Daily Tech News 15 February 2023

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The Bing chatbot needs therapy. (Tom's Hardware)

No, it's not sentient. It needs to be scrapped and replaced with something that works.
Don't get us wrong — it's smart, adaptive, and impressively nuanced, but we already knew that. It impressed Reddit user Fit-Meet1359 with its ability to correctly answer a "theory of mind" puzzle, demonstrating that it was capable of discerning someone's true feelings even though they were never explicitly stated.
Here's where people misunderstand what ChatGPT does. It's a language model, so it does well on language puzzles. But it has no theory of mind, which you can tell because as soon as you change the puzzle it gets things horribly wrong.
This sentence is an example of a Winograd schema challenge, which is a machine intelligence test that can only be solved using commonsense reasoning (as well as general knowledge). However, it's worth noting that Winograd schema challenges usually involve a pair of sentences, and I tried a couple of pairs of sentences with Bing's chatbot and received incorrect answers.
Yeah, no shit.

Funny they mention Terry Winograd, because he wrote a more impressive AI than this for his PhD thesis... Back in 1970.

And then abandoned AI research because he considered it to be mostly trickery playing on the preconceptions of humans.

Tech News

Qualcomm's next-generation-and-a-half-ish Snapdragon Gen 3 for Galaxy could be faster than Apple's next-generation A17 Bionic unless it isn't. (WCCFTech)

Signs point to meh. Well, that's not entirely fair. Arm has picked up the pace on its cores a lot in recent years. Signs point to maybe.
Linode, now rebranded as Akamai Cloud Server Thingy, plans to deploy in fifty new cities around the world this year. (Linode)

That will move it right past Vultr, which already offers great support for far-flung networks with 30 locations currently active (and servers starting at $2.50 per month).
Why Johnny can't deploy Hadoop. (Phys.org)

Pick any three:

1. Johnny is dumb.
2. Johnny's teachers are communists.
3. The communists closed schools for two years.

Disclaimer: Johnny can however navigate his way through seven levels of parental controls to play Roblox at 10PM.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 04:02 AM (xhxe8)

2 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 15, 2023 04:03 AM (Uu1OU)

3 And then abandoned AI research because he considered it to be mostly trickery playing on the preconceptions of humans.

Cool

Now do Politicians

Posted by: Art Bell's Other Bartender at February 15, 2023 04:06 AM (2hexI)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 15, 2023 04:06 AM (T4tVD)

5 Mornin', all
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

Happy Belated Valentine's Day !

Posted by: JT at February 15, 2023 04:07 AM (T4tVD)

6 JT

Posted by: blurred photo somewhat resembling Bigfoot at February 15, 2023 04:07 AM (2hexI)

7 Miklos !

Posted by: JT at February 15, 2023 04:09 AM (T4tVD)

8 BOING!

Not to be confused with Bing.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 15, 2023 04:09 AM (UW/qx)

9 BOING!

Not to be confused with Bing.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Or boink

Posted by: Hunter B. at February 15, 2023 04:10 AM (2hexI)

10 AI must to be prohibited!

Posted by: Macedonian Content Farmers, with Wives and Children to support at February 15, 2023 04:13 AM (2hexI)

11 Thank you JT! Same to you

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 15, 2023 04:14 AM (Uu1OU)

12
AI is like fusion, always 10 years away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 04:14 AM (enJYY)

13 Or boink
Posted by: Hunter B. at February 15, 2023 04:10 AM (2hexI)
-

Hunter, how did you miss it?! You should have said, "or bong."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 15, 2023 04:15 AM (UW/qx)

14 Present.

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 04:16 AM (4UYlo)

15 Present.
Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 04:16 AM (4UYlo)
-

Bigger than a breadbox?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 15, 2023 04:17 AM (UW/qx)

16 Bong or boink, boink or bong.

Both would be good for me.

Posted by: Hunter B. does not hurt Russian hookers, just ask them at February 15, 2023 04:18 AM (2hexI)

17 Thank you JT! Same to you
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

Posted by: JT at February 15, 2023 04:19 AM (T4tVD)

18 Not to be confused with Bing.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Who was an asshole on set, by the way

Posted by: Bob Hope, on the road at February 15, 2023 04:19 AM (2hexI)

19 Who was an asshole on set, by the way
Posted by: Bob Hope, on the road at February 15, 2023 04:19 AM (2hexI)
-

Nostalgia:

https://youtu.be/fIe_RMCyXDk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 15, 2023 04:22 AM (UW/qx)

20 >>>2. Johnny's teachers are communists. 3. The communists closed schools for two years.

These are the correct answers to so many questions today.

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 04:26 AM (4UYlo)

21 Nostalgia:

https://youtu.be/fIe_RMCyXDk
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

I thought it was gonna be this classic-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIKZ42DaiA

Posted by: Miklos, who got Bob Hope's autograph a while back at February 15, 2023 04:27 AM (2hexI)

22 2. Johnny's teachers are communists. 3. The communists closed schools for two years.

These are the correct answers to so many questions today.
Posted by: m

I prefer the classics: Mt. St. Helen’s and backward masking Beatles’ lyrics …

Posted by: Adriane the Unskiing Critic . . . at February 15, 2023 04:30 AM (jonTH)

23
Workers' of the world untie!

Posted by: Little Johnny at February 15, 2023 04:32 AM (enJYY)

24 I thought it was gonna be this classic-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIKZ42DaiA
Posted by: Miklos, who got Bob Hope's autograph a while back at February 15, 2023 04:27 AM (2hexI)
-

Famous clip. But there's no Bing there. And you know what? It's gotten hard to laugh at that anymore.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 15, 2023 04:33 AM (UW/qx)

25 Workers' of the world untie!
Posted by: Little Johnny

You have nothing to loose but your shoelaces !!!

Posted by: Adriane is not a good motivational speaking Critic . . . at February 15, 2023 04:35 AM (jonTH)

26 Workers' of the world untie!
Posted by: Little Johnny

You have nothing to loose but your shoelaces !!!
Posted by: Adriane

They gonna put you Workers of the World back in chains!

Posted by: Preznit Joey B. at February 15, 2023 04:40 AM (2hexI)

27 Evening and morning to all!

What exactly is "data literacy"? I'm not surprised that kids are doing poorly after being isolated and locked away from learning for so long, but what do they mean by that term? Basic math, science, and English skills? We used to call that something familiar and common-sense. What was it?
Oh, yeah. "Math," "science," and "English."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2023 04:42 AM (omVj0)

28 Why?

All employees must be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as a condition of employment. Exemptions from this requirement as a reasonable accommodation due to medical contraindication, disability, or sincerely held religious belief or practice will be considered.

https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs
View All Open Job Positions

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 04:47 AM (4UYlo)

29
All of the Catholic schools in my area stayed open the entire time. Some formerly closed Catholic schools re-opened because of demand. Catholic schools emphasize the three R's.

