The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

It's just play money now. There is a headlong rush by every politician to buy votes with our descendants' money, and for a long time it was a rational, if horrid and self-serving, plan. But at a certain point the sheer weight of debt will overwhelm even the most vibrant economy, and we reached that point several years ago. Well, unless you accept the sheer, unadulterated stupidity and innumeracy of "Modern Monetary Theory," which is nothing more than kicking the can down the road, but on a grand scale. Unfortunately some of our elite, brilliant thinkers in government accept that nonsense (Alexandria Donkey-Chompers and Bernie "Champagne Socialist" Sanders come to mind), or simply admit it, because the rest of the yahoos in congress behave as if they believe it wholeheartedly.

Biden student loan forgiveness will cost $400 billion over 10 years, CBO estimates

In a letter to Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the senior Republicans on the Senate and House education committees, Phillip Swagel, the director of the CBO, estimated that the student loan plan announced by the Biden administration last month will cost about $400 billion but that the estimate was "highly uncertain."
The CBO also estimated that the administration's decision to extend the pause on loan repayment through the end of the year will cost the government $20 billion.

Oh good, the estimate is "highly uncertain." For anyone not paying attention, that means that the true cost will be double or triple what was estimated. But it's just play money now, because there is no way that our country can make a significant dent in our debt, much less pay it off. It is now 150% of GDP, and interest payments on that debt are based on ridiculously low interest rates. And has anyone noticed that those rates are rising and will continue to rise for the foreseeable future?

So what's the solution? There isn't one.

Multi-trillion dollar debt is baked into the cake. We are going to find out at what level of debt a sovereign nation collapses under the weight of all of those interest payments. Is it next year or five years or 10 years from now? Who knows...certainly not the geniuses in congress. They will continue to spend and continue to buy votes and continue to lie to their constituents about their fiscal restraint. Hell, my Democrat U.S. representative claims in his campaign ads that he fights to lower taxes!

This is a generational issue, and we will all be dead before it is resolved. Could a fiscal conservative begin to repair the damage? Sure...hypothetically. And easing government control on commerce will certainly help, as we saw with President Trump. But government programs will need to be cut, and cut hard, and at best a president with the desire to do the cutting will have two years before the midterms destroy his majority in congress, and that is assuming that congress will even go along with those cuts!

Don't hold your breath!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 First!

Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:00 AM (S7une)

2 First !

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at September 27, 2022 11:00 AM (lrod/)

3 Darn it ! ;-P

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at September 27, 2022 11:01 AM (lrod/)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 27, 2022 11:01 AM (YafLu)

5 Just $400 billion? That's barely my cut of all the graft...

Posted by: StinkFinger at September 27, 2022 11:02 AM (S7une)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Debt? What's debt?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

8 And we all know how accurate those CBO estimates are.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:03 AM (S7une)

9 $400 billion. Plus another $400 billion.

The CBO is fucking clownshow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 27, 2022 11:04 AM (aursc)

10 American Airlines is a racist full of hate.

I just received an email from the rewards program.

"Hit the slopes this winter!"

Why are they asking me to beat up Asians?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

11 All to buy votes for Mr Mudpants.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 27, 2022 11:05 AM (aursc)

12 I lummed the others.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 11:05 AM (906pl)

13 Even worse, because we have been in the regime of Baseline budgeting for many years now, every single new expenditure becomes part of the new Baseline.

For instance, Obozo's so-called stimulus of a trillion dollars is now spent again every single year.

Yes, you read that right. It becomes part of The New Normal every single year.

So our unfunded liabilities go into the hundreds of trillions of dollars. They are deliberately destroying the world monetary system.

Posted by: Beverly at September 27, 2022 11:06 AM (bNl52)

14 This is a generational issue, and we will all be dead before it is resolved.

I'm trying to figure out whether CBD is being unreasonably optimistic or overly pessimistic here.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 11:06 AM (kOpft)

15 Multi-trillion dollar debt is baked into the cake. We are going to find out at what level of debt a sovereign nation collapses under the weight of all of those interest payments.

It's even more dire than that. China's debt is even worse than ours, to the extent that they're now pulling back on the Belt and Road lunacy. If every major industrialized nation goes broke simultaneously, I suspect there's going to be a run on face colanders.

This is a generational issue, and we will all be dead before it is resolved. Could a fiscal conservative begin to repair the damage? Sure...hypothetically.

Our grandchildren will damn us, and they'll be right.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:06 AM (ayzS/)

16 Why are they asking me to beat up Asians?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

Your real name isn't Rick Shaw by any chance, is it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 11:07 AM (6FeV1)

17 ... Phillip Swagel, the director of the CBO, estimated that the student loan plan announced by the Biden administration last month will cost about $400 billion but that the estimate was "highly uncertain."
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It's uncertain but not inconceivable or irrational when we're talking about doing the right thing. Some perspective is called for. This year, the US has spent about $60 billion - both in cash and in kind - to support the efforts of Ukraine against the Russian invasion. This is *more* than we're talking about spending on student loan aid in terms of annual averages.

I bring this up to offer perspective on dollar amounts. For additional perspective, the total funding of the Federal Department of Education this year is about $190 billion.

Student loan forgiveness will cost less than intervention in Ukraine as an annual average, and that average represents only around 10% of Department of Education funding. This is a fairly small amount of money to do a tremendous amount of good. That it is so controversial is evidence of the MAGA crowd's hatred of students and student achievement and desire to maintain a status quo preferred by professional-class white men.

Posted by: Your Kid's Economics Professor at September 27, 2022 11:07 AM (t0OGg)

18 We're living in the days of the Wimpy Budget. ("I shall gladly pay you Tuesday for a burger I eat today.")

Except Tuesday never comes. And instead of a burger, it's a couple $trillion in debt or amnesty for 2 million illegals.

Posted by: red speck at September 27, 2022 11:07 AM (gS3OW)

19 I've been expecting a monetary crash since the 90s..dunno when it's going to happen but it's going to happen.

Maybe I should buy Bezos bucks now, while they're cheap. US currency won't be worth much, soon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:08 AM (V6f9+)

20 We are headed inexorably toward a fiscal collapse. Defaulting on our debt is baked into the cake, either de facto or de jure.

Furthermore, the FBI must be disbanded.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 11:08 AM (yQpMk)

21 Until people are willing to gore their own ox of federal funds, nothing will get done.

"Balance the budget by cutting foreign aid?"

Fuck it. "Balance the budget by denying me Medicare."

That's what it's going to take.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:08 AM (LvTSG)

22 Well.

Start with abolishing the FBI
Then the Dept of Education
Then make colleges and universities back their own loans to students

Three steps. It's a start and it would eliminate a shitton of needless spending.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:08 AM (6vVfZ)

23 And stop giving money to people who hate us.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (6vVfZ)

24 For those who were asking, a link to the Rachael Dolezal noods is #406 on the Art Thread.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (ZGrMX)

25 The globalists' best plan for reducing legacy obligations (Medicare/SS) was the plague and mRNA jabs and shutdowns, now energy reduction. But they have not (yet) killed off near enough old people.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (Cus5s)

26 I am not kidding a bit that 30 years ago boss was rolling the great advantages of 401, my thinking was I will never see it no matter what I did.

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (7N7iw)

27 This is a generational issue, and we will all be dead before it is resolved.
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Don't bet on that, CBD. It's a generational issue if the debt is going to be paid, and barring major or catastrophic changes.

But if that debt is not going to be paid - and we are approaching or are at (if you know for sure, you're going to be filthy stinking rich) the point where it *cannot* be paid back. If it's not going to be paid, then it is not a generational question at all, and the resolution may happen at any time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (t0OGg)

28 When comrade Obama nationalized the entire student loan industry, all that money was ostensibly supposed to "pay for" his nationalizing the healthcare industry. And all the pink haired nose ring freaks insisted you were lying if you said it would add to the debt. They were wrong, of course.

Posted by: Who is Brandon Galt? at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (KrErK)

29 Debt. It’s what’s for grandchildren.

Posted by: Sam Eliot at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (tIeD9)

30 Until people are willing to gore their own ox of federal funds, nothing will get done.

"Balance the budget by cutting foreign aid?"

Fuck it. "Balance the budget by denying me Medicare."

That's what it's going to take.

And I would accept it, with one proviso. Any money saved must go to reducing the debt, not new spending. And we know the chances of that happening.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (ayzS/)

31 If you can't prove you have the right to be here. OUT.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (6vVfZ)

32 The answer, as with most of these things, is to do it back to the left.

Find a way to give conservative leaning people money and a way to take it from left leaning people.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:10 AM (ESjRY)

33 Maybe too late, but I'll vote for any politician left or right, hat can get regular order back in the House - a standalone bill for each department.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 27, 2022 11:10 AM (fs1hN)

34 End all federal programs. That's not the federal government's job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

35 This kind of crap destroyed Argentina and we are not immune from it.

Posted by: vic /s at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (mZwKe)

36 Cut off EBT after 18 months. It wasn't meant to be a permanent life choice.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (6vVfZ)

37 31 If you can't prove you have the right to be here. OUT.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (6vVfZ)

I have &
Does that count?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (V6f9+)

38 But if that debt is not going to be paid - and we are approaching or are at (if you know for sure, you're going to be filthy stinking rich) the point where it *cannot* be paid back. If it's not going to be paid, then it is not a generational question at all, and the resolution may happen at any time.

Depends on your definition of "resolution".

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (ayzS/)

39 So you're saying there is a chance....

Posted by: Lloyd at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (Hh3y4)

40
And I would accept it, with one proviso. Any money saved must go to reducing the debt, not new spending. And we know the chances of that happening.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (ayzS/)

This is why they had a shit fit when Bush wanted the "line item veto" power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

41 Just to be clear, Biden still doesn't have authority to enact atudent loan forgiveness, right? So...lawsuits?

Posted by: squid_hunt at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (9CyuP)

42 Rush Limbaugh wrote in his first book that if you want to grow something, subsidize it. If you want more poverty, subsidize it. More people will go on welfare and you will have more poor.

In the case of student loans, these are people who are irresponsible or unable to get a job despite their soo-called "education."

If you want to expand the number of stupid college graduates, go ahead subsidize their loans and bad decisions.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (lf83v)

43 Out: You will own nothing and be happy.
In: You will eat nothing and be happy.

Posted by: Zek at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (fsV7e)

44 Debt. It’s what’s for grandchildren.

Except that the same people running up the debt are trying their damndest to make sure nobody has grandchildren.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (ZGrMX)

45 31 Nurse, which commenter was that directed to?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (atmen)

46 For example on easy win for the right - price controls on college education. No college can charge more then $20K/year.

Let it wind through the courts and win or lose you win.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (ESjRY)

47 31 If you can't prove you have the right to be here. OUT.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (6vVfZ)

**Fumbles through wallet for AoSHQ membership card**

Hang on a minute.......

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (906pl)

48 This is why they had a shit fit when Bush wanted the "line item veto" power.

And why they wouldn't let me take my money from SS and invest it for myself.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (ayzS/)

49 President Waraiotoko will sign an executive order mandating a zero deficit budget be placed on his desk within one week of his inauguration. Failure to do so will be met with complete liquidation of Congress, with all departing MoCs banned for life from any further elected office, and an entirely new Congress elected and sworn in at the States' expense.

This cycle will continue until a balanced budget is presented.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (6FeV1)

50 This is a fairly small amount of money to do a tremendous amount of good.

Posted by: Your Kid's Economics Professor at September 27, 2022 11:07 AM (t0OGg)

This seemingly benign statement is the crux of the problem.

