Thread before the Gardening Thread, December 3

There has been a lot of new information coming out this week that has been unnerving to a lot of people. And a lot of it seems downright crazy. But it feels like there is more to come. Imagine being the REAL, slow-blinking White House Press Secretary today. She is prone to adding an additional layer of crazy-making to many stories when asked to comment. IF she is asked.

I am unnerved, too. In a different way, I hope. There's too much information that I don't really understand. Best I can do at the moment is to marvel some at how we got here, and then turn back to other matters, like the holidays.

The Big Twitter Reveal

Ace pointed out last night that the tweet-by-tweet revelations about actions at The Old Twitter about Hunter's laptop took the focus off the FBI's malfeasance on this issue. But Elon Musk's main concern right now seems to be Twitter. He is a target. As an example, the EU has threatened to ban Twitter in Europe unless new owner Elon Musk adheres to its strict rules on content moderation. The U.S. government is not the only one pulling strings on the press and social media. The Twitter Reveal is a risk for Musk.

How did Musk come to choose Matt Taibbi for the Twitter reveal?

Well, I can't say for sure, but I have a clue. On November 30, Taibbi and Douglas Murray debated Malcolm Gladwell and Michelle Goldberg in the prestigious Munk Debates in Canada on this subject: "Be it resolved: Do not trust the mainstream media."

He posted his opening argument to his Substack as the debate began:

"Be it resolved: don't trust mainstream media." My name is Matt Taibbi, I've been a reporter for 30 years, and I argue for the resolution. You should not trust mainstream media.
I grew up in the press. My father was a reporter. My stepmother was a reporter. My godparents were reporters. Every adult I knew growing up seemed to be in media. I even used my father's TV mic flag as a toy. I'd go in the backyard, stand with my back to the house, and play "live shot":
Chet, I'm in Norwell, Massachusetts, where firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze...

I love the news business. It's in my bones. But I mourn for it. It's destroyed itself.
My father had a saying: "The story's the boss." In the American context, if the facts tell you the Republicans were the primary villains in this or that disaster, you write that story. If the facts point more at Democrats, you go that way. If it turns out they're both culpable, as was often the case for me across nearly ten years of investigating Wall Street and the causes of the 2008 crash for Rolling Stone, you write that. We're not supposed to nudge facts one way or another. Our job is to call things as we see them and leave the rest up to you.
We don't do that now. The story is no longer the boss. Instead, we sell narrative, as part of a new business model that's increasingly indifferent to fact. . .

Well, Taibbi and Murray reportedly changed the views of the audience by the largest margin ever recorded in the Munk debates.

Incidentally, Douglas Murray went after the Canadian press hard for its ties to government.

There's a video of the debate if you have the patience to watch it. Taibbi called it "wild and oddly nasty". I don't think the transcripts of the debate have been released yet. But Taibbi is certainly on record for his opposition to the decline in the reliability of the press.

Of course, this also affects how we think about other forms of communication, such as Twitter.

There is powerful opposition to freedom of expression:

While the Iranian and Chinese people rise up in the streets to claim their civil rights, American progressives take to their keyboards and fight alongside their Fortune 500 corporate partners to restore censorship on social media!
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) November 27, 2022

Taibbi released a podcast with Walter Kirn (who calls him "Ace") last night, the same night as the big Twitter Reveal. They discuss both the Munk debate and the Twitter reveal. He's been busy.

A hundred years ago:

Journalism possesses in itself the potentiality of becoming one of the most frightful monstrosities and delusions that have ever cursed mankind. This horrible transformation will occur at the exact instant at which journalists realize that they can become an aristocracy.
— G. K. Chesterton (@GKCdaily) December 2, 2022

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Sudden revelations that we should have anticipated

We already knew that dog bondage was not Sam Brinton's only fetish.

Of course, we didn't really know that stealing womens' luggage might be another. But should we have trusted him with the administration of the nation's nuclear waste?

An interesting thing about both the Kanye West and Sam Brinton cases is that they indicate how throughly we are being trained to ignore obvious red flags.

"The guy in the dog bandage outfit with the gold fangs in his mouth - who'd have guessed HE'D turn out to be a creep?"
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) December 2, 2022

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Small detail - SBF and FTX

SBF never bought bitcoin for those FTX customers.

I'm sure Mad Maxine will get to the bottom of this https://t.co/AA09RZYYYE
— S.Kinny (@SkinnyFilter) December 2, 2022

Maxine is in love.

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Remember that we are in the holiday season

Your yearly reminder that two of Virginia's indian tribes, the Pamunkey and Mattaponi, present a deer to the governor. Best Thanksgiving tradition ever. pic.twitter.com/eH24G87hZn
— Renna (@RennaW) November 24, 2022

Story Time

Granddaddy says, “I wasn’t raised, I was snatched up.” When he was just a boy, his daddy, Papaw Reg, was stricken with a brain tumor that left him unable to work. So Granddaddy, as the oldest of six kids, became a grown man when he was nine and a half.
— Canon Theologian of the Bible Belt ⚓️ (@NoJesuitTricks) November 29, 2022

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Music

For me, Advent doesn’t begin with a wreath and a candle; Advent begins when we start playing Handel.

The good news is that Messiah is liturgically street legal all the way through Easter!
— Canon Theologian of the Bible Belt ⚓️ (@NoJesuitTricks) November 28, 2022

For unto us a child is born

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, Thanksgiving Weekend vs. The Current Thing

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:04 AM

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1 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 11:08 AM (T4tVD)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Hiya, JT

Posted by: KT at December 03, 2022 11:10 AM (rrtZS)

4 Yeah, the "greatest TG tradition ever" thing kind of depends on your point of view.

Posted by: The Deer at December 03, 2022 11:11 AM (eOEVl)

5 Fine Dog is better than Raggity Karine

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 11:11 AM (xhxe8)

6 Hiya KT !

Happy Saturday !

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 11:12 AM (T4tVD)

7 Happy Saturday you people!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2022 11:12 AM (qoGsy)

8 Mighty Manfred, the WonderDog > Sweet Poly Purebred > Fine Dog

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2022 11:14 AM (qoGsy)

9 Pretty much willowed:

Daughter has Region competition today. She's on piccolo again this year. Made Area and missed State by one chair last year, so we're hoping for the best, her last go at it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Kamala Harris seems to have vanished from the news. Not that I'm complaining.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 11:16 AM (WVI+O)

11 Prayers up for our daughter (by proxy) flautist!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2022 11:17 AM (qoGsy)

12 Had to use hooktube to watch the video, FWIW.

Not sure why, but I think YouTube has a ban on me for some things.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)

13 Prayers up for our daughter (by proxy) flautist!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2022 11:17 AM (qoGsy)

MUCH appreciated. 😁

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

14 A quick gas price report if anybody is traveling through the West AR / E OK area. Sam's Club, 2.57. Murphy Stations by Walmart 2.71.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2022 11:21 AM (lz5hY)

15 Daughter has Region competition today. She's on piccolo again this year. Made Area and missed State by one chair last year, so we're hoping for the best, her last go at it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Put somebody on a grassy knoll with a slingshot to thin out the competition !

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 11:21 AM (T4tVD)

16 > 10 Kamala Harris seems to have vanished from the news. Not that I'm complaining.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 11:16 AM (WVI+O)

They're probably trying to figure out some discreet way of dumping her before Gropey Dope goes down in flames.

Likely they'll try replacing her with Newsom if they managed to get the Senate Majority with "Reverend" "Bitch Best Have My $28" Warnock.

Posted by: This Guy Wasn't So Lucky at December 03, 2022 11:21 AM (bW8dp)

17 The university where I don't teach anymore except for when I need beer money built a new music hall a few years back. Acoustics are incredible. You can hear a fly fart from the back row. So I took Mrs D to a playing of Handel's Messiah. Lord. How boring. It was two minutes of beautiful and a bunch of singing in a foreign language.
Sigh.
Still the two minutes were nice.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:21 AM (anj39)

18 I had a funny thing happen to me last night. Went to go pick up an order at Posado's, a local restaurant we like. As i got there at about 8, another guy walked in just seconds ahead of me - we were the only two there for take out. He said his name, and i said "whoa that's MY name! We better make sure we don't get our orders switched!" (Cont'd)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 11:23 AM (bYURv)

19 Yeah, the "greatest TG tradition ever" thing kind of depends on your point of view.
Posted by: The Deer at December 03, 2022 11:11 AM (eOEVl)

I saw a herd of deer as I was driving into a small town yesterday. At least one was a large multi-pointed buck. I marveled at how calm they were, eating what remained of the grass in a field.

When I told the person I was there to see, he went immediately to shooting them. I'm not a hunter, but must admit I didn't see that side of it. I was just thinking how beautiful they were.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM (NWBBy)

20 A quick gas price report if anybody is traveling through the West AR / E OK area. Sam's Club, 2.57. Murphy Stations by Walmart 2.71.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Nice! Pilots in Mid TN on I40 has it for $2.54. That's even cheaper than the local Buc-ees.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM (qoGsy)

21 The cited stuff from Taibbi is fine as far as it goes, but it clearly understates the problem, both the the scope (it's not just Rs vs Ds) and the severity (the "press" for some time has gone far beyond "shading" the facts, to outright fabrication, and of course close collusion with the "right people" to distort a story).

The line about "covering a story, with a pillow, until it dies" is both funny and precisely accurate.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM (OTzUX)

22 Gorgeous Handel piece - hard as the dickens to sing well, and it sounds so much better when the high parts are sung by a boys' choir (which are the voices it was written for) as opposed to females taking the "SA" parts.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at December 03, 2022 11:26 AM (SRRAx)

23 [takes dollar, looks around furtively]
Word on the street is, Bitcoin is fake - paper money is just as fake as Bitcoin, it just has more suckers fooled into believing it has worth.

Posted by: Johnny The Shoeshine Guy at December 03, 2022 11:26 AM (toX1Y)

24 Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden...
Good luck to her!!!
PS: Washington State University has an awesome music department and marching band.
Just sayin'

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:26 AM (anj39)

25 Yeah, the "greatest TG tradition ever" thing kind of depends on your point of view.

Posted by: The Deer at December 03, 2022 11:11 AM

Reminds me of "The Social Network":

Mark Zuckerberg: So doesn't that sound better, to catch a big marlin instead of 14 trout?

Eduardo Saverin: If you're a trout.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (Do5/p)

26 Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:21 AM

It's more fun to sing along with The Messiah. Then you could see the words in the music, too.

Posted by: KT at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (rrtZS)

27 (Cont'd)
Posted by: Tom Servo

(The next line is" how do ya keep an asshole in suspense ?")

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (T4tVD)

28 Part 2: we got to talking, and he said "is that yout Toyota truck? Look at mine!" At that point we realized that 2vguys with the same name, who drove the same truck, and who were about the same age, had walked through the doors of the same restaurant at the exact same time to pick up very similar carry out orders on the same night.

And i thought "okay now the universe is just messin' with me."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (bYURv)

29 Sweet, JT.

Posted by: creeper at December 03, 2022 11:29 AM (cTCuP)

30 That's even cheaper than the local Buc-ees.

Dunno about TN but here you can get a 5% discount at Buc-ee's if you use a credit card particular credit union. It's not a huge deal but it's enough to make it worth opening an account and direct-depositing just enough to cover an average month's gas use.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 03, 2022 11:29 AM (nfrXX)

31 Hiya creeper !

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 11:29 AM (T4tVD)

32 Cue Twilight Zone music...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (DhOHl)

33 20 Pilot in this area is usually competitive or cheapest. Trouble with them is, being a gimp now, and I won't pay at the pump because I got nicked with a skimmer, the distance from the pumps to the register. Walk in, pay an estimate for a fill up, go pump, walk back in for change. One thing I miss in PA is the Quick Fill stations that had a guy there manning the pumps if you needed it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (lz5hY)

34 rhomboid at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM

As he noted later, the debate got more pointed, and nastier, later.

Posted by: KT at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (rrtZS)

35 I saw this twatter reveal was going to be on a Friday night and ignored it completely because that's where one releases stories meant to die quick. Not going to bother reading. Was it anything?

I see our new wunderwaffen strategic tactical nuclear spy anti-aircraft submarine aircraft release party was typically underwhelming. Is there any there, there?

I dig this performance of Messiah fwiw (not much):

https://www.philorch.org/about-us/

learn-more/ondemand/handels-messiah/

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (1ais2)

36 It's more fun to sing along with The Messiah. Then you could see the words in the music, too.
Posted by: KT at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (rrtZS)

Ahhh...wouldn't I have to be...you know...dead to sing along with Him?
I'm totally on board for that, but still...

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (anj39)

37 > 2vguys

Do I even want to ask what a "2v guy" is? Is there a special color of stripe on the pride flag for that?

jk, sorry.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (bW8dp)

38
Ah, "Messiah"! I could listen to the complete oratorio forever and never be bored.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 03, 2022 11:31 AM (5YpIl)

39 Pretty sure Musk chose Taibbi because Taibbi -- like Glenn Greenwald -- has a reputation for speaking truth to power no matter who is in office. Taibbi was acclaimed for his anti-war reporting for Rolling Stone prior to 2008, when Rolling Stone suddenly decided they were no longer interested in criticizing those in power all of a sudden.

I'm always wary of enthusing about journalists I trust, because they always seem to disappoint me right after I do. But for the time being, I think both Taibbi and Greenwald have developed reputations for being principled, honest reporters.

Posted by: Caiwyn at December 03, 2022 11:31 AM (+dHQK)

40 Taibbi's opening statement he claims that part of the Russian collusion hoax was "just as nuts as the 2020 election was stolen"

I wonder if he's having a change of heart after last night?

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 03, 2022 11:32 AM (DB16e)

41 Message sent skyward, Sponge.

Reply came back: She's got this.

Posted by: creeper at December 03, 2022 11:32 AM (cTCuP)

42 Lol typing on the phone is more like typoing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 11:33 AM (bYURv)

43
It's more fun to sing along with The Messiah. Then you could see the words in the music, too.
Posted by: KT at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (rrtZS)

___________

The tenor part is cruel. I sang bass for it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2022 11:33 AM (9KSF+)

44 And i thought "okay now the universe is just messin' with me."
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (bYURv)

Had a similar experience this week. The wife and I were at the same store on Monday. I haven't seen her since September. Literally the first time I've been in her presence... and it appears it was the day before she plans to leave town for good.

Our case has a "no contact" order in place, but I couldn't resist saying hi. There was essentially no contact, but not entirely none. The manner in which I realized she was there was so strange, I decided not to chance anything.

She still told her lawyer I violated the order. My lawyer merely me, if you run into her again (which I won't), don't even say hi.

Ok, sure. The universe put us in the same store, which was VERY unusual, at the same time. I don't know why. I only know it freaked her out something fierce.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:34 AM (NWBBy)

45 Tom Servo, what was the place? Just so Mrs. E and I don't get caught up in some kind of alien brain or anal probe while we're waiting on our supper.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2022 11:35 AM (/knpl)

46 And i thought "okay now the universe is just messin' with me."
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 11:27 AM (bYURv)

When I was in college, there was another girl with my exact name, also majoring in Civil Engineering. I thought maybe she would get married and change her name (I was already married).

Nope. That WAS her married name!

Never did cross paths with her, but I did get a phone call from one of her high school friends - took a couple of minutes to realize I wasn't the person she was looking for....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at December 03, 2022 11:35 AM (SRRAx)

47 Uh, oh. US scored.
1-2.
Things heating up.
12+ minutes left.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 03, 2022 11:36 AM (ufFY8)

48 I have no idea who Fine Dog is.
Does that make me a crumamugeon?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:36 AM (anj39)

49 >>>35 I saw this twatter reveal was going to be on a Friday night and ignored it completely because that's where one releases stories meant to die quick.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:30 AM (1ais2)

That's true if you want the story to avoid the daily legacy media schedule, but not for something 24/7 like Twitter, which is trying to supplement or supplant that legacy media. Releasing on a Friday on Twitter keeps people on Twitter talking about it through the weekend when they're less preoccupied with work.

