Daily Tech News 2 December 2022

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Kanye West is not buying Parler after all. (Axios)

Bullet dodged. For both parties, but after today, particularly for Parler.
Ye has just around 55,000 followers on Parler, compared to 18.5 million on Instagram and zero on Twitter.
Oops.
The Ikea desk legs I needed for my main office, that were out of stock for weeks, came back in for days, and then went out of stock again, are back in stock.

I ordered 35. I think I need 31 - maybe fewer if I use fixed drawers rather than the mobile ones, since you can mount the desktop directly onto the drawer units. Since the legs are $4 each and they've been blocking my plans for thousands of dollars worth of furniture, I don't exactly mind if I end up with a few spares.

(The longer desks - they come in 120, 140, and 200 cm lengths - recommend an extra leg in the middle, hence the odd number.)

Tech News

How much slower does automatic bounds checking make your Rust code? (ReadySet)

Rust is designed to make it hard to write unsafe code - the sort of code that causes security nightmares for sysadmins around the world because one line in one library from 20 years ago didn't check the size of the input and now everyone is mining Monero on your production servers.

Anyway, the answer is none. None slower.
Google has halved the number of memory safety issues with Android since they started using Rust for some of the code. (9to5Google)

And it's none slower.
Cloudflare is raising its prices by 25% starting from May. (The Register)

There's going to be a lot of that about. Computers have been one of the few things consistently getting cheaper, but there's only so much you can do when real inflation is well into double digits.

(I also switched my Amazon Prime subscription from monthly to annual to lock in the current low price - A$59 for a year, about US$40. Given the cost of shipping stuff to New House City it's gone from being a nice-to-have to essential.)
Apple blocked a new feature in the Coinbase wallet that allowed users to transfer NFTs to other wallets. (MacRumors)

Apple said that the "gas fee" - a small amount of cryptocurrency that you need to pay to perform any transaction - had to be purchased using Apple's own payment platform for the new feature to be approved.

You can't purchase crypto using Apple's payment platform.
The relaunch of Twitter Blue is delayed because Twitter doesn't want to give Apple 30% of everything it earns. (WCCFTech)
Twitter is planning on finding a way to circumvent the 30% fee that Apple charges, but so far, we don't see a way out. I mean, remember what happened to Epic Games and Fortnite when they refused to circumvent the in-app fee?
Yes. Epic launched an entire new online games store and now has over two thousand staff and half a billion users.

It doesn't seem like much of a threat, to be honest.
Stable Diffusion - the AI image generator - now runs on Arm-based Macs. (9to5Mac)

While this is new, I was under the impression that it only ran on Nvidia graphics cards. Not true, as it turns out; with a little fiddling it runs on most AMD cards from the last six years as well.
The Kindle Scribe is absolutely adequate. (The Verge)

If you want a large (10.2") high resolution (300dpi) e-ink reader with a pen, this is that. And some clunky software aside, it works exactly as it says.

I'm getting a Kindle Paperwhite while I wait for somebody - anybody - to release a good, small Android tablet that I don't have to order from AliExpress.

Disclaimer: Ame doko?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Good evening Pixy
Happy Friday everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:03 AM (xhxe8)

2 Happy Friday Skip.

May your hamsters not multiply excessively.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 02, 2022 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

3 That's where Ikea always gets you, go in to buy some new towels, leave with 17 table legs.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 02, 2022 04:05 AM (wzwuR)

4 https://tinyurl.com/vdnfkfn9
https://amgreatness.com/oath keepers verdict a dangerous-escalation in criminalizing dissent

The Stalinists would be proud of their students

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:09 AM (xhxe8)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 04:14 AM (T4tVD)

6 And while not a Kindle, I think i may finally buy a refurbished Ipad, as long as MacofallTrades gets an "excellent" condition one in stock. Since my "excellent" condition MBP from them was basically brand new.

I just now need to decide which. I'm only using it right now to use one program at work, which needs Os14 or later, and I don't need a huge one. So hopefully they get a Mini4 or once of the 9.7 inch ones in.

I looked at Backmarket for them, and while they guarentee everything, their vetting of sellers seems like bs, as so many have bad reviews.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 02, 2022 04:14 AM (3Rfa4)

7 Oh, now remembered what I want to bring up.
Often said found my YouTube viewing is connected by my tablet and phone, something selected on one is instantly seen on the other though not on same location.
Yesterday on Art Thread Muldoon supposedly wrote in Swedish so I looked up the translation on phone.
Got home wife playing with tablet finds that inquiry

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:15 AM (xhxe8)

8 BOING!

Say, did you all spot the new luggage trend?

https://tinyurl.com/4vhke9k5

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog, who knows no margin bounds at December 02, 2022 04:18 AM (UK1vv)

9 Wait... Amazon Prime is USD 40/year in AussieLand??
It's $119/year in the states. WTF?

Posted by: 6eyes at December 02, 2022 04:22 AM (9ufEO)

10 The SF robot force is not going to allowed to have firearms. On the other hand, "in extreme circumstances it is conceivable that use of a robot might be the best and only way of dealing with a terrorist or mass shooter." Apparently by strapping on a bunch of high explosives to the robot and sending it on a jihad or kamikaze mission depending on your cultural appropriation.

Unintended consequences? Seems that has been glossed over. And just like that life becomes the latest reboot of Robo Cop.

https://tinyurl.com/35eymmcc

https://tinyurl.com/35eymmcc

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:22 AM (lrz3q)

11 The Stalinists would be proud of their students

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:09 AM (xhxe

Usually when I try to overthrow a heavily armed government I leave my weapons an hour away too!

The Republicans need to hold hearings on questions such as, if this was such a horrible insurrection, why did the FBI not act on their many many many informants knowledge? Why didn't they have a presence on Jan 6 to prevent an insurrection (or did they and they were helping commit the insurrection) Why did Nancy and the DC mayor refuse to bring in the national guard or more capital police, like Trump asked for? Why did Nancy just happen to have a documentary crew with her that day, one that knew exactly where Ray Epps was in order to film him at the perfect time, with Nancy staring at him from a distance and pointing him out.

