Daily Tech News 21 October 2022

Top Story

Elon Musk is planning to fire 75% of Twitter's workforce out of an enormous trebuchet directly into the Sun. (The Guardian)
"It's inefficient in terms of orbital velocities," said Musk. "But I think they've earned it."
Current Twitter management are busy hiding their own plans:
On Thursday night, Bloomberg reported that an internal memo circulated by Twitter said there were "no plans for any company-wide layoffs, and definitely not 25%, and no, Patrice, your name is not at the top of the list, not that there is a list."
Twitter currently has 7500 employees, mostly in the Trust and Safety, Safety and Trust, Trust in Safety, and It's Not Censorship When We Do It departments, all of which Musk plans to axe.
But while Twitter's current management planned to lay off 25% of the staff by the end of next year, the new report revealed Musk wants to reduce Twitter's 7,500 employees down to a "skeleton staff" of around 2,000 people.
The Golgafrinchans only needed to rid themselves of one third of their population. Douglas Adams was an optimist.
Musk gutting Twitter would be a threat to us all - and by "us all" we mean the self-appointed gatekeepers of Truth whose salaries depend on keeping you miserable peasants in your place. (Bloomberg)
That said, slashing 75% of staff isn't the kind of surgical strike aimed at tidying up a bloated workforce and getting a company through a few quarters of rough weather.
Correct. This isn't short-term thinking. Twitter is completely dysfunctional, and jettisoning the majority of the staff and all of senior management is the first step toward fixing that.
Such an attitude is bewildering. Musk, who will take the company private and own it outright, has a net worth of almost $200 billion. While only a fraction of that is liquid —most being tied up in shares of his companies —Twitter's $3.8 billion annual operating budget is something he could afford to bolster, not reduce. ... With Twitter, though, Musk moves from being a high-profile, extremely talkative leader of a couple of transportation companies to the overlord of an extremely powerful and highly effective tool for disseminating both facts and disinformation.
The thesis here is that (a) Musk should spend billions of dollars of his own money keeping Twitter afloat and (b) keep on censoring the only people who could ever make the platform profitable.

I suspect he'll pass on that offer.

Tech News

Why did I link to The Guardian for that top story? Because Twitter isn't the only American company in drastic need of a 75% headcount reduction. Check out this utterly delusional take from MSN or this demented blathering from Tech Crunch.

Or don't. In fact, I'd recommend don't.
Intel's 13th generation Raptor Lake CPUs are here. How are they? (AnandTech)

The 13900K - a nominal 125W part - draws up to 350W. Yes, it's fast, but only if you don't care about power consumption, heat, and noise.

Similar overall performance to AMD's 7950X, but it takes 275W to match the performance of the 7950X at 175W. If you match power levels, it's significantly slower at every level. Oh, and it suffers thermal throttling under load even with a huge 420mm water cooler.

Still, if you want the best gaming performance and don't care about power, heat, noise, or cost, just get... Uh, just get AMD's previous generation 5800X3D.
China is holding emergency talks after its high-end chip industry was taken out behind the barn and killed with an axe by (checks notes) the Biden Administration. (Tom's Hardware)

Huh.
There's a buffer overflow in the SHA-3 hashing library in Python and PHP if you feed it... If you feed it 4GB of data in one go. (Nicky Mouha)

So don't do that.

Disclaimer: Final call for passengers for the B Ark. Please make your way immediately to gate 19. Please have your boarding pass ready. The boarding pass is the piece of cardboard that says "boarding pass" on it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Good evening Pixy
TGIF everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2022 04:02 AM (xhxe8)

2 Rosasharn should be along in a bit.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 04:02 AM (rnYgr)

3 >>>Why did I link to The Guardian for that top story?

I often read, and link, to BBC for similar reasons.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 04:08 AM (rnYgr)

4 msn can't die soon enough.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 04:08 AM (Ur3ox)

5 Most of twitters employees work from home, just fix the glitch and be done with them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 04:15 AM (up/3i)

6 4 msn can't die soon enough.
Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 04:08 AM (Ur3ox)

The new show with Don Lemon that Ace trashed yesterday is maybe the most unwatchable show I can recall or imagine.

https://tinyurl.com/3hkb46sj

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 04:17 AM (rnYgr)

7 As said before I bet #75 of Twitter employees are up to no good

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 04:18 AM (xhxe8)

8 How many folks does Musk really need to run Twitter. If Ace can keep this place afloat with just Pixy, 4 gerbals, and a generator he pulled out of the Hudson River, I can't see why Musk would need much more.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 21, 2022 04:29 AM (194Vt)

9 Top story at ZH has this on Musk (snipped) --

according to Bloomberg, the Biden administration is discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk's ventures to national security reviews, including the deal for Twitter and SpaceX's Starlink satellite network, citing people familiar with the matter.
National security = They are sweating their loss of control of the narratives.

Uh huh shattered, uh huh shattered
Love and hope and sex and dreams
Are still surviving on the street
Look at me, I'm in tatters
I been shattered
Shattered

Howdy y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 21, 2022 04:30 AM (JOtiF)

10 75% fired is what we call 'a good start'.

Sicc 'em, Elon.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 21, 2022 04:32 AM (JOtiF)

11 https://tinyurl.com/chmu2tpn

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2022 04:32 AM (xhxe8)

12 @8

>>How many folks does Musk really need to run Twitter.

Twitter currently has around 7500 employees, I'd say the right number would be roughly half of that size to run a global company and still have a robust development team.

