Daily Tech News 14 November 2022

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Recessions unmask fraud. (The Economist)

When the economy is bubbling merrily along, you can get away with fudging the books just a little to make it look like things are going better than they are. At least for a while.

But when the macroeconomic soup turns sour, and your financial papercuts turn into open wounds, it's much harder to hide.

Hence FTX.
Is Crypto.com next? (WCCFTech)

Since bank runs on marginal financial schemes are self-fulfilling prophecies, now that you ask the question, the answer is, probably, yes.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried isn't who you think he is. (CoinGeek)
As Bankman-Fried seduces more wannabe traders into gambling on so-called digital currencies with the lure of free BTC, it's worth remembering that all of these people have an agenda, and it usually involves you losing money to line their pockets.
Okay, we know that. So what?

So that article is from February.

Tech News

Hell hath no fury like a bluecheck scorned. (The Verge)

Senator Ed Markey (Fascist-MA) got a Washington Post journalist to lie and violate Twitter's Terms of Service and he's mad as hell at, well, what he himself did.

Elon Musk told him he's the punchline of a bad joke, which didn't exactly placate the senator, who is now threatening to Do Stuff.
Apart from the 3700 full-time employees set adrift on an ice floe with a single axe, and a copy of How to Mince Friends and Rotisserie People, Twitter has cut loose around 4400 contractors. (The Verge)

Apparently that's 80% of their contract workforce. Which means that the true total Twitter staff numbers were something like 13,000, and they still took more than a decade to get a beta version of an edit button.
Crypto exchange Kraken has frozen accounts related to FTX and its evil twin Alameda Research. (Coin Telegraph)

FTX is registered in the Bahamas. On the 10th, the Bahamian regulators froze the company's assets in the country.

On the 11th, FTX said it was prioritising withdrawals by Bahamian customers under instructions of those regulators.

On the 12th, the regulators said they had never issued any such instructions.

As of the 13th, FTX is under criminal investigation for fraud, and not just for failing to follow regulations.

Disclaimer: Could be worse. Could be raining frogs.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:05 AM

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1 Also, overnight lows here in New House City are expecting to nudge freezing this week... Which doesn't sound that unusual except that it's almost summer here down under.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 14, 2022 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

2 Good evening Pixy

It's Monday again everyone

Posted by: Skip's phone at November 14, 2022 04:08 AM (xhxe8)

3 Saw a photo of Bankman-Fried arm-in-arm with Maxine Waters. That's gonna hurt. I hope.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 04:12 AM (0ixKl)

4 And the evening and the morning were the Monday, gawdhelpusall. Howdy to all. I went to my poetry-prose reading event last night . . . and wonder upon wonders, the two women who showed up (with husband in one case, and kids on both) were funny, slim, and attractive. In 21st-century Amerika, all three attributes are rare enough. Here in Da Swamp, those qualities are like, as my mother said her father used to say, "finer than frog hair."

Anyway, they liked my reading, and their short pieces were not nod-off-in-your-seat readings. So a good win.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 04:16 AM (c6xtn)

5 Today? Work, physical therapy, drag myself home. The usual. At least it's cooler, for now.

Miss Dagny the little Siberian kitten is really perking up since her vet visit and her liquid antibiotic treatments. She's galloping around with big black Stirling, who is also thriving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 04:19 AM (c6xtn)

6 Disclaimer: Could be worse. Could be raining frogs.

https://tinyurl.com/yjrjaezu

Chevy Super Bowl 46 Commercial End Of World 2012

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 04:20 AM (0ixKl)

7 Pixy think global warming and you'll be alright

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2022 04:24 AM (xhxe8)

8 Good evening (?) Pixy. I've got nothing, just wanted to say thanks for all you do.

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at November 14, 2022 04:31 AM (Yr4Df)

9 >>>Where are my ping pong balls?

; )

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 04:32 AM (0ixKl)

10 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2022 04:33 AM (UK1vv)

11 Could be raining frogs.
-

Zeh plan iz vorkink! Klaus zayz you vill be hoppy. At least zat'z vot it zounded like to me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2022 04:38 AM (UK1vv)

12 Disclaimer: Could be worse. Could be raining frogs.

I thought it is supposed to be locusts. Crunchy crunchy ~~figs~~ locusts. Or even worse, locusts riding raining frogs.

Oh well. Who cares. Morning, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 14, 2022 04:41 AM (JOtiF)

13 If you lick a psychedelic toad, your chances of seeing it rain frogs increases ten fold.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2022 04:45 AM (BF0SU)

14 I thought it is supposed to be locusts. Crunchy crunchy figs locusts. Or even worse, locusts riding raining frogs.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 14, 2022

***
If only I could draw. What a cartoon that would make.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 04:46 AM (c6xtn)

15 10 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2022 04:33 AM (UK1vv)

Maybe that's one of the missing ping-pong balls?

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 04:52 AM (0ixKl)

16 Things can always be worse, you could have frogs

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2022 04:53 AM (xhxe8)

17 Fraud link was interesting

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2022 05:07 AM (xhxe8)

18 15 10 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2022 04:33 AM (UK1vv)

Maybe that's one of the missing ping-pong balls?
Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 04:52 AM (0ixKl)
-

You're looking for PLINK or PLUNK.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2022 05:21 AM (UK1vv)

19 https://www.americanthinker.com/how wisconsin streetfighters disrupted a democrat ballot gathering system.
https://tinyurl.com/mr2xty2p

My thinking exactly

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2022 05:24 AM (xhxe8)

20 16 Things can always be worse, you could have frogs
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2022 04:53 AM (xhxe

If life gives you frogs, sous vide them.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 05:27 AM (0ixKl)

21 If life gives you frogs, sous vide them.
Posted by: m

Then put maple syrup on them.

Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at November 14, 2022 05:36 AM (vd8XM)

22 Chilly out, wish I was in Oz where it's summer

Posted by: Skip's phone at November 14, 2022 05:38 AM (xhxe8)

23
The love of God. A devotional based
on psalm 57:

https://tinyurl.com/3xsdyard

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 05:42 AM (K411j)

Posted by: DB at November 14, 2022 05:42 AM (geLO8)

25 Watch out!

DB's is carrying a big stick!!