The Republicans still will have little power to get things done legislatively over the next 2 years, but they can sure uncover a ton of real sedition coming from Democrat leaders and FBI terrorist.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 02, 2022 04:23 AM (3Rfa4)

12 The new Special prosecutor will getting around to shut down any information being released on Jan 6

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2022 04:24 AM (xhxe8)

13 Wait... Amazon Prime is USD 40/year in AussieLand??
It's $119/year in the states. WTF?

Posted by: 6eyes at December 02, 2022 04:22 AM (9ufEO)

They figure they'll make their money back when 80% of their users inevitably get killed by one of the millions of poisonous animals, remain undiscovered for 7 years, and are unable to cancel their membership.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 02, 2022 04:26 AM (3Rfa4)

14 Evening to Pixy, and morning to the early birds here! 'Tis Friday at last. A whole new month. Rent is paid, several of the major bills are disposed of, and while it won't be cold this weekend, it may not be too hot to start the claying-waxing process on the car.

I've decided that during the Xmas break, I'll set the timer on the coffee. When I wake up, it'll be brewed. I'll pour a cup, go back to bed, and hop on the computer for a bit after Stirling is finished nuzzling me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:28 AM (KAKDL)

15 Wait... Amazon Prime is USD 40/year in AussieLand??
It's $119/year in the states. WTF?
Posted by: 6eyes

How in the heck is that possible? I also live in a place where Amazon is closer to mandatory utility than I care to notice.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:29 AM (lrz3q)

16 9 Wait... Amazon Prime is USD 40/year in AussieLand??
It's $119/year in the states. WTF?

Amazon didn't exist in Australia until the end of 2017, and it took them a couple of years to build things up to the point where it was worthwhile. They set Prime pricing cheap to attract customers.

I expect they'll remedy that soon.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 02, 2022 04:29 AM (BLOW1)

17 They figure they'll make their money back when 80% of their users inevitably get killed by one of the millions of poisonous animals, remain undiscovered for 7 years, and are unable to cancel their membership.
Posted by: Rbastid at December 02, 2022

***
I get the impression that Australia is like Harry Harrison's Deathworld, where every plant and animal is determined to kill all humans.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:30 AM (KAKDL)

18 The last 20 comments from the ONT should be auto-willowed to the Pixy thread.

Pixey could do that, if xhe wanted to.

Posted by: Trustful Miklos, with full Faith and Credit at December 02, 2022 04:30 AM (NOVDU)

19 I get the impression that Australia is like Harry Harrison's Deathworld, where every plant and animal is determined to kill all humans. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

New Mexico is a close second.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:32 AM (lrz3q)

20 They figure they'll make their money back when 80% of their users inevitably get killed by one of the millions of poisonous animals, remain undiscovered for 7 years, and are unable to cancel their membership.

Where's Bill?
Dunno. Haven't seen him since, oh, 2002.
Huh. Reckon' he's alright?
Yeah, probably. Another beer?
Sounds good, mate.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 02, 2022 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

21 I get the impression that Australia is like Harry Harrison's Deathworld, where every plant and animal is determined to kill all humans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I will probably be in Ozziland next year, and will pay the $5 dollars at the airport for Death and/or Dismemberment Policy.

Posted by: Trustful Miklos, if you pay the $5, cool at December 02, 2022 04:35 AM (NOVDU)

22 I bought an Australian low-flow toilet.

Still flushes The Wrong Way.

Posted by: Miklos, Future Antipodean at December 02, 2022 04:38 AM (NOVDU)

23 My I-phone seems to feature as ads a whole lot of pictures of a smiling Michelle Obama and sometimes. I have to get these ads off. of here as well on my computer. Sigh..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:42 AM (Y5exi)

24 My 1st world problem this week. Doctor sends an order to imaging clinic which then sends it to insurance company to get approval for a routine scan. At two weeks I check with the imaging clinic if the approval was received. Nope. Wait a couple weeks, still nope.

Call insurance company and they claim they never got it and promptly hung up on me. Try again, same answer but get a promise they will call the imaging clinic to sort it out and call me back in two hours.

3 hours later I call the imaging clinic to see if I can get this going from that direction. I got tossed around to 3, 4, 5 people (I lost count) and finally get sent to a voice mail box. The VM message said they would return my call within, sit down, 2 hours.

3 hours later I was down at the doctor's office...

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:44 AM (lrz3q)

25 Here's a lovely devotional fom the Uppet Room from a person who lives in Nigeria and is appropriate for interested folks who are both Christian and Jew. since it is based on Psalm 8 and just mentions "God". We are on God"s mind:

https://tinyurl.com/kr69w49k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:47 AM (Y5exi)

26 > 16 I expect they'll remedy that soon.

Ah. Drug dealer logic. Hook 'em at the low price, then...

Posted by: 6eyes at December 02, 2022 04:48 AM (9ufEO)

27 I get the impression that Australia is like Harry Harrison's Deathworld, where every plant and animal is determined to kill all humans.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 04:30 AM (KAKDL)

Nah, the Outback ain't quite that bad. (enjoyable series, btw).

A couple of weeks dry camping in the Outback would be good training for living in an inner city. Go slow and pay close attention to your surroundings. Have an exit or 3 planned. Trust nothing.

I'd have loved to pay a visit to the Outback when I was younger. But wife, kids, mortgage, limited vacation time all said 'nah bro'. Sigh. I settled for camping trips to Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana. Beautiful but desolate areas.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 02, 2022 04:48 AM (JOtiF)

28 Early to work gets early dismissal

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 04:50 AM (xhxe8)

29 Early to work gets early dismissal. Posted by: Skip's phone

I am going to wear pants today.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:51 AM (lrz3q)

30 23-And meant "sometimes Barack"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:55 AM (Y5exi)

31 Beautiful pictures of nature. Earthporn: click on picture to make it larger:

https://www.reddit.com/r/earthporn/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 04:56 AM (Y5exi)

32 My impressions of Australia are Road Warrior and the Humongous, this opal mining show where the miners dig narrow shafts into the ground and the pass out from the heat in the shafts, and this other show where these guys trap giant salt water crocs and relocate them.