You would have to go on a De-Wokeification process and that will take a couple of years and hope the idiots you fire don't do damage on their way out the door.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 04:39 AM (up/3i)

13 And the evening and the morning were the Friday . . . and it's about frickin' time it got here! Morning, all. Stirling the big black kitten is here purring on my lap and making it hard to type.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 04:40 AM (c6xtn)

14 Should finish coffee and leave to work, can start whenever I want and would like to finish this part of job today

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2022 04:42 AM (xhxe8)

15
An Aussie Elon to Twitter employees: Do the Harry.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 04:42 AM (y3pKJ)

16 m, no way am I watching fag boy.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 04:45 AM (Ur3ox)

17 Elon Musk is planning to fire 75% of Twitter's workforce...

HAHAHA.... BWAH HAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2022 04:49 AM (dpnJh)

18 Life's just a
Cocktail party
On the street

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2022 04:51 AM (dpnJh)

19 Alright, get this day started
See you from the road.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2022 04:52 AM (xhxe8)

20 Rats on the west side

Bedbugs uptown

What a mess

This town's in tatters

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2022 04:54 AM (dpnJh)

21 I been shattered
My brain's been battered
Splatterin' all over
Manhattan

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2022 04:55 AM (dpnJh)

22 Go ahead
Bite
The Big Apple
Don't mind the maggots!

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2022 04:56 AM (dpnJh)

23 You can't keep printing money and spending it. At some point, it has to taken out of circulation and destroyed. Here comes the pain.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2022 05:02 AM (z+OQR)

24 Dr. Bone, fully stocked pantry and freezer for the win.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 05:06 AM (Ur3ox)

25 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 05:10 AM (T4tVD)

26 15 An Aussie Elon to Twitter employees: Do the Harry.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 04:42 AM (y3pKJ)

= marry Meghan Markle?

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:17 AM (rnYgr)

27 The deal, which is now to back on track after months of Musk sowing chaos, is expected to close by October 28.

Yeah, it's all Musk's fault for exposing the crappy business they were doing.

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 05:19 AM (WxPGE)

28 And Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 05:19 AM (WxPGE)

29 China and the semiconductors...

Remember when Trump wanted to sanction China because of the hinky shit they were pulling?
He was a racist and up to no good.

Now? Okey Dokey, go get 'em Brandon

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 05:22 AM (WxPGE)

30
= marry Meghan Markle?

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:17 AM

Apparently some Aussie Prime Minister named Harold Holt made a hasty retreat from office.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 05:23 AM (y3pKJ)

31 30 = marry Meghan Markle?

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:17 AM

Apparently some Aussie Prime Minister named Harold Holt made a hasty retreat from office.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 05:23 AM (y3pKJ)

Ah.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:24 AM (rnYgr)

32 >>>Dr. Bone, fully stocked pantry and freezer for the win.

>I believe that's the right idea. The government is dishonest and corrupt. Starve the beast.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2022 05:24 AM (z+OQR)

33 Pixy something you might be interested in is that there's some new supposed controversy at NewEgg. And Gamers Nexus did a community post on their YouTube about looking into it and all of their contacts there are now gone. So it sounds like all the people they interviewed on camera at NewEggs offices about their shit RMA procedure are no longer there.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 21, 2022 05:25 AM (Hx8+C)

34 "Hasty retreat" as in "was never seen again".

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 21, 2022 05:25 AM (BLOW1)

35 16 m, no way am I watching fag boy.
Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 04:45 AM (Ur3ox)

Honestly, the sneak preview clip posted in Ace's thread about the new show is worth watching for the high-mocking value. But not the new show.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:27 AM (rnYgr)

36 Does anyone else feel the peculiar kind of mania that seems to be gripping everyone?

Crime- nope no problem. We can keep releasing criminals (and there is supposed to be a big one in Illinois coming at the beginning of the new year) and everything will keep going forward fine.

Inflation- nope, no problem. We can keep printing money without end and as long as we believe in fairies, it will never, ever catch up to us. Nothing will ever collapse because we can just print more money unbacked by anything. Money is just a concept and we control reality by our mere thought and there will never be ANY consequence as long as we will it so (THIS is the type of attitude that really permeates all of this.)

Tyranny/J6/Vaccine- we can do anything we want and it is right and just because we are the ones doing it. I keep thinking in the back of my mind: 'This is text book tyranny. They are working themselves into the same type of frenzy that grips all the revolutionary governments right before they start executing a whole lot of people. Cambodia, France in the 1780s/90s, The Chinese in the 50s/60s, The Germans in the 30s (ok, someone can call Godwin.)'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:27 AM (dNqv+)

37 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:27 AM (dNqv+)

They don't control all of the press. And they don't have all of the guns.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:31 AM (rnYgr)

38
Never seen again? Don't you have the equivalent of Ft Marcy Park in Australia?

* cackles *

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 21, 2022 05:31 AM (y3pKJ)

39
Since I have some Irish in my DNA I like the phrase 'Irish exit' which is similar to 'Do the Harry'. Apparently that's when you disappear without notice to others.

Example: Joe Biden made an Irish exit from Afghanistan, not even informing fellow countries.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 05:35 AM (y3pKJ)

40 They don't control all of the press. And they don't have all of the guns.
Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:31 AM (rnYgr)

That is the one anomalous thing here historically. It is the one thing that is different here from other historical precedents. The populace is armed. I hope that makes the difference.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:35 AM (dNqv+)

41 Talk about spending money we don't have:

"The loan relief plan, which is set to begin taking effect this weekend, will cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers.

"More than 8 million people submitted applications for the program last weekend after the U.S. Department of Education launched a beta test."

https://tinyurl.com/3spepp96

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:36 AM (rnYgr)

42 I wish that Joe Biden would make an Irish exit from the Presidency.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:39 AM (rnYgr)

43 There is a reason I worked so hard to pay off all my debt except mortg. It's under 600 mo (1700 sq, single family), stocked up on supplies. FJB

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 05:40 AM (Ur3ox)

44 My understanding was that if you wanted to print money and spend it, you have to create wealth.

But I'm a moron.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2022 05:40 AM (z+OQR)

45 US National Debt clock:

https://www.usdebtclock.org

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:44 AM (rnYgr)

46 From LI article Sundowner is getting worse and still lives in his made up in his brain life.

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 05:46 AM (mkvKa)

47
Anyone who thinks that someday they'll be able to retire on Social Security alone and still pay rent is insane. It will eat up the entire check except for a few dollars a month for cat food. Not for the cat, but for you.

But it was Obama's preacher (Wright?) who went around preaching against the sin of 'middle classness'. Sorry, but middle class is where everyone should aspire.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 05:47 AM (y3pKJ)

48 44 My understanding was that if you wanted to print money and spend it, you have to create wealth.