Well done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (XIJ/X)

51 31 Nurse, which commenter was that directed to?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (atmen)
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I read it as a comment about illegal aliens, but I dunno.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (t0OGg)

52 Just to be clear, Biden still doesn't have authority to enact atudent loan forgiveness, right? So...lawsuits?
Posted by: squid_hunt at September 27, 2022 11:11 AM (9CyuP)

This is correct. However, us being a lawless society now might be a problem.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

53 Illegal immigration. People
Without a green card or I. The process of applying for one or for citizenship.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (6vVfZ)

54 Incentivizing stupidity and sloth.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (lf83v)

55 If you can't prove you have the right to be here. OUT.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (6vVfZ)

I'm FIRST. Does that count?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

56 Sending out the Batlight for Dave on the latest Marist poll In Pennsylvania showing Fetterfraud and Shapiro way up over Oz and Mastraino.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (ZeDNp)

57 Most federal spending, like 60-70%, are transfer payments.
Welfare, SS, and Medicare/caid.

THIS is the problem.

Get out the ammo when the EBT cards stop working.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (ufFY8)

58 Countries like Argentina have already gone down this path. Just look at them, theres our future.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (trdmm)

59 Just to be clear, Biden still doesn't have authority to enact atudent loan forgiveness, right? So...lawsuits?

A lawsuit has been filed. Clarence Thomas is probably licking his chops.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 27, 2022 11:13 AM (ZGrMX)

60 Just to be clear, Biden still doesn't have authority to enact atudent loan forgiveness, right? So...lawsuits?
__________

C'mon, man. He has a pen and a phone.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 27, 2022 11:14 AM (lf83v)

61 30 And I would accept it, with one proviso. Any money saved must go to reducing the debt, not new spending. And we know the chances of that happening.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (ayzS/)

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The political will won't develop until people demand that, but that would be the more immediate next step in the solution.

An absolute cap on federal spending with real punishment for politicians that go beyond it. Jail time. A lot of jail time. They can vote for it, but they spend the next 30 years in a maximum security prison with no chance for parole.

So, the first part is never, ever going to happen. The second part will also never, ever happen. There is no political solution to the debt. There is only crisis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:14 AM (LvTSG)

62 Years ago I remember reading that some lefty had found only 10% of the people on welfare where there long term.

But what that actually meant is those 10% were using 90+% of the funding since they were on it for life. Basically turn 18, have a baby, and start collecting until you die in your 70s.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:14 AM (ESjRY)

63 Dems give their voters free stuff. Reps don’t.
Hence one party wins often and one loses.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 11:14 AM (3vQN0)

64 25 The globalists' best plan for reducing legacy obligations (Medicare/SS) was the plague and mRNA jabs and shutdowns, now energy reduction. But they have not (yet) killed off near enough old people.

hello, sailor!

Posted by: covid 23 at September 27, 2022 11:15 AM (v3pYe)

65 This seemingly benign statement is the crux of the problem.

Well done!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:12 AM (XIJ/X)

Pseudo-Profound Bullshit. I think I'm going to be using that phrase a lot now.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 27, 2022 11:15 AM (UuD2k)

66 If it's not going to be paid, then it is not a generational question at all, and the resolution may happen at any time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (t0OGg)

The repercussions of this insanity will last for generations. It will decrease standards of living for our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

Thus, "generational."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:15 AM (XIJ/X)

67 I have always know government would spend us into oblivion

Posted by: Skip's phone at September 27, 2022 11:15 AM (7N7iw)

68 Dems give their voters free stuff. Reps don’t.

Dems give their voters exactly what they say they want. Whether or not it is good for them or actually what they want is a different story.

Republicans give their votes what the Dems promise but slower and cheaper.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:16 AM (ESjRY)

69 I have always know government would spend us into oblivion

Posted by: Skip's phone

*cough*

Posted by: De Tocqueville at September 27, 2022 11:16 AM (ayzS/)

70 Harking back to the last thread, Rachel Dolezal changed her name to get away from the stigma attached to her old name, however, is still pretending to be black.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

71 53 Illegal immigration. People
Without a green card or I.

NO
CARD
I

Posted by: horta at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (v3pYe)

72 Dems give their voters free stuff. Reps don’t.

Would that it were so.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (ayzS/)

73 Sponge...I LOL'd.

Very clever.

Thank you.

Posted by: Actually Inside the Beltway at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (fMhOl)

74 20
Yes, default is the way I see this shaking out too.
As a result the federal govt. is no longer able to guarantee anyone's savings, banks fail, Great Depression 2.0

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (q3iUt)

75 62

A few years ago a study showed more than 50% of the public receives a govt check. It’s not just welfare, that includes SS, federal employee pensions, military members, etc. But still 1/2 the country depends on the govt. Which means it is politically impossible to ever cut govt spending. And it’s time everyone understood that.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (3vQN0)

76 The repercussions of this insanity will last for generations. It will decrease standards of living for our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

Thus, "generational."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:15 AM (XIJ/X)
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Ah. From that standpoint, yes. Whether the debt is paid off with a multi-generational effort or if it is repudiated or otherwise failed with all of the consequences of that occurring, it will take a generation or more or play out. I read it more narrowly - as in, the debt problem itself.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (t0OGg)

77 "Dems give their voters free stuff. Reps don’t.
Hence one party wins often and one loses."

It is actually far, far worse than this.
The Dems give their voters Good Feelz, regardless of the effects on the country. Hence open borders that is an unfunded liability in the trillions, and billions and billions for Ukraine, etc etc.

If it were only limited to "stuff" we'd be in far better shape. But Feelz and virtue signaling is a bottomless pit.

Posted by: Zek at September 27, 2022 11:18 AM (fsV7e)

78 I have thought for a decade or so that the plan is for a toot of 1500% inflation for a year or so to inflate away the debt. Everyone on the government teat gets COLA increases to go along. Bazillionaires are down to the their last few hundred million dollars - they will be okay.

Everyone else? Well, sucks to be you.

Now I am not so sure it is a plan so much as inevitability.

Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 11:18 AM (pwExq)

79 Oh, and smart enforcement of immigration law would be to just take all the money/good illegals have when you ship them back.

They are here to make money either from welfare or work so taking the profits of their crime from them changes the calculus.

Throw in some prison labor before sending them back and the math really works out so they'll stop coming.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:18 AM (ESjRY)

80 Rachel has a stereotypical big black booty, so there is that.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 27, 2022 11:18 AM (ufFY8)

81 So is Putin attacking Academia, too?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:18 AM (KY22T)

82 President Waraiotoko will sign...
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Don't blame me; I voted for garrett!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (yikp0)

83 If you can't prove you have the right to be here. OUT.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 27, 2022 11:09 AM (6vVfZ)

"Please step into the trebuchet sling, sir. Thank you. And here is your complimentary bag of dicks. Bon voyage!"

Posted by: Air INS at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (h5TKJ)

84 I just discovered Chris Bray's substack, and I'm tearing through it like Hunter Biden on a crack binge. He writes, "Gavin Newsom is some clothes with a bag of skin and fluid inside them, a thing of no substance at all. He's a breast implant with a mouth."

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (Mzdiz)

85 72 Dems give their voters free stuff. Reps don’t.

Would that it were so.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:17 AM (ayzS/

Reps give Dem voters free stuff. The tax cuts for example which went to Bezos and Cuckerberg.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (3vQN0)

86 Don't blame me; I voted for garrett!

Crocks and Cocks 2024

Posted by: Garrett 2024! at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (ESjRY)

87 Actually, as long as the dollar is least weak, we continue to win.
Similarly, with the new hyper-inflation, all those debts disappear as we pay back with mini-dollars.

Posted by: Actually Inside the Beltway at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (fMhOl)

88 CBD, I disagree with one point. We will be alive when this collapses.

Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (9UmRs)

89 Now I am not so sure it is a plan so much as inevitability.
Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 11:18 AM (pwExq)

That's not a steady state solution though. People won't just sit on their hands and slowly starve to death. They'll go grab the colander from the kitchen along with their sharpest lawn care tool, and find the nearest band of type-deleters to join up with.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 11:20 AM (6FeV1)

90 Is it weird that I was a little bit disappointed to see the Dow go back up this morning after two weeks of sh*tting the bed? Even though it's killing my 401k along with everyone else's, I feel like if we're going to hit the wall -- and we are -- that sooner is better than later so that maybe there will be some chance of recovering in my lifetime.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 27, 2022 11:20 AM (nfrXX)

91 A few years ago a study showed more than 50% of the public receives a govt check. It’s not just welfare, that includes SS, federal employee pensions, military members, etc.

As I said earlier, if I could have pulled out of SS, I would have. My pension is something I earned, but I would also have taken that money out if I'd had the option and invested it myself at the time. The military is one of the few legitimate governmental functions, as mandated in the Constitution.

You did distinguish them, but many will still act as if they're all the same.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (ayzS/)

92 My understanding of MMT is it doesn't work because of inflation. BUT they claim they can tighten to control the inflation, as they may be doing now ... not just with interest rates, but with QT (opposite of QE) ... pulling money out.

And this may be why Rand Paul wants to audit the fed. imo they do not have to balance their books, and those trillions "on their books" will stay there forever. No interest is paid, it (almost) all goes back to the government.

Not sure of the mechanics, but they seem to be throttling the masses, so they can't spend, they are broke. But we have to have a real economy (producing real things) or we just enrich China until ? the USD is broken.

But that looks deliberate to me ... IMF/BIS will start taking control? They are in the "breaking things phase" and have been for a long time, might have actually broken it in 2008 with TARP bailouts for BigBank (not for small local bank).

Posted by: illiniwek at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (Cus5s)

93 Is it weird that I was a little bit disappointed to see the Dow go back up this morning after two weeks of sh*tting the bed? Even though it's killing my 401k along with everyone else's, I feel like if we're going to hit the wall -- and we are -- that sooner is better than later so that maybe there will be some chance of recovering in my lifetime.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 27, 2022 11:20 AM (nfrXX)
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Nothing goes to hell in a straight line.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (t0OGg)

94 Great Depression hold my beer.

Posted by: Guzalot at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (c1V25)

95 26 I am not kidding a bit that 30 years ago boss was rolling the great advantages of 401, my thinking was I will never see it no matter what I did.

well, when i was knee-high to a grasshopper everything caused cancer. so my retirement plan was always to die of cancer before turning fifty.

that didn't work out. something something plans meeting the enemy.

Posted by: kulak anachronda at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (v3pYe)

96 Is it weird that I was a little bit disappointed to see the Dow go back up this morning after two weeks of sh*tting the bed? Even though it's killing my 401k along with everyone else's, I feel like if we're going to hit the wall -- and we are -- that sooner is better than later so that maybe there will be some chance of recovering in my lifetime.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 27, 2022 11:20 AM (nfrXX)

We're doing our job sir!

Posted by: PPT at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (Hh3y4)

97 Parents Say NYC Children Are Seeking Therapy to Cope With Crime, Vagrants

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SPOILER ALERT of Jennifer Donnelly's YA novel Revolution. The high school girl protagonist of this novel is deeply troubled but we don't why until the end. She was feeling guilty because she was walking her younger brother to school when a street crazy killed him. Looks like she was ahead of her time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (FVME7)

98 Leprosy > Mitch McConnell

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (ZCool)

99 I keep hearing that what can't go on forever won't. When is the beginning of forever? When is the end?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (63Dwl)

100 Disgusting pig Rachel Vindman has thoughts on Hurricane Ian bearing down on FL.

Rachel Vindman
@natsechobbyist
We should use they/them pronouns for Hurricane Ian to annoy DeSantis

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Wait, there's more:

Rachel Vindman
I appreciate the danger of this storm which only serves to underscore the point that electing leaders who only divert their attention away from destroying systems [in order to score political points] to emergencies, isn't helpful when there is a true crisis.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (ptqGC)

101 Suspend belief for a few moments and pretend the FBI is telling the truth that that they did not use excessive force or a SWAT team with Houck. Go even further and imagine they didn't even pull their guns and just knocked and arrested Houck without using a show of force. Hard to do but try.

Is it still not state tyranny? For knocking down that degenerate that was harassing his kid and dismissed by a local court a year ago he was arrested and faces months of legal hassles, bills and years in prison. The KGB /NKVD usally did not make a big show of force and sometimes were even civil when making arrests. (The pain and suffering started shortly afterward.) So screw Garland and anybody involved. They are stepping this up to a new level.