I have convinced myself these are all documentaries. Remarkably they make me want to go to Australia more than ever.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:57 AM (lrz3q)

33 Good morning morons

Is Beijing burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 04:59 AM (EZebt)

34 Here's a lovely devotional fom the Uppet Room from a person who lives in Nigeria and is appropriate for interested folks who are both Christian and Jew. since it is based on Psalm 8 and just mentions "God". We are on God"s mind:

https://tinyurl.com/kr69w49k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The Uppet room is a no P puppet room.

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 04:59 AM (T4tVD)

35 Good morning morons. Is Beijing burning? Posted by: San Franpsycho

Just checked. Nope. Its raining.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:00 AM (lrz3q)

36 Early to work gets early dismissal
Posted by: Skip's phone

And makes you healthy wealthy and a wisenheimer.

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 05:01 AM (T4tVD)

37 Tap-Tap-Tap......is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

38 Somehow the New Mexico State University Aggies managed to get a wavier to move to the front of the line for one of few remaining bowl games with a 5-6 record. The deciding factor hinged on San Diego State canceling two days before the game here in Las Cruces because one of the players was riding a skateboard in traffic, ran a stop sign and got run over by a bus which killed him. The Aggies where unable to snag another opponent which left them one game short. It should be noted they got pushed ahead of Auburn. This is proof that miracles are real.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:08 AM (lrz3q)

39 Oh, I see reports that Jiang Zemin "died" on Wednesday from leukemia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 05:10 AM (EZebt)

40 > 32 My impressions of Australia are Road Warrior and the Humongous

Good. But always liked Beyond Thunderdome.
Auntie Entity (Tina Tuner), Master/Blaster, "the tellin'".

"Ain't we a pair, raggedy man?"

Posted by: 6eyes at December 02, 2022 05:16 AM (9ufEO)

41 I've decided that during the Xmas break, I'll set the timer on the coffee. When I wake up, it'll be brewed.

Dude. I wanna party with YOU!

Animal.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 02, 2022 05:16 AM (34mN2)

42 In other NMSU Aggie news a BB player and his pals got into a knock out brawl, on camera, during the NM football rivalry game with a UNM Student and his pals. We are talking near attempt murder type thing. The cops broke it up and nobody went to jail. Much later we find out the BB player was "disciplined."

Fast forward some weeks to the NM BB rivalry game at UNM. the UNM guy and his pals set up a honey pot thing, and the NMSU player sneaks out the hotel in the middle of the night to get laid. When he meets the girl the UNM guy and his pals jump, one pulls a gun out, NMSU guy takes off while pulling out ***his gun***. Two shoots ring out. UNM guy is dead and NMSU guy lands in hospital.

So far NMSU is finding lots of reasons not to discuss this matter. To date the NMSU guy is still loved like family by the coach and is cheering on his teammates from the hospital via cell phone calls.

Holy hell.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:17 AM (lrz3q)

43 24 3 hours later I was down at the doctor's office...
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 04:44 AM (lrz3q)

Is there a sequel?

Posted by: m at December 02, 2022 05:23 AM (RuTUS)

44 $119? My Prime just renewed at $149.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 02, 2022 05:26 AM (ZSK0i)

45 3 hours later I was down at the doctor's office...
Posted by: Lost in Space

Is there a sequel? Posted by: m

Sort of. Today, Friday, I am going to call a woman I met at, get ready, the local State Fair, that works for a different division of the insurance company. I got her contact info after I told her my story of how it took me 3 months and about 100 hours to get this insurance company to stop billing me a couple thousand dollars for last year's routine scan they approved and agreed to cover. I am going to find out if she has any magic up her sleeve.

As for the Doctor visit, they sent an email to the imaging clinic asking them to respond. I am not holding my breath.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:29 AM (lrz3q)

46 > 44 $119? My Prime just renewed at $149.

Hmm. That was for the last year. My notes indicate
should be $139 for next.

Will see...

Posted by: 6eyes at December 02, 2022 05:36 AM (9ufEO)

47 I still remember that NMSU BB team from the early 70's - SuperJohn Williamson and Tree Rollins - didn't even make the tournament for some ridiculous reason, most notably so UCLA could win.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 02, 2022 05:38 AM (AaLDK)

48 45 I am not holding my breath.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:29 AM (lrz3q)

Yeah, don't do that!

Posted by: m at December 02, 2022 05:38 AM (RuTUS)

49 So, assuming a low 10% believe Kanye's shit, he's created 2 million more lunatics via Instagram?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 02, 2022 05:39 AM (AaLDK)

50 New Mexico aka Improved Mexico. Just like Regular Mexico but with better plumbing.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:44 AM (lrz3q)

51 OBAMA: "We all know some folks in our lives who — we don’t wish them ill will. They say crazy stuff & we’re all like, ‘Well, you know, Uncle Joe, you know what happened to him.’ They're part of the family but you don't give them serious responsibilities."

If this carries any weight Uncle Joe ain't gonna be running for president in 2024.

https://tinyurl.com/3cvcmw8p

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022 05:48 AM (lrz3q)

52 I have convinced myself these are all documentaries. Remarkably they make me want to go to Australia more than ever.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 02, 2022

***
I wanted to see it and New Zealand. Then came the Sniffle Scare, and both countries turned into East Germany. Now I wouldn't dare go there, or Canada, or California for that matter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 05:49 AM (KAKDL)

53
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2022 05:54 AM (ENBF0)

54 You remember Uncle Joe, he was the one who refused to cut the cake.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 02, 2022 05:56 AM (AaLDK)

55 A lot of younger people think Mr. West is crazy, and just needs to take his meds. That's what they think. Maybe. But he does have FU money, and can say what he wants, at least without ending up living under a bridge or down by the river.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 02, 2022 05:58 AM (34mN2)

56 You remember Uncle Joe, he was the one who refused to cut the cake.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

Poor Aunt Sarah

Posted by: SFGoth at December 02, 2022 06:00 AM (KAi1n)

57 AltonJackson, good morning. Do you still have the bunny?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2022 06:01 AM (vNoUW)

58 Big, irritated Frenchman removes dopes In the middle of the road protesting :

https://tinyurl.com/rjhsdw7j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 06:02 AM (Y5exi)

59
g'mornin', Ben Had

yes, she's still hoppin'

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2022 06:03 AM (ENBF0)

60 Ye is a very troubled person being used instead of being helped.

The same can be said of many Americans.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 06:04 AM (EZebt)

61 Not sure, maybe Bad Blue idiots glue themselves to orchestra rail and guy picks up rail out of the hole and pulls the protesters out still attached to rail

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 06:05 AM (8L0GZ)

62 (The longer desks - they come in 120, 140, and 200 cm lengths - recommend an extra leg in the middle, hence the odd number.)