To see the F B I now trying to tar Catholics as "violent extremists" sorta made my day. The commies aren't even hiding it anymore.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 04:48 AM (enJYY)

30 Today is the first day I have to park in preparation for avoiding a parade that would otherwise block my route home. It's several blocks away, and it is convenient for driving, but the walk may be a strain. Something in my lower back is bothering me. I'm going to call the Workman's Compensation office and (try to) convince them this is connected with my fall from last October. The pain is mostly on the side I landed on, after all.

I'll have to take this zigzag route again tomorrow and Friday, and then it's all over for another year. Maybe the last for me, I pray.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2023 04:49 AM (omVj0)

31 What exactly is "data literacy"

Data Literasy?

Who dat?

Posted by: Miklos in best Irish Channel accent at February 15, 2023 04:49 AM (2hexI)

32 Christian reflection:

10 New Testament scripture lessons to keep you sane in a crazy world.

https://tinyurl.com/4cf9pmp4

Disclaimer- This is from a magazine for Christian African American women, so one of the problems it mentions is "rampant racism" That doesn't take away from the fact that the passages and reflections are, I think, helpful for any Christians.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 04:50 AM (EXcVb)

33 I showed up late for work a couple of times at the university bookstore.

No problem at all

Nawlins is the only place where getting stuck in or behind a parade is an accepted excuse.

Posted by: Miklos waves to crowd, tosses doubloons at February 15, 2023 04:51 AM (2hexI)

34 The Barnaby Jones this morning from 1973 features the actor who, 30+ years later, would play "The Most Interesting Man in the World" on the Dos Equis beer commercials. I thought he looked faintly familiar, though his hair and '70s pr0nstar 'stache were quite black in '73.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2023 04:53 AM (omVj0)

35
Nawlins is the only place where getting stuck in or behind a parade is an accepted excuse.
Posted by: Miklos waves to crowd, tosses doubloons at February 15, 2023

***
What about in Brazil during Carnival?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Making Rude Gestures to Parade Crowds at February 15, 2023 04:54 AM (omVj0)

36 All employees must be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as a condition of employment. Exemptions from this requirement as a reasonable accommodation due to medical contraindication, disability, or sincerely held religious belief or practice will be considered. . . .

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023

***
My employer still has that boilerplate language in offer letters. I'm going to question that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Making Rude Gestures to Parade Crowds at February 15, 2023 04:56 AM (omVj0)

37 What about in Brazil during Carnival?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I tried to drive to Rio, but got stuck behind Endymion AND Bacchus.

Posted by: Miklos notes that neighbor has Mardi Gras flags all around the house at February 15, 2023 04:57 AM (2hexI)

38 My employer still has that boilerplate language in offer letters. I'm going to question that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I can help

Posted by: ChatBot for HR at February 15, 2023 04:58 AM (2hexI)

39 Morning all!

Windy windy day here, but I will endeavor to persevere and I will pick up my friend and I will pick up the coffee cakes and I will drive the 4.5 hours to my friends condo so that we can (not) go ice fishing.

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:02 AM (vd8XM)

40 It's too bad the train wreck is releasing nitrous acid fumes, instead of nitrous oxide.

Posted by: Miklos giggles at the thought at February 15, 2023 05:06 AM (2hexI)

41 That we call these things 'AIs' shows how little we value intelligence. And people. And sentience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:06 AM (zZu0s)

42 Has anyone from the Bribem admin even mentioned the train and chemical burn?

Bootygig?

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:07 AM (vd8XM)

43 And sentience.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

That is not a complete sentience

Posted by: Grammar Stickler Miklos at February 15, 2023 05:08 AM (2hexI)

44
nitrous oxide

Just say NO.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 05:08 AM (enJYY)

45 That we call these things 'AIs' shows how little we value intelligence. And people. And sentience.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Shows what you know. I alway talk in complete sentience.

...AOC...

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:08 AM (vd8XM)

46 That is not a complete sentience
Posted by: Grammar Stickler Miklos at February 15, 2023 05:08 AM (2hexI)

Well it's early and I have not had my caffiene yet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:09 AM (zZu0s)

47 Has anyone from the Bribem admin even mentioned the train and chemical burn?

Bootygig?
Posted by: Bruce

He's still trying to figure out why the breast pump doesn't work

Posted by: Miklos guesses again at February 15, 2023 05:10 AM (2hexI)

48 46 my caffiene
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:09 AM (zZu0s)

-->my caffeine
Go get the caffeine now!

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:10 AM (4UYlo)

49 He's still trying to figure out why the breast pump doesn't work
Posted by: Miklos

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:11 AM (vd8XM)

50 Psalm 56:

This psalm has some really valuable thoughts- "God is for me" and God keeps my tears in a bottle."

https://tinyurl.com/bdfuhem6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 05:12 AM (pZ6T/)

51 my caffiene
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:09 AM (zZu0s)

-->my caffeine
Go get the caffeine now!
Posted by: m

Get this man Covfefe, STAT

Posted by: Prof. Dr. Chikoadinaka Wnankpa, Healer Of Herbalist Knowlewdges at February 15, 2023 05:12 AM (2hexI)

52 When is Mardi Gri?

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:13 AM (xhxe8)

53 When is Mardi Gri?
Posted by: Skip

maybe some Tuesday

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, mes cheres amis at February 15, 2023 05:15 AM (2hexI)

54 Pennsylvanian don't do drunken revelry. We get donuts 🍩

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:15 AM (xhxe8)

55
When is Mardi Gras 2023? Fat Tuesday is always 47 days before Easter. In 2023, Mardi Gras will take place on Tuesday, February 21, with Lent beginning on Wednesday, February 22....

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 05:15 AM (enJYY)

56 Marti Grill

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:15 AM (xhxe8)

57 Get this man Covfefe, STAT
Posted by: Prof. Dr. Chikoadinaka

How come I always gotta do everything?

And quit yelling! And call me Bob!!

...Bob STAT....

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:16 AM (vd8XM)

58 Good morning morons

Umm, Dianne, honey, Adam Schiff already announced your retirement last week. There, there.

*pats her gently on the arm*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:16 AM (EZebt)

59 "You picked a Fein Stein to leave me, Lucille."

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:18 AM (4UYlo)

60 Pennsylvanian don't do drunken revelry. We get donuts
Posted by: Skip

Around here they started doing the Paczki Day a number of years ago. People standing in line and ordering up a boxload to take to work.

I tried one and thought...It's a Bismark. These have been around here for years

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:19 AM (vd8XM)

61 52 When is Mardi Gri?
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:13 AM (xhxe

Ash Wednesday is the 22nd, so right about now?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:23 AM (zZu0s)

62 I tried one and thought...It's a Bismark. These have been around here for years

Posted by: Bruce

The only thing more underwhelming is when someone stopped and got a box of Krispy Kremes and brought them to work. Of course they were a couple hours old by the time we had them...I though, meh...it's a donut.