Posted by: Caiwyn at December 03, 2022 11:37 AM (+dHQK)

50 Never mind.

1-3 now.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 03, 2022 11:38 AM (ufFY8)

51 Ok, the Dutch fan with the orange wide brimmed hat adorned with orange tulips was fucking hilarious.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 03, 2022 11:39 AM (ufFY8)

52
When I told the person I was there to see, he went immediately to shooting them. I'm not a hunter, but must admit I didn't see that side of it. I was just thinking how beautiful they were.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM (NWBBy)

They are incredibly beautiful. They are also food. Just another of God's gift to us for our survival on his greatest creation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

53 I guess a "2v guy" could be a guy who's had TWO fake vaginas installed.

But why limit it to two? Why not become the human equivalent of a USB hub? You'd get invited to all the parties.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 11:40 AM (bW8dp)

54 re:FTX

No shit. The entire point of an exchange is that you don't buy the crypto. The exchange holds it - holds they keys - so that you can do trades within the exchange without incurring an actual crypto transaction and the costs that entails.

Its no different than "owning" gold on paper at a metals exchange. And just as retarded, usually, for the same reasons.

Posted by: somedood at December 03, 2022 11:40 AM (P+D9B)

55 I'm always wary of enthusing about journalists I trust, because they always seem to disappoint me right after I do. But for the time being, I think both Taibbi and Greenwald have developed reputations for being principled, honest reporters.
Posted by: Caiwyn at December 03, 2022 11:31 AM (+dHQK)

Yeah, there's a handful of them. The thing is, they shouldn't be celebrated for being dogged about the truth. That's their job!

But there are so few of them, they single themselves out. Whitney Webb is another, but I wonder if she's gone too far down the rabbit hole, and among other things, believes Elon Musk is a phony who is playing everyone.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:40 AM (NWBBy)

56 I don't know what to make of this Taibbi guy. One of the rare high testosterone lefties. He has a dark past. He went to RUS post fall and acted as ugly as possible. Sexually exploiting poor young women and gleefully tossing money around and glorifying in the rape of the country by Western Finance. Gruesome stuff. He got wrecked a few years later for it. Maybe he changed. Maybe not. Perhaps his life is now pennance. Maybe not. He may still be part of the spearhead of Int'l Finance.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (1ais2)

57 The journalism stories always brings me back Iowahawks comment "the purpose of the media is to cover a story ...with a pillow... until it stops moving "

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (5+3xu)

58 When I told the person I was there to see, he went immediately to shooting them. I'm not a hunter, but must admit I didn't see that side of it. I was just thinking how beautiful they were.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM (NWBBy)

Deer are beautiful, graceful and tasty.
Butchering them out is not fun, with all the ticks and fleas and hair.
It really is the cycle of life, and if we don't shoot them, the coyotes and cougars will eat them.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (xhaym)

59 Diogenes: This is Fine, a meme.

https://is.gd/UueWzR

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (YJwUM)

60 PS: Washington State University has an awesome music department and marching band.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:26 AM (anj39)

Her current director has a friend at Oregon and has pitched that to her. She's COMPLETELY OUT on marching as said director has ruined that for her. I keep telling her she's making a mistake on that one, but it is what it is. I'm out on the NE Schools cuz that's just too damn far away. 🙃

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

61 I'm struggling this morning. News out of Texas is that they've found the body of Athina Strand, age 7. She was kidnapped and killed by a FedEx driver.

Thank dog Texas has capital punishment.

Posted by: creeper at December 03, 2022 11:42 AM (cTCuP)

62 Had that same name thing, years ago, checking into a hospital for a procedure. Woman is reading all the legal documentation, looking at the paper work then looking at me, reads my name and age and continues on...

Whoa, wait a minute you've got my age wrong, that's twenty years older than me. It takes five minutes to convince her that I'm not 49 and she's got the wrong person.

She didn't care whether I or the other guy received proper attention she just wanted to finish the paperwork.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 11:42 AM (h7ejD)

63 It's been interesting reading some Taibbi over the past year or so. Can definitely tell he's to the left, but his disgust with media is genuine and refreshing.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 03, 2022 11:43 AM (ftFVW)

64 It was Posado's on 5th, the original one.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 11:44 AM (bYURv)

65 Message sent skyward, Sponge.

Reply came back: She's got this.
Posted by: creeper at December 03, 2022 11:32 AM (cTCuP)

Boom......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

66 Also a yuge trend where Media writes a MSM Article, debunking what someone said on Twitter if they think they got it wrong. Started with Trump... but they now do Musk...

Musk apparently mislabeled a Jung Quote, as a Dune Quote... and on MSN this morning a MAIN PAGE ARTICLE right at the top, was saying this means Musk does not understand 'Dune'. As if its IMPORTANT that he 'understands' a very long Sci Fi series written decades ago... or that it is Holy Writ....

Who CARES? this is mean girl shit.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 03, 2022 11:44 AM (oHd/0)

67 No matter the score, time can be added to the play clock until the team who is picked to win can get a few more goals.

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 11:45 AM (xhxe8)

68 Diogenes: This is Fine, a meme.

https://is.gd/UueWzR
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (YJwUM)

Ahhhh. Thanxs. I get it now.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:45 AM (anj39)

69
Nice! Pilots in Mid TN on I40 has it for $2.54. That's even cheaper than the local Buc-ees.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2022 11:24 AM (qoGsy)

Now THAT'S rare.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

70 Tom Servo, a non people coincidence story. I used to mess around with old VW Beetles. I'm at the mall picking up stuff for the wife, leave and get into a blue 67 bug, put the key in, and off I go. And then I realize the ashtray was factory clean and other stuff. Shit, this isn't my car. Go back to the mall, see mine a row over, and a guy standing at the empty parking space. Apologized, and he said he thought he was off a row and was going to take mine. His key would have worked.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2022 11:46 AM (lz5hY)

71 I think that the Native American tradition of Deer On A Stick should crowd out that silly Yule Log business.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2022 11:46 AM (Qzn2/)

72 NW schools.....damn brain not functional yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)

73 But there are so few of them, they single themselves out. Whitney Webb is another, but I wonder if she's gone too far down the rabbit hole, and among other things, believes Elon Musk is a phony who is playing everyone.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:40 AM (NWBBy)

Musk is or was the largest contractor for DoD. He got clearance for buying twatter. He may have been tasked to buy twatter. This is another front in the war for the institutions. He's a Lt.Colonel (fascinating rank) for some faction within DoD. Not an actual Lt Colonel you know what I mean.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:47 AM (1ais2)

74 Thanks, Tom, I went back and read your whole story. The one next to the zoo is closer to us.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2022 11:47 AM (/knpl)

75
Thank dog Texas has capital punishment.
Posted by: creeper at December 03, 2022 11:42 AM (cTCuP)

I'm one that hopes he doesn't make it to death row and the inmates do what they should.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

76 She didn't care whether I or the other guy received proper attention she just wanted to finish the paperwork.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 11:42 AM (h7ejD)

The dude my wife is with, he has the same first name as me (last name would be essentially impossible to duplicate), and the same birth date. He's significantly younger than me though (he was her high school sweetheart).

When we were together we laughed and laughed about it. I don't think it's so funny anymore.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:48 AM (NWBBy)

77 I'm skeptical of Taibbi just for his Rolling Stone association and, if I recall correctly, some gross incompetence in his Iraq war reporting that slandered a bunch of troops on account of not really understanding various arms/military things.

I was pretty livid at the time even if it was probably not intentional. Leftys gonna lefty, basically.

Posted by: somedood at December 03, 2022 11:48 AM (P+D9B)

78 It's been interesting reading some Taibbi over the past year or so. Can definitely tell he's to the left, but his disgust with media is genuine and refreshing.
Posted by: She Hobbit at December 03, 2022 11:43 AM (ftFVW)

And rare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

79 I think that the Native American tradition of Deer On A Stick should crowd out that silly Yule Log business.
Posted by: Cicero

The one with the peanuts and the corn ?

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 11:50 AM (T4tVD)

80 Just wanted to get in a 'present' before watching 12 hours of CFB

Posted by: DB at December 03, 2022 11:50 AM (geLO8)

81
The dude my wife is with, he has the same first name as me (last name would be essentially impossible to duplicate), and the same birth date. He's significantly younger than me though (he was her high school sweetheart).

When we were together we laughed and laughed about it. I don't think it's so funny anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:48 AM (NWBBy)

This sounds like an episode of "The Young and the Restless."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

82 Just wanted to get in a 'present' before watching 12 hours of CFB
Posted by: DB at December 03, 2022 11:50 AM (geLO8

GO TCU!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

83 Her current director has a friend at Oregon and has pitched that to her. She's COMPLETELY OUT on marching as said director has ruined that for her. I keep telling her she's making a mistake on that one, but it is what it is. I'm out on the NE Schools cuz that's just too damn far away. 🙃
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, once she gets to a school and sees how much fun...errr...I mean how seriously...the band takes their schoolwork, she may change her mind. And I understand the distance thing.
Oh...and tell her that Dolf Lungren, while at WSU working on his degree in Chem Engineering, was in the marching band.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:51 AM (anj39)

84 Question: is Deer on a Stick frozen or deep fried?

I could see it either way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 11:52 AM (bW8dp)

85 [Oh...and tell her that Dolf Lungren, while at WSU working on his degree in Chem Engineering, was in the marching band.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 11:51 AM (anj39)

That is a stat I did not know......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

86 84 In Arkansas, deep fried with a side of Okra. And a Dr. Pepper.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2022 11:53 AM (lz5hY)

87 Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:40 AM (NWBBy)

Musk is or was the largest contractor for DoD. He got clearance for buying twatter. He may have been tasked to buy twatter. This is another front in the war for the institutions. He's a Lt.Colonel (fascinating rank) for some faction within DoD. Not an actual Lt Colonel you know what I mean.
Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:47 AM (1ais2)

Webb believes his claims to have not been attached to the Epstein mess is a lie. She believes he was deeply involved.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:53 AM (NWBBy)

88 The orange, tulip loving MFers beat the US 3-1.
Kickball is done for the US.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 03, 2022 11:55 AM (ufFY8)

89 When we were together we laughed and laughed about it. I don't think it's so funny anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:48 AM (NWBBy)

This sounds like an episode of "The Young and the Restless."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

It really is. I've been writing about it, but don't know if something publishable comes out of it. It's more for my catharsis.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:55 AM (NWBBy)

90 Webb believes his claims to have not been attached to the Epstein mess is a lie. She believes he was deeply involved.

people trippin

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 11:56 AM (dCxaZ)

91 The orange, tulip loving MFers beat the US 3-1.
Kickball is done for the US.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 03, 2022 11:55 AM (ufFY

This is my sad face.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:57 AM (NWBBy)

92 I'm one that hopes he doesn't make it to death row and the inmates do what they should.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 03, 2022 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

It being Texas, I suspect the odds on that are pretty high. At least I hope so.

Posted by: creeper at December 03, 2022 11:57 AM (cTCuP)

93 16 Likely they'll try replacing her with Newsom if they managed to get the Senate Majority with "Reverend" "Bitch Best Have My $28" Warnock.

Posted by: This Guy Wasn't So Lucky at December 03, 2022 11:21 AM

I'm still mind of shocked how popular Newsome is within the Dem base, and how he's really being pushed as a future president. I guess if you can get Brandon elected, you can get anyone...but why another rich old white guy?

I guess because, if you can get Brandon elected, you can still pretend to care about minorities and such, while the rich white leftists still get their own elected to true positions of power.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 03, 2022 11:59 AM (JCZqz)

94 "My father had a saying: "The story's the boss." In the American context, if the facts tell you the Republicans were the primary villains in this or that disaster, you write that story. If the facts point more at Democrats, you go that way. If it turns out they're both culpable, as was often the case for me across nearly ten years of investigating Wall Street and the causes of the 2008 crash for Rolling Stone, you write that. We're not supposed to nudge facts one way or another. Our job is to call things as we see them and leave the rest up to you."

^^^^^^This, +1,000,000,000.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 03, 2022 11:59 AM (xxG/v)

95 > but why another rich old white guy?

Well, look at who else is on their bench.

Commie Lay? LOL!

Bernie?

Klobber?

OCrazyHo-Tittycaca? (I think she'll be old enough next time?)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 12:01 PM (bW8dp)

96 So we lost in a "sport" that in this country is typically played by 11-year-old girls?

Okay. I'm curiously nonchalant about that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 12:02 PM (bW8dp)

97 2005 Sandra Bullock is primo, but 1962 Shirley Jones in Music Man is 69 times better.

On TCM just starting.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 03, 2022 12:02 PM (ufFY8)

98 I just scanned the Matt Taibbi twitter reveal thread. Interesting.

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:03 PM (dCxaZ)

99 Don't rule out the hildawg !

She may not be tanned and rested, but she's READY !

And she knows whar the bodies are buried !

Posted by: JT at December 03, 2022 12:03 PM (T4tVD)

100 > 98 I just scanned the Matt Taibbi twitter reveal thread. Interesting.

Supposed to be another one dropping today.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 12:03 PM (bW8dp)

101 At least the men's team can wear their rainbow badges on the flight of shame home.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 03, 2022 12:04 PM (vCY3B)

102 @brithume · 5m A losing message.
Byron York@ByronYork · 7m

Trump, on Truth Social this morning. He is still arguing that either a) he be declared president, or b) there be a re-vote of the 2020 election.
--------------------------------

The elites don't care that the election was stolen.
Some of them, like Brit, have their head so far up their asses they can't see the ramifications.

This is a big deal. This isn't a one off like Kennedy or Johnson this was a concerted and successful effort by the opposing political party, the communists.
As Dave in Fla noted:

" 2022 is the first time in history that the election results did not reflect the national mood of the country.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 12:04 PM (h7ejD)

103 BurtTC @ 89-
I had one years ago out of the blue tell me she still loved her ex. I said 'no problemo' and had all my stuff (pickup, camper, car, tools, and everything) and gone gone in 3 hours. Tell you the whole story in Corsicana if you're there.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2022 12:04 PM (PxmNp)

104 For those who care, the lib complaint that we should ignore Hunter (private citizen) and look at Jared Kushner (also a private citizen, but lib logic, so...) who's new investment firm Affinity Partners received $2b from a Saudi sovereign wealth fund with a $25mm management fee, actually seems somewhat legit. Yes, I know everybody trades in on connections made through government, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 03, 2022 12:05 PM (fs1hN)

105 Watching Bad Santa because

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 03, 2022 12:05 PM (dO/0d)

106 Musk is or was the largest contractor for DoD. He got clearance for buying twatter. He may have been tasked to buy twatter. This is another front in the war for the institutions. He's a Lt.Colonel (fascinating rank) for some faction within DoD. Not an actual Lt Colonel you know what I mean.
Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:47 AM (1ais2)
----------------
Raving bonkers stuff, right there

Posted by: Dr. Phil to white courtesy phone at December 03, 2022 12:05 PM (0bUR0)

107
Webb believes his claims to have not been attached to the Epstein mess is a lie. She believes he was deeply involved.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:53 AM (NWBBy)

Wouldn't the Lefties have torched Musk with that info by now, if it existed?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 03, 2022 12:05 PM (cupoy)

108 Leftards, such as Cenk Uygur, can never seem to answer a very simple question:

https://tinyurl.com/3u8x986m

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:06 PM (dCxaZ)

109 "For unto us a Child is born" is my favorite movement of Handel's Messiah. Handel was a choral genius.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 03, 2022 12:06 PM (AiZBA)

110 I turns out, to nobody's surprise, that the promising. future of American soccer that we have been hearing about since the 1980's...

