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The Morning Report — 1/30/23

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Good morning kids. I'm not claiming this to be Sefton's corollary, but it certainly seems to me that the more self-evident and obvious a thing is, the more difficult it is to prove. Even when people have cold, hard truth shoved in their face, the ability to see, hear, feel, touch and taste it shuts down and they become even more strident in their denial. To the extent that those who try and put these "true believers" as it were some knowledge are labeled as "deniers." Pick your issue. Beyond the scarlet letter "D" (and I don't mean Democrat), anyone who even attempts to voice an opinion that is contra the accepted dogma is either silenced, denounced or even attacked, to the point of physical assault.

With that I give you the situation in Memphis, Tennessee. Five black police officers evidently beat the living shit out of a black suspect, who later died of his injuries. The city, and much of inner city blue shit hole America is yet again on tenterhooks, while the usual suspects in the media, academia and government (now intertwined as the hydra of our undoing) are sensing a giant squirrel with which to distract from the disasters that they collectively have unleashed upon us since stealing one election and sabotaging another.

Why? Because, gentle reader, five black cops beating a black suspect to death is not, as any rational observer might conclude a glittering example of rank ineptitude and recklessness but – you guessed it – yet another example of institutional white supremacy oppressing colored people of color.

My unofficial corollary goes hand in hand with the axiom that "A lie goes halfway around the world before the truth even gets its pants on." Or really, a simple, big lie is much, much easier to propagate than debunk with more complex truths. The anti-American Left has had a jump on this for at least 60 years. It's why even supposedly educated individuals can also see the image of Jesus in the slice of toast. You can imagine what the masses who hang on every poisoned syllable from the festering cakeholes of Al Sharpton, Joy Reid, Mikva Waters, Spike Lee and all the rest are thinking.

This is how we get White Hispanics, or frauds like Talcum X and Fauxcahontas. It's also how we devolve into Yugoslavia 1992. LeBron James, whom I regard as a pituitary case with a pea brain, a big mouth and a "yen" for Chinese slave-labor lucre, who is usually on the wrong side of this issue did manage to Tweet out a mother of all truth nukes:

Initially, James responded to a tweet from MSNBC analyst Brittany Cunningham, which said that policing is a tool of systemic racism no matter the race of the officers.

“What’s really clear about some of the reaction to the murder of #TyreNichols is that we’ve failed to fully understand race and its construction as a *systemic tool.* The entire system of policing sees the Black body as a problem. No matter who pulls the trigger,” said Cunningham. 

“TOO FACTUAL!!!” LeBron responded. James later tweeted, WE ARE OUR OWN WORSE ENEMY!!!

The comment appeared to anger some of the basketball star’s woke fans, who accused him of perpetuating white supremacist talking points.

Despite the misspelling, whether James was trying to underscore and/or agree with the initial racialist garbage that he was responding to, I can't say. My guess is he was but there are no follow on Tweets as of this morning to confirm that assumption. So, his cap-lock truth bomb stands and it is worth repeating:

Black people are indeed their own worst enemy. Look who they vote for, or at least allow their ballots to be cast for (usually in multiple), and as a result, look at the fate of black people, specifically young men, since the passage of the so-called War on Poverty and Great Society. Drug abuse, crime, bastardy, prison and an early grave, the result more often than not of violence perpetrated on them by their own.

All one has to do is look at the bodycounts from places like Baltimore, Chicago, Compton, Oakland and every other inner city dystopian hell where individuals like Maxine Waters has "represented" going on years and decades. The more horrific and hellacious these places become, the more the blame is placed on whites, white supremacy, institutional racism, Jews (oh yes indeed), slavery – which ended in 1865 – the second amendment and NRA, and on and on and on.

Here's a question that I dare not ask in mixed company: who was this "victim" Tyre Nichols and what was he doing that got him in this situation in the first place? If we've said it once, we've said it a million times: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Regardless of what one thinks about the police, regardless if you or they are black or white, when you are dealing with them and they say jump, your first response should be "How high? SIR?"

But no. And I'm not even going to begin to analyze or critique the response of the cops. I've learned that from what happened to P.O. Derek Chauvin up in Minneapolis. The only relevant points of this case and all the others is what was the situation leading up to the encounter and was the response from the police competent and in keeping with police procedure? In other words, local crime story.

Funny how the usual suspects are shrieking about the police being the tools of institutional oppression and yet when you bring up the Capitol Police, the FBI, Ray Epps, et al and their actions on January 6th, 2021, you get crickets. If you're lucky. Michael Byrd, a black Capitol pig shot and killed an unarmed, unthreatening Ashli Babbit and he got commendations from the Democrats and sadly, maddeningly, his colleagues got a pat on the back from people like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.

Slavery indeed was a tragedy and a stain on the Republic, yet one that was washed away by the blood of close to 700,000 Americans in the Civil War. The greater tragedy by far is the political descendants of those who did the enslaving have committed what amounts to a genocide against blacks since the 1960s. At the same time, they've convinced those still standing that We The People are their enemies when in fact it's just the opposite.

A racist in a tablecloth suit named Dr. Umar Johnson decreed on The Breakfast Club radio show recently that the American government must carve out a full quarter of all economic activity — in perpetuity. “We get a 25% cut… every time America makes a dollar.” That would amount to approximately six trillion dollars annually. He makes sure to emphasize this is a forever arrangement. . .

. . . The reparations idea would be a lot easier to entertain (although it would still be a non-starter for fundamental moral reasons) if there were some point at which the debt owed by the guilty party (white people) could ever be considered paid.

How about not one single dime? Actually, I take that back. I'm in favor of reparations for blacks so long as those who will have to pay are Democrats and Leftists. Blacks included.

Of course, with nuclear war imminent, we'll have to work all of this out somehow in Bartertown.

You are so right, LeBron, even if you don't know it.

    ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

  • Michael Walsh: "It's not just the constitutional amendments that have contributed to the decline of the Republic, however: it's also the actions of an ever-burgeoning federal government, which has simultaneously abandoned its core fiscal, executive, judicial, and legislative responsibilities, and extended its intrusive reach into almost every facet of our existence via the creation of the regulatory agencies, which now essentially control every aspect of a citizen's public and private life."
    To Save America, Abolish the Civil Service
  • "Almost 60 years ago, as part of its destructive judicial activism, the Supreme Court wiped out the brake that defamation law placed on public discourse."
    The Supreme Court is at the Heart of America’s Racial Division
  • Victor Davis Hanson: "The Left runs Oceania, and we work for their various bureaus."
    Anarchy, American-Style
  • "How long before one isn’t even permitted to have a credit card because one’s purchases don’t comport with the values of these arbiters of the acceptable? That day is coming, unless we stop it." (in 5-4-3-2 . . . - jjs)
    Your Credit Score Please, Comrade
  • ". . . By terrifying them."
    The IRS Serves its "Customers" (it's a cookbook! - jjs)

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:46 AM




Comments

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

2 I've already fetched the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2023 07:45 AM (nRMeC)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 30, 2023 07:45 AM (aQo8P)

4 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at January 30, 2023 07:46 AM (u7pQw)

5 Willowed:

Mastercard? Visa?

Now serving all your dystopian needs.

https://the-pipeline.org/your-credit-score-please-comrade

We need a President and Congress that will treat the WEF and its creatures, flunkies, and ESG mandates as a danger to America and its citizens as greater than the Nazis and Communists of yore, and will go after them hammer and tong, if-

we hope to even stand a chance for a normal life for ourselves, our children, and grandchildren.

Who knew fanaticism, insanity, and pure grade A ignorance and incompetence fueled by huge amounts of money would be an existential crisis for everyone?

Via Insty.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 30, 2023 07:46 AM (KLPy8)

6 ||Annie Wersching, known for her roles in 24, Star Trek: Picard, Bosch and Timeless, has died at the age of 45, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, per Deadline. When reached for comment, her rep said he had "nothing further to share" beyond the news initially reported by Deadline. [...]

Wersching, a mother of three [andy: boys] and a St. Louis native, got her start on-screen with appearances in films such as Bruce Almighty and series such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Charmed and Supernatural, before eventually earning a recurring role as Renee Walker in the series 24.

She appeared on 24 for two seasons, before taking on several other television roles throughout her career, including a main role as Julia Brasher in Amazon Studios' Bosch. In 2013, Wersching did motion capture and voice work in the PlayStation classic The Last of Us — which has since spawned a hit HBO series of the same name. She also recently played the role of the Borg Queen on Star Trek: Picard.||

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 07:47 AM (Vwz3I)

7 Thanks JJ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:48 AM (zZu0s)

8 Meanwhile Taliban Johnny, who got Mike Spann murdered, has now been observed meeting with another Islamic extremist

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=136472

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:49 AM (gSEwM)

9
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 30, 2023 07:49 AM (ENBF0)

10 Purple dress worn by Princess Diana fetches $600,000 at auction.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 07:49 AM (Vwz3I)

11

Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams from "The Addams Family" has passed away at 62. RIP

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 30, 2023 07:50 AM (x0n13)

12 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 30, 2023 07:50 AM (vSzkg)

13 One thing to include in your corollary: People will continue to disregard reality more strenuously and emphatically the closer the danger to them becomes. It is like a limit curve.

Actually, may not be the best analogy as the example of the European dude who refused to blame the immigrants who raped his own daughter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:50 AM (zZu0s)

14 Mornin', Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at January 30, 2023 07:50 AM (OhcOI)

15 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (T4tVD)

16 morning horde.

happy monday. last week sucked, been busier than a one legged man at as ass-kicking contest.

but fresh made bacon egg & cheese biscuit will make the day start easier.

now off to the covfefe & content.

Posted by: SturmToddler at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (Mkvkw)

17 LeBron lives in a multi-million dollar mansion.

He doesn't give a shit what happens in the hood.

That dude is just selling more sneakers.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (Y30y6)

18 Thanks JJ.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (T4tVD)

19 Some people have the idea that you can run from the cops and / or fight them and it's ok. I wonder where they got that idea?

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (iayUP)

20 Good morning horde!

Has anyone seen a rumor that the Memphis police officers involved may have belonged to a gang and killed the guy based on orders from gang leadership?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (GYIa4)

21 Morning one and all and thanks to JJ for our daily news briefing.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (4olE8)

22 The ONT has me listening to Eric Burdon. First, the Animals and now War. Two surprising things: first, Burdon is English (which I did not know) and, second, he is still living. I thought most rock and rollers from the sixties died of drug overdoses. It isn't required, I know, but its still a little surprising. Anyway, the guy can sing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (Qq61G)

23 17 LeBron lives in a multi-million dollar mansion.

He doesn't give a shit what happens in the hood.

That dude is just selling more sneakers.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (Y30y6)

Which when combined with the story from the ONT about Nike closing it's store in Oregon...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (zZu0s)

24 Purple dress worn by Princess Diana fetches $600,000 at auction.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 07:49 AM (Vwz3I)
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Can't wait for Sam Brinton to steel the luggage it gets packed into!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (vSzkg)

25 Aetius

The store in Oregon doesn't matter, LeBron has already been paid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:54 AM (gSEwM)

26 I like the story about NYC using environmentally friendly frozen carbon dioxide to kill rats.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 07:54 AM (iayUP)

27 25 Aetius

The store in Oregon doesn't matter, LeBron has already been paid.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:54 AM (gSEwM)

Have to love modern business models.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:54 AM (zZu0s)

28 24 Purple dress worn by Princess Diana fetches $600,000 at auction.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 07:49 AM (Vwz3I)
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Can't wait for Sam Brinton to steel the luggage it gets packed into!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (vSzkg)


I read that as "feltches." And well-played.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 30, 2023 07:54 AM (x0n13)

29 ONE question:

Look those are bad cops. HOWEVER why do these " Good Boys" always RUN from the police and fight back?

After saying YES Sir or Ma'am, there is NOTHING you can say or do that will be in your best interests?

WTF are these good boys being taught growing up?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2023 07:54 AM (dO/0d)

30 Burdon was a raging commie. Don't know if he still is.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, hoarder and wrecker at January 30, 2023 07:55 AM (mWU1r)

31 My preference for Business models:

https://tinyurl.com/mu3jpaas

Why you can just see Adam Smith nodding in approval!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 07:55 AM (zZu0s)

32 Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams from "The Addams Family" has passed away at 62. RIP
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Roughly my age; that seems strange as she was playing a young girl when I was in my teens so it feels like she was much younger.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 07:56 AM (Vwz3I)

33 Busy but would be amiss not to say
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2023 07:57 AM (k93YN)

34 Taibbi reveals that Twitter was concerned enough about Hamilton 68’s claims that they ordered a forensic analysis which found that of 644 accounts, just 36 were registered in Russia – many of which were associated with news outlet RT.

Faked faked it faked it

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:57 AM (BRHaw)

35 Regarding school vouches and inflation, since there are teachers and infrastructure in public schooling that'll go unused given a switch to private schools, it should generally balance out over the long haul.

We're not moving further into diminishing returns by producing more of a good, we're switching ownership and operational control of the same "factories".

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 07:57 AM (eYoxG)

36 Why? Because, gentle reader, five black cops beating a black suspect to death is not, as any rational observer might conclude a glittering example of rank ineptitude and recklessness but – you guessed it – yet another example of institutional white supremacy oppressing colored people of color.