But I'm a moron.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2022 05:40 AM (z+OQR)

Fiat currency has always seemed like vague handwaving and wishcasting to me. You unmoor the currency from anything of intrinsic value and so it becomes tied to vague notions of 'value'. Trust in the system, solid goods produced by the system. It is insane, but essentially the currency has only the value that people believe it does. Maybe this is true of all currencies (and the tying of coins or paper currency to some physical thing is just a psychological trick to instill confidence.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:47 AM (dNqv+)

49 46 From LI article Sundowner is getting worse and still lives in his made up in his brain life.
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 05:46 AM (mkvKa)

11 https://tinyurl.com/chmu2tpn
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2022 04:32 AM (xhxe

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:47 AM (rnYgr)

50 Good morning morons

Local TV news report that a popular ice cream store in Oakland was burglarized again Wed. night removing a safe that was bolted to the floor. I reported this store had a car driven through it in July and they stole an ATM.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 05:48 AM (EZebt)

51 Overcoming despair- A woman dealing with grief after the death of her father and father-in-law and some other hard and
the value of gratitude despite that. The reflection is based on a lovely psalm-psalm 27 vs 1-3 linked at site:

https://tinyurl.com/29duxhcz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2022 05:48 AM (orgx1)

52 Maybe FJB found out that China did not, in fact, plan to make the US political class fabulously wealthy if Xi was made ruler of the world.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 05:49 AM (ahox9)

53 But it was Obama's preacher (Wright?) who went around preaching against the sin of 'middle classness'. Sorry, but middle class is where everyone should aspire.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 05:47 AM (y3pKJ)

But they want to be Kings. They want to be the Politburo, the Nomenklatura. The Lords of the Manor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:50 AM (dNqv+)

54 Local TV news reports that parents have pressured UC Berkeley into hiring private security to protect their babies.

Remember kids, "All Cops Are Bad"!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 05:50 AM (EZebt)

55 Do it, Elon.

Posted by: sidney at October 21, 2022 05:54 AM (itAo5)

56 I just watched those snippets of AOC that Ace posted yesterday afternoon. Jeez Louise. It makes you wish for the days of statesmen like Nixon and Ford. (Actually, compared to now? Those were good days.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2022 05:54 AM (c6xtn)

57 54 Local TV news reports that parents have pressured UC Berkeley into hiring private security to protect their babies.

Remember kids, "All Cops Are Bad"!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 05:50 AM (EZebt)

That's a cleaned up version of the chant I've heard them scream out.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:54 AM (rnYgr)

58 There are 2 classes.
The political class who has all the wealth and is in control.
And the serfs who are dependent on the political class for everything, and have no hope for achieving more. If the politicians don't grant it, they don't get it.

What we see today is a whole lot of people desperate to be included in the political class.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:03 AM (ahox9)

59 Policemen in Nebraska go above and beyond in helping grieving woman:

https://tinyurl.com/mpatmb3p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2022 06:05 AM (FrvLQ)

60 >>>Disclaimer: Final call for passengers for the B Ark.

Pixy, is this a play on your flying to/from New House city?

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:05 AM (rnYgr)

61 Local TV news reports that parents have pressured UC Berkeley into hiring private security to protect their babies.

-

So Berkeley hasn't had Republican leadership in 50 years, and the solution is to use government money to hire a corporation - same as a carpet cleaning company or a McDonalds - that isn't really answerable to anyone to attempt to deal with what the leftists have voted for continuously and perfected over the last 50 years to reach this point.

Fascinating.

Posted by: Gray Man at October 21, 2022 06:07 AM (em09h)

62 53 But they want to be Kings. They want to be the Politburo, the Nomenklatura. The Lords of the Manor.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:50 AM (dNqv+)

And king-makers.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:07 AM (rnYgr)

63 Fascinating, yes.
Also, pathetic, predictable, and stupid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:10 AM (EZebt)

64 My dear old Dad taught me in 1973 that the difference between prosperity and poverty in retirement is the ownership of a house.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 21, 2022 06:11 AM (C1rbv)

65 Chatterbox, yes. Daddy taught me the same thing.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 06:14 AM (Ur3ox)

66 I hate late people

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 06:14 AM (mkvKa)

67 deja vu

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 06:16 AM (Ur3ox)

68 I hate late people
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 06:14 AM (mkvKa)
===
Fill your unexpected free time with cherry cheese danish!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:16 AM (EZebt)

69
Twitter currently has 7500 censorious little shits ~~employees~~, mostly in the Trust and Safety, Safety and Trust, Trust in Safety, and It's Not Censorship When We Do It departments, all of which Musk plans to axe.

No one mourns the removal of censorious little shits.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 21, 2022 06:17 AM (pNxlR)

70 68 Fill your unexpected free time with cherry cheese danish!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:16 AM (EZebt)

Now I want one of those.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:17 AM (rnYgr)

71 Berkley is the libertarians solution to policing. An unelected board selects a police contractor and the people all contribute to paying the contract. If you don't pay, the police won't protect you. Somehow. Or something.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:17 AM (ahox9)

72 Infidel I hope your health has improved.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:19 AM (EZebt)

73 71 Berkeley is the libertarians solution to policing. An unelected board selects a police contractor and the people all contribute to paying the contract. If you don't pay, the police won't protect you. Somehow. Or something.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:17 AM (ahox9)

Sounds wealthist.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:19 AM (rnYgr)

74 58 There are 2 classes.
The political class who has all the wealth and is in control.
And the serfs who are dependent on the political class for everything, and have no hope for achieving more. If the politicians don't grant it, they don't get it.

What we see today is a whole lot of people desperate to be included in the political class.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:03 AM (ahox9)

This is a better distillation of what I am trying to say. I would quibble about the titles for the two respective classes, and even this is an illusion, but this is how THEY see it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 06:21 AM (dNqv+)

75 Berkeley is the libertarians solution to policing. An unelected board selects a police contractor and the people all contribute to paying the contract. If you don't pay, the police won't protect you. Somehow. Or something.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy,

And free marijuana for everybody.

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:21 AM (WxPGE)

76
But the left wants to impoverish the young, have them accept a sub-standard life in order to 'Save the Planet'. Go into massive debt to get a degree in 'gender studies' and spend the rest of their life underemployed. Renters.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:22 AM (y3pKJ)

77 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:03 AM (ahox9)

Dr. Seuss' book about the Sneetches was prescient.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 21, 2022 06:23 AM (tBR6g)

78 So, basically fascism. When people ask "What is fascism?" This is fascism.

The discussions are still at an early stage, the people familiar said on condition of anonymity. Officials in the US government and intelligence community are weighing what tools, if any, are available that would allow the federal government to review Musk’s ventures.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:23 AM (ahox9)

79 San Franpsycho

Thanks, somewhat. Insomnia still a problem. Others are resolving.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 06:23 AM (Ur3ox)

80 Elon will take his toys and go home.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:24 AM (rnYgr)

81 Now, now, people. People like Obama, Biden, Schiff, Pelosi, Gates, Soros, etc, have their part to play.

"The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble."