I was told there would be no Metrics in the syllabus!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:11 AM (BRHaw)

63 55 You remember Uncle Joe, he was the one who refused to cut the cake.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 02, 2022 05:56 AM (AaLDK)

he was movin kinda slow at the Junction

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:12 AM (BRHaw)

64 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 02, 2022 06:12 AM (ju2Fy)

65 Great article at American Thinker
Advice to Kari, Blake and Mark
Can't seem to link it here on phone.
Would love to see what Dave in Fla thinks of it

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 06:13 AM (8L0GZ)

66 No new graphics chips or CPUs announced yesterday? What is the world coming to?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 06:15 AM (+hI+T)

67 Seeking 'leader of the rat pack': New York City posts job listing for Rat Czar that pays up to $170,000 - qualifications include 'swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery,' as well as proficiency with powerpoint

Them rat love a got ppt show!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:16 AM (BRHaw)

68 Boy, 10, 'shot his mom dead at close range for refusing to get him a $500 VR headset' - then used her Amazon account to buy one: Milwaukee cops charge him as an ADULT

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:18 AM (BRHaw)

69 Pixy, you must have a lot of desks. No wonder you needed a new house to put them in.

And I too am amazed that Prime is so cheap there. When it first started here however many years ago (maybe 10 or 12?) it was $79, and once a year you could sign up for $59.

Posted by: bluebell at December 02, 2022 06:18 AM (pTb/Z)

70 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 02, 2022 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

71 Gavin Newsom's reparations committee will recommend handing out $223,200 per person to all descendants of slaves in California for 'housing discrimination' at a cost of $559BN - in nation's biggest restitution effort ever

I guess slave wages have increased a bit!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:19 AM (BRHaw)

72 Make Twitter blue something you have to sign up for and pay for from a browser. The app is just a gateway to your main account. The difference with Fortnite, I believe, is that Fortnite was only accessed/played from the app.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 06:19 AM (+hI+T)

73 AI that can detect CANCER in flatulence is developed by scientists... who had to listen to hours of toilet audio tapes

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:20 AM (BRHaw)

74 66>> https://tinyurl.com/2we4t393

Good article

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2022 06:21 AM (tBR6g)

75 Sweet, I could use some cash money!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 06:22 AM (EZebt)

76 What if some slaves have more descendants than others? Are some slave lives worth more than others? And these are the same people the left says can't prove who they themselves are to enough degree to get a driver's license, but they can prove slave ancestry to get 230k?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 06:22 AM (+hI+T)

77 If you're a descendant of some slave and get paid 233k, then bitch about anything you should get a punch in the mouth.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2022 06:25 AM (tBR6g)

78 No matter what Dave tells me, and I like the guy, we have a disagreement on mail voting fraud. And he has way more information than my hunch

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 06:25 AM (8L0GZ)

79
Maybe Australia doesn't get Prime video content?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 02, 2022 06:26 AM (enJYY)

80 How many slave descendants are going to be moving to CA? Imo, that sounds like a move (at least long enough to cash in) which would be well worth the bother.

Posted by: EveR at December 02, 2022 06:28 AM (MUpk6)

81 I have a slave descendant. You gonna give me $230k?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 06:29 AM (+hI+T)

82 Skip's phone

That is a good article at American Thinker.
https://tinyurl.com/3t26wt9j

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 02, 2022 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

83 Ricky Gervais...heh!

https://tinyurl.com/2zdfwcav

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2022 06:31 AM (tBR6g)

84 The Secret Service has located hundreds of pages of records tied to the investigation of a gun belonging to Hunter Biden – despite having denied they existed, a government watchdog group said Thursday.

Judicial Watch is investigating whether the Secret Service intervened on behalf of President Biden’s son after the incident.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:31 AM (BRHaw)

85 Gavin Newsom's reparations committee will recommend handing out $223,200 per person to all descendants of slaves in California for 'housing discrimination' at a cost of $559BN - in nation's biggest restitution effort ever

I'm pretty sure the calculus is:
"Descendants of Slaves" = "Not White"

Though I am trying to parse the sentence and don't know if "in California" is w/r/t the descendants or the actual slaves. The latter is more interesting because if it includes colonial California, where indigenous people were enslaved, then that opens the door to Siberian-Americans and their descendants.

If it is the former, I can't think of a stronger magnet to attract grifting blacks from the other 49 states and possibly the globe.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 06:31 AM (ceWUn)

86 Ex wife works for Scamazon. I won't do business with anybody who would hire that bitch.
Doesn't cost me nothing.

Posted by: Reforger at December 02, 2022 06:31 AM (Ne491)

87 They say only 10% of mail in ballots are actually completed and returned. What if the number is really 50% and the rest is fake ballots injected at the election office?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 06:32 AM (+hI+T)

88 I meant to say 10% are NOT completed and returned

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 06:32 AM (+hI+T)

89 Watching on YouTube the Australian murder case of Jamie Gao. Two rotters of ex-cops killed the wanna-be gangster.

But mainly writing more of NaNoWriMo story. But will have to head to work soon. *thud*

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 02, 2022 06:34 AM (B+UAy)

90 What about current slaves, how much do they get?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 06:35 AM (EZebt)

91 Mrs. F's glazed mini banana bread goes great with coffee this am

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 06:37 AM (EZebt)

92 If it is the former, I can't think of a stronger magnet to attract grifting blacks from the other 49 states and possibly the globe.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 06:31 AM (ceWUn)

Whoa! *starts packing bags*

Posted by: Nigerian Princes who just remembered their American slave ancestors at December 02, 2022 06:37 AM (PiwSw)

93 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 02, 2022 06:38 AM (yEBFM)

94 San Franpsycho

Does not matter.