--

Another moron nailed it.

It was fairly routine black on black crime. The entire thing.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 07:58 AM (em09h)

37 American government must carve out a full quarter of all economic activity — in perpetuity. “We get a 25% cut… every time America makes a dollar.”

Get a job, shithead. Reparations is too ridiculous; which of course means it will become a fulltime Democrat talking point.

It costs them nothing, since it will never happen, and that fact can be used by politicos to make people forever angry enough to keep pulling those "D' levers, even while their city doesn't have water and young people are beaten to death.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 07:58 AM (pYIN5)

38 “TOO FACTUAL!!!” LeBron responded. James later tweeted, WE ARE OUR OWN WORSE ENEMY!!!




It's 'worst enemy' not 'worse enemy'.

I guess literacy is too white for him as well.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 30, 2023 07:58 AM (Y30y6)

39 That dude is just selling more sneakers.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (Y30y6)

Chinese Uighur Slave Made

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 07:59 AM (BRHaw)

40 Which is to say total price pressure on school supplies and school employees will remain the same so long as funding to public schools is reduced correspondingly.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 08:00 AM (eYoxG)

41 Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams from "The Addams Family" has passed away at 62. RIP

Posted by: J.J. Sefton


Stroke from "smoking & high blood pressure".

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:00 AM (ZVVGW)

42 I am your wurst enemy.

Posted by: Evil Sausage Maker at January 30, 2023 08:00 AM (SYTee)

43 Liberal democrat marxists have been treating minorities, especially black Americans, as their little pets whom they can experiment on with all kinds of socialist, government programs. "Head " Start, welfare, Earned Income Baby Momma Tax Credits, Affirmative Action, Pell Grants, and on and on. Until black Americans stop being the play things of liberal democrat marxists, nothing will change.
40 years ago they were killing each other in da hood and 40 years from now they will still be killing each other in da hood. Lesson learned is to stay out da hood.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 30, 2023 08:00 AM (yEMHD)

44 Chinese Uighur Slave Made

Almost an acronym...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:01 AM (gSEwM)

45 22 yes indeed. Spill the Wine is classic.

On topic, I’m not going to blame the guy who was beaten to death for running. He ran because he knew what was coming. The po po are thug thugs.
Used to be that a middle aged white guy like me didn’t have to worry about. But in recent years the thugs thugs beat on everybody. What you call a police state

Posted by: Ex-GOP at January 30, 2023 08:01 AM (Fj8Gx)

46 Haven't watched the police bodycam recording, don't plan to.

Have to wonder, what did these gentlemen expect would happen. They knew they were recording this, correct? What did they expect?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2023 08:01 AM (1TKBm)

47 The VA shooting grade school reopens today but with "stepped up security". So now, someone will take the handgun away from any disturbed kid who brings one to school after threatening to kill a teacher??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 08:01 AM (Vwz3I)

48 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the Day:

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near."

–1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2023 08:03 AM (qoGsy)

49 All gun shaped Pop-tarts will be seized.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:03 AM (gSEwM)

50 Thanks for the Morning Report, JJ. Have some cake and ice cream.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 30, 2023 08:03 AM (4I/2K)

51 Everyone is talking about the cops, no one is talking about tyrr. It was a traffic stop. All he needed to do was hand over his license and registration. Instead, he kept saying "i didn't do anything wrong", "I'm going to my mom's house", and "calm down!". But he didn't hand over his license and registration. If he wanted to argue, he should've taken it to court. Anyone who wants to fight overpolicing and aggressive ticketing, fight it in court or at the ballot box. Don't fight it at an otherwise routine traffic stop. The whole thing is beyond stupid.

Posted by: Tom at January 30, 2023 08:03 AM (bjV9z)

52 16 morning horde.

happy monday. last week sucked, been busier than a one legged man at as ass-kicking contest.

but fresh made bacon egg & cheese biscuit will make the day start easier.

now off to the covfefe & content.

Posted by: SturmToddler at January 30, 2023 07:51 AM (Mkvkw)
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You must be rich and know the right people in order to have eggs.

Posted by: Mr Crum: Elephant eggs? We don't have any as they haven't been laying you know. at January 30, 2023 08:04 AM (qfLjt)

53 29 ONE question:

Look those are bad cops. HOWEVER why do these " Good Boys" always RUN from the police and fight back?

After saying YES Sir or Ma'am, there is NOTHING you can say or do that will be in your best interests?

WTF are these good boys being taught growing up?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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NGU, agreed but let's not forget that they've been sold a bill of goods that's the exact opposite for at least a generation know - poo poo bad, must run at all cost or be killed.

Which of course only exacerbates the issue.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 30, 2023 08:04 AM (0ZxYp)

54 Did you see that people are saying the five black police officers were affirmative action hires that didn't have to go through normal hiring procedures?

So this black on black affirmative action result can have a straight line drawn directly back to the George Floyd outcome, which was the intention.

https://tinyurl.com/2dkenkuu

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:05 AM (em09h)

55 Everyone is talking about the cops, no one is talking about tyrr. It was a traffic stop. All he needed to do was hand over his license and registration. Instead, he kept saying "i didn't do anything wrong", "I'm going to my mom's house", and "calm down!". But he didn't hand over his license and registration. If he wanted to argue, he should've taken it to court. Anyone who wants to fight overpolicing and aggressive ticketing, fight it in court or at the ballot box. Don't fight it at an otherwise routine traffic stop. The whole thing is beyond stupid.

NGU, agreed but let's not forget that they've been sold a bill of goods that's the exact opposite for at least a generation know - poo poo bad, must run at all cost or be killed.

Which of course only exacerbates the issue.

The Parents should be brought up on charges and all so called "Black Leadership"
Posted by: Tom at January 30, 2023 08:03 AM (bjV9z)

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2023 08:05 AM (dO/0d)

56 I am your wurst enemy.
Posted by: Evil Sausage Maker
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Ich bin ein Wiener!

Posted by: zombie JFK at January 30, 2023 08:05 AM (Vwz3I)

57 And Memphis PD is hurting for cops.

Lat year was seeing recruiting commercials for them. Can live up to two hours from the city along with a singing bonus, moving expense bonus, and a bonus to help buy a house.

Nothing says recruiting and retention problems more than that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:06 AM (gSEwM)

58 I am your wurst enemy.
Posted by: Evil Sausage Maker at January 30, 2023 08:00 AM (SYTee)


Here I come to save the day! Use your sausage making powers for good, not evil!

Posted by: Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago at January 30, 2023 08:07 AM (4I/2K)

59 Ich bin ein Wiener!
Posted by: zombie JFK

Oooooh, Don't I know it, Mr. President!
-- Equally Zombiefied Marilyn Monroe

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2023 08:07 AM (qoGsy)

60 Two near-identical news chyrons here [several minutes apart] except one uses "Turkey's" and the second uses "Turkiye's"!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 08:08 AM (Vwz3I)

61 "Can live up to two hours from the city along with a singing bonus"

Cop Rock!

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 08:08 AM (iayUP)

62 Fox News has a segment calling this memphis "Kid" a saint again. Maybe he is a Saint, but a pretty dumb one

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2023 08:08 AM (dO/0d)

63 Here I come to save the day!

So Under Dog versus the Sausage Monster to save Penny Pureheart?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:08 AM (gSEwM)

64 It was a traffic stop. Shouldn’t even have to get out of the car. Nevermind handcuffs. Beating a man for a traffic stop? Inexcusable and end of story.

Don’t give me the Yeah, but…. Stuff

Posted by: Ex-GOP at January 30, 2023 08:09 AM (Fj8Gx)

65 Sanctuary State California Issues Driver’s Licenses to Over 1 Million Illegal Aliens Since 2015

I bet over half are now Registered Voters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 08:09 AM (BRHaw)

66 It's National Bible Day

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (NpAcC)

67 The entire system of policing sees the Black body as a problem. No matter who pulls the trigger,” said Cunningham.
++++
The entirety of academia sees people as mere bodies, which is the real problem. No matter which brand of Postmodern prattle they use to reduce men to slaves.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (t0OGg)

68 Look those are bad cops. HOWEVER why do these " Good Boys" always RUN from the police and fight back?
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Run from the cops? That was always my first reaction, so I get that part. But in the video I saw he really didn't look like he was fighting back, he was mostly curled up on the ground trying to protect his head.

When this thing is fully investigated I bet there is more to the story. Gangs...or maybe some prior interaction...or even just mistaken identity. I don't know, but the short video clips I could watch looked just nuts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (SMcSP)

69 And National Croissant Day

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (NpAcC)

70 Signing bonus

Yeah that's it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (gSEwM)

71 Fox News has a segment calling this memphis "Kid" a saint again. Maybe he is a Saint, but a pretty dumb one

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2023 08:08 AM (dO/0d)


My local paper had an article that basically compared him to Mother Theresa. I thought to myself, why is this story in a local paper?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 30, 2023 08:11 AM (45fpk)

72 It was a traffic stop. Shouldn’t even have to get out of the car. Nevermind handcuffs. Beating a man for a traffic stop? Inexcusable and end of story.

Don’t give me the Yeah, but…. Stuff

Posted by: Ex-GOP

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Did he hand them his license and registration?

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:11 AM (em09h)

73 t was a traffic stop. Shouldn’t even have to get out of the car. Nevermind handcuffs. Beating a man for a traffic stop? Inexcusable and end of story.

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FWIW, I don't think anyone disagrees with this.

Serious question, though. Did he hand them his license and registration?

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:11 AM (em09h)

74 It's National Bible Day

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (NpAcC)


I have a tonnage if anyone needs a spare.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)

75 Yahoo Finance has now integrated an "ESG Risk Score" when viewing individual quotes. Thanks Yahoo! I will now use this as a contrarian indicator.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (R6joA)

76 Signing bonus

Yeah that's it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:10 AM (gSEwM)

I'm in.

Posted by: Mandela funeral sign language guy at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (4I/2K)

77 It was a traffic stop. Shouldn’t even have to get out of the car. Nevermind handcuffs. Beating a man for a traffic stop? Inexcusable and end of story.

Don’t give me the Yeah, but…. Stuff
Posted by: Ex-GOP at January 30, 2023 08:09 AM (Fj8Gx)
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Traffic stops can and do turn into so much more, unfortunately. Suppose the cops get permission to search the vehicle and find a pill on the floorboards? Then the driver might be charged with possession of a controlled substance. He might be on the hook for the crime even though it was committed by a friend he gave a ride to. Seen it happen numerous time when I sat on a grand jury panel.

Now beating a man to death for a traffic stop is excessive, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that a traffic stop is not always as routine as we like to believe.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (YIVH2)

78 ONE question:

Look those are bad cops. HOWEVER why do these " Good Boys" always RUN from the police and fight back?

After saying YES Sir or Ma'am, there is NOTHING you can say or do that will be in your best interests?

WTF are these good boys being taught growing up?
Posted by: Nevergiveup


Yeah, one of the first things I learned when starting to drive long ago and far away was to-

be polite to the cop at a traffic stop.

If you were polite and didn't try to weasel out of whatever, there was a pretty good chance they'd just let you off without a warning. And, on occasion, they did. Cuz there's a whole bunch of shitheads out there who curse and argue.

Even if they don't let you off, the whole exchange takes about five minutes and you're on your merry way.

BONUS! - One piece of friendly advice from days of yore, that'll get you killed these days is-

it used to be considered polite to exit the car and wait until the cop approached so that he could see you were unarmed and posed no threat. These days exiting the car ain't a great idea, so don't!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (KLPy8)

79 How goes California's quest to tax those fleeing the state?

Has anyone told the Cali Democrats the Nazis almost did the same thing to the Jews - "Oh you want to leave? Vell give us all your money and property first."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (gSEwM)

80 Funny how the usual suspects are shrieking about the police being the tools of institutional oppression and yet when you bring up the Capitol Police, the FBI, Ray Epps, et al and their actions on January 6th, 2021, you get crickets. If you're lucky.
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It isn't about police, it's about forces of state power that they do not directly and totally control, or that operate outside of central authority.

Once they finish degrading local police to the point that the system fails, they will be able to federalize the whole mess and convert policing at all levels into a totalitarian "security police" apparatus. Official anti-police sentiment will vanish then.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

81 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

82

Another senseless COVID death. If he'd been wearing a mask, he would have been fine...

Posted by: Hairy Reed at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (X76Ey)

83 It Monday morning and that globally warm air has attacked North Texas. If I had a bird bath, it would likely be mostly frozen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

84 But he didn't hand over his license and registration.

This is black America in a nutshell. They aren't expected to follow the rules, any rules, from school onward. And no one can or will call them on it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (KFhLj)

85 72 so write him a ticket for traffic and for license registration. Give him 2 tickets. Stop excusing thuggish criminal behavior by bad cops.

Posted by: Ex-GOP at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (Fj8Gx)

86 A tiger?? In Africa??

"Tiger spotted roaming a residential area near Johannesburg, South Africa is sedated and captured."