Proverbs 16:4 ESV

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 21, 2022 06:26 AM (PiwSw)

82 Thanks for the Twitter / Musk, first bullet point, Pixy. What a wonderful first thing to read at the beginning of the day.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:27 AM (4I/2K)

83 nitter.net/elonmusk
Oct 19
I will not let you down, no matter what it takes

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:27 AM (rnYgr)

84
My first house was a fixer-upper. Small, to me. In two years I turned it into a beauty. Nights, weekends, holidays all spent working. Today we live in a home three times the size of that with a lot 20X the size.

My wife's favorite home? The first one.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:28 AM (y3pKJ)

85 So, basically fascism. When people ask "What is fascism?" This is fascism.
...
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:23 AM (ahox9)
===

Agreed, with a friendly amendment. This is racist fascism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:29 AM (EZebt)

86 Actually, the whole of psalm 27 is good:

https://tinyurl.com/zd8bjsam

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2022 06:30 AM (QmnKW)

87 6
The new show with Don Lemon that Ace trashed yesterday is maybe the most unwatchable show I can recall or imagine.

https://tinyurl.com/3hkb46sj

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 04:17 AM (rnYgr)
----
Yeah, it leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

Posted by: Ciampino - acid drops anyone? at October 21, 2022 06:31 AM (qfLjt)

88 84 My first house was a fixer-upper. Small, to me. In two years I turned it into a beauty. Nights, weekends, holidays all spent working. Today we live in a home three times the size of that with a lot 20X the size.

My wife's favorite home? The first one.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:28 AM (y3pKJ)

Awww.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:31 AM (rnYgr)

89 Speaking of Musk, we had this happen here the other day...

tinyurl.com/22ddz4rz

Posted by: Molly k. at October 21, 2022 06:33 AM (m9S2F)

90 Fascists want smaller and more accountable government.

Posted by: Remember Jan 6th - strong economy, low inflation, world peace, secure borders, $2 gas, 36,000 DOW at October 21, 2022 06:36 AM (PVq+O)

91 The importance of rest by someone whom rest is not easy for:

https://tinyurl.com/k44k98p5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2022 06:38 AM (QmnKW)

92 My wife's favorite home? The first one.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:28 AM (y3pKJ)

She saw her young husband working constantly to fix up their nest. The toolbelt gets 'em every time.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:38 AM (4I/2K)

93 The importance of rest- a reflection by someone who finds rest difficult:

https://tinyurl.com/k44k98p5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2022 06:39 AM (QmnKW)

94 Speaking of Musk, we had this happen here the other day...

tinyurl.com/22ddz4rz
Posted by: Molly k

Yeah, that's gonna happen every once in a while.

....Ford Pinto...

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:39 AM (WxPGE)

95
Some Russians just flew over my house.

In the space station, from sw to ne. Kinda cool to see. For some reason my wife is really into that kinda stuff. She had me buy her a compass so she could locate the space station with ease.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:39 AM (y3pKJ)

96
Speaking of Musk, we had this happen here the other day...

tinyurl.com/22ddz4rz
Posted by: Molly k

Dude, where's my car?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 21, 2022 06:40 AM (pNxlR)

97 Sorry for the double post My I-phone was not taking a test.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2022 06:40 AM (QmnKW)

98 We are in our first house and it was definitely a fixer upper. We invested another 50% of the purchase price in the first 10 years. We rebuilt the entire back of the house, built two full baths, installed a fireplace, rewired, built a deck, replaced the foundation. Our foundation was made of cement and earthquake debris.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:41 AM (EZebt)

99 Sorry for the double post My I-phone was not taking a test.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Sorry, Pixy will still charge you double.

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:41 AM (WxPGE)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 06:42 AM (rnYgr)

101 11 https://tinyurl.com/chmu2tpn
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2022 04:32 AM (xhxe

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From Skip's link above:
henrybowman in reply to geronl. | October 20, 2022 at 9:38 pm

Yeah, yeah, it is.
Step one is to get Fetterman elected.
Step two is for Fetterman to resign due to ill health.
Step three is for the PA gov to appoint his replacement.
Step four is Senator Gisele Fetterwoman.
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But, but she doesn't have The Lump! Didn't they really elect The Lump?

Posted by: Ciampino -- acid drops anyone? at October 21, 2022 06:42 AM (qfLjt)

102 Both Obama and Trudeau have spoken words of admiration of China's dictatorship form of ruling over a country. It's just so much easier.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:44 AM (4I/2K)

103 >The new show with Don Lemon that Ace trashed yesterday is maybe the most unwatchable show I can recall or imagine.

Why thank you!

Posted by: Ladies of The View at October 21, 2022 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

104 102 Both Obama and Trudeau have spoken words of admiration of China's dictatorship form of ruling over a country. It's just so much easier.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:44 AM (4I/2K)

Not to mention "thought leader" Comrade Tom Friedman

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 21, 2022 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

105 Talking of Fetterman, is The Lump possibly his version of a manly ectopic pregnancy? His wife's sperm must have impregnated him. (If you say she's a woman and can't have sperm then 1. how do you know she's a woman? 2. If men can have ova then women can have sperm. 3. You're a racyss.

Posted by: Ciampino - this topic soured long ago at October 21, 2022 06:46 AM (qfLjt)

106
Breaking the 'No Math' rule. Biden:

"over a billion two hundred trillion two hundred billion dollars"

Now my head hurts.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:48 AM (y3pKJ)

107 tinyurl.com/22ddz4rz

Quite a picture.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:48 AM (EZebt)

108 Talking of Fetterman, is The Lump possibly his version of a manly ectopic pregnancy? His wife's sperm must have impregnated him. (If you say she's a woman and can't have sperm then 1. how do you know she's a woman? 2. If men can have ova then women can have sperm. 3. You're a racyss.
Posted by: Ciampino

So, if she weighs the same as a duck......?