...remains (wait for it)...

..yet again .in the future.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 12:06 PM (ykeLU)

111 There was just a commercial on TV from a local furniture and appliance dealer, wishing all a Merry Christmas because they celebrate the Glory of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I wonder how that would play in the more woke parts of the country?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2022 12:07 PM (lz5hY)

112 So the FTX Crypto Scam is modeled after the Social Security Ponzi Scam.

You pay money into it, what you pay into the scam buys nothing and is used to pay those who came before you to keep them placated and happy until the money runs out.

Posted by: Berni Madoff's Dot Matrix Printer at December 03, 2022 12:08 PM (R/m4+)

113
Soccer is a sport of corruption, racism, violence and nationalism. It needs to be canceled at once.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2022 12:08 PM (9KSF+)

114 BurtTC @ 89-
I had one years ago out of the blue tell me she still loved her ex. I said 'no problemo' and had all my stuff (pickup, camper, car, tools, and everything) and gone gone in 3 hours. Tell you the whole story in Corsicana if you're there.
Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2022 12:04 PM (PxmNp)

I'm not familiar with Corsicana.

My thing is, I should have never gotten married. Not that there was any way I wouldn't have, but this whole thing would be entirely different if we hadn't.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:08 PM (XfBY/)

115 I turns out, to nobody's surprise, that the promising. future of American soccer that we have been hearing about since the 1980's...

...remains (wait for it)...

..yet again .in the future.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 12:06 PM (ykeLU)

Just like energy generating fusion reactors. Any day now.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 03, 2022 12:08 PM (AiZBA)

116 I've been trying to find that Chesterton quote for well over a year.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 03, 2022 12:09 PM (TgBWG)

117 Trump, on Truth Social this morning. He is still arguing that either a) he be declared president, or b) there be a re-vote of the 2020 election.

***************

I'm not hopeful but I'll hope anyway, in that rather than rail against the rigged election, it's time for him to preemptively file lawsuits for 2024, bring class action suits on behalf of disenfranchised MAGA voters, and also beat the left at their own game which some of the smarter GOP have done.

Oh you want to do ballot harvesting? Fine, we'll do it too and be 3 times as effective.

Posted by: Unmasked Ranger Says Elon Musk Did Not Kill Himself at December 03, 2022 12:09 PM (VTu1l)

118 But is Fine Dog a black lesbo immigrant?

First round of diversity war goes to black lesbo immigrant.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 03, 2022 12:10 PM (u4CEu)

119 I miss the Crazy Eddie commercials this time of year. Always a hoot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 03, 2022 12:10 PM (vCY3B)

120
Handel was a choral genius.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 03, 2022 12:06 PM (AiZBA)

__________

Sing Ye to the Lord, from Israel in Egypt

https://youtu.be/U0nMXunT3A4

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2022 12:10 PM (9KSF+)

121 I down know. If the deer hasn't be processed/gutted properly, the venison will not be good.

Maybe that's the point.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at December 03, 2022 12:11 PM (I9VC/)

122 Terrible news, especially considering the season:

Four sailors based in Norfolk have died from apparent suicides in the last month, the U.S. Navy confirmed Friday....the sailors were assigned to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC)...the incidents are separate and are considered to be apparent suicides.

“This is not specific to this command, we’re talking about people. Will you ever eliminate suicide in the Navy? No. Because humans struggle with existential crisis, depression, and anxiety. I don’t believe it’s the Navy’s job to fix everybody’s mental health, but it is their job to provide the ample resources," said Kayla Arestivo.

parents of sailors who died by suicide have said the Navy has done little to adequately address a fleetwide issue. They also criticized the U.S. military for not yet implementing the Brandon Act, which allows service members to confidentially seek mental health help... The Brandon Act? Mental Health? Serious topic....must...resist....

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 03, 2022 12:11 PM (JCZqz)

123 Webb believes his claims to have not been attached to the Epstein mess is a lie. She believes he was deeply involved.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:53 AM (NWBBy)

Wouldn't the Lefties have torched Musk with that info by now, if it existed?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 03, 2022 12:05 PM (cupoy)

I don't know. The whole Epstein thing was sold as something other than what it really is. Namely, it's about who is part of the club, not that this guy was a perv who prostituted underaged girls. It should have been about who he was prostituting them to, but it hasn't been. It's like the world has collectively gone to sleep about that part.

And of course there's a reason it has.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:11 PM (XfBY/)

124 115 I turns out, to nobody's surprise, that the promising. future of American soccer that we have been hearing about since the 1980's...

...remains (wait for it)...

..yet again .in the future.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 12:06 PM (ykeLU)

Just like energy generating fusion reactors. Any day now.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 03, 2022 12:08 PM (AiZBA)

------------

Don't even get me started on flying cars.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2022 12:11 PM (Qzn2/)

125 Webb believes his claims to have not been attached to the Epstein mess is a lie. She believes he was deeply involved.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 11:53 AM (NWBBy)

I wouldn't doubt it. But, to me, the Epstein saga is more about criminality than "geo-politics". They should all hang but I don't see the connection to larger political trends. I know they are alleged, but I don't see then beyond the usual Mossaad hijinks.

Whatever Musk did re Epstein does not matter if DoD says it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 12:12 PM (1ais2)

126 Well, the US team is out of the running and the Lesbians don't get any money. Back to Foosball where you can drink beer without the morality police rounding you up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2022 12:12 PM (lz5hY)

127 I'm skeptical of Taibbi

*****************

Still a lefty but with his eyes more open. The more degeneracy they witness the left commit, the more likely it will continue to push them further to the right.

Posted by: Unmasked Ranger Says Elon Musk Did Not Kill Himself at December 03, 2022 12:12 PM (VTu1l)

128 Goebbels could only dream of the complete control of the "news" as propaganda like the democraf-fascist have attained in the the USSA. The percentage of people that believe the propaganda is far beyond that of NAZI Germany or soviet Russia. Those people knew it was all a lie.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 03, 2022 12:12 PM (u4CEu)

129 Rail workers unleash fury on Biden after he forces unions to accept terms or else...

Yet they all probably voted for the clown because they are good Democrats ..... BOHICA !!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 03, 2022 12:13 PM (20SKS)

130 Go Horny Frogs!!!

(looks online)

Go Horned Frogs!!!

TCU is the only Texas college football team I root for. Watched a TCU game sometime ago on TV. Weather wasn't Texas CoC. Cold, windy, ice/snow/sleet. Horrible weather yet the TCU majorettes and cheerleaders still looked amazing. Just gorgeous women in terrible weather conditions. They grow them well in Texas.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 03, 2022 12:13 PM (ppL7t)

131 >>>[Matt Taibbi] posted his opening argument

How beautifully he writes! Direct link here:

https://tinyurl.com/226hxvxj

Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 12:13 PM (0ixKl)

132 106 Musk is or was the largest contractor for DoD. He got clearance for buying twatter. He may have been tasked to buy twatter. This is another front in the war for the institutions. He's a Lt.Colonel (fascinating rank) for some faction within DoD. Not an actual Lt Colonel you know what I mean.
Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 11:47 AM (1ais2)
----------------
Raving bonkers stuff, right there
Posted by: Dr. Phil to white courtesy phone at December 03, 2022 12:05 PM (0bUR0)

Thanks man.

Posted by: Thesokorus at December 03, 2022 12:13 PM (1ais2)

133
Well, the US team is out of the running and the Lesbians don't get any money.

__________

The Soccer Team of Women from the United States will now sue them for not advancing and thus costing the women money.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2022 12:14 PM (9KSF+)

134 You have to admire the left's ability to stick to the narrative and ignore their guilt. The new narrative is that the only things on the laptop are Hunter's dick pics and LOL conservatives are such perverts for wanting to see them. They are all repeating the same lie like the NPCs they are.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:14 PM (ZLI7S)

135 Can't imagine a guy like Matt gets out of bed much before noon

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 12:15 PM (xhxe8)

136 never wear musk before 5

Posted by: REDACTED at December 03, 2022 12:15 PM (us2H3)

137 Willowed
341 CN, what language did you use?
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nure

Latin

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:15 PM (Zzbjj)

138 Rail workers unleash fury on Biden after he forces unions to accept terms or else...

Yet they all probably voted for the clown because they are good Democrats ..... BOHICA !!!!
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 03, 2022 12:13 PM (20SKS)

Is this like the air traffic controllers thing? Otherwise I don't get how rail workers can be forced to accept a contract.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:16 PM (XfBY/)

139 135 Can't imagine a guy like Matt gets out of bed much before noon
Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 12:15 PM (xhxe

-----------

Dude's been an authentic old-school gumshoe for thirty years. He deserves to take it easy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2022 12:17 PM (Qzn2/)

140 Let's go Horny Frogs!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2022 12:17 PM (U2p+3)

141 103 my ex is now married to my best friend, or ex best friend. Which is possibly the least awful thing he did. He sucks. To get through it, you just have to always trust that they suck.

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 12:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

142 I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I’ve been doing..
HERE====)> www.richsalaries.com

Posted by: Mary Williams at December 03, 2022 12:18 PM (zDhvJ)

143 Guess Chesterson met William Randolph Hearst

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 03, 2022 12:19 PM (5ibPC)

144 Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:14 PM (ZLI7S)

The "poor addict" stuff is shit. BUt so is Yoel Roth's claim that this only happened to him because " antisemitism and homophobia"

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:19 PM (Zzbjj)

145 123 there was a meme in the week in pictures section at Powerlineblog.com. Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking teenage girls to ...no one. Things that make you go hmmmm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 03, 2022 12:19 PM (5+3xu)

146 Hey Mary, how much do you get paid if you have no kids at home? Or is that a dealbreaker?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2022 12:20 PM (Qzn2/)

147 140 Let's go Horny Frogs!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2022 12:17 PM (U2p+3)

you wear nothing, no ?

Posted by: Horny Frog at December 03, 2022 12:20 PM (us2H3)

148 I just had a lovely morning and I wanted to share about it.Took a ride with the spouse through some lovely farmland in Hunterdon County (Yes; we have farmland in NJ) The weather is not nice, but the fields are, as are some of the old houses including the ones built in that 1700 and 1800s. We stopped at the Pennsylavania Dutch market (I guess they are Mennonite or Amish) bought some stuff and talked to some lovely people there. They have to get up at 2:00 in the morning to leave PA to come to NJ.

After that I had such a nice time talking to the people at the 2nd Calvary Baptist Church in a town 20 minutes away which was having a Christrmas bazaar, I had never been there before. It's lovely little sanctuary and the ladies and men were serving soup and sandwiches and also there were lot of baked goods (I bought too many) and candy and other things.:. It's largely an African American church although there were some white folks selling things too. This makes me happy-people of different races working together to support their little church and greeting everyone who visits so warmly and chatting with them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:20 PM (vH/6k)

149 You have to admire the left's ability to stick to the narrative and ignore their guilt. The new narrative is that the only things on the laptop are Hunter's dick pics and LOL conservatives are such perverts for wanting to see them. They are all repeating the same lie like the NPCs they are.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:14 PM (ZLI7S)

Yep. The talking points come in Blue Check Twitter waves. And not just the left. I always know what the next re-direct is when I see Erick Erickson post something new.

Posted by: DaisyB at December 03, 2022 12:20 PM (AbL8c)

150 103 my ex is now married to my best friend, or ex best friend. Which is possibly the least awful thing he did. He sucks. To get through it, you just have to always trust that they suck.

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 12:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

People have argued the point with me here, but I don't judge the person. It's the behavior. And what the other person does, that's on them. I get to continue to be who I am. I don't have to hate anybody, and indeed, I can continue to love. That's not for the other person to take away from me.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:20 PM (XfBY/)

151 I woke up this morning asking myself "Why are my news feeds yelling about Twitter this time?"

I looked. And I laughed. And then I read that James Woods is going to go after the DNC. I laughed more.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 03, 2022 12:21 PM (Z7Jj3)

152 123 but why aren’t the girls naming names? That is what floors me about the story. They know who was involved and the one who did name names is questionable as she now claims she misremembered Dershowitz, it wasn’t him at all, right after she settled for millions with Prince Andrew who feels way more stupid than before.

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 12:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

153 Mysteriously destroyed by electrical fire. At 3 AM.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 03, 2022 12:22 PM (Zvtjl)

154 137 Willowed
341 CN, what language did you use?
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nure
Latin
Posted by: CN
----------------------------

Thanks, I tried to replicate it 9 ways and it played dumb.
I think the problem is I allowed auto choice first then every other language came up zip.

I went back later and cleared the cookies then started with Latin and came up with:
Balenciaga
Baal enciaga Baal's curse
Baal Enci Aga Baal the king

Google algo's have a grand design.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 12:22 PM (h7ejD)

155 Actually the "press" in the US is not as uniform or under control as those were in Nazi Germany or the USSR. Nor did those populations all completely disregard what they were fed. The current American populace is shockingly ignorant and misinformed, and easily brainwashed, thanks to the collapse of education and critical thinking.

Those who lived through the Reagan era, especially if you were close to the center of things, were often amazed that after the nearly uniformly hostile and unfair treatment he received from the get-go, that he won re-election with 49 states. Or Nixon. The populace then had the ability to think for themselves, filter out the nonsense the press was feeding them, as needed, and make their own decisions.

Even today, after the truly unhinged jaw-dropping Total War on Trump - not just by the press, but by national institutions working with the press, not to mention pop culture, and the rest - Trump increased his vote total by more than any incumbent in history. So there's an echo of that other America. But I fear just an echo.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 03, 2022 12:22 PM (OTzUX)

156 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:20 PM (vH/6k)

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Sounds lovely.

What kind of sandwiches?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2022 12:22 PM (Qzn2/)

157 Came out of local clinic and went to get into my used dark green Beamer sedan. But I noted some asshole had put a Hillary bumper sticker on it! Then the keyless fob didn't work... finally figured out it wasn't my car.
Mine was right next to it! But the fob didn't work again! But when I pressed it I heard a noise, and when I turned around, I realized the next car was mine! Three essentially identical cars in a row!

Years ago I went to see an old friend in a city several hours away. Parked in front of his house and rang the bell. His wife answered and after I introduced myself, she yelled into the house saying I was here, and asking why the hell hadn't he moved the car around back so I had a place to park?!
We had absolutely identical cars, make, model, year and color!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 03, 2022 12:22 PM (oVJIF)

158 At some point after divorce you have to make the decision that your aren't going to be angry any more. You have to take that power away from your ex. They can no longer make you mad or sad or influence your feelings or your actions. They just are. Doesn't make what happened ok. Doesn't make what they may have done or said forgiven. It just no longer has power over you any more.

It's empowering to tell yourself, "I'm done being miserable or angry because of this person."

You have to be ready to give it up. But when you do, it's nice to take back your person. Because the anger and resentment and hurt can take you over.

Don't give them That power. Take it back.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2022 12:23 PM (U2p+3)

159 >>The "poor addict" stuff is shit. BUt so is Yoel Roth's claim that this only happened to him because " antisemitism and homophobia"

The laptop is about evidence of crimes committed by the Biden family including Joe against the US government, us. Hunter was a bagman, Joe was running things.

The fact that Hunter was a crackhead porn addict is just icing on the cake.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:23 PM (ZLI7S)

160 You have to admire the left's ability to stick to the narrative and ignore their guilt.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:14 PM (ZLI7S)

Concur. A commie's biggest strength but also their biggest weakness is adherence to the party line no matter the reality of a given situation.

There is a big kollege word for it but my reptilian brain can't remember what it is.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 03, 2022 12:23 PM (R/m4+)

161 Tuna Salad and then mostly burgers and hotdogs and we brought home some delicious pea soup with ham.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:24 PM (vH/6k)

162 through some lovely farmland in Hunterdon County (Yes; we have farmland in NJ) The weather is not nice, but the fields are, as are some of the old houses including the ones built in that 1700 and 1800s.