Posted by: Bruce at November 14, 2022 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

26 It's 47 F. here. Amusing how the TV weather people advise you to "leave a few minutes early and warm up your car." Not only is that not necessary until you get way down in the temps -- modern oils are fantastic -- it wastes gas; and you'd warm up the car faster by driving it gently for the first few miles. But the local natives think 47 is Yukon-in-January conditions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 05:43 AM (c6xtn)

27 !

Posted by: DB at November 14, 2022 05:45 AM (geLO8)

28 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 14, 2022 05:46 AM (sGNtw)

29 yeah the best way to warm a vehicle is to drive it- start it up, if you have oil pressure, just go

Posted by: DB at November 14, 2022 05:47 AM (geLO8)

30 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 05:48 AM (T4tVD)

31 yeah the best way to warm a vehicle is to drive it- start it up, if you have oil pressure, just go
Posted by: DB at November 14, 2022

***
I did that with my Benzes in Denver even when temps were in the teens in the early morning. Here, the coldest I've seen in the last 20 years was about 23 F. Modern oils flow easily at much lower temps than that. Engine parts are protected very swiftly. I might give it an extra 10-15 seconds if the temp is well below freezing -- seconds, not minutes -- before I drive off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 05:54 AM (c6xtn)

32 thanks for that link, Skip!

so that's how we managed to keep Ron Johnson, and got a Van Orden to replace Kind in the house. In-ter-es-ting.

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 14, 2022 05:54 AM (+BsyR)

33 Re: FTX and SBF implosion. Seeing rumblings that the threads run through Ukraine and back into Dems pockets.

It's too bad there isn't an opposition party interested in fighting for the interests of the American taxpayer and investigating such blatant money laundering and corruption.

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 05:56 AM (6uSvh)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 14, 2022 05:59 AM (ENBF0)

35
The Denocrats stand for the little guy. The struggling cryptobanker, the DC lobbyist wondering how to pay the rent, the elderly endowed-chair professor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 05:59 AM (zekVG)

36 35 The Denocrats stand for the little guy. The struggling cryptobanker, the DC lobbyist wondering how to pay the rent, the elderly endowed-chair professor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 05:59 AM (zekVG)

... the son of the President of the United States of America.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 06:00 AM (0ixKl)

37 G'morning, all.

38 degrees in the back yard.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:01 AM (1n+EO)

38 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 05:59 AM (zekVG)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:01 AM (K411j)

39 22 Chilly out, wish I was in Oz where it's summer
Posted by: Skip's phone at November 14, 2022 05:38 AM (xhxe

Idea for a Moron MoMe!

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 06:01 AM (0ixKl)

40 The Denocrats stand for the little guy. The struggling cryptobanker, the DC lobbyist wondering how to pay the rent, the elderly endowed-chair professor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 05:59 AM (zekVG)

... the son of the President of the United States of America.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 06:00 AM (0ixKl)

CIA-sponsored upstart oligarchs whose name rhymes with buttinsky.

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:02 AM (6uSvh)

41
But the local natives think 47 is Yukon-in-January conditions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 05:43 AM (c6xtn)

____________

47 degrees and women bundle themselves up as though they're going to die of hypothermia and get eaten by wolves walking from the house to the car.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 06:03 AM (MoZTd)

42 Just what you were waiting for.☺️

Great Dane whines for ice cubes from the fridge. Sunny Skyz video. That is a beautiful dog!:

https://tinyurl.com/3jc7k23f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:04 AM (K411j)

43 Showing that it will be 8 degrees here on Saturday. Tying a record set back in 1894.

Damn CO2 was terrible back then.

Posted by: Bruce at November 14, 2022 06:06 AM (vd8XM)

44 If the democrats want to play the "ballots matter and we must count any ballot no matter how sketchy" game we *can* beat them at that, but it requires a GOP elected leadership willing to play the same games as $oro$ DAs.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:09 AM (Lzpvj)

45
... The child of an influential senator looking for an entry-level board position. The family that has to prioritize the European vacation against the ski trip to Aspen...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 06:10 AM (MoZTd)

46 1 Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 14, 2022 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

Obviously the answer there Pixy is outlawing the internal combustion engine.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:10 AM (Lzpvj)

47 Getting out ahead of things . . . SBF did not kill himself.

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (6uSvh)

48 Another thing to understand is the IT billionaire class in alliance with money laundry inc and the international socialists are trying to play a game of "freeze the industrial economy" in place.

By outlawing efficient energy, and using (social)ist media as a mind control device they want to freeze socio-economic conditions in place forever....

a necessary ingredient for true aristocracy.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (Lzpvj)

49 Good morning morons

San Jose police issued 700 citations and impounded 20 cars last night at an illegal sideshow. Parents of 82 "minors" were "notifed."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (EZebt)

50 Disclaimer: Could be worse. Could be raining frogs.

----------

Nothing is worse than reigning Progs.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (K3TEc)

51 Reading about sheep who vote. It was common for Germans to stand outside a shop window where Hitler's picture was spotlighted. They would bring flowers and dirty the shop window with kisses.
Strange how the masses follow a person like Hitler to the point of worship. Biden would get the same treatment here in the good old USA? Holy shit.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (zJY/j)

52 47 Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (6uSvh)

It's not easy being our friend...

//Donk E and the IT Boys standing over inconvenient dead "friends"

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:13 AM (Lzpvj)

53 50 Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (K3TEc)

Pin-o-shay AIRLINES something socialist in the air.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:14 AM (Lzpvj)

54 14 degrees, scattered clouds, light airs

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 14, 2022 06:14 AM (+BsyR)

55 Morning, I see Pence is out there trashing Trump. Bless his heart.

Posted by: Spypeach at November 14, 2022 06:14 AM (UuB/1)

56 Old politicians never die, they just fade away over time. Once elected for high office they are mostly likely there until they die. This holds true for both parties!

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 06:16 AM (zJY/j)

57 FTX was probably one of many laundering machines for the Democrats. The 40 Billion sent to the Ukes was not all washed through FTX, and a lot of the FTX money's came from Tom Brady inspired marks.

In the words of Sam Bank-Fraud "Ponzi" Ponzerelli, "Heyyyyyyy"

Posted by: Minuteman at November 14, 2022 06:16 AM (LaNzR)

58 I am bored with all these Republican leaders trashing Trump. I am thankful I don't have a working TV and don't have to listen to their blather anywhere else.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (K411j)

59 55 Posted by: Spypeach at November 14, 2022 06:14 AM (UuB/1)

The GOP can try to make Pence a thing....

and I who held my nose and voted for Romney and McCain will hold my nose and vote for Biden, Harris, or Newsome's hair, or whomever....

