballistic at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (oXNqT) 141
WDS, Soon.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (F+SQB) 142
Rock puns? Well, great. Now the whole thread is going to go to schist.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (Mvylh) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (hOUT3) 144
This is one of my pet peeves: Africa is not a country, it's a continent. It consists of 54 separate, sovereign nations with their own cultures, languages and histories. I don't understand the lumping of the whole place together, save for lazy scholarship.
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (JrN/x) And most of those 54 separate, sovereign nations exist because they are the relics of the division of Africa into numerous colonies by the European powers of the 19th Century. Absent colonialism, Africa today would be a patchwork quilt of tribal fiefdoms. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (WICSE) 145
This is one of my pet peeves: Africa is not a country, it's a continent. It consists of 54 separate, sovereign nations with their own cultures, languages and histories. I don't understand the lumping of the whole place together, save for lazy scholarship.
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (JrN/x) --- Not to mention that those nations often consist of innumerable tribes, who may or may not get along with each other. And we can't forget the brutal religious conflicts between African Muslims and African Christians... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (K5n5d) Posted by: Tuna at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (gLRfa) 147
"Equity" means it's all right to condemn whites for what happened 300 years ago, but it's racist to condemn blacks for the same acts that happened 300 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Or three hours ago. Posted by: Miklos believes murder statistics are off limits at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (d+wXR) 148
nice content, MisHum. Thank You, for the ONT
using school data to identify kids who might become criminals,” the Tampa Bay Times reported]/i] don't mistake me here. normally, i'm all over getting the threat id machine up and running. but these are minors. why in the fuck are the dumb ass school administrators allowing ANYONE access to school records? oh. tampa bay. bastion of leftist cuban commie fucks. never mind. Posted by: BifBewalski - @ (3CCua) at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (3CCua) 149
Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (UewuT)
He's still home more than 90% of your average working fathers. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (XT8yI) Posted by: BifBewalski - @ (3CCua) at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (3CCua) 151
The people who deny "hierarchy", and decry all hierarchy as "oppression", want to put us under a totally manufactured, alien hierarchy with them on the top and you must capitulate or you shall not buy or sell or eat.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:32 PM (krQz2) 152
barrep avoidance system, activate
Posted by: BifBewalski - @ (3CCua) at September 20, 2022 10:32 PM (3CCua) 153
He works half the year. Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (YglAn) _________ The only people who work harder than NFL quarterbacks are NFL coaches. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:32 PM (1Nxff) 154
I'm so old, I remember the Mariel Boatlift by which Castro emptied Cuba's jails.
With US assistance. Posted by: Miklos believes J. Carter was Preznit at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (d+wXR) History never repeats, but often it rhymes. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:32 PM (WICSE) 155
So Gisele is quitting the marriage because he decided to play one more year? That seems weird. There is more going on there and that is a convenient excuse.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 20, 2022 10:32 PM (JyFcW) 156
Before or after you duct tape their mouths?
Or is it when you zip tie them to the upright vacuum cleaner in the closet? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (aA3+G) * * * * Stay tuned for more dandy child rearing tips from Mis Hum! (Tip #7 will blow your mind!) Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (Oaem6) 157
@bennyjohnson 9m
BREAKING: I was Giving a speech about MEMES at the University of Iowa tonight with @TPUSA A Kamala Harris Meme TRIGGERED the violent LIBS so bad they ATTACKED the *projector* and SMASHED IT to pieces. I told you: The Left Can't Meme Posted by: weft cut-loopo at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (IyrhE) 158
"It's a basalt on our sensibilities."
Of quartz it is. Posted by: Tuna at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (gLRfa) --- Don't be silica! Basalt is a quartz low. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (krQz2) 159
>>I don't understand the lumping of the whole place together, save for lazy scholarship. Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (JrN/x)
Our nation should eat Africa. Posted by: ZOD at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (Q/6pY) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (hOUT3) 161
True scholarship be hard, yo! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (hOUT3) Not for the Horde! How are you, Brother Commissar??? Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (JrN/x) Posted by: BifBewalski - @ (3CCua) at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (3CCua) 163
Absent colonialism, Africa today would be a patchwork quilt of tribal fiefdoms. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:31 PM (WICSE) _________ Who would be slaughtering each other for fun. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (1Nxff) 164
I have always wanted to do a geology joke with "feldspar."
I simply do not know how to make that work. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (x8Wzq) 165
Imagine being Giselle, wanting for literally nothing because you're immensely wealthy on your own and PLUS your husband is the best quarterback the NFL has ever known, and STILL finding some reason to not be happy.
Posted by: ballistic ___ Meanwhile, some of us happily married womenfolk are thankful when our husbands come home safe every day, and that things could be much, much worse. Then again, I heard she's a witch, so it makes sense she's unhappy. Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (iQE+/) 166
>>> 127 Hi Helena! Can't wait ro see you! How are the chickens?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (/UQ/R) 30 days now? Chickens are good, I have been letting them out in the mornings and evenings to hunt down bugs. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (llON8) 167
And most of those 54 separate, sovereign nations exist because they are the relics of the division of Africa into numerous colonies by the European powers of the 19th Century. Absent colonialism, Africa today would be a patchwork quilt of tribal fiefdoms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon 10k Rwandas. Sounds less than idea. Posted by: weft cut-loopo at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (IyrhE) 168
Gisele is going to takeaway chance and take the elevator to the top floor of the man store.
( You have to know the joke for that to make sense) Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (XT8yI) 169
He works half the year.
Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (YglAn) --- Wrong. The top players tend to work hard through the off-season. Some have even said that there IS *no* "offseason". Jerry Rice was running up and down the hills of SF in season and out. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (krQz2) 170
The people who deny "hierarchy", and decry all hierarchy as "oppression", want to put us under a totally manufactured, alien hierarchy with them on the top and you must capitulate or you shall not buy or sell or eat.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:32 PM (krQz2) The very worst hierarchy is one based on competence and/or skill. Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (hOUT3) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (1Nxff) 172
And most of those 54 separate, sovereign nations exist because they are the relics of the division of Africa into numerous colonies by the European powers of the 19th Century. Absent colonialism, Africa today would be a patchwork quilt of tribal fiefdoms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon In all countries of sub-Saharan Africa, English, French, or Portuguese are official national languages. Nigeria alone has more than 100 languages and dialects. More to the point, if any group tried to make its own language the National Language, unending murder and chaos. Therefore Old Colonial White People languages are best option. Posted by: Miklos notes at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (d+wXR) 173
I have always wanted to do a geology joke with "feldspar."
I simply do not know how to make that work. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (x8Wzq) Well, if Feld consistently played under par, he'd have won the Masters, but he didn't. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:36 PM (WICSE) 174
Take not takeaway you stupid , worthless good for nothing piece of crap autocorrect.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:36 PM (XT8yI) 175
Bottom story of the day:
WNBA players say "nyet" to playing in Russia in the off-season since detention of Brittney Griner Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:36 PM (I2/tG) 176
Who would be slaughtering each other for fun.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (1Nxff) --- A lot of them do it anyway, until Da White Man steps in and puts the brakes on the Ethnic Cleansing Du Jour. Posted by: ballistic at September 20, 2022 10:36 PM (oXNqT) 177
I have always wanted to do a geology joke with "feldspar."
I simply do not know how to make that work. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (x8Wzq) --- Could you and Jerry Seinfeld spar over writing such a joke? You're right. Neither do I. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:36 PM (krQz2) 178
Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not. Ignominious and sedentary rocks are more honest. All rocks are equal here, we don't give a schist what kind. Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 10:36 PM (cx155) Posted by: The CCP at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (IyrhE) 180
Wait! Got it!
Feldspar! Bring my car around. Then see to my foot callouses with the pumice stone. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (x8Wzq) 181
The only people who work harder than NFL quarterbacks are NFL coaches.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers. Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (ftFVW) 182
How are you, Brother Commissar???
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (JrN/x) Ah, Sister Moki, how are you doing? As for me, I am still standing at the end of the day, at least for this day! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (hOUT3) 183
Meanwhile, some of us happily married womenfolk are thankful when our husbands come home safe every day, and that things could be much, much worse. Then again, I heard she's a witch, so it makes sense she's unhappy. Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (iQE+/) Amen. To think he ditched Bridget Moynihan for her while Bridget was pregnant. Maybe Gisele and Tom deserve each other. Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (JrN/x) 184
156 Before or after you duct tape their mouths?
Or is it when you zip tie them to the upright vacuum cleaner in the closet? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (aA3+G) * * * * Stay tuned for more dandy child rearing tips from Mis Hum! (Tip #7 will blow your mind!) Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (Oaem6) ***SNORT*** Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (aA3+G) 185
The music world is full of finely crafted instruments that make beautiful sounds. Unfortunately, there are also Les Pauls.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 20, 2022 10:38 PM (8AONa) 186
Gisele is going to takeaway chance and take the elevator to the top floor of the man store.
( You have to know the joke for that to make sense) Posted by: polynikes Ima laugh my ass off when she has to pay child support and alimony to maintain Tommy's lifestyle. Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:38 PM (MGB5H) Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:38 PM (g1tto) 188
I have always wanted to do a geology joke with "feldspar."
I simply do not know how to make that work. Posted by: Pug Mahon What lump? Posted by: Marty Feldsparman at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (d+wXR) 189
Terrible Ted!!!!!
Posted by: Muad'dib at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (sKIIv) 190
Helena Handbasket, 4 dozen?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (F+SQB) 191
I do know the Brady's had a personal chef that cooked all the meals for them.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (XT8yI) 192
Working out offseason does not mean “working”.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (JyFcW) 193
A Kamala Harris Meme TRIGGERED the violent LIBS so bad they ATTACKED the *projector* and SMASHED IT to pieces. I told you: The Left Can't Meme Posted by: weft cut-loop Report the Meme to Merrick Garland Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (63Dwl) 194
Thank you all for your prayers.. for the conversations today..for the emails. I so appreciate it. I'm so done in right now.. absolute exhaustion from the past 3 weeks of not knowing (still not knowing 100%). I'm just so emotional right now. I told my kids.. I tried to sound upbeat. Haven't told my brother, he's out of town on business and I don't want to lay this on him right now. I'll tell him when he gets home. I'm the only family he has left.
Posted by: jewells45 at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (nxdel) 195
A lot of them do it anyway, until Da White Man steps in and puts the brakes on the Ethnic Cleansing Du Jour.
Posted by: ballistic at This is about me isn't it? -Idi Amin Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (MGB5H) Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (krQz2) 197
But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
Posted by: She Hobbit RHYTHMIC GLARE Posted by: TikTok nurses at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (d+wXR) 198
To get relief in a lawsuit, the plaintiff has to demonstrate the harm they suffered, for which should be compensated. I'd like to hear the Harm they are claiming from being given an all expense paid trip to one of the most well known resort towns in the country.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:20 PM (r46W7) They were probably felt up by virtue Karen as she hugged them. Posted by: Beartooth at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (3p4cr) 199
But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (ftFVW) *makes sign of the Cross* *genuflects* We live in the shadow of Heroes. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (x8Wzq) 200
I do know the Brady's had a personal chef that cooked all the meals for them.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (XT8yI) --- Do you not? Posted by: Martha's Vineyard Elite at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (K5n5d) 201
Maybe Tom just finally said "no mas".
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (Xrfse) 202
@155
>>So Gisele is quitting the marriage because he decided to play one more year? She's a supermodel from Brazil, he's a superstar quarterback from San Mateo, they literally have nothing in common except they're both rich and beautiful. They're marriage was probably a one night stand that got out of hand. In the end, it's going to work for them whatever they decide. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (up/3i) 203
the Sheriff’s Office was using school data to identify kids who might become criminals,” the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Good teachers know who the bad seeds are just like the students. Sheriff is on the right track HOWEVER it would require totally honorable and objective personnel. Good idea destined to failure. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (N6bh0) 204
Amen. To think he ditched Bridget Moynihan for her while Bridget was pregnant. Maybe Gisele and Tom deserve each other.
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (JrN/x) I think it was a trap. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (XT8yI) 205
Posted by: weft cut-loopo at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (IyrhE)
Saw the video. The guy in the video freaked out and called it some racist ass shit. LMFAO Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (YglAn) 206
“If reparations need to be paid, we need to go right back to the beginning of that supply chain and say, ‘Who was rounding up their own people and having them handcuffed in cages?’ Absolutely. That’s where they should start...."
* I recently read that the slavers would capture their brothers and sisters and paddle them out in smaller boats to deliver their captives to the transport ships. Apparently the Europeans would rarely set foot on the actual continent because it was so eat-up with disease and it wasn't worth the risk when you could have the Women King people deliver slaves like Dominos Pizzas. Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (ikWko) 207
Thomas Sowell explains how the geography of Africa affected its economic and political history and ultimately resulted in the poverty that we see today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zghnq_4u6MI Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (iQE+/) 208
I'm so old, I remember the Mariel Boatlift by which Castro emptied Cuba's jails.
With US assistance. Posted by: Miklos believes J. Carter was Preznit a And the crime rate in Miami went up. Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (+lVUW) 209
Amen. To think he ditched Bridget Moynihan for her while Bridget was pregnant. Maybe Gisele and Tom deserve each other.
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (JrN/x) I think it was a trap. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (XT8yI) --- *fumes* Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (krQz2) 210
HAH!
@bennyjohnson 1m This violent, meme-hating lib was ARRESTED for attacking the meme presentation I was going. To my knowledge this was the first meme-attack-arrest in American history. Thank you Iowa City Police for protecting the memes! Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (IyrhE) 211
Don't be silica! Basalt is a quartz low.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (krQz2) Don't be more onyx! Posted by: Average Guy at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (f7Cdr) 212
196 I'm striving for a mica joke myself.
*mica drop* Yeah, that's schist. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:40 PM (krQz2) --------------- My sediments exactly Posted by: Colonel Travis at September 20, 2022 10:42 PM (RG7Wy) 213
Thomas Sowell explains how the geography of Africa affected its economic and political history and ultimately resulted in the poverty that we see today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zghnq_4u6MI Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (iQE+/) --- That was a great vid. I saw it a week or so ago. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:42 PM (krQz2) 214
Somebody told me this was the place to come to learn how to sous vide a hot dog.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 20, 2022 10:42 PM (w2Z7l) 215
when you could have the Women King people deliver slaves like Dominos Pizzas.