Central Jersey is lovely and South Jersey still has lots of farmland, tho' unfortunately just a fraction of what it used to.

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:24 PM (dCxaZ)

163 *Journalist in decades past, the story was the boss. Now the narrative is the boss.*

REPUBLICAN'S POUNCE.

Posted by: Redenzo at December 03, 2022 12:25 PM (E7vND)

164 There were several ladies selling knitted hats and scarves. I really admire people who can do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:26 PM (vH/6k)

165 I bought a used Honda Odyssey and no less than three different times did I go up to it in a parking lot and keep clicking the fob to get the door open to no avail until I realized, oh, that's not mine....

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:26 PM (pwExq)

166 Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:24 PM (dCxaZ)

I've in NJ since the 60's and yes, it has changed quite a bit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:27 PM (vH/6k)

167 Cristobal Balenciaga died in 72. If you leave out the added A, that was in the ad. His name would translate to "I'm going to put on a ball", so designing ball gowns works.

Now his silly little fashion house, is overrun with demons

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:27 PM (Zzbjj)

168 or ex best friend.

I have one of those. She gave me a personal protection device that has lived in my night stand for over 20 yrs. Last week out of the blue, she texts me to bring it to her house and trade it to her friend from CA. Someone I don't know. I'm the bad guy for saying no.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 12:27 PM (ZEa+g)

169 There is a big kollege word for it but my reptilian brain can't remember what it is.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 03, 2022 12:23 PM (R/m4+)

I can think of a few. Brazen lying. Bullshitting. Gaslighting....

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:27 PM (pwExq)

170 Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking teenage girls to ...no one. Things that make you go hmmmm
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 03, 2022 12:19 PM (5+3xu)

It only makes sense if you believe ALL the video recording equipment, all the computers and everything that was removed from Epstein Island by the FBI, shortly before buildings on the island burned to the ground, contained nothing that was of any interest to law enforcement.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:27 PM (XfBY/)

171 150 I commend you for not being angry. When I accepted he just sucks, I let go a lot of my anger and wouldn’t let him affect me for the rest of my life. I already gave him too much time. I would be lying if I said my lack of trust doesn’t affect my current relationship, I am very quick now to throw up massive walls. But I am working on that. I am a good person, I still have a big heart. Not a perfect person, but a good one and each day is a new one!

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 12:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

172 I looked. And I laughed. And then I read that James Woods is going to go after the DNC. I laughed more.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 03, 2022 12:21 PM (Z7Jj3)

Hawaiian judge will say no standing.

DNC is not a government entity.

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:29 PM (pwExq)

173 Thank goodness the work at home fraudsters are no longer using child labor. Last week there was someone on here saying, "It's so easy a child could do this." It's the modern version of chimney sweeps, I suppose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:29 PM (vH/6k)

174 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:26 PM (vH/6k)

I can knit, thanks to Italian grandmother who taught me at age 6.

my other Italian grandmother started me on embroidery when I was 7.

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (dCxaZ)

175 >>Actually the "press" in the US is not as uniform or under control as those were in Nazi Germany or the USSR.

Think so? Go take a look at the NYT, the WaPo or any of the usual MSM narrative builders and search for honest reporting on the laptop. When they do mention it it is only to spin and deflect.

This is a huge bombshell. Not only does it show election interference it shows government colluding with private industry to censor free speech, fascism, and evidence that the POTUS not only lied repeatedly to the country but he is compromised by his crooked business dealings with China and Ukraine among other countries.

A curious reporter might wonder if that helps explain why Biden bends over daily for China will sending Ukraine 10s of billions of dollars on a war he is largely responsible for. But you won't see that in the MSM.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (ZLI7S)

176 The fact that Hunter was a crackhead porn addict is just icing on the cake.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:23 PM (ZLI7S)

Yeah, but they're going with the pity and racism against twitter staff plan. Vijaya is a "woman of color". She ignores how we attacked Psaki, lol, maybe gingers are protected species, too

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (Zzbjj)

177 Once again stuff we have known for two years is BIG NEWS!

But now we have the proof! Okay. Facts are not persuasive. For two years everybody heard the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian plant. Now, suddenly, after all that, they are going to say, oh, wow, this guy is sketchy?

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:31 PM (pwExq)

178 A curious reporter might wonder if that helps explain why Biden bends over daily for China will sending Ukraine 10s of billions of dollars on a war he is largely responsible for...

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"Curious reporter."

*snort*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2022 12:32 PM (Qzn2/)

179 You have to admire the left's ability to stick to the narrative and ignore their guilt. The new narrative is that the only things on the laptop are Hunter's dick pics and LOL conservatives are such perverts for wanting to see them. They are all repeating the same lie like the NPCs they are.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:14 PM

Any why wouldn't they. Until there are consequences for their criminal actions and their lies, they will continue to break the law and lie about it. As they have been doing for at least the last 2-3 decades. Donald Trump has been the only non-Deep State politician in a position of influence in the American federal government since I started paying attention to politics (Sept 12, 2001). And the Deep State got rid of him within 4 years.

Wake me up when the WEF and China no longer control the USA Deep State... and when the Deep State no longer controls the US Federal government and every corporation and institution in the nation save for Twitter. The Twitter Files dump is nothing but a crisis that the Deep State will not let go to waste. They will likely use it to argue that now the government must take full control of the internet.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 12:32 PM (Do5/p)

180 Their driving the "It's just about dic pics" narrative hard.

Infuriating. I truly hate these people. I really do.

Posted by: DaisyB at December 03, 2022 12:32 PM (AbL8c)

181 A curious reporter might wonder if that helps explain why Biden bends over daily for China will sending Ukraine 10s of billions of dollars on a war he is largely responsible for. But you won't see that in the MSM.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (ZLI7S)

Every once in a while I look at my old hometown newspaper, The State, which is from Columbia, SC. It's as communist as the NYT in every way. Right there, in the capital city of one of the reddest states in the Union.

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:33 PM (pwExq)

182 You have to be ready to give it up. But when you do, it's nice to take back your person. Because the anger and resentment and hurt can take you over.

Don't give them That power. Take it back.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2022 12:23 PM (U2p+3)

Exactly. Anger serves a purpose, but one of those things that must be acknowledged, the people with whom we are angry, they hold some of our power. We're angry because they took it, and won't give it back. Like a long game of tug-of-war.

At some point, drop the rope.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:34 PM (XfBY/)

183 170 Carlins line "it's a big club and you ain't in it" is germane, but that club is not one I want to be part of.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 03, 2022 12:34 PM (5+3xu)

184 Every once in a while I look at my old hometown newspaper, The State, which is from Columbia, SC. It's as communist as the NYT in every way. Right there, in the capital city of one of the reddest states in the Union.
Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:33 PM (pwExq)

You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I’ll have to close this place in... 60 years.
-- Charles Foster Kane

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 03, 2022 12:35 PM (AiZBA)

185 Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (dCxaZ)

What a wonderful talent and can keep people warm and also give them things of beauty to look at, Several churches which I know of knit prayer shawls which then get prayed over and distributed to people who are sick at home or in the hospital or rehab or nursing homes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:36 PM (vH/6k)

186 I hate "fella" the shiba inu a lot more than I hate the this is fine dog.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:37 PM (Zzbjj)

187 I got bloodwork done yesterday. As the phlebotomist was prepping the site I said, "I sure hope your efforts are not in vain." I paused a few seconds and then said, "Or should I say that I hope they ARE in vein?"

She looked at me like I was speakiing Swahili.

I amuse myself.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 12:37 PM (ykeLU)

188 Miguel Almaguer is a longtime reporter for NBC news. He's been a west coast fixture on the network for years.

He made the mistake of accurately reporting on what was going on when the police responded to the Paul Pelosi mess and was immediately taken off the air and hasn't been back since. No reason has been given.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:37 PM (ZLI7S)

189
Every once in a while I look at my old hometown newspaper, The State, which is from Columbia, SC. It's as communist as the NYT in every way. Right there, in the capital city of one of the reddest states in the Union.
Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:33 PM (pwExq)

Yep. No snark here. This is how we end up with Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: golfman at December 03, 2022 12:38 PM (BLVc0)

190 I watched enough of Matt Taibbi to know that we are yet again being asked to guess what substance might be enveloped inside the oddly aromatic diaper laying on the hot asphalt at a Walmart parking lot. Journalism has NEVER been an honest accounting of the facts; it's always been slanted and driven by a point of view pleasing to a particular audience. The nastier the better. The modern press - "journalism" is no nastier than was Jefferson's, Washington's, or Adam's. We should always be wary of what they are selling, or more particularly, what they are not reporting or actively misreporting. REMEMBER THE MAINE! ON TO WASHINGTON! ON TO RICHMOND! KILLING JEWS? NO WAY! THESE GUYS JUST WANNA MAKE THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME? STARVING AMENIANS? HUH?

Well, have a nice morning.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 03, 2022 12:38 PM (z0DEK)

191 >> bring it to her house and trade it to her friend from CA. Someone I don't know. I'm the bad guy for saying no.
Posted by: Infidel
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That old thing
I gave it away years ago.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 12:38 PM (h7ejD)

192 You have to admire the left's ability to stick to the narrative and ignore their guilt. The new narrative is that the only things on the laptop are Hunter's dick pics and LOL conservatives are such perverts for wanting to see them. They are all repeating the same lie like the NPCs they are.
Posted by: JackStraw

They will be able to lie and continue lying until the Supremes repudiate New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2022 12:38 PM (jkiTL)

193 No reason has been given.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:37 PM (ZLI7S)

Two years from now the emails that show the reason will be published. It will be exactly what we know now.

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 12:39 PM (pwExq)

194 188. Because everyone knows the reason, a shot over the bow of all news agencies. Probably shot by Klain or Garland

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:39 PM (Zzbjj)

195 150 I commend you for not being angry. When I accepted he just sucks, I let go a lot of my anger and wouldn’t let him affect me for the rest of my life. I already gave him too much time. I would be lying if I said my lack of trust doesn’t affect my current relationship, I am very quick now to throw up massive walls. But I am working on that. I am a good person, I still have a big heart. Not a perfect person, but a good one and each day is a new one!
Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 12:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

When it comes to trust, I think it's important to not be naive, which I was. We want to trust the other person, we LOVE them after all!

And it's not about testing them, it's about looking at what they do, and asking the question: Do I believe he/she is doing this from a loving place, inside a committed relationship? If the answer is yes, and we still disagree with the behavior, then focus on the behavior. Lovingly argue your point, your perspective. Then the disagreement doesn't have to be about trust.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:40 PM (XfBY/)

196 That old thing
I gave it away years ago.

Posted by: Braenyard

lol

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 12:41 PM (ZEa+g)

197 Yeah, but they're going with the pity and racism against twitter staff plan. Vijaya is a "woman of color".

A ridiculously overcompensated and entitled one.

Posted by: JEM at December 03, 2022 12:41 PM (qJIlm)

198 174 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:26 PM (vH/6k)

I can knit, thanks to Italian grandmother who taught me at age 6.

my other Italian grandmother started me on embroidery when I was 7.
Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM

You poor victim of the patriarchy! It's like the Handmaid's Tale!

Posted by: Rabid Leftist at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (re5uq)

199 Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (dCxaZ)

What a wonderful talent and can keep people warm and also give them things of beauty to look at,

I used to knit sweaters for children and then I knitted a couple for myself, but had my mom knit the pieces together. that all occurred years ago, when I was a crafty little wench.

Now I'm probably going to knit myself a scarf to replace the J.Crew scarf I got that is now moth-eaten. So that should be a nice project to while away the cold dull winter.

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)

200 195. There does come a point when you have to kick them to the curb.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (Zzbjj)

201
At some point, drop the rope.
Posted by: BurtTC

And if you ever see her, even at a distance, call your lawyer and tell him she has violated the no-contact (even if you said hi first!).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (jkiTL)

202 She looked at me like I was speakiing Swahili.

I amuse myself.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 12:37 PM (ykeLU)

Sometimes if you make jokes about somebody's job, they don't laugh not because it isn't funny, but because they've heard the EXACT same joke a million times before.

One time at a convenience store at which I was purchasing a drink, the clerk asked me if I had gas. I told her that was an awfully personal question. She burst out in laughter, and I considered it the biggest triumph of my comedy career.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:43 PM (XfBY/)

203 Is this like the air traffic controllers thing? Otherwise I don't get how rail workers can be forced to accept a contract.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:16 PM

Yes. Per Wikipedia:

The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law on US labor law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries. The Act, enacted in 1926 and amended in 1934 and 1936, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration, and mediation for strikes to resolve labor disputes. Its provisions were originally enforced under the Board of Mediation, but they were later enforced under a National Mediation Board.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (WVI+O)

204 Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 12:37 PM (ykeLU

Well, if you can't amuse yourself that's when you have a problem, but I would bet that this talent has made your family and fellow medical students and colleagues laugh over the years.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (vH/6k)

205 Sometimes if you make jokes about somebody's job, they don't laugh not because it isn't funny, but because they've heard the EXACT same joke a million times before.

********************

I never get annoyed when people make jokes about my job even when it's the 100,000,000th Ive heard it because it really is such a joke.

No pun intended.

Posted by: Unmasked Ranger Says Elon Musk Did Not Kill Himself at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (VTu1l)

206 Now I'm probably going to knit myself a scarf to replace the J.Crew scarf I got that is now moth-eaten. So that should be a nice project to while away the cold dull winter.
Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)

I'm finishing up a cowl to go with the sweater I finished on Wednesday. I have enough yarn left.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (Zzbjj)

207 Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:45 PM (vH/6k)

208 >>Two years from now the emails that show the reason will be published. It will be exactly what we know now.

Yea, but my point is our media is almost as bad as anything that exists in a totalitarian state. The entire Russia collusion hoax couldn't have happened without the intel community using the media as their PR operation. We know the truth but we are a very small segment of the population.

The reason the media is so pissed at Musk for taking their Twitter toy is now opposing voices can be heard and Twitter is no longer reinforcing and often creating the narratives for them. I hope Musk has a small army of security.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:45 PM (ZLI7S)

209 Question why the Democrats went for SC to be their first primary state

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 12:46 PM (xhxe8)

210 Actually the "press" in the US is not as uniform or under control as those were in Nazi Germany or the USSR.

Think so? Go take a look at the NYT, the WaPo or any of the usual MSM narrative builders and search for honest reporting on the laptop. When they do mention it it is only to spin and deflect.
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Gannett has purchased over 100 local newspapers. They are all now just shells. You will not find a single, locally-produced editorial in them, I don't believe. Gannett even sold the building that ours was in. The 'paper' isn't even printed in this state anymore.

List: https://tinyurl.com/2k2lauzy

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2022 12:46 PM (MbWzp)

211 195. There does come a point when you have to kick them to the curb.
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:42 PM (Zzbjj)

Of course. The point being, trust INSIDE a relationship can be tested without it being a cause of friction.

If the other person is constantly getting upset with you because you don't trust them, there's probably a reason for it.

In my case, I didn't have to kick her to the curb. She self kicked. I stuck to my guns, so to speak, never accepted her characterizations of me as someone who was insecure, didn't trust her, wasn't willing to believe her. You earn those things, honey, and your behavior isn't earning it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:46 PM (XfBY/)

212 No reason has been given.
Posted by: JackStraw

I suspect it was something like "Well you know that bill that will give lots of money to US media?. Yeah, that one that will tabled if that guy, and his story, is made to disappear.
~Nasti Pelosi

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2022 12:46 PM (jkiTL)

213 181 A curious reporter might wonder if that helps explain why Biden bends over daily for China will sending Ukraine 10s of billions of dollars on a war he is largely responsible for. But you won't see that in the MSM.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:30 PM (ZLI7S)
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I have decided that the driver of the Ukraine war is the WEF's goal to starve us to death.