I am done rewarding Republican weakness by democrats barely winning....let the mule win hard.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (Lzpvj)

60 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

61 So Mrs VIA and I sat nd listened to last Friday's podcast with JJ, CD and DiF.

Interesting response from MrsVIA at Dave's opening segment concerning democratic micro-targeting, and the lack of an organized GOPe GOTV effort. She suddenly told me that she to had been receiving texts and social media pushes to encourage very specific voting choices on the Democratic side of the ticket.

And just like Dave had said...all I ever got from the Republican side was 'Send us money!!!'

And as Dave stated, the more legit votes one can generate, the less illegal votes one must create to push your opponent into the win column.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (1n+EO)

62 As someone else said, where you find fraud you'll find a Clinton.

https://tinyurl.com/bdddyymb

Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 06:18 AM (3ImbR)

63 G'morning, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:18 AM (1n+EO)

64 Getting out ahead of things . . . SBF did not kill himself.

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:12 AM (6uSvh)

--------

Heh. If he avoids death by Post-Traumatic Hyoid Failure, he's on the short-list of Dem Presidential & VP hopefuls for 2024, because at this point -- why not?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 14, 2022 06:19 AM (K3TEc)

65 61 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (1n+EO)

Dirty little secret is the GOP to a degree was a machine party until Reagan....

We got addicted to popularity which allowed GOP pols to forget the actual mechanics of their job.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:19 AM (Lzpvj)

66 The Denocrats stand for the little guy. The struggling cryptobanker, the DC lobbyist wondering how to pay the rent, the elderly endowed-chair professor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2022 05:59 AM (zekVG)

... the son of the President of the United States of America.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 06:00 AM (0ixKl)

CIA-sponsored upstart oligarchs whose name rhymes with buttinsky.
Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:02 AM (6uSvh)

The oddly dressed man who just wants to read books to children, the children who are eager to express their inner desires through surgery and lifetime of drugs, the well meaning biochemist who makes chimeras...

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 06:19 AM (3hSHB)

67 yeah, that it was all a huge grift-laundering apparatus is all too plausible these days ... all of the right people got theirs, so let it crash.
interesting to see what happens to the principals; "suicide" or allowed to escape to dubai ... prosecution is the way, way low probability ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 14, 2022 06:19 AM (+BsyR)

68 A balmy 31℉ . An inch of the first season's snow is forecast for tonight.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:20 AM (u82oZ)

69 Why is my keyboard stealing letters out of my written words?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:20 AM (1n+EO)

70 Psalm 58- A judgement on corrupt rulers. This is a rather long article from "Bible Study Tools" which comes from a Christian publication , but is worthwhile , I think, for people with time and interest::

https://tinyurl.com/5n6zyv7u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:20 AM (K411j)

71 I think Newsome has a real good chance of being the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2014. Nice hair and looks like a President. I guess the Californians like him a lot, seeing how well he did in the election.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 06:21 AM (zJY/j)

72 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I trust you and yours are secure in stately VIA Manor. And your son is thriving on his deployment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

73 why yes, the ellipsis is one of my favorite punctuation marks.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 14, 2022 06:23 AM (+BsyR)

74 We've gone from movie Wyatt Earp seeking a reckoning for injustice in Arizona to a state of happy servants there. Well done.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 14, 2022 06:23 AM (oWBc3)

75 I think ~~Newsome~~Whitmer has a real good chance of being the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2014. Nice hair and looks like a President. I guess the ~~Californians~~ Michiganders like ~~him~~her a lot, seeing how well she did in the election.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 06:24 AM (3hSHB)

76 Anyone have any recommendations for OTC remedies for allergy to leaves and mold in leaves.? This has been doing a number on FenSpouse but he obviously cannot-and does not want to -take something that makes him sleepy because he needs to alert when driving the kids to school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:25 AM (K411j)

77 Please clap

Posted by: Mike Dence at November 14, 2022 06:25 AM (Tc2CN)

78 Interesting little sidebar election event taking place in Anne Arundel County Md.

Jessica Haire (R) ran against incumbent Stewart Pittman (D) for County Executive.

Election results still not announced, with Haire ever so slightly ahead in the most recent posted results of three days ago. But her lead was slowly decreasing.

A friggin County level race, and we still don't know the results almost a week later.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:26 AM (1n+EO)

79 It's interesting how the story of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone is the exact opposite of the seven samurai story.... instead of arming and training the village to fight for itself and helping them do so, they formed a gang of their own, disarmed the village completely, and shouldered the entire burden on themselves.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 14, 2022 06:26 AM (6FeV1)

80 and I who held my nose and voted for Romney and McCain will hold my nose and vote for Biden, Harris, or Newsome's hair, or whomever....

I am done rewarding Republican weakness by democrats barely winning....let the mule win hard.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (Lzpvj)

Exactly where I am at.

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:28 AM (6uSvh)

81 Did you hear the horrible news that Elon is going to make his employees actually start paying for their lunches in the cafeteria? The horror!

Posted by: buzzion at November 14, 2022 06:28 AM (aRLgQ)

82 GOPe

What would you say ... you do here?

- The Bobs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

83 Salty.

Doing as well as can be expected here. Found out last night that we lost a fellow shipmate from years ago, swell as another who is now OK, but having heart issues.

Son is doing well, and keeping aircraft flying off the pointy end, and returning safely to the square end.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:29 AM (1n+EO)

84 Idea: Not that it's not votes but ballots that count, what keeps Republicans, Libertarians and Independent from harvesting ballots in blue areas? And Republicans can game the mail in ballot to get 110%, 120%, 200% or more where ever we want. The only limitation is paper and ink. Also we need to pretend to be Chinese and connect up to the voting machines and throw another 90% in the mix. And if anyone complains call them racist election deniers trying to suppress the vote.

Maybe we could see the first libertarian mayor of Philly soon.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 14, 2022 06:29 AM (LaNzR)

85 buzzion

Sure says a lot about the survival skills of those employees. Nothing good, mind you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

86 maricopacounty

VOTERS: All legal votes will be counted. Your vote will count equally whether it is reported first, last, or somewhere in between. Thank you for participating.