Posted by: Moron Robbie There's an app for that. Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (MGB5H) 216
I'm so old, I remember the Mariel Boatlift by which Castro emptied Cuba's jails.
With US assistance. Posted by: Miklos believes J. Carter was Preznit a And the crime rate in Miami went up. Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (+lVUW) Hey we got the movie Scarface out of it so not a total loss. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (XT8yI) 217
Somebody told me this was the place to come to learn how to sous vide a hot dog.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 20, 2022 10:42 PM (w2Z7l) (Jump to top of page) --- Pick your breed and attractiveness... Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (krQz2) 218
MushHead, the President Pedophile of the United States of America.
Hunter knew exactly what he was saying when he called Pop, 'Pedo Pete'. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (N6bh0) 219
>>>Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not
------- Well that's not gneiss either! Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (U1eOr) 220
jewells, I don't know your diagnosis, but they can do wonders these days. Get some rest, cry, laugh or whatever you need to do. If you need help, we are happy to do what we can. And you always have our prayers.
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (JrN/x) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (x8Wzq) 222
"I'd like to hear the Harm they are claiming from being given an all expense paid trip to one of the most well known resort towns in the country."
the harm was done when MV called the troops to forcibly remove them and put them in confinement. This is not done to the other 6 million illegals Biden has ushered into Free America. Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (Cus5s) 223
But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (ftFVW) How can you say that?! Posted by: The Bullwark, Saving America From Trumpism at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (7bRMQ) 224
Hydro set... Is it a six pack of bottled water?
Posted by: irright at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (NTUk0) 225
I'm striving for a mica joke myself.
*mica drop* Yeah, that's schist. Posted by: Axeman --------------- My sediments exactly Posted by: Colonel Travis And I'm just obsidian here trying to come up with a rock pun. Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (ftFVW) 226
Thomas Sowell explains how the geography of Africa affected its economic and political history and ultimately resulted in the poverty that we see today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zghnq_4u6MI Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (iQE+ I need him to explain Haiti and the Dominican Republic to me. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (XT8yI) 227
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:42 PM (krQz2)
Black Rednecks and White Liberals. Cultures and Conquests. Two absolute incredible books. Posted by: thathalfrican - Up in arms like Minutemen at September 20, 2022 10:45 PM (YglAn) 228
Funny enough I know a couple where she is from Brazil and he is from San Jose. Just a 30 min drive from San Mateo, lol. It’s not that unheard of or shocking.
Brazil’s well off (which Gisele is a member off) is as western as anyone in San Mateo. They probably had a similar upbringing. Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 20, 2022 10:45 PM (JyFcW) 229
Retirement.
Came home one day all grumpy and bitching about my job. SHE says "Maybe it's time for you to think about retiring". ME says: "You know, you are right. I could be home all day, every day." SHE reflects for 10 seconds, then says "Maybe you could work a few more years though". Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 10:46 PM (cx155) 230
Oh Jewells...
You know everyone here holds you in their hearts. Take big comfort in that. Hopefully this can sustain you on your journey. Much love girl. Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 20, 2022 10:46 PM (Xw6OM) 231
And I'm just obsidian here trying to come up with a rock pun.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (ftFVW) --- That's good--andesite better than my recent. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (krQz2) 232
But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (ftFVW) How can you say that?! Posted by: The Bullwark, Saving America From Trumpism Hey hey hey lets not fight amongst ourselves. Let's just all agree that the people that are not heroes are those dirty nasty people that go to work everyday and love America and have the nerve to tell lies on the internet. Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (MGB5H) 233
78 That's really not gneiss.
Posted by: 496 at September 20, 2022 10:17 PM (U1eOr) Of quartz it's not, but do we care? Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at September 20, 2022 10:19 PM (OX9vb) ---- I schist you not. Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (qfLjt) 234
225 I'm striving for a mica joke myself.
*mica drop* Yeah, that's schist. Posted by: Axeman --------------- And I'm just obsidian here trying to come up with a rock pun. Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (ftFVW) I'm diamond here! Lol Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (mE7cY) 235
Hi LS!.Hope you are well! Need to let us know when you will be in GJ
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (/UQ/R) 236
I can no longer urge my family, friends, tourists, and businesses to come to SD to live, work, and play.”
One underreported story is that depolicing of blue cities is continuing. For Portland, it goes like this. - The police force is 20% - 25% smaller than just two years ago, given retirements and cops transferring to other departments. (The city offered substantial bonuses to recent retirees to come back and work for a while, and they just laughed.) - Both violent and property crime have exploded. - The cops now only have the manpower to investigate the most violent crimes. Anyone who has anything stolen is told to just file a police report online. (There is also zero traffic enforcement now.) - This pisses off people who call the cops and get zero response, which further weakens support for the police. - And so on. Hard to see what the endpoint is. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (I2/tG) 237
@52 Berserker-Dragonheads-That was his 59' Burst he was playing in that vid. Supposedly he had a 58' too. He sold the 59' a few years ago for $350,000 which for a celebrity owned burst isn't a bad price. If he'd sold it in the early 2000's it probably would have sold for $600,000-700,000. If you ever get a chance to check out a close up pic of the guitar the top had a really cool figuring on it compared to others.
Posted by: JROD at September 20, 2022 10:48 PM (0jZnq) 238
And I'm just obsidian here trying to come up with a rock pun.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM *golf clap Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:48 PM (MHAhA) 239
the harm was done when MV called the troops to forcibly remove them and put them in confinement. This is not done to the other 6 million illegals Biden has ushered into Free America.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (Cus5s) What possible harm could be done by offering the wetbacks free transport to a State and city that pride themselves on giving sanctuary to wetbacks? It's like taking feral kittens to a no-kill shelter. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:48 PM (WICSE) 240
220 jewells, I don't know your diagnosis, but they can do wonders these days. Get some rest, cry, laugh or whatever you need to do. If you need help, we are happy to do what we can. And you always have our prayers.
Posted by: Moki at September 20, 2022 10:43 PM (JrN/x) ^^^THIS^^^ Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:48 PM (aA3+G) 241
More of this and lawsuits. Lots and lots of lawsuits.
@AWRHawkins 13m 24 Attorneys General to Visa: "Drop Plans for Tracking Gun Sales @BreitbartNews" Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (IyrhE) 242
Pegmatite is a rock best left out.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (krQz2) 243
Walmart And Other Retailers Canceling Billions Of Dollars In Orders As Fears Of A Dark Winter Rising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me_ndCw7xrI Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (iQE+/) 244
Don't get me wrong, it's not really that I'm taking Giselle Bundschen's side of it either. She's rich, attractive, and 'socially conscious' any one of which is strong evidence of latent cray-cray. I'm just saying that this guy has a reputation of being the sportsball equivalent of the Star Trek ubernerd who goes to all the conventions and can quote every line of the shows, sorted by episode, but is only vaguely aware that other people actually exist.
Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (UewuT) 245
Wasn't there some effort in the past to make Swahili a national language of sorts for Africa?
Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:38 PM (g1tto) === Yes, on Good Times Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2022 10:50 PM (EZebt) 246
Quartz crystal walks into a bar. Bartender says, "why the long facets?"
Posted by: Colonel Travis at September 20, 2022 10:50 PM (RG7Wy) 247
That was his 59' Burst he was playing in that vid. Supposedly he had a 58' too. He sold the 59' a few years ago for $350,000 which for a celebrity owned burst isn't a bad price.
Posted by: JROD Well that took me a minute trying to figure out what a 59 foot burst was. It sounded painful. Glad it turned out to be a guitar. Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:50 PM (ftFVW) 248
241 More of this and lawsuits. Lots and lots of lawsuits.
@AWRHawkins 13m 24 Attorneys General to Visa: "Drop Plans for Tracking Gun Sales @BreitbartNews" Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (IyrhE) I'm guessing my limp wristed, lispy AG isn't part of the 24 amirite Josh Kaul? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:50 PM (aA3+G) 249
So, it looks like the New York AG is going to charge Trump tomorrow.
(She's announced a BIG announcement tomorrow.) That will be fun. /s Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:51 PM (I2/tG) 250
Sorry. This whole kidnapping thing is comically stupid.
Illegal aliens. Illegal. If it's illegal to move people in custody for breaking the law, then everyone in jail is a lawsuit goldmine. They always act like these people haven't first broken a law. Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:51 PM (mE7cY) 251
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Police say they found the stolen ute's keys between Mr Aldred's clenched buttocks" ...wait, what???? Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 10:07 PM (r46W7) ---- When I read Ace's posting I read that as 'drenched buttocks' and I went Yeww! Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 10:51 PM (qfLjt) 252
Wasn't there some effort in the past to make Swahili a national language of sorts for Africa?
Posted by: Zettai === Yes, on Good Times Posted by: San Franpsycho That sounds like a DY-NO-MITE idea to me. Posted by: J. J. at September 20, 2022 10:52 PM (ftFVW) 253
Pegmatite is a rock best left out.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (krQz2) Heh. When you find it, pegmatite is way cool. Huge, almost perfect crystals. I have a hunk of spodumene crystal from a Pegmatite in the NWT. Size of a softball, and it's just a small hunk of a crustal that was several meters long. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (WICSE) 254
But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
* Ha. I heard someone listening to a video at lunch today of a teacher saying "Lots of people don't realize how hard teachers work. We do a lot after school, and sometimes even get phone calls from students or parents asking questions about something." It was all I could do to not walk over and sit down with the woman and watch the rest of the video to laugh at it. Yes, it's a job. That's how they work. You've probably never been called in to work 48 hours during a hurricane, have you? Heck, you probably think it's a big deal when you have to work an hour over for a fundraiser or band performance. Spoilers: Everyone's job is like that. That's how jobs work. It was amazing to hear that teachers apparently don't know that. Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (ikWko) 255
I guess I better just lurk now.
Y'all are so very far ahead of me... Looking forward to Miklos antics... Posted by: COMountainMarie at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (Xw6OM) Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (krQz2) 257
Illegal aliens. Illegal. If it's illegal to move people in custody for breaking the law, then everyone in jail is a lawsuit goldmine.
The new Party Line, as enunciated by AOC, that sheriff in Texas, and others, is that the moment they set foot on US soil, they became legal asylum seekers, who have a perfect right to remain in the US until their asylum cases are heard. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (I2/tG) 258
24 You need a sturdy handrail with stairs that steep.
Posted by: huerfano at September 20, 2022 10:08 PM (dTFZY) ---- Those are stairs? I took them to be Ace's shelving! LOL Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 10:54 PM (qfLjt) 259
I love the jokes. I know I can always tourmaline on you guys for a laugh.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at September 20, 2022 10:54 PM (Mvylh) 260
They always act like these people haven't first broken a law.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:51 PM (mE7cY) My good man, I'll have you know it's only a real law if it can be used against a conservative! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:54 PM (hOUT3) Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 20, 2022 10:54 PM (C1rbv) 262
Imma gonna infer that jewells got a negative diagnosis from her exam and needs a prayer of speedy and complete healing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2022 10:54 PM (EZebt) 263
Pegmatite is a rock best left out.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:49 PM (krQz2) Heh. When you find it, pegmatite is way cool. Huge, almost perfect crystals. I have a hunk of spodumene crystal from a Pegmatite in the NWT. Size of a softball, and it's just a small hunk of a crustal that was several meters long. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (WICSE) --- Oh, it's a cool rock. But it's still best left out of puns. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:55 PM (krQz2) 264
That sounds like a DY-NO-MITE idea to me.
Posted by: J. J. at September 20, 2022 10:52 PM (ftFVW) And you can get some MONEE added back to your SS check! Posted by: Joe Namath at September 20, 2022 10:55 PM (7bRMQ) 265
- And so on. Hard to see what the endpoint is.
** Oh, everyone can see it. It's just that no one wants to believe it. But the amazing part is that the left accomplished it in two years. Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 20, 2022 10:55 PM (ikWko) 266
>>> 190 Helena Handbasket, 4 dozen?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2022 10:39 PM (F+SQB) I can do that. Or more accurately, the birdbrains can do that. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 20, 2022 10:55 PM (llON8) 267
@249
>>So, it looks like the New York AG is going to charge Trump tomorrow. They've been pursuing the White Whale for 7 years , with unlimited resources, zero integrity or morality and it looks like they are going to actually do it. So there's that. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 10:56 PM (up/3i) Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 20, 2022 10:56 PM (llON8) 269
That sounds like a DY-NO-MITE idea to me.
Posted by: J. J. at September 20, 2022 10:52 PM (ftFVW) --- How Nobel of you. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:57 PM (krQz2) 270
The new Party Line, as enunciated by AOC, that sheriff in Texas, and others, is that the moment they set foot on US soil, they became legal asylum seekers, who have a perfect right to remain in the US until their asylum cases are heard.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:53 PM (I2/tG) Well, that is patently false. Refugees or asylum seekers are legal in the first "safe" country they enter. At which point they are required to seek asylum by applying at the embassy of their desired destination country. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:57 PM (WICSE) 271
Spoilers: Everyone's job is like that. That's how jobs work. It was amazing to hear that teachers apparently don't know that.
I played poker once with a Portland schoolteacher, who was once yelling and bitching that his work schedule had been changed, and that he had to work fifteen minutes more a day AND HE WASN'T GETTING EXTRA PAY FOR IT. The other people at the table, employed professionals, just stared at him blankly. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:57 PM (I2/tG) 272
But the amazing part is that the left accomplished it in two years.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 20, 2022 10:55 PM (ikWko)/i] While McConnell watched... Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 10:57 PM (hOUT3) 273
Oh, it's a cool rock. But it's still best left out of puns.
Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:55 PM (krQz2) Peg ma tite what? Sounds fun! Posted by: Shep at September 20, 2022 10:57 PM (7bRMQ) 274
{{Jewells}}
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (a4EWo) 275
232 But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 20, 2022 10:37 PM (ftFVW) --------------------------- We are, as has been said, going through an inflection point right now. And just like cops, teachers are a necessary part of society. And just like cops there are blue haired, radicals that have no awareness or common value system with normal society. But there are good, dedicated teachers out there whose job is made all the more difficult because of woke administrations and woked up colleagues. When the school house is cleaned we must discriminate We must clear the chaf and keep the wheat. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (N6bh0) 276
Well, that is patently false. Refugees or asylum seekers are legal in the first "safe" country they enter. At which point they are required to seek asylum by applying at the embassy of their desired destination country.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:57 PM (WICSE) --- The only side that respects the Rule of Law (see Bidenreich Red Wall sketch) feels that part can be ignored. Posted by: Axeman at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (krQz2) 277
They've been pursuing the White Whale for 7 years , with unlimited resources, zero integrity or morality and it looks like they are going to actually do it.
Good luck extraditing Trump from Florida. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (I2/tG) 278
So, it looks like the New York AG is going to charge Trump tomorrow.
They've been pursuing the White Whale for 7 years , with unlimited resources, zero integrity or morality and it looks like they are going to actually do it. So there's that. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 10:56 PM (up/3i) I hope, if that happens, DJT says: "That stunned cnut can eat shit and die." Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 10:59 PM (WICSE) 279
197 But let's not forget the hardest working heroes of all: the teachers.
Posted by: She Hobbit RHYTHMIC GLARE Posted by: TikTok nurses I do remember that annoying Tik Tok nurses thing. However, I do think they have a much tougher job than teachers and a lot of other employees. Accompanying someone to the ER at midnight is a real eye opener. Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2022 10:59 PM (+lVUW) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:00 PM (63Dwl) 281
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Bundchen is 42... There's a great many good miles left on that odometer! Jus' sayin'... Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 10:14 PM (g1tto) ---- One word: menopause Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 11:00 PM (qfLjt) 282
Jewells,
You hang in there. We are with you. Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2022 11:00 PM (anj39) 283
And just like cops there are blue haired, radicals that have no awareness or common value system with normal society.
Posted by: Braenyard I am so old, I remember when the only blue haired women were nice old ladies from church. Posted by: Miklos so recalls at September 20, 2022 11:00 PM (d+wXR) 284
Good luck extraditing Trump from Florida.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (I2/tG) --- You really think the FJB junta is going to let a little thing like jurisdiction stop them from frog-marching Trump all the way from Florida to NY in leg-irons to "stand trial?" Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 20, 2022 11:01 PM (K5n5d) 285
Seriously, even by pro sportsball standards Tom Brady has a reputation amongst insiders and media types for being absolutely gonzo into it beyond any reasonable standard.
Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2022 10:30 PM (UewuT) Might explain why he's been so successful and made so much money to support his wife and family. Posted by: NC Ref at September 20, 2022 11:01 PM (Yh3xC) 286
- And so on. Hard to see what the endpoint is. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (I2/tG) oh come now. It's extremely easy to see what the endpoint is. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:01 PM (r46W7) 287
Good luck extraditing Trump from Florida.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (I2/tG) --- Yeah, they come to stop the Rooster. Yeah-eah! Posted by: Layne Staley at September 20, 2022 11:01 PM (krQz2) 288
When the school house is cleaned we must discriminate We must clear the chaf and keep the wheat.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 10:58 PM (N6bh0) Heh. My place borders on a farm quarter planted in canola. They combined it today. I was outside, and walked out to the edge of my lot, and waved at the combine operator as he made the first pass. He waved back. And then the combine went past, and I got a face full of chaff. It's all good. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:01 PM (WICSE) 289
Bundchen is 42... There's a great many good miles left on that odometer!
Jus' sayin'... Posted by: Zettai Seems to have turned by 17 years. -Leo DiCaprio Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 11:02 PM (MGB5H) 290
One word: menopause
Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 11:00 PM (qfLjt) Yes, especially in Greek. Meno pause while the scribe writes down what I said. Posted by: Socrates at September 20, 2022 11:02 PM (7bRMQ) 291
@277
>>Good luck extraditing Trump from Florida. Do you really think the Junta will have any qualms about frog marching Trump all the way up to NYC if they have to. As has been noted, Republicans hold office, Democrats hold power and will use it without regret , remorse or hesitation. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:03 PM (up/3i) 292
Can't wait to see you ben!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at September 20, 2022 11:03 PM (/UQ/R) 293
"Police say they found the stolen ute's keys between Mr Aldred's clenched buttocks"
Probably made the duty rookie fish them out of said buttocks. And "ute" is Aussie for utility vehicle, which coves a lot of territory. Kind of like the Bahamian word "Tingum. So, a Ute is a Tingum in the Bahamas, but only to Bahamian Aussies. Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 11:03 PM (cx155) 294
Who is the skin-flint mining the rock jokes?
Posted by: Rubble. Barney Rubble at September 20, 2022 11:03 PM (3Or4S) 295
oh come now. It's extremely easy to see what the endpoint is.
One thing that is going to happen is sorting - fortunately, relatively little of the crime has spilled over into Portland's suburbs (which are still decently policed), so you are going to have a lot of Portland residents voting with their feet. The people who don't care about crime can stay in Portland. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:04 PM (I2/tG) 296
261 Most guys get tired of a pretty girl in about a month.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 20, 2022 10:54 PM (C1rbv) I must be different. I've been with my pretty lady for 40 years. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 11:05 PM (aA3+G) 297
" It's like taking feral kittens to a no-kill shelter." Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
right, and there were help wanted signs up ... Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 11:05 PM (Cus5s) 298
And "ute" is Aussie for utility vehicle, which coves a lot of territory. Kind of like the Bahamian word "Tingum. So, a Ute is a Tingum in the Bahamas, but only to Bahamian Aussies.
Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 11:03 PM (cx155) Aussie utes existed because there was a peculiar loophole in vehicle registrations taxes there. A vehicle that had utility as a farm vehicle cost less to licence. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:05 PM (WICSE) 299
Who was it upthread that said Gisele still has a few miles left on the odometer?
Yeah a few miles that'll get used up by a few rappers and Pete Davidson. Then she'll marry some dorky looking middle eastern billionaire that'll have to constantly be reminded that her prime years were taken by the greatest quarterback/athlete of all time, when he looks across table at Tom Brady's beautiful kids. Meanwhile Tom will be spreading his seed with some new young fertile supermodel. Good luck Gisele! Posted by: JROD at September 20, 2022 11:06 PM (0jZnq) 300
One thing that is going to happen is sorting - fortunately, relatively little of the crime has spilled over into Portland's suburbs (which are still decently policed), so you are going to have a lot of Portland residents voting with their feet.
The people who don't care about crime can stay in Portland. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:04 PM (I2/tG) The Detroit progression. Eventually the original, core city is mostly vacant fields. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:06 PM (r46W7) 301
i told you, if i see another ad for toenail fungus or how to empty you bowels, AdBlock was going back on.
It's on. Posted by: iowaan at September 20, 2022 11:06 PM (FVwYr) 302
Who is the skin-flint mining the rock jokes?
Posted by: Rubble. Barney Rubble We’ve got assayin’ around here. Posted by: Rex B at September 20, 2022 11:07 PM (rFHiR) 303
Do frogs march?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:07 PM (63Dwl) 304
Stop with the rock jokes, gosh garnet!
Posted by: Pebbles grew up. Got Bam-Bam banged at September 20, 2022 11:07 PM (3Or4S) 305
Jewells, continued prayers for you!
Posted by: Theodore at September 20, 2022 11:08 PM (+LU/M) 306
Kat is a smokeshow tonight
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2022 11:08 PM (EZebt) 307
Well...Mrs D taped the new episodes of NCIS and Quantum Leap.
Gawd. NCIS...I'm done. If I see one more pervert... Oh wait. I did! On Quantum Leap. Eff you Hollywood. Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2022 11:09 PM (anj39) Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:09 PM (up/3i) 309
Do frogs march?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:07 PM (63Dwl) does hopping in cadence count? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:09 PM (WICSE) 310
"t looks like the New York AG is going to charge Trump tomorrow. They've been pursuing the White Whale for 7 years , with unlimited resources, zero integrity or morality and it looks like they are going to actually do it."
is this the one that ran for office promising to find a way to take down Trump? seems "prejudicial". Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 11:09 PM (Cus5s) 311
You morons will rutile the day you ever started this!
Posted by: Fred Flintstone at September 20, 2022 11:10 PM (3Or4S) 312
The Detroit progression. Eventually the original, core city is mostly vacant fields.
Apparently the median house price in Portland is now less the median house price in every suburb of Portland. Early days... Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:10 PM (I2/tG) 313
Thomas Sowell explains how the geography of Africa affected its economic and political history and ultimately resulted in the poverty that we see today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zghnq_4u6MI Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 10:41 PM (iQE+/) --- Sowell is amazing. Thanks for posting that. Posted by: ballistic at September 20, 2022 11:10 PM (oXNqT) 314
The people who don't care about crime can stay in Portland.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:04 PM (I2/tG) === Lib little sister informs me the crime in Portland is just in the numbers. Whatever that means. Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2022 11:11 PM (EZebt) 315
@310
>>is this the one that ran for office promising to find a way to take down Trump? seems "prejudicial". Doesn't matter, the process is the punishment. And these sadistic humps like to make it hurt as much as possible. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:11 PM (up/3i) 316
Stop with the rock jokes, gosh garnet!
Posted by: Pebbles grew up. Got Bam-Bam banged at September 20, 2022 11:07 PM (3Or4S) Y'all got some serious stones to keep this going. Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2022 11:12 PM (anj39) 317
We march splendidly. In black tie and coat tails!
Posted by: WB Frogg at September 20, 2022 11:12 PM (3Or4S) 318
>>is this the one that ran for office promising to find a way to take down Trump? seems "prejudicial".
If New York had a functioning judiciary, it would ban the AG from taking any action against Trump, given her prior statements. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:13 PM (I2/tG) 319
116 104 Gneiss is a metaphoric rock, rocks that pretend to be something they are not. Ignominious and sedentary rocks are more honest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon I marble at your explanation Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:24 PM (p/nbH) I'm slated to speak with a geologist about this punnery Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 20, 2022 10:25 PM (mE7cY) ---- Don't forget your cliff notes. Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 11:13 PM (qfLjt) 320
One word: menopause
Posted by: Ciampino ___ Some of us lucked out in the hubby lottery, and that helps a lot in getting through it. Posted by: SMH at September 20, 2022 11:13 PM (iQE+/) Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 11:14 PM (jJg7i) 322
"rutile".....that one sent me to the search engine. It's a thing!
All this entertainment, and educational to boot. Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 11:14 PM (cx155) 323
"i told you, if i see another ad for toenail fungus or how to empty you bowels, AdBlock was going back on."
Not to mention the face sucker. Posted by: Javems at September 20, 2022 11:15 PM (tWoc0) 324
More than likely if the NYAG moves against Trump, that will trigger the FEDS to move against Trump.
It appears that it's going to get very sporty very soon. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:15 PM (up/3i) 325
Lib little sister informs me the crime in Portland is just in the numbers. Whatever that means. Posted by: San Franpsycho You're safe if you don't play the numbers. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:16 PM (63Dwl) 326
If New York had a functioning judiciary, it would ban the AG from taking any action against Trump, given her prior statements.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:13 PM (I2/tG) Surprise, surprise! Letitia James is melanin-enhanced. Whoda ever thunk it? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:16 PM (WICSE) 327
...It appears that it's going to get very sporty very soon.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:15 PM It's just moar bluff and bluster... Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 11:16 PM (I2yHg) 328
Lib little sister informs me the crime in Portland is just in the numbers. Whatever that means.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2022 11:11 PM (EZebt) She's right. A number of people in Beaverton, a number of people in Gresham, a number of people inTigard... Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2022 11:17 PM (anj39) 329
"Not to mention the face sucker. "
Yes. For some reason I find that one disgusting. Ad Blocker bait. I understand the revenue stream from ads, but there are limits. Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 11:18 PM (cx155) 330
It appears that it's going to get very sporty very soon.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:15 PM (up/3i) Comrade, that is not who WE are! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 11:18 PM (hOUT3) 331
@327
>>It's just moar bluff and bluster... I don't think they are bluffing this time. You don't raid a presidents home over a document dispute. You also don't seize the phones and communication from personal lawyers and other associates if your bluffing. These pricks are not bluffing. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:19 PM (up/3i) 332
328 Lib little sister informs me the crime in Portland is just in the numbers. Whatever that means.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2022 11:11 PM (EZebt) none of the Good Germans ever noticed anyone going to the camps. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:20 PM (r46W7) 333
Who would be slaughtering each other for fun. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 10:33 PM (1Nxff) So, no change in that aspect then. Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:20 PM (xhaym) 334
I'm spending the evening at the bar as in my locale Huge Storm and power is out. Trees down all over.
Posted by: LenNeal at September 20, 2022 11:21 PM (b5ENh) 335
Seems like Africa needs an Army Corps of Engineers, and a series of locks and dams. ... Some countries are trying to build out their infrastructure. With modern machinery, they have a chance.
BUT the centuries of falling behind hurt them in many ways, including education and IQ, imo. Bad food/medicine/knowledge systems creeps into the DNA. Still, they have many resources ... (if they can keep China or the globalists from killing them all first). Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 11:21 PM (Cus5s) 336
I must be different. I've been with my pretty lady for 40 years.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 11:05 PM (aA3+G) Ah yes, but you are both wise and lucky! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 11:21 PM (hOUT3) 337
"Perhaps more hassling of the 1% will get them to call for action. However, I am not holding my breath."