I know, hot and fresh. I noticed them selling them in the supermarket a few months later. Yeah right. That's like Dunkin Donuts that are all factory made and shipped in.

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:24 AM (vd8XM)

63
Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday.

Did not know that. Two (miserable) years of high school French and I never came across either Mardi or Gras. Merde, yes. A lot of Merde.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 05:24 AM (enJYY)

64 Did not know that. Two (miserable) years of high school French and I never came across either Mardi or Gras. Merde, yes. A lot of Merde.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

But luckily, you can find the library and discuss the color of your pencil box.

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:26 AM (vd8XM)

65 Lundi, mardi, mercredi
Jeudi, vendredi
Samedi, dimanche

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:26 AM (4UYlo)

66 When is Mardi Gri?
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:13 AM (xhxe

Ash Wednesday is the 22nd, so right about now?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:23 AM (zZu0s)

The Tuesday before- Feb 21

Posted by: LASue at February 15, 2023 05:27 AM (Ed8Zd)

67 The Tuesday before- Feb 21
Posted by: LASue at February 15, 2023 05:27 AM (Ed8Zd)

Oh, I thought they got a week of bacchanal in before the hammer fell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:29 AM (zZu0s)

68 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:30 AM (EZebt)

69
I do remember having to memorize this poem:

Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître Renard, par l’odeur alléché,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage :
« Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau !

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 05:30 AM (enJYY)

70 From the Babylon Bee...

Representative Ilhan Omar has canceled a planned rally to support the victims of the East Palestine chemical spill after learning East Palestine is actually in America.

"Oh... East Palestine is just a small town in Ohio? Is that where all the white people live?" said a disappointed Omar to her brother while they were out on a Valentine's Day date. "Who cares about Ohio? Some trains did something. Who cares?"

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

71 Overcast, barely see moon but no stars, supposed to be windy and well into 60s

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:32 AM (xhxe8)

72 God still answers prayer!

That is all

Posted by: CanuckJack appropriating Florida Man's culture at February 15, 2023 05:32 AM (KhVqk)

73 68 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:30 AM (EZebt)

Congrats!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at February 15, 2023 05:32 AM (zZu0s)

74 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Congratulations!

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:32 AM (vd8XM)

75 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 15, 2023 05:33 AM (ju2Fy)

76 Thank you, it was quite the scene at City Hall yesterday. Dozens of people getting hitched. They had a whole system going.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:34 AM (EZebt)

77 Posted by: CanuckJack appropriating Florida Man's culture at February 15, 2023 05:32 AM (KhVqk)

Amen. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 05:34 AM (o6EN0)

78 68 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:30 AM (EZebt)

Many happinesses on everybody!

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:34 AM (4UYlo)

79 San Franpsycho

May the marriage be happy, prosperous, and full of children.

At least he should not forget the anniversary date. A 2 for the price of 1 deal.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 05:36 AM (u82oZ)

80 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

My boss and I butted heads a number of times, so when I told her I was retiring, she got a sort of half smile on her face. Little did she realize that in 8 months the company would figure out the common denominator in the supply chain at our plant, and she would be "leaving to spend more time with her family"

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:37 AM (vd8XM)

81 Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:34 AM (4UYlo

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 05:37 AM (o6EN0)

82 « Hé ! »

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:38 AM (4UYlo)

83 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 05:39 AM (u82oZ)

84 « Hé ! »
Posted by: m

I'll take "strange sounds that Michael Jackson sang" for 500 please

Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:39 AM (vd8XM)

85 70 From the Babylon Bee...

said ... Omar to her brother while they were out on a Valentine's Day date
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

hah!

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 05:40 AM (4UYlo)

86 Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

Brutal and probably has a little bit of accuracy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 05:40 AM (o6EN0)

87 Pennsylvanian don't do drunken revelry. We get donuts 🍩
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:15 AM (xhxe

Philadelphia isn't Pennsylvania. It's occupied South Jersey territory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 05:40 AM (9UlRk)

88 m

Into the sauce kinda early? Here is another one: 🥃.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 05:41 AM (u82oZ)

89
Breakfast, hhmmm...🥃🍩

Maybe not a good idea.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 05:45 AM (enJYY)

90 Yet another rightwing conspiracy theory proven true.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2apwez

It is so bad that other senators have to use the translator tablet just to talk to him.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 05:47 AM (DK4U1)

91 When is Mardi Gri?
Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023

***
Gris-gris? We've got evil magic around us all the time.

Mardi Gras itself is next Tuesday, 2/21, this year. It varies, of course. Wehn I worked for Purolator, HQ'd in New Jersey, we had to explain to them every year why city delivery routes could not run that day. The hard part was explaining why it was not the same day every year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Making Rude Gestures to Parade Crowds at February 15, 2023 05:47 AM (omVj0)

92 Philadelphia isn't Pennsylvania. It's occupied South Jersey territory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I would happily give it back.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 05:48 AM (DK4U1)

93 Just the punchline: The problem with AI researchers is that they tend to cheat on toy problems in order to make progress.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 15, 2023 05:50 AM (iZEhM)

94 The problem with AI researchers is that they tend to cheat on toy problems in order to make progress.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 15, 2023 05:50 AM (iZEhM)

Now do every other flavor of science and engineering....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 05:51 AM (9UlRk)

95 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 05:51 AM (BRHaw)

96
We need to divide up the Electoral votes in Pennsylvania. Give Philly 3 of them and then tell them to stfd and stfu.

But it will never happen because the Republican party in this state embraces the suck.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 15, 2023 05:52 AM (enJYY)

97 What we really ought to do is allow states to invade each other and claim territory, like feudal barons.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 05:53 AM (9UlRk)

98 But it will never happen because the Republican party in this state embraces the suck.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

There is no PA GOP.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 05:53 AM (DK4U1)

99 My co-worker, the one with dyslexia who works hard (though sometimes not smart) to make up for it, has found another job and has resigned. I'm going to be involved in the hiring process; and with another colleague I'll be handling some of her work until we get the new person set up.

I've known her for more than 20 years. Going to be strange not to see her every week.

I'd love to tell my boss I'm retiring. But F. Joe's economy . . . I dunno if I dare.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Making Rude Gestures to Parade Crowds at February 15, 2023 05:53 AM (omVj0)

100 Rupert Murdoch and former Secretary of Education Betsy Devos, whose free-flying families are responsible for 4,357 and 4,117 metric tons of carbon dioxide, respectively.

Tom Siebel the billionaire is responsible for 4,649 tons of yearly emissions.