Guess Musk would not let them tweet

FUCK YOU PEASANTS

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 06:30 AM (BRHaw)

87 As someone else said, where you find fraud you'll find a Clinton.

https://tinyurl.com/bdddyymb

Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 06:18 AM (3ImbR)

Some more background on the FTX people via John Cardillo.

https://tinyurl.com/3tn3b49m

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:31 AM (6uSvh)

88 Hey Wolfus, I hope this hurricane don't hit you. It's a Cat-3.

https://is.gd/y2piqq

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2022 06:31 AM (PiwSw)

89 Seems like the person in charge of running elections in Arizona should maybe be fired.

What did we say their name was again?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:31 AM (1n+EO)

90 I hope Elon doesn't take away the free bus service to work in SF. It would be the really, really last straw for the poor Twitter employees. They would have to ride to work with the common folks and people who live on the buses.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 06:32 AM (zJY/j)

91 Anyone have any recommendations for OTC remedies for allergy to leaves and mold in leaves.? This has been doing a number on FenSpouse but he obviously cannot-and does not want to -take something that makes him sleepy because he needs to alert when driving the kids to school.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The children's screams will wake him !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 06:32 AM (T4tVD)

92 89 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:31 AM (1n+EO)

Her name is Governor Hobbs evidently, Arizonans love them some loser fraud evidently.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:32 AM (Lzpvj)

93 Anyone have any recommendations for OTC remedies for allergy to leaves and mold in leaves.? This has been doing a number on FenSpouse but he obviously cannot-and does not want to -take something that makes him sleepy because he needs to alert when driving the kids to school.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:25 AM (K411j)
~~~~~

Claritan Redi-Tabs Non-Drowsy

Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 06:32 AM (3ImbR)

94 Village Idiot's Apprentice

There seems to be something wrong with our medical establishment these days.

This was predicted back in the early nineties. And here we are.

Glad the sharp end of the spear is still a honed, deadly weapon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

95
The Red-Headed Libertarian noted on twitter that republicans are 0 for 12 in elections that take longer than twelve hours to count the votes

which, I'm sure, is just a coincidence

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 14, 2022 06:33 AM (ENBF0)

96 "The children's screams will wake him !"

Earplugs

Just sayin'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:33 AM (1n+EO)

97 The children's screams will wake him !
Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 06:32 AM (T4tVD)

That wasn't covered in his latest Zoom conference on bus safety.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:34 AM (U9fhL)

98 Fen, Allegra and Nasacort work well for allergies.

Posted by: Spypeach at November 14, 2022 06:34 AM (UuB/1)

99 FenelonSpoke

A game changer for me was sublingual allergy drops. Very safe, but a tad spendy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

100 >Son is doing well, and keeping aircraft flying off the pointy end, and returning safely to the square end.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

he
works
in
the
'danger zone'

Posted by: DB at November 14, 2022 06:34 AM (geLO8)

101 95 Posted by: AltonJackson at November 14, 2022 06:33 AM (ENBF0)

Democrats are just extra thorough....you know why recounts 2000 pissed them off?

They really really thought they could "win."

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:34 AM (Lzpvj)

102 Claritan Redi-Tabs Non-Drowsy
Posted by: IrishEi

Thanks, IrishEI

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:35 AM (U9fhL)

103 winning....let the mule win hard.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:17 AM (Lzpvj)

Exactly where I am at.
Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:28 AM (6uSvh

One party seeks the destruction of western civilization for its own sake. The other party seeks to make a few bucks off of it, and insulates them against their wilder excesses to keep the system propagating. There is no mechanism or dynamic in that system alone that warrants patience or holding out hope. There is hope to be found perhaps, but not anywhere in the Uniparty framework.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 14, 2022 06:35 AM (6FeV1)

104 Democrats are just extra thorough....you know why recounts 2000 pissed them off?

They really really thought they could "win."
Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:34 AM (Lzpvj)

If Dan the Man Rather had not interfered by calling the race before all the polls closed in the Panhandle (like he was asked not to do), it wouldn't have been close enough to contest.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2022 06:36 AM (PiwSw)

105
Seems like the person in charge of running elections in Arizona should maybe be fired.

What did we say their name was again?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:31 AM

the real pisser is that the guy in charge of the Maricopa county elections is a republican...

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 14, 2022 06:36 AM (ENBF0)

106 what Warai-otoko said!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 14, 2022 06:37 AM (+BsyR)

107 Thanks, all.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:37 AM (vH/6k)

108 Americans will start living like Europeans do - somewhat interested in local politics, aware there is a controlling entity somewhere that requires an homage to a Caesar of sorts, but generally indifferent. This arc of collapse lasted roughly 200-300 years in Roman times. I'll bet on the US in that frame. Europe is in the 4th quarter.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 14, 2022 06:38 AM (oWBc3)

109 Have a great day, everyone.

The election has been quite revelatory. Lots to ponder here, on possible paths. May your own path be smooth going forward.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2022 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

110 Well shit.
It appears The Kid's laptop is dying faster than expected, previously it wouldn't recognize the internal wifi, yesterday it failed to recognize any of it's USB ports.
It did finally work but these are not good signs. Time to shop for real.
Oh well.

Posted by: LenNeal at November 14, 2022 06:38 AM (43xH1)

111 "But when the macroeconomic soup turns sour, and your financial papercuts turn into open wounds, it's much harder to hide."

And yet these idiots support Democrats. Bigly.

Posted by: DavidD at November 14, 2022 06:38 AM (nNVOy)

112 Pennsylvania sure has some great representatives in congress. It shows anyone can be a Senator in this day and age, as long as they have a lump.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 06:38 AM (zJY/j)

113 Take OTC allergy medicine at night, the sleepy is useful then, the relief part remains for the next day.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 14, 2022 06:39 AM (oWBc3)

114 Thanks, all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You're welcome !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 06:39 AM (T4tVD)

115 Be safe, Salty!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:39 AM (1n+EO)

116 Don't they have a picture of Abortion Mouse actually in a room watching the ballot counts? She's The Secretary of State . She should have resigned . I hope there are enough people in AZ who will protest this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:40 AM (U9fhL)

117 Some more background on the FTX people via John Cardillo.https://tinyurl.com/3tn3b49m
Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 06:31 AM (6uSvh)
~~~~~

So sickening. The corruption is absolutely in every aspect of our government and then some.