I fear it will take quite a few of the 1% getting murdered, raped, beaten, robbed, burned out of their homes, and carjacked before all the friends and relsatives of the victims abandon their "can't happen here" mentality. Their initial reaction to suffering some of what the 99% is will be to hunker-down in their nice neighborhoods, behind legions of police they get their pet mayors to provide, along with legions of private security. While they continue to keep their heads in the sand and their precious pink butts protected, lawlessness will increase outside the enclaves of the 1%. We are a long way from turning things around. Unfortunately. Posted by: Gref at September 20, 2022 11:22 PM (AMIL/) 338
I always liked Ted Nugent, but what he needed was more whisky and heroin.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 20, 2022 11:23 PM (w2Z7l) 339
164 I have always wanted to do a geology joke with "feldspar."
I simply do not know how to make that work. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at September 20, 2022 10:34 PM (x8Wzq) ---- Would you like to feld her spars? Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 11:23 PM (qfLjt) Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2022 11:23 PM (5Skxj) Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2022 11:24 PM (oHd/0) 342
These pricks are not bluffing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:19 PM (up/3i) The J6 farce, with real consequences for the innocents, was a trial run to see what the mostly dormant American public would take without a serious reaction... Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 11:24 PM (hOUT3) 343
@331 Thomas Bender-some of us aren't that good at recognizing patterns
Posted by: JROD at September 20, 2022 11:24 PM (0jZnq) 344
These pricks are not bluffing. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:19 PM (up/3i) __________ She's from downtown. She's from Mitch and Murray. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 20, 2022 11:24 PM (1Nxff) 345
I must be different. I've been with my pretty lady for 40 years.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 11:05 PM (aA3+G) ----------- The downside is, your wife probably suspects something by now. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2022 11:24 PM (Qzn2/) 346
I don't trust Sowell when he brings social ills into his equations. He's biased and doesn't know it.
Read one of his essays about Southern bias. He said blacks in the South didn't have indoor plumbing until FDR brought it in the '30s. Thomas, nobody in the South had indoor plumbing until the 30s. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM (N6bh0) 347
More to the point, if any group tried to make its own language the National Language, unending murder and chaos. Therefore Old Colonial White People languages are best option.
Posted by: Miklos notes at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (d+wXR) Nigeria is adopting Bitcoin as their official currency, and Zimbabwe is adopting Gold as their currency. I suspect they are considering a regional currency based on one or the other. Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM (xhaym) 348
BUT the centuries of falling behind hurt them in many ways, including education and IQ, imo. Bad food/medicine/knowledge systems creeps into the DNA. Still, they have many resources ... (if they can keep China or the globalists from killing them all first).
Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 11:21 PM (Cus5s) Yet, around WW1, South Africa was considered a very rich World Power. Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM (oHd/0) 349
...Neener Neener neener!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2022 11:23 PM Marque and calibre? Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM (I2yHg) 350
346 I don't trust Sowell when he brings social ills into his equations. He's biased and doesn't know it.
Read one of his essays about Southern bias. He said blacks in the South didn't have indoor plumbing until FDR brought it in the '30s. Thomas, nobody in the South had indoor plumbing until the 30s. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM (N6bh0) Hell, my Nebraska Famer Grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing in the 30's. Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2022 11:26 PM (oHd/0) 351
168 Gisele is going to takeaway chance and take the elevator to the top floor of the man store.
( You have to know the joke for that to make sense) Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:35 PM (XT8yI) ---- Is this the one about success? Posted by: Ciampino - old people at September 20, 2022 11:26 PM (qfLjt) 352
Romeo13, Rock Around he Clock.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 20, 2022 11:27 PM (a4EWo) 353
We are a long way from turning things around. Unfortunately.
Posted by: Gref at September 20, 2022 11:22 PM (AMIL/) Things are not going to be "turned around", that is not how situations like this resolve. Existing corrupted institutions and cities have got to be completely destroyed and new ones built in their place, from scratch. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:27 PM (r46W7) Posted by: kbdabear at September 20, 2022 11:27 PM (qAR6u) 355
Nigeria is adopting Bitcoin as their official currency, and Zimbabwe is adopting Gold as their currency. I suspect they are considering a regional currency based on one or the other. Posted by: Kindltot BitGold Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:27 PM (63Dwl) 356
Nigeria is adopting Bitcoin as their official currency, and Zimbabwe is adopting Gold as their currency. I suspect they are considering a regional currency based on one or the other.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM (xhaym) Well, Zim-bob went all the way down the inflation rabbit-hole. Maybe they learned something that Nigeria has yet to discover. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:27 PM (WICSE) 357
.45
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (U2p+3) 358
I'll comment on crime, about 'numbers'; the odds, percentages, on the street aren't predictable. 1 out of 1000 doesn't predict WHERE that 1 will fall. You knock on 1000 doors and 1 will be some motherfucker who shoots through the door. But, it might be the very first time, you do not know. Odds when your life is on the line are meaningless.
Posted by: LenNeal at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (b5ENh) 359
we had 94 degrees today, 85 tomorrow, then just in time for the first day of fall, 67 Thursday, 59 Friday, for the highs. Welcome Fall.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (Cus5s) 360
Ninety minutes until Putin's speech...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (I2/tG) 361
... I suspect they are considering a regional currency based on
Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:25 PM FIFY Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (I2yHg) 362
Things are not going to be "turned around", that is not how situations like this resolve. Existing corrupted institutions and cities have got to be completely destroyed and new ones built in their place, from scratch.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:27 PM (r46W7) ----------- Looking on the bright side, the Greek Dark Ages only lasted for about half a millenium. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (Qzn2/) 363
I swear that I had a T in there!!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 20, 2022 11:29 PM (a4EWo) 364
These pricks are not bluffing. Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 20, 2022 11:19 PM (up/3i) They are not bluffing. After they lose the House and hopefully the Senate in 49 days, they will not step back and say, "We need to change our policies to appeal to more Independents and recover our minority base." Nope, they will amp-up the rhetoric and expand the Inquisitions by the DoJ, FBI, and IRS. 2024 will become do or die trying for them. Posted by: Gref at September 20, 2022 11:29 PM (AMIL/) Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2022 11:30 PM (U2p+3) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at September 20, 2022 11:30 PM (hOUT3) 367
Hell, my Nebraska Famer Grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing in the 30's.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2022 11:26 PM (oHd/0) I remember visiting my great grandmothers farmhouse in rural Wisconsin in the late 60's. No plumbing. I'm glad I got to stay there for a few days, and I remember it. It's fascinating to see how we all used to live. (and it wasn't that hard) Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:30 PM (r46W7) 368
Coulda been worse, I might have omitted the L.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 20, 2022 11:31 PM (a4EWo) 369
Read that Africans were getting hip the Chinese and are in the process of extricating them.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 11:33 PM (N6bh0) Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 11:33 PM (KmVLD) 371
Hell, my Nebraska Famer Grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing in the 30's.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 20, 2022 11:26 PM (oHd/0) Outhouses were the norm in rural Canada until at least the 1930's, and later in some places. The Windsor Hotel in Lundbreck, Alberta, had a double-wide two storey outhouse from 1905 until 1963, when the hotel burned down. (but the outhouse survived the fire, and is now located in Calgary's Heritage Park) I remember seeing it in it's original location. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:33 PM (WICSE) 372
Folks, I've really enjoyed the banter and revelations, but I've a stressful meeting in the AM and need to get some sleep.
Thanks, and carry on. "It's been swell, but the swellings gone down". Posted by: boynsea at September 20, 2022 11:34 PM (cx155) 373
*one wonders precisely what sort of .45 (ACP, I presume) Nurse has acquired...
The sort that puts holes in things. Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at September 20, 2022 11:35 PM (Bd6X8) 374
Looking on the bright side, the Greek Dark Ages only lasted for about half a millenium. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2022 11:28 PM (Qzn2/) Interestingly, so did the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman civilization (give or take a century) We tend to think it was longer, but even by Charlemagne's time, Europe was starting to get reorganized. Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:35 PM (r46W7) 375
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The Windsor Hotel in Lundbreck, Alberta, had a double-wide two storey outhouse from 1905 until 1963, when the hotel burned down. (but the outhouse survived the fire, and is now located in Calgary's Heritage Park) - ------------ Who would use the first floor??? Posted by: irright at September 20, 2022 11:35 PM (NTUk0) 376
On the property of my childhood home, were the ruins of an old hotel -- and eight ( 8! ) hole privy! Posted by: Zettai at September 20, 2022 11:35 PM (KmVLD) 377
My grandparent's farm had a party line until the late 70's.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2022 11:36 PM (W/9Bb) 378
Who would use the first floor???
Posted by: irright at September 20, 2022 11:35 PM (NTUk0) I think the, uh, trajectories were offset, and planked off, so those on the lower level would be spared the spectacle of the upper storey's user's efforts. Like a chimney with four flues, so to speak. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:37 PM (WICSE) 379
The Windsor Hotel in Lundbreck, Alberta, had a double-wide two storey outhouse from 1905 until 1963, when the hotel burned down. (but the outhouse survived the fire, and is now located in Calgary's Heritage Park)
I remember seeing it in it's original location. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:33 PM (WICSE) The only two story outhouse I've ever seen had Green Bay Packers on the upper door and Chicago Bears on the lower. I didn't recommend its use.... but not because of the sentiment. Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 20, 2022 11:38 PM (LOVUx) 380
377 My grandparent's farm had a party line until the late 70's.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2022 11:36 PM (W/9Bb) We had a party line with four houses until about 1980 as I recall. Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 20, 2022 11:38 PM (LOVUx) 381
>>>On the property of my childhood home, were the ruins of an old hotel -- and eight ( 8! ) hole privy!
Posted by: Zettai --------------------- We had a three holer at the deer lease. ---------------------------------- And that's how easy it is for kids to think anything everybody they know is doing is A OK. Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 11:39 PM (N6bh0) 382
Heh,I figured as much, but had to comment just on the initial image I got.
Posted by: irright at September 20, 2022 11:39 PM (NTUk0) 383
We're gonna need an Ace-made bench, to hold all the Horde that's gonna sit next to Jewell's, long as is needed.
Horde is who I'd want in my corner, regardless of what corner I'm in, or why. Prayers up for you, Jewells45. Amen. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at September 20, 2022 11:40 PM (e6UQI) 384
Incidentally, Lundbreck, Alberta is a pretty little town set amidst high mountains in the Crowsnest Pass. Close to the Montana border. Alberta balladeer Corb Lund made a song about that region:
Five Dollar Bill: https://youtu.be/5eeT2-LWF6Q Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2022 11:42 PM (WICSE) 385
Jewells, dear, He is still in charge, and He wins in the end, so trust Him and His plan. I shall keep you upon my nightly rosary for the foreseeable future. Can't help to enlist His mom as well.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 20, 2022 11:42 PM (LOVUx) 386
I remember the kitchen in my Great Grandmothers house in the late 1940's and they had a hand pump at the kitchen sink. So I guess they had some sort of plumbing. I was kind of little. This was in rural Oklahoma.
Posted by: Javems at September 20, 2022 11:42 PM (tWoc0) 387
My grandparent's farm had a party line until the late 70's.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2022 11:36 PM (W/9Bb) My mom used to walk 2 miles one way to her one room school house in 1930s. The farm had a cistern for water and an out house. Posted by: Beartooth at September 20, 2022 11:42 PM (3p4cr) 388
I need him to explain Haiti and the Dominican Republic to me.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 10:44 PM (XT8yI) Haitian revolution, the leClerk expedition, racially based pogroms, and massively bad loans for the last 100 years to corrupt politicians from banks who could collect bad debts with national armies. the Dominican flag is red, white and blue. The Haitian flag excludes the white as a political statement Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:43 PM (xhaym) 389
My aunt had a four holer outhouse on the farm along the Schuylkill River. It was taken away by flood waters two separate times but, since it was locally well known, it was returned by folks downstream after the flood waters receded.
Still there, afaik. Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2022 11:44 PM (LsEU/) 390
The well water at my grandparents house was the most delicious water I've ever had. Never tasted anything like it since.
Posted by: Colonel Travis at September 20, 2022 11:45 PM (RG7Wy) 391
- And so on. Hard to see what the endpoint is.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 20, 2022 10:47 PM (I2/tG) Private "merchant" police that the city will then attempt to use to collect parking tickets and otherwise control Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:45 PM (xhaym) 392
I do a wolfenite Horny Dracula.
Posted by: Muchas buchas at September 20, 2022 11:46 PM (4Og9W) 393
I think many folks had a hand pump in the kitchen, both my grand parents did. I was referencing that porcelain bowl brought great relief to everyone.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 20, 2022 11:46 PM (N6bh0) 394
The post-Roman Dark ages weren't all that dark. The Romano-Goth culture based at Ravenna filled the gap nicely, followed by Justinian's reconstituted empire, and then the the Carolingians' Holy Roman Empire. Each if these had its own flowering of art and culture.
OTOH, the Greek Dark Ages leveled Mycenean Greek culture and Minoan culture completely in one fell swoop. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2022 11:47 PM (Qzn2/) 395
My mom used to walk 2 miles one way to her one room school house in 1930s. The farm had a cistern for water and an out house.
Posted by: Beartooth at September 20, 2022 11:42 PM (3p4cr) My stepdad's job. Was gathering firewood for the woodburner in 3rd grade. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2022 11:47 PM (W/9Bb) 396
My aunt had a four holer outhouse on the farm along the Schuylkill River. It was taken away by flood waters two separate times but, since it was locally well known, it was returned by folks downstream after the flood waters receded.
Still there, afaik. Posted by: Tonypete Friends help you move. Good friends help you move bodies. Very Special Friends bring back Grammaw's outhouse. Posted by: Miklos of rural origin at September 20, 2022 11:48 PM (d+wXR) 397
I remember the kitchen in my Great Grandmothers house in the late 1940's and they had a hand pump at the kitchen sink. So I guess they had some sort of plumbing. I was kind of little. This was in rural Oklahoma.
Posted by: Javems HA! I had forgotten Grammi had one of those in her summer kitchen. No central heating either until the early 70's. There was a good reason she'd bury us in a foot of quilts when we'd sleep upstairs during the winter. The covers were so heavy that when you woke, you ached all over. But the smell of bacon and potatoes frying beckoned. Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2022 11:49 PM (LsEU/) 398
Dear Jewells. I'm saying a rosary for your healing and comfort and consolation.