The average American emits 15.52 tons of carbon dioxide per year.

So it take the average American 267 years to equal those that will put us in petroleum slavery.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 05:54 AM (BRHaw)

101 When I was in government I had a meeting in New Orleans during Mardi Gras (feds planned that one) and I was really shocked at the public drinking and drunkenness.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:54 AM (EZebt)

102 Germantown isn't filled with Germans anymore

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:54 AM (sK0P2)

103 To really split hairs, the PA GOP *is* the suck which is embraced by a certain subset of voters.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 05:54 AM (9UlRk)

104 Ask them "Is Passover the same day every year?"

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 05:55 AM (TXFi7)

105 Last book read on the election, none of the 5 states whose election was stolen had much help from the bulk of the Republicans

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 05:59 AM (sK0P2)

106 PA GOP: Be the suck you wish to see embraced in the world.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:00 AM (9UlRk)

107 I had an Upper division AI class in 1977.

I thought that it was total BS.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:00 AM (TXFi7)

108 A college in Minnesota temporarily closed an exhibition displaying veiled women in various raunchy poses after some Muslim students were offended by the art.

The exhibition in Macalester College in St. Paul was put on by Iranian-American artist, Taravat Talepasand, 44, whose work challenges Islamic conservatism and the oppression of women.

Items on display included drawings of women in niqabs and high heels lifting their robes to reveal underwear, as well as porcelain sculptures of similar women with huge exposed breasts.

Some blasphemy is worse than other blasphemy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:00 AM (BRHaw)

109 Striking Temple University students cannot believe that the university revoked their free tuition:

https://tinyurl.com/4y3c73r5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 06:01 AM (fMPbv)

110 Some blasphemy is worse than other blasphemy.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:00 AM (BRHaw)

So Waraiotoko's "Portrait of the prophet in canine faeces and bacon grease" is probably right out, then, huh?

Oh well.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:03 AM (9UlRk)

111 The hard part was explaining why it was not the same day every year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Making Rude Gestures to Parade Crowds at February 15, 2023 05:47 AM (omVj0)

It is based on Easter.
The first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the spring equinox.
So 40 days before then.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:04 AM (BRHaw)

112 FenelonSpoke

The best grad students are supported by research dollars, but in STEM only. If the STEM grad students walk, no overhead dollars (which support University services) are earned by the faculty.

Philosophy majors should be more careful and thoughtful.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

113 North Philly is one of your truly scary ghettos, and I have lived in and been in some doozies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:07 AM (EZebt)

114 Conservative Catholic reflects on the fact that we're in a spiritual and physical war. I get a bit impatient when some RC people insist that they're the "one true church" because I don't see the point of arguing this when the godless communists /progressives consider any "religion" but their own heretical and IMO it's "one faith, one Lord, one baptism" but this man makes a good point- that we are in a physical and spiritual battle:

https://tinyurl.com/ykd8s72v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 06:09 AM (y8dKO)

115 Philosophy majors should be more careful and thoughtful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

They tried to unionize (not un-ionize, thankfully) the grad students at my place. We in the engineering college overwhelmingly voted "not just no but sweet Lao-Tzu's clickety-clacking tap shoes NO". Rest of the colleges were apparently too stoned or hungover to show up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:09 AM (9UlRk)

116 Getting the 3rd snowfall in a week. Took until mid Feb but winter finally showed up here. Better late than never I guess.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 15, 2023 06:10 AM (WUIOX)

117 Warai-otoko

The word pronunciation of unionize separates the chemists from everyone else.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

118 Striking Temple University students cannot believe that the university revoked their free tuition:
https://tinyurl.com/bde7dfsj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 06:01 AM (fMPbv)
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The striking sociology grad student says "LOL" in response. Let's see if Temple is serious.

(PS- Fen's tinyurl didn't work for me, so this one is different than her original)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:14 AM (xc/dn)

119 Tinfoilbaby

2nd snowfall big enough to plow is Wednesday night. So they say.

"Snowfall are like men. Until you see it, you don't know how many inches you are getting. "
- A worldly wise woman I knew in my youth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 06:16 AM (u82oZ)

120 North Philly is one of your truly scary ghettos, and I have lived in and been in some doozies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:07 AM (EZebt)
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It's just so unremittingly disgusting. Block after block that looks terrible.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:17 AM (xc/dn)

121 When I lived in Newark, my Chinese takeout had to be ordered in Spanish, and they passed the food to me through a bullet-proof airlock.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:20 AM (EZebt)

122 AI - garbage in, garbage out.

Posted by: Lottanerve at February 15, 2023 06:20 AM (JdcHc)

123 Have a great day, everyone.

May your travels be safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 15, 2023 06:21 AM (u82oZ)

124 Cya Salty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:21 AM (EZebt)

125 AI - garbage in, garbage out.
Posted by: Lottanerve at February 15, 2023 06:20 AM (JdcHc

That's how natural I works, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:22 AM (9UlRk)

126 Psycho, I didn't realize your daughter was getting married yesterday! Congratulations all around! Were you able to use any of the Australian we taught you?

Posted by: bluebell at February 15, 2023 06:23 AM (pTb/Z)

127 90 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 05:47 AM (DK4U1)
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As the 53-year-old senator began day three in the hospital for what his team called "lightheadedness" The New York Times said that some of those close to Sen. Fetterman are concerned about his health.

The "journalist" writing this was trying to explain the guy is practically comatose, while bearing in mind the fury of Giselle and her demands for "consequences" when someone breaks the omerta.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:23 AM (jmjZ+)

128 Giselle and her demands for "consequences" when someone breaks the omerta.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:23 AM (jmjZ+)

Hey, you gotta break a few legs to make an omerta.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:25 AM (9UlRk)

129 sure enough

Anthony McRae, the Michigan State shooter, was charged in June 2019 with illegally carrying a concealed handgun without a permit, but later had those charges dismissed by George Soros-backed prosecutor Carol Siemon.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:25 AM (BRHaw)

130 Thanks bluebell, they needed to resolve an immigration thing so went ahead and pre-married. I held the phone so his parents in Sydney could watch. I'm realizing today, I have a new son!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:26 AM (EZebt)

131 "Pete Buttigieg is so bad at his job people actually know who the Sec. of Transportation is."

From "The Bradford File"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 06:26 AM (1xrJ3)

132 And I know that the SF City Hall is absolutely beautiful. My daughter's fiancé was in a wedding there last year. It was in a different part of the Hall than where they usually do the ceremony, because the Hall was being remodeled for that heiress's wedding the next weekend. I forget her name, but I know you know. The one whose dress looked like broken glass.

Anyway, none of us could get over the Hall being remodeled for a particular wedding.