Posted by: Ripley at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (MxEKc)

102 I wouldn't have dropped outta HS had I'd known this was gonna happen

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (us2H3)

103 90 Is it weird that I was a little bit disappointed to see the Dow go back up this morning after two weeks of sh*tting the bed?

dead cat bounce

Posted by: kulak anachronda at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (v3pYe)

104
Rachel Vindman
I appreciate the danger of this storm which only serves to underscore the point that electing leaders who only divert their attention away from destroying systems [in order to score political points] to emergencies, isn't helpful when there is a true crisis.

ESAD, cünt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

105 Actually, as long as the dollar is least weak, we continue to win.
Similarly, with the new hyper-inflation, all those debts disappear as we pay back with mini-dollars.

Of course, those of us who have spent a lifetime building assets will now have only a small fraction of them.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (ayzS/)

106 Milton Friedman: “ You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state."

Posted by: 7man at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (qwO6y)

107 President Waraiotoko is expected to offer Mr. garrett a position as Secretary of Fashion and Nuclear Ordinance. The new cabinet level department will be funded by proceeds from shitcanning all the other departments in their entirety.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (6FeV1)

108 Any of you ‘Ron’s catch Julie London in that Jose Ferrer movie on TCM last night?

YOWZA!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (atmen)

109 106 Milton Friedman: “ You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state."
Posted by: 7man at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (qwO6y)

========

"Look at this fucking retard, man."
-Modern day Libertarian Party members, toking it hard

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (LvTSG)

110 We're beyond mere considerations of debts and spending.

Actually, every nation going tits up at the same time may be the silver lining in the dark storm clouds of the abyss.

Everyone could theoretically shout, abracadabra, peanut butter alakazam, and wipe their books clean and start over at some reset point as if all of the unpleasantness never existed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (up/3i)

111
Crocks and Cocks 2024
Posted by: Garrett 2024! at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (ESjRY)

And yet, he threatens ME with violence.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

112 Of course, those of us who have spent a lifetime building assets will now have only a small fraction of them.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (ayzS/)

Depends what those assets are.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (VPWcH)

113 Michael Anton goes there: "... brace yourselves, I’m just going to say it - [our] increasingly anti-white regime."

https://tinyurl.com/2p9ted4r

Welcome to the party, pal!

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (24fqN)

114 I just discovered Chris Bray's substack, and I'm tearing through it like Hunter Biden on a crack binge. He writes, "Gavin Newsom is some clothes with a bag of skin and fluid inside them, a thing of no substance at all. He's a breast implant with a mouth."

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (Mzdiz)

Except that a breast implant is more useful than newsom.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (VwHCD)

115 Nuclear ordinance? Or ordnance?

Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (S7une)

116 Crocks and Cocks 2024
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Hey. He got Ace's endorsement. That and the free Vespa program are good enough for me.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (yikp0)

117 Senior leaders at the Secret Service reportedly confiscated the cellphones of 24 agents who were involved with the Jan. 6, 2021, response and delivered the phones to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general.

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (RHGPo)

118 It is Crackpot Economics, CBD. It started with Marx - it might as well have been Groucho.

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (Vr12I)

119 Abolish The Federal Government.

Bye bye to all their Madoff scheme welfare giveaways.

People will still cry for a handout but screw them.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (bC9HI)

120 Is it weird that I was a little bit disappointed to see the Dow go back up this morning after two weeks of sh*tting the bed? Even though it's killing my 401k along with everyone else's, I feel like if we're going to hit the wall -- and we are -- that sooner is better than later so that maybe there will be some chance of recovering in my lifetime.

I do the same, but because I have lots of $ sitting on the sidelines, and I want to buy on the dip / crater / smoking caldera. Those who did this during the Depression made out quite well.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (ayzS/)

121 Go even further and imagine they didn't even pull their guns and just knocked and arrested Houck without using a show of force.
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It's easy if you try!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (yikp0)

122 I keep hearing that what can't go on forever won't. When is the beginning of forever? When is the end?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2022 11:22 AM (63Dwl)
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That's the $64 trillion question.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (t0OGg)

123 CBD, I disagree with one point. We will be alive when this collapses.

Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (9UmRs)

I am not suggesting that it will begin after we are dead. I am suggesting that it won't be resolved until after we are dead!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (XIJ/X)

124 Nothing goes to hell in a straight line.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:21 AM (t0OGg)

On the contrary. Bowling balls. Feathers. Buttered toast. Communists....

Posted by: Sir Isaac Newton at September 27, 2022 11:26 AM (6FeV1)

125 A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday handed former President Trump a partial victory in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s, with the court ruling that presidents are covered by a federal law that gives broad legal immunity to government employees. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit said a lower court erred when it ruled that Trump’s accuser, E. Jean Carroll, could sue Trump personally for the allegedly defamatory statements he made about her during his presidency.

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 11:26 AM (RHGPo)

126 Nuclear ordinance? Or ordnance?
Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (S7une)
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Nuclear ordinance: "atomic energy and weapons are banned here"
Nuclear ordnance: Tsar Bomba

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:26 AM (t0OGg)

127 If Fetterman wins, is he going to wear turtlenecks full time in the Senate? I mean, he's going to have to come up with something other than a hoodie to cover that mass on his neck. A size 23 shirt ain't gonna work.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (SIZS3)

128 112 Of course, those of us who have spent a lifetime building assets will now have only a small fraction of them.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (ayzS/)

Depends what those assets are.

indeed

Posted by: kim kardashian, noted assette at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (v3pYe)

129 Nuclear ordinance? Or ordnance?
Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (S7une)

Secretary? Whack him in the pee pee.

Posted by: Sir Isaac Newton at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (6FeV1)

130 If Fetterman wins, is he going to wear turtlenecks full time in the Senate? I mean, he's going to have to come up with something other than a hoodie to cover that mass on his neck. A size 23 shirt ain't gonna work.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (SIZS3)

That clusterfuck wins, it's just a testament to how doomed we really are as a nation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

131 a lower court erred when it ruled that Trump’s accuser, E. Jean Carroll, could sue Trump personally for the allegedly defamatory statements he made about her during his presidency.

She's the one that said rape is sexy when she announced Trump raped her.

This is how serious all these charges are.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (ESjRY)

132 I SUCK at socking.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 27, 2022 11:28 AM (6FeV1)

133 ...and delivered the [agents'] phones to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general.
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Where they were lost in a boating accident.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:28 AM (yikp0)

134 If Fetterman wins, is he going to wear turtlenecks full time in the Senate? I mean, he's going to have to come up with something other than a hoodie to cover that mass on his neck. A size 23 shirt ain't gonna work.

Monk's cowl.
https://tinyurl.com/yvy2uwxm

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:28 AM (ayzS/)

135 Sadly, we'll eventually run out of other people's money.

But on the other hand, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY!!!

PARTY ON DUDES!!!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders and Other Filthy Socialist Vermin at September 27, 2022 11:28 AM (lj6YW)

136 "Actually, as long as the dollar is least weak, we continue to win. Similarly, with the new hyper-inflation, all those debts disappear as we pay back with mini-dollars."

yes, though some smart people say it is most trusted so money will pour in to the USD (for now), but that the fundamentals of it are actually weaker than most. I'm not sure if that has changed over the last two years or not ... so much crazy going on everywhere.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 27, 2022 11:28 AM (Cus5s)

137 116 Crocks and Cocks 2024
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So is Garrett backing Buttigay for Prez?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (KY22T)

138 Glenn Beck just talked to Richard Grenell on his radio show. The first thing Grenell said was that the vast majority of FBI personnel are very good people.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (63Dwl)

139 Joe Mannix -- Yeah, I know...but does President Waraiotoko know?

Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (S7une)

140 Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills refused to remove a taxpayer-funded video that dubbed the campaign phrase “MAGA” a form of “covert racism” from the state’s Education Department resources, according to a report.

The Maine Department of Education offers a program titled, “Maine Online Opportunities for Sustained Education” (MOOSE) that included a module on “inclusivity” for Maine educators. The module stated that “MAGA,” the campaign phrase popularized by former President Donald Trump, is an example of “covert racism and white supremacy.”

Other examples of alleged “covert” racist ideas included, “education funding from property taxes,” “Columbus day,” “anti-immigration policies,” “not challenging racist jokes,” “All Lives Matter,” “racist Halloween costumes,” “assuming good intentions are enough,” and more.

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (RHGPo)

141 So, now someone has sabotaged the Nord Stream Two pipeline, a day after the Nord Stream One pipeline was sabotaged. (The natural gas pipelines connect Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea.)

The Ukrainians are blaming Russia - but that makes no sense - Russia controls the valves on the east side of the pipeline, so they can control the flow of gas in any case.

So who would have an interest in making sure that Russia couldn't ship natural gas to Germany, even after a hypothetical peace settlement?

A possible clue is that the neo-cons at National Google Review are absolutely giddy over the sabotage: "Who Will Rid Me of This Meddlesome Pipeline?" By JIM GERAGHTY.

I guess someone wants to make sure that Germany won't cut a deal with Russia as Germany starts to freeze this winter.

Anybody seen Victoria Nuland lately?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (I2/tG)

142 135 Sadly, we'll eventually run out of other people's money.

But on the other hand, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY!!!

PARTY ON DUDES!!!
Posted by: Bernie Sanders and Other Filthy Socialist Vermin at September 27, 2022 11:28 AM (lj6YW)

"Once again, I am asking for your support."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (V6f9+)

143 Glenn Beck just talked to Richard Grenell on his radio show. The first thing Grenell said was that the vast majority of FBI personnel are very good people.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (63Dwl)

They're proving by the day they're NOT. This is why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

144 NASA does something that it knew all along it could do and spent 325 million dollars doing it

just so they could ask or a whole bunch more money

or maybe I should say "demand"

maybe they will reward us with a new flavor of Tang

gub programs suck

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (us2H3)

145 Joe Mannix -- Yeah, I know...but does President Waraiotoko know?
Posted by: FriscoYoda at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (S7une)
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Of course he does! The leader *always* knows. If his knowledge is contrary to mine, the knowledge will change to match the leader's point of view!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (t0OGg)

146 So, now someone has sabotaged the Nord Stream Two pipeline, a day after the Nord Stream One pipeline was sabotaged.

Sorry - Nord Stream Two was sabotaged first.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (I2/tG)

147 Milton Friedman: “ You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state."

Thanks for holding my beer, Milt.

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (Sv58p)

148 That was a very short lived Dead Cat Bounce. Biden is gonna be pissed.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (KY22T)

149 I say we get rid of Columbus Day and replace it with Ann Arbor Day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (atmen)

150 If Fetterman wins, is he going to wear turtlenecks full time in the Senate? I mean, he's going to have to come up with something other than a hoodie to cover that mass on his neck. A size 23 shirt ain't gonna work.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 27, 2022 11:27 AM (SIZS3)

He'll have to muzzle it so it don't start saying shit like start the reactor, free mars.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM (VwHCD)

151 Hiring the Chicago Boys was my second best idea.

Hiring extra helicopter pilots was first.

Posted by: Augusto Pinochet at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM (lj6YW)

152 So, now someone has sabotaged the Nord Stream Two pipeline, a day after the Nord Stream One pipeline was sabotaged.

Sorry - Nord Stream Two was sabotaged first.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:30 AM (I2/tG)

Biden said this would happen if Russia invaded Ukraine. He's keeping his promise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

153 117 Senior leaders at the Secret Service reportedly confiscated the cellphones of 24 agents who were involved with the Jan. 6, 2021, response and delivered the phones to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general.
Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (RHGPo)

Did they deliver the hammers and bit bleach too, or is that available in DHS central supply?

Posted by: Just Lily at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM (pIiua)

154 I am not suggesting that it will begin after we are dead. I am suggesting that it won't be resolved until after we are dead!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (XIJ/X)

No, many people will die within 2 or 3 years and we survivors will rebuild from the ashes.

Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM (9UmRs)

155 If debt is a worldwide problem, what would stop the state from printing money day and night to stoke the inflation fires? The other reckless states (that is to say, all of them) could choose the same path, and if we are are hurtling along together, maybe our currency won't seem too debauched by comparison. The amount of the debt is largely fixed, and could be repaid with dollars that are relatively worthless.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (7fVdQ)

156
He'll have to muzzle it so it don't start saying shit like start the reactor, free mars.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM

I understand this reference

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (ENBF0)

157 Of course, those of us who have spent a lifetime building assets will now have only a small fraction of them.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:23 AM (ayzS/)

Depends what those assets are.
Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 11:24 AM (VPWcH)

It has been true for all time: you only own what you can defend.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (yQpMk)

158 The Ukrainians are blaming Russia - but that makes no sense - Russia controls the valves on the east side of the pipeline, so they can control the flow of gas in any case. ...
... I guess someone wants to make sure that Germany won't cut a deal with Russia as Germany starts to freeze this winter.
Anybody seen Victoria Nuland lately?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (I2/tG)
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If it was sabotage at sea, the best bet is that we did it. If we did it to hold Germany and the rest of Europe hostage to prevent them from suing for a separate peace, we are *definitely* the baddies at this point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (t0OGg)

159 150 If Fetterman wins, is he going to wear turtlenecks full time in the Senate? I mean, he's going to have to come up with something other than a hoodie to cover that mass on his neck. A size 23 shirt ain't gonna work.
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I would recommend a Fox Fur Throw. Fetterman would look fetching in that. Bring back the roaring 20's!

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (KY22T)

160 Traditionally the way old school invasions worked is the invaders would take most of the stuff from the people living there and take over the leadership positions.

The Biden junta is trying to give the invaders enough of our wealth that they will still be left in charge.

I don't think anything like this has ever worked in history. If you let in invaders you can't control they'll eventually become the rulers

Posted by: 18-1 at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (ESjRY)

161 Glenn Beck just talked to Richard Grenell on his radio show. The first thing Grenell said was that the vast majority of FBI personnel are very good people.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2022 11:29 AM (63Dwl)

Grenell is Deep State.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (sI15f)

162 Warner Bros. "The Wizard of Oz" Remake Will Feature LGBTQ Representation as Part of “A Story That Reflects the World”

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I guess we'll have the Tin Girl With a Penis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (FVME7)

163 137
'So is Garrett backing Buttigay for Prez?'

Backing him to the hilt!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (q3iUt)

164 It is immoral and unethical to pass legislation that extends beyond a 4 year period. You're not gods and you're not saving the world. It's foolish to think that you can.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (w2Z7l)

165 Someone blew up all of the nordstream pipelines. Thousands of cubic feet per second escaping. One guess as to which side did it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (5Tc06)

166 That was a very short lived Dead Cat Bounce. Biden is gonna be pissed.

Gas prices are shooting back up in Portland.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:33 AM (I2/tG)

167 Multi-trillion dollar debt is baked into the cake.

*******

Obligatory:

"We're gonna need a bigger cake."
/Chef Brody

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2022 11:33 AM (cPDW+)

168 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline that will bring Norwegian gas to Poland in efforts to bolster Europe’s energy independence from Moscow.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the events “an act of sabotage,” while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she could not rule it out after three leaks were detected over the past day on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which are filled with gas but not delivering the fuel to Europe. An energy standoff over Russia’s war in Ukraine halted flows on Nord Stream 1 and prevented them from ever starting in the parallel Nord Stream 2.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:33 AM (yikp0)

169 Fetterman and his neck baby are the man on the ottoman come to life.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at September 27, 2022 11:33 AM (sI15f)

170 Obligatory:

"We're gonna need a bigger cake."
/Chef Brody
Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2022 11:33 AM (cPDW+)
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The cake is a lie!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:33 AM (t0OGg)

171 155 If debt is a worldwide problem, what would stop the state from printing money day and night to stoke the inflation fires?
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Biden already did that. And simultaneously doubled the cost of energy. All in one fucking day via EOs.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:34 AM (KY22T)

172 Someone blew up all of the nordstream pipelines. Thousands of cubic feet per second escaping. One guess as to which side did it.

We did it - we don't trust Germany not to cut a deal with the Russians. Also, it makes Europe more dependent on US LNG imports.

Great - now all the people freezing in Europe this winter can legitimately blame us.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:34 AM (I2/tG)

173 NASA does something that it knew all along it could do and spent 325 million dollars doing it
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$325 million? Hah! A mere rounding error.

Posted by: Build Back Better Billions at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (lf83v)

174
I understand this reference
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (ENBF0)

https://youtu.be/86scPKqWFvc?t=6

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

175 Ripped from today's headlines!

“How to Blow up a Pipeline” Director Claims That a High Level “Counterterrorism” Official Helped With the “Eco-Terrorist Thriller”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)

176 We did it - we don't trust Germany not to cut a deal with the Russians. Also, it makes Europe more dependent on US LNG imports.

I suppose one might wait until more is known, but where's the fun in that?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (ayzS/)

177 166 That was a very short lived Dead Cat Bounce. Biden is gonna be pissed.

Gas prices are shooting back up in Portland.
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Everyone in Portland is shooting up.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (KY22T)

178
Great - now all the people freezing in Europe this winter can legitimately blame us.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:34 AM (I2/tG)

On the bright side this screws over the Europeans.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (VPWcH)

179 If Cake Girl wants to bake that multi-trillion dollar debt cake, I’m cool with it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (atmen)

180 there are more good guys on the AOS than there is in the FBI

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (us2H3)

181 Grenell said was that the vast majority of FBI personnel are very good people.
___________

He just wants to date them

Posted by: AOC at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (lf83v)

182 Depends on the definition of, “collapse.”

Posted by: Holy Crap at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (fFUlN)

183 If debt is a worldwide problem, what would stop the state from printing money day and night to stoke the inflation fires? The other reckless states (that is to say, all of them) could choose the same path, and if we are are hurtling along together, maybe our currency won't seem too debauched by comparison. The amount of the debt is largely fixed, and could be repaid with dollars that are relatively worthless.
Posted by: Oglebay at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (7fVdQ)
++++
Competitive devaluing is not a new concept. The entire industrialized world basically played this game from 2008 until COVID hit.

The problem comes up outside of the monetary sphere. There are plenty of problems there, too, but the kind of inflation we and much of the rest of the world have been seeing has real consequences on the population. Eventually, some politician gets wise to it and blows up whatever he has to blow up to deal with the problem (including his country's creditors) and lets the chips fall where they may. Alternatively, they all hold the line until revolution becomes palatable and weaker countries start experiencing them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (t0OGg)

184 Trouble in paradise!

Woke Leftists Triggered by “House of the Dragon” Killing off Gay Character

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (FVME7)

185 I believe the USA is behind the sabotage to Nord

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (w0NJk)

186 @127

>>If Fetterman wins..

Fetterman is more than likely going to win, the PA SOS already mucked around with the voting rules to give the Donks enough votes to "fortify" the election.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (up/3i)

187 Kinda like fetal pulse. Let’s hear it.

Posted by: Holy Crap at September 27, 2022 11:37 AM (fFUlN)

188 180 there are more good guys on the AOS than there is in the FBI
Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (us2H3)

Is that like the ten righteous men in Sodom???

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 11:37 AM (Vr12I)

189 Everyone in Portland is shooting up.
____________

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Enema of the State at September 27, 2022 11:37 AM (lf83v)

190 On the bright side this screws over the Europeans.

Some Europeans have already noticed that high energy prices in Europe are shifting manufacturing from Europe to the United States, where energy prices are more reasonable.

We're just helping the process along.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:37 AM (I2/tG)

191 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 27, 2022 11:37 AM (T4tVD)

192 176 "We did it - we don't trust Germany not to cut a deal with the Russians. Also, it makes Europe more dependent on US LNG imports."

I suppose one might wait until more is known, but where's the fun in that?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (ayzS/)

Ukrainians, Russians, or us. Ukrainians have motive, not necessarily means. Russians have an off switch and attacking your own infrastructure is dumb. That leaves us. Ukraine has some possibility but we have clearer means.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (VPWcH)

193 "NASA does something that it knew all along it could do and spent 325 million dollars doing it "

Even worse, that is money we could have sent to Ukraine

Posted by: Ripley at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (MxEKc)

194 Never in my life would I believe the US govt would be the bad guys, but here we are.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (sI15f)

195 I understand this reference
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 27, 2022 11:32 AM (ENBF0)

https://youtu.be/86scPKqWFvc?t=6

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

You needed a clip of Kuato. Fetterman has a kuato.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (VwHCD)

196 154 I am not suggesting that it will begin after we are dead. I am suggesting that it won't be resolved until after we are dead!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 27, 2022 11:25 AM (XIJ/X)

No, many people will die within 2 or 3 years and we survivors will rebuild from the ashes.
Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:31 AM (9UmRs)

I like the optimism, Clutch.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (V6f9+)

197 @zerohedge · 39m
ITALY SECURED ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR WINTER WITHOUT RUSSIAN GAS
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Meloni Fascist did the sabotage. Now Italy will call the shots and not Brussels!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (yikp0)

198 If the junta had a hand in the sabotage done to the Nordstream pipeline(s) you can bet any LNG that would have gone to heat homes here this winter won't be available. It'll go overseas. Big Guy gets 10%.

You. Will. Be. Made. To. Suffer.

For Gaia.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2022 11:39 AM (BFigT)

199 Anybody seen Victoria Nuland lately?

Russia's other gas pipelines to Europe and the Black Sea go thru Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia.

Gee, where have we seen Color Revolutions and Deep State energy corruption?

Posted by: t-bird at September 27, 2022 11:39 AM (dNNCD)

200 The vast majority of Gestapo are good guys, regular ham and eggers, it's only a few bad apples that are causing all the trouble.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:39 AM (FVME7)

201
You needed a clip of Kuato. Fetterman has a kuato.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (VwHCD)

https://youtu.be/gaaf_9TqPL8

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

202 Eventually, some politician gets wise to it and blows up whatever he has to blow up to deal with the problem (including his country's creditors) and lets the chips fall where they may. Alternatively, they all hold the line until revolution becomes palatable and weaker countries start experiencing them.
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Invade, Invite and Indebt.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:39 AM (KY22T)

203 I suppose one might wait until more is known, but where's the fun in that?

We need confirmation, but who benefits from sabotaging the pipeline?

Ukraine does, but I don't think that Ukraine has the ability to sabotage pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

Which leaves us.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:39 AM (I2/tG)

204 I remember an insane scheme/plan during the Obama years. Essentially to inflate our way out of debt (the trillion dollar coin was part of it.) The commies seem to believe they will hold all the cards when everything goes to hell because they will have all of the force (my opinion why Obama's focus on subverting the military as a bastion for conservatives.) This is the same playbook, just later in the story.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:40 AM (5r4XQ)

205 So you think old Doc Oz was just set up to lose?? Would not be the first time they have done that.

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 11:40 AM (Vr12I)

206 Gee, where have we seen Color Revolutions and Deep State energy corruption?
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Syria - but for those Red Lines.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:40 AM (KY22T)

207 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:08 AM (LvTSG)

"Abbott and Costello Meet The James Madison"

Description:

The boys get into a real pickle when pursued by famous monsters Dracula, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man and the most horrific monster of them all, internet movie critic The James Madison, who can't stop bloviating about his love of the terrible movie, "Prometheus"! You'll go insane with laughter!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2022 11:40 AM (KLPy8)

208 181 Grenell said was that the vast majority of FBI personnel are very good people.
___________

He just wants to date them
Posted by: AOC at September 27, 2022 11:36 AM (lf83v)

"Look at that juicy booty on the FBI!"
Ric Grenell

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:40 AM (V6f9+)

209 wanna solve Illegal immigration and get rid of the existing illegals

pass a law that it's a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for being illegal

and when you are caught, no bail

pass it and give the illegals 90 days to get the fuck out

will stop it overnight

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (us2H3)

210 [Actor] Tom Hardy [Mad Max :Fury Road] Wins Gold at Martial Arts Tournament, Explains How Jiu-Jitsu is Fundamental to Developing “Deeper Sense of Inner Resilience, Calm and Well Being”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (FVME7)

211 History is never resolved while you are alive. You never get to see the ending.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (5r4XQ)

212
Man, after all the hype, I finally went and looked at some photos of this Fetterman guy.

Just... wow. In a previous time, this guy would be chained to a tree and fed bowls of raw meat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (oINRc)

213 $3.31 a gallon for mid range here. I'm glad the move is over.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (5HBd1)

214 I've given up on the idea of fiscally responsible government. I just want a Smart Shooter.

https://tinyurl.com/3589263c

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (sWM8x)

215 Heh, Ford is up $.02 a share. Better jump on it now!

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (KY22T)

216 FBI is gub

and by definition it is evil

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (us2H3)

217 Just imagine the international reaction if it is found that the United States had sabotaged the pipelines.

I would expect noting less from Brandon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (I2/tG)

218 This wouldn't have happened under the previous Prince!

@zerohedge · 2h
*NIGERIA RAISES KEY INTEREST RATE TO 15.5%; EST. 14.50%

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (yikp0)

219
History is never resolved while you are alive. You never get to see the ending.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (5r4XQ)

So far.