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:48 AM (WxPGE)

109 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2022 06:49 AM (UqnOO)

110 "over a billion two hundred trillion two hundred billion dollars"

Now my head hurts.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Isn't that how many burgers McDonalds has sold?

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:49 AM (WxPGE)

111 tinyurl.com/22ddz4rz

Quite a picture.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 06:48 AM (EZebt)

It burned up good. Real good!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:49 AM (4I/2K)

112 It burned up good. Real good!
Posted by: Count de Monet

Yep, you don't get a pile ash out of just any old car fire.

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:51 AM (WxPGE)

113
Yeah, yeah, it is.
Step one is to get Fetterman elected.
Step two is for Fetterman to resign due to ill health.
Step three is for the PA gov to appoint his replacement.
Step four is Senator Gisele Fetterwoman.

Foolish mortals! Do you really think that The Lump will meekly relinquish power?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 21, 2022 06:51 AM (pNxlR)

114 45 US National Debt clock:

https://www.usdebtclock.org
Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 05:44 AM (rnYgr)
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The lower digits keep getting truncated on my monitor. I need to upgrade to dual screens.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 21, 2022 06:51 AM (odVni)

115 The government likes picking on uppity African Americans.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:51 AM (ahox9)

116 Connor Lamb has already cut the deal. He is the replacement senator.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 06:53 AM (ahox9)

117 Breakfast is ready...and maybe some sort of exercise...

But definitely breakfast

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:53 AM (WxPGE)

118 36
They are working themselves into the same type of frenzy that grips all the revolutionary governments right before they start executing a whole lot of people. Cambodia, France in the 1780s/90s, The Chinese in the 50s/60s, The Germans in the 30s (ok, someone can call Godwin.)'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 21, 2022 05:27 AM (dNqv+)
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You left out Russia/USSR 1017-1930s and again under Stalin.

Posted by: Ciampino - cannot speak the truth as it is unbearable at October 21, 2022 06:54 AM (qfLjt)

119 My first house is my fav. I did lots of improvements.

Inherited this one. The old neighborhood went to crap after 26 yrs.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 06:54 AM (Ur3ox)

120
It burned up good. Real good!

And quickly, too. Only took an hour and a half to burn itself out. I've read of some that take as much as four hours.

If your electric vehicle takes more than four hours to burn out please contact your medical provider.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 06:56 AM (y3pKJ)

121 108
So, if she weighs the same as a duck......?

Posted by: Bruce at October 21, 2022 06:48 AM (WxPGE)
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Are you saying she's a witch or an African swallow with a coconut?

Posted by: Ciampino -- cannot speak the truth as it is unbearable at October 21, 2022 06:57 AM (qfLjt)

122
My son-in-law works for a major manufacturer who builds some hybrid and electrical vehicles. As part of his job he had to visit every fire company in his state and explain to them how to put out an EV car fire. What to do, what not to do. It's complicated.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 07:00 AM (y3pKJ)

123 The old neighborhood went to crap after 26 yrs.
Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 06:54 AM (Ur3ox)
===

Same here!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 07:02 AM (EZebt)

124 It's just so much easier.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:44 AM (4I/2K)

It's a grand old myth, isn't it? Wouldn't things be easier if we could just do whatever we wanted and everyone had to obey?

Except now, you're on the hook for everything, you can't possibly deliver said everything, and everything else you want to accomplish will get swallowed by an endless torrent of failure, corruption, and bullshit.

Turns out leaving people the hell alone to succeed or fail is much, much easier.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:02 AM (6FeV1)

125 102 Both Obama and Trudeau have spoken words of admiration of China's dictatorship form of ruling over a country. It's just so much easier.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 06:44 AM (4I/2K)

"And, uh, it's, it's, uh, just, uh, y'know, it's just so much easier."

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:03 AM (rnYgr)

126 124 you're on the hook for everything, you can't possibly deliver said everything, and everything else you want to accomplish will get swallowed by an endless torrent of failure, corruption, and bullshit

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:02 AM (6FeV1)

= Liz Truss, grounds for departure

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:04 AM (rnYgr)

127 Californians move to Texas, part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2022 07:05 AM (FBf3u)

128 66 I hate late people

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 21, 2022 06:14 AM (mkvKa)
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Dead or overdue (for appointment)?

Posted by: Ciampino --- cannot speak the truth as it is unbearable at October 21, 2022 07:06 AM (qfLjt)

129 My first house is my fav. I did lots of improvements.
Inherited this one. The old neighborhood went to crap after 26 yrs.
Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 06:54 AM (Ur3ox)
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Grew up in what was then ($16,000 for a lower-class home of 2 bedrooms & 1 bath for a family of 5 -- soon to be 4 after dad bailed -- in Las Vegas from 1966 to 1979. Went to a newly built high school with mostly middle-class kids.

Last time I visited the old 'hood & school, in 2009 after the NINJA loans (No Income, No Job, No Assets? No Problem qualifying for a mortgage!) and financial collapse that resulted from fraudulent worthless Mortgage-Backed Securities (which was all the rage again before Biden's "unexpected" hyperinflation) -- every fourth house was abandoned & boarded up, and my old neighborhood and high school was dominated by illegal aliens.

Haven't been back since ... can you imagine how much worse it's gotten now? [A younger brother who'd made the mistake of staying after it became a shithole started out in drywall construction only to be replaced by illegals, and then became a cook only to be replaced by illegals, and then unemployed and drank himself to death.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Now Jabbed & Boosted with the Nuclear War & Hurricane Vaccines at October 21, 2022 07:07 AM (K3TEc)

130 Yikes, thought I had an emergency. NO BACON. Dug a little deeper in the freezer and last 3 lbs. Going shopping tomorrow.

Posted by: Infidel at October 21, 2022 07:08 AM (Ur3ox)

131 The people who say "you got to break a few eggs to make an omelet" never seem to wind up actually making an omelet, do they?

"I gotta break a few of your eggs to not make me an omelet" just doesn't have the same... caché.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:08 AM (6FeV1)

132 See, when I heard that Musk might fire 75% of Twitter, I thought there might be savings in the Censorship and Suppression department.