I especially like that the brother founded "Guarding against Pandemics." I no longer blame China for letting Covid-19 escape from Wuhan; I'm convinced it was (and remains) part of the plan and includes many western nations, particularly our own.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 06:40 AM (3ImbR)

118 "It shows anyone can be a Senator in this day and age, as long as they have a lump."

Remember, there were Democrats who actually said that being a Senator was so mentally easy that the need to think wasn't really a requirement.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:41 AM (1n+EO)

119 It's crazy (i mean, I've pretty much been driven around the bend to even think this), but it is impressive how Uniparty machine politics is so precise now that they can have nationwide elections that result in the Correct Faction getting juuuuust enough seats to hang on to power. This is like the kayfabe written for a local wrestling circuit that gets on local access TV sometimes if they're lucky.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 14, 2022 06:43 AM (6FeV1)

120 It's just weird to me that legit laptops last a few years then take a total dump, when I've been running basically antique Chromebooks with Linux OS, and they seem to last relatively forever.
I still have my first Samsung Chromebook, and the only thing bad wrong is the physical wiring to the screen. Otherwise it's still functional. I don't use it because of that, otherwise it's fine.
But Real Laptops do the seppuku bit in just a few years.

Posted by: LenNeal at November 14, 2022 06:43 AM (43xH1)

121 55 Morning, I see Pence is out there trashing Trump. Bless his heart.
Posted by: Spypeach at November 14, 2022 06:14 AM (UuB/1)

LOL

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 06:44 AM (0ixKl)

122 Twenty-eight percent of Americans say they are “very” or “somewhat worried” they will get COVID-19

CDC Sept 2021:
146.6 Million
Estimated Total Infections

124.0 Million
Estimated Symptomatic Illnesses

So lets roll that to Sept 2022:
300 million infections or so out of 330 million people.

300 / 330=0.909 or 91% of the people out there in SUA have been exposed to COVID. and 1 out of 3 is worried!

Makes ZERO FUCKING SENSE!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 06:45 AM (BRHaw)

123 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2022 06:45 AM (dO/0d)

124 "Bless his heart. "

Bless his anus, with a rusty pineapple too.

While we're at it, and all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:45 AM (1n+EO)

125 The amendment allowing direct election of Senators was a fatal nick to an artery of our country.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 14, 2022 06:46 AM (oWBc3)

126 Morning, I see Pence is out there trashing Trump. Bless his heart.
Posted by: Spypeach at November 14, 2022 06:14 AM (UuB/1)

Whatever you think of Trump, going out and trashing him and then expecting MAGA support is stupid and suicidal. Pence is an idiot

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2022 06:46 AM (dO/0d)