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at September 20, 2022 11:49 PM (Vf4Y7) 399
Dang sweet tunes tonight Mishum . Jim Croce was one of the last great troubadours.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at September 20, 2022 11:49 PM (JqoQ/) 400
Seen on the interwebs today:
How to tell someone they're stupid? Wisdom has been chasing you but you've always been faster. Posted by: Ciampino at September 20, 2022 11:49 PM (qfLjt) 401
We had a party line with four houses until about 1980 as I recall.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 20, 2022 11:38 PM (LOVUx) I remember when I was a kid, I was supposed to be taking care of my younger brother and sister, but I was listening to two old ladies talking on the party line instead. (You ask, Why? Why Not? I was a kid too.) and I was being real quiet but then one said to the other "i hear children playing! Do you have children at your house?" Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2022 11:50 PM (r46W7) 402
OTOH, the Greek Dark Ages leveled Mycenean Greek culture and Minoan culture completely in one fell swoop.
Posted by: Cicero There was that episode of Minoan Happy Days when Fonzious jumped the bull Posted by: Miklosiopoulos at September 20, 2022 11:50 PM (d+wXR) 403
Friends help you move.
Good friends help you move bodies. Very Special Friends bring back Grammaw's outhouse. Posted by: Miklos of rural origin That's awesome Posted by: nurse ratched at September 20, 2022 11:50 PM (U2p+3) 404
"Thomas, nobody in the South had indoor plumbing until the 30s."
my cousins had their younger years on a small farm near me (I am at the homestead where all but on of the grandparent's kids were born) did not have indoor plumbing in the 50's. One classic quote when they moved to the bigger city was about rejoicing over "Indoor Plumbing!!!". The old house here was replaced after WW2 with the one I live in. The old one did not have indoor plumbing ... in winter, a pot in the basement. The quote I recall from my uncle was "Mom, the pot's full". (Grandma was a hard worker, and played the piano for their sing alongs ... they all loved Mom) Posted by: illiniwek at September 20, 2022 11:50 PM (Cus5s) 405
Posted by: Kindltot at September 20, 2022 11:43 PM (xhaym)
So obviously it's not the geography that kept them in poverty which was my snarky point of course. Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 11:53 PM (XT8yI) 406
There was that episode of Minoan Happy Days when Fonzious jumped the bull
Posted by: Miklosiopoulos at September 20, 2022 11:50 PM (d+wXR) ------------ I recall only that Pasiphae Tuscadero was hot for the bull. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2022 11:54 PM (Qzn2/) 407
My grandparent's farm had a party line until the late 70's. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory Did they have to climb up the pole? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:54 PM (63Dwl) 408
I think I've told this tale before - Grammi had running water, of sorts, before the well was dug. A pipe leading from the spring box higher up the hill to the kitchen served.
When the guys drilled the well, we were mesmerized by the drilling rig. "What manner of sorcery is this!?" Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2022 11:55 PM (LsEU/) 409
"Thomas, nobody in the South had indoor plumbing until the 30s."
There is an old saying in Old Mama's Carolina family that means "don't do anything stupid". The actual phrase is "don't fall in". It was many years before I understood the origin. Posted by: Miklos remembers his roots at September 20, 2022 11:55 PM (d+wXR) 410
Tom Servo>Opie Taylor
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 20, 2022 11:55 PM (a4EWo) 411
Everyone if obviously more 29 than me. The only party lines I remember were $4.95 the first minute and 99cents each additional minute.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 20, 2022 11:57 PM (MGB5H) 412
Everyone if obviously more 29 than me. The only party lines I remember were $4.95 the first minute and 99cents each additional minute. Posted by: BruceWayne I remember commercials on late nite TV with hot chicks saying "We're waiting for you to call" Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2022 11:59 PM (63Dwl) 413
Everyone if obviously more 29 than me. The only party lines I remember were $4.95 the first minute and 99cents each additional minute.
--------- Meh. It's still cheaper than Hot Girls Are Waiting For Your Call Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2022 11:59 PM (Qzn2/) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2022 12:00 AM (Qzn2/) 415
I remember commercials on late nite TV with hot chicks saying "We're waiting for you to call"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. Well yah. Those too. Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2022 12:00 AM (MGB5H) 416
Meh. It's still cheaper than Hot Girls Are Waiting For Your Call
Posted by: Cicero Hey Sarah got bills to pay too Posted by: MiklosCash21.com at September 21, 2022 12:00 AM (d+wXR) 417
Everyone if obviously more 29 than me. The only party lines I remember were $4.95 the first minute and 99cents each additional minute.
I remember you could call the number where a voice reads out the time. Turns out they didn't filter it very well and if your were loud enough other people could hear you. Teens were using it as a way to get random phone numbers and hook up later. Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at September 21, 2022 12:01 AM (Bd6X8) 418
Sarah got bills to pay too
Posted by: MiklosCash21.com at September 21, 2022 12:00 AM (d+wXR) LOL Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2022 12:01 AM (Qzn2/) 419
"When the guys drilled the well, we were mesmerized by the drilling rig." "What manner of sorcery is this!?"
ha, I have some pictures of the first well drilled here, supposedly the guy was drunk, but got the job done. Not sure of the date, probably the 20's, maybe 30's. I guess they hauled water from the springs before that. That is part of why they bought 100 adjacent acres in the 30's, a dependable spring. SO MUCH change over just the last 100 years. Not to mention going to the moon, atom bomb, air travel, instant video globally ... and total control by Google CyberNet. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 12:03 AM (Cus5s) 420
While I never was in attendance there, I did go to school with some others who had attended a one-room school. The upgrade, that I did attend, wasn't so huge either. One building, 1st-12th grade, 85 students. During my sophomore year, there were 6 seniors, 4 girls, 2 boys.
My father was delighted when my sister reached 16 years-old, and got a driver's license. Up until then, he had to drive us the 3 miles (some over dirt road) to get us to the school bus stop. The school bus then transported us the 10 miles further to school. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 21, 2022 12:03 AM (edjZf) 421
Not all those party lines were naughty. My psychic friends saved Yasmine Bleeth and Ricky Paull Goldin's relationship in 1989. It blew up in 1990 but 1989 was really good for them, and that's what we remember.
Keep smilin, Keep dialin... Posted by: Dionne Warwick at September 21, 2022 12:03 AM (RG7Wy) 422
Thank you for calling moviefone. Why don't you just say the name of the movie you want to see
-Cosmo Kramer Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2022 12:03 AM (MGB5H) 423
SO MUCH change over just the last 100 years. Not to mention going to the moon, atom bomb, air travel, instant video globally ... and total control by Google CyberNet.
Posted by: illiniwek One day, we'll find out where food comes from. Posted by: Harvard, MIT and Stanford grads at September 21, 2022 12:04 AM (d+wXR) 424
Saw Nugent on July 4, 1977 & my ears are still ringing
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at September 21, 2022 12:05 AM (y7zkd) 425
One day, we'll find out where food comes from.
Posted by: Harvard, MIT and Stanford grads at September 21, 2022 12:04 AM (d+wXR) -------- Whole Foods. Duh. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2022 12:06 AM (Qzn2/) 426
One day, we'll find out where food comes from.
Posted by: Harvard, MIT and Stanford grads DoorDash Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2022 12:06 AM (MGB5H) 427
So obviously it's not the geography that kept them in poverty which was my snarky point of course.
Posted by: polynikes at September 20, 2022 11:53 PM (XT8yI) Africa is not the Caribbean, either. Null argument. Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:06 AM (xhaym) 428
PIKOV!!!!
Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevich at September 21, 2022 12:06 AM (d+wXR) 429
I remember you could call the number where a voice reads out the time. Turns out they didn't filter it very well and if your were loud enough other people could hear you. Teens were using it as a way to get random phone numbers and hook up later. Posted by: Blanco Basura We had one of those too. Some of us hooked up audio amps to the phone line to be better heard. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2022 12:07 AM (63Dwl) 430
As a special treat, got me some Flor de Cana 12 year old rum to go in my rum and cola. Smooth as a baby's bum!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:08 AM (WICSE) 431
Turns out they didn't filter it very well and if your were loud enough other people could hear you. Teens were using it as a way to get random phone numbers and hook up later.
Posted by: Blanco Basura So basically the ancestor of sliding into someone's DMs. Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2022 12:09 AM (MGB5H) 432
430 As a special treat, got me some Flor de Cana 12 year old rum to go in my rum and cola. Smooth as a baby's bum!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:08 AM (WICSE) ---------- Did you see the Executive Gift Pack? It comes with a whip and a coupon for anal sex in a nice British Navy-themed presentation box. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2022 12:10 AM (Qzn2/) 433
Guess I should read to see if Walton had any more specifics he was complaining about. San Diego's still pretty clean, safe, and nice to much better than nice. And most importantly, the negatives are - as they have been since the 1990s - almost entirely a direct function of growth/crowding.
Walton's from La Mesa, I think, went to Helix High. That area is less iconic middle class than it was when he grew up, but not bad really. Just east of where I play hockey. Urban outdoorsmen? Sure. Nothing like LA or SF, but the geography's different, so apples/oranges. (cont'd) Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:11 AM (OTzUX) 434
I was a cowboy on a ranch and lived in a bunkhouse. There was no electricity, no running water and the wood stove was your light and heat. The outhouse was outback and the chuckwagon was where everybody rallied. I must be getting old.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 21, 2022 12:11 AM (w2Z7l) Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:11 AM (xhaym) 436
Wishbone was a good cook.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2022 12:13 AM (63Dwl) 437
Them Bones, by Alice in Change, Muzak cover
(pretty darned catchy tune by the way) https://youtu.be/qeGtx4W_dnA Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:15 AM (xhaym) Posted by: irright at September 21, 2022 12:17 AM (NTUk0) 439
by Alice in Chains, sheesh
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:17 AM (xhaym) 440
We get to a lot of the area (San Diego's an enormous county, bigger than some states, and the actual city limits are enormous in extent, from the border to north of Miramar airbase). No issues. Downtown? More for youngsters anyway, but have had no problems when we do go there. Big bay is still beautiful, clean (much cleaner than when Walton was growing up here). A few months back I rode bikes with a friend around the entire thing from downtown, back across with the Coronado passenger ferry. Interesting and very little urban disamenity to be seen.
Beaches are great (going tomorrow, water's at its warmest for here, and of course tourists are gone). In a month it will be cool enough for hiking in the county, with numerous great options including 6K-foot elevation mountains. In 2007 there were 3 enormous wildfires that came close to generating the largest insurance casualty event in US history. 200K+ evacuated from homes. Police had like 3 - 3 - calls for criminal activity related to this (burglary of commercial property, that sort of thing). Evacuees at the old stadium parking lot had to choose between free sushi and free massages, among other things. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:17 AM (OTzUX) 441
Jewells, praying earnestly for relief, strength, healing and peace . Lord hear our prayers!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at September 21, 2022 12:18 AM (JqoQ/) 442
Africa is not the Caribbean, either. Null argument.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:06 AM (xhaym) Really? You missed the entire point. Or maybe you didn't and just being obtuse in fave of Sowell's argument. Posted by: polynikes at September 21, 2022 12:19 AM (XT8yI) 443
Few years after the fires, a blackout (somebody at a station east of here - where the electricity is imported from AZ because the locals are idiots who have silently watched the "climate" nonsense metastasize). Several hours for an afternoon/evening.
Result? Block parties. Places, people, are different. In DC during a blackout I'd be in hunker down defensive mode. If Bill Walton could just manage to remove about 1.5M people from here - and return voting patterns to just a few years ago - I'd be obliged. Meanwhile, I'll suffer and survive somehow (!). Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:20 AM (OTzUX) 444
". and total control by Google CyberNet."
I meant to say Google SkyNet, the Terminator reference ... but you smart guys probably figured that out. heh Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 12:23 AM (Cus5s) Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 21, 2022 12:24 AM (ufFY8) 446
Wishbone was a good cook.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2022 12:13 AM (63Dwl) The dog dressed as Robin Hood? Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 21, 2022 12:25 AM (ufFY8) 447
AOP I'm pretty much a straight sipper (very little mixing), so Flor de Cana 18 is on my radar to try. No additives in their line. I exercise one of my "ignore" options and roll my eyes with their stupid green/sustainable crap (besides which, most traditional rum-making is "green" anyway).
Happen to be sipping an agricole tonight, rare for me, Neisson Reserve Especiale (Martinique). Interesting. Different flavor spectrum going on. Don't know if available where you are, but 2 products of Foursquare Distillery in Barbados - Seale's 10-yr, and Doorly's 12-yr - are very good and accessible to sip, and under US$30 here. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:25 AM (OTzUX) 448
I watched a bit of the queens funeral and the British press commentators were amazingly ruthless to old Joe. Saying he was obviously in cognitive decline, something must be physically wrong with him, they were basically saying as leader of the free world it was scary. I couldn't believe they were saying out loud what we've been saying for 2 years. Our media would die before they said anything like that.
Posted by: Megthered at September 21, 2022 12:26 AM (AdxHD) 449
I replaced the front shocks on the new-to-me Avanti today. They were clearly not the originals, and they were both completely failed, as in zero resistance to up/down movement. Both had big dents in the tube, too. Weird.
I had some very nice used shocks, salvaged out of a parted-out Studebaker, and used those. I had wire-wheeled them and painted them, so they look like new, and they still work. Will be a big improvement. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:26 AM (WICSE) 450
Don't know if available where you are, but 2 products of Foursquare Distillery in Barbados - Seale's 10-yr, and Doorly's 12-yr - are very good and accessible to sip, and under US$30 here.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:25 AM (OTzUX) The 12 year-old FDC was $37.95 Canadian at a little hole-in-the-wall liquor store in Calgary. Their signs advertised a "huge selection". BS. My little rural liquor store has them beat six ways from Sunday. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:30 AM (WICSE) 451
replaced the front shocks on the new-to-me Avanti today.
I saw that as Avenati. And just thought damn those are wore out already? Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2022 12:30 AM (MGB5H) 452
I saw that as Avenati. And just thought damn those are wore out already?