But, the US government is going to try and divert an asteroid, I assume with their usual level of competence.

So, today might be the day that changes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 11:43 AM (oINRc)

220 212
Man, after all the hype, I finally went and looked at some photos of this Fetterman guy.

Just... wow. In a previous time, this guy would be chained to a tree and fed bowls of raw meat.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (oINRc)

========

Since he comes from money, he'd be relegated to the estate grounds, educated at great expense through tutors, and given control of some unimportant property that he would run into the ground over a decade before the family just decides to keep him in the house.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:43 AM (LvTSG)

221 In a letter to Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the senior Republicans on the Senate and House education committees...

*

One of my most prized possessions is a letter I received back from Senator Richard Burr, R-NC, after contacting him to insist he do everything in his power to prevent the 2020 steal at the state and federal levels.

His written response? Contact the FBI with my concerns.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:43 AM (pLe6i)

222 No worries, we can fix all of this with some targeted tax cuts! -GOP & "Conservative" Inc.

Posted by: No Shirt Shylock at September 27, 2022 11:43 AM (cDITE)

223 212
Man, after all the hype, I finally went and looked at some photos of this Fetterman guy.

Just... wow. In a previous time, this guy would be chained to a tree and fed bowls of raw meat.
---------------
Be civilized. Chain him to a dog run. Mongo likes that.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:43 AM (KY22T)

224 If a lot of the FBI were really good people, then the 'bad guys' would be experiencing more institutional resistance to what they want to do. What they are experiencing is no one standing up to them. That 'no one' is the 'ham and eggers'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (5r4XQ)

225 162 Warner Bros. "The Wizard of Oz" Remake Will Feature LGBTQ Representation as Part of “A Story That Reflects the World”

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I guess we'll have the Tin Girl With a Penis.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Reflects the World, eh?? So, it's going to be lots of raping and pillaging? Oz will have high crime problem and collapse financially?

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (sAmhv)

226 It's a terrible thing that is happening

also, Re: art thread
the cherubs are disturbing

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (geLO8)

227 History is never resolved while you are alive. You never get to see the ending.

Welllll....

Posted by: Residents of Pompeii at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (ayzS/)

228 Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Appeal From Inmate Facing Lethal Injection Who Says He's Afraid of Needles

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Poor baby!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (FVME7)

229 Someone blew up all of the nordstream pipelines. Thousands of cubic feet per second escaping. One guess as to which side did it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

*

Did anyone point out that it happened on September 24th?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (pLe6i)

230 Just imagine the international reaction if it is found that the United States had sabotaged the pipelines.

I would expect noting less from Brandon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:42 AM (I2/tG)

Biden said he would do it. Video link is posted in the last thread.

https://is.gd/eSlohd

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

231 New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

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What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (FVME7)

232 227 History is never resolved while you are alive. You never get to see the ending.
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Do it right and you hear the lamentations of teh women you are raping. THe Old Ways are Best.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (KY22T)

233 I think it’s interesting that when Universal started making those omnibus horror movies, they never included the mummy. I guess he lacked the necessary Germany/Transylvania connection, so would’ve been harder to work into a Middle-European storyline.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (atmen)

234 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (44ww/)

235 The Wizard of Oz" Remake Will Feature LGBTQ Representation as Part of “A Story That Reflects the World”

*

I can't wait to see who they cast for the flying monkeys.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (pLe6i)

236 Welllll....
Posted by: Residents of Pompeii at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (ayzS/)

History went right on chugging after all of them were dead. So too is it for everyone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (5r4XQ)

237 Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Appeal From Inmate Facing Lethal Injection Who Says He's Afraid of Needles

There's a solution for that.

Posted by: Zombie Gary Gilmore! at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (I2/tG)

238 wanna solve Illegal immigration and get rid of the existing illegals

pass a law that it's a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for being illegal

and when you are caught, no bail

pass it and give the illegals 90 days to get the fuck out

will stop it overnight

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:41 AM (us2H3)

I would say make it 10 years.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (VwHCD)

239 >>Reflects the World, eh?? So, it's going to be lots of raping and pillaging? Oz will have high crime problem and collapse financially?

Posted by: Puddleglum

Dorothy whips out an AK47 and hoses the Lollipop Guild

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (geLO8)

240 @222

>>No worries, we can fix all of this with some targeted tax cuts! -GOP & "Conservative" Inc.

Ahem, you mean targeted tax cuts that have an expiration date, let's not get crazy, fella.
--
Mitch The Bitch counting bags of CCP lucre.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (up/3i)

241 Live it up while you can! Climate change...or the government solution to it...gone kill us all.

Posted by: BignJames at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (AwYPR)

242 As I've posted before, the long-term solution is that certain federal programs are going to have to be devolved to the states. Despite the presence of tens of thousands of bureaucrats in those departments, a surprising amount of the federal budget is already largely administered by the states: housing, transportation, education, Medicaid, welfare, agriculture, etc. It would not be a big step to devolve the fiscal responsibility for those programs and take them off the federal budget, perhaps with federal money tapering over a number of years rather than being completely cut off.

Some states will choose to replace the declining federal money with their own money and some won't. The states that choose to maintain benefit levels will become welfare magnets, drive up taxes, and drive out businesses and people who want to work. They will go bankrupt. The states that cut benefits to a sustainable level will prosper.

This is the best solution that does not involve CW2.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (7B5FA)

243 I like the optimism, Clutch.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:38 AM (V6f9+)

Mark, 80% of people in this country are completely unprepared. Most of us here are prepared to some degree. Agree?

Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (9UmRs)

244 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?

It was soso at best. The only redeeming thing was the CGI of Vesuvius exploding.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (ayzS/)

245 231 New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

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What could possibly go wrong?
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This sounds like LaToya the DesTroya kind of thinking. I certainly am glad that I don't have to man a Bodega in NO.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (KY22T)

246 Javier Blas @JavierBlas
The size of the Nord Stream pipeline gas leak is huge.

According to the Danish armed forces, it measures about 1 kilometer in diameter. The smaller circle in the center is approximately 200 meters wide

https://twitter.com/JavierBlas/status/
1574753088480632832

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (yikp0)

247 184 Trouble in paradise!

Woke Leftists Triggered by “House of the Dragon” Killing off Gay Character
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

I'm assuming they did not watch GoT's?

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (sAmhv)

248 I can't wait to see who they cast for the flying monkeys.

They'll all wear MAGA caps.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (ayzS/)

249 234 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (44ww/)

All I can think of is the 80's mini series 'Last Days of Pompeii.' Brian Blessed. Sir Lawrence Olivier. Olivia Hussey. Duncan Reger. Ned Betty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (5r4XQ)

250 248 I can't wait to see who they cast for the flying monkeys.

They'll all wear MAGA caps.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (ayzS/)

=========

What can you say?

Fezzes are cool.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (LvTSG)

251 wanna solve Illegal immigration and get rid of the existing illegals
pass a law that it's a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for being illegal
and when you are caught, no bail
pass it and give the illegals 90 days to get the fuck out
will stop it overnight

Posted by: REDACTED

*

I'd not so much change it as add to it just a tad. "Pass a parallel law that it's a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for HIRING illegals"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (pLe6i)

252 >>New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

to do what

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (geLO8)

253 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?
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It blows!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (yikp0)

254
Dorothy whips out an AK47 and hoses the Lollipop Guild
Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (geLO8

Magazine Cover:

Dorothy to Twister: BLOW ME!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

255 There's a solution for that. Posted by: Zombie Gary Gilmore! at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (I2/tG)

I have to think there are some stone cold killers on death row who would do the job for a pack of smokes.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (7B5FA)

256 252 >>New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

to do what
Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (geLO

=========

Protect perps from the cops when they do arrive on the scene.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (LvTSG)

257 In this tweet Biden says he can end Nordstream 2.
This was back in Feb. of 2022.

https://tinyurl.com/3puj62hj

Posted by: gourmand du jour, w new lease on life at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (jTmQV)

258 So Biden promises to bring an end to Nord Stream 2, despite having no place at the table making the decisions. Now the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is sabotaged. Let's see if the Euros and or the Russians connect the dots.

Here's the video of Biden:
https://bit.ly/3dQLpqv

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (eyxn4)

259 How long have we been saying "the debt-hammer will fall". I believe it's been close to 40 years. Yet, here we are with an economy that's still functioning.

Even Rush noticed this warp in economic theory.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (BdMk6)

260 Biden said he would do it. Video link is posted in the last thread.

https://is.gd/eSlohd

Holee shift!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (I2/tG)

261 Why is the general public paying off student loans for SEC and Big 10 students... those schools just inked massive deals that pay each school around 100 million per year. But these motherfuckers never have enough money

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (/Txx1)

262 217
I hate FJB as much as anyone but if Russia decided to stop supplying to Europe and wanted them all to blame the US, mightn't they have done it?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 27, 2022 11:49 AM (q3iUt)

263 They already made a Black Wizard Of Oz that was pretty good, there is no need to remake the Wizard of Oz.

Or did they mean Wizard of Id?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2022 11:49 AM (up/3i)

264 I'd not so much change it as add to it just a tad. "Pass a parallel law that it's a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for HIRING illegals"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (pLe6i)

my house aint gonna clean itself

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:49 AM (us2H3)

265 259 How long have we been saying "the debt-hammer will fall". I believe it's been close to 40 years. Yet, here we are with an economy that's still functioning.

Even Rush noticed this warp in economic theory.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 27, 2022 11:48 AM (BdMk6)

A fair point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:49 AM (5r4XQ)

266 212
Man, after all the hype, I finally went and looked at some photos of this Fetterman guy.

Just... wow. In a previous time, this guy would be chained to a tree and fed bowls of raw meat.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

He was which is why he was the most qualified to be mayor of Braddock, PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 27, 2022 11:49 AM (sAmhv)

267 @262

>>I hate FJB as much as anyone but if Russia decided to stop supplying to Europe and wanted them all to blame the US, mightn't they have done it?

Perhaps, perhaps not, we'll never know for sure but remember..

Everything is an Op.
Everything is Bullshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (up/3i)

268 Brian Blessed played the volcano?

"YOU'RE REALLY MAKING ME ANGRY NOW! I'M GOING TO BLOW MY LID AND THEN WHO WILL BE SORRY?"

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (44ww/)

269 Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Appeal From Inmate Facing Lethal Injection Who Says He's Afraid of Needles

******

Injections have consequences...

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (cPDW+)

270 Biden said he would do it. Video link is posted in the last thread.

https://is.gd/eSlohd

Holee shift!
Posted by: The ARC of History!

**

No big deal. It's only the collapse of energy. And also an act of war.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (pLe6i)

271 wanna solve Illegal immigration and get rid of the existing illegals

We- meaning both us and all gov't agencies- know who they are. Staying paying them and accepting payment from them.

On their way out, hand them a parchment that begins, "Nosotros, La Gente...". It's the map to prosperity.