The Ukrainians are too stupid to buy into the Climate Catastrophe therefore another solution to curtail their food production was necessary.

A secondary benefit of the war is the depletion or Russia's military reserves and social unrest.
a twofer

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 12:48 PM (h7ejD)

214 Is this like the air traffic controllers thing? Otherwise I don't get how rail workers can be forced to accept a contract.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:16 PM

Yes. Per Wikipedia:

The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law on US labor law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries. The Act, enacted in 1926 and amended in 1934 and 1936, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration, and mediation for strikes to resolve labor disputes. Its provisions were originally enforced under the Board of Mediation, but they were later enforced under a National Mediation Board.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (WVI+O)

Hmmm, where does it say the president can just order them back to work?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:49 PM (XfBY/)

215 She looked at me like I was speakiing Swahili.

Some folks were born without a humor gene. I have run across a few myself and it always kind of baffles me.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 12:49 PM (Xrfse)

216 The K-State Kittuhs score to tie it up.

Kittuhs 7-Horny Frogs 7

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 03, 2022 12:49 PM (xSnmX)

217
Hmmm, where does it say the president can just order them back to work?
Posted by: BurtTC

He didn't, he got Congress (SPIT, HACK, SPIT) to do it for him.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2022 12:50 PM (jkiTL)

218 Hmmm, where does it say the president can just order them back to work?
Posted by: BurtTC

He didn't, he got Congress (SPIT, HACK, SPIT) to do it for him.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2022 12:50 PM (jkiTL)

Oh yeah, I forgot. Can they? Where in the law does it say congress can just decide without all that arbitration and whatnot?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:52 PM (XfBY/)

219 213. Zelensky is a WEF greenie. https://tinyurl.com/2tx2y7dh

And McCain and Lindsey wanted this war back in 2016.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:52 PM (Zzbjj)

220 Gannett has purchased over 100 local newspapers. They are all now just shells. You will not find a single, locally-produced editorial in them, I don't believe.

Mine is one of them. It's become a leftist sewer.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 12:52 PM (Xrfse)

221 >>Gannett has purchased over 100 local newspapers. They are all now just shells. You will not find a single, locally-produced editorial in them, I don't believe. Gannett even sold the building that ours was in. The 'paper' isn't even printed in this state anymore.

There's a great video mashup of numerous local TV affiliates from around the country all leading off their broadcasts with a statement about their commitment to reporting accurate news and disregarding disinformation. Every reporter on every broadcast is literally reading the exact same script word for word.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:53 PM (ZLI7S)

222 Hmmm, where does it say the president can just order them back to work?
Posted by: BurtTC
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Call up Harry on the telephone
tell him trains are stuck up here in Dallas
need the Guard to come and get em running
or this country's goin to hell

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 12:53 PM (h7ejD)

223 209 Question why the Democrats went for SC to be their first primary state
Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 12:46 PM

It's pretty clear why they want to leave Iowa. The last two dem caucuses here were complete fuckups, the state has gone almost completely red, and it's the worst demographic for Dems possible...older, white, less urban, and employed.

South Carolina? Higher black population, saved Biden in 2020, and the Dems have crazy dreams of making it competitive soon?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 03, 2022 12:53 PM (re5uq)

224 I also got two books from the Amish market-As if I need anymore books/sigh. I book for women who want to listen to God called "Hearing God" in ordinary days by Mary Ellen Beachy, and a Prayer Journal which has little reflections and scripture passages before places for prayer lists. It will be good to keep prayer requests in a journal instead of on the church bulletin or one pieces of paper in my desk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:54 PM (vH/6k)

225 Its provisions were originally enforced under the Board of Mediation, but they were later enforced under a National Mediation Board.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (WVI+O)

Don't pay any attention to those heathens.

Posted by: The Mediation Board of the Nation at December 03, 2022 12:54 PM (cupoy)

226 Hmmm, where does it say the president can just order them back to work?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 12:49 PM

There are lots of supporting regulations and procedures. The point is that railroad workers are under a federally regulated regime that is different from most other labor, and like the air traffic controllers can be ordered back to work...and presumably fired as Reagan did with the ATCs though obviously that isn't going to happen

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 12:55 PM (WVI+O)

227 *Journalist in decades past, the story was the boss. Now the narrative is the boss.*

REPUBLICAN'S POUNCE.

Posted by: Redenzo at December 03, 2022 12:25 PM (E7vND)
==

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF AND WHICH REPUBLICANS POUNCE.

My money is on very few will say anything about Musk's Twitter revelations. VERY FEW.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 03, 2022 12:55 PM (u4CEu)

228 My money is on very few will say anything about Musk's Twitter revelations. VERY FEW.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 03, 2022 12:55 PM (u4CEu)

Well he did reveal that republicans encouraged smothering the laptop story. And most of them seem docile and complicit

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:57 PM (Zzbjj)

229 Bottom story of the day:

the women's world cup starts in just 229 days

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 12:57 PM (KCOCK)

230 https://theothermccain.com/twittergate elon musk exposes twitters 2020 election interference
https://tinyurl.com/yxj8pf73

And a shout out to Ace

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (xhxe8)

231 Speaking of this being fine . . .

10-month-old son of tech boss overdoses on fentanyl while playing at San Fran playground

https://bit.ly/3gUjAza

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (FVME7)

232 Its provisions were originally enforced under the Board of Mediation, but they were later enforced under a National Mediation Board.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 12:44 PM (WVI+O)

Don't pay any attention to those heathens.
Posted by: The Mediation Board of the Nation at December 03, 2022 12:54 PM (cupoy)
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Splitter!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (AuTCi)

233 219 213. Zelensky is a WEF greenie. https://tinyurl.com/2tx2y7dh

And McCain and Lindsey wanted this war back in 2016.
Posted by: CN
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When Zelensky declined a ride on Joey's exit plane he was sincere. Naive but sincere.

Last photo of him he looked like dead man walking. They own him and he's doing anything to keep himself and his family alive.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (h7ejD)

234 BurtTC @ 170-
That right there that BurtTC said. Only answer is the government destroyed all the evidence, and, AND, those involved in the criminal side (not the elites) will not, not I say, suicide theyselfs. And the 'victims', yeah they knew the score, won't die of old age.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (z3WCn)

235 True that CN. The entire uniparty is out to see us miserable and if possible dead.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (u4CEu)

236 the women's world cup starts in just 229 days
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 12:57 PM (KCOCK)

Is that enough time for the men on the losing teams to get hormone shots and grow their hair longer?

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (Zzbjj)

237 the women's world cup starts in just 229 days

Left-wing soccer fans keep pointing out that the US women's soccer team has historically done much better than the US men's soccer team in international competition.

That's because most countries don't take women's soccer seriously.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 12:59 PM (KCOCK)

238 I think that the actor James Woods-aside from being a conservative- is a nice man. This is on his Twitter feed:

I humbly thank the thousands of you who offered such kind words of support tonight. I wish I could respond to each of you.

As heartbreaking as it is to see our nation highjacked by these grifters, it is equally heartwarming to see how many Americans still love this great nation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 12:59 PM (vH/6k)

239 Well he did reveal that republicans encouraged smothering the laptop story. And most of them seem docile and complicit

Would be nice to know who they were. And how many are still hanging around.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 03, 2022 01:00 PM (Bd6X8)

240 There's a great video mashup of numerous local TV affiliates from around the country all leading off their broadcasts with a statement about their commitment to reporting accurate news and disregarding disinformation. Every reporter on every broadcast is literally reading the exact same script word for word.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:53 PM

I saw a similar one earlier this week where about 15-20 different local and national newscasts said the exact same line, word for word: "This misinformation and disinformation is a danger to our democracy."

Which should come as a surprise to no one who has been following politics for the past 2 decades. Journolist was outed, what, ~10-15 years ago? And Rush Limbaugh had been sharing these montages on his radio show for at least 10-15 years to expose this obvious propaganda programming collaboration.

As I said earlier, until there are consequences for any of this, absolutely nothing will change and they will continue to do it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 01:00 PM (Do5/p)

241 SBF never bought bitcoin for those FTX customers.

***
As I suspected, a con through and through

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 03, 2022 01:00 PM (Kd4bG)

242 I sure wish Pixy would fix the ongoing issue with browser timeouts on the smilies.mee.nu domain. I wrote an adblock rule to exclude that domain when a comments page loads but apparently it isn't working. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 01:00 PM (Xrfse)

243
I amuse myself.
Posted by: Muldoon
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Ha! I'm currently working on a short story titled 'The Rehab Chronicles', based on my post-craniotomy time in the rehab hospital.

After a while, I began to feel sorry for the nurses, though they bore my marginally obtuse humor in with good nature.

The 'Chronicles' are strictly humorous. Humor is where you find it, and even in the situation I was in, there was plenty to be found...though most around me weren't very aware of it. 'Cognizance' tests proved to be particularly entertaining.

I admit to having an age advantage, as most of the staff were probably in their 30's or younger, and thus missed cues that would be apparent to most here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2022 01:01 PM (HsC66)

244 > Where in the law does it say congress can just decide without all that arbitration and whatnot?

The Thirteenth Amendment is just advisory, apparently. More like a guideline than a rule.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:01 PM (bW8dp)

245 Remember, when they say they want to ban "misinformation", they consider saying that a man can't get pregnant to be "misinformation".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:02 PM (KCOCK)

246 As I suspected, a con through and through
Posted by: vmom
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Pfft. Who cares? The sex, and drugs, were spectacular!

Posted by: Caroline Ellison at December 03, 2022 01:03 PM (dY36R)

247 women's world cup starts in just 229 days
Posted by: The ARC of History!

******

Yay?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:03 PM (ykeLU)

248 The reason the media is so pissed at Musk for taking their Twitter toy is now opposing voices can be heard and Twitter is no longer reinforcing and often creating the narratives for them. I hope Musk has a small army of security.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 12:45 PM (ZLI7S)

Your point is my point. We are in violent agreement!

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 01:03 PM (pwExq)

249 "What did the tests show, Doctor?"

"You have a tumor."

"Damn. What do we do from here?"

"Nothing. Just thought you should know."

"Shouldn't we do something?"

"Probably. But we aren't going to."

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 03, 2022 01:04 PM (nu1N/)

250 There are lots of supporting regulations and procedures. The point is that railroad workers are under a federally regulated regime that is different from most other labor, and like the air traffic controllers can be ordered back to work...and presumably fired as Reagan did with the ATCs though obviously that isn't going to happen
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2022 12:55 PM (WVI+O)

When Reagan fired the ATC, White House counsel did a press conference, where they spelled out the steps they took, the legal argument, that they believed they had the authority to fire them when the union failed to comply.

This time it looks like the government just basically said "yeah, you gotta go back to work or else." Does anyone even know if they took whatever steps it would take to reach that point? Does anybody even care?

My problem is the government just makes these decisions, and everyone just accepts they have the authority.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:04 PM (XfBY/)

251 Remember, when they say they want to ban "misinformation", they consider saying that a man can't get pregnant to be "misinformation".

The tranny contractor doing censorship for Twitter referred to "misinformation" as "misinfo" - an abbreviation that could have come straight out of the pages of 1984.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:04 PM (KCOCK)

252 236 the women's world cup starts in just 229 days
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 12:57 PM (KCOCK)

Is that enough time for the men on the losing teams to get hormone shots and grow their hair longer?
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM

Oh, my! I've always wanted to play girl's soccer...do you think I can get ready in time? I've got the cutest skirt to play in. Soccer heels? Love. Them.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 03, 2022 01:04 PM (re5uq)

253 As I said last night, Musk partnering with Taibbi for Twitter revelations make sense. He's one of the last honest liberal journalists with a penchant for covering institutional malfeasance (like Greenwald for alphabet-soup chicanery). And to really save social media from itself, it can't just be one guy trying to do it all, whatever the motivation that comes off as grandstanding. It must be a coalition of business, media, and political leaders whose goal is not just to get votes or make money, but to put things right.

Posted by: CppThis at December 03, 2022 01:04 PM (UewuT)

254 > so designing ball gowns works.

I tried one of those once. It sucked. Ripped all to shit when I tried to slide into third base.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:05 PM (bW8dp)

255 Misinformation is anything against the government narrative

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 01:05 PM (xhxe8)

256 Remember, when they say they want to ban "misinformation", they consider saying that a man can't get pregnant to be "misinformation".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:02 PM (KCOCK)
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Jacinda Ardern said that whatever the government tells you is true. That's their gold standard.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:06 PM (AuTCi)

257 One major difference here is that the ATCs actually work for the federal government.

The railroad workers do not.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:06 PM (bW8dp)

258 Electric vehicles are the current thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:07 PM (FVME7)

259 BurtTC @ 170-
That right there that BurtTC said. Only answer is the government destroyed all the evidence, and, AND, those involved in the criminal side (not the elites) will not, not I say, suicide theyselfs. And the 'victims', yeah they knew the score, won't die of old age.
Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2022 12:58 PM (z3WCn)

Someone asked above, why more of the girls aren't speaking up about who and when and all that.

The fact is, there are a LOT of missing girls. Some estimate it's in the thousands. Girls who just disappeared, after having been recruited into the game. I don't know if that's true, if it's that high, but if there ARE girls missing, and you're one of those girls, are YOU going to stick your neck out?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:08 PM (XfBY/)

260 Posted by: Caroline Ellison at December 03, 2022 01:03 PM (dY36R)
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You look like a meth'd out twelve year old.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:08 PM (AuTCi)

261 The #Balenciagapedos scandal continues.

The CEO of Balenciaga's parent company, Kering, sells sickening child sex mannequins.

This is just one example.

The CEO's name is Francois-Henri Pinault, @salmahayek's husband.

https://bit.ly/3VJP9uZ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (Do5/p)

262 One major difference here is that the ATCs actually work for the federal government.

The railroad workers do not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:06 PM (bW8dp)

That's what I thought too, but I don't know enough to know what difference it makes.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (XfBY/)

263 One major difference here is that the ATCs actually work for the federal government.

The railroad workers do not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:06 PM (bW8dp)
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And the ATCs had a no-strike clause in their contract.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (AuTCi)

264 Love Handel's Messiah.

Also love the Messiah Himself.

Posted by: Emmie at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (Emce2)

265 The Portland Antifa guy who has to pay $49,000 as part of his felony plea bargain, and figured that he could raise it all through crowdfunding, is not happy.

$4000/$49000 raised for restitution. the states "punishment" is forcing me to pay for the very establishments I hate. if you have the capacity to help or boost it around, it would mean a lot to reduce the pressure the state is putting on me.

...

we're still fundraising, we're at about $3500 raised out of $49,000

if you could please help us gain some momentum 😔 donations have almost stopped.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (KCOCK)

266 One major difference here is that the ATCs actually work for the federal government.

The railroad workers do not.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:06 PM (bW8dp)

A BIG difference.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 03, 2022 01:11 PM (Mzdiz)

267 Musk's motive for the rather anticlimactic twitter show last night may have simply been to demonstrate how shitty previos management was, compared to him. I don't think he cared about the politics of it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 01:11 PM (bYURv)

268 258 Electric vehicles are the current thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:07 PM

I'm going to put a wind turbine on mine so it charges when I drive! Take that, Musk!