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2022 12:30 AM (MGB5H) Heh. Nothing he does is shocking anymore. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:31 AM (WICSE) 453
Really? You missed the entire point. Or maybe you didn't and just being obtuse in fave of Sowell's argument.
Posted by: polynikes at September 21, 2022 12:19 AM (XT8yI) I am happy that you are right, and know more than I do. I hope it keeps you warm at night and serves you well. Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:34 AM (xhaym) 454
I replaced the front shocks on the new-to-me Avanti today. They were clearly not the originals, and they were both completely failed, as in zero resistance to up/down movement. Both had big dents in the tube, too. Weird.
Thanks for the reminder, the Beeline Cruise In car show is Oct 7th and 8th. Several Studebakers there last year. Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at September 21, 2022 12:34 AM (Bd6X8) 455
450 Don't know if available where you are, but 2 products of Foursquare Distillery in Barbados - Seale's 10-yr, and Doorly's 12-yr - are very good and accessible to sip, and under US$30 here.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:25 AM (OTzUX) Becoming a rum drinker as my bourbon habit is getting a might spendy. Discovered Doorly's XO, and at $19, is now a regular presence on my shelf.. Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 21, 2022 12:36 AM (bUGMk) 456
Thanks for the reminder, the Beeline Cruise In car show is Oct 7th and 8th. Several Studebakers there last year.
Posted by: Blanco Basura Check out the headlights *wink* Posted by: Mary Kay Studebaker at September 21, 2022 12:37 AM (d+wXR) 457
Wasn't a part of the Avenati plea deal, that he would release the information he has that would lead to the arrest, indictment and conviction of Hillary Clinton?
I'm pretty damn sure I'd read about that being in the deal. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2022 12:37 AM (e6UQI) 458
АRC, if you're here - my info says Vlad speaks @ 9AM local, so 11PM PDT.
I notice the UToob idiots have made Russia 24's live feed hard to find. Or impossible, for me. Plus, even better - they offer up several what look to be ersatz Russian news channels, one of which has a notation that it is supported by the USG. One of my favorite parts of the stunning transformation of the US and much of the west into sad mediocre soft authoritarian shit-holes is the darkly hilarious imitation of the old Soviet bloc. Recall that after February 24, Europe was blocking all kinds of russki media. Of course an audience so ignorant, unworldly, passive and incurious as to consume most western media as their "news" really shouldn't be trusted to think for themselves when exposed to likely propaganda, so there's a logic there. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:38 AM (OTzUX) Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at September 21, 2022 12:39 AM (Bd6X8) 460
am happy that you are right, and know more than I do. I hope it keeps you warm at night and serves you well.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2022 12:34 AM (xhaym) What the hell are you talking about? You started in with the condescending post and now you end with one. Fucking internet. Posted by: polynikes at September 21, 2022 12:40 AM (XT8yI) 461
I'm pretty damn sure I'd read about that being in the deal.
Jim Ah yes The Epstein VIP Prison Suite, with 800 thread count suicide sheets Posted by: Webelo Reporter Miklos at September 21, 2022 12:40 AM (d+wXR) 462
Posted by: Mary Kay Studebaker
Your rear end is drooping. Posted by: Blanco Basura That is my twin sister Ellen May She skips leg day and forgets KegelFest Posted by: Mary Kay Studebaker is certain at September 21, 2022 12:42 AM (d+wXR) 463
"Really? You missed the entire point. Or maybe you didn't and just being obtuse in fave of Sowell's argument."
idk, but Sowell spoke of the geographic problems of Africa, mostly their waterways' limitations. So completely different from Haiti/DR. Haiti/DR, same island, mostly just political differences? There is no geographic magic to explain this. Obama's half brother told Dinesh that he wished the Brits had stayed longer, to build them economically as they did South Africa (before Mandela and others destroyed it all, racist style). My African based friend said many felt the same ... the Brits built a system, the Kenyans and others were all about tribal warfare ... kill/destroy, not build. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 12:43 AM (Cus5s) 464
Joe Kidd, funny, just tried the Doorly's XO recently. Finished the bottle, so I must have liked it! For not that much more, try the 12-yr sometime. Quite different. For sipping though, kind of a waste as a mixer. And for a bit less than the 12-yr, the Seale's 10-yr is excellent straight. More of an oaky/bourbon-ish profile than the 12-yr, which is lighter and sherry-influenced (aging barrels).
Foursquare, as a noted rum blogger has said, just doesn't make anything but good rum. I have yet to take a crowbar and pry open my wallet for their "good stuff" - since it starts in the $70s - but how they supply such excellent sippers in the $20s (or below) is amazing. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 12:43 AM (OTzUX) 465
I hope it keeps you warm at night and serves you well.
Posted by: Kindltot I use Barberettes for such purpose Posted by: Miklos remains thankful at September 21, 2022 12:43 AM (d+wXR) 466
In other news, my feral barn kitten has become quite tame, and he now eagerly awaits my arrival with the food dish each morning, and suffers to let himself be picked up from the floor and set down by the food. And cuddled a little, while he purrs like crazy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:43 AM (WICSE) 467
In other news, my feral barn kitten has become quite tame, and he now eagerly awaits my arrival with the food dish each morning, and suffers to let himself be picked up from the floor and set down by the food. And cuddled a little, while he purrs like crazy.
He is pleased with your progress. Your training is nearly complete. Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at September 21, 2022 12:44 AM (Bd6X8) 468
He is pleased with your progress. Your training is nearly complete.
Posted by: Blanco Basura *visualizes kitten templing paws* Posted by: Miklos is working on this at September 21, 2022 12:46 AM (d+wXR) 469
He is pleased with your progress. Your training is nearly complete.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at September 21, 2022 12:44 AM (Bd6X Heh. Wait until he finds out he is being groomed to become a shop cat at a friend's place in Rolly View, about 150 miles due north of me. He will be well looked after there, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 12:47 AM (WICSE) 470
Heh. Wait until he finds out he is being groomed to become a shop cat at a friend's place in Rolly View, about 150 miles due north of me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon So. Hoomans will also provide all necessary tools and machinery. FOOLS Mewst Excellent Posted by: Paw Templing Kitty at September 21, 2022 12:50 AM (d+wXR) 471
I was a soldier in a firebase. Six of us lived in a bunker, on bunk wide and one bunk long. We had a small generator for lights. No need for heat and and no air conditioning. The outhouse and water supply was outside the wire and we had a two burner propane stove to warm rations. I am old.
Just messing with you Dr. Bone. One-upsmanship not intended. Just finishing an accounting of my military career, short as it was, for some people. It's all in the front of my mind right now. Being a cowboy had to be cool. Posted by: Javems at September 21, 2022 12:52 AM (AmoqO) 472
Rhomboid,
Yeah, the XO empties quickly here, too. Little (who eschews bourbon and beer) has proclaimed rum to be his drink of choice after his first sip of Doorly's. Will try the 12 and look for the Seales on a subsequent TW&L visit Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 21, 2022 12:53 AM (bUGMk) 473
my barn cat disappeared for a couple years, came back tame enough to come up to be petted, now for a couple days has been gone again. ... he has to do mice work in any case ... maybe he gets the easy ones, then goes back to the neighbor's place, idk. I like to let him be free ... and other cats come by on occasion.
I give them their independence ... they seem to find warm places in the barns, even though I would give them a low heat place if I could get them to accept it. They are friendly with the chickens ... so that is good. Would they fight a raccoon to protect a chicken? idk, maybe. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 12:55 AM (Cus5s) 474
subsequent TW&L visit
Posted by: Joe Kidd Total Wine Founder Trone and now Maryland Congressman (D) "As of June 2022, Trone had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time." Posted by: Cautionary Miklos at September 21, 2022 12:57 AM (d+wXR) 475
I'm way behind here so...
best wishes Jewells, be well congrats miley and publius is ZOD OK I didn't understand a post, certainly not the first time, but you all make me laugh so much TY Posted by: Farmer at September 21, 2022 12:59 AM (55Qr6) 476
The European Commission unveiled a proposal on Monday that would allow Brussels to secure essential products from member states during a crisis.
The proposed “Single Market Emergency Instrument” allows the European Commission to order EU states to reorganize supply chains, including expanding or repurposing existing production capacities or setting up new ones, and placing crisis-relevant goods on the market. F iinnng Nazis Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at September 21, 2022 12:59 AM (JqoQ/) 477
Am familiar, Miklos. Can't fix Maryland from California, though. Wouldn't know the first thing to tell them in any event...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 21, 2022 01:01 AM (bUGMk) 478
F iinnng Nazis
Posted by: Sock Monkey “The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.” Posted by: Miklos quotes Tom Wolfe at September 21, 2022 01:02 AM (d+wXR) 479
But we got some techno-fascism here too
Posted by: Miklos undates Tom Wolfe at September 21, 2022 01:04 AM (d+wXR) 480
I hate to wish MAC (Mycobacterium Avium Complex) on any one, much less Jewels. My wife is suffering through the difficult treatment for it now, but it sure beats some of the alternatives.
Posted by: Javems at September 21, 2022 01:05 AM (AmoqO) 481
it sure beats some of the alternatives.
Posted by: Javems Second prize- TWO weeks in Philadelphia Posted by: W. C. Miklos-Fields at September 21, 2022 01:09 AM (d+wXR) 482
Miklos, aware of the TW&L founder's idiotic destructive politix. Make Herculean efforts to avoid using/patronizing zillions of things, for the same reason. But there are limits.
In any case, half my rum buying is now of much harder to find stuff TW&L has never heard of, fortunately 2 very good liquor stores in the LA area, one of which ships free to CA. Joe Kidd, rum is a wildly wonderfully diverse thing. Tonight I nipped on my Martinique agricole (got at deep discount at TW in Temecula, would never pay the regular price), followed by some Hamilton 86 (both on the rocks, or one a them big spherical cubes). Very different. TW screwed up, I picked up the Hamilton in a 1L bottle for the 750ml price - they had not coding for the larger bottle. I highly recommend the Hamilton (under $25, I think) for mixing in a dark n' stormy, the only mixed rum drink I generally make, and only in hot weather. It's not a bad sipper either. Guyanese semi-funk, depth. Another one for you to consider. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:10 AM (OTzUX) 483
They are friendly with the chickens ... so that is good
Lost both my dog and cat in the last year . Lately one of my nephew's cats has been coming . They live on the 20 acres below us. I don't think he's friendly with the chickens . My rooster is a mean sneaky bastard . Turn your back on him and he will nail you . I have a 4 ft stick I keep by the gate. He earned his keep the other day. He had the cat backed into a corner of the chicken yard . I heard the racket and got there in time to see the cat trying to climb the fence . I had time to grab the pellet gun and nail the cat twice . I'm afraid next time it's the 22. Don't think I will tell the nephew Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at September 21, 2022 01:12 AM (JqoQ/) 484
Well, my rum and cola has evaporated, and i think that's a signal for me to be off to the snoozer. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2022 01:13 AM (WICSE) 485
The prosecution said one of the men pointed a gun at the resident, who was in the garage, and demanded his car keys, money and a hydro set,...
What the hell is a hydro set? Two bottles of water? Evening, all y'all. Now back to the content. Posted by: GnuBreed at September 21, 2022 01:14 AM (JOtiF) 486
Dang, past the bewitching hour.
Posted by: Javems at September 21, 2022 01:17 AM (AmoqO) 487
Actually the Nazis mostly just looted Europe, they never effectively harnessed the conquered capacity (French vehicles, Belgian steel, etc) to their ends. The EU thing sounds like, um, well, Gosplan at the push of a button.
So more Soviet than Nazi. Not a good look in either case. But Europe would have to retain some vestige of the best western civilization values to understand that. Don't imagine Poland or Hungary are too excited about becoming cogs in an economic empire, again. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:17 AM (OTzUX) 488
And for those interested in reading about the topic (Nazi economics and conquered Europe), two books.
Wages of Destruction, Adam Tooze Hitler's Beneficiaries, Gotz Aly Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:20 AM (OTzUX) 489
Don't imagine Poland or Hungary are too excited about becoming cogs in an economic empire, again.
Posted by: rhomboid I think the EU is going to imlode, possibly this winter . You're spot on regarding Poland and Hungary . Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at September 21, 2022 01:24 AM (JqoQ/) 490
"But Europe would have to retain some vestige of the best western civilization values to understand that. Don't imagine Poland or Hungary are too excited about becoming cogs in an economic empire, again"
It sure seems (to me) that Poland/Hungary (Czech Republic?) are cutting edge for (Christian) Liberty in Europe. And I suppose we (USA, MAGA?) SHOULD be aligning with them first and foremost. Yet the EU (unelected bureaucratic globalist, Stasi?) are able to give fines and demand obedience. Germany calling a lot of shots? I don't understand the whole dynamic. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 01:27 AM (Cus5s) 491
Dang, past the bewitching hour.
Posted by: Javems *twitches nose* *waits* *no Elizabeth Montgomery, dammit* Posted by: Miklos is dissapoint at September 21, 2022 01:32 AM (d+wXR) 492
>>>I was a soldier in a firebase. Six of us lived in a bunker, on bunk wide and one bunk long. We had a small generator for lights. No need for heat and and no air conditioning. The outhouse and water supply was outside the wire and we had a two burner propane stove to warm rations. I am old.
Just messing with you Dr. Bone. One-upsmanship not intended. Just finishing an accounting of my military career, short as it was, for some people. It's all in the front of my mind right now. Being a cowboy had to be cool. Posted by: Javems >Not a problem. It's amazing that we find ourselves in our youth in unusual situations. I never thought I'd be doing breech births at 2am on the ranch when it was 20 below zero. Or that I'd be blowing dynamite in a quarry when I was 10 years old. Or running from grizzly bears because my horse bucked me off into a barbed wire fence while hunting elk. Life is good, and we need to appreciate all it gives us. Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 21, 2022 01:33 AM (w2Z7l) 493
Don't imagine Poland or Hungary are too excited about becoming cogs in an economic empire, again.