Posted by: t-bird at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (Sv58p)

272 Perhaps, perhaps not, we'll never know for sure but remember..

Could we at least determine if there was an actual explosion due to sabotage before we start assigning blame?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (ayzS/)

273 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?
Posted by: BourbonChicken

I'm waiting for the sequel, Pompeii 2.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (5Tc06)

274 >>I hate FJB as much as anyone but if Russia decided to stop supplying to Europe and wanted them all to blame the US, mightn't they have done it?

*

Sure, and Biden said he'd do it. Promised it. So it's Biden. Tough luck, Biden.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (pLe6i)

275 235
'I can't wait to see who they cast for the flying monkeys.'
Hahahahhaha!!
It's utterly predictable who it won't be.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (q3iUt)

276 234 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:45 AM (44ww/)

It's "Gladiator meets Dante's Peak" and apart from some of the effects is pretty lame.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (906pl)

277 Dorothy whips out an AK47 and hoses the Lollipop Guild

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (geLO

Standing next to a bearded spock who says "fascinating".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (VwHCD)

278 Biden: "I promise you, we will be able to do that."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (pLe6i)

279 268 Brian Blessed played the volcano?

"YOU'RE REALLY MAKING ME ANGRY NOW! I'M GOING TO BLOW MY LID AND THEN WHO WILL BE SORRY?"
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (44ww/)

=========

This is his claim, his threatening and my message. Unless the *Dolphin* be in presence here, to whom expressly I bring greeting too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (LvTSG)

280 Personally, I think a tranny Glinda the Good Witch would be a hoot.

Couldn’t be any less annoying than Billie Burke.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (atmen)

281 229 Someone blew up all of the nordstream pipelines. Thousands of cubic feet per second escaping. One guess as to which side did it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

*

Did anyone point out that it happened on September 24th?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

https://youtu.be/Vpqffgak7To

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (sAmhv)

282 I hate FJB as much as anyone but if Russia decided to stop supplying to Europe and wanted them all to blame the US, mightn't they have done it?

Possible, but very unlikely.

It is in Russia's interest to be able to offer to restore the gas flows to Germany, in exchange for a deal on Ukraine.

That option is now foreclosed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (I2/tG)

283 member when Kimba Woods got thrown under the bus cuz she had a wetback nanny ?

Posted by: REDACTED at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (us2H3)

284 Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Appeal From Inmate Facing Lethal Injection Who Says He's Afraid of Needles

******

Injections have consequences...
Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (cPDW+)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (V6f9+)

285 >>New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

to do what
Posted by: DB

Record it on cell phones and yell "WORLDSTAR!"

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at September 27, 2022 11:53 AM (OUMaO)

286 The Biden quote from earlier

ABC News @ABC · Feb 7
Pres. Biden: "If Russia invades... then there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it."

Reporter: "But how will you do that, exactly, since... the project is in Germany's control?"

Biden: "I promise you, we will be able to do that." http://abcn.ws/3B5SScx

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:53 AM (yikp0)

287 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?

It blows

********

You'll lava it!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2022 11:53 AM (cPDW+)

288 More annoying, I meant.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:53 AM (atmen)

289 Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Appeal From Inmate Facing Lethal Injection Who Says He's Afraid of Needles

This makes it even better. I'll sleep sounder tonight knowing that your last moments on this planet will be torturous. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

290 to do what

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (geLO

clean-up...hose the street/sidewalk

Posted by: BignJames at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (AwYPR)

291 Joe Biden's administration, that has done everything in its power to collapse energy production and options up to this point, probably didn't do this.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (pLe6i)

292 268 Brian Blessed played the volcano?

"YOU'RE REALLY MAKING ME ANGRY NOW! I'M GOING TO BLOW MY LID AND THEN WHO WILL BE SORRY?"
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (44ww/)

God, I love Brian Blessed. Finest, cured ham ever.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (V6f9+)

293 Every damn European had better be praying for a mild winter, or things are going to get grim over there.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (eyxn4)

294 268 Brian Blessed played the volcano?

"YOU'RE REALLY MAKING ME ANGRY NOW! I'M GOING TO BLOW MY LID AND THEN WHO WILL BE SORRY?"
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:50 AM (44ww/)

He actually played a Christian who led the underground community in the city. He is imprisoned when it is found out he is a Christian.

Sir Lawrence Olivier- I 'think' he was supposed to be Pliny the Elder (or an analogue.)
Ned Betty- a fish sauce magnate (wealthy, but trying to break into the nobility.)
Olivia Hussey- slave or commoner who is a christian
Duncan Reger- a gladiator named Lydon. His father is a christian.
There is an actor I cannot recall the name of who is a Greek nobleman who falls in love with Olivia Hussy, and has a blind slave woman who has a crush on him. Lydon is in love with the slave girl and so would like to kill the Greek dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (5r4XQ)

295 It will take a while for it to sink in that the US has lost the moral high ground, bigly, and especially under this regime.

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (Vr12I)

296 Couldn’t be any less annoying than Billie Burke.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (atmen)

Saw her in something else recently (I forget what - about a ditzy rich woman who employs bums) and she wasn't half as bad as when she played Glinda.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (906pl)

297 >>New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

to do what
Posted by: DB

Loot the bodies? Extract the gold teeth?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (FVME7)

298
to do what
Posted by: DB

Reenact episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

299 If a lot of the FBI were really good people, then the 'bad guys' would be experiencing more institutional resistance to what they want to do. What they are experiencing is no one standing up to them. That 'no one' is the 'ham and eggers'. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:44 AM (5r4XQ)

Back in the Crossfire Hurricane days, I posted regularly that there had to have been hundreds of people involved, who fell into 4 groups: 1. the true conspirators (Strzok, Page, McCabe, etc) who knew the story was bogus, but pushed it for political reasons; 2. the easily fooled, who believed it because they were predisposed to believe any OrangeManBad story; 3. the overly trusting, who believed it because their chain of command told them it was true; and 4. the cynical careerists, who could see that it was BS, but went along because Hillary was going to win and there was no upside in not being on the team (and then had to help cover it up after Trump won). Different motivations, but all guilty.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (7B5FA)

300 God, I love Brian Blessed. Finest, cured ham ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (V6f9+)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (5r4XQ)

301 Could we at least determine if there was an actual explosion due to sabotage before we start assigning blame?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (ayzS/)

You must be new here.

Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (pwExq)

302 Another theory is that if the Russians don't have the skill to repair them, then foreign contractors will have to be hired to make the repairs.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (yikp0)

303 Could we at least determine if there was an actual explosion due to sabotage before we start assigning blame?

LOL. Nord Steam One is actually two pipes.

So you had three separate random accidents completely take out three undersea natural gas lines within 24 hours that aren't located directly next to each other.

One is happenstance.

Twice is coincidence.

Three times is enemy action.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (I2/tG)

304 DOW is now down. S&P 500 soon to follow.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (KY22T)

305 pass a law that it's a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence for being illegal

The laws already passed don't do anything when they aren't enforced. Another law regarding illegal immigrants is as useless as the forest it's printed on in 57 languages.

Posted by: old chick at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (sOete)

306 You'll lava it!
Posted by: Muldoon
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It's a real gas!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (yikp0)

307 Brian Blessed was good as Augustus in I, Claudius.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (atmen)

308 God, I love Brian Blessed. Finest, cured ham ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (V6f9+)

Surely you mean BRIAN BLESSED?

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (OUMaO)

309 274
'Sure, and Biden said he'd do it. '

Good point. God, he's stupid.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (q3iUt)

310 Could we at least determine if there was an actual explosion due to sabotage before we start assigning blame?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (ayzS/)

Look at the evidence. It's hard to ignore.

Biden said "we'll stop the Nord Stream 2." German politicians said "September 24 will be a day you'll remember what you were doing the moment it happened."

Nope. Nothing to see here. Please disperse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 27, 2022 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

311 Mark, 80% of people in this country are completely unprepared. Most of us here are prepared to some degree. Agree?
Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:46 AM (9UmRs)

Yeah, mostly agree. I just like the spirit that we'll be rebuilding and that the actual dying will begin that quickly. It's refreshing to have someone thinking of the future picturing the rebuilding.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:57 AM (V6f9+)

312 > No big deal. It's only the collapse of energy. And also an act of war.

And gas shortages will likely kill Europeans. They'd all better be praying for a mild winter.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 11:57 AM (eyxn4)

313 301 Could we at least determine if there was an actual explosion due to sabotage before we start assigning blame?
Posted by: Archimedes at September 27, 2022 11:51 AM (ayzS/)

You must be new here.
Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 11:55 AM (pwExq)

This is the internet. It is mostly porn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:57 AM (5r4XQ)

314 Sure, and Biden said he'd do it. '

Well he definitely blew up the Keystone pipeline... Metaphorically speaking

Posted by: It's me donna at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (bs+z0)

315
This is his claim, his threatening and my message. Unless the *Dolphin* be in presence here, to whom expressly I bring greeting too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at September 27, 2022 11:52 AM (LvTSG)
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Just rewatched Henry V recently. I always like that scene.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (9nXhD)

316 It will take a while for it to sink in that the US has lost the moral high ground, bigly, and especially under this regime.

It amazes me how resistant people are to seeing the clearly obvious fact that today's US federal government is entirely evil. There's no amount of reform or compromise that's going to change that, either.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (kOpft)

317 Hollywood is working on a Wizard of Oz remake where everyone is gay. How will you be able to tell?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (3cXfB)

318 "Merrily We Live" - the Billie Burke movie I just saw. Silly but harmless.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (906pl)

319 307 Brian Blessed was good as Augustus in I, Claudius.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (atmen)

I need to watch that. I only caught fragments of it around 30 years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (5r4XQ)

320 312 > No big deal. It's only the collapse of energy. And also an act of war.

And gas shortages will likely kill Europeans. They'd all better be praying for a mild winter.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 11:57 AM (eyxn4)

Time to dig out the Farmer’s Almanac.

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (Vr12I)

321 God, I love Brian Blessed. Finest, cured ham ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:54 AM (V6f9+)

Surely you mean BRIAN BLESSED?
Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (OUMaO)

Right, sorry. Didn't have my volume set to BRIAN.
Seriously, I will watch lame British quiz shows that he appears on, just to hear him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (V6f9+)

322 >>New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

to do what
Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 11:47 AM (geLO

Case the joint.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (yQpMk)

323 BRIAN BLESSED play's Hamlet's father in Branaugh's Hamlet. Even his stage whispers are loud.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:59 AM (44ww/)

324 The stated reason for Russia cutting off deliveries through Nordstream was that the pressure pumps (on the Russia end) failed. There is no reason that pipe should have been under pressure. Story does not wash.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 27, 2022 11:59 AM (x61Im)

325 ZH:
||Swedish broadcaster SVT reported that the Swedish National Seismic Network detected two underwater explosions near the Nord Stream pipeline system on Monday.

“One of the explosions had a magnitude of 2.3, and was registered at as many as 30 measuring stations in southern Sweden,” SVT said.

Bjorn Lund, a professor in seismology and director of the Swedish National Seismic Network, said these two seismic events were explosions.

Here’s a map of the three leaks on the Nord Stream pipeline system.||

Jerusalem Post: ||Seismologists in Denmark and Sweden on Monday registered powerful blasts in the areas of the Nord Stream gas leaks, Sweden’s National Seismology Centre (SNSN) at the Uppsala University told public broadcaster SVT on Tuesday.

“There is no doubt that these were explosions,” SNSN seismologist Bjorn Lund told SVT.||

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 11:59 AM (yikp0)

326 Caleb McLaughlin, one of the co-stars of the Netflix hit Stranger Things, is attacking the show’s fans as racist. He’s certain that the fact he’s not as popular as his white co-stars is due to the fact he’s black.

“My very first Comic Con, some people didn’t stand in my line because I was Black. Some people told me, like, ‘Oh, I didn’t wanna be in line because you were mean to Eleven,'” he said at a Heroes Comic Con Belgium event Sunday. “Even now, some people don’t follow me or don’t support me because I’m Black.”