Posted by: Axeman at October 21, 2022 07:08 AM (krQz2)

133 Barack Hussein Marshall and Justine Castrea

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 21, 2022 07:08 AM (C1rbv)

134 That's Castreau.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 21, 2022 07:10 AM (C1rbv)

135 I see the Dems are going to try and rush through another 50 billion for Ukraine before they get booted, living without that graft be hard yo. You know, I never see what the rest of the world combined is giving to Ukraine. They must be matching what we give right? Right?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 21, 2022 07:10 AM (L08P2)

136 Barry Dunham. If that's what his Momma called him it's good enough for me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:10 AM (6FeV1)

137 127 Californians move to Texas, part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2022 07:05 AM (FBf3u)

Really great.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:12 AM (rnYgr)

138 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (CQ8KO) at October 21, 2022 07:12 AM (CQ8KO)

139 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:14 AM (uLr+K)

140 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:14 AM (uLr+K)

141 Salty, shouldn't it be "hearts" instead of "heart"?

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:14 AM (rnYgr)

142 Any reports from the TexMoMe?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 21, 2022 07:14 AM (tBR6g)

143 136 Barry Dunham. If that's what his Momma called him it's good enough for me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:10 AM (6FeV1)

Although if I'm perfectly accurate with that sentiment, we would have had President Get Out of Here You Little Bastard Mommy Has A Guest

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:15 AM (6FeV1)

144 Looks like my security camera manufacturer has made some headway on their software issue overnight.

One of the cameras could be seen through the phone ap, but not the web client.

Seems to be back to life now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:16 AM (uLr+K)

145 Local TV news report that a popular ice cream store in Oakland was burglarized again Wed. night removing a safe that was bolted to the floor. I reported this store had a car driven through it in July and they stole an ATM.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 05:48 AM (EZebt)
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A person who learns from observing might believe that making theft under $950 "legal" just primes the pump.

Posted by: Axeman at October 21, 2022 07:16 AM (krQz2)

146 127 Californians move to Texas, part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 21, 2022 07:05 AM (FBf3u)

*hostess receives salad offering* Well, Bless your heart. I'm just gonna go set this . . . somewhere else. LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 07:17 AM (4I/2K)

147 "You know, I never see what the rest of the world combined is giving to Ukraine. They must be matching what we give right? Right?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 21, 2022 07:10 AM (L08P2) "

the thread seemed pretty grim until I read that punchline!

G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at October 21, 2022 07:17 AM (Y2VIG)

148 Sooner or later you run out of other people's $950.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

149 There used to be this phrase "If I were a bettin' man...".

I'm going to update that to "If I were a learnin' man..."

Because Democrats.

Posted by: Axeman at October 21, 2022 07:22 AM (krQz2)

150 150

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:22 AM (rnYgr)

151 Sooner or later you run out of other people's $950.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I thought it was Twunny Bucks- same as in town ?

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

152 Sooner or later you run out of other people's $950.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

I object. Hearsay.

Posted by: Darrell Brooks at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (4I/2K)

153 150
Posted by: m

Are you an accountant ?

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

154 141 Salty, shouldn't it be "hearts" instead of "heart"?

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:14 AM (rnYgr)
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Most of them don't have a heart so they tend to all share one.

Posted by: Ciampino - well at least they don't suffer from heartache at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (qfLjt)

155 I thought it was Twunny Bucks- same as in town ?
Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

Inflation is a bitch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:25 AM (6FeV1)

156 153 150
Posted by: m

Are you an accountant ?
Posted by: JT at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

No. That would involve math!

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:25 AM (rnYgr)

157 Baltimore will transport election night votes using the Police department.

Interesting.

https://tinyurl.com/2zauhjk4

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:26 AM (uLr+K)

158 Posted by: Darrell Brooks at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (4I/2K)

Are you keeping up with the trial? It's so hard to watch.

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:26 AM (rnYgr)

159 Musk should be put in charge of downsizing the federal bureaucracy. Expect he probably would be jailed and executed before he could do anything.

Posted by: Ripley at October 21, 2022 07:26 AM (MxEKc)

160 Mean Mr Musk, sleeps in the park, shaves in the dark, trying to save paper.

Posted by: Beetle at October 21, 2022 07:27 AM (oTZbj)

161 Good morning peeps.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 07:27 AM (nxdel)

162 Mean Mr Musk, sleeps in the park, shaves in the dark, trying to save paper.
Posted by: Beetle at October 21, 2022 07:27 AM (oTZbj)

Always shouts out something obscene,
Smoking dope with Mr. Rog-eeen,
such a filthy rich man....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:28 AM (6FeV1)

163 G'morning, jewels.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:28 AM (uLr+K)

164 Posted by: Darrell Brooks at October 21, 2022 07:23 AM (4I/2K)

Are you keeping up with the trial? It's so hard to watch.
Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:26 AM (rnYgr)

*weeps demonstratively for the jury*

Posted by: Darrell Brooks at October 21, 2022 07:29 AM (4I/2K)

165 "There's always two sides to every story."
--Darrell Brooks

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:29 AM (rnYgr)

166 "The loan relief plan, which is set to begin taking effect this weekend, will cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers..."

--

Just a short while ago, it was only $10k in relief. Now it's doubled?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:30 AM (sVtYq)

167
To toddler just learning numbers - "You have quite a Lego collection. How many pieces do you have?"

"Over a billion two hundred trillion two hundred billion."

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 07:30 AM (y3pKJ)

168 jewells how did the MRI go?

My unCle Tony couldn't handle it, they will have to put him under

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2022 07:30 AM (EZebt)

169 Just a short while ago, it was only $10k in relief. Now it's doubled?

Posted by: Lady in Black

Same as in town.

Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2022 07:30 AM (oTZbj)

170 Morning, Jewells! How did your scan go yesterday?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:31 AM (sVtYq)

171 Final call for passengers for the B Ark.

I have the F Ark package that allows for my 5 rescue cats and a friend.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:31 AM (BRHaw)

172 wafj
Justice Department asks Congress for $34million in extra funding to continue the investigation into January 6 and bring rioters to justice

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

173 "Now it's doubled?"