That extra money will be extracted from their hands quickly. Very few of the recipients will benefit. The Dem criminal culture will not allow it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 02, 2022 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

95 How many slave descendants are going to be moving to CA? Imo, that sounds like a move (at least long enough to cash in) which would be well worth the bother.

Are we talking payments or lump sum payouts? It would really suck to be in one's 80s and be told the spoils will be paid out over twenty years.

If optional, like the lottery, I can expect a huge market for imported German cars, drugs, tattoos and jewelry. Also steep declines in labor participation rates.

At the very least, we will get a re-education on The Cantillion effect.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 06:39 AM (ceWUn)

96 Reuben Hick, I heard that they were going to include property seizures as well. Does this reparation include all the people that were placed in the internment camps in CA also?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2022 06:40 AM (vNoUW)

97 Rosasharn! And she is twirling. Hallelujah!

*Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi music*

** Spins to big finish, arms akimbo, just misses HVAC system **

***"Advil"***

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 02, 2022 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

98 Ben Had

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

🥃
🥃
🥃

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 02, 2022 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

99 Salty's emoji-fu is always strong.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 02, 2022 06:44 AM (PiwSw)

100 Gavin Newsom's reparations committee will recommend handing out $223,200 per person to all descendants of slaves in California for 'housing discrimination' at a cost of $559BN - in nation's biggest restitution effort ever

We are talking California. Think of the alleged hi-speed rail, particularly on its time-line, costs and deliverables.

Anyone believe $559BN? And will the two or three trillion that eventually has claims levied, how much of that will end up being financed by Yet Another Emergency that requires five or six trillion dollar Emergency Packages from Congress to be blindly delivered to blue States?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 06:44 AM (ceWUn)

101 At the very least, we will get a re-education on The Cantillion effect.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 06:39 AM (ceWUn)
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When the "living" wage laws were being debated, I always asked, why stop at $15 an hour? Why not $50? That would wipe out poverty, right?

No lib had an answer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 06:45 AM (EZebt)

102
They say California is the place you wanna be

Posted by: Jeb Clampett at December 02, 2022 06:46 AM (enJYY)

103 Have a great day, everyone.

May Nature get you to say Oooh, Ah, not ouch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 02, 2022 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

104 Twitter Truth and Safety Czar on Hunters laptop:

We didn’t know what to believe, we didn’t know what was true, there was smoke — and ultimately for me, it didn’t reach a place where I was comfortable removing this content from Twitter,” Roth said. “But it set off every single one of my finely tuned APT28 hack and leak campaign alarm bells.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:47 AM (BRHaw)

105 NaCly, dearest. May your day be filled with clear soft skies and gentle breezes.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2022 06:47 AM (vNoUW)

106 Janet Says:

the real reason inflation is out of control is because Americans are "splurging" on goods; "and, remember, Russia has conducted a brutal war against Ukraine"

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:49 AM (BRHaw)

107 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 02, 2022 06:49 AM (dO/0d)

108 Janet Says:

the real reason inflation is out of control is because Americans are "splurging" on goods; "and, remember, Russia has conducted a brutal war against Ukraine"
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 06:49 AM (BRHaw)

Must be those 3 pair of underpants and 2 bananas I bought?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 02, 2022 06:50 AM (dO/0d)

109 Janet says a lotta things. None of them have any basis in fact or reality.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2022 06:51 AM (tBR6g)

110 Janet Yenta is transitory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 02, 2022 06:52 AM (EZebt)

111 I'm gonna miss Christine McVie so much. If you liked her voice check out Bare Trees, an early FM album. or her earlier work w/ Chicken Shack, it's very good

Posted by: Farmer at December 02, 2022 06:53 AM (55Qr6)

112 Yesterday ( I think) or couple days ago, American Thinker had article ( again reading so much, forgetting where) that Delaware County in summer out of every other county in Pa piled in mail ballots when all others were flat lined.

Someone or team was working OT

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 06:53 AM (8L0GZ)

113
Too many dollars chasing too few cans of Chef Boyardee.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 02, 2022 06:55 AM (enJYY)

114 Milwaukee cops charge him as an ADULT
Posted by: rhennigantx

Ah, must be a white kid then.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 02, 2022 06:56 AM (YJwUM)

115 Careful Salty - don't be hurting yourself!

So, what exactly are Americans splurging on? Filling up cars with gas? And I could have sold my house and bought an EV! (although they aren't really big enough to live in...) Oh yeah - there's food. (trying to quit the habit!) And yes, I spent $200 on Christmas gifts for Kidsharn.

So there it is - I am the reason for inflation.

*hangs heads, walks away*

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 02, 2022 06:59 AM (yEBFM)

116
How is it considered 'splurging' when the only thing you purchase is the essentials of life?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 02, 2022 07:04 AM (enJYY)

117 Reuben Hick, I heard that they were going to include property seizures as well. Does this reparation include all the people that were placed in the internment camps in CA also?

Now I can't just speculate/snark and need to read the article. [ reading ]

In short, its fucked up. Allegedly this is for housing discrimination from 1933-1977 (why those years?) and the compensation is to include "tuition". I'm thinking if you are fifty to ninety years old, tuition is not really a priority. The "housing grants" part is fascinating for similar reasons.

The kicker was the phrase "the task force has also identified other causes for reparations..." Translation: They are going to hand out money, they are now seeking racist/stereotype reasons to do so. And thus they drag out the racist trope: incarceration, unjust property seizures, devaluation of black businesses and health care.

Those last two are so subjective I fail to see how they can put a number on any of that. And shouldn't the "unjust" property seizures be handled in a court of law? Or is California going to deny justice to blacks and add another transgression that the taxpayers are to get stuck?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:04 AM (ceWUn)

118 (cont...)
And the 1933-1977 time span. Can I see a list of politicians that who are still in office who can take responsibility for this? I mean, why should an H1B Asian couple who just immigrated in, working in Silicon Valley, be on the compensatory damages hook for actions performed by politicians long dead?