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 12:00 PM (RHGPo)

327 Hollywood is working on a Wizard of Oz remake where everyone is gay. How will you be able to tell?
Posted by: Ian S. at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (3cXfB)

Scrub scrub here, scrub scrub there
Whether you're pink or bronze
A man can wash another man
In the Merry Ole Land of Oz.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 27, 2022 12:00 PM (yQpMk)

328 Could we at least determine if there was an actual explosion due to sabotage before we start assigning blame?

There wasn't "an" actual explosion. There were three of them, on separate pipes, at different locations, several hours apart. One was on NS2, so this isn't some sort of cascade, either.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 12:00 PM (kOpft)

329 Every damn European had better be praying for a mild winter, or things are going to get grim over there.

They got along fine before 2011, when the first pipeline was completed. All the ports and ships and sea routes and overland pipelines thru the Ukraine and Pelosi, Biden, Kerry, and Romney family hands still exist.

They'll be fine, there will be just more commissions paid.

Posted by: t-bird at September 27, 2022 12:00 PM (dNNCD)

330 Is that movie about Pompeii any good?

*******

Eruptions have consequences...

Posted by: Muldoon at September 27, 2022 12:01 PM (cPDW+)

331 Hollywood is working on a Wizard of Oz remake where everyone is gay. How will you be able to tell?
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A rusty squeakhole wouldn't be a problem for the Tin Man.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 12:01 PM (yikp0)

332 I didn’t know that Branaugh did Hamlet. The last new Hamlet I remember is the Mel Gibson version.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:01 PM (atmen)

333 323 BRIAN BLESSED play's Hamlet's father in Branaugh's Hamlet. Even his stage whispers are loud.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 11:59 AM (44ww/)

He was in "The Last Valley" with Michael Caine and Omar Sharif, the only movie I've ever heard of about the Thirty Years' War.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 12:01 PM (906pl)

334 "So what's the solution? There isn't one.

Multi-trillion dollar debt is baked into the cake. "

We're somewhere north of 130 trillion in unfunded liabilities and not all that far from an uncontrolled collapse of debt servicing via interest rates (personally I'm not sure if they're going to go for deliberate hyperinflation, or actually just write off debts). The ~1.6 trillion worth of mostly nationalized loans doesn't really even move the needle, and the feds forced most borrowers onto a 20-25 year generic version of the PSLF repayment scheme anyways - most of this was a planned write-off since 2009.

There is no "fixing" this. We passed the point of no return, fiscally, by 2009 at the latest. I don't know why people keep bothering to pretend otherwise.

Posted by: somedood at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (uGpeQ)

335 The US govt would know if they were explosions or not. SOSUS would have that information right away.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (UuD2k)

336 331 Hollywood is working on a Wizard of Oz remake where everyone is gay. How will you be able to tell?

So Friends of Dorothy

Posted by: It's me donna at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (bs+z0)

337 CBD, you say we'll all be dead before this is settled.
I say that is wishful thinking on your part.
It could all just simply collapse and the fallout will kill us.
Collapse doesn't have to be slow. There's probably not a lot of ruin left in this empire.
I guess we're dead either way but the manner of death changes.

Posted by: Buddy at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (FCbAQ)

338 There is no reason that pipe should have been under pressure.

Nord Stream Two was fully pressurized, and had about $200 million of natural gas in it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (I2/tG)

339 321
BlackAdder season 1 is a good BRIAN BLESSED source.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (q3iUt)

340 Brian Blessed was good as Augustus in I, Claudius.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (atmen)

I need to watch that. I only caught fragments of it around 30 years ago.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM (5r4XQ)
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It's a good 'un.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (9nXhD)

341 A leaking pipeline is relatively easy to repair. Depending on the leak, it could be fixed in days. A compressor station, on the other hand, might take months. If I were in the business of targeting infrastructure like pipelines or electric transmission lines, I would go for the hard-to-replace or repair nodes. But that's just me.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (7B5FA)

342 @316 today's US federal government is entirely evil. There's no amount of reform or compromise that's going to change that, either.

The party pal, welcome to it. Where were you 50 or so years ago? You're not exactly radical with this.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (x61Im)

343 Jeebus, the Dead Cat is selling off like MFer.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (KY22T)

344 Does Fetterman get two votes...one for each head?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (ufFY8)

345 332 I didn’t know that Branaugh did Hamlet. The last new Hamlet I remember is the Mel Gibson version.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:01 PM (atmen)

He made an UNCUT Hamlet. Movie's like 4 and 1/2 hours long...

Good stuff, but a long watch.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (V6f9+)

346 And the sabotage was timed to coincide with the end of Russia's farcical referendums in Ukraine.

US sending a message...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (I2/tG)

347 This is a generational issue, and we will all be dead before it is resolved.

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Eventually, the ChiComms will buy the USA for 1 Digital Yuan and rename it New North Korea. You will eat tree bark, and you will be happy ...

/Only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (ylLOx)

348 > Case the joint.

Given how many scandals NOPD has been involved in in which NOPD officers were killing people for money, killing people for making complaints against the cops, helping move drugs, helping guard drug shipments, etc. This comment isn't far from the truth.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (eyxn4)

349 Watching the De Santis presser. Why does he have the goofball sign language guy? Who is watching this that doesn't have closed captioning in the year 2022?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (7B5FA)

350 Also, obligatory: "GORDON'S ALIVE?!"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (V6f9+)

351 85 >>New Orleans to Dispatch Civilians to Crime Scenes Amid Officer Shortage

to do what
Posted by: DB

Record it on cell phones and yell "WORLDSTAR!"
Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at September 27, 2022 11:53 AM (OUMaO)

Goth websites are going to be lit.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (BdMk6)

352 So Friends of Dorothy
Posted by: It's me donna at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (bs+z0)

"Somewhere over the rainbow, there's...another rainbow!"

- Tobias Funke

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 12:04 PM (906pl)

353 have they at least turned the gas OFF in the affected pipeline?

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 12:04 PM (geLO8)

354 Right, sorry. Didn't have my volume set to BRIAN.
Seriously, I will watch lame British quiz shows that he appears on, just to hear him.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 11:58 AM

Loved his performances in Blackadder and The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 27, 2022 12:04 PM (Wnv9h)

355 Does Fetterman get two votes...one for each head?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2022 12:03 PM (ufFY

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Or one for each IQ point.

Posted by: ShainS -- Go Galt or Go Rome at September 27, 2022 12:04 PM (ylLOx)

356 Hollywood is working on a Wizard of Oz remake where everyone is gay. How will you be able to tell?

So Friends of Dorothy
Posted by: It's me donna at September 27, 2022 12:02 PM (bs+z0)

Some people go this way, some people go that way, and some go both ways!

Posted by: Shit the Scarecrow actually said at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (ufFY8)

357 I keep hearing that Argentina is destroyed but it's right there. They didn't have mass die offs of people starving. Yes they had some thought times but they still exist.

I guess their good news is that it had been pre-ruined.

Posted by: blaster at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (pwExq)

358 They got along fine before 2011, when the first pipeline was completed.

They shut down a bunch of domestic energy production after the pipeline was completed. So they're not going back to exactly the situation they had in 2011.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (kOpft)

359 Maybe I should buy Bezos bucks now, while they're cheap. US currency won't be worth much, soon.

I'm going all in on Kohl's Cash.

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (Vu7A1)

360 in the affected pipeline?

Three pipelines.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (I2/tG)

361 They should put Kamala in charge of investigating Nordstream. I hear she’s good with leaky pipes.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (atmen)

362 wedish broadcaster SVT reported that the Swedish National Seismic Network detected two underwater explosions near the Nord Stream pipeline system on Monday.
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Where's my "Shit's Gettin' Real" t-shirt?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (sWM8x)

363 88 CBD, I disagree with one point. We will be alive when this collapses.
Posted by: clutch at September 27, 2022 11:19 AM (9UmRs)

Agreed. I don't think we make it past 2024.

Posted by: creeper at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (cTCuP)

364 Kenneth Branaugh is the best thing to happen to Shakespeare in our lifetime.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 27, 2022 12:06 PM (44ww/)

365 360 in the affected pipeline?

Three pipelines.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (I2/tG)

Five is right out!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 27, 2022 12:06 PM (906pl)

366 The US govt would know if they were explosions or not. SOSUS would have that information right away.

Since it's likely they set the charges, yes.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 12:06 PM (kOpft)

367 ho lee fook

"Trombone Champ," from developer Holy Wow Studios, lets players "honk, blow, & toot" their virtual trombones to more than 20 songs, including Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the US national anthem.

its worse than you think!
https://tinyurl.com/bd4p6bup

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2022 12:06 PM (BRHaw)

368 I didn’t know that Branaugh did Hamlet. The last new Hamlet I remember is the Mel Gibson version.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:01 PM (atmen)
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Quite some time ago. It's uncut, so it runs 4+ hours. Plus, he got everybody and his dog to do cameos, including Jack Lemmon and Charlton Heston. Derek Jacobi is Claudius, and gives a master class in how to speak Shakespearean blank verse.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2022 12:07 PM (9nXhD)

369 359 Maybe I should buy Bezos bucks now, while they're cheap. US currency won't be worth much, soon.

I'm going all in on Kohl's Cash.
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at September 27, 2022 12:05 PM (Vu7A1)

The grocery store chain or the clothing chain?
(wait, is there a grocery store chain called Kohl's or am I dreaming?)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at September 27, 2022 12:07 PM (V6f9+)

370 Was the Swedish broad(caster) hawt?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 27, 2022 12:07 PM (ufFY8)

371 The anti-US reaction in Europe will be extraordinary if it can be proved that we did it.

I wouldn't plan any trips to the EU this winter if you are an American.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (I2/tG)

372 Trombone Champ," from developer Holy Wow Studios, lets players "honk, blow, & toot" their virtual trombones to more than 20 songs, including Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the US national anthem. its worse than you think!
https://tinyurl.com/bd4p6bup Posted by: rhennigantx at September 27, 2022 12:06 PM (BRHaw)

But the VC money was sweet while it lasted.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (7B5FA)

373 Nord Stream Two was fully pressurized, and had about $200 million of natural gas in it.

Why? Were they storing it there?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (x61Im)

374 have they at least turned the gas OFF in the affected pipeline?

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2022 12:04 PM (geLO

Hey...valve$ are expen$ive.

Posted by: BignJames at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (AwYPR)

375 Saw Branaugh in the English version of Eallander.
Pretty good.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (ufFY8)

376 Fetterman would probably be apt at ringing a bell, in France. Is his wife’s name Esmeralda by any chance?

Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (Vr12I)

377 The University of Pennsylvania estimated direct costs of the student loan program at $600 billion to $1 trillion. They did not calculate indirect costs (like higher tuition or people taking even more BS majors in expectation of full loan forgiveness). Oh, and their calculation only covered the first 10 years--which sounds like a reasonable estimate of how long we have left.

Posted by: Craken at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (Wlx6n)

378 SOSUS in the Baltic? I can't recall and never thought much about it since waaay back.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (OTzUX)

379 I didn’t know that Branaugh did Hamlet.

And he did a brief parody of it in The Magic Christian.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (I2/tG)

380 376 Fetterman would probably be apt at ringing a bell, in France. Is his wife’s name Esmeralda by any chance?
Posted by: kraken at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (Vr12I)

Or the executioner in Blazing Saddles

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (ufFY8)

381 Hey...valve$ are expen$ive.
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That's what the trombone champ said!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 12:09 PM (yikp0)

382 373 "Nord Stream Two was fully pressurized, and had about $200 million of natural gas in it."

Why? Were they storing it there?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (x61Im)

Yes actually. Wasn't being shipped at the time.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (VPWcH)

383 So, I guess Jacobi’s the go-to guy for any character named Claudius.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (atmen)

384 Why? Were they storing it there?

Keeping it potentially operable.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (I2/tG)

385 I remember an insane scheme/plan during the Obama years. Essentially to inflate our way out of debt (the trillion dollar coin was part of it.) The commies seem to believe they will hold all the cards when everything goes to hell because they will have all of the force (my opinion why Obama's focus on subverting the military as a bastion for conservatives.) This is the same playbook, just later in the story.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 27, 2022 11:40 AM (5r4XQ)

The Clever Plan that the Democrats have been talking about at least since the 90's is to solve our debt problem by inflating the currency that we pay everyone off in worthless dollars.