And tigers have stripes, not spots.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (Vwz3I)

87 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (T4tVD)

88 It Monday morning and that globally warm air has attacked North Texas. If I had a bird bath, it would likely be mostly frozen.
Posted by: Sponge

Ugh - and I'm driving into it.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (qoGsy)

89 Meanwhile Taliban Johnny, who got Mike Spann murdered, has now been observed meeting with another Islamic extremist

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=136472
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 07:49 AM (gSEwM)
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I wonder if American taxpayers are paying for full-time security for this piece of shit. In our through-the-looking-glass world, I would not be surprised.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (SMcSP)

90 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (45fpk)

91 Has anyone seen a rumor that the Memphis police officers involved may have belonged to a gang and killed the guy based on orders from gang leadership?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (GYIa4)

i haven't heard that, but a couple of guys at the rink over the weekend was saying that the beating looked personal. like they knew him and had some history....

Posted by: SturmToddler at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (Mkvkw)

92 "Can live up to two hours from the city along with a singing bonus"

Cop Rock!
Posted by: fd


I live two hours from work now and still can't sing.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (ZVVGW)

93 Did I start a meme?

Memphis Cops of TikTok?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:15 AM (gSEwM)

94 I live two hours from work now and still can't sing.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (ZVVGW)


You have to drive two hours to work? Doesn't that cut into your Ace time?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (45fpk)

95 Mornin’, All. Happy Margarita Monday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (pBUtp)

96 Maybe they need to think out of the box.

They want the police to "look like us". OK, fair enough. Start a draft, sort of like the military used to do. Or, the Sheriff can deputize civilians, along those lines? Only half joking.

It would be worth it, just to hear the howls of indignation. Outsourcing our safety has some problems, it would appear. Since we're "all in this together", there should be plenty of people willing to step up and "give back to the community", right?

Selfless public servants! "How can I help you today?" Those kitties won't get down out of the trees without everyone's help.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (1TKBm)

97 Singing bonus? Yes please...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (flINI)

98 To Save America, Abolish the Civil Service
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Yeah, no shit. The spoils system is the lesser evil. There is no perfect solution to the underlying problem, but the patronage system has numerous benefits over the professional civil service system.

But it's all just so much noise. We're post-reform now. Ending the civil service and reverting to spoils (or some analogous system) will no more happen than a balanced budget or major reform or replacement of the IC and federal LE apparatuses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

99 BONUS! - One piece of friendly advice from days of yore, that'll get you killed these days is-

it used to be considered polite to exit the car and wait until the cop approached so that he could see you were unarmed and posed no threat. These days exiting the car ain't a great idea, so don't!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 30, 2023 08:12 AM (KLPy


Never get out of the car. Absolutely gol-dang right. Unless you were goin' all the way. Tyre Nichols got out of the car. He split from the whole f***in' program.

Posted by: Captain Willard at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (4I/2K)

100 My initial question about the Memphis police is; why were 5 members of some sort of organized crime unit doing traffic stops? The 2nd question is; what specifically is this organized crime unit's mandate?

You would think they'd be downtown somewhere setting up a sting op or something like that. Not prowling around the hood looking for traffic violations.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (Q4IgG)

101 It was a traffic stop. Shouldn’t even have to get out of the car. Nevermind handcuffs. Beating a man for a traffic stop? Inexcusable and end of story.

Don’t give me the Yeah, but…. Stuff

Posted by: Ex-GOP

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Did he hand them his license and registration?
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so write him a ticket for traffic and for license registration. Give him 2 tickets. Stop excusing thuggish criminal behavior by bad cops.

Posted by: Ex-GOP

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I don't know if you realize that you just countered your intitial statement in bold.

You're exactly right. It was just a traffic stop. There was no reason for it to turn into anything else. Those cops were horrible, and it's a shame that Tyre decided to take the next step to let them do it.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:16 AM (em09h)

102 The more horrific and hellacious these places become, the more the blame is placed on whites, white supremacy, institutional racism, Jews (oh yes indeed), slavery – which ended in 1865 – the second amendment and NRA, and on and on and on.

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You left out the racist sun and climate change.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 30, 2023 08:17 AM (ZDsBk)

103 I agree with LeBron. Until black lives start proving black lives matter, who's going to believe they do? I mean if the only solution to life you've found is murdering your own color, should you matter?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

104 I have seen bits and pieces of the body cam vid and have not followed the Memphis story in detail. As to it being a routine traffic stop, why would five cops show up to a routine traffic stop?

Posted by: Jen the original at January 30, 2023 08:17 AM (0OJcF)

105 When she was in the Atlanta PD, Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis was fired for covering up the sex crimes of the husband of a black female officer. A civil service board, of course, forced the PD to rehire her before she eventually resigned and took a job in Durham, NC and then on to Memphis.

How about looking at her management and how she relaxed hiring standards to allow lowlife thugs to become police officers or would that spoil the "It's whitey's fault!" narrative?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (ZLI7S)

106 "Black people are indeed their own worst enemy."

Well put! I'll go you one better: A lot of blacks are inimical to people of ALL races.

Posted by: Knock gp A Kiss at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (24fqN)

107 I have no problem with someone who sees Jesus in a slice of toast. It doesn't reflect a lack of education.

God can communicate with us in any way He chooses. Read the Bible. He's not always as subtle as toast.

Posted by: ... at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (kOdoV)

108 The ONT has me listening to Eric Burdon. Anyway, the guy can sing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 07:52 AM (Qq61G)

Concur. Bumped into him many years ago on Miami Beach. Little fella, about 5 feet 6 inches but a big voice.
He was just hanging out having a beer and didn't say too much.
I always liked him and Steve Marriott, another little fella. About 5 feet 5 inches. But another huge voice.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (yEMHD)

109
Ugh - and I'm driving into it.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2023 08:14 AM (qoGsy)



Wasn't a lot of precipitation yesterday or overnight that I know of in this area, so everything should be alright thus far. Now, they're calling for possible freezing rain before noon, so there's that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

110 Tyre Nichols death: 2 Memphis officers involved in stop joined department after it lowered hiring standards

https://tinyurl.com/mftw7n7d

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

111 I won't excuse the cops, and I won't excuse Tyre. Or the families, or black culture (cops and Tyre's actions exhibited it in clear view), or the lack of fathers in the community leading to it on both sides.

*spit*

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:19 AM (em09h)

112 “We get a 25% cut… every time America makes a dollar.”

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Well, at least he didn't ask for three-fifths ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 30, 2023 08:19 AM (ZDsBk)

113 so write him a ticket for traffic and for license registration. Give him 2 tickets. Stop excusing thuggish criminal behavior by bad cops.
Posted by: Ex-GOP at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (Fj8Gx)

NO ONE here is excusing anything. Do NOT put words in our mouths or minds.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2023 08:19 AM (dO/0d)

114 Oh, and I won't excuse Memphis hiring those cops based entirely on equity and affirmative action.

What did you think you'd get, dumbasses?

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:20 AM (em09h)

115 As to it being a routine traffic stop, why would five cops show up to a routine traffic stop?

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Never been to Memphis, eh?

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:20 AM (em09h)

116 (pondering)

Has LeBron James 'read' past the table of contents of any book he's 'read'? Every picture I see of him 'reading' a book, has him just looking at the first few pages of it. It's almost like everything he does is for image and a pose. Hence, I generally ignore his 'deep thots'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 30, 2023 08:20 AM (sAmhv)

117 I'm in favor of reparations for blacks so long as those who will have to pay are Democrats and Leftists. Blacks included.

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Start with the black African nations that initially enslaved and sold them, and let's see how that goes.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 30, 2023 08:21 AM (ZDsBk)

118 God can communicate with us in any way He chooses. Read the Bible. He's not always as subtle as toast.
Posted by: ... at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (kOdoV)

I'd say the Bible points towards important messages being repeated loudly and clearly, even if you misunderstand them the first time. The mistake people fall into more often is continually looking for signs(or interpreting ordinary events as signs they should do something unwise or in line with their desires), as though God is using morse code. Most things and situations are already covered without additional signs being necessary.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 08:21 AM (eYoxG)

119 >Funny how the usual suspects are shrieking about the police being the tools of institutional oppression and yet when you bring up the Capitol Police,

Tucker brought this up. They cry about police and yet cheer when Nancy's police kill an innocent woman. They are not serious people.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 30, 2023 08:21 AM (DB16e)

120 It Monday morning and that globally warm air has attacked North Texas. If I had a bird bath, it would likely be mostly frozen.
Posted by: Sponge

From the frozen, north Texas tundra:
25 degrees, feel like 14. Fourteen mile an hour NNW wind.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:22 AM (ZVVGW)

121 As to it being a routine traffic stop, why would five cops show up to a routine traffic stop?

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US Census dot gov

Memphis

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent , 24.3%

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:22 AM (em09h)

122 104 I have seen bits and pieces of the body cam vid and have not followed the Memphis story in detail. As to it being a routine traffic stop, why would five cops show up to a routine traffic stop?


initial stop was normal traffic stop. fat white cop and fat-ish black cop stop the guy. he seems squirrelly but probably just scared. he is very very close to his home, and just keeps saying "can I just go home" as in maybe do the stop a block away where his house is? the cops are very thuggish from moment one of the stop.

the white cop tries to tase him while he's on the ground?! they also try to pepper spray him? it's not HIS fault but they screw this up so Black Cop gets his own face full of pepper spray and then White Cop messes up the tase and only hits him with one wire. that is enough for the kid and he runs away towards home.

the two cops try to chase. they cannot so much as run across the street. the aftermath of THAT is frankly sad and hilarious. they are very very angry at how the stop went for them, which was 100 percent their fault. they call in the run-away and other cops all over try to find the guy.

and then they kill him b/c they're mad

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 30, 2023 08:22 AM (w0NJk)

123 I have no problem with someone who sees Jesus in a slice of toast. It doesn't reflect a lack of education.

God can communicate with us in any way He chooses. Read the Bible. He's not always as subtle as toast.
Posted by: ... at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (kOdoV)



Thou Shalt Not Spread Grape Jelly on Toast Jesus.

Posted by: From "The Ten Commandments of the Church of Pepperidge Farm" at January 30, 2023 08:23 AM (KLPy8)

124 So does Memphis have a Soros backed D.A. who will let the Killer Scorpion Five out on bond in less than 24 hours for a few thousand dollars?

If not, why not?

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 30, 2023 08:23 AM (yEMHD)

125 New Orleans had a female black cop go rotten.

Kicker was, the police's own psych exam said don't hire her. She went and got a private eval who said she was okay. So she got hired.

She proceeded to rob a Vietnamese restaurant where she knew the family as she worked there as security, murdering most of them along with an off duty NOPD cop she knew who was also working a second job as security.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:23 AM (gSEwM)

126 So, what were we being distracted from Friday and this weekend?

I mean, for the national press to blow the cop murder story up without having a racial angle and when they were already charged, they must have been desparate to cover for something happening elsewhere. Anyone know what that is?

Was it the tank delivery to Ukraine, which was but a whisper? Is it something else?

Posted by: Nova Local at January 30, 2023 08:23 AM (exHjb)

127 LeBron James was agreeing with Tweeter. He was not making a satirical counterpoint. He believes that black communities should not be policed and just be allowed to go feral.

We have abdicated our right to vengeance to the modern justice system. When that contract is finally broken, all hell will break loose.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 30, 2023 08:24 AM (R6joA)

128 Republican candidates would do well to read the interesting back and forth advice Sarah Churchill gave her father (last link). Somehow, candidates need to appeal to suburbanites who think "a little socialism" is a good thing.

Socialism as practised in the war, did no one any harm, and quite a lot of people good. The children of this country have never been so well fed or healthy, what milk there was, was shared equally, the rich didn't die because their meat ration was no larger than the poor; and there is no doubt that this common sharing and feeling of sacrifice was one of the strongest bonds that unified us. So why, they say, cannot this common feeling of sacrifice be made to work as effectively in peace?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:24 AM (ot2qj)

129 I'm also tired of the trope that black people vote against their interest, and we sit and ponder it like it's some big mystery and huge exception to the Rule of Voting in America.

Democrats are the scum of the earth and the party of slavery and the KKK. But aside from the great exceptions of Reagan and Trump, what the fuck have Republicans done for *anyone* but themselves in the last 50 years?

Do you feel like you are voting for your interest when you vote Republican? If so you are a dummy or in denial. Anyone who votes in America votes against their own interest.

Posted by: ... at January 30, 2023 08:25 AM (kOdoV)

130 God can communicate with us in any way He chooses. Read the Bible. He's not always as subtle as toast.
Posted by: ... at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (kOdoV)

I'd say the Bible points towards important messages being repeated loudly and clearly, even if you misunderstand them the first time. The mistake people fall into more often is continually looking for signs(or interpreting ordinary events as signs they should do something unwise or in line with their desires), as though God is using morse code. Most things and situations are already covered without additional signs being necessary.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 08:21 AM (eYoxG)

I sent you a canoe, a motorboat, and a helicopter!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 30, 2023 08:25 AM (4I/2K)

131 Tyre Nichols death: 2 Memphis officers involved in stop joined department after it lowered hiring standards

https://tinyurl.com/mftw7n7d
Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:18 AM (NpAcC)



When you've created the environment where ACAB, yet need to put butts in seats, this is what you're going to get, every damn time.