Where was the class-action lawsuit filed? Because it seems to me that this task-force has assumed guilt, didn't bother to assess any damages, let alone identify any specific chargeable crime and has moved directly to punitive damages, and has identified the perp, or at least has pinned down an innocent people to pay for another's sins.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:08 AM (ceWUn)

119 Good morning all!

Olddog.. I want to thank you for your kindness the past several weeks. You and your wife have brightened my day many times. Bless you both.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 02, 2022 07:08 AM (nxdel)

120 I'm getting the impression that Pixy's New House is made almost entirely of desks.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:09 AM (AuTCi)

121 Today is the 218th anniversary of Napoleon crowning himself Emperor of the French.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:11 AM (AuTCi)

122 And the 217th anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:12 AM (AuTCi)

123 Oingo Boingo

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:12 AM (+hI+T)

124 Note well they are trying to conflate supply and demand issues (resulting in higher prices) with monetary inflation, which always devalues the currency spending power.

Don't be fooled. A war in Ukraine has fuckall to do with monetary inflation.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 02, 2022 07:13 AM (34mN2)

125 Must be those 3 pair of underpants and 2 bananas I bought?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 02, 2022 06:50 AM (dO/0d)

What are you, some kind of spider or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:13 AM (6FeV1)

126 (cont...)
And since this is supposed to plunder anyone who pays taxes in California either directly or indirectly, is this supposed to be a signal to those who are going to be robbed that it is time to move out?

Will corporation have to pay? (yes) and will they be forced to pass this cost on to customers? (yes) And are many customers not based in California? (yes).

And how about the poor schmucks that follow after Gavin terms out and are stuck with this massive bill and now have to eat the shit sandwich and beat down the taxpayers. Gavin gets the glory, who-ever follows gets the tar and feathers.

This is pure evil. Throwing on even more debt on to people who have absolutely nothing to do with any of this - all the while stoking the flames of racial division.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:13 AM (ceWUn)

127

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 02, 2022 07:14 AM (vwCZJ)

128 Where was the class-action lawsuit filed? Because it seems to me that this task-force has assumed guilt, didn't bother to assess any damages, let alone identify any specific chargeable crime and has moved directly to punitive damages, and has identified the perp, or at least has pinned down an innocent people to pay for another's sins.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:08 AM (ceWUn)

Why do I pay for single mothers to have 4 kids?
Why do I pay for college when I paid cash for our 6 degrees in my houshold?
Why do I pay for shoplifters when I pay at Homedepot?

Big Govts only way to solve problems is to use guns to make the innocent pay for the guilty.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

129 121 I'm getting the impression that Pixy's New House is made almost entirely of desks.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:09 AM (AuTCi)

Getting ready for nuke wars

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:16 AM (BRHaw)

130 The idea is to collapse the system. See my nic. See Saul Alinsky. They don't give a shit about reparations, they want to run up so much debt that the economy collapses and creates a crisis so big that it ends the constitution.

The machinery is in place, they just need to nudge the right crisis.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:16 AM (+hI+T)

131 @101

>>Anyone believe $559BN?

Well, the amnesty that Reagan signed into law was only supped to apply to only 60k illegals, 2.7 million amnestied illegals later, and California is transformed into a solid Democrat majority state.

So I expect the reperations scam to follow a similar pattern.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 02, 2022 07:18 AM (CB/Gn)

132 I'm getting the impression that Pixy's New House is made almost entirely of desks.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:09 AM (AuTCi)

Getting ready for nuke wars
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:16 AM (BRHaw)
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Based on our discussions of yesterday, I would have thought that he'd go with lead-lined refrigerators.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:18 AM (AuTCi)

133 Big Govts only way to solve problems is to use guns to make the innocent pay for the guilty.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

I've been referring to this as "collectivization of liability". Not here, of course, just inside my own dumb head. But it's everywhere. Everyone is on the hook for everyone else. Every risk is mitigated by someone else. Every failure or success is passed on to everyone else.

This is really the definition of totalitarianism. It isn't that one jerk or group of jerks has "total" control. It's that the totality of existence is one Person, and individual hominids are exchangeable parts in the machine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

134 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 02, 2022 07:20 AM (UqnOO)

135 We didn’t know what to believe, we didn’t know what was true, there was smoke — and ultimately for me, it didn’t reach a place where I was comfortable removing this content from Twitter,” Roth said.

I didn’t know what to believe, I didn’t know what was true, there was smoke — and ultimately for me, it didn’t reach a place where I was comfortable removing this cretin from the planet,” the defendant said. But I shot him in the head anyways because he could have been a threat.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:22 AM (ceWUn)

136 recommend an extra leg in the middle

Definitely will make you a hit in some circles.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 02, 2022 07:22 AM (jYCXf)

137 Gas prices have dropped around here. I went by Sam's Club last week, and it was down to 2.79. Yesterday, most stations below $3, generally 2.79-2.89. Lack of demand driving prices lower.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 02, 2022 07:22 AM (lz5hY)

138 Big Govts only way to solve problems is to use guns to make the innocent pay for the guilty.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

I've been referring to this as "collectivization of liability". Not here, of course, just inside my own dumb head. But it's everywhere. Everyone is on the hook for everyone else. Every risk is mitigated by someone else. Every failure or success is passed on to everyone else.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

I'd like to know when it was any different. I'm fifty - it's been this way, literally, my entire life. And I'd like to know which generations DIDN'T support it. Because none of those generations were around in my lifetime either.

Posted by: Jaguar at December 02, 2022 07:23 AM (66r+l)

139 Nearly 6.5% of California residents - 2.5M - identify as Black or African American

I used to watch the Jeffersons. Does that count?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

140 Every failure ~~or success~~ is passed on to everyone else.

Success is kept by the one who imposed the policy in Society' Name.