Pell grants were always being touted as a $20,000 forgiveness.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:32 AM (uLr+K)

174 "There's always two sides to every story."
--Darrell Brooks
Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:29 AM (rnYgr)

Atticus Finch himself could not have delivered a more powerful and momentum-shifting opening statement, outlining for the jury his theory of the case and what the "real" evidence will show.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2022 07:32 AM (4I/2K)

175 Jr. Black has $7k left in student loans. I told him to apply. I have very mixed feelings about it, but he's going to get stuck paying for it in the long run anyway. Bring the entire thing crashing down. It's going to in short order regardless.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:33 AM (sVtYq)

176 Justice Department asks Congress for $34million in extra funding to continue the investigation into January 6 and bring rioters to justice
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

How noble of them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:33 AM (6FeV1)

177 I wonder how the Volkswagen protestors are doing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:34 AM (uLr+K)

178
B ark sounds like the in-flight meal on North Korea Airlines.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 21, 2022 07:34 AM (y3pKJ)

179 You could have a lot of fun with bratty punks glued to the floor...

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:35 AM (sVtYq)

180 Ambassador Franklin asks Continental Congress for additional $34 million for diplomatic outreach and cornholing parisian whores, but mostly...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:35 AM (6FeV1)

181 We just don't know where the money goes!

We need an extra $34million!

Posted by: J6 Invesigators at October 21, 2022 07:36 AM (oTZbj)

182 Jr. Black has $7k left in student loans. I told him to apply. I have very mixed feelings about it, but he's going to get stuck paying for it in the long run anyway. Bring the entire thing crashing down. It's going to in short order regardless.
Posted by: Lady in Black

-

Don't have mixed feelings about it. Apply for any and everything that you're eligible for. Food stamps, Section 8, student loans, everything. You've been paying taxes and it's all been a punitive device. Taxes don't matter one teensy little bit. They can and will borrow everything they need, and they don't care at all about how to pay for anything.

Get what you can while you can, because this house of cards can't continue to wobble.

Posted by: Gray Man at October 21, 2022 07:36 AM (JjJsN)

183 My unCle Tony couldn't handle it, they will have to put him under

Horrible. I'm not claustrophobic but after 15 minutes of staying perfectly still my anxiety kicked in. Then I had to have the contrast injected and back in for another 15. My neck still hurts. The noise.. dammit to hell does it have to be so noisy? My heart was pounding. I just kept saying the lord's prayer and asking Jesus to hold me and comfort me.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 07:36 AM (nxdel)

184 "We just don't know where the money goes!

We need an extra $34million!"

Kangaroo chow ain't cheap.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:37 AM (uLr+K)

185 I wonder how the Volkswagen protestors are doing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Last I heard, they decided to stick around awhile.

Posted by: MkY at October 21, 2022 07:37 AM (cPGH3)

186 "The noise.. dammit to hell does it have to be so noisy?"

I was always given earplugs. Not perfect, but better than not having them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:38 AM (uLr+K)

187 Jr. Black has $7k left in student loans. I told him to apply. I have very mixed feelings about it...

--

Oh, and you do what's right and live within your means and pay your bills and save for retirement and what do the politicians - who have been taxing you and borrowing to give to people who contribute absolutely nothing - do?

Crash the economy while simultaneously inflating the dollar to half the value of what your remaining investment is worth.

Posted by: Gray Man at October 21, 2022 07:39 AM (JjJsN)

188 They're not protesting Volkswagen. They're just playing Twister on Hardcore Mode.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:40 AM (6FeV1)

189 Horrible. I'm not claustrophobic but after 15 minutes of staying perfectly still my anxiety kicked in. Then I had to have the contrast injected and back in for another 15. My neck still hurts. The noise.. dammit to hell does it have to be so noisy? My heart was pounding. I just kept saying the lord's prayer and asking Jesus to hold me and comfort me.

--

They are no fun. I had one once a couple decades back to look for brain tumors. I'm not claustrophobic either, but it is a very disconcerting feeling to be in that thing. I was encouraged to bring a music device and earplugs to try and distract me. I recall such loud banging noises that it wouldn't have mattered. I didn't do the contrast though, so it was relatively short lived. Maybe 15 min. I just closed my eyes and tried to keep my brain busy with songs. Bless you, Jewells.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:40 AM (sVtYq)

190 VIA, I had earplugs. Didn't help.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 07:41 AM (nxdel)

191 Moment LAPD tasers man, 23, armed with TWO samurai swords after he went on stabbing spree following 'a family dispute' - and left his mother with 'lacerations to her arms and torso'

Common sense Samurai sword control!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

192 36, yup, Aetius, pretty accurate ...

with a Billy Mays touch : "But wait, there's more!"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at October 21, 2022 07:41 AM (Y2VIG)

193 I'm with you, Gray Man. Totally agree.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:41 AM (sVtYq)

194 Thank you Lady in Black.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 21, 2022 07:41 AM (nxdel)

195 Footage from the Biden/Festerman rally yesterday.

Joe seems better than I expected.

https://tinyurl.com/4623bkm2

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:42 AM (uLr+K)

196 "VIA, I had earplugs. Didn't help."

Ouch.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:43 AM (uLr+K)

197 How was Festerboil allowed to ride in AF1 for campaigning purposes?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:43 AM (sVtYq)

198 Great that ACB has decided that FJB can spend a couple hundred billion with the stroke of a pen with no congressional oversight.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 07:43 AM (ahox9)

199 Grandma's last laugh! Texas grandma goes viral after 'legendary' last act of having cards featuring a mini Ouija board with the message 'stay in touch' distributed at her FUNERAL

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:43 AM (BRHaw)

200 Why doesn't congress pass a law granting the president unlimited funds to run the executive branch and perform other activities as he sees fit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 07:44 AM (ahox9)

201 Can we all just take a little moment and discuss what exactly the hell is up with Mrs. Fetterman's krylon semi-flat black stenciled on eyebrows?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:44 AM (6FeV1)

202 Sugon has been in the U.S. entity list since mid 2019 and therefore it cannot procure high-performance computing chips from American companies unless the latter get an appropriate export license from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC).

And there is the grift.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 21, 2022 07:44 AM (3hSHB)

203 165 "There's always two sides to every story."
--Darrell Brooks

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 07:29 AM (rnYgr)
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I watched several full days including yesterday when he cried and said the above. My take was 'there may be two sides to most stories but running down a parade of people with your truck has only one side -- it was deadly wrong and you are guilty as Hell'.'.