Posted by: Techno Greenie Leftist at December 03, 2022 01:12 PM (re5uq)

269 Posted by: Emmie at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (Emce2)

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 01:12 PM (vH/6k)

270 if you could please help us gain some momentum 😔 donations have almost stopped.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (KCOCK)
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"Ha ha ha ha," Captain Obvious said with a laugh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:12 PM (AuTCi)

271 Electric vehicles are the current thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:07 PM (FVME7)

—————

I saw this week that Switzerland and Germany were going to ban the charging of EVs this winter to...wait for it...save electricity.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 03, 2022 01:12 PM (u73oe)

272 > And the ATCs had a no-strike clause in their contract.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (AuTCi)

So they did. Thanks. I'd forgotten that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:12 PM (bW8dp)

273 Ted Cruz Begs Republicans Not to Be Spineless Cowards

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Dude, it's too late to close the barn door. The cow is already in the cornfield.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:13 PM (FVME7)

274 Musk's motive for the rather anticlimactic twitter show last night may have simply been to demonstrate how shitty previos management was, compared to him. I don't think he cared about the politics of it.

That's the conclusion I am coming to. Guess we shall see.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 01:13 PM (Xrfse)

275 The longer, full Chesterton quote excerpted above:

The journalists would appear to be in an almost literal sense the priests of the modern world. They may not rise precisely to the tremendous responsibility which was laid upon Peter, but at least it can be said that whatever they bind on earth is bound on earth, and whatever they loose on earth is loosed on earth. They have essentially and absolutely the same functions that were employed by the old priests, but their power for deceit is even greater and their responsibility to the world even less. A comparison between the priests and the journalists would be striking in many points. [...] The priest's influence and power consisted almost entirely in the fact that he was the only man who brought news...

1/2

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:13 PM (0hOvj)

276 "Ha ha ha ha," Captain Obvious said with a laugh.

He can't apply to have his felony reduced to a misdemeanor until he pays the $49,000 off.

It may take awhile...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (KCOCK)

277 2/2 Chesterton quote

the corruption of the priesthood occurred at the precise moment in which it changed from a minority organised to impart knowledge into a minority organised to withhold it. The great danger of decadence in journalism is almost exactly the same. Journalism possesses in itself the potentiality of becoming one of the most frightful monstrosities and delusions that have ever cursed mankind. This horrible transformation will occur at the exact instant at which journalists realise that they can become an aristocracy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (0hOvj)

278 Has anyone heard of this trick? Some delicious ginger snap cookies which I got at the little Baptist Church Christmas Bazaar had a tiny piece of white bread in th bag. I assume that is used to keep cookies fresh but I had never heard of that before.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (vH/6k)

279 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (Do5/p)

Those images are BEYOND disturbing. Thank goodness it's a member of the establishment Brit media that is bringing them to light, she has a pretty big following.

wow, Salma Hayek has some 'splainin to do

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (dCxaZ)

280 218 BurtTC, the fall under the Railway Labor Act not the NLRA.

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

281 And the ATCs had a no-strike clause in their contract.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (AuTCi)

So they did. Thanks. I'd forgotten that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 03, 2022 01:12 PM (bW8dp)

So basically, from what you all are saying, this railroad thing was NOT legal, that congress or the president or anyone else in the government couldn't just order people back to work.

In other settings we call that slavery.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (XfBY/)

282 if you could please help us gain some momentum 😔 donations have almost stopped.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:10 PM (KCOCK)
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Is there a place where someone could advise him to sell $10 handies under the Hawthorne Bridge? 'cause someone should totally tell him that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (AuTCi)

283 For days British media ran front page headlines about a woman being asked where she's really from.

I have looked on the front pages of the BBC news website, the Times, the Guardian and the Telegraph. None of them mention @elonmusk's info drop last night.

https://bit.ly/3ioZXQ8

And why would they. They are currently coordinating with the WEF to determine whether to spike the story or come up with a WEF-friendly narrative for the public to consume.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 01:15 PM (Do5/p)

284 How to stop the free movement of dirty proles, the Klaus Schwab way:
1. Ban regular cars because EVs are the future
2. Ban EVs because energy crisis
3. Bask in the power of the state, Your Majesty

Posted by: CppThis at December 03, 2022 01:15 PM (UewuT)

285 'Cognizance' tests proved to be particularly entertaining.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

*******

The doctor yesterday going down her well-visit checklist asked if I had any problems or concerns about my memory., She didn't do a cognitive test, but I blurted out "Ball, Pencil, Airplane", anyway. I figured a preemptive strike was needed. If she had asked, I would have said, "I remembered them from last year's cognitive exam." but she let it slide with a mere chuckle.

I used to know a neurologist who said he could pass a roadside sobriety test even if he was drunk, since it was basically a recapitulation of a basic neurologic examination, which he demonstrated to patients every day.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:15 PM (ykeLU)

286 Chesterton had a lot of quotes about journalism such as this one:

It is the one great weakness of journalism as a picture of our modern existence, that it must be a picture made up entirely of exceptions. We announce on flaring posters that a man has fallen off a scaffolding. We do not announce on flaring posters that a man has not fallen off a scaffolding. Yet this latter fact is fundamentally more exciting, as indicating that that moving tower of terror and mystery, a man, is still abroad upon the earth. That the man has not fallen off a scaffolding is really more sensational; and it is also some thousand times more common. But journalism cannot reasonably be expected thus to insist upon the permanent miracles.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:15 PM (0hOvj)

287 265 The Portland Antifa guy who has to pay $49,000 as part of his felony plea bargain, and figured that he could raise it all through crowdfunding, is not happy

Wait....this is unpossible! No crowd funding site would allow donations for violent, hateful felons, right? They didn't even let Rittenhouse, AN INNOCENT CHILD, fundraise for his legal defense.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (re5uq)

288 wow, Salma Hayek has some 'splainin to do
Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (dCxaZ)

Including the fact she appears to be de-aging.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (XfBY/)

289 278 the bread allows the cookies to absorb its moisture and keeps the cookies soft.

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

290 Awww. The grandpa story brought a tear to my eye.

Posted by: Emmie at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (Emce2)

291 Is there a place where someone could advise him to sell $10 handies under the Hawthorne Bridge? 'cause someone should totally tell him that.

That would involve work. He'll have his girlfriend do it.

He actually had a low-level job at a national accounting firm until the arrests started during the 2020 riots.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:17 PM (KCOCK)

292 261. Horrifying. I guess the "elite" really are vile pedos.
Types deletes

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:17 PM (Zzbjj)

293
Including the fact she appears to be de-aging.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (XfBY/)

Conboy lab or botox?

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (Zzbjj)

294 I assume that is used to keep cookies fresh but I had never heard of that before.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 01:14 PM (vH/6k)
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I would guess that the bread would absorb moisture and help keep the cookies crispy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (AuTCi)

295 wow, Salma Hayek has some 'splainin to do

Maybe Dusk Til Dawn was right about her

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (0hOvj)

296 The doctor yesterday going down her well-visit checklist asked if I had any problems or concerns about my memory., She didn't do a cognitive test, but I blurted out "Ball, Pencil, Airplane", anyway. I figured a preemptive strike was needed. If she had asked, I would have said, "I remembered them from last year's cognitive exam." but she let it slide with a mere chuckle.

I used to know a neurologist who said he could pass a roadside sobriety test even if he was drunk, since it was basically a recapitulation of a basic neurologic examination, which he demonstrated to patients every day.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:15 PM (ykeLU)

I did one of those tests the other day. The guy kept joking about it (there is some evidence of memory loss), but was doing well. However, when we got to the five words, he forgot three of them. Mostly because he was goofing around.

See what you get? Stop being funny!!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (XfBY/)

297 A man who fatally shot a Chevron station clerk during a robbery in Antioch, California, will not be facing murder charges, prosecutors for the case have said, arguing that because the suspect was shot at while fleeing, his shooting back would be considered self-defense.

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Clearly, we need common sense gun control.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (FVME7)

298 Types deletes

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:17 PM (Zzbjj)

they should all DIAF

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (dCxaZ)

299 Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

Thanks; I don't make baked goods so I thought it kept them fresher longer, but wasn't sure how it worked.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (vH/6k)

300 I assume that is used to keep cookies fresh but I had never heard of that before.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes Fen. Adds moisture. Old trick.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (ZEa+g)

301 Including the fact she appears to be de-aging.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (XfBY/)

Conboy lab or botox?
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (Zzbjj)

Adrenochrome.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (XfBY/)

302 267, 274. Confused for a bit over the first release, but I do now agree with you.

Posted by: Lola at December 03, 2022 01:20 PM (NIYa7)

303 Wait....this is unpossible! No crowd funding site would allow donations for violent, hateful felons, right? They didn't even let Rittenhouse, AN INNOCENT CHILD, fundraise for his legal defense.

He did a Go Fund Me, which was taken down. (Kudos to Andy Ngo for publicizing it.)

He now has a second Go Fund Me up, but he thinks that will be taken down as well, so he has a crowdfunding appeal up with a different company.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 03, 2022 01:21 PM (KCOCK)

304 267 Musk's motive for the rather anticlimactic twitter show last night may have simply been to demonstrate how shitty previos management was, compared to him. I don't think he cared about the politics of it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 03, 2022 01:11 PM (bYURv)

His motive is to show that Twitter was being run by a pack of lying liars who pretended to be a conduit of public discourse but were eagerly playing favorites and lying about it. It's not about getting Slow Joe's people, it's about getting Little Miss Vijayjay's people.

That is not a bad thing--as crappy as Biden and co are, it's just one outgrowth of the larger problem of techlords playing god with everyone else for 15 years and getting away with it.

Posted by: CppThis at December 03, 2022 01:22 PM (UewuT)

305 Ah, day late and dollar short. Typical.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 01:22 PM (ZEa+g)

306 263 all contracts have a ni strike / no lockout clause, however upon expiration, there is no contract, so they can strike and the company can lock out.

The RLA requires grievances to go to federal court, and they are a different animal than most unions. Congress has the power here due to regulating interstate commerce.

Posted by: Piper at December 03, 2022 01:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

307
Adrenochrome.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (XfBY/)

That could be synthesized in a lab.

The Conboy lab process is a better bet, despite the creators denying that aging was its purpose.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:22 PM (Zzbjj)

308 When Mr. Bassman reached the age of 29, his doctor said it was time to ask a few wellness questions. He was asking about tripping hazards in the house, such as throw rugs and I don't recall what else, and I laughed and said, "We have a cat! There is no greater tripping hazard."

Posted by: Emmie at December 03, 2022 01:23 PM (Emce2)

309 Garden Thread is blooming

Posted by: Skip nood advisor at December 03, 2022 01:23 PM (xhxe8)

310 Including the fact she appears to be de-aging.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:16 PM (XfBY/)

Conboy lab or botox?
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (Zzbjj)

Adrenochrome.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (XfBY/)
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Infusions of the blood of young chilidren.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:23 PM (AuTCi)

311 A man who fatally shot a Chevron station clerk during a robbery in Antioch, California, will not be facing murder charges, prosecutors for the case have said, arguing that because the suspect was shot at while fleeing, his shooting back would be considered self-defense.

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Clearly, we need common sense gun control.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:18 PM (FVME7)

I try not to assume these cases are as clear as they sometimes seem. I see people here sometimes arguing the whole "stand your ground" thing, and if somebody does ANYTHING that might be construed as not entirely in self defense, they want to throw the book at them.

I don't know, I wasn't there.

All I know is, if there aren't going to be murder charges, when you kill someone in the act of committing other felonies, isn't it not supposed to matter whether you intended to kill them or not? In other words, if you rob a bank, and the guard kills your fellow robber, don't they often charge YOU with murder?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:23 PM (XfBY/)

312 The Twitter release wasn't so much about the Twitter board doing awful stuff hiding it from the owner, but the vast first amendment violations that the US Government engaged in.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:23 PM (0hOvj)

313
The doctor yesterday going down her well-visit checklist asked if I had any problems or concerns about my memory., She didn't do a cognitive test, but I blurted out "Ball, Pencil, Airplane",

And she could have blurted out " and Chain", "Sharpener"
"Landing" and said, "My memory obviously doesn't need to be tested either"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 03, 2022 01:25 PM (vH/6k)

314 I'd like to help out this poor Antifa chap. If he could give me that $3500 in donations, I could mine $49,000 in FTX coins to take care of his debt.

Posted by: Sham Bank-Fraudman at December 03, 2022 01:25 PM (RlNHr)

315 CIA Hires First-Ever “Chief Wellbeing Officer”

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About damn time! My wellbeing has run dry!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:25 PM (FVME7)

316 Has anyone heard of this trick? Some delicious ginger snap cookies which I got at the little Baptist Church Christmas Bazaar had a tiny piece of white bread in th bag

My mom always did that with cookies, one piece of bread in the cookie tin. It helps them be softer, while the bread dries out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:25 PM (0hOvj)

317 Adrenochrome.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (XfBY/)

That could be synthesized in a lab.

The Conboy lab process is a better bet, despite the creators denying that aging was its purpose.
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:22 PM (Zzbjj)

Perhaps, at this point though I'm just gonna go full conspiracy theory on all these people.

Spirit cooking. In the basement of Comet Pizza. Until proven otherwise.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:25 PM (XfBY/)

318
Adrenochrome.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:19 PM (XfBY/)

Lara Logan got horsewhipped for saying that the immortal wannabees were drinking the blood. It's a transfusion process, unless you can find a perfect match, like cloned lab rats, then you use the younger person as if he or she was a dialysis machine. You have to wonder about the sheer evilness of all this. In the lab experiments, the old rats benefitted, and the young ones suffered decline

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:26 PM (Zzbjj)

319 I don't see a Kyle Rittenhouse fundraiser on GoFundMe, however this guy is producing a documentary about the events in Kenosha. He is not a lefty liar, either:

https://tinyurl.com/ahed7tbp

Posted by: kallisto at December 03, 2022 01:26 PM (dCxaZ)

320 The fact is, there are a LOT of missing girls. Some estimate it's in the thousands. Girls who just disappeared, after having been recruited into the game. I don't know if that's true, if it's that high, but if there ARE girls missing, and you're one of those girls, are YOU going to stick your neck out?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:08 PM (XfBY/)

Very few women are prostitutes because they want to be... there is always a back story, and some coercion there.

Cops KNOW this... but gave up on that problem 1000s of years ago.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 03, 2022 01:26 PM (oHd/0)

321 Infusions of the blood of young chilidren.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2022 01:23 PM (AuTCi)

Yep, Conboy lab.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:26 PM (Zzbjj)

322 the bread allows the cookies to absorb its moisture and keeps the cookies soft.
Posted by: Piper

I would guess that the bread would absorb moisture and help keep the cookies crispy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

******

Heh
AoSHQ - covering all modalities, remain blessed.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:27 PM (ykeLU)

323 36 It's more fun to sing along with The Messiah. Then you could see the words in the music, too.

I once sang along on "From Me To You" with Paul McCartney. So did the other 10k people there, but, still..

And is it just me or does the new B-21 super duper bomber look like they are just going to build some more B-2s? They are even telegraphing it with the designation..what happened to the B-3 to the B-20? I am sure it has a new computer though.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 03, 2022 01:27 PM (3/XaG)

324 All I know is, if there aren't going to be murder charges, when you kill someone in the act of committing other felonies, isn't it not supposed to matter whether you intended to kill them or not? In other words, if you rob a bank, and the guard kills your fellow robber, don't they often charge YOU with murder?
Posted by: BurtTC

All I know is that I wish electric chairs were the current thing. We could call them eChairs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:28 PM (FVME7)

325 Conboy lab https://tinyurl.com/yjtvpmmh

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:29 PM (Zzbjj)

326 >>> The fact is, there are a LOT of missing girls. Some estimate it's in the thousands. Girls who just disappeared, after having been recruited into the game. I don't know if that's true, if it's that high, but if there ARE girls missing, and you're one of those girls, are YOU going to stick your neck out?
Posted by: BurtTC
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Other side of the coin
They always told the girls they would be better when they left. These women took advantage of their expose to and educated themselves. They are now living lives of housewives or women in the workforce and want absolutely no knowledge of their past life to escape its bonds.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 01:31 PM (h7ejD)

327 Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Just Like Afghanistan and Sudan Because SCOTUS Overturned Roe

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Mind like a Nerf trap.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:33 PM (FVME7)

328 The Railroad Retirement program was established in the 1930s. It provides retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefits to individuals who have spent a substantial portion of their career in railroad employment, as well as to these workers' families.