Posted by: bluebell at February 15, 2023 06:26 AM (pTb/Z)

133 68 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:30 AM (EZebt)
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Happiness, prosperity, and several children to the new Psycho family and a wonderful retirement to you, sir!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:27 AM (jmjZ+)

134 I'm waiting for the spate of news stories about Actual Burning Dumpsters to drop any day now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

135 Thanks bluebell, they needed to resolve an immigration thing so went ahead and pre-married. I held the phone so his parents in Sydney could watch. I'm realizing today, I have a new son!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:26 AM (EZebt)
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Amazing the red tape you have to go through when you do the immigration thing legally, isn't it?

Congrats to the new Psychos - May they have a long and happy life together filled with God's blessings.

Posted by: bluebell at February 15, 2023 06:29 AM (pTb/Z)

136 Popped balloons
Train Wrecks
Dumpster fires.

What other tidy little brick and mortar metonyms for "abject failure" you think we gonna see?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:30 AM (9UlRk)

137 China should float a giant Baby Trump balloon over the pacific northwest just to be dicks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:32 AM (9UlRk)

138 Fen,

Yes. A Spiritual Battle indeed.

An the Rosary is our Battering Ram.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:33 AM (TXFi7)

139 China should float a giant Baby Trump balloon over the pacific northwest just to be ~~dicks~~ hilarious.

FIFY

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:34 AM (TXFi7)

140 Thank you for the kind wishes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:34 AM (EZebt)

141 Project Baltimore, an investigative reporting initiative, analyzed the recent release of Baltimore City Public Schools 2022 test scores and made a shocking discovery: 23 of the city’s schools failed to produce a single student who was proficient in math. An additional 20 Baltimore schools had just one or two students who could do math at their grade level.

Pitiful Burn it down.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:36 AM (BRHaw)

142 137 China should float a giant Baby Trump balloon over the pacific northwest just to be dicks.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:32 AM (9UlRk)

Remember the Baby Trump balloon was about 5 ft tall. The MSM wrote it up like a Macy's giant.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

143 I see in the news some self-assured trans person in a twitter battle with J.K. Rowling called her a "Nazi" yesterday, and threatened to sue her for something or other. She responded by siccing her own lawyer on the dude, or whatever reality-bending gender it claims, and Rowling promptly got an abject apology. A good start.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:37 AM (jmjZ+)

144 China should float a giant Baby Trump balloon over the pacific northwest just to be dicks hilarious.

FIFY
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:34 AM (TXFi7)
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A Baby Biden balloon (if such a thing exists) would also be acceptable. Of course, that would be shot down the moment it launched...thus providing a convenient excuse for China to start WWIII...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2023 06:38 AM (BpYfr)

145 Remember the Baby Trump balloon was about 5 ft tall. The MSM wrote it up like a Macy's giant.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

Yuge. Luxurious. Biggest balloon... you've ever seen.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:38 AM (9UlRk)

146 No one is concerned with Biden's handling of classified materials anymore. Bravo, balloon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:38 AM (EZebt)

147 mornin yall

" 23 of the city’s schools failed to produce a single student who was proficient in math"

Wow that's like 1 in every 1 student, or 50%.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 06:39 AM (iayUP)

148 Wow that's like 1 in every 1 student, or 50%.
Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 06:39 AM (iayUP)
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Spoken like a true graduate of Baltimore's finest high schools!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2023 06:40 AM (BpYfr)

149 Math is racist!

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:41 AM (TXFi7)

150 Project Baltimore, an investigative reporting initiative, analyzed the recent release of Baltimore City Public Schools 2022 test scores and made a shocking discovery: 23 of the city’s schools failed to produce a single student who was proficient in math. An additional 20 Baltimore schools had just one or two students who could do math at their grade level.

Pitiful Burn it down.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:36 AM (BRHaw)
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Baltimore City? The whole thing? A tall order; that would probably take more than a Super Bowl....

Seriously though, one thing the left doesn't understand is why we reject their crazy culture, dominated by teachers unions and mentally ill drug users and the identity-politics obsessed. This result illustrates why.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:41 AM (jmjZ+)

151 Public drinking and drunkenness on Fat Tuesday are probably something that the white people brought over from Europe.

It's cultural appropriation if anyone else does it.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:42 AM (TXFi7)

152 The biggest fault Fetterman has is that he just cares too much.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 06:43 AM (DK4U1)

153 OMG.

Math is cultural appropriation.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 06:43 AM (TXFi7)

154 FORD PAUSES SHIPPING, BUILDING ELECTRIC F-150 MODEL DUE TO POTENTIAL BATTERY ISSUE

FORD, CHINESE FIRM PLAN $3.5B ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PLANT IN MICHIGAN

FORD UNVEILS NEW ELECTRIC RICKSHAW POWERED BY PEDAL DRIVEN GENERATOR

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 06:44 AM (iayUP)

155 Fetterman was famous for not showing up to his Lt. Governor job, the only paid job he's had in his life, soo have things really changed very much post-stroke?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:44 AM (jmjZ+)

156 You don't need any more proof of vote fraud in PA, Than a brain dead turnip mopping the floor with a media savvy cardio thoracic surgeon.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 06:45 AM (DK4U1)

157 135
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:26 AM (EZebt)

Congrats to the new Psychos
Posted by: bluebell at February 15, 2023 06:29 AM (pTb/Z)

LOL

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 06:48 AM (4UYlo)

158 >>>Why Johnny can't deploy Hadoop.

Read the article, followed through to Data Science for Everyone, looking at their resources for homeschoolers, and I came across this, which could be interesting.

https://www.callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2023 06:48 AM (PyOKD)

159 146 No one is concerned with Biden's handling of classified materials anymore. Bravo, balloon.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 06:38 AM (EZebt)

Good point.

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 06:49 AM (4UYlo)

160 Scotlands "First Minister" Nicola Sturgeon, whose been running the country for years, finally resigned today. She made everyone mad trying to open girls bathrooms to mentally ill men, and it finally cost her the job. Maybe the rest of Britain will follow Scotlands lead...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:49 AM (jmjZ+)

161 I'm gonna share this word I just learned from Pliny.
"Pseudobunion". It means "bastard turnip". Feel free to use as needed.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 06:49 AM (iayUP)

162 "who has", not whose. Sorry- coffee deprivation is a real thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:50 AM (jmjZ+)

163 Yesterday my daughter got married and I told my boss I'm retiring. Red-letter day, in hindsight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 05:30 AM (EZebt)

Congratulations x2.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2023 06:50 AM (PyOKD)

164 Schools had been going tango uniform since long before the covid debacle. Shutdowns were just the nail in the coffin.

You hire nothing but brainwashed up-talking dimwits to be your teachers, and hamstring the handful of decent teachers that somehow manage to squeak through selection, and it's inevitable your students will turn into complete failures.