127 Pence is an idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2022 06:46 AM (dO/0d)
~~~~~

A backstabbing idiot.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 06:47 AM (3ImbR)

128 28% of Americans are irrevocably broken.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 14, 2022 06:48 AM (oWBc3)

129 127 Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 06:47 AM (3ImbR)

Correct and rather than reward rats, I will reward skunks.

Posted by: sven at November 14, 2022 06:48 AM (Lzpvj)

130 Hiya Captain !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 06:49 AM (T4tVD)

131 110 Well shit.
It appears The Kid's laptop is dying faster than expected, previously it wouldn't recognize the internal wifi, yesterday it failed to recognize any of it's USB ports.
It did finally work but these are not good signs. Time to shop for real.
Oh well.
Posted by: LenNeal at November 14, 2022 06:38 AM (43xH1)

Heres a nice rig for $269

https://tinyurl.com/55xftfzt

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 06:49 AM (BRHaw)

132 128 28% of Americans are irrevocably broken.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 14, 2022 06:48 AM (oWBc3)

We're doing our best!

Posted by: Randi Weingarten at November 14, 2022 06:50 AM (PiwSw)

133 Paul of Tarsus speaks of disciplining by "binding over to the devil". Binding weak and counterproductive Republican Politicians to their perfidy so that they know lies and failure get them nothing may motivate the others to be on our side.

McConnell must go. Anyone voting McConnell back into leadership must go.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 14, 2022 06:52 AM (LaNzR)

134 69 Why is my keyboard stealing letters out of my written words?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2022 06:20 AM (1n+EO)

'Cause they're golden?

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 06:52 AM (0ixKl)

135 >but it is impressive how Uniparty machine politics is so precise now that they can have nationwide elections that result in the Correct Faction getting juuuuust enough seats to hang on to power.

well, it's like a terrorist movement where there's no clear central power, but all the individual cells are using the same tactics towards the same end, all the time

election day rolls around, everybody knows what to do

Posted by: DB at November 14, 2022 06:54 AM (geLO8)

136 You don't expect Pence to live on that book money do you? The GOPe will give him 100 million to get 2% of the vote and drop out a few weeks after Iowa. But hey, he tried and will have a big pile of money left. Who could've predicted that?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2022 06:56 AM (BF0SU)

137

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 14, 2022 06:58 AM (vwCZJ)

138 Gentilesco — who works at Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel about about a half hour north of Tampa.

That's why passing by the parking space — adorned with the words from Philippians 4:13 in the New Testament: “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me" — every school day angers her so, WFLA said.

“I feel like it’s attacking me as a Jew,” Gentilesco told the station.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:00 AM (BRHaw)

139 "Recessions unmask fraud."

Warren Buffet said it best:

"It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked."

Posted by: norman rogers at November 14, 2022 07:02 AM (GVtWn)

140 Gentilesco is offended by this?

Tough shit. Deal.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2022 07:02 AM (KATBx)

141 Heres a nice rig for $269

https://tinyurl.com/55xftfzt

Posted by: rhennigantx

Looks like a good deal. Never heard of the brand name, but since its Chinese, that's not unusual. It has a 14 inch screen. I did a search of it on the internet, didn't find anything really bad about it.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 07:03 AM (zJY/j)

142 Direct election of senators doesn't really matter when the people who would be selecting them anyway are corrupted.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 14, 2022 07:05 AM (6FeV1)

143 Generally not up in the wee hours, so I'll take a moment to tip my hat to Pixy.

WX locally, 22 deg F. Had a little bit of freezing rain/sleet yesterday, which led to a frozen lock on the Frontier, and scraping the windshield.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2022 07:05 AM (esps4)

144 Hiya Mike Hammer !

33 deg here......

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:07 AM (T4tVD)

145 Gentilesco is offended by this?

Tough shit. Deal.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2022 07:02 AM (KATBx)

Throw up some quotes from the Sura instead.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 14, 2022 07:07 AM (ye0Bz)

146 Hey Colin look at this

https://tinyurl.com/32tm9h3b

a Real Dell for 260 to 270

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Processor (Dual Core, Up to 3.50GHz, 5MB Cache, 15W)
Windows 11 Home (S mode)
128GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive
8GB (1X8GB) Up to 3200MHz DDR4 SoDIMM Non-ECC

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:07 AM (BRHaw)

147 Hiya Mike Hammer !

33 deg here......
Posted by: JT
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Muldoon could do something about 'flirting with freezing'. Rhyme has never been my forte.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2022 07:09 AM (2eKfM)

148 Paul of Tarsus speaks of disciplining by "binding over to the devil". Binding weak and counterproductive Republican Politicians to their perfidy so that they know lies and failure get them nothing may motivate the others to be on our side.

I am 100% sure that Paul is speaking of church discipline and that neither of these Republican Congress Critters you speak of are Christians.

They are Sinners doing their job description - they just happen to be over achievers.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 07:09 AM (3hSHB)

149 Saw biden and xi this AM. Xi is gonna each his lunch and we are fucked

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2022 07:10 AM (dO/0d)

150 Muldoon could rhyme with orange....

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:12 AM (T4tVD)

151 Saw biden and xi this AM. Xi is gonna each his lunch and we are fucked

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2022 07:10 AM (dO/0d)

Not to worry. The big guy will still get his 10%.

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 07:13 AM (6uSvh)

152 Muldoon could rhyme with orange....
Posted by: JT
------

:-)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2022 07:13 AM (j2XJk)

153 AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Processor (Dual Core, Upto3.50GHz, 5MB Cache, 15W)
Windows 11 Home (S mode)
128GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive
8GB (1X8GB) Up to 3200MHz DDR4 SoDIMM Non-ECC
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U Processor (Dual Core, Up to

I have a Ryzen 3 and its okay, much like the Intel I3. I have both, and for a budget processor its okay. Not a gaming computer for sure. But good for the internet and light work. Some think the one or the other is better. I can't see any difference as they are in low end Dells.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 07:15 AM (zJY/j)

154 Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has threatened Elon Musk to 'fix' his companies 'or Congress will'. It came hours after Musk mocked the senator for demanding answers about Twitter's verification.

So Markey colluded WaPo to give out her verification code duh! and complain his is impersonated and Twitter must be investigated.

Peeps, this is day in and day out how Congress blackmails businesses via collusion with Big MSM.

Another day that ends end FUCK YOU PEASANTS!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:17 AM (BRHaw)

155 Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has threatened Elon Musk to 'fix' his companies 'or Congress will'. It came hours after Musk mocked the senator for demanding answers about Twitter's verification.

Seems like we blew right past Fascism and straight in to raw Communism.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 07:19 AM (3hSHB)

156 I have a Ryzen 3 and its okay, much like the Intel I3. I have both, and for a budget processor its okay. Not a gaming computer for sure. But good for the internet and light work. Some think the one or the other is better. I can't see any difference as they are in low end Dells.
Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2022 07:15 AM (zJY/j)

You can got to dell outlet and sort be $$$ and then see if adding $100 to the price gets you what you want.!

Inspiron 15” 3000 (3525)
$800.00$440.49
5 in stock
Scratch & Dent
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U Processor (8 Core, Up to 4.50GHz, 20MB Cache, 15W)
Windows 11 Home
512GB PCIe M.2 NVMe QLC Solid State Drive
16GB (2X8GB) Up to 3200MHz DDR4 SoDIMM Non-ECC

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

157 I'll take a look, thanks!

Posted by: LenNeal at November 14, 2022 07:20 AM (43xH1)

158 Wake up!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47VnfoEpw3c

Posted by: setnaffa at November 14, 2022 07:20 AM (bYETr)

159 Hey Wolfus, I hope this hurricane don't hit you. It's a Cat-3.

https://is.gd/y2piqq
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2022

***
It's already blown in and is curled up in my living room as we speak.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 07:22 AM (J2vNu)

160 Huzza! It's Claude Monet's birthday!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 14, 2022 07:22 AM (VoNp6)

161 Seems like we blew right past Fascism and straight in to raw Communism.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 07:19 AM (3hSHB)

Obamas Fascism rammed bills thru Congress. The new flavors of Fascism is all via 3 letter agencies.

I think the first is Italy in 1920s. The second is Germany 1938.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:23 AM (BRHaw)

162 160 Huzza! It's Claude Monet's birthday!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 14, 2022 07:22 AM (VoNp6)

Really same as Mrs rhennigantx

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

163 Happy birthday Claude !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:24 AM (T4tVD)

164 Fenelon: My go-to allergy relief is Sudafed and Quercetin. Even the 'non-drowsy' antihistamines put me out.

Posted by: mustbequantum at November 14, 2022 07:24 AM (MIKMs)

165 mornin yall. I guess it's ok if I don't vote in the upcoming Ga runoff now?

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2022 07:25 AM (sn5EN)

166 Oh well I feel better now. The local paper says:

"If there is a 50-50 Senate, NBC's Chuck Todd says there is an official power sharing agreement between the two parties."

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2022 07:27 AM (sn5EN)

167 "The old party is dead. Time to bury it. Build something new,” Hawley tweeted in response to Republican Adam Laxalt losing the Nevada Senate race to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D-NV).

"I don’t imagine I will, no,” Hawley said, adding, “I’m not sure if any other senator will run or not. Nobody’s indicated they would. But my view is that we need new leadership in that position.”

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 14, 2022 07:28 AM (vwMFL)

168 fd - No you still should. Make it harder for them before they steal it. At this point the only way to stop this is make the fraud so obvious that it permeates the LIVs.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 14, 2022 07:29 AM (5p7BC)

169 But it will be cold outside and I could get shot.

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2022 07:30 AM (sn5EN)

170 Happy Birthday Mrs. Rhennigantz !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:30 AM (T4tVD)

171 160 Huzza! It's Claude Monet's birthday!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 14, 2022 07:22 AM (VoNp6)