Well done.

By design. The way to initiate martial law and enslave the masses is by creating complete chaos. Memphis was chaos. Atlanta screwed up their plans by enacting the National Guard. Remainder of states should take notice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

132 No evidence given, of course, but I saw a claim/supposition that he was banging one of the cops' old lady.

Oh, for the days of Airplane and rational homies.
https://tinyurl.com/2p92uch3

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 08:25 AM (Vwz3I)

133 A racist in a tablecloth suit named Dr. Umar Johnson decreed on The Breakfast Club radio show recently that the American government must carve out a full quarter of all economic activity — in perpetuity. “We get a 25% cut… every time America makes a dollar.” That would amount to approximately six trillion dollars annually. He makes sure to emphasize this is a forever arrangement.
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Even under the tenets of "equity" theory, this makes no sense. Blacks comprise a bit under 14% of the population per the latest census. That means a number much closer to 14 cents, not 25.

Not that this would be rational, sane, possible, good or anything else. Just in the terms of "equity" theory - which is the dominant noise-maker at the moment, in all things - this is a bonkers notion.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:25 AM (t0OGg)

134 So, what were we being distracted from Friday and this weekend?

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"Food Price Inflation Pressures to Continue in 2023"

usda.gov

https://tinyurl.com/2ya58m8x

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:26 AM (em09h)

135 The Lugenpresse covers these racial unrest stories as if they are doing pre-game for a sporting event...and are then surprised when a sporting event breaks out. It's insidious

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 30, 2023 08:26 AM (flINI)

136 The answer to this problem is in someways obvious though right of center voters don't seem to think about it that way.

What does the left use the government for? To get paid. And who do they take the money from? Us.

So - reverse that calculation. Here's an example - offer a massive pay out to anyone harmed by the clot shot. Raise taxes on global pharma corps to pay for it.

Then you give people a reason to vote for you. And you punish your enemies. Which is exactly what the left does to us.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (lc5cP)

137
From the frozen, north Texas tundra:
25 degrees, feel like 14. Fourteen mile an hour NNW wind.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:22 AM (ZVVGW)



Thought about honking yesterday as I passed through your thriving metropolis, twice......to and fro.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

138 The only reason to submit to the orders of a cop is if you're confident you can rely on the rest of the Justice system not to railroad you. Real hardened criminals are the ones saying "yes sir" and hopping into back of the cruiser with a shit-eating grin, because they know that for them, life on the inside isn't all that bad. The ones panicking and running and fighting back are the ones who know (assume) that if they get put away by some crooked prosecutor making shit up and a shitty public defender phoning it in, they're gonna be passed around like a human fleshlight.

It's not always irrational for anyone to treat evading the police as a life or death matter. It's a two way street. Police should be able to expect compliance and respect from the rest of the populace, but that has to be earned by compliance and respect from the rest of the Justice system. And is there anyone here anymore who's still willing to say our Justice system isn't completely broken?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (/EuRN)

139 so write him a ticket for traffic and for license registration. Give him 2 tickets. Stop excusing thuggish criminal behavior by bad cops.
Posted by: Ex-GOP at January 30, 2023 08:13 AM (Fj8Gx)

If you don't give the cops an ID, they're going to search you for one.

Posted by: espinostifer at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (3uf3+)

140 US service member provides technical support for Ukrainians. Over the Internet.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=136605

So how long before the Russians starts impersonating Americans?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (gSEwM)

141 Might as well join 'em. No one is left that wants America as founded anyway. Oh, everyone says all the right things, but action would mean risk.

Looks like we hang separately.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (jvt6t)

142 134 So, what were we being distracted from Friday and this weekend?

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"Food Price Inflation Pressures to Continue in 2023"

usda.gov

https://tinyurl.com/2ya58m8x
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:26 AM (em09h)

Maybe - I'd just see that news as an excuse for Dems to push an extension of the ending Covid SNAP benefits...and telling us, the middle class, to suck it...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 30, 2023 08:27 AM (exHjb)

143 ---

"Food Price Inflation Pressures to Continue in 2023"

usda.gov

https://tinyurl.com/2ya58m8x
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:26 AM (em09h)



This is what happens when your food production facilities mysteriously start catching fire across the country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Even under the tenets of "equity" theory, this makes no sense. Blacks comprise a bit under 14% of the population per the latest census. That means a number much closer to 14 cents, not 25.

Not that this would be rational, sane, possible, good or anything else. Just in the terms of "equity" theory - which is the dominant noise-maker at the moment, in all things - this is a bonkers notion.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:25 AM (t0OGg)
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And if this equity arrangement is tied to the percentage of the minority population, well, I can see an obvious "out" for the majority, but the minority isn't going to like it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 08:28 AM (YIVH2)

145 Judge Shubb, an appointee during the Bush administration


So Shrub appointed Shubb?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 08:28 AM (pBUtp)

146 Which when combined with the story from the ONT about Nike closing it's store in Oregon...

That story is hilarious. A Nike store in the hood has high theft? I never would've guessed that.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 30, 2023 08:29 AM (X4R3E)

147 She talked instead of people who vote Labour

because they believe that only by voting that way will inequalities of opportunity, the privilege of class and money be curbed. I doubt they think any deeper than that, nor do I believe they believe in the pipe dream of a completely equal world. But they do want more, a lot more of everything than they have hitherto had.

So Labour in UK and Democrats in US both believe in Zero Sum economics.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 08:29 AM (BRHaw)

148 If you don't give the cops an ID, they're going to search you for one.

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I AIN GOTTA GIVE YOU NO DAMN ID I'M A BLOCK FROM HOME

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:29 AM (em09h)

149 48 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the Day:

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near."

–1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Posted by: Tonypete
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Indeed! And thanks TP!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 30, 2023 08:29 AM (0ZxYp)

150 "Or really, a simple, big lie is much, much easier to propagate than debunk with more complex truths. "

Ted Lui "Republicans are mad that Biden lowered gas prices"
He repeats that about 4-5 times in a 40 second clip, from the House floor.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 30, 2023 08:30 AM (DB16e)

151 Saw where Brian Cranston is pushing that CRT NEEDS to be taught in ALL schools.

Why do we respect hollywood types again?

Man plays meth dealer on TV show. Now he knows what's best for all the children. You should listen to him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

152 50 going to 52 down here by Galveston Bay.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 08:31 AM (BRHaw)

153
That story is hilarious. A Nike store in the hood has high theft? I never would've guessed that.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 30, 2023 08:29 AM (X4R3E)



And Nike, who pushed for all this shit, is reaping the benefits and decided that loss just was too much to bear?

LMMFAO. ESAD, Nike. You earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

154 Oh, right. Everyone tries to run away when they get stopped for a traffic violation.

Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (4h9M3)

155 Once while going to work at 4am, I got pulled over for speeding through a yellow light. The police officer ask for my driver's license and registration. After I guess 5 minutes or so checking who I was, he gave me a verbal warning not to do it again.

Maybe he thought I was a drug runner or something.

Posted by: dantesed at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (88xKn)

156 The black community needs to give up on the "everything is racist" and "white supremacy is the problem" before I can even begin to give a shit about their "plight."

They're tools being used by the left and they appear to be ok with that. It's their choice. What happens down the road however might not be their choice or to their liking.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)

157 Ted Lui "Republicans are mad that Biden lowered gas prices"
He repeats that about 4-5 times in a 40 second clip, from the House floor.
Posted by: Fool Otto at January 30, 2023 08:30 AM (DB16e)

Ted Lieu thinks $3.50 is less than $1.80.

Ain't "You People" a'sposeta be good at math?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (/EuRN)

158 Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth By 1 Vote
Most extreme in the nation.
Governor Tim Walz is expected to sign it today.
You would think these people would be worried about their souls.

https://tinyurl.com/4kbn3tkh

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

159 Here's what a cop hears when someone says no license on him: this guy is concealing his identity. Why? They're going to think you've got a warrant out, or at the very least that it's a real possibility. Of course, you could just be a hapless asshole like me who spent all last week inadvertently driving around without my wallet. But you are going to get a much harder look if you don't have it. And there's nothing weird or oppressive about that.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (KFhLj)

160 Thx JJ. RIP Lisa Loring. I looked her up when I read the news, an discovered she was born on Kwajalein atoll. That struck me as odd. Military brat obviously.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 30, 2023 08:34 AM (dHzaG)

161 "A Nike store in the hood has high theft? I never would've guessed that."

Nike makes the slave-labor-produced bling, slaps a 10000% bling-brand markup on it, markets it to the bling-bedazzled, who then steal it from Nike stores, and even off of each others' feet on the street.

Posted by: Knock gp A Kiss at January 30, 2023 08:34 AM (24fqN)

162 “Instead of journalists learning to code, the code is learning journalism.”
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The NPC programmers are making their process of getting the firmware updates to the masses a little more efficient.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 30, 2023 08:34 AM (fs1hN)

163 Lol
JJ. Just can't stop himself weakening his own arguments by restricting exaggeration JJ would want us to believe that all or most blacks cast multiple ballots in order to improve the election results.
Yet election after election even in red states that have the highest percentage of blacks living there there is NO EVIDENCE OR PROSECUTIONS for electoral fraud.
The BIG LIE continues.
Great claims (massive elation fraud by Dems for decades( require great proofs. JJ has none

[Kurt: I wrote a best-selling book with proof, charts, diagrams and even big pictures so illiterate slugs like you could read it. PS: You ever hear of Molly Ball and her in depth admission to the steal in Time Magazine? - get back on your knees and pucker up, lady - JJS]

Posted by: Paul [KURT] at January 30, 2023 08:34 AM (QbtjQ)

164 Minnesota Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth By 1 Vote
Most extreme in the nation.
Governor Tim Walz is expected to sign it today.
You would think these people would be worried about their souls.

https://tinyurl.com/4kbn3tkh
Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (NpAcC)



They think the denial of the existence of their soul means they don't reap consequences on judgement day. They will be mistaken.

Minnesota will become an even worse blue shithole as all the evil flocks there to murder the unborn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

165 So Labour in UK and Democrats in US both believe in Zero Sum economics.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 08:29 AM (BRHaw)

Of course they do. Zero Sum is at the heart of Communism. The problem is they do not understand that it really is that while a rising tide lifts all boats, a sinking tide also brings them down. The fact that they think the sum total of all of the goods in the US can be distributed completely equally shows how simplistically most of these people's world view is. The natural state of wealth is ZERO. Anything above that takes effort.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (zZu0s)

166 "The black community needs to give up on the "everything is racist" and "white supremacy is the problem" before I can even begin to give a shit about their "plight.""

I'll give a shit about them when they stop fucking shooting at everybody.

Posted by: Knock gp A Kiss at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (24fqN)

167 This tank to Ukraine thing is very interesting: the Junta finally came to its senses and backed off after the reaction to giving tanks became overwhelming. Never mentioned in the whole mess was that Ukraine had something like 1500 tanks before the war started, one of the largest tank forces in Europe, though no one knows how many of those were actually operable. America sending 31 tanks, when Ukraine has presumably already lost much of its own force, was obviously just the beginning. We were eventually going to hand over lots more than 31 tanks.

Make a deal Zelensky. This war is crazy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (WwX2Z)

168 I guess a public library on the East Coast is open...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (gSEwM)

169 Posted by: Paul at January 30, 2023 08:34 AM (QbtjQ)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

170 Ted Lieu thinks $3.50 is less than $1.80.

Ain't "You People" a'sposeta be good at math?
Posted by: Warai-otoko


It's been $2.54 in my AO for months. It's now $3.05.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (ZVVGW)

171 You would think these people would be worried about their souls.

https://tinyurl.com/4kbn3tkh
Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:32 AM (NpAcC)
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They don't believe in "souls." They gave theirs up a long, long time ago.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 08:36 AM (YIVH2)

172 Don't you have a condom wrapped banana to go eat Paul?

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2023 08:36 AM (iayUP)

173 All I wanted was a Pepsi.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 30, 2023 08:36 AM (Jg7EG)

174 Great claims (massive elation fraud by Dems for decades( require great proofs. JJ has none

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Poor Paul.

The Secretaries of State don't have the power to determine voting logistics on a whim. The Constitution clearly states that it's up to the state legislatures.

Every vote cast via a judge or SoS determination was illegal. Full stop. There's no argument against it. Millions of votes are/were cast that way.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:37 AM (em09h)

175 56 I am your wurst enemy.
Posted by: Evil Sausage Maker
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Ich bin ein Wiener!

Posted by: zombie JFK at January 30, 2023 08:05 AM (Vwz3I)
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I prefer little smokies.

Posted by: Ciampino - Italian spicy sausage at January 30, 2023 08:37 AM (qfLjt)

176 New York May Soon Require Chinese Covid Vax for All Schoolchildren
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Despite the growing opposition to the so called vaccine, the machine continues to mercilessly grind on.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 30, 2023 08:37 AM (fs1hN)

177 >>The black community needs to give up on the "everything is racist" and "white supremacy is the problem" before I can even begin to give a shit about their "plight."

Agree 100%. We don't need to give the black community reparations or anything else. We've already given them far too much which is part of the problem. They've become dependent, demanding children.