As in..."Ha Ha Ha, China. Here's 10 trillion dollars that are only worth 5 cents in real money. Ha ha ha! We wrecked our economy, but you get paid squat!"

See? Clever Plan.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (KLPy8)

386 is there a grocery store chain called Kohl's or am I dreaming?

I have no memory of that one.

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (Vu7A1)

387 Dem senator Klobuchar suggested voting for Democrats will stop hurricanes.

“That’s why we gotta win this midterm. We just did something about climate change for the first time in decades. That’s why [Democrats] gotta win this as that hurricane bears down on Florida,” Klobuchar said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

“We gotta win in the midterms,” she said.

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (RHGPo)

388 Why? Were they storing it there? Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (x61Im)

That's routinely done, especially if there are multiple pipelines. You need to maintain pressure if you can to equalize with outside pressure, and you're paying for the pipe anyway, so you might as well use it.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (7B5FA)

389 ARC you think there's the slightest chance any significant % of the populace of D & L oppose accession to the RF, after everything since 2014?

Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (OTzUX)

390 Will Saletan@saletan
Several weeks ago, I learned that @Citibank locks some customers out of their accounts and refuses to release their money even if they show up with ID.

This week, @Citi sent an email explicitly affirming its right to do this "without cause."

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Good, old fashion bank run?
Your money is not safe at @Citi.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (FVME7)

391 Serious question:

How does the Nord bombing help the Biden and Kerry family?

What's the connection to their investments?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (pLe6i)

392 I also liked Branaugh in Much Ado About Nothing.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (atmen)

393 They got along fine before 2011, when the first pipeline was completed. All the ports and ships and sea routes and overland pipelines thru the Ukraine and Pelosi, Biden, Kerry, and Romney family hands still exist.

All true, but Germany has been decommissioning nuke plants worth something like 6% of their power generation. France has decommissioned nine reactors. I'm watching how hard Putin has been able to screw Europe by claiming technical difficulties on pipelines and shutting them down a couple of days at a time. I have no real idea how much shipping capacity they have, but I do know they have come to rely on these pipelines fairly heavily.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (eyxn4)

394 have they at least turned the gas OFF in the affected pipeline?
Posted by: DB

It's compressed, so it is going to flow until it equalizes in the exposed section.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (5Tc06)

395 349 Watching the De Santis presser. Why does he have the goofball sign language guy? Who is watching this that doesn't have closed captioning in the year 2022?

people right there in the room, maybe?

Posted by: kulak anachronda at September 27, 2022 12:12 PM (v3pYe)

396 391 Serious question:

How does the Nord bombing help the Biden and Kerry family?

What's the connection to their investments?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (pLe6i)

Cuts off the Europeans' ability to cut a deal.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 12:12 PM (VPWcH)

397 Saw Branaugh in the English version of Eallander.
Pretty good. Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (ufFY

Agreed. The Young Wallander series is awful.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 27, 2022 12:12 PM (7B5FA)

398 So, I guess Jacobi’s the go-to guy for any character named Claudius.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:10 PM (atmen)
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Well, he did play Hamlet back in the '70s. Patrick Stewart was Claudius in that one.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2022 12:12 PM (9nXhD)

399 ARC you think there's the slightest chance any significant % of the populace of D & L oppose accession to the RF, after everything since 2014?

Russia is claiming 95%+ support for the referendums, which is absurd.

I suspect that they might win a valid internationally supervised plebiscite, but they didn't want to risk it.

You'd think the Russians would have claimed just 80% support, which would have had at least a thin veneer of plausibility.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:14 PM (I2/tG)

400 TelegraphUK:

[Ethnic Indian] Labour MP Rupa Huq suspended after calling Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially black’

Sir Keir Starmer withdraws whip from backbencher over her remarks about the Chancellor at a conference fringe event

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 12:14 PM (RHGPo)

401 also liked Branaugh in Much Ado About Nothing.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:11 PM (atmen)
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Much Ado is fun. Bonus: young Emma Thompson.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2022 12:15 PM (9nXhD)

402 Russia is claiming 95%+ support for the referendums, which is absurd.

I suspect that they might win a valid internationally supervised plebiscite, but they didn't want to risk it.

You'd think the Russians would have claimed just 80% support, which would have had at least a thin veneer of plausibility.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:14 PM (I2/tG)

Most opposing voters might have also already left or not bothered showing up.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 12:15 PM (VPWcH)

403 Brian Blessed was good as Augustus in I, Claudius.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (atmen)

What was impressive is that BB could more or less emphatically yell even when whispering.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2022 12:15 PM (KLPy8)

404 We're just repeating & enlarging what's been done before. Bail out unions under TARP; now, bail out unions under the American Rescue Plan. Then, bail out BoA bigly & also other banks under TARP (housing crises) & now establish the Emergency Capital Investment Program to fund community financial institutions to provide loans, grants, and other assistance to small and minority-owned businesses and consumers, all basically under the BoA.

Then, destroy high rise community buildings - a nightmare for policing - for the needier communities but now, rebuild high rise communities for needier communities. Then, get rid of community schools and make regional schools. Now, let's go back to community schools & building entire community resources around them. Same with education, school loans, etc. I feel we're (middle class) just spinning around and pols, government & NGOs are simply 'making work,' keeping us busy so we think & act on small terms. Where's opportunity and $ for the future? I look @ a few sources: How members of Congress r playing the markets. Publications such as Philadelphia magazine, Sep issue

rivate school guide. USA legalizing drugs.

Posted by: Lola at September 27, 2022 12:16 PM (NIYa7)

405 Kwasi Kwarteng looks pretty black to me.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 12:16 PM (yikp0)

406 401 Yeah, Emma Thompson was hawt in that.

Also Kate Beckinsale.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:16 PM (atmen)

407 329 Every damn European had better be praying for a mild winter, or things are going to get grim over there.

They got along fine before 2011, when the first pipeline was completed. All the ports and ships and sea routes and overland pipelines thru the Ukraine and Pelosi, Biden, Kerry, and Romney family hands still exist.

They'll be fine, there will be just more commissions paid.
Posted by: t-bird

w!nTerZ r's a Th1nG uf da passed!

Posted by: The Guardian, smurt newzpaper at September 27, 2022 12:16 PM (sAmhv)

408 After the prophesy of 2007, we are celebrating 10 years of an ice-free Arctic

.. NOT

Posted by: SMOD at September 27, 2022 12:17 PM (RHGPo)

409 Heh, all three indices are down. Who'd a thunk?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 12:17 PM (KY22T)

410 Brian Blessed was good as Augustus in I, Claudius.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 11:56 AM (atmen)

What was impressive is that BB could more or less emphatically yell even when whispering.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 27, 2022 12:15 PM (KLPy

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IS THERE ANY MAN IN ROME WHO HAS NOT SLEPT WITH MY DAUGHTER?!?!?!??

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2022 12:17 PM (9nXhD)

411 I feel we're (middle class) just spinning around and pols, government & NGOs are simply 'making work,' keeping us busy so we think & act on small terms.
Posted by: Lola at September 27, 2022 12:16 PM

Tends to be how bureaucracies are.

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 12:18 PM (VPWcH)

412 "Don't eat the figs."

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 12:18 PM (yikp0)

413 371 The anti-US reaction in Europe will be extraordinary if it can be proved that we did it.

I wouldn't plan any trips to the EU this winter if you are an American.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (I2/tG)

Unless you're a skier or a masochist, never ever ever take a vacation in Europe during the winter. Even during the good times.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 27, 2022 12:18 PM (BdMk6)

414 CBD is just brimming with optimism today.

Or is it rimming? Is the 'b' necessary?

Nevermind. I can hardly wait to find out many wasted billions will be in the latest rescue "plan", due by this Friday or *shudder* the gubmint will have to shut down.

This kabuki theater has been proven so useful that it is used every fucking year, under the "we have to pass the bill to find out what is in it" rule, which may be the most honest admission by a politico ever.

Sigh. And so it goes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 27, 2022 12:18 PM (JOtiF)

415 noodstream

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 27, 2022 12:19 PM (yikp0)

416 410 Yeah, that was a great scene.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 27, 2022 12:19 PM (atmen)

417 Most opposing voters might have also already left or not bothered showing up.

On both sides of the line, men with guns make you disappear if you express incorrect political views.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:20 PM (I2/tG)

418 Did you guys see that a kid in Indiana got a perfect score on the AP Calculus exam? 108 out of 108 points. He was the only one to do it.

https://abc7.ws/3RbqkVy

Posted by: bonhomme at September 27, 2022 12:20 PM (eyxn4)

419 How does the Nord bombing help the Biden and Kerry family?

What's the connection to their investments?

The only operational pipeline from Russia to Europe is now the one that goes through Ukraine, which Zelensky and anyone with their fingers in that pie benefit from. At least as long as it remains running.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 12:20 PM (kOpft)

420 80% seems extremely plausible to me. A comfortable super-majority seems absolutely certain. But I may well have missed something. I would think any who feared being part of the RF - or "independent", as was the nominal end-state until February - would have long since made other plans by now, and be gone. But I have no real handle on the specifics of that sort of development, and have seen no info related to it.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 27, 2022 12:20 PM (OTzUX)

421 I wouldn't plan any trips to the EU this winter if you are an American.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 27, 2022 12:08 PM (I2/tG)

It's safe for me to say that the only way I am leaving the US is in a pine box or a cremation urn.

Preferably surrounded by a big pile of used brass.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 27, 2022 12:21 PM (JOtiF)

422 Russia is claiming 95%+ support for the referendums, which is absurd.

In what sense is it absurd?

The people left to vote are the ones who didn't flee (or die fighting) the Russians when they arrived.

Posted by: Methos at September 27, 2022 12:23 PM (kOpft)

423 It's safe for me to say that the only way I am leaving the US is in a pine box or a cremation urn.

Preferably surrounded by a big pile of used brass.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 27, 2022 12:21 PM (JOtiF)

*makes note to store urn at gun range*

Posted by: Someguy's at September 27, 2022 12:23 PM (VPWcH)

424 The only operational pipeline from Russia to Europe is now the one that goes through Ukraine, which Zelensky and anyone with their fingers in that pie benefit from. At least as long as it remains running.
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The CIA is thorough. They like to dance for their masters.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 27, 2022 12:24 PM (KY22T)

425 The only operational pipeline from Russia to Europe is now the one that goes through Ukraine, which Zelensky and anyone with their fingers in that pie benefit from. At least as long as it remains running.
Posted by: Methos

*

Ah, there it is. Thanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Don't insist that I accept what you are when you can't accept what you are at September 27, 2022 12:25 PM (b1zbT)

426 411. Tends to be how bureaucracies are.

Yes, indeed. Back to increasing government and contract services through New Deal (type of) programs for those of us luckily enough to have middle class employment.

And we'll fail in quicker & quicker cycles.

Posted by: Lola at September 27, 2022 12:31 PM (NIYa7)

427 "I can't wait to see who they cast for the flying monkeys."

They'll be wearing red MAGA hats.

Posted by: Bosk at September 27, 2022 12:36 PM (v4L7Y)

428 Overwhelming debt? The old civil engineering slogan comes to mind:" The solution to pollution is dilution."

Inflation, man, inflation.

Do you think that the people who decided to ship checks to everybody (multiple times!) had no idea what it would do? Those were just the kindling, but the establish inflationary expectations, and off we go.

I lived through this before, and this is going to be worse. At least Ford, Carter, et al didn't want inflation. The crew in charge today do.

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430 What’s the solution? Massive inflation for many years will over time shrink the USA’s debt to a much smaller and more manageable percentage of the USA’s economy.

Of course, this will destroy the lives of millions of lower and middle income Americans.

You asked the question. You didn’t say you had to like the answer.

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