I hate to tell you this, but:

445 See you tomorrow on the Art Thread. I think this is the beginning of Lucian Freud month!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 06:58 PM (XIJ/X)

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:30 AM (0ixKl)

172 But it will be cold outside and I could get shot.

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2022 07:30 AM (sn5EN)

Serpentine!

Posted by: flounder at November 14, 2022 07:30 AM (6uSvh)

173 there is an official power sharing agreement between the two parties
_________________

Which parties, the Dems and WEF? Dems and CCP? C'mon Chuck Todd, tell us, you POS!

(haven't had coffee yet)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2022 07:30 AM (fs1hN)

174 That article on Recessions and Fraud mentioned WireCard, a payment processor that went belly up when it was found that, whoops, almost 2 billion in Euros was missing. As the saying goes, 100 Thousand, you have a problem, 100 Million, the bank has a problem.

Recently, PayPal has been in the news around these parts, for trying to charge a $2,500 Sin Tax on Sinners who do not believe in the True God (which just so happens to be whatever they say at the time).

High chance they might be cooking the books as well?

Posted by: Another Anon at November 14, 2022 07:31 AM (sy/OZ)

175 Ed Markey, he of the dumb grin, submarined the proposed new LNG terminal a few years back, and wants to close the Charlestown terminal, while also leading the fight against new overland pipelines into Massachusetts.

He wants his constituents to freeze in the dark. But, that's OK, he has an excuse, which is that he's one of the dumbest people in the US Senate, and doesn't really connect the dots. He's Feddermonster without the stroke excuse. You wonder how the Democrat machine can so reliably cough up furballs like this guy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2022 07:31 AM (LBryL)

176 Another UVA shooting by a white person of color.

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2022 07:34 AM (sn5EN)

177 from the sidebar:

I'm pretty sure that Lake is going to lose. The Maricopa drop tonight was not enough of a vote differential. She is 27K votes down with about 80K votes outstanding in the county. There are still games being played, but I would not get your hopes up. ... [DiF]

; (

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:34 AM (0ixKl)

178 Another example of snowflakeiness: Somehow I was copied on an email at work where somebody was complaining about a tour of a college in North Carolina.

". . . [H]onestly . . . I wondered how [the tour guide] treated the students of Winston Salem State as her comments were demeaning. Comments such as how from working at an HBCU she understood parents could be very creative with names. Or that because of students hair they had to replace the red leather pads. As well as the comment before getting of the bus that if you have never been on an HBCU campus 'let me tell you it's different.' During the tour at Winston Salem State she continued to talk over the Winston Salem State staff interjecting points that she felt necessary to share." ". . . [A]s a black woman, especially one that not only works at an HBCU but graduated from one, I was offended and uncomfortable."

This stuff sounds like a MadTV sketch, or one on In Living Color.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 07:34 AM (J2vNu)

179 Ed Markey, he of the dumb grin, submarined the proposed new LNG terminal a few years back, and wants to close the Charlestown terminal, while also leading the fight against new overland pipelines into Massachusetts.

He wants his constituents to freeze in the dark. But, that's OK, he has an excuse, which is that he's one of the dumbest people in the US Senate, and doesn't really connect the dots. He's Feddermonster without the stroke excuse. You wonder how the Democrat machine can so reliably cough up furballs like this guy.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Did they check him for lumps ?

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:35 AM (T4tVD)

180 'Fix your companies. Or Congress will,' Senator Ed Markey warns Elon Musk after the billionaire mocked his concerns about paid verification on Twitter.

To paraphrase the intro to Fallout, "Power. Power never changes."

Posted by: Halfhand at November 14, 2022 07:35 AM (LYekU)

181 BBC on Istanbul bombing
https://tinyurl.com/469xuwsm

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told Turkish media a woman had sat on a bench in the area for more than 40 minutes, leaving just minutes before the blast took place.... On Monday morning, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said a person suspected of having left the bomb had been arrested by police.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:38 AM (0ixKl)

182
Six dead, dozens wounded in Turkey explosion

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That's one lousy cook.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2022 07:40 AM (oINRc)

183 from the sidebar:

I'm pretty sure that Lake is going to lose. The Maricopa drop tonight was not enough of a vote differential. She is 27K votes down with about 80K votes outstanding in the county. There are still games being played, but I would not get your hopes up. ... [DiF]

; (

My hopes were never up to begin with. It's clear they will never let go of power, and they are allowed to cheat without penalty.

Posted by: spypeach at November 14, 2022 07:40 AM (UuB/1)

184 "Arizona police uncovered a dead and burned fetus from a homeless encampment on Saturday around 1am."

In other news, dog bites man.

Posted by: fd at November 14, 2022 07:40 AM (sn5EN)

185 the ads overlaying the AoS page have become obtrusive and are threatening to make it unreadable. Any suggestions as to how to prevent or at least reduce them?

Posted by: Kyle Kiernan at November 14, 2022 07:41 AM (2qlvy)

186 182
Six dead, dozens wounded in Turkey explosion

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That's one lousy cook.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2022 07:40 AM (oINRc)

I swear to Go D I thot Turkeys could fly!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

187 m -

I think the reason Chapelle was mumbling cause he knew his material wasn't funny.

Looks like he's been eating well.....

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

188 I have to admit that this morning I woke up with a certain amount of dread in my veins. A lack of optimism more like. Nothing is going well in this country. Professionally my job is on thin ice as my company's stock has dropped from $104/share to just under $30/share. We're shedding headcount faster than I can keep up with and as one of the higher earners in a non-billable department, I'm keeping my head on a swivel.

All this with the prospect of a renovation that the Mrs. and I are waiting on an estimate for - knowing that we won't be able to afford it because inflation has neutralized our discretionary budget.

Diesel hit $6.50/gallon here over the weekend. I couldn't believe it. I've got two 5 gallon jerry cans of it in my garage for "break open in case of emergency". Didn't realize they would be investments.

Posted by: Defenestratus at November 14, 2022 07:42 AM (vFPFU)

189 the ads overlaying the AoS page have become obtrusive and are threatening to make it unreadable. Any suggestions as to how to prevent or at least reduce them?

Give Ace millions of dollars so he doesn't need to run ads.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 07:43 AM (3hSHB)

190 Anyone have any recommendations for OTC remedies for allergy to leaves and mold in leaves.? This has been doing a number on FenSpouse but he obviously cannot-and does not want to -take something that makes him sleepy because he needs to alert when driving the kids to school.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 06:25 AM (K411j)
++++
I have found Flonase (or the generic equivalent) to be a great helper for me. I started getting seasonal allergies when I moved, and it knocks them back.

The brand name is expensive. The generic is still somewhat pricey but way cheaper. The active ingredient you're looking for is "fluticasone."

It's a nasal spray. One spritz up each nostril. Some rapid relief but give it 2-3 days to really hit its stride. I use it during both spring and autumn.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 14, 2022 07:44 AM (t0OGg)

191 187 m -
I think the reason Chapelle was mumbling cause he knew his material wasn't funny.
Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

Yep. His paycheck's the same either way.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:44 AM (0ixKl)

192 187 m -
I think the reason Chapelle was mumbling cause he knew his material wasn't funny.
Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

Yep. His paycheck's the same either way.
Posted by: m

Nice work, if ya can get it.....

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2022 07:45 AM (T4tVD)

193 the ads overlaying the AoS page have become obtrusive and are threatening to make it unreadable. Any suggestions as to how to prevent or at least reduce them?
Posted by: Kyle Kiernan at November 14, 2022 07:41 AM (2qlvy)

Switch to the Brave browser and turn on ad blocking. No more disgusting feet or other graphics. Of course, King Harve also takes a hit.

Posted by: WiNO - Again Fortified with Fraud at November 14, 2022 07:46 AM (EpDzw)

194 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2022 07:46 AM (BRHaw)

195 This stuff sounds like a MadTV sketch, or one on In Living Color.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2022 07:34 AM (J2vNu)

My wife was a physician for an HBCU. They are *different* for sure.

Usually in the corruption department. In fact the practice my wife was a fellow at (1-year) was caught bribing the HBCU administration.

Posted by: Defenestratus at November 14, 2022 07:47 AM (vFPFU)

196 The only question in Turkey is whether it was the US or the UK.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 14, 2022 07:47 AM (vwMFL)

197 J.J. is up.

Posted by: spypeach at November 14, 2022 07:47 AM (UuB/1)

198 193 the ads overlaying the AoS page have become obtrusive and are threatening to make it unreadable. Any suggestions as to how to prevent or at least reduce them?
Posted by: Kyle Kiernan at November 14, 2022 07:41 AM (2qlvy)

Switch to the Brave browser and turn on ad blocking. No more disgusting feet or other graphics. Of course, King Harve also takes a hit.
Posted by: WiNO - Again Fortified with Fraud at November 14, 2022 07:46 AM (EpDzw)

King Harv sneaks through my AdBlock on Safari.

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:47 AM (0ixKl)

199 On the topic of the thread, I still hate Windows 11 and the new MS Office version for this year.

Between the muted colors of taskbar icon blinking (It used to be a very obvious orange, now it's a much less-visible orange-gray), the default behavior of the Outlook reminders popup no longer being always on top (I have fixed that) and the fact that the new Outlook notification sound is a very brief, not at all obtrusive little muted "ding" noise, I missed three appointments last week.

I have fixed the reminder window behavior, but I want the old Outlook notification sound - the one I've trained myself to listen for - back. I want the taskbar blinking icons to be visible again. For that matter, I'd like to be able to move the taskbar back to the edge of the screen where I want it.

This "upgrade" to 11 and the new O365 version has been a productivity destroyer for me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 14, 2022 07:48 AM (t0OGg)

200 200

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:48 AM (0ixKl)

201 the ads overlaying the AoS page have become obtrusive and are threatening to make it unreadable. Any suggestions as to how to prevent or at least reduce them?
Posted by: Kyle Kiernan at November 14, 2022 07:41 AM (2qlvy)
~~~~~