It's time we start making some demands of them. Stop having babies out of wedlock, stay in school, stay out of gangs, get a job and obey the same laws the rest of us do.

No more special treatment or special words only you can use. You don't get to have a special society with your own rules, join the rest of America or hit the road.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 30, 2023 08:37 AM (ZLI7S)

178 The 5 cops beat a man to death without any evidence of a crime, none. Running away is not a crime. Low and behold the program these cops were in is disbanded without explanation. What I would like to see is the reason for this unit, qualifications for being in this unit, the training involved and what they had to do to pass the training. This wasn't the victims fault, it wasn't whiteys fault, fault is yet to be determined.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 30, 2023 08:38 AM (2NHgQ)

179 Fox & Friends talking about not only are the illegals coming through the Southern border, but illegal crossings from our Northern border is also becoming a big problem now.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

180 TonyPete kindly put up an encouraging passage earlier in the thread from 1st Thessalonians (Rejoice always) . For those that have an interest, here in an article on that topic from a website that discusses the Bible:

https://tinyurl.com/2d74383a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 08:38 AM (4LaEz)

181 155 The cop letting you off with a warning and taking five minutes to run you leads me to believe it was getting close to the end of his shift. Police departments work some strange hours when it comes to shift changes, and he just may have been looking for something to kill time until he took the car back to the barn.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 30, 2023 08:38 AM (lz5hY)

182 >173 All I wanted was a Pepsi.

Saw them twice. Great show. Pantera was the "opening act" at one.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 30, 2023 08:38 AM (DB16e)

183 Make a deal Zelensky. This war is crazy.

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I'm slowly starting to come around to the idea that Putin is acting to clean up the plans of 2020. Those US bioweapons labs existed and were operational, and it was confirmed by our own intelligence and representatives. Then poof, that stuff has disappeared.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:38 AM (em09h)

184 The natural state of wealth is ZERO. Anything above that takes effort.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 08:35 AM (zZu0s)

In the US the bottom 20% of earners receive somewhere close to $50,000 for a family of 4 in tax transfers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 08:39 AM (BRHaw)

185 illegal crossings from our Northern border is also becoming a big problem now.

People fleeing the People's Republic of Canada and Justine Trudeau?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:39 AM (gSEwM)

186 The 5 cops beat a man to death without any evidence of a crime, none. Running away is not a crime...

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Nope. It's a shame Tyre decided to do that, and it's a shame black culture had taught him that was the normal thing to do.

Because black culture taught those cops something, too.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:40 AM (em09h)

187 Off topic, sort of. Watched Zulu over the weekend.
Great movie!

Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 08:40 AM (4h9M3)

188 “Instead of journalists learning to code, the code is learning journalism.”
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I read the article about ChatGPT linked above. The author posed several questions to ChatGPT about the preference for or against a number of liberal policies (e.g. affirmative action, illegal immigration, obesity, etc.) and the answer ALWAYS came back skewing left-liberal bias. It was remarkably consistent in the response, no matter how the question was phrased.

AI-generated answers will only be as good as the program behind it. And right now, it's all *THE MESSAGE* all the time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (YIVH2)

189 Zulu

And Wakanda is still using spears. Isn't that racist?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (gSEwM)

190 187 Off topic, sort of. Watched Zulu over the weekend.
Great movie!
Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 08:40 AM (4h9M3)

I watched the fanatic opening of the Trans Finnish EU Skating Competition.

Damn fine skating!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (BRHaw)

191 JJ, I don't think LeBron comes up with his own tweets. I think Fetterman is feeding him talking points.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (ykeLU)

192 Paul, completely missing where every investigation into voting irregularities has been dumped by liberal or Soros funded judges, giving zero time to actual voter fraud investigations.

Tell me, Paul. How come black communities always has 100 to 120% voter turnout?

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

193 187 You will have "Men of Harlech" as an earworm through the week.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (lz5hY)

194 Keep the poutine up there. Thanks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2023 08:42 AM (i0Kzs)

195 Off topic, sort of. Watched Zulu over the weekend.
Great movie!
Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 08:40 AM (4h9M3)

" Why us?"
"Because we here, lad. There is no one else. Just us."

Posted by: dantesed at January 30, 2023 08:43 AM (88xKn)

196 Foot powder tastes minty.

Posted by: John Fetterman at January 30, 2023 08:43 AM (i0Kzs)

197 192 Paul, completely missing where every investigation into voting irregularities has been dumped by liberal or Soros funded judges, giving zero time to actual voter fraud investigations.

Tell me, Paul. How come black communities always has 100 to 120% voter turnout?
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Well he's also claiming that we're saying it's the individual citizens conducting this fraud on a large but individual scale. Which is not what we're saying at all.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 08:44 AM (eYoxG)

198 Men of Harlech?

https://youtu.be/hZmrS_w6s7s

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:44 AM (gSEwM)

199 The 5 cops beat a man to death without any evidence of a crime, none. Running away is not a crime.


When the police stop you, technically, yes, you are under arrest. Especially if they have a legit reason to stop you. Crime #1.
You cannot leave until they are finished. Crime #2.
So yes, running away IS a crime.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 08:44 AM (ZVVGW)

200 Young black man was acting stupidly after being stopped, just like black culture teaches them Memphis police force is very diverse, reflects the community work. Police chiefs is historic first black woman.


So obviously the victims death is the fault of the white patriarchy. Maybe the mob should go after white DEM mayor. I have no shits to give.

Posted by: Ripley at January 30, 2023 08:44 AM (cUYo/)

201 Tell me, Paul. How come black communities always has 100 to 120% voter turnout?
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)
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meh- just call him a "dick" and be done with it.

no proof will ever be good enough for the likes of Paul

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (A7mhr)

202 Evading arrest is a crime. It appears that this dude wasn't evading arrest. He was evading getting beat to death. And evading getting beat to death isn't a crime.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (/EuRN)

203
AI-generated answers will only be as good as the program behind it. And right now, it's all *THE MESSAGE* all the time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 08:41 AM (YIVH2)



AI is program developed by man. The bias of the man will always be present in the program. The program won't learn what it's not programmed to.

AI is shit.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

204 Shit....damn Monday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

205 186 The 5 cops beat a man to death without any evidence of a crime, none. Running away is not a crime...

Technically, running from the police is absolutely a crime in most states.

In VA, it can be a class 4 felony (at worst) to a class 2 misdemeanor (at best).

You can never run from the cops. It puts tons of uncertainty into the event, and that tends to always go bad for someone (be it the stopped person, the cop, or the most often - innocent bystanders)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (exHjb)

206 In some ways, the best thing you can do to fight the narrative is to ignore it.

I doubt anyone here knows the guy in Memphis that is now dead. And yet here we are all consumed by it.

The fact that there are varying degrees of thought on it is largely irrelevant. The fact is we have all been given this shit sandwich to chew on, and chew on it we shall. This is your topic du jour, defecation a la baguette.

Until we begin to say "No thank you, I do not care for shit sandwich", this will be the way.

As for myself, I do not know whoever this Tyrone Knuckles fellow is, I'm not particularly interested, and his death doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (Y30y6)

207 AI is program developed by man.

Spock, "How did you program the M-5 Dr. Daystrom?"

Dr. Daystrom, "I impressed my own engrams on M-5."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (gSEwM)

208 Shit....damn Monday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

All day long.

Fuck Joe Biden.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (i0Kzs)

209 Idiot Paul might have accidently made a point. I also don't think there are huge numbers of inner city voters casting multiple ballots. I expect that, other than those belonging to a church, or are government or union employees, most don't even bother voting. Instead, the government and unions vote on the couch sitters' behalf. The actual voter ratio is probably only 40% of registered voters, the work of the unions and government actors works to get the ratio up to 120% of ballots cast to registered voters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (fs1hN)

210 People fleeing the People's Republic of Canada and Justine Trudeau?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:39 AM (gSEwM)
*****
Nope.
So far this year over 42,000 illegal crossing from all over the world. Mainly from India and China.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

211 As far as I can tell from the amount I read online and what was translated , the Finns got raked over the coals or rather we're hit by an iceberg for having the man pretending to be a woman in their program. He was in his fifties, had never skated much and looked ridiculous. I'm not as if his parents had gone through the evil insanity of having their competitive skater daughter "transitioned" at age 12. This guy was a former farmer falling on the ice within the first minute.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 08:47 AM (4LaEz)

212 Evading arrest is a crime. It appears that this dude wasn't evading arrest. He was evading getting beat to death. And evading getting beat to death isn't a crime.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (/EuRN)
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He was a quarter mile from home too, and he was convinced the cops wouldn't kill him if he was with his family and they as witnesses could protect him. In his place I'd have done the same thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:48 AM (A7mhr)

213 AI is program developed by man. The bias of the man will always be present in the program. The program won't learn what it's not programmed to.

AI is shit.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)
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Indeed. All AI can do is conform to the patterns that it is told to conform to. And it will exclude patterns based on that same program. It cannot deviate from there to form original patterns of thought based on its own decision matrix.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 08:48 AM (YIVH2)

214
All day long.

Fuck Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (i0Kzs)



*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

215 ...but illegal crossings from our Northern border is also becoming a big problem now.
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Several have frozen to death; and a dozen or so [mixed Latinos and Vietnamese IIRC] were caught a few days ago.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 08:48 AM (Vwz3I)

216 IE

This AI is actually a tarted up 'expert system' and nothing more.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:48 AM (gSEwM)

217 Morning horde.

We'll be lucky to survive now that the anons have this new AI voice tool. It's too good.

https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/414118454/

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 30, 2023 08:49 AM (YJwUM)

218 *pauses*

Bring back the original chat program Eliza.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:49 AM (gSEwM)

219 AI is program developed by man.

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I mentioned it in Pixy's thread, but AI is an NPC.

We will be talking to and taking on tasks from an NPC.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:49 AM (em09h)

220 You can never run from the cops. It puts tons of uncertainty into the event, and that tends to always go bad for someone (be it the stopped person, the cop, or the most often - innocent bystanders)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (exHjb)
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Every male teen has run from the cops at least once, I'd imagine.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:50 AM (A7mhr)

221 AI is shit.


What do you have against three-toed sloths?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 08:50 AM (pBUtp)

222 You can never run from the cops. It puts tons of uncertainty into the event, and that tends to always go bad for someone (be it the stopped person, the cop, or the most often - innocent bystanders)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 30, 2023 08:45 AM (exHjb)

... and for mailboxes, cop cars, football games, etc. Hot pursuit of a sex maniac sumbitch from Texarkana to Atlanta!

Posted by: Sheriff Buford T. Justice at January 30, 2023 08:50 AM (4I/2K)

223 209 Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (fs1hN)


First, Paul is Kurt. Second, Molly Ball in Time wrote a long detailed piece on exactly how the election was stolen.

"Fortified" is the word they used to get the outcome they wanted.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 30, 2023 08:51 AM (x0n13)

224 But, but, Memphis dug up the corpses of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife. There *is* no racial strife there, now.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 30, 2023 08:51 AM (DTX3h)

225 Propaganda radio is noting that it costs more to fill up up your tank that it did a a week or two ago and decided to discuss why. Apparently it is because, get this, price of gas is going up! It may even be linked to rising price of crude. That was the end of their analysis.

Posted by: Ripley at January 30, 2023 08:51 AM (cUYo/)

226 Per TGP: "Take down the BBC!" Anti-vax protesters gather outside HQ.

Burn it down. Make sure the employees are inside the building.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2023 08:52 AM (i0Kzs)

227 He was a quarter mile from home too, and he was convinced the cops wouldn't kill him if he was with his family and they as witnesses could protect him. In his place I'd have done the same thing.


agree totally

the beating video (from the pole) is painful. it. takes. forever. they just keep at him. don't call ambulance. Why?!?! they do EVENTUALLY call one but after long minutes of him being completely not moving and beaten. then some of the thugs walk around all het up

violence begets violence - once they went over the line (which happened quick, fat-ass cops don't like being made to run) they just kept going and kept going.

I remember an old video of a NJ cop beating the shit out of a young girl on the beach b/c she secretly had some booze. she was cute and they loved beating her. they were excited. it went way overboard bc of that base impulse.

same thing happened here.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 30, 2023 08:52 AM (w0NJk)

228 They want us to beiieve VT is the only border they are crossing over when there are 3000 miles of open border they can cross?

Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 08:52 AM (4h9M3)

229 Fuck Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I would prefer not to. I would not have liked to do that even if if he were not an angry person in cognitive decline, because he's always struck me as a stupid, corrupt and aggressively self involved man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 08:52 AM (4LaEz)

230 Morning! Our own Dick Durban here in Illinois is proposing a new Police Reform Bill at the federal level in the wake of the Tyre Nichols death.

Doesn't he have "people" to tell him any such bill would be un-Constitutional?

Well, he probably doesn't care.. it's just posturing anyway.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 30, 2023 08:52 AM (w/RvR)

231 >>"How long before one isn’t even permitted to have a credit card because one’s purchases don’t comport with the values of these arbiters of the acceptable? That day is coming, unless we stop it." (in 5-4-3-2 . . . - jjs)


Credit card?