But the hard truth of it is that it's almost always down to the parents anyway. Nobody at home who gives a shit about the kid? Kid's gonna have a rough time of it. Nobody taught the kid early on to shut the hell up and do what they're told? Some 20-year-old girl who's a complete stranger ain't gonna fix that. Especially if she ain't allowed to clip the little bastard with a yardstick for being a vicious little animal.

And on the other other hand, you really want your kids to Do What They're Told at Public Dildo Academy anyway?

The entire education system is a farce because it's been made compulsory and was captured by lunatics. And the No Child Left Behind ethos means every child gets stuck waiting at the starting gate while little dipshit nosepicker junior enjoys eating paste and torturing small animals.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:51 AM (9UlRk)

165 sure enough

Anthony McRae, the Michigan State shooter, was charged in June 2019 with illegally carrying a concealed handgun without a permit, but later had those charges dismissed by George Soros-backed prosecutor Carol Siemon.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:25 AM (BRHaw)

I suppose, soon enough, people are going to get fed up and start getting a little payback.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2023 06:52 AM (PyOKD)

166 The government is paying $2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States

Meanwhile, Social Security recipients who have paid into the system their whole live receive $1,400/month on average

THEY HATE AMERICANS

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:53 AM (BRHaw)

167 Really amazed and just a bit unsettled with how little attention things like the Ohio pipeline and the Russia pipeline are getting in the news. It's almost like they are now a partisan entity or something.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 15, 2023 06:55 AM (AaLDK)

168 Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:51 AM (9UlRk)

Quality rant.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 15, 2023 06:55 AM (PyOKD)

169 the Feds have been successful in forcing Tesla to open its proprietary car charging network too other electric car brands.

The Biden Junta will no doubt now issue a claim they successfully have completed the "national charging network" they promised to see built.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:56 AM (jmjZ+)

170 The Michigan situation will be interesting - a lot of storm and drag out of the political types, but there's a lot of rednecks up there. There's a slow train coming up around the bend.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 15, 2023 06:56 AM (AaLDK)

171 The government is paying $2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States

Meanwhile, Social Security recipients who have paid into the system their whole live receive $1,400/month on average

THEY HATE AMERICANS
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:53 AM (BRHaw)
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Vote harder.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 06:58 AM (jmjZ+)

172 Hunter, classified, we blew up the pipeline

Oh look! Balloon!

Anyhoooo.... trai--

More balloons!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 06:58 AM (+ZtMi)

173 More balloons!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 06:58 AM (+ZtMi)

WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S ALIENS BUT---

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 06:59 AM (9UlRk)

174 American's capacity for ignoring political scandal is amazing.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 07:00 AM (+ZtMi)

175 THEY HATE AMERICANS
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 06:53 AM (BRHaw)

One is a group of useless eaters who have nothing to contribute to society anymore.

The others are future voters.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 07:02 AM (+ZtMi)

176 During the pandemic, suicide became the second leading cause of death for U.S. children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Suicide is also the second leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 15 and 24.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 07:03 AM (BRHaw)

177 CAT, people are trying hard to just be left alone, but I agree there are too many of us standing in the corner with fingers in our ears yelling "nah nah nah, I can't hear you", trying to ignore the collapse right before our eyes these days

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 15, 2023 07:03 AM (AaLDK)

178 San Franpsycho watched his daughter get married, which is a joy that sad Chelsea Handler will never experience (link goes to Libs of Tik Tok)

https://tinyurl.com/yhrr7xbf

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:04 AM (jmjZ+)

179 American's capacity for ignoring political scandal is amazing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 15, 2023 07:00 AM (+ZtMi)

Maybe it's just scandal fatigue? So and So has got to go? And then what? So and So II Electric Boogaloo. Nobody gives a shit. Depravity and Stupidity are the new normal. No point agitating for Change when you're just putting the same ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag of a different material. I got work tomorrow, can't be bothered with which asshole is doing which bullshit. We're still prosperous enough as a nation to absorb a fantastic amount of absurdity before reaching an inflection point.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

180 Up early to bake a pie for my Bible Study. It's a frozen apple pie made by my parents' church, so all I have to do is prep it, put it in the oven, and wait for an hour and a half.

Posted by: tired pookysgirl at February 15, 2023 07:06 AM (dtlDP)

181 Revolutions aren't born of hope. They're born of despair.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:06 AM (9UlRk)

182 Chik-Fil-A's new Cauliflower sandwich costs $7. That's pretty expensive for a sandwich that you are going to end up hurling into the trash or toilet.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 07:06 AM (iayUP)

183 Kennedy's quote yesterday, "if you're confused, you understand the situation perfectly" sums up the Biden Presidency.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 15, 2023 07:07 AM (AaLDK)

184 said ... Omar to her brother while they were out on a Valentine's Day date
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2023 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

hah!
Posted by: m

My Husband, my brother and I are both highly offended.

Posted by: Ilhan O. at February 15, 2023 07:08 AM (2hexI)

185 Kennedy's quote yesterday, "if you're confused, you understand the situation perfectly" sums up the Biden Presidency.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

Look, Tuesday Fat!

Posted by: Party at Joe's place at February 15, 2023 07:09 AM (2hexI)

186 It's hilarious to see this amorphous "Them" simultaneously running everything into the ground to foment unrest, while wheedling and insinuating themselves into every position of power imaginable.

Pick one, imbeciles. You're just fomenting unrest against yourselves right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:11 AM (9UlRk)

187 For some reason, I found this article about Catholic dating life amusing, maybe because it says obvious things like "nobody wants to marry a stinky weirdo":

https://tinyurl.com/4p92msck

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 07:11 AM (3rWC6)

188 An overwhelming number of patients had a history of mental health conditions.... Eighty-seven percent of the patients were female, a sex skew that was also found in previous outbreaks of mass psychogenic illness.
No one knows why girls are more susceptible to this kind of social influence. One theory is that women may seek out belonging more than men do, and may empathize more strongly with others’ suffering. Women also experience higher rates of depression, anxiety and sexual trauma than men.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 07:12 AM (BRHaw)

189 WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S ALIENS BUT---
Posted by: Warai-otoko

NEW LAW

All members of the House and Senate and Cabinet Officers must have "I'm not saying it's aliens" guy hairstyles

Posted by: Presidente Miklos at February 15, 2023 07:12 AM (2hexI)

190 Oh, and for everyone wondering what's good for Valentines in fourth grade: squeezy balls ("Squishing you a very happy Valentine's Day"), small Lego sets (less than 15 pieces), a red plastic heart filled with candy, and, of course, candy.