RRB offers unique unemployment and sickness benefits, as well as Tier II benefits that resemble private pensions.

Posted by: Lola at December 03, 2022 01:33 PM (NIYa7)

329 "eChairs" - good one!

Green!

Posted by: rhomboid at December 03, 2022 01:34 PM (OTzUX)

330 >>> All I know is that I wish electric chairs were the current thing. We could call them eChairs.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:28 PM (FVME7)
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Paint them green.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 01:36 PM (h7ejD)

331 209 Question why the Democrats went for SC to be their first primary state
Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 12:46 PM

Because it has a high number of African Americans. Iowa and NH are too white to adequately represent the Democrats. That's the argument, anyway.

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 01:37 PM (pwExq)

332 Hiring Is Poised to Weaken

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Yes, We Have No Bananas?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 03, 2022 01:38 PM (FVME7)

333 The fact is, there are a LOT of missing girls. Some estimate it's in the thousands. Girls who just disappeared, after having been recruited into the game.

There are a lot more than the law are even aware of, because many (most?) are illegal. I watched a news special on Vietnamese girls who come to the US, smuggled in illegally (at least sometimes in cargo containers).

They go to work in "Nail salons" hoping to make their fortune but are trapped in the US unable to speak the language, with no contacts, and no idea of how the culture works. They end up as hookers doing "massages" in the back and eventually are sent back to Vietnam with little money, if any.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:38 PM (0hOvj)

334 They are now living lives of housewives or women in the workforce and want absolutely no knowledge of their past life to escape its bonds.

And then there are Instagram ho's, who put it out all over the globe then "retire" from being a whore online and regret their kids finding the photos later.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:40 PM (0hOvj)

335 Good stuff here by Gothix, someone I discovered in last night's "Friday Night Tights" live stream with Nerdrotic.

https://bit.ly/3H7L7YF

In this video, I discuss how modern culture is destroying society and explain why Karl Marx made it his life's mission to "dethrone God".

In this video, we're going to discuss the true reason society is collapsing. We're going to talk about Marxism and how it's responsible for the disintegration of the traditional family unit.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 03, 2022 01:40 PM (Do5/p)

336 Visited my uncle who was in a RR hospital.
No walls, curtains and cots.
Nineteenth century all the way.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 01:41 PM (h7ejD)

337 Macron of Fwahnce, in speech, says that "security guarantees" for Russia might need to be included in future discussions of a "security architecture" for Europe.
Ya think?

This topic was at the center of bilateral US-Russia talks that started in Geneva in March 2021 (which seem to be a secret to everyone writing and talking about the current unpleasantness). Even the term "security architecture", AFAIK, is a Russian term of art for the subject, not a US or NATO one.

The actual record of what transpired at the table in Geneva would be very good to know. US version is that Russian demands were unreasonable. Plausible - but then you make a counter-offer, you don't fold up the tent. Russia was ostentatiously positioning forces near Ukraine during the entire period of the Geneva talks.

Dying to see the minutes of those talks. THIS is something that historically Congress can help with via hearings. Open session - not closed, as when the idiotic crap from the Dems about April Glaspie's meeting with Saddam in '90 was completely debunked in closed session by the SFRC.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 03, 2022 01:42 PM (OTzUX)

338
The doctor yesterday going down her well-visit checklist asked if I had any problems or concerns about my memory., She didn't do a cognitive test, but I blurted out "Ball, Pencil, Airplane", anyway. I figured a preemptive strike was needed.
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A standard 'question' is, 'Draw a clock face that shows 2:15'. A talented friend of mine sketched a Dali-esque watch, somewhat like: https://tinyurl.com/4bzjv3t8 . I have no idea how they reacted to that.

I was asked to do this also, but the incident awaits recording in the 'Chronicles'. It's pretty amusing.

Another interesting question was, 'What do you do if someone is breaking into your house?' Here, I missed an opportunity to blurt out, 'Defund the police!', but she edged away a little bit at my actual answer, 'Well...shoot to kill'. Somewhere out there is a file with a note in it, 'Shows proclivity for violence'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2022 01:42 PM (CiQ6a)

339 'Cause we got a little 'ole conboy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a little 'ole conboy
Ain't she a beautiful sight
C'mon and join our Conboy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this fuckin' conboy
'Cross the USA
Conboy
Conboy

*This message is brought to you by Conboy Labs and the DHS, traffickers of the finest blood in the Western Hemisphere. Check with the CDC for eligibility requirements to participate in our anti-aging programs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 03, 2022 01:45 PM (fs1hN)

340 I was asked to do this also, but the incident awaits recording in the 'Chronicles'. It's pretty amusing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

******

I so hope that you drew a digital clock face.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:46 PM (ykeLU)

341 A talented friend of mine sketched a Dali-esque watch, somewhat like: https://tinyurl.com/4bzjv3t8 . I have no idea how they reacted to that.

The problem with trolling mental health professionals is that they might take you seriously.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:47 PM (0hOvj)

342 337 Macron of Fwahnce, in speech, says that "security guarantees" for Russia might need to be included in future discussions of a "security architecture" for Europe.
Ya think?
...
Posted by: rhomboid a
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You asking for me to replay Meloni's response to Macron?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 01:49 PM (h7ejD)

343 Whatever the legality of how congress is handling the railroad strike, we need to be prepared for a drastic slowdown in rail operations.

The law may say that they must remain at work, but it probably doesn't cover how quickly operations should be done.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 03, 2022 01:51 PM (BdMk6)

344 Clyde, I've watched Gothix for some time, and I think she is fantastic. Her story of finding Christ is lovely.

Posted by: Moki at December 03, 2022 01:51 PM (JrN/x)

345 The problem with trolling mental health professionals is that they might take you seriously.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 03, 2022 01:47 PM (0hOvj)

When you suspect someone is trolling you, it's pretty easy to make them stop.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 01:53 PM (Zzbjj)

346 The Russians should be giving security guarantees, not getting them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 03, 2022 01:53 PM (EZebt)

347 I can't wait to have a bottle on Hildabeast's passing

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 01:53 PM (xhxe8)

348 When you suspect someone is trolling you, it's pretty easy to make them stop.

********

Does this involve an agonizer?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:57 PM (ykeLU)

349 Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:08 PM (XfBY/)

Very few women are prostitutes because they want to be... there is always a back story, and some coercion there.

Cops KNOW this... but gave up on that problem 1000s of years ago.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 03, 2022 01:26 PM (oHd/0)

I'm talking specifically about the Epstein girls... and related operations. Some of which were recruited by supposedly legitimate modeling agencies, then the girls are whisked off to the island (or the other locations), are basically held prisoner, and this creepy guy with the egg shaped penis comes in and you're supposed to give him a "massage."

There are thousands of those girls, supposedly. Most of whom, nobody knows where they are now.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2022 01:58 PM (NWBBy)

350 https://rumble.com/vasmm3-
hillary-clinton-thrown-in-van.html

Just for old times sake.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 01:58 PM (ZEa+g)

351 The law may say that they must remain at work, but it probably doesn't cover how quickly operations should be done.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 03, 2022 01:51 PM (BdMk6)

"The Law." How quaint.

Posted by: blaster at December 03, 2022 01:59 PM (pwExq)

352
Does this involve an agonizer?
Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 01:57 PM (ykeLU)

Very few people want to be in a psychiatric hospital for an extended period.

However there are always the outlying points, and it can be fun to catch them in the act, so to speak.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:00 PM (Zzbjj)

353 350 https://rumble.com/vasmm3-
hillary-clinton-thrown-in-van.html

Just for old times sake.
Posted by: Infidel
============

Like a side of beef.

hahahahahahahahahahahah

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:02 PM (h7ejD)

354 Very few people want to be in a psychiatric hospital for an extended period.

However there are always the outlying points, and it can be fun to catch them in the act, so to speak.
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:00 PM (Zzbjj)
===
In the act of levitating?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 03, 2022 02:02 PM (EZebt)

355 Heh. Watch the slowing walking loading trains, building trains.

They're going to gum up the works.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 03, 2022 02:03 PM (PWvcU)

356 Ponzi schemes like FTX are another sign we are at the top of the market.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 03, 2022 02:06 PM (EZebt)

357 Or rather, the collapse of such schemes...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 03, 2022 02:07 PM (EZebt)

358 354: example: there was a patient who appeared have selective mutism, and demonstrated a flat affect and anhedonia. When the spouse came to visit, he walked her carefully out in the courtyard and into a corner area where the other patients would not "disturb her". Fortunately there was an office window very near that spot. People thought it would be mean to spy, but I thought it would be interesting. Indeed he saw talking and smiling. An office window, unlike a patient window, opens. They were quite stunned when I opened it and leaned out pronouncing her cured.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:08 PM (Zzbjj)

359 327 Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Just Like Afghanistan and Sudan Because SCOTUS Overturned Roe

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Mind like a Nerf trap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

May I suggest an edit to make that a whiffle ball?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 02:08 PM (Wy1BU)

360 354. She was talking.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:09 PM (Zzbjj)

361 Americans are paying sky-high electricity rates and companies like Vanguard
are making the problem worse.
This week my organization, Consumers’ Research, joined 13 state attorneys general in a complaint against Vanguard at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

With more than $7 trillion in assets under management, the Pennsylvania-based investment firm has publicly committed to pressuring utilities to lower their emissions.

Vanguard appears to be not only putting America’s critical infrastructure at risk but violating its agreement only to control utility company shares passively.
_Wall Street Journal via Britt Jackass Hume

https://on.wsj.com/3P1WFyK

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:10 PM (h7ejD)

362 However there are always the outlying points, and it can be fun to catch them in the act, so to speak.
Posted by: CN

******

I'm going to presume that we are talking about two different things. Because what I'm reading here sounds suspiciously close to retribution rather than evaluation. If the examiner cannot distinguish playfulness or humor from impaired cognitive function there is something flawed in the system.

I'll just leave it at that.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 02:10 PM (ykeLU)

363 I agree the B-21 demo was kind of a letdown. They show the flying wing design (very similar to earlier renderings shown the public), and the front profile has a cool "UFO" kind of look, due to the rounded, sweeping cockpit lines. But they did it at night, from real far away.

You get to see *even less* of the B-21 than in the demos of the F-22 where they had to restrict all the camera angles so that Sukhoi couldn't get a sense of the thrust vectoring technology.

But... this is a long-range strategic nuclear bomber, not a fighter. If you can't show they cool plane for security reasons, you could *at least* demonstrate a payload delivery. That would make up for it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:11 PM (oINRc)

364 Remember totalitarian used psychiatric hospitals and diagnosis for undesirables

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 02:13 PM (xhxe8)

365 Nobody's yet mentioned that the "This is Fine Dog" photoshop is an obvious racist dog whistle?

Posted by: Leftist mind whose own racism connects the dots so you don't have to at December 03, 2022 02:14 PM (Yr4Df)

366 Afternoon.

Ed Driscoll links and recommends a piece by Mark Judge, a very good writer I might add, and at the end of the post Driscoll also quotes our own Christopher Taylor.

https://instapundit.com/557069/

Posted by: Robert - Metallica, 72 Seasons, out 4/14 at December 03, 2022 02:15 PM (1Yy3c)

367 Philly, again: The Philadelphia Inquirer, news, December 1, 2022

"Police were called 21 times this year to the Northeast Philly home where a woman was decapitated."

Note: The Police Commissioner, since 2020, was formerly with the police departments of Portland, OR and Oakland, CA. Her concept of 'women's soft skills' hasn't seemed to improve the violence in the city, but the women of the Philly police department may appreciate that they can have lovely nails.

Posted by: Lola at December 03, 2022 02:19 PM (NIYa7)

368
Remember totalitarian used psychiatric hospitals and diagnosis for undesirables
Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 02:13 PM (xhxe

One of the most cynical things ever.

The Soviet Union said "Ok, we get it... because of the millions of people who we hemmed up in labor camps for no reason whatsoever, our globe-spanning machinery of violence and repression has somehow managed to get a bad reputation. Whatever. I guess we can't just shovel whole nations into the fuckin' grinder anymore, because everyone has the sadz about it. But... people out there *are* still guilty of dangerous ideological heterodoxy, and we certainly can't have that. So as long as we label dissent as madness, we can shovel smaller numbers of higher-quality people into even crueler institutions, and you weak western toadies will report it as progress, right?"

And that was right. The USSR under Brezhnev was absolutely correct in that assessment.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:20 PM (oINRc)

369 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice,

Yes. If you are going to exhibit a new plane to me I want to see a vertical climb and a barrel roll not some guy babbling in front of a plane that looks like the other one.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:20 PM (h7ejD)

370 But... this is a long-range strategic nuclear bomber, not a fighter. If you can't show they cool plane for security reasons,

Do you really think the top end countries don't already know the general visible configurations of any air frames the other countries are working on that exist in metal or full size model form? There's too much historical evidence that points to the 40s being the last era where things like that could be kept top secret. The Soviets even managed to get the A-bomb plans enough to work from back when that was the ultimate of ultimate technology secrets. And yet we see silly things like the USAF requiring the inlets and exhausts being removed and replaced with simulations from the F-117s being sent to air museums although that plane was designed in the early 80s.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 03, 2022 02:22 PM (3/XaG)

371 I'm going to presume that we are talking about two different things. Because what I'm reading here sounds suspiciously close to retribution rather than evaluation. If the examiner cannot distinguish playfulness or humor from impaired cognitive function there is something flawed in the system.

I'll just leave it at that.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 02:10 PM (ykeLU)

There was no "playfulness" involved in the case of the fake selective mutism. In fact the symptoms were allegedly brought on by a "trauma" that was going to be part of a lawsuit. Needless to say that they wanted to keep the game going, and how medicine was useless.

As for the typical smart ass "if you want bipolar I'll give you bipolar" or the " I hallucinate that I see Freddy Krueger in my closet, splashing blood", all I and to say was "I will write that down as stated if you don't care to retract".

Should you let someone play sick for secondary gain? I don't think so.
As for the smart ass trolls, I couldn't say, "you're a liar", but offered the choice of documentation of the "psychosis"

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:22 PM (Zzbjj)

372 I'm pleased that this thread got a little extra shelf life today.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 02:23 PM (Xrfse)

373 I'll just leave it at that.
Posted by: Muldoon

*******

Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 02:25 PM (ykeLU)

374 Kids these days are terrified that if they do something bold—or stupid—it will wind up on Facebook, YouTube, or Snapchat.

Hold the phone.
I thought kids were busting their butts to obtain for themselves as many likes as possible on those programs.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:26 PM (h7ejD)

375 A balmy 36 out.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 02:27 PM (ZEa+g)

376 I'm pleased that this thread got a little extra shelf life today.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

You just triggered Ace....

Posted by: SFGoth at December 03, 2022 02:28 PM (KAi1n)

377 You just triggered Ace....

Heh. I guess I'm not much of a "weekend walker" here at the HQ.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 02:29 PM (Xrfse)

378 375 A balmy 36 out.
Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 02:27 PM (ZEa+g)

56 and cloudy here in NJ.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:30 PM (Zzbjj)

379 "The three biggest asset managers—Vanguard, State Street and BlackRock—wield enormous clout over the companies in their investment portfolios.

That influence is primarily exercised in board meetings and elections.

The big three can cast nearly 25% of the votes in any director election at S&P 500 companies. That leverage means CEOs listen when asset managers make demands."
---------------------------

Blackrock, Vanguard, and State St. conspired and achieved the placement of three 3 EcoFreaks on the bod of Exxon.