Posted by: Ciampino - For the record, is it fair to say, hearsay at October 21, 2022 07:45 AM (qfLjt)

204 I don't know what part of MRIs makes them bang like that. It does involve superconducting magnets and high energy discharges.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 07:45 AM (ahox9)

205 How was Festerboil allowed to ride in AF1 for campaigning purposes?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:43 AM (sVtYq)

Careful weight distribution?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:45 AM (6FeV1)

206 Why doesn't congress pass a law granting the president unlimited funds to run the executive branch and perform other activities as he sees fit.

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Why bother Congress? Biden's pretty much allowed to do whatever he wants, laws or no laws, Constitution or no Consitution. Nobody stops him. And by golly, Congress has lunches to attend...insider trading to do!

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:46 AM (sVtYq)

207 "Can we all just take a little moment and discuss what exactly the hell is up with Mrs. Fetterman's krylon semi-flat black stenciled on eyebrows?"

You mean the (And I'll quote wikipedia here) former undocumented immigrant from Brazil?

What the hell is 'Former"?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:47 AM (uLr+K)

208 The Festermans do seem to be perfect for each other.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:50 AM (uLr+K)

209 Why the hell is it always weirdos running for office? Why can't we just have a dude or a lady who knows some things about some stuff? Why is it always freaks and mutants and clowns?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:50 AM (6FeV1)

210 Can we all just take a little moment and discuss what exactly the hell is up with Mrs. Fetterman's krylon semi-flat black stenciled on eyebrows?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:44 AM (6FeV1)

Krylon. No runs. No drips. No errors.

Posted by: Johnny Bench at October 21, 2022 07:50 AM (4I/2K)

211 If twitter quits being a publisher they do not need 5000 Winston Smiths.

Posted by: sven at October 21, 2022 07:52 AM (Lzpvj)

212 Russia has lost 66,750 troops so far, Ukrainian army claims

Thats more than we lost in VN.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:52 AM (BRHaw)

213 177 I wonder how the Volkswagen protestors are doing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:34 AM (uLr+K)
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The car was so beautiful that their 'gaze' was glued to it. Or was it their hands were tied? Now I'm confused ..... but they did adhere to their principles.

Posted by: Ciampino - polycuanoacrylate is keeping us together at October 21, 2022 07:53 AM (qfLjt)

214 "Ukrainian army claims "

I think I see a problem.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:53 AM (uLr+K)

215 203 Posted by: Ciampino - For the record, is it fair to say, hearsay at October 21, 2022 07:45 AM (qfLjt)

Shirtless Darrow....

The dude he was questioning gave an interview after he left court.

https://youtu.be/uU8G0ZC0jdQ

Guy feels guilty, he wanted to kill him and probably should have when Darrow was beating the women.

Posted by: sven at October 21, 2022 07:54 AM (Lzpvj)

216 @212

>>Thats more than we lost in VN.

Well, Russian history shows that Russian leaders have no compunction about throwing their troops into the maws of death, but I have to call bullshit on that number.

Perhaps that's overall killed and wounded but the idea that Ukraine has killed that many Russian troops seems hinky.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 21, 2022 07:55 AM (up/3i)

217 Why the hell is it always weirdos running for office? Why can't we just have a dude or a lady who knows some things about some stuff? Why is it always freaks and mutants and clowns?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

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It's jarring to think about, but Pennsylvania is a massively wealthy state with tons of educated, accomplished, and connected people.

They chose him on purpose.

Posted by: Gray Man at October 21, 2022 07:55 AM (rz+sM)

218 If you can't trust Marylin Mosby, who can you trust?

https://tinyurl.com/y8x45vyk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:56 AM (uLr+K)

219 191 Moment LAPD tasers man, 23, armed with TWO samurai swords after he went on stabbing spree following 'a family dispute' - and left his mother with 'lacerations to her arms and torso'

Common sense Samurai sword control!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2022 07:41 AM (BRHaw)
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'Common sense Samurai sword control'?
Can't have that as it is a Japanese cultural thing and it would be racyss.

Posted by: Ciampino - polycyanoacrylate is keeping us together at October 21, 2022 07:56 AM (qfLjt)

220 The Festerboils, including that hell-on-wheels wife of his, would make an okay reality show. Can you just imagine?? If this hulking monster gets into the US Senate, I will just...I will just...oh hell, I have no answer.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:56 AM (sVtYq)

221 Le NOOD

It be here!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:58 AM (uLr+K)

222 218 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:56 AM (uLr+K)

DA Zombie Michael Jacksdon in da house

Posted by: sven at October 21, 2022 08:00 AM (Lzpvj)

223 205 How was Festerboil allowed to ride in AF1 for campaigning purposes?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 21, 2022 07:43 AM (sVtYq)

Careful weight distribution?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 21, 2022 07:45 AM (6FeV1)
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You mean Fetterman 'I'll put you all in chains' was on one side and The Lump on the other side?

Posted by: Ciampino -- polycyanoacrylate is keeping us together at October 21, 2022 08:00 AM (qfLjt)

224 204 I don't know what part of MRIs makes them bang like that. It does involve superconducting magnets and high energy discharges.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 21, 2022 07:45 AM (ahox9)
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The electromagnet is made of metal plates, not just one solid lump. When the current flows through the windings and magnetize the plates, they slip a little relative to each other and create those horrendous clanging noises.

Posted by: Ciampino - MRI = NMR at October 21, 2022 08:05 AM (qfLjt)

225 224 Posted by: Ciampino - MRI = NMR at October 21, 2022 08:05 AM (qfLjt)

If your skin is sensitive to it you can feel the radial motion....

Posted by: sven at October 21, 2022 08:06 AM (Lzpvj)

226 So much for your promises
They died the day you let me go
Caught up in a web of lies
But it was just too late to know
I thought it was you
Who would stand by my side

And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams, shattered dreams
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 21, 2022 08:07 AM (YJwUM)

227 195 Festerman
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2022 07:42 AM (uLr+K)

LOL

Posted by: m at October 21, 2022 08:17 AM (rnYgr)

228 Pixy,

Thanks for the update on China and semiconductors. It sounds like the original reports had a lot of truth, but were ridiculously exaggerated?

Posted by: rd at October 21, 2022 11:00 AM (Z32m1)

229 Durham is worthless. Nobody will go to prison.

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230
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