Posted by: pookysgirl, surveying the pile of Pookette's spoils at February 15, 2023 07:12 AM (dtlDP)

191 Really amazed and just a bit unsettled with how little attention things like the Ohio pipeline and the Russia pipeline are getting in the news. It's almost like they are now a partisan entity or something.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 15, 2023 06:55 AM (AaLDK)
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Another good argument for a Trump or MAGA presidency-- environmental disasters would get wall-to-wall coverage, and FEMA would be giving daily briefings to reporters asking aggressive questions; Garland would leave his Jan 6 victims and come up from his basement torture chambers to announce an investigation of the Antifa types involved in this event.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:13 AM (Qq61G)

192 Posted by: tired pookysgirl at February 15, 2023 07:06 AM (dtlDP)

Isn't that kind of you to provide such a nice refreshment for the Bible study group. What are you studying?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 07:13 AM (3rWC6)

193 All members of the House and Senate and Cabinet Officers must have "I'm not saying it's aliens" guy hairstyles
Posted by: Presidente Miklos at February 15, 2023 07:12 AM (2hexI)

Seconded!!!!

Posted by: Senator Bernie Sanders at February 15, 2023 07:13 AM (9UlRk)

194 Oh, and for everyone wondering what's good for Valentines in fourth grade: squeezy balls ("Squishing you a very happy Valentine's Day"), small Lego sets (less than 15 pieces), a red plastic heart filled with candy, and, of course, candy.
Posted by: pookysgirl

*takes notes*

Posted by: Preznit Joey B. at February 15, 2023 07:14 AM (2hexI)

195 The Biden Junta announced sales of more oil from the NPR. Weird timing for market manipulation of oil prices-- Is a Democrat running in a special election or something?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:17 AM (Qq61G)

196 The Biden Junta announced sales of more oil from the NPR. Weird timing for market manipulation of oil prices-- Is a Democrat running in a special election or something?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:17 AM (Qq61G)
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Either they are using this to distract us from the chaos they've caused, or the chaos they've caused is meant to distract us from noticing how quickly they are emptying the SPR.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2023 07:19 AM (BpYfr)

197 You would think at least one Congresscritter after the balloon brief would show up at the presser with Conehead head gear. No sense of humor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 15, 2023 07:19 AM (lz5hY)

198 But is there any evidence that colleges that have gone whole hog into multiculturalism have better relations among the various groups on campus?

Thomas Sowell:
You want to see multiculturalism in action? Look at Yugoslavia, at Lebanon, at Sri Lanka, at Northern Ireland, at Azerbaijan, or wherever else group “identity” has been hyped. There is no point in the multiculturalists’ saying that this is not what they have in mind. You might as well open the floodgates and then say that you don’t mean for people to drown. Once you have opened the floodgates, you can’t tell the water where to do.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

199 Good morning. I feel like death warmed over. Either a reaction to the bone medicine the doctor put me on or I've caught something.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 15, 2023 07:20 AM (wagHN)

200 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 15, 2023 07:21 AM (XzIdt)

201 KJP "Bidens economic plan is indeed working"

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 15, 2023 07:21 AM (DB16e)

202 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 07:13 AM (3rWC6)

We just finished the first eight chapters of Joshua, and after this morning's Soup and Pie... um, Brunch (normally it's a supper, but our last one got postponed due to snow), it'll be the rest of Joshua. I'm guessing we're going to skim over the "this land was allotted to so-and-so, and this land was allotted to so-and-so...."

It's Coffee Break, if you're familiar with that at all.

Posted by: pookysgirl went to school with a Joshua for 13 years at February 15, 2023 07:22 AM (dtlDP)

203 176 During the pandemic, suicide became the second leading cause of death for U.S. children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Suicide is also the second leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 15 and 24.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 07:03 AM (BRHaw)

When there's nothing to live for in the present, and the future holds no hope, it's no wonder.

Posted by: This version of America is a dismal place indeed at February 15, 2023 07:22 AM (7b+Kq)

204 DOJ is apparently preparing to indict Trump's lawyer, the one who discovered and turned in an additional classified document at Mar-a-Lago after the FBI had their big public search. This action will be successful in persuading lawyers not to represent PDJT in the future.

Biden's attorneys, meanwhile, are safe from harm.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:22 AM (jmjZ+)

205 KJP "Bidens economic plan is indeed working"
Posted by: Fool Otto

I assess this as TRUE

Posted by: Miklos, so cynical for one so young at February 15, 2023 07:23 AM (2hexI)

206 Michigan AG says about the MSU shooting " I'm the top law enforcement official in the state and I couldn't prevent this... what hope do we have?'"

Well, the guy who did it is a convicted felon that you kept putting back on the street. Maybe you could have invited him into your home for milk and cookies.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 07:24 AM (iayUP)

207 179 We're still prosperous enough as a nation to absorb a fantastic amount of absurdity before reaching an inflection point.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

Maybe?

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 07:25 AM (4UYlo)

208 It's Coffee Break, if you're familiar with that at all.

Thanks. No; I am not familiar with that .I assume that is a name for a Bible study and not the name of the Apple pie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 07:26 AM (tv+Pu)

209 We're still prosperous enough as a nation to absorb a fantastic amount of absurdity before reaching an inflection point.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

Maybe?
Posted by: m

Hey guys!

Look!

I'm so thin!

Posted by: the Design Margin on a Keto Atkins Diet at February 15, 2023 07:27 AM (2hexI)

210 Chik-Fil-A's new Cauliflower sandwich costs $7. That's pretty expensive for a sandwich that you are going to end up hurling into the trash or toilet.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 07:06 AM (iayUP)

I thought my diet sucked. Poor bastards are contemplating a $7 cauliflower sammich?

Posted by: flounder at February 15, 2023 07:27 AM (PyOKD)

211 by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 15, 2023 07:20 AM (wagHN)

Sorry to hear that, Jewells. Will keep you in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 07:28 AM (tv+Pu)

212 201 KJP "Bidens economic plan is indeed working"
Posted by: Fool Otto at February 15, 2023 07:21 AM (DB16e)

Yeah, but what's its goal?

Posted by: m at February 15, 2023 07:29 AM (4UYlo)

213 In happier news, Rolling Stone has convinced itself President Trump will start using firing squads in his second term. No word on who will be shot, exactly, but Rolling Stone seems worried about it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:30 AM (jpCJg)

214 At this point, I am a complete Leninist.

"The Worse, the Better"

Posted by: Miklos, alumnus of Karl Marx University at February 15, 2023 07:30 AM (2hexI)

215 @195

>>The Biden Junta announced sales of more oil from the NPR. Weird timing for market manipulation of oil prices-- Is a Democrat running in a special election or something?

OPEC has announced a production cut of around 156k barrels, so The Junta wants to stave off price increases by replacing that production.

Gas is going to average close to 5 dollars a gallon come this summer.