Exxon has now reduced its production of gasoline.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:32 PM (h7ejD)

380 And when they do demo fighters, well, this is the age of drones. They should show the plane doing an "interdiction mission" and blasting a drone controlled MiG out of the sky with a rocket or something.

But they never do cool shit like that for the public.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:32 PM (oINRc)

381 378 375 A balmy 36 out.
Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 02:27 PM (ZEa+g)

56 and cloudy here in NJ.
Posted by: CN
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Fifteen minutes - the A/C is going on

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:33 PM (h7ejD)

382
Fifteen minutes - the A/C is going on

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:33 PM (h7ejD)

Not global warmening!

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:36 PM (Zzbjj)

383 Glad to see ExxonMobil is doing their part for the Church of Global Warming

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 02:38 PM (xhxe8)

384 Posted by: Muldoon at December 03, 2022 02:25 PM (ykeLU)

******

to you too

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:38 PM (Zzbjj)

385 I have to take Salma Hayek off my hall pass list now.

Unrelated, I looked on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN today for stories about the Twitter reveal. Not a single mention on their front pages. Fox News did have one.

Posted by: Lieutenant Duh at December 03, 2022 02:38 PM (+heSS)

386 Speaking of fighter aircraft, I met a guy who flew escort duty for Reagan back in the '80s. He said the Reagans were always super nice to everyone.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:39 PM (oINRc)

387 Do you have money in Vanguard, Blackrock (lost 1.2 trillon dollars first three quarters this year on ESG), State Street?

_ NET ZERO

"each member must commit to implementing a 'stewardship and engagement policy' consistent with 'achieving global net zero emissions by 2050.'

Asset managers like Vanguard then use their clients’ assets—not their own—to 'accelerate the transition.'

Translation: They pressure companies through meetings and board votes."

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:41 PM (h7ejD)

388 Damn near 60 here in W PA. Windy.

This fluctuating weather is hell on sinuses.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 03, 2022 02:42 PM (PWvcU)

389 386 Speaking of fighter aircraft, I met a guy who flew escort duty for Reagan back in the '80s. He said the Reagans were always super nice to everyone.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:39 PM (oINRc)

I have heard that, too, especially President Reagan. Even people who didn't like his policies found the man charming and warm.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:43 PM (Zzbjj)

390 Speaking of fighter aircraft, I met a guy who flew escort duty for Reagan back in the '80s. He said the Reagans were always super nice to everyone.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Guy I went to high school with was one of the pilots that did the official flyover for Reagan funeral.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 02:45 PM (Wy1BU)

391 >>>There's a video of the debate if you have the patience to watch it. Taibbi called it "wild and oddly nasty".

I made it halfway through, to the 50-minute mark. It did not move merrily along.

https://tinyurl.com/226hxvxj

Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:45 PM (0ixKl)

392 And there goes the neighbor on his riding mower for the 6th day in a row. There aren't that many leaves.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 02:47 PM (ZEa+g)

393 383 Glad to see ExxonMobil is doing their part for the Church of Global Warming
Posted by: Skip
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This is a big story, Ace could do a number with it. Check out the article.

These as asset companies control more money than most? nations GDP and they are allocating investors money for their political agenda. It's as or more criminal than the coup overthrowing our presidential election.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:47 PM (h7ejD)

394
These as asset companies control more money than most? nations GDP and they are allocating investors money for their political agenda. It's as or more criminal than the coup overthrowing our presidential election.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:47 PM (h7ejD)

Yes it is, and designed to ruin lives and economies on a more massive scale.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:49 PM (Zzbjj)

395 I'm afraid of flying, which is probably why I love airplanes. I'm afraid of big cats, and love them too.

I know it's the safest form of travel, blah blah blah, but it must feel nice to fly on AF1. You know every last item in the airframe is checked, double-checked, & triple-checked, and then on top of that, you have a squadron of the world's best pilots escorting you, just in case someone decides to get tricky.

I could probably relax and enjoy that flight.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:49 PM (oINRc)

396 392 And there goes the neighbor on his riding mower for the 6th day in a row. There aren't that many leaves.
Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 02:47 PM (ZEa+g)

Maybe it's his way to get out of the house.

Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:50 PM (0ixKl)

397 I could probably relax and enjoy that flight.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:49 PM (oINRc)

I would be worried about SAMs

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:50 PM (Zzbjj)

398 Gardening thread is up.

Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:51 PM (0ixKl)

399 392 And there goes the neighbor on his riding mower for the 6th day in a row. There aren't that many leaves.
Posted by: Infidel
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My rider has the original year 2000 muffler, you'd love me. At least I don't crank it up at six in the morning like my next door neighbor.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 02:51 PM (h7ejD)

400 Maybe it's his way to get out of the house.
Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:50 PM (0ixKl)

I used to have a neighbor who'd put on headphones and mow the lawn whenever he had an argument with his wife.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:52 PM (Zzbjj)

401 Or, more specifically:

Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Dec. 3
—K.T.

Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:52 PM (0ixKl)

402 400 Maybe it's his way to get out of the house.
Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:50 PM (0ixKl)

I used to have a neighbor who'd put on headphones and mow the lawn whenever he had an argument with his wife.
Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:52 PM (Zzbjj)

Not the worst way to channel whatever he was channeling!

Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:53 PM (0ixKl)

403 401. My garden has been tucked in for the winter, and I'd rather bash dems

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:53 PM (Zzbjj)

404
Not the worst way to channel whatever he was channeling!
Posted by: m at December 03, 2022 02:53 PM (0ixKl)

No, it was a decent enough way to cope, and let everyone calm down.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:54 PM (Zzbjj)

405 Often said here I never had a less than enjoyable flight, at least 21 from small 4 seat, military cargo and commercial aircraft. Sadly will probably never fly again on a trip.

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 02:55 PM (xhxe8)

406
I so hope that you drew a digital clock face.
Posted by: Muldoon
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That is precisely what I did, but it became even more amusing after that. More later, gotta go meet the geezers for coffee right now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 03, 2022 02:55 PM (4Nep/)

407 162 -- About twenty years back, my father was living in an apartment complex built on top of the family's favorite farm stand's fields and my mother was living in a complex built where we used to go swimming every summer. I don't know if there is a square inch of Camden County left that is still farm land.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 03, 2022 02:56 PM (z7W9M)

408 I like to mow. We have a large-ish yard. I put on my noise cancel headphones, push up th volume on the mp3 player and enjoy 2 hrs of motorized meditation. For several years it was the only time I didn't hear a very whiny MOM!! every 5 minutes.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 02:56 PM (Wy1BU)

409 He drives truck all week for a local co. Wife is a nurse at the VA hospital.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 02:57 PM (ZEa+g)

410 Sadly will probably never fly again on a trip.

Same here. Used to love flying and now have zero desire to do it again.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 02:57 PM (Xrfse)

411 Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2022 02:55 PM (xhxe

I wish I could enjoy flying, I don't.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 02:57 PM (Zzbjj)

412
Yeah... my garden finally died a couple weeks ago. We had a long summer/no fall here, so it lasted with flowers through October. It's all dead now.

Next year at least will be bad for the garden... gotta figure out which are annuals and perennials. I think most of them are annuals. But I'm from the Rockies, so I know jack about gardening. I expect I'll start going to that thread more.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:59 PM (oINRc)

413 I like to mow. We have a large-ish yard. I put on my noise cancel headphones, push up th volume on the mp3 player and enjoy 2 hrs of motorized meditation. For several years it was the only time I didn't hear a very whiny MOM!! every 5 minutes.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

It's December in the Rocky Mtns.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 03:00 PM (ZEa+g)

414 Holy cow!

SGAMMO - 1000 Round Case - 5.56mm 55 Grain M193 FMJ Winchester Lake City Ammo - WM193K

$0.48/rd. $80 cheaper/1000 than I just paid last month, and within about $0.10/rd I paid in March 2020.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 03, 2022 03:04 PM (hgD8w)

415 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2022 02:59 PM (oINRc

A few years back our NJ winter was pretty mild and I had any number of annuals reappear, probably self seeded, and the gladiolas came back beautifully as I never remember to dig them up. This year was dreadful, and things that should have bloomed, either didn't or bloomed very late. But the vegetable season went on a long time and I was still picking tomatoes and lettuce into November.

Gardening thread is a great resource for identifying plants.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:04 PM (Zzbjj)

416 wish I could enjoy flying, I don't.
Posted by: CN

I hate it. I'm claustrophobic as hell and flying stomps that panic button. I have managed to get through several flights relatively unscathed but some have been hellish.
My late first husband was a mechanic for a cargo airline. We flew to Vegas from Indy, no problem. Flight back , doing okay, then the pilot tells us that the weather in Indiana is not good. Light freezing rain and windy. oh and IU is up by ten points in their game that evening. I was freaking the fuck out by the time we landed. Trapped in a metal tube with not enough air and shitty weather outside and the pilot is listening to the fucking IU basketball game.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:06 PM (Wy1BU)

417 364. So did a few physicians & husbands of non-working women, in particular, decades ago.

An aunt was committed to Haverford State Hospital (built 1964, shuttered 199

in PA a few times because she gave her husband a lot of lip & later said he spoiled their two young sons to the point of being completely disrespectful & she was about to beat their butts. My grandfather (her father) finally put his foot down, and in son-in-law's butt, to stop that nonsense.

Some of my friend's stay-at-home moms were committed to state hospitals, too, usually for treatment of post-partum depression.

Also had a relative seek commitment into a mental health facility rather than go into a women's shelter and live under the direction of certain, evil peer counselor. (Florida mental health program, some years ago.)

Posted by: Lola at December 03, 2022 03:07 PM (NIYa7)

418 It's December in the Rocky Mtns.
Posted by: Infidel

It's December in Indiana too. I stop mowing in October.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:09 PM (Wy1BU)

419 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:06 PM (Wy1BU)

I have the claustrophobia issue too, and avoid it whenever possible, but that flight sounds awful. A pilot paying attention to a college game? No thanks.
I am fortunate that both kids live within reasonable driving distance.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:11 PM (Zzbjj)

420 >>Same here. Used to love flying and now have zero desire to do it again.

I'll be wheels up tomorrow, 4 flights in 3 days. Before 9/11 flying wasn't too bad but ever since it's been a pain in the ass, particularly getting through airports.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 03:13 PM (ZLI7S)

421 Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:11 PM (Zzbjj)

What made it worse was the airplane mechanic husband laughing at me and acting like it was some great hilarious joke. I'm glad Hubbymayhem is a truck driver.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:14 PM (Wy1BU)

422 Posted by: Lola at December 03, 2022 03:07 PM (NIYa7)

A lot has changed.

And post-partum depression can be deadly.

Back in the 80s neighbors used to joke about signing themselves into one of the more posh voluntary facilities so they could get a break and sit by the pool, ride horses, and take painting lessons.

These days, most of the NJ facilities have determined that if you're able to go to the pool, ride, or sit and paint, you do not need inpatient treatment. Many of them have only locked units.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:16 PM (Zzbjj)

423
What made it worse was the airplane mechanic husband laughing at me and acting like it was some great hilarious joke. I'm glad Hubbymayhem is a truck driver.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:14 PM (Wy1BU)

!!! Nothing funny about claustrophobia

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:18 PM (Zzbjj)

424 Trapped in a metal tube with not enough air and shitty weather outside and the pilot is listening to the fucking IU basketball game.

To be honest, that's the guy/gal I want flying that plane. Just another day in the cockpit.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 03:18 PM (Xrfse)

425 To be honest, that's the guy/gal I want flying that plane. Just another day in the cockpit.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 03:18 PM (Xrfse)

You might be right, but with crappy weather and some turbulance, I'd feel even worse if he was talking basketball.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:20 PM (Zzbjj)

426 To be honest, that's the guy/gal I want flying that plane. Just another day in the cockpit.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 03:18 PM (Xrfse)

You might be right, but with crappy weather and some turbulance, I'd feel even worse if he was talking basketball.
Posted by: CN

I was so freaked out I was having trouble breathing. I was very awful.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:21 PM (Wy1BU)

427 The deer thing is pure fluff. When we kill a deer/elk, we put on the coveralls for the ticks and fleas, hang the fucker and gut it immediately. Cut off the scent glands, then skin it and toss the hide with the guts. Then behead it. Then quarter it if necessary. It's not a prop for a parade.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 03, 2022 03:22 PM (geVLo)

428 Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 03, 2022 03:22 PM (geVLo)

Do you wear gloves?

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:23 PM (Zzbjj)

429 I was so freaked out I was having trouble breathing. I was very awful.

Understood. I've had a handful of not-so-fun flights myself. Personally, I get a bit antsy when the aircraft is a rockin' and the pilot is not saying much. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 03:25 PM (Xrfse)

430 >>I was so freaked out I was having trouble breathing. I was very awful.

I was on a flight to Minneapolis once and the woman sitting next to me was the wife of the pilot. She was terrified of flying and asked if she could hold my hand for takeoff. She didn't let go until we landed.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 03, 2022 03:26 PM (ZLI7S)

431 >>>Do you wear gloves?

Posted by: CN

>Yup. And I generally have a garden hose running all the time.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 03, 2022 03:27 PM (geVLo)

432 Have a good rest of the afternoon, folks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2022 03:28 PM (Xrfse)

433 We flew in to Tokyo and back out just ahead of a typhoon. That landing sucked. Big time! One of our flights in China the landing was very steep. It felt like we were gonna lawn dart. My ears were fucked up for days.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:30 PM (Wy1BU)

434
Understood. I've had a handful of not-so-fun flights myself. Personally, I get a bit antsy when the aircraft is a rockin' and the pilot is not saying much. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Did a couple of those on small planes in the caribbean. The first think I look for upon landing is a drink.

Posted by: Infidel at December 03, 2022 03:30 PM (ZEa+g)

435 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip nood advisor at December 03, 2022 03:30 PM (xhxe8)

436 Later kids!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 03, 2022 03:32 PM (Wy1BU)

437

>Yup. And I generally have a garden hose running all the time.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 03, 2022 03:27 PM (geVLo)

Good! They are so full of diseases these days. NJ is always putting out notices about anaplasmosis and other crap. A couple years ago, there was a TB announcement.

Posted by: CN at December 03, 2022 03:35 PM (Zzbjj)

438 >>>Good! They are so full of diseases these days. NJ is always putting out notices about anaplasmosis and other crap. A couple years ago, there was a TB announcement.

>Chronic wasting disease is the most prevalent in this area. Luckily I have a very select, predictable group of animals that have a morning / night migratory routine that keeps them clean.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 03, 2022 03:57 PM (geVLo)

439 https://bit.ly/3BaVp6v
___________
REPEAT AFTER ME "NOTHING IS HAPPENING"

Posted by: TOLDYOUSO at December 03, 2022 04:03 PM (T/Ok4)

440 2:15? am or pm?

Posted by: t-dubya-d at December 03, 2022 04:11 PM (xARli)

441 A little movement of the plane doesn't bother me nearly as much as repetitive throttle adjustment.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 04:13 PM (h7ejD)

442 A little movement of the plane doesn't bother me nearly as much as repetitive throttle adjustment.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 03, 2022 04:13 PM (h7ejD)

Or the gear going up and down several times.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2022 04:21 PM (anj39)

443 The fact that Taibbi's team blasted their opposition to smithereens, and changed people's minds, shows that if only someone (like the Repubs) would articulate such opposition, the country would be freer and less divided.

Posted by: Ultra pj at December 03, 2022 05:41 PM (G1dq6)

444 I watched the debate. I got a kick out of Taibbi holding Cronkite up as a paragon of objectivity -- he was a lefty who despised the Republicans and lied about Vietnam. And even more entertaining was Malc, who said that Cronkite had a breasted interest in supporting the government.

Both need to learn a little bit more history.

Posted by: Lee Also at December 03, 2022 10:21 PM (jLZB3)

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