Posted by: rhomboid Hungary has been a German economic cog for a long time. Basically a large German maquiladora. Posted by: Miklos is aware at September 21, 2022 01:34 AM (d+wXR) 494
Early-ish start to the day tomorrow.
Thanks for the conversation. Night all.. Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 21, 2022 01:37 AM (bUGMk) 495
'Night AOP
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 21, 2022 01:39 AM (a4EWo) 496
"Judge Raymond Dearie pushed Trump’s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president’s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discovered in his residence.
“You can’t have your cake and eat it,” said Dearie," idk, sounds like Drearie is just another Deep Stater. Obama could give the finger to BigGov requesting documents he deemed his own .. But Trump (Drearie indicates) could not declassify documents "declassified" without DeepState approval. That is insane ... case law (as I understand it) has repeatedly said the Executive has ultimate authority, it cannot be over-ridden by DeepState bureaucrats. Does Not Look Good. Special Master says Trump had to obey the bureaucrats ... I guess maybe SCOTUS could override? if we ever get to that point. Stasi and the Junta are running the show? end of America is upon us. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 01:39 AM (Cus5s) 497
Ditto for the Czechs, Miklos (German-dominated economy).
But I think the thing at issue was a bit different, essentially a command economy directed by Brussels. A temporary "emergency" one. Would think that would entail much more than just being dominated/largely owned by Germany. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:44 AM (OTzUX) 498
You want to hear one of the craziest things, is years ago, at an Old Saloon, you could walk in and order food, - and this was legal, - and ask for the mushrooms either for your breakfast or your burger and the staff would go outside and pick the psilocybin mushrooms off of the manure out back cook them with your order.
Those days are gone. Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 21, 2022 01:44 AM (w2Z7l) 499
Does Not Look Good. Special Master says Trump had to obey the bureaucrats ... I guess maybe SCOTUS could override? if we ever get to that point. Stasi and the Junta are running the show? end of America is upon us.
Posted by: illiniwek Don't worry overmuch. All this comes from one article from Politico. It looks like Trump's lawyers are being coy as they expect criminal indictment of Trump. The Gummint is playing a Catch-22 game here. However, the Gummint has already appealed to overturn the District Court judge's appointment of a Special Master. Many balls in play, legal-wise. Posted by: Miklos' 3 cents worth (was 2, but inflation) at September 21, 2022 01:46 AM (d+wXR) 500
Ditto for the Czechs, Miklos (German-dominated economy).
But I think the thing at issue was a bit different, essentially a command economy directed by Brussels. A temporary "emergency" one. Would think that would entail much more than just being dominated/largely owned by Germany. Posted by: rhomboid At one point, VW-owned Skoda (cars now, not Big Guns) was 24% of the Slovak economy. The Visegrad 4 seem prepared to stand together and push the EU to put up or shut up. Posted by: Miklos' 3.5 cents worth (was 2, but inflation) at September 21, 2022 01:50 AM (d+wXR) 501
Huh. Burger King ads on Russian TV. Guess they didn't pull out like I think McDonald's did. Not sure I've ever been to a Burger King. Though I'm certain I effed up and gave away a collector's item, a coupon good only at Burger Kings in war zones, a few years back.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:52 AM (OTzUX) 502
Burger King ads on Russian TV
BK has been largely Brazilian owned for a while now. Gotta sell that Amazon destroyed rain forest beef somehow. Posted by: Miklos /s at September 21, 2022 01:54 AM (d+wXR) 503
Trump's Visegrad speech in Warsaw was quite something. Too sickening to go watch it again now. Quite the dilemma. The only NATO members worth defending*, and who act like real allies with enthusiasm, are east of the tired Old Europe "allies" who mostly aren't terribly useful as allies.
* notwithstanding the festivities since 2/24, not much real threat to the Visegrads either ..... refraining from ostentatious poor treatment of ethnic groups of a certain nature has usually been enough for decent relations with the bear Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:56 AM (OTzUX) 504
"Many balls in play, legal-wise." Posted by: Miklos' 3 cents worth
OK, but even if they get the special master Drearie, sure seems like he thinks Trump cannot declassify without (DeepState) bureaucratic approval. That is absurd ... Trump waves his magic wand over documents and that is the end, they are declassified, settled law. (except for the Trump exception, written by the criminal junta, not legal but enforced by Junta). Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 01:56 AM (Cus5s) 505
Burger King nos maos brasileiros? Realmente? Nao sabia. Nossa senhora.
Well it's quite the opportunity window for non-US/EU operators and investors in the world's largest country. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:57 AM (OTzUX) 506
Waitin' for Vlad. Almost time.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 01:58 AM (OTzUX) 507
"Babushka! Burger King hamburgski now is Better than Beef™!"
Also, no beef, pork or chicken. More potatoes for cellar, pls Posted by: Miklos recalls the Old Days at September 21, 2022 01:58 AM (d+wXR) 508
OK, but even if they get the special master Drearie, sure seems like he thinks Trump cannot declassify without (DeepState) bureaucratic approval.
That issue has not been decided. Posted by: Miklos read it at September 21, 2022 02:00 AM (d+wXR) 509
I missed where Jewells told everyone what she found out today. Does anyone have a link to the comment?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at September 21, 2022 02:10 AM (SRRAx) Posted by: Miklos in best artiste voice at September 21, 2022 02:12 AM (d+wXR) 511
I missed where Jewells told everyone what she found out today. Does anyone have a link to the comment?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth Previous thread I think Not here Posted by: Miklos in best help- and prayerful voice at September 21, 2022 02:16 AM (d+wXR) 512
Hey all... back from the doctor appt. I won't make this too long. The PET scan showed that the solution they injected me with glommed onto the nodes like nobody's business. Not good. Doc wants to do a broncoscopy on one of the lymph nodes to see if it's cancerous.
Posted by: jewells45 at September 20, 2022 08:00 PM Posted by: Miklos found it at September 21, 2022 02:18 AM (d+wXR) 513
Well, for the 6 people still here -
Vlad announced a mobilization (still have to look up the adjective, modifier, guessing it's "limited"). Prior to that, a long recitation of grievances and review of events since February, and 2014. He used "neo-Nazi" a lot, more than in previous statements on the subject. Towards the end, he said that (unfamiliar to me) statements by western or NATO figures about use of nuclear weapons compelled him to remind everyone that Russia has a full (and more modern, than NATO) set of nuclear options. He emphasized at the end that Russia's sovereignty and security would be protected by "all means" at Russia's disposal. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 02:18 AM (OTzUX) 514
He emphasized at the end that Russia's sovereignty and security would be protected by "all means" at Russia's disposal.
Posted by: rhomboid Will check. My Russian is poor, and by intent, because history and stuff. Also was told not to try Polish and Russian at the same time, so I went for Polish. Posted by: Miklos likes Information at September 21, 2022 02:24 AM (d+wXR) 515
DefMin Shoygu was supposed to also give an address, Rossiya 24 didn't refer to it or pick it up, if it's happening.
Not a nothingburger, but pretty much what more informed observers expected. Some kind of mobilization. This is an unsurprising bit of not-good news for "the west" and Kiev. At least as far as D & L are concerned, Russia (under any plausible leadership) cannot and will not abandon the russkoyazichniye lyudy (Russian speakers). Russia's mass and resources make this a bad bet for a long-term struggle, from Kiev's point of view, I would think. One thing that is completely unknown to most westerners, I'll bet, is the constant, injurious and fatal, bombardment of civilian targets in Donetsk by Ukrainian elements (whatever their particular coloration or command). Intermittent but bad since 2014, now constant. Wonder if the US military planners and advisors ever raise this subject, or how they feel about it? Completely contrary to American values and long-standing military ethics. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 02:26 AM (OTzUX) 516
rhomboid.
I'm convinced of this. A 2nd Trump term would've avoided all of this. Russia would now be paying a half-billion a year in LEASE to Ukraine for a warm water port, as well as a 1/4 mile easement on either side of a Donbass land bridge to the port. Governed by and security forces by, joint Uke and Rus units. Same as what's done in Northern Ireland, even today. U.S. of A. leases many of it's overseas bases. Trump would've sold it to Vlad, it's cheaper than war, makes for international good will, achieves a centuries long Ruski goal of a warm water port, and hey, everybody wins! Bet you $100 against ANY odds, that's what would've happened. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2022 02:26 AM (e6UQI) 517
If weather reporters are sending out nude pics, surely we want to hire Mexico's for that.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 21, 2022 02:27 AM (TgBWG) 518
Well, for the 6 people still here -
Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 02:18 AM (OTzUX) As one of the 6, thanks for the translation. TBH, I still blame NATO and the West for all this mess. Obama screwed with Ukraine's elections in 2014, NATO kept pushing to increase membership, especially near Russia's borders. Russia has a (well-deserved) history of paranoia when it comes to its borders but that was ignored. Also, the Rus' historical home/beginnings was in Kyiv. I'm no fan of Putin, but the West blew a big opportunity in the early '90s with Yeltsin to create a post-communist rapprochement with Russia. But becoming more neutral with a former enemy was not good for the Military-Industrial Complex. Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 02:31 AM (emlEe) 519
"He emphasized at the end that Russia's sovereignty and security would be protected by "all means" at Russia's disposal."
Russian sovereignty, but not Ukraine's. idk, Vlad is facing internal resistance, it seems. And even China/India were happier with "free trade" serving them pretty well. .. But no doubt there is much subterfuge and globalist intervention with their own goals .. so idk what is next. I'm listening to that Trump in Poland speech "what we've inherited from our ancestors, has never existed to this extent, before. And if we fail to preserve it, it will never ever exist again, so we cannot fail ... " Yet DeepState is going all out to end Liberty. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 02:32 AM (Cus5s) 520
Jim, I actually have no views on the question (what would've happened if Trump had his 2nd term, consecutively I mean).
For that I'd have to see what the NSC and Pompeo were saying/doing, if anything, about all this. Recall that Russia asked for/received direct bilateral talks in Geneva starting in March '21. Would kill to have the minutes and cable traffic on those negotiations. We have only the very unreliable public statements. This was clearly Russia's last gasp on Ukraine's military future, though it was always cast as a "European security architecture" and appeared to include lots of stupid unrealistic Russian demands on other subjects. I'm not sure a port would be the issue, as with Novorossiysk and now Crimea, Russia has ample warm-water port capacity. I do think even a US pledge to defer, slow-walk (after 30 years of same), or rule out Ukraine NATO membership would have forestalled the "special military operation". If the US/NATO had also stepped in to enforce, or sort out, compliance with Minsk I and II. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 02:34 AM (OTzUX) Posted by: MiklosWatch at September 21, 2022 02:35 AM (d+wXR) 522
Totally unrelated to anything: I currently live on the third floor of a six-story building with an elevator; I have a heart condition. Sometime around the first of October, they are replacing the elevator. It will be out-of-order for between 8 and 12 weeks. This morning, I'm going on my first round of 'stock-up' shopping. I'm dreading having to pull a loaded cart up two flights of stairs. But the good part is that it's not the heat of summer. I hope I survive having no elevator until around Thanksgiving (or beyond).
/First world problems. Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 02:36 AM (emlEe) 523
I'm no fan of Putin, but the West blew a big opportunity in the early '90s with Yeltsin to create a post-communist rapprochement with Russia. But becoming more neutral with a former enemy was not good for the Military-Industrial Complex.
Posted by: RickZ Let's....let's not talk about that. Posted by: Jeffrey Sachs, Ivory League Economist who was not as smart as he thought he was at September 21, 2022 02:38 AM (d+wXR) 524
Off to read about the history of rum (seriously), but remember, one question that cannot be answered without casting all current western/US behavior WRT Ukraine in a very (deserved) bad light:
"It's been 30 years. Such exotic and ridiculous newcomers to NATO include North Macedonia, and Albania - (what? Is Mussolini threatening to invade again?). Why, precisely why, in detail, was Ukraine not made a member of NATO since 1991? Thirty years. North Macedonia, Albania. We all know why, but please go ahead and answer in a way that doesn't render our current policy a shameful disaster." Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 02:38 AM (OTzUX) 525
"unknown to most westerners, I'll bet, is the constant, injurious and fatal, bombardment of civilian targets in Donetsk by Ukrainian elements (whatever their particular coloration or command). Intermittent but bad since 2014, now constant"
I don't get the point of that ... were they trying to bombard Russian infiltration, or just punish those that voted for the Russian candidates before? Would have been better for us to ? make some agreement or detente with Russia, against China ... but he we are, with a president in bed with the CCP, and the oligarchs. Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 02:39 AM (Cus5s) 526
A few things about the speech - it was delayed from yesterday, and then delayed an hour, even though the speech was prerecorded. Sounds like there was some dissension about what Putin was going to say.
The disturbing thing is that Putin threatened to use nukes if the Russian Federation was attacked. After the referendums inevitably pass, continued Ukrainian military operations in the Donbass, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia will likely be classed as attacks on the Russian Federation. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 21, 2022 02:40 AM (I2/tG) 527
rhomboid. I agree completely, but the Uke abuse of the Donbass, and stubborn refusal of Porting for the Ruskies were factors.
And I've read of pre WWII stupidity, but have never lived in real time, the NATO stupidity as to Ukraine & Russia. The Base Leasing Solution would have been the Saving Face for all parties pressure relief valve, though. It's too simple so it would have never have worked, until it did. Much like many other of Trump's achievements, in spite of all resistance thereto. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2022 02:40 AM (e6UQI) 528
But the good part is that it's not the heat of summer. I hope I survive having no elevator until around Thanksgiving (or beyond).