As they say, gird your loins.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 15, 2023 07:30 AM (MW8Fh)

216 This action will be successful in persuading lawyers not to represent PDJT in the future.

Biden's attorneys, meanwhile, are safe from harm.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:22 AM (jmjZ+)

There's been a concerted effort over the last two years to get lawyers representing anyone to the right of Stalin into trouble. Bar complaints, ethics sanctions, and even outright arrest are some of the tactics I've seen. By Any Means Neccessary isn't just a motto, it's a way of life for these scum.

Posted by: pookysgirl, cringing at the omelet being made at February 15, 2023 07:30 AM (dtlDP)

217 Jewells my prayers are with you

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2023 07:31 AM (V+gFv)

218 Experts find the new Shit-Fil-A sandwich tasty and nutritious. "Saves time on digestion" and "Now I don't have to buy Ipicac anymore" were common comments.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 07:32 AM (iayUP)

219 yeah, good point, Pixy; AI seems to have gotten slicker over this half-century, but at the core, not really better.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 15, 2023 07:32 AM (XzIdt)

220 {jewells}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2023 07:32 AM (EZebt)

221 During the pandemic, suicide became the second leading cause of death for U.S. children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Suicide is also the second leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 15 and 24.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 07:03 AMAmnesty.

No amnesty.

Posted by: flounder at February 15, 2023 07:32 AM (PyOKD)

222 As they say, gird your loins.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

"They had to bring in a whole Pork Loin Barbeque in a Brink's truck"

Posted by: Miklos as Rush Limbaugh as Fritz Hollings at February 15, 2023 07:33 AM (2hexI)

223 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 07:26 AM (tv+Pu)

Hah, it's the name of the Bible Study organization. : P I don't know how "international" it really is, but I know it's pretty good material.

Posted by: pookysgirl, smelling wonderful pie at February 15, 2023 07:34 AM (dtlDP)

224 But don't try to grid your lions.

That shit's like herding cats.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

225 Jewells, I hope you get to feeling better.

Posted by: flounder at February 15, 2023 07:35 AM (PyOKD)

226 I've still got most of a barrel of loin gird left over from 2008.

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 07:35 AM (iayUP)

227 Does it go bad?

Posted by: fd at February 15, 2023 07:36 AM (iayUP)

228 In happier news, Rolling Stone has convinced itself President Trump will start using firing squads in his second term.

Oh for fucks sake.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 15, 2023 07:36 AM (wagHN)

229 Oh for fucks sake.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 15, 2023 07:36 AM (wagHN)

Slimy jerkwads.

Getting my hopes up for nothin'.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:37 AM (9UlRk)

230 I've still got most of a barrel of loin gird left over from 2008.
Posted by: fd

Grill

It actually says grill in Aramaic

Posted by: Brother Miklos at February 15, 2023 07:37 AM (2hexI)

231
Up, dressed, morning prayers said, puppies taken care of, kennel dogs let out, now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian streaming The Lotos Eaters by Sir Hubert Parry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 15, 2023 07:37 AM (MoZTd)

232 Maybe only on them (Rolling Stone writers and editors).

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 15, 2023 07:37 AM (TXFi7)

233 Josh Hawley seems to be a solid conservative and yet he introduces a bill that requires social media users to be at least 16.
Isn't that the parents job?

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (DB16e)

234 jeesh, if only ... !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (XzIdt)

235 Two Words

J

J

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

236 nood jj

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (DB16e)

237 In happier news, Rolling Stone has convinced itself President Trump will start using firing squads in his second term.

Oh for fucks sake.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

I will buy Newsweek and call them "mostly peaceful".

Posted by: Media Mogul Miklos at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (2hexI)

238 When I was born, the population of the country was half what it is today.

That's pretty mindboggling and explains a lot.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (yQpMk)

239 Isn't that the parents job?
Posted by: Fool Otto at February 15, 2023 07:38 AM (DB16e

I think he means IQ.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 15, 2023 07:39 AM (9UlRk)

240 Experts find the new Shit-Fil-A sandwich tasty and nutritious. "Saves time on digestion" and "Now I don't have to buy Ipicac anymore" were common comments.

The next one on the menu is a sandwich made of bugs?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 15, 2023 07:39 AM (l7lsb)

241 DOJ is apparently preparing to indict Trump's lawyer, the one who discovered and turned in an additional classified document at Mar-a-Lago after the FBI had their big public search. This action will be successful in persuading lawyers not to represent PDJT in the future.

Biden's attorneys, meanwhile, are safe from harm.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:22 AM (jmjZ+)
---
Doing an end-run around the Constitution to deny the former President of the United States his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2023 07:39 AM (BpYfr)

242 228 Firing squads in PDT's second term. Will they be taking volunteers? Can you shoot from the bench if your hip is on the fritz? Will there be refreshments?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 15, 2023 07:39 AM (lz5hY)

243 @227

>> Does it go bad?

No, it lasts forever, like that duck fat you've had floating around in the back of your refrigerator since the Carter administration.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 15, 2023 07:40 AM (MW8Fh)

244 Jewells my prayers are with you
Posted by: Skip

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at February 15, 2023 07:40 AM (T4tVD)

245
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 15, 2023 07:40 AM (ENBF0)

246 Has anyone from the Bribem admin even mentioned the train and chemical burn?
Bootygig?
Posted by: Bruce

He's still trying to figure out why the breast pump doesn't work
Posted by: Miklos guesses again at February 15, 2023 05:10

TY Miklos for my first hearty laugh of the day. Poor Petey couldn't figure out how to fill potholes in small town IN, let's put him in charge of our national transportation system is typical Dem mindset.

Fox had a female reporter in E Palesteen, she has more balls going there than this dude, who has a strange resemblance to Alfred E. Neumann.

Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2023 07:40 AM (55Qr6)

247 JJ has arrived

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 15, 2023 07:41 AM (RWVth)

248 "Common sense" is a looking-glass euphemism that means whatever you want it to mean.

Posted by: Jim at February 15, 2023 07:47 AM (qFmzj)

249 I use common sense as meaning a reasonable reaction to an obvious situation ie a car is bearing down on me, I should get out of the road.

I don't know any other usages.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 15, 2023 08:07 AM (yQpMk)

250 "Pete Buttigieg is so bad at his job people actually know who the Sec. of Transportation is."
From "The Bradford File"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2023 06:26

That is funny because it's true.

I did know Ray LaHood was SOT back in the day because he was IL SOT and J worked for IDOT. Now we are stuck w/ his son Darin as con-gresscritter. NOT in favor of political dynasties, they generally are corrupt.

Last good one was the Adams family, not the TV ones. Always admired John Quincy Adams.

Posted by: Farmer at February 15, 2023 08:15 AM (55Qr6)

251 Pixy- you forgot the most important reason why Johnny can't install Hadoop-

Its another useless POS Apache project that should never be used by a competent person ever!

Posted by: Joe Wagner at February 15, 2023 10:34 AM (ZS9TG)

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