It's only on the home page. Click on "read more" or "comments" and they disappear. How else is Ace going to earn a living?

Posted by: IrishEi at November 14, 2022 07:48 AM (3ImbR)

202 w00t

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:49 AM (0ixKl)

203 This "upgrade" to 11 and the new O365 version has been a productivity destroyer for me.

Is this a test run for a future First World Problem thread?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 14, 2022 07:51 AM (3hSHB)

204 I am tired of the "NY Post " screeching about "Trump backed candidates lost!!!!" & "Trump is boring!!" Good grief, they sound like spurned high school girls. If they wanted to deflate Trump they should have just ignored him.

Oh, yes the liberal-I would not call him a screeching leftist- on the radio thinks that Kari Lake is crazy and laments that she might never concede. Well, if she thinks she won and was cheated why should she.?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2022 07:51 AM (WF0GL)

205 NYPost on University of Virginia shooting:

https://tinyurl.com/yw3ju4m2

“UVA Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER firearm reported in area of Culbreth Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT”

I'd freeze in place trying to figure out "run, hide, fight."

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:53 AM (0ixKl)

206 205 NYPost on University of Virginia shooting:

https://tinyurl.com/yw3ju4m2

“UVA Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER firearm reported in area of Culbreth Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT”

I'd freeze in place trying to figure out "run, hide, fight."
Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:53 AM (0ixKl)

Run if you can run, hide if you can't run, fight if you can't hide.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 14, 2022 07:54 AM (eYoxG)

207 Biden and Xi getting ready to have press conference. I think I am busy.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 14, 2022 08:19 AM (GKhoz)

208 Disclaimer: Could be worse. Could be raining frogs."

Frogs are edible; that might be useful during the starving times...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 14, 2022 11:23 AM (ynpvh)

209 206 205 NYPost on University of Virginia shooting:

https://tinyurl.com/yw3ju4m2

“UVA Alert: ACTIVE ATTACKER firearm reported in area of Culbreth Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT”

I'd freeze in place trying to figure out "run, hide, fight."
Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 07:53 AM (0ixKl)

Run if you can run, hide if you can't run, fight if you can't hide.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 14, 2022 07:54 AM (eYoxG)

Oh. Thanks!

Posted by: m at November 14, 2022 11:31 AM (8rTNG)

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Posted by: Monica White at November 14, 2022 05:27 PM (IRcm3)

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