Politics 101: Privatize the benefits, socialize the costs.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:24 AM (ceWUn)

141
I didn’t know what to believe, I didn’t know what was true, there was smoke — and ultimately for me, it didn’t reach a place where I was comfortable removing this cretin from the planet,” the defendant said. But I shot him in the head anyways because he could have been a threat.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:22 AM (ceWUn)

"I didn’t know what to believe, I didn’t know what was true, there was smoke — and ultimately for me, it didn’t reach a place where I was comfortable aborting the fetus” the defendant said. "But I dismembered it anyway because wymmns reproductive freedom."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 02, 2022 07:24 AM (PiwSw)

142 This is really the definition of totalitarianism. It isn't that one jerk or group of jerks has "total" control. It's that the totality of existence is one Person, and individual hominids are exchangeable parts in the machine.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

It is interesting that PDT does not talk about freedom more. He would get 100 M votes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:26 AM (BRHaw)

143 Gas prices have dropped around here. I went by Sam's Club last week, and it was down to 2.79. Yesterday, most stations below $3, generally 2.79-2.89. Lack of demand driving prices lower.

Winter blends too. The refineries can use the cheap stuff that has a low flashpoint where they must use the expensive stuff in the summer to satisfy the Environment Nazis.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:26 AM (ceWUn)

144 OMG I clicked on Fox News just to glance at headlines and Atomic Dog Boy's face is front and center, bigger than it should ever be

it's horrifying

Posted by: DB at December 02, 2022 07:26 AM (geLO8)

145 I've been referring to this as "collectivization of liability". Not here, of course, just inside my own dumb head. But it's everywhere. Everyone is on the hook for everyone else. Every risk is mitigated by someone else. Every failure or success is passed on to everyone else.

This is really the definition of totalitarianism. It isn't that one jerk or group of jerks has "total" control. It's that the totality of existence is one Person, and individual hominids are exchangeable parts in the machine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

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From most according to their ability, to few according to their needs.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 02, 2022 07:27 AM (K3TEc)

146 I used to watch the Jeffersons. Does that count?
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:24 AM (BRHaw)
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Don't forget The Cosby Show -- or is that not de rigueur any more?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:27 AM (AuTCi)

147 It is interesting that PDT does not talk about freedom more. He would get 100 M votes.

Presidential candidate Rick Perry was the only politician in my life time who ever talked about "generating wealth" while on the campaign trail.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:27 AM (ceWUn)

148 Bill in Arkansas it's $3.01 here. I was out yesterday and noticed the price. I don't drive that much so a tank can last me a month..even more.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 02, 2022 07:27 AM (nxdel)

149 My birdbath is frozen.

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 07:28 AM (T4tVD)

150 It is interesting that PDT does not talk about freedom more. He would get 100 M votes.

Too bad they don't count votes anymore, just ballots.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:28 AM (ceWUn)

151 Because none of those generations were around in my lifetime either.
Posted by: Jaguar at December 02, 2022 07:23 AM (66r+l)

I think you're 100% right. That impulse has never not been around. Done properly, the idea that we all live together and should personally be interested in the success or failure of our nation, state, and culture, is noble and good. It's a part of humanity. But when that drive is perverted into a need to strip liberty and the sense of self away from the people, or worse an excuse to subjugate and browbeat the entire populace in the name of the goddess Progress, you're left with a mess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:29 AM (6FeV1)

152 Bill in Arkansas it's $3.01 here. I was out yesterday and noticed the price. I don't drive that much so a tank can last me a month..even more.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 02, 2022 07:27 AM (nxdel)
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I got gas at CostCo last week at $3.75, but on the street it's 50 to 80 cents higher.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:29 AM (AuTCi)

153 mornin yall. Lots of articles in the DM today about seemingly healthy people dropping dead. Is this a new TikTok challenge?

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2022 07:29 AM (sn5EN)

154 So what's the deal with minx.cc / "access comments" anyway?

Posted by: rold at December 02, 2022 07:29 AM (7UqrO)

155 JT, if you cared, you'd get us this for Christmas:

https://is.gd/4kVnCu

Posted by: JT's Birds at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (PiwSw)

156 144 Non ethanol has come down where it's close to regular 10% ethanol in price. I'll start using it next fill up. This could go sideways in a heartbeat, some burp out of the Mid East, a refinery disaster, or most likely some dumb ass issuing a new stupid regulation.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (lz5hY)

157
It's a never a happy event when you hand a clerk your credit card and he reaches for a pair of scissors, but a lot of Americans are going to experience that joy in the coming months.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (enJYY)

158 "My birdbath is frozen.
Posted by: JT"

Have you considered a Birdseye franchise?

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (sn5EN)

159 Too bad Perry couldn't name the 5 agencies he wanted to close.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (+hI+T)

160 My birdbath is frozen.
Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 07:28 AM (T4tVD)
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There is a fire at the travel agency.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (AuTCi)

161 Oingo Boingo

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:12 AM (+hI+T)

Probably one of the most influential bands of the 80s, and my personal favorite.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2022 07:31 AM (tBR6g)

162 Too bad Perry couldn't name the 5 agencies he wanted to close.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:30 AM (+hI+T)
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I'd start with the two DOEs - Energy and Education.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:32 AM (AuTCi)

163 The roof is on fire.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:32 AM (+hI+T)

164 I'd start with all of them, and make them justify their existence.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2022 07:32 AM (tBR6g)

165 JT, if you cared, you'd get us this for Christmas:

https://is.gd/4kVnCu
Posted by: JT's Birds

You birds need to get jobs !

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 07:34 AM (T4tVD)

166 Lots of articles in the DM today about seemingly healthy people dropping dead. Is this a new TikTok challenge?

All of the death and carnage is caused by Musk allowing the unvaxxed an unchallenged voice to spread their disinformation about people dying from the totally safe and effective against C19 Vax.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:34 AM (ceWUn)

167 We don't need no water let the mo-fker burn
Burm mo-fker burn

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 07:35 AM (8L0GZ)

168 from the totally safe and effective against C19 Vax.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:34 AM (ceWUn)

That, or pepe memes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:35 AM (6FeV1)

169 We don't need no water let the mo-fker burn
Burm mo-fker burn
Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 07:35 AM (8L0GZ)
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That's one radical phone.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:36 AM (AuTCi)

170 What do ya do here?

I take federal tax money, and I give it to states and tell them how to spend it on education

So, why can't the states raise their own school funding?