/First world problems. Posted by: RickZ Do you own or rent? If you rent, a lawyer might be cheaper than rent. Posted by: Miklos is not an attorney in your State, Province, or Autonomous Republic at September 21, 2022 02:40 AM (d+wXR) 529
Also, if you watch the speech, check out Putin's posture, and his left thumb.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 21, 2022 02:41 AM (I2/tG) 530
130 90 When I want to help one of my kids calm down I tell them to take deep breaths
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2022 10:21 PM (p/nbH) Before or after you duct tape their mouths? Or is it when you zip tie them to the upright vacuum cleaner in the closet? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (aA3+G) That was unexpected! Posted by: m at September 21, 2022 02:42 AM (r8enq) 531
..I don't get the point of that ... were they trying to bombard Russian infiltration, or just punish those that voted for the Russian candidates before? Would have been better for us to ? make some agreement or detente with Russia, against China ... but he we are, with a president in bed with the CCP, and the oligarchs.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 02:39 AM (Cus5s) Far as I've been able to read, they were just shelling the shit out of Ruski populations because they hated them and wanted them off of the land that Stalin had installed them on in the 1930s. Mostly, because they hated them. Slav on Slav warfare is maybe some of the ugliest in the history of wars. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX /hasta la nite nite, horde! Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2022 02:43 AM (e6UQI) 532
Posted by: rhomboid
Albania sent combat troops to Afghanistan. Tough little fuckers. Unlike..oh...Germany, whose troops were prohibited from being anywhere near hot zones. Posted by: Miklos I, non-Albanian speaking King of all the Albanias at September 21, 2022 02:45 AM (d+wXR) 533
Last bit and out. ARC, could be my comprehension of his words but I thought the nuclear stuff was all couched as a reply to atomic saber-rattling by NATO.
As with Vlad's bogus/demonstration "alert" of Russian nuclear forces in the first weeks of the war (which didn't happen, apparently, as judged by observable status of forces), I think this was the cheapest of theatrics, for flavor and emphasis. 50 years ago it was doubted by many that the US would risk nuclear attack on the homeland by using nukes to defend Europe. I don't think there's a chance we'd risk nukes to defend Kramatorsk. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 02:46 AM (OTzUX) Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 21, 2022 02:46 AM (I2/tG) 535
Or is it when you zip tie them to the upright vacuum cleaner in the closet?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 20, 2022 10:28 PM (aA3+G) That was unexpected! Posted by: m Abused/abuser Explains a lot. Posted by: Miklos notices at September 21, 2022 02:47 AM (d+wXR) 536
OK, history class over for tonight ... more dead by morning no doubt. cheers
Posted by: illiniwek at September 21, 2022 02:47 AM (Cus5s) Posted by: Miklos and the World Wonders at September 21, 2022 02:48 AM (d+wXR) 538
Last bit and out. ARC, could be my comprehension of his words but I thought the nuclear stuff was all couched as a reply to atomic saber-rattling by NATO.
Not that I'm a big fan of NATO, but the only atomic saber rattling I've heard from them is veiled threats to retaliate if Russia uses nukes. I got the definite impression that Putin was projecting there. Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 21, 2022 02:49 AM (I2/tG) 539
Been awake almost a hour and shouldn't be
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2022 02:52 AM (k8B25) Posted by: the blueberries whose time has not yet come at September 21, 2022 02:53 AM (d+wXR) 541
yeah, same here, Skip ... maybe I'll try Miklos' advice.
sounds crazy, I know, but ... whattheheck, amirite ? Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 21, 2022 02:56 AM (8oyo2) 542
Often wonder if just laying still but awake still rests the body.
Nice night, window open Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2022 03:01 AM (k8B25) 543
Been awake almost a hour and shouldn't be
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2022 *** Same here, Skip. I'm worrying about the water leaks in my place. The fix-it crew I was promised never showed, never called or wrote. I dashed off a line to my city councilman. He asks if I can be ready for a walk-through here at 11:30, and I plan to call in sick. Also I'm hoping I can get some legal advice as to whether I can start a movement here, #NoRepairsNoRent, and encourage no rent payments until they make our places liveable. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:01 AM (c6xtn) Posted by: Sri Miklosaharishi, unlicensed lifestyle guru at September 21, 2022 03:02 AM (d+wXR) 545
When I came home last night and found nothing had been done and nobody had called about the repairs, I was not even angry. I've realized I don't really care any more. I've checked out. You know how in black culture they say, instead of, "I live in [neighborhood]," they say, "I *stay* in [neighborhood]"? That's me. I'm just staying here, like in a lousy motel, until I can move.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:04 AM (c6xtn) 546
#NoRepairsNoRent, and encourage no rent payments until they make our places liveable.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius Does you Institution have a Law School and therefore Free Legal Clinic? They love that kinda stuff. Posted by: Miklos used Tulane's long ago and it worked at September 21, 2022 03:05 AM (d+wXR) 547
You know how in black culture they say, instead of, "I live in [neighborhood]," they say, "I *stay* in [neighborhood]"? That's me. I'm just staying here, like in a lousy motel, until I can move.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius "bust a move" Posted by: Black culture Miklos (ed.) at September 21, 2022 03:06 AM (d+wXR) 548
Totally unrelated to anything: I currently live on the third floor of a six-story building with an elevator; I have a heart condition. Sometime around the first of October, they are replacing the elevator. It will be out-of-order for between 8 and 12 weeks. This morning, I'm going on my first round of 'stock-up' shopping. I'm dreading having to pull a loaded cart up two flights of stairs. But the good part is that it's not the heat of summer. I hope I survive having no elevator until around Thanksgiving (or beyond).
/First world problems. Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 *** Rick, my condolences. My water leaks and cosmetic issues here pale by comparison. Can you arrange any kind of accommodation with the building management? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:07 AM (c6xtn) 549
Does you Institution have a Law School and therefore Free Legal Clinic? They love that kinda stuff.
Posted by: Miklos used Tulane's long ago and it worked at September 21, 2022 *** I did once, long ago when the management here at the time *took over my utility account*, somehow, so that for 2 months I never received a bill. I called up the power company and got it straightened out, but they still wanted me to pay for the power. Free Legal advised me to pay it, since I'd used the power -- even though *it was not in my name* for those 2 months. Utterly useless. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:10 AM (c6xtn) 550
Even in Budapest, when they were doing noisy work behind my apartment (same piece of real estate), the owner quickly agreed to one month's free rent and 50% discount until work finished (I worked from home mostly).
Posted by: Miklos knows what he Knows at September 21, 2022 03:11 AM (d+wXR) 551
Often wonder if just laying still but awake still rests the body.
Nice night, window open Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2022 *** Yeah, I think it does. Must be nice to have an open window in late Sept. and actually enjoy the air. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:11 AM (c6xtn) 552
I never received a bill. I called up the power company and got it straightened out
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius As my Hungarian accountant once told me, "you don't get extra points for being honest". Posted by: Miklos, shrugging like a Frenchman at September 21, 2022 03:14 AM (d+wXR) 553
OK, from phone in bed, really my last.
Miklos - domestic audience. Many understandably feel Russia’s looked fairly pathetic in the war, and in addition the attacks on Russian territory have not met with any clear retaliation (electric grid in eastern Ukeistan being taken down the past week notwithstanding). Like earlier nuclear “alert” - just theatrics to convey will to his home audience. ARC, have no idea about western nuke-rattling, just thought I heard that in his remarks. Putin seems fairly calm in this respect but hoo boy the Russian inferiority/victim pathology is virulent in Russia’s public square now - think some truculence in official posture is driven by this. Posted by: rhomboid at September 21, 2022 03:15 AM (qwEFl) 554
Rick, my condolences. My water leaks and cosmetic issues here pale by comparison. Can you arrange any kind of accommodation with the building management?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:07 AM (c6xtn)[i/] I appreciate the sympathy. But it is Queens. It's not like the management co. really gives a shit. I had a pump of some sort in my bathroom wall go haywire last November, flooding the bathroom above me. No water in mine but . . . when they came to tear open the wall and floor to fix the pump and the drain pipe, the cast iron drain pipe in the floor was dated 1926. Then I had small drops leaking from the ceiling in both bathrooms (but at the same place in the wall), forming blisters in the paint. Told the super about it. They finally got around to fixing it last week. I lived with a musty, mildewy smell all that time. Accomodation? Yeah, make me laugh. Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 03:15 AM (emlEe) 555
Mornin'
(sips coffee) Posted by: Puddleglum at September 21, 2022 03:16 AM (sAmhv) 556
OOPSIE!
Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 03:16 AM (emlEe) 557
When my ex-wife would get all riled up and get agitated, I never told her to 'calm down', as I watched her body language not what she said, but I routinely told her, 'Lower your voice'.
Lower your voice. I never said, "Do not scream at me." I said, "Lower your voice." ...and I meant it. I mean, Lower your voice. I never raised my voice to my wife, she did not have that right. Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:17 AM (U11/V) 558
Russia's calling up 300,000 reservists.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 21, 2022 03:20 AM (I2/tG) 559
When/if she would lose control and start yelling and didn't respond to that request, I simply left the house.
Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:20 AM (U11/V) 560
The new kitten, Dagny the Siberian, is stretched out on the couch next to me. In the evenings she is plain crazy, so this is very nice. Sometimes I wonder if this kitten even likes me. Her "brother" Stirling the black kitten seems really fond of me -- but then he seems to enjoy human company anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:20 AM (c6xtn) 561
I never received a bill. I called up the power company and got it straightened out
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius As my Hungarian accountant once told me, "you don't get extra points for being honest". Posted by: Miklos, shrugging like a Frenchman at September 21, 2022 *** Yeah -- but can you imagine the mess if I, and they, had let it slide for 6 months or a year, and then demanded the back payments? I really would have needed a lawyer. And at that time my income was not up to that. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:23 AM (c6xtn) 562
Giselle is from an infamously emigrant German area of Brazil, noted for its population of Hard Right residents that the Government of Brazil doesn't even mess with. My educated guess is Giselle isn't putting up with any Woke Shit and is bailing.
She married for money, not some Trans Ideology. I can elaborate. Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:24 AM (U11/V) 563
Russia's calling up 300,000 reservists.
Posted by: The ARC of History! They also paased law increasing the authorized Regular Army by about 300,000. Which is cool, considering that they are short more than 300,000 on the old number. Posted by: Miklos, outpointing from perhaps Chinese perspective at September 21, 2022 03:25 AM (d+wXR) 564
Russia's calling up 300,000 reservists.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 21, 2022 03:20 AM (I2/tG) Yeah, that'll work. The active duty army isn't doing that great, so I'm sure reservists will fix that problem. Calling up reservists = press gangs? Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 03:27 AM (emlEe) 565
Dagny is purring next to me now. Maybe we will be good friends eventually.
If I'm going to take off today, I don't have to exercise so early. I'll do a little more coffee now. I'll email my boss about 5:45 -- he emphasizes we should let him know at least 2 hrs. before our shift is to start, and I'm supposed to be in at 8 -- and then take it easy until the councilman and whoever he's bringing arrive. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 21, 2022 03:32 AM (c6xtn) 566
take it easy until the councilman and whoever he's bringing arrive.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius Offer coffee, tea, lemonade.....after they have a sip, start about the quality of the water..... Posted by: Miklosian Thinkings LLC at September 21, 2022 03:35 AM (d+wXR) 567
"403 Friends help you move.
Good friends help you move bodies. Very Special Friends bring back Grammaw's outhouse. Posted by: Miklos of rural origin" Not my definition. Mine is from a French Resistance quote: "A friend is calling in the middle of the night, and says, 'Come quickly, and bring your gun.' That's my definition. Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:35 AM (U11/V) 568
"Russia's calling up 300,000 reservists."
How much manpower do the kraniacs have left? Can't be all that much. Cannon fodder may just win the day. Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at September 21, 2022 03:35 AM (1DgE4) 569
Did the bundeswehr get their tank out of the shop yet? Until it does, they won't be any help unless the brits can repaint old pinkie.
I don't see that happening. That might not help Old Pinkie is rumored to be missing its engine. Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at September 21, 2022 03:38 AM (1DgE4) 570
Oh, those old tropes about 'The Boys From Brazil'?
It's not even close to what actually went on. I had a colleague ask me a seemingly innocuous question about an ethnic German that croaked near where I live now, i looked him over, and went down a fucking Rabbit Hole. I ended up doing a pile of research and we all got into trouble, shit was too 'hot' even now about Ethnic Germans outside The Reich Proper, and efforts to smooth the whole thing over for economic reasons, explosive. You would not even believe it, crazy as fuck, stuff out of a Forsyth novel Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:43 AM (U11/V) 571
My favorite 'Spy Movie' is the BBC, 'Smiley's People'.
What a nasty piece of work. Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:45 AM (U11/V) 572
You would not even believe it, crazy as fuck, stuff out of a Forsyth novel
Posted by: LenNeal Ist Nicht Treu! Posted by: Born & Born & Miklos at September 21, 2022 03:45 AM (d+wXR) 573
With Smiley's People, the miniseries, it took about 6 viewings for me to realize that Smiley's initial goal was to out Karla and have to tortured to death, or 'worse', and his original goal is a brutal, cold revenge, for Karla to be eaten by his own ideology.
The key is the daughter, the schizophrenic, who tells the nuns 'Her father was a brigand who threw her mother off a mountain in the dead of night'. Then Smiley allows Karla an out, to take care of his daughter. Smiley tells Ann to get fucked, and... Then what. It's a vicious show and I watch it every now and then. Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:50 AM (U11/V) 574
Never did get anymore,
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2022 03:51 AM (k8B25) 575
Did the kriegsmarine ever get that frigate they paid way too many euros for, to float, er correct side up?
They got capsizing down pat but I never heard if they got it the way it's supposed to be. Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at September 21, 2022 03:51 AM (1DgE4) 576
556 OOPSIE!
Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2022 03:16 AM (emlEe) There might be a barrel visit in your immediate future. Posted by: m at September 21, 2022 03:54 AM (GkGYg) 577
Well also it's my birthday, and I spent it cleaning up the Chromebook and assembling a dossier on a colleague in Central Europe whom I assisted to make a better life, and then they used the platform in the West, which I meant to make them financially comfortable and neutral, to liaise with 'open source' intelligence contractors and then use me as leverage to mount an underhanded operation in their home country.
I'm not forgiving that. No fucking way. So I built a dossier of every bit of information I could get and bound it all up. I helped them, and they FUCKED me. Posted by: LenNeal at September 21, 2022 03:59 AM (U11/V) 578
Pixy's up!
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