NOW you know why the globalists want digital currency replacing paper and coins. CONTROL. Not just monitoring, but the ability to stop you from purchasing the "wrong" things, such as red meat and guns.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 08:53 AM (mqu1M)

232 He was a quarter mile from home too, and he was convinced the cops wouldn't kill him...
--

Black culture taught him that.

Problem was, the cops were black, too.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 08:53 AM (em09h)

233 Police Reform Bill?

The Nazis put the local police under the control of the Gestapo.

Nothing to see here... except history repeating.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 30, 2023 08:53 AM (gSEwM)

234 Alzheimer's Association Hides New Partnership With Lobbying Group for Assisted Suicide

The fact that, when exposed, the Alzheimers Association dropped their new partnership means nothing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:54 AM (A7mhr)

235 and no I do not "back the blue" sorry to Wyatt

I lived in town for a long time, back when it also used to suck, and had lots of dealings with Philly cops. half were awesome, but a good percentage were absolutely horrendous. I have stories.

I went from a good Catholic girl who trusted the police implicitly to who I am now who thinks they are also bureaucrats but dangerous ones who care only about themselves and not the community (there are exceptions of course). the good cops I know are either incredibly disillusioned and miserable or retired.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 30, 2023 08:54 AM (w0NJk)

236 Propaganda radio is noting that it costs more to fill up up your tank that it did a a week or two ago and decided to discuss why. Apparently it is because, get this, price of gas is going up! It may even be linked to rising price of crude. That was the end of their analysis.

Posted by: Ripley
..
It's only attributable to Joe Biden if the price goes down. For whatever reason!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 30, 2023 08:55 AM (w/RvR)

237 Idiot Paul might have accidently made a point. I also don't think there are huge numbers of inner city voters casting multiple ballots. I expect that, other than those belonging to a church, or are government or union employees, most don't even bother voting. Instead, the government and unions vote on the couch sitters' behalf. ...
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 30, 2023 08:46 AM (fs1hN)
++++
Right, this is the entire point of ballot harvesting or door-to-door "canvassers" going out and engaging in brass-knuckle intimidation to make sure that vote goes the right way. It's the difference between retail and wholesale fraud.

Retail fraud - that is, *voter* fraud - is people voting multiple times, stealing a ballot (if possible), using a fake ID, etc. It's fairly small-scale and is unlikely to swing an election. Retail fraud is survivable.

Wholesale fraud - that is, *election* fraud - is the large system of ballot trafficking that seeks to maximize the number of ballots in the system while simultaneously minimizing security (hello, vote-by-mail schemes) to allow mass injection of "correct" ballots into the results. Wholesale fraud is not survivable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:55 AM (t0OGg)

238 >>Propaganda radio is noting that it costs more to fill up up your tank that it did a a week or two ago and decided to discuss why. Apparently it is because, get this, price of gas is going up! It may even be linked to rising price of crude. That was the end of their analysis.


In the WSJ today: it now costs more to charge your EV than fill a car's gas tank. Apparently Biden is blocking the mining of minerals needed for EV just as much as he's blocking domestic oil and gas extraction.

I mean, we knew this moment was coming, it's just funny that it's happened long before they've nudged us into mass EV embrace (IIRC, EVs are ~5% of cars on road, not sure on hybrids).

LOLGF

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 08:57 AM (mqu1M)

239 Black people are indeed their own worst enemy. Look who they vote for, or at least allow their ballots to be cast for...

Yep. Only demographic in the country which no matter how one separates it (male, female, college-educated, etc), voting habit is always 100% Democrat in every single state in the country.

https://bit.ly/3HGw9c5

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 30, 2023 08:57 AM (Do5/p)

240 Paul. Does 'voter intimidation' include black panthers standing with weapons outside of polling places? Is that bad?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

241 I am really interested in the Memphis case. Not the particulars; it seems fairly straightforward, barring some unforeseen development. But whether the usual suspects can successfully parlay it into a race riot. I think that video of a white dude using excessive force on a black dude may be a vital ingredient in BLM/Antifa's stew. Something to really get the blood up.

I'm curious to see if ivory tower folderol about internalized white supremacy turning black cops into dusky Simon Legrees will actually work for them. They're certainly working that angle hard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 30, 2023 08:58 AM (oINRc)

242 Reparations....

Ok. Civilization has it problems. There used to be a zero recidivism option for rapists, child and otherwise, and murderers. But civilization chose jail instead.

There also used to be a solution for getting rid of people who assumed hereditary privileges and used them to confiscate wealth from a majority but secondary class of humans.

On the plus side, that solution also results in zero carbon footprint for those in the offending class.

Do really they think no one is history has ever thought, "hmm...this problem goes away if those people go away."

Posted by: thesgm at January 30, 2023 08:59 AM (H1P4c)

243 Pompeo-"Too many people in the Trump Administration weren't team players."

Holy shit, these people are disconnected.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2023 08:59 AM (i0Kzs)

244 Absolutely Not’: Chinese Spy-Diddler, or Diddlee, Swalwell Claims His Relationship With Suspected Chinese Spy Didn’t Compromise U.S. Security

His opinion of his own culpability means literally nothing. Fact is he was (and presumably still is, since he admits still being in recent contact) what used to be called either "compromised" or an out and out spy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:59 AM (A7mhr)

245
Not that I'm all onboard with taking societal plans from fiction, but -

when are we gonna get our own Butlerian Jihad?

It's looking more and more like a general solution to the general problem of having insane, ignorant, fanatic globalist dickweeds in charge of "our" AI systems.

*taps foot*

Okay, I'm waiting.

Butlerian Jihad...

...any time now.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 30, 2023 09:00 AM (KLPy8)

246 Just got notice a cow-orker had a heart attack Thursday. She's younger than me.
Definitely jabbed since she's a cruise line freak.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:00 AM (ZVVGW)

247 Reparations is the modern danegeld except without the promise of not being raided.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 30, 2023 09:01 AM (R6joA)

248 Wholesale fraud is not survivable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 08:55 AM (t0OGg)

The printing the wrong sized ballot image on the ballot paper at over 50% of the precinct takes many many many many people in on physically alter electronic data.

Then there is the Harris county bullshit again that took many many many people to do it having the ballot printout take 2 blank ballots per voter and in the precinct with heavy (R) turnout you just ship half the amount of ballot paper.

These are high level conspiracies involving 100s of people.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 09:01 AM (BRHaw)

249 Sorry. Reparations.

You live in a free country now. The route of your ancestors was no doubt, a terrible one, if you are descendant of actual slaves. The freedom that you have the opportunity to enjoy is your reparations. Slaves were brought here after being purchased from the traders doing business with their homeland governments and eventually freed after much bloodshed and war.

Being an American is your reparation. You should take advantage of that and be proud of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

250 243 Pompeo-"Too many people in the Trump Administration weren't team players."

Holy shit, these people are disconnected.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2023 08:59 AM (i0Kzs)

Well he's got his reasons for thinking that. Trump picked a lot of people from outside the game, from outside the team. Most of the people we dislike were part of the establishment (Tillerson being an exception since he went native after being hired). The upside is that makes it more likely for these people to focus on their alleged jobs instead of stealing money. The downside is that makes it terribly difficult to work effectively with the normal players.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:02 AM (eYoxG)

251 247 Reparations is the modern danegeld except without the promise of not being raided.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 30, 2023 09:01 AM (R6joA)

More like a Mafia protection racquet being undertaken on an entire race's behalf. Supposedly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 30, 2023 09:03 AM (zZu0s)

252 O/T first-world problem/annoyance.

I am working on a little project and ordered some parts to build it. It requires eight parts from various sources. Parts 1-6 came this past weekend. Part 7 comes today. Part 8 comes on Friday. I am going to have a pile of parts and no way to proceed for, essentially, a week. The part I am waiting on is vital and I cannot work around its absence. This pile of *other* parts is going to be sitting on the table taunting me for a week.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

253 Never mentioned in the whole mess was that Ukraine had something like 1500 tanks before the war started, one of the largest tank forces in Europe, though no one knows how many of those were actually operable

Early on social media was full of "Ukrainian farmer grabs a Russian tank har har" but the Ukes and the Russians have the same tanks.

I suspect the early part of the war saw BOTH sides take significant losses in their tank forces because it is to easy to destroy a tank via infantry/missiles/drones now.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2023 09:03 AM (lc5cP)

254 Every male teen has run from the cops at least once, I'd imagine.
Posted by: Huck Follywood



Not every male teen.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:04 AM (ZVVGW)

255 Speaking of three toed sloths- someone did above- "Sunny Skyz" has a video of a sloth meeting a dog, or considering the way it reacted, they've probably known each other for a while:

https://tinyurl.com/2fb4wc2j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 09:04 AM (4LaEz)

256
His opinion of his own culpability means literally nothing. Fact is he was (and presumably still is, since he admits still being in recent contact) what used to be called either "compromised" or an out and out spy.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 08:59 AM (A7mhr)



Go into any jail or prison and ask the inmates whether their guilty or not. I'm betting the percentage of wrongly convicted persons is quite high.

Criminals NEVER lie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

257 252 Parts is parts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 09:05 AM (pBUtp)

258
I suspect the early part of the war saw BOTH sides take significant losses in their tank forces because it is to easy to destroy a tank via infantry/missiles/drones now.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2023 09:03 AM (lc5cP)

Probably. Tanks are much easier to destroy and tanks are still absolutely necessary for effective pushes seem to be two big lessons from the war.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:05 AM (eYoxG)

259 Hi, Fen.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 09:06 AM (pBUtp)

260
Not every male teen.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:04 AM (ZVVGW)



I did a few times. I knew as long as I could make it to one specific intersection, I was home free as the 3 remaining directions contained a hill, making it a guess on which way I went.

Worked every time. If they were lucky enough to guess the way I went, I'd have made it home and hid the car in time to watch them drive by.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

261 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:02 AM (eYoxG)

YD corollary to Gresham's Law: bad people drive out the good. It's why when institutions become as corrupt as ours, the only option is total destruction. They become self-reinforcing beyond repair.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 30, 2023 09:06 AM (oINRc)

262 71% is trending on Twitter
RNC Research
@RNCResearch

NBC POLL: 71% of Americans say the country is on the wrong track.

"Asked to describe where America is headed in the next year, more than two-thirds use negative words and phrases: 'downhill,' 'wrong track,' 'disaster,' 'hard times,' and 'uncertainty.'"
Chuck Todd-
https://tinyurl.com/yc4fv6wh

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

263 In the WSJ today: it now costs more to charge your EV than fill a car's gas tank. Apparently Biden is blocking the mining of minerals needed for EV just as much as he's blocking domestic oil and gas extraction.

Look around you and see all the power lines, the substations, the power generation facilities. All that needs to something like double in size and chaotic mess to support EV's being widespread. And, since America can't tolerate multiple power lines using the same poles, that infrastructure will not be multiple companies competing for your business, it'll be one power company (a monopoly) in each area.

Do people like monopolies? I thought not. Do we like huge messy numbers of power lines and (necessary) substations in our neighborhoods? Nope.

Even if EV's could be practical most people will NIMBY the required infrastructure and will continue to be angry at the imperious nature of monopoly power companies.

Because they already are, and we really want to make this worse? Seriously?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (CMvgr)

264 O/T first-world problem/annoyance.

I am working on a little project and ordered some parts to build it. It requires eight parts from various sources. Parts 1-6 came this past weekend. Part 7 comes today. Part 8 comes on Friday. I am going to have a pile of parts and no way to proceed for, essentially, a week. The part I am waiting on is vital and I cannot work around its absence. This pile of *other* parts is going to be sitting on the table taunting me for a week.
Posted by: Joe Mannix


Now, imagine you are a business.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (ZVVGW)

265 This pile of *other* parts is going to be sitting on the table taunting me for a week.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)



It's their way of motivating you to do a good job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

266 WE ARE OUR OWN WORSE ENEMY

******

It all depends on our definition of "we".

Seriously, the problem with short form commenting platforms like twitter is that one is left with trying to fill in the gaps between the words with context and suppositions. No room for nuance. Often one can spin a vague comment into whatever meaning you want it to have, based on the perceived tribal identity of the commenter.

What does LeBron's "TOO FACTUAL" tweet mean? Is he saying that the other tweet had too many facts and not enough righteous anger?? Or is it a ringing endorsement of the tweet, as in "So true! Preach it, sistah!!"? Or something else. I honestly can't tell. But the twitterverse will choose up sides and sing along with the chorus of their choosing. Meh!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (ykeLU)

267 Sponge, fugitive from justice.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (pBUtp)

268 I'm curious to see if ivory tower folderol about internalized white supremacy turning black cops into dusky Simon Legrees will actually work for them. They're certainly working that angle hard.