Look, I direct the funds!

You physically write checks?

No, the system automatically... I have people skills!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 07:36 AM (+hI+T)

171 I'd start with all of them, and make them justify their existence.

If you laid out the Constitution in front of them and asked them to point to the department/agencies authorization within that document, you would have a much easier time.

Also would be good entertainment as they try to wrest the Good and Plenty Clause into some sort of mandating endorsement.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:36 AM (ceWUn)

172 We don't need no water let the mo-fker burn
Burm mo-fker burn
Posted by: Skip's phone

(Skip's phone has a dirty mouth...)

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM (T4tVD)

173 162 164 Just go back to Washington's cabinet, Defense (war dept), Treasury, State, and one or two I can't remember and hand everything else back to the states.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM (lz5hY)

174 Macron urges the US to keep paying for Ukraine 'cause it is good for all Europe. *spits in his escargot*

Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM (vNoUW)

175 I think you're 100% right. That impulse has never not been around. Done properly, the idea that we all live together and should personally be interested in the success or failure of our nation, state, and culture, is noble and good.

I can honestly say, as long as I was "aware" enough to conceive of those kinds of abstracts - from early college or so - the only thing I've ever been interested in is putting as much space as possible between me and most everyone else. Economically, physically, politically, the whole bit.

It was a real eye opener, walking into a tube mill for the first time - with nothing more than a basic electrical education and a stack of books - and having folks ten and twenty years older absolutely cling to me like a life preserver. Just because I came up with a couple answers pretty quick, and they were not only too lazy and dumb to think for themselves ... but they had already "put in their time".

Posted by: Jaguar at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM (66r+l)

176 Treasury, State, and one or two I can't remember and hand everything else back to the states.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM (lz5hY)

A nice idea, but the cretins would just fold all the existing shit into four named departments, and add 50% more shit in on top of the bargain amidst the confusion.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:38 AM (6FeV1)

177 Toodles.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 02, 2022 07:40 AM (AuTCi)

178
My birdbath is frozen.

Posted by: JT at December 02, 2022 07:28 AM

my hovercraft is full of eels

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 02, 2022 07:41 AM (ENBF0)

179 I thought about going to early vote in the runoff but on the way there I just could not bring myself to vote for Walker, Texas Ranger. Come on. He doesn't even live in Georgia.

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2022 07:41 AM (sn5EN)

180
Macron urges the US to keep paying for Ukraine 'cause it is good for all Europe. *spits in his escargot*

Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM

Did you see where the dinner with Macron they served Maine lobster? The industry the Biden administration wants to shut down.

You can't make this shite up.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 02, 2022 07:42 AM (enJYY)

181 Treasury, State, and one or two I can't remember and hand everything else back to the states.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 02, 2022 07:37 AM (lz5hY)

A nice idea, but the cretins would just fold all the existing shit into four named departments, and add 50% more shit in on top of the bargain amidst the confusion.

Yep. Somehow the Treasury got involved in Presidential Security, regulating alcohol and firearms.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:42 AM (ceWUn)

182 176 Yep. You can stack a lot of agencies, bureaus, and commissions inside a department.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 02, 2022 07:42 AM (lz5hY)

183 Yep. Somehow the Treasury got involved in Presidential Security, regulating alcohol and firearms.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:42 AM (ceWUn)

Ha. Good point.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 07:43 AM (/KCGv)

184 Macron urges the US to keep paying for Ukraine 'cause it is good for all Europe.

Further proof that all of this Ukraine involvement is pure, unadulterated grift, corruption and fraud.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:43 AM (ceWUn)

185 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:43 AM (BRHaw)

186 Boston approved 16 year old voting in city elections. That should bring some sanity and maturity to the process.

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2022 07:44 AM (sn5EN)

187 Macron urges the US to keep paying for Ukraine 'cause it is good for all Europe. *spits in his escargot*

I can't imagine the circumstances that would actually push the public to get us the Hell out of Europe. Too many folks - many rock-ribbed Republicans - that can't stand the idea of having a big war with American equipment, if not American boys and girls, right in the middle of it. Good Grief, the only thing worse would be cancelling football season. You can't deny these folks their spectator sports, for cryin' out loud.

Posted by: Jaguar at December 02, 2022 07:44 AM (66r+l)

188 Boston approved 16 year old voting in city elections. That should bring some sanity and maturity to the process.

And the teachers would never, ever see this as an opportunity to trade votes for grades.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 02, 2022 07:45 AM (ceWUn)

189 154 So what's the deal with minx.cc / "access comments" anyway?

Posted by: rold at December 02, 2022 07:29 AM (7UqrO)

That's the access page for us feds.

You can't read comments there unless you have the log-in code. It displays the commenters real name and address under each comment on that page once you log in.

This entire place is a flytrap for insurrectionists. I personally work for the NSA, but many of the commenters are FBI or CIA as well.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 02, 2022 07:46 AM (6Dtba)

190 Nearly 6.5% of California residents - 2.5M - identify as Black or African American
I used to watch the Jeffersons. Does that count?
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 02, 2022 07:24

When I moved my future wife from our college town up to my ancestral town where I had started farming...

All her belongings were packed up in the back of my '72 IH truck. As a pillow flew out of the truck I started singing...Moving on up.

Posted by: Farmer at December 02, 2022 08:48 AM (55Qr6)

191 154 So what's the deal with minx.cc / "access comments" anyway?

Posted by: rold at December 02, 2022 07:29 AM (7UqrO)

Replace

minx.cc

with

acecomments.mu.nu (like you see at the top of this current comments page)

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Posted by: Jennifer at December 02, 2022 11:09 AM (8ZUuf)

193 OK, you don't want to order from AliExpress? What's up with that? (I assume they're bad because they're all bad, but worse than Amazon?)

Posted by: moviegique at December 02, 2022 12:01 PM (asXVI)

194 Writing in Rust is an exercise in enforced pedantry and weirdly simultaneous hand-holding and into-the-deep-end-pushing. Which mostly explains why it is good for stability.

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