Shit, there are whole legions of race warriors who will never even know that this fella was killed by black cops. Just like there were people insisting Rittenhouse had to go to jail for shooting black guys. We're so far down the rabbit hole that anything's possible these days.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (KFhLj)

269 Chuck Todd-
https://tinyurl.com/yc4fv6wh
Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (NpAcC)



Is it OK that the information is coming from a retard like Chuck Todd?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

270 >>>IIRC, EVs are ~5% of cars on road, not sure on hybrids
~~~~~

Maybe that 5% includes hybrids. One out of twenty cars being EVs seems awfully high to me.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (3ImbR)

271 Let's take my post a bit farther, so running from a cop may be a crime. Was it enough of a crime to beat him to death, what crime is enough of a crime to beat anyone to death. He was down, cuff him for breaking the law of running from an officer of the law. This murder by cops is indefensible.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 30, 2023 09:09 AM (2NHgQ)

272 >>Reparations is the modern danegeld except without the promise of not being raided.


He's my crazy guess at what this will end up being if they do get it passed: I don't think they could ever send out individual checks, since this would require gemological proof/possibly even dna testing* and explicit discussions about what % black/% slave. So. . . they will instead use the lump sum to create all sorts of black-focused community services and benefits to address "systemic" slavery-associated issues, thus, it will become a ridiculously huge graft scam.

For politicians, as with any business, the reall money is in the repeat business -- and mailing a bunch of people checks does not get them dependent on the government nor the politicians and bureaucrats who need them coming back for more.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:09 AM (mqu1M)

273 The strain on the electrical grid isn't the only issue with EV's.

The extra weight of the battery cars is causing premature damage to roads and bridges.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

274 Sponge is Richard Kimble.

Posted by: dantesed at January 30, 2023 09:09 AM (88xKn)

275 261 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:02 AM (eYoxG)

YD corollary to Gresham's Law: bad people drive out the good. It's why when institutions become as corrupt as ours, the only option is total destruction. They become self-reinforcing beyond repair.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 30, 2023 09:06 AM (oINRc)

Yeah, successful bureaucratic reforms historically involved a lot of bloodshed. So really only differentiated from a revolution in that the government and governing heads were officially unchanged, though really the transfer of power was quite significant.

The "Auspicious Incident" of the Ottomans for instance is not officially a revolution, but practically carries many of the changes of one.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:10 AM (eYoxG)

276 Is it OK that the information is coming from a retard like Chuck Todd?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

***

I got kicked off Twatter the first time for calling him Chunk Tard.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 30, 2023 09:10 AM (flINI)

277 What does LeBron's "TOO FACTUAL" tweet mean?

He's saying that Blacks participating in policing efforts are engaging in "white supremacy" and are therefore "their own worst enemy." The linear neural path of an imbecile is easy to trace.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 30, 2023 09:10 AM (R6joA)

278 Sponge, fugitive from justice.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (pBUtp)



I'm The Bandit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

279 ***

I got kicked off Twatter the first time for calling him Chunk Tard.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 30, 2023 09:10 AM (flINI)



Maybe Elon will forgive you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

280 >>Maybe that 5% includes hybrids. One out of twenty cars being EVs seems awfully high to me.

Yeah, could be - just heard that stat in passing.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:11 AM (mqu1M)

281 possible headline of the
month.

Clever Bastards:

https://twitter.com/Denlesks/status/1619581065592733696

I may be blowing the
margins
*checks kneepads*

Posted by: Gooshy at January 30, 2023 09:11 AM (kV0Ps)

282 Sponge, fugitive from justice.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus


Running Man.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:12 AM (ZVVGW)

283 Practically I don't think a system that never becomes corrupt can be done.

Failsafe mechanisms (accidentally or on purpose, where an independent party is likely to act to do a system purge) have shown promise in the past. Still fails eventually but better than nothing.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:12 AM (eYoxG)

284 Is it OK that the information is coming from a retard like Chuck Todd?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
******
It probably pained him to report the NBC poll, unless maybe they want another Dem to replace Joe so they are trying to sway their audience.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

285 300 million ICE vehicles. 5 million EV's.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:12 AM (ZVVGW)

286 >>The extra weight of the battery cars is causing premature damage to roads and bridges.


IIRC, when they catch fire it takes A LOT of effort to put them out -- and could strain fire departments' current operations.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:12 AM (mqu1M)

287 The extra weight of the battery cars is causing premature damage to roads and bridges.

Posted by: Sponge



In a related note, anyone buying an EV ought to plan on buying tires 3x as often.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 30, 2023 09:13 AM (lTGtQ)

288 Maybe Elon will forgive you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

***

I got banned for life after asking Bill Krystal if he ever tired of shooting himself in the face. Twatter said it was a death threat. Fuck Twatter.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 30, 2023 09:13 AM (flINI)

289 "The strain on the electrical grid isn't the only issue with EV's.

The extra weight of the battery cars is causing premature damage to roads and bridges.

Posted by: Sponge"


I'm more worried they may make the country tip over.

Posted by: Ripley at January 30, 2023 09:13 AM (cUYo/)

290 Every male teen has run from the cops at least once, I'd imagine.
------

Big difference between running from Barney Fife and running from (insert favorite fictional corrupt, violent, big-city cop here).

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:13 AM (em09h)

291 Illegals are now demanding long term free housing in NYC.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 30, 2023 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

292 271 Let's take my post a bit farther, so running from a cop may be a crime. Was it enough of a crime to beat him to death, what crime is enough of a crime to beat anyone to death. He was down, cuff him for breaking the law of running from an officer of the law. This murder by cops is indefensible.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 30, 2023 09:09 AM (2NHgQ)

No one said it was defensible. Thus, why the 5 cops were already charged before the media made it a "national issue".

It's a local crime/cop issue which folks not in Memphis probably care little for...I mean, with charges announced against black cops before video release, there was no doubt in my mind on guilt - I didn't need to and haven't watched the video (aka the circuses)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 30, 2023 09:14 AM (exHjb)

293 Disclose.tv @disclosetv
NEW - Mayor Lightfoot dances in streets at Chinese new year parade as crime soars 61% in Chicago and stores flee violent chaos.

https://tinyurl.com/2s3by9n6

[Daily Mail report]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 09:14 AM (Vwz3I)

294 What does LeBron's "TOO FACTUAL" tweet mean? Is he saying that the other tweet had too many facts and not enough righteous anger?? Or is it a ringing endorsement of the tweet, as in "So true! Preach it, sistah!!"? Or something else. I honestly can't tell. But the twitterverse will choose up sides and sing along with the chorus of their choosing. Meh!
Posted by: Muldoon at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (ykeLU)
====================
Interesting. I posted this exact twitter interaction a couple of days ago here, and I assumed instantly the latter. There is a bit more to the tweets, but I did read it as a sardonic comment along the lines of Jack Nicholson's character in a Few Good Men, with LeBron saying "you want the facts? you can't handle the facts!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:14 AM (CMvgr)

295 Even if EV's could be practical most people will NIMBY the required infrastructure and will continue to be angry at the imperious nature of monopoly power companies.

Because they already are, and we really want to make this worse? Seriously?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (CMvgr)

You just gave me a thought. No one at a Big Govt level know how much gas you buy but it is almost public knowledge (I guess any city, county, or state employee can find the data) your electrical consumption.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)

296 Now, imagine you are a business.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:07 AM (ZVVGW)
++++
Oh, yes. Operational hell and possible failure. At my last company (computer hardware), the delivery window extended from 6-8 weeks to 3-6 months because of these very problems. We also added more suppliers and made part substitutions - sometimes bad ones, that required a lot of re-engineering to make it work and will cause downstream supply chain and repair pipeline problems for the next 5-7 years because they will have to stock multiple parts whereas they used to stock one, and it will necessitate more intra-network part movement and technician training to deal with the variants - just to get product out the door reliably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 09:15 AM (t0OGg)

297 IIRC, EVs are ~5% of cars on road, not sure on hybrids
--

They're not even 5% of all new car sales in California.

I doubt they're even 1/2 of 1% of all cars on the road, and probably 80% of those are government or corporate ESG motivated leased EVs.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:15 AM (em09h)

298 >>NEW - Mayor Lightfoot dances in streets at Chinese new year parade as crime soars 61% in Chicago and stores flee violent chaos.


When did we start celebrating Chinese new year?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:15 AM (mqu1M)

299 Although I can certainly see the EV crowd pretending they like hybrids to try and pump up the total numbers.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:16 AM (em09h)

300 You should have called him Chuck Turd. That would have been less ambiguous.

Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 09:16 AM (4h9M3)

301 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Good morning, Bulgar.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2023 09:16 AM (D+F6R)

302 Disclose.tv @disclosetv · 4h
JUST IN - Bill Gates says he had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein and "that's all."

You know, just 57 times IIRC.

No wonder he looked so fat at the Aussie Open tennis.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 09:17 AM (Vwz3I)

303 Clever Bastards:

https://twitter.com/Denlesks/
status/1619581065592733696

I may be blowing the
margins
*checks kneepads*
Posted by: Gooshy at January 30, 2023 09:11 AM (kV0Ps)



Age restricted. Need to log in to view. What's it say?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

304 Practically I don't think a system that never becomes corrupt can be done.

------

Nope. No such thing as a fruit that doesn't rot, either.

All systems of power attract evil people. Those people make room for others like themselves, carving out sections of evil for their gang. This happens until decent people can no longer advance or even thrive, and opt out of the system. The corruption accelerates until it's total. We are there.

At this point you either accept the corruption, or not, but you can't address it without fully dismantling the entire power structure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 30, 2023 09:17 AM (oINRc)

305 IIRC, when they catch fire it takes A LOT of effort to put them out -- and could strain fire departments' current operations.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:12 AM (mqu1M)
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not forgetting that lithium is toxic to humans, so burning lithium should by rights be at least discussed as a serious environmental hazard. Instead, it just isn't mentioned.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:17 AM (CMvgr)

306 All of the banter over crickets as a food source has left me wondering which family would prove to the best to harvest for society as a whole. So many choices - and I'd image so many flavors. Would a Mormon cricket set itself apart because of its clean living? How about the Jerusalem cricket, - would it prove to be more suitable because of its girth? And we can't ignore the common house cricket, - the black widows in one of my mechanical rooms seem to favor its size and availability.

Which cricket is the Kobe beef of crickets?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 30, 2023 09:18 AM (Jg7EG)

307 There's more oil than lithium.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at January 30, 2023 09:18 AM (DhOHl)

308 I wonder how long it will be until they rename the Isle of Wight.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 09:18 AM (pBUtp)

309 291>> Illegals are now demanding long term free housing in NYC.>>


Guess what. They'll probably get it.

Posted by: Ziba at January 30, 2023 09:18 AM (4h9M3)

310 It's also how we devolve into Yugoslavia 1992.

Having served twice in the Balkans, I can say the breakup of Yugoslavia was like ripping off a bandaid...very painful for everyone for a brief period of time, but pretty swift healing and recovery for most of the new nations (Kosovo and Serbia got hit hard, and are still dealing with political and economic issues from the war).

A breakup of the US would be similar...except it would have terrible consequences for global stability, as aggressive nations would take advantage of the power vacuum. China invading Taiwan, for starters.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 30, 2023 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

311 >> Illegals are now demanding long term free housing in NYC


LOLGF sanctuary cities!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:19 AM (mqu1M)

312 Go to the twitterfeed of LaurenwitzkeDE
She is investigating the Memphis killing and the theory that it was a gang-related hit because the driver was seeing the former woman of one if the cops involved.


There is a LOT that does not add up here. Also rumors locally that the cops themselves were gang members.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J Trump is our duly elected president at January 30, 2023 09:19 AM (l0Cy4)

313 We also added more suppliers and made part substitutions - sometimes bad ones, that required a lot of re-engineering to make it work and will cause downstream supply chain and repair pipeline problems for the next 5-7 years because they will have to stock multiple parts whereas they used to stock one, and it will necessitate more intra-network part movement and technician training to deal with the variants - just to get product out the door reliably.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 09:15 AM (t0OGg)



Smart PDU's for my data center have a 20 to 30 week lead time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

314 There's more oil than lithium.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at January 30, 2023 09:18 AM (DhOHl)

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Just explains the epidemic of bipolar manic-depressives.

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 30, 2023 09:20 AM (psNWM)

315 not forgetting that lithium is toxic to humans, so burning lithium should by rights be at least discussed as a serious environmental hazard. Instead, it just isn't mentioned.
Posted by: Huck Follywood


How much environmental trouble would one get in if they lit off a pile of lithium? Yet your car catches fire and it's a free pass?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:20 AM (ZVVGW)

316 You just gave me a thought. No one at a Big Govt level know how much gas you buy but it is almost public knowledge (I guess any city, county, or state employee can find the data) your electrical consumption.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)
================
and shutting off your electricity suddenly means you can't cook, can't light or heat your house, and can't travel for work.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:20 AM (CMvgr)

317 Wow

"Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing 'a clip' at a target, and 'aim for the head'

“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025," said Gen. Mike Minihan in a memo sent to the officers he commands and obtained by NBC News."

https://tinyurl.com/2lklx77a

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (em09h)

318 IIRC, when they catch fire it takes A LOT of effort to put them out -- and could strain fire departments' current operations.
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Metro Fire of Sacramento @metrofirepio · Jan 28 Replying to @metrofirepio
The vehicle battery compartment spontaneously caught fire while it was traveling freeway speeds on EB Hwy 50. The fire was extinguished with approx 6,000 gallons of water, as the battery cells continued to combust. Thankfully no injuries were reported.

Metro Fire of Sacramento @metrofirepio
Crews arrived to a Tesla Model S engulfed in flames, nothing unusual prior. 2 Fire Engines, a water tender, and a ladder truck were requested to assist. Crews used jacks to access the underside to extinguish and cool the battery. Thousands of gallons were used in extinguishment.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (Vwz3I)

319 hi Sponge!

It's a headline:

China May Be Using Sea To
Hide Its Submarines

Posted by: Gooshy at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (kV0Ps)

320 Smart PDU's for my data center have a 20 to 30 week lead time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)
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*Still?* I have been out of the hardware game for about a year now, but power delivery (power supplies, rectifiers, PDUs, etc. - all things datacenter or server power, though for us it was mostly power supplies) products were a huge problem even then.

So not better, then. Oy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

321 >>“Instead of journalists learning to code, the code is learning journalism.”


Both frightening and a super-dose of schadenfreude.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (mqu1M)

322 “Instead of journalists learning to code, the code is learning journalism.”
BuzzFeed Stock Soars on News of Plans for AI to Create Content
________

I expected that to be a link to the Babylon Bee.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2023 09:22 AM (TgBWG)

323 IIRC, when they catch fire it takes A LOT of effort to put them out -- and could strain fire departments' current operations.

--

Little bitty cell phone batteries have a bad habit of burning down municipal recycling facilities.

Weird how no one talks about that, isn't it?

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:23 AM (em09h)

324 Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (em09h)
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oddly, he goes on to suggest everyone check in with the base legal office, presumably to get their will in order.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:23 AM (CMvgr)

325 and shutting off your electricity suddenly means you can't cook, can't light or heat your house, and can't travel for work.
Posted by: Huck Follywood


Can't work from home.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2023 09:24 AM (ZVVGW)

326 China May Be Using Sea To
Hide Its Submarines

Posted by: Gooshy at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (kV0Ps)



How sneaky! Such a crazy plan, it just might work!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

327 Nova Local. Nope, no one here is defending the cops but a few were questioning the role the young man had in his own death. He had no role, that subject should never have been raised.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (2NHgQ)

328 317 Wow

"Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing 'a clip' at a target, and 'aim for the head'

“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025," said Gen. Mike Minihan in a memo sent to the officers he commands and obtained by NBC News."

https://tinyurl.com/2lklx77a
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (em09h)

Chinese wargames frequently envision a first strike on US forces in the region, believing it would frighten the US out of large scale interventions in Asia.

Which I think is a colossal misread of how Americans approach foreign policy.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (eYoxG)

329 “Instead of journalists learning to code, the code is learning journalism.”

Both frightening and a super-dose of schadenfreude.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:21 AM (mqu1M)
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Journalism is already at the point where everybody is just stealing their content from everyone else. It's always the same story, just slightly repackaged depending on the author. So now AI is just streamlining the process, saving the news division TONS of money in labor/benefit costs.

Welcome to your future, journalists!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (YIVH2)

330
Chinese wargames frequently envision a first strike on US forces in the region, believing it would frighten the US out of large scale interventions in Asia.

Which I think is a colossal misread of how Americans approach foreign policy.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (eYoxG)



Judging by how they handle the border conflict with India, I don't think they're as mighty as they think they are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

331 “Instead of journalists learning to code, the code is learning journalism.”
BuzzFeed Stock Soars on News of Plans for AI to Create Content


Why not? If you do no investigation, and every story is some variant on "that's racist," "that's sexist," "that's homophobic," "climate change" and various other magical thinking, why can't an AI generate that content?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM (KFhLj)

332 Which I think is a colossal misread of how Americans approach foreign policy.
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Nice dam you've got there. Shame if anything happened to it.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM (Vwz3I)

333 Chinese wargames frequently envision a first strike on US forces in the region, believing it would frighten the US out of large scale interventions in Asia.

Which I think is a colossal misread of how Americans approach foreign policy.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (eYoxG)


Because it went so well for the last Asian empire that tried it in 1941?

Posted by: Archer at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM (gmo/4)

334
Welcome to your future, journalists!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (YIVH2)



Or, as I like to say, REAP it, bitches.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

335 In the email string below taken from the Hunter laptop, Sandweg emailed Eric Schwerin at Rosemont Seneca (Hunter Biden’s firm) on November 2, 2015. Sandveg relayed information on one of the individuals from Burisma for whom Hunter was trying to get a visa for was Mr. Zlochevskyi.

John Sandweg, a former Homeland Security Department official in the Obama administration.

How did he get classified info out of DHS and State Dept and then how does he email same TS info to Hunter???

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 30, 2023 09:28 AM (BRHaw)

336 Chinese wargames frequently envision a first strike on US forces in the region, believing it would frighten the US out of large scale interventions in Asia.

Which I think is a colossal misread of how Americans approach foreign policy.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (eYoxG)


Judging by how they handle the border conflict with India, I don't think they're as mighty as they think they are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM


That invasion of Vietnam certainly worked out well for the Chinese.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 30, 2023 09:28 AM (uNylN)

337 331 Why not? If you do no investigation, and every story is some variant on "that's racist," "that's sexist," "that's homophobic," "climate change" and various other magical thinking, why can't an AI generate that content?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM (KFhLj)

==========

"Here are three random Tweets that prove that racism is alive in America."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being extravagant with Erich von Stroheim at January 30, 2023 09:28 AM (LvTSG)

338 The FBI raided a reputed Chinese police facility in Queens a couple of weeks ago. What did they find? Weapons?
Any detention cells? Interrogation tapes? Bodies of dead dissidents? Electronic eavesdropping equipment?

Story has disappeared.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:29 AM (SMcSP)

339 Are 'The Walls Closing In' on Joe Biden? New Details Raise Questions


Joe knows what classified documents and other items, like his office diaries, the Special Counsel has. His claim he does not know this, because his lawyers told him not to look, is for plausible deniability. Joe knows how to lie. Team Biden is not stonewalling because the materials all contain minor, harmless info that was mistakenly classified.

Posted by: Gref at January 30, 2023 09:30 AM (AMIL/)

340 @TheInsiderPaper · 5h
BREAKING: *Explosion in Peshawar* Worshippers killed in Pakistan mosque blast: hospital and police

@TheInsiderPaper · 4h
UPDATE - At least 25 killed, 120 injured in Pakistan mosque blast: govt official

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 09:30 AM (Vwz3I)

341 I don't think they could ever send out individual checks, since this would require gemological proof...

*********

Okay, ladies, gather around. '

Ruby, Diamond, Sapphire? You all get checks.

Pearl? Hmmm, that's sort of a gray area, we're going to submit that for further consideration

Posted by: Muldoon at January 30, 2023 09:30 AM (ykeLU)

342 NOOD Art

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 30, 2023 09:30 AM (nRMeC)

343 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 30, 2023 09:31 AM (pBUtp)

344 Because it went so well for the last Asian empire that tried it in 1941?


Japan didn't own FDR.

Of course China shooting at Americans seems...unlikely. If they start invading Taiwan what does Biden do? Likely intervene in the Ukraine war and claim we are "too busy" to intervene in Taiwan.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2023 09:31 AM (lc5cP)

345 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 30, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

346 nood downer

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 30, 2023 09:31 AM (Vwz3I)

347 344 "Because it went so well for the last Asian empire that tried it in 1941?"


Japan didn't own FDR.

Of course China shooting at Americans seems...unlikely. If they start invading Taiwan what does Biden do? Likely intervene in the Ukraine war and claim we are "too busy" to intervene in Taiwan.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 30, 2023 09:31 AM (lc5cP)

Chinese theorizing seems to suggest they believe the US will be less involved if they take out a carrier group rather than more likely.

I'm not saying it's a good theory, but if it's what they believe then it makes an attack much more likely.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:33 AM (eYoxG)

348 Michael Walsh: "It's not just the constitutional amendments that have contributed to the decline of the Republic, however: it's also the actions of an ever-burgeoning federal government

Michael Walsh needs to read Philip Hamburger and join my campaign to put him on SCOTUS.

Here, JJS, you can give this to Walsh for your birthday.

https://tinyurl.com/4h4vz7vx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 30, 2023 09:33 AM (SMcSP)

349 >>Journalism is already at the point where everybody is just stealing their content from everyone else. It's always the same story, just slightly repackaged depending on the author. So now AI is just streamlining the process, saving the news division TONS of money in labor/benefit costs.


What always shocks me is how much is more mean-girl/social nudging content than actual news. Just look at the home page of MS edge of any online general media site and it's a lot of 'here's why this is a bad person' us vs. them opinion being treated as if it's news. Now imagine AI doing the social nudging . . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:34 AM (mqu1M)

350 I didn't get a "Harumph" from ChatGPTJohnson!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 30, 2023 09:35 AM (ykeLU)

351 Chinese wargames frequently envision a first strike on US forces in the region, believing it would frighten the US out of large scale interventions in Asia.
============================

Ummmmm....

Posted by: Admiral Nagano Osami at January 30, 2023 09:35 AM (SMcSP)

352 Chinese wargames frequently envision a first strike on US forces in the region, believing it would frighten the US out of large scale interventions in Asia.
Which I think is a colossal misread of how Americans approach foreign policy.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 30, 2023 09:25 AM (eYoxG)
Because it went so well for the last Asian empire that tried it in 1941?
Posted by: Archer at January 30, 2023 09:27 AM (gmo/4)


Not so fast there, Bosco.

It depends on who's in power.

The Lightbringer hisself, Preezy Obama, played out the Obama Doctrine in a IIRC Flag Day or 4th of July speech that said -

the the US could easily take a nuclear hit and not respond because we're big enough to take it, rebuild, and not get drawn into conflict.

Add that together with China Joe's Bribe taking and all the rest of the Yuan crew in DC,

and there's a good chance that we walk away with our tails between our legs,

the 30-50% who vote Democrat would likely be on board with that.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 30, 2023 09:35 AM (KLPy8)

353 >>Ruby, Diamond, Sapphire? You all get checks.

LOL
D@mn autocorrect!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2023 09:35 AM (mqu1M)

354 The long march through the institutions ends with a march through institutional law: most notably the State bar associations who regulate who can practice law, and who gets shut down for "ethics" violations.

It's already obvious that the hard left no longer respects the letter or spirit of the Constitution, much less shares the values of Western classical liberalism. So all that's left to hide its naked power grabs from the mostly-passive electorate is the fig leaf of "following the law." So long as "the law" is not violated, according to a Hawaiian judge, or a compromised SCOTUS, or if their naked violations of election law are tossed on procedural grounds, if the immigration laws of Congress ge to be ignored by the Executive and this is never called out by a court, etc etc, the pure operation of leftist power under veneer of law continues.

So now that they're going after the law licenses of Giuliani, Eastman, etc etc, they are in the final stage of their march. When no lawyer can challenge patently illegal, "legal" arguments, under threat of disbarment, what's left to stop them?

Posted by: Zek at January 30, 2023 09:36 AM (5FPX4)

355 and there's a good chance that we walk away with our tails between our legs,

--

This is where I am. I don't think the drawdown of the Strategic Reserve was accidental to save 0.03 per gallon for the well-being of citizens.

Posted by: So your experiment failed, you created an IgG4 dominant antibody response in billions of people. at January 30, 2023 09:38 AM (vXGlH)

356 HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!

Posted by: Stuff Michael Brown Never Said at January 30, 2023 09:39 AM (sWM8x)

357 Coda to 354: I would bet Soros has already been spending millions seeding the State Bar Associations with his minions. It would be fully consistent with his approach to large DA races, and even more insidious.

Posted by: Zek at January 30, 2023 09:40 AM (5FPX4)

358 Yes, this country has a problem with "systemic equality"

Posted by: SMOD at January 30, 2023 10:50 AM (RHGPo)

359 When no lawyer can challenge patently illegal, "legal" arguments, under threat of disbarment, what's left to stop them?
Posted by: Zek at January 30, 2023 09:36 AM (5FPX

Welllllll.......

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 30, 2023 10:52 AM (Zvtjl)

Posted by: Goober at January 30, 2023 11:36 AM (Hgvgt)

361 Goober is an ass. Pay no attention.

Posted by: Goober's Mom and Caretaker at January 30, 2023 11:55 AM (wnpoX)

362 Posted by: Goober at January 30, 2023 11:36 AM (Hgvgt)


Hey, shit for brains. If you actually read and COMPREHENDED what I wrote. . . meh, you didn't and don't.

I actually compared what happened to Ashli Babbitt to this hapless dude. I do have a disdain for some police and all of the leadership of the federal LE and intel agencies.

That said, what sane person either runs from or resists arrest? It did not excuse what the cops did, but that said, look what they did to Derek Chauvin for doing his job?

And cursing at me is not smart either, tough guy.

Go peddle your bullshit at Daily Kos.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 30, 2023 12:36 PM (x0n13)

363 Reparations? Moose outside should have told you. No, we're not closed, but the line starts over there behind those Native Americans.

What's that? Oh they claim we took all their land and exterminated the native population of North and South America. Hey don't judge, this was BC, Before Coffee.

Good luck with whatever your gripe is . Because i don't think there's going to be anything left when it's your turn

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