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There's a teeny tiny bug in the Samsung Exynos chipsets used in some minor, unpopular devices, like Google's Pixel 6 and 7, Samsung's S22 and various mid-range models, and the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5. (Ars Technica)

The teeny tiny problem it presents is that people can hack your phone simply by calling it.

Or your watch.

Oops.

I've noticed I've been receiving a lot of spam calls to my mobile phone recently. Fortunately it doesn't use a Samsung chipset. I also have a Samsung phone but it's safely powered off right now.

If you have a Pixel 7 there's a fix right now so you just need to grab the latest update. If you have a Pixel 6 you're fucked: The solution is to turn off WiFi calling and voice-over-LTE, but Google in its infinite wisdom doesn't let you do that.

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Disclaimer: And when I say there is none, well I mean there is some.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 04:00 AM (T4tVD)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 04:00 AM (xhxe8)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 04:01 AM (4WgAx)

4 Ugg, it's Monday again.

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 04:01 AM (xhxe8)

5 We'll know the shit has really hit the fan when the weekend is over and it's not Monday.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 20, 2023 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

6 Australian Grand Prix is up next on schedule

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 04:02 AM (xhxe8)

7 https://youtu.be/1JnQfKIFERU

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 20, 2023 04:04 AM (sAmhv)

8 https://youtu.be/AkvHFBC35Oc

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 20, 2023 04:05 AM (sAmhv)

9 Ugg, it's Monday again.

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 04:01 AM (xhxe

(checks calendar)

Hmm, my calendar only has Saturday and Sunday on it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:07 AM (Angsy)

10 Just a night off. Go back Wednesday night.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 20, 2023 04:08 AM (sAmhv)

11 Evening and morning to all! 'Tis chilly, the last gasp of what is laughingly called "winter" here, about 41 F. The roller coaster continues -- we'll get near 80 and humid by mid-week, then some rain, and drier (ha!) by Friday but no cooler.

Dagny the Siberian kitten is back with Stirling and me, and they've been galloping and chasing each other with feline glee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:09 AM (omVj0)

12 Sometimes I wonder how Daylight Savings works Down Under.

But only sometimes.

Posted by: Miklos, vaguely bored at March 20, 2023 04:11 AM (2hexI)

13 Happy Spring. Getting some rain in S.F. Quite the thing, this current water year.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 20, 2023 04:14 AM (KAi1n)

14

"Your message has been rejected because it looks like spam. If you aren't a spammer, please try changing the text of your message."

Posted by: Miklos worries about Skip and is hated by Pixy at March 20, 2023 04:14 AM (2hexI)

15 Sometimes I wonder how Daylight Savings works Down Under.

But only sometimes.
Posted by: Miklos, vaguely bored at March 20, 2023

***
Howdy, Miklos! Well, they're heading into fall. So I suppose they would "fall back" and set the clocks -1:00, i.e., back to "real" time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:14 AM (omVj0)

16 And i've got a kitteh licking herself on me. Oh PG, it's time to get to bed....

Posted by: SFGoth at March 20, 2023 04:15 AM (KAi1n)

17 Pixy apparently bans the terms "Uggs" and/or Crocs.

Posted by: Miklos goes and figures at March 20, 2023 04:16 AM (2hexI)

18 Howdy, Miklos! Well, they're heading into fall. So I suppose they would "fall back" and set the clocks -1:00, i.e., back to "real" time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

But how do they spell "autumn" in Australianish?

Posted by: Miklos goes and figures some more at March 20, 2023 04:18 AM (2hexI)

19 Pixy apparently bans the terms "Uggs" and/or Crocs.

Posted by: Miklos goes and figures at March 20, 2023 04:16 AM (2hexI)

Wouldn't you?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:18 AM (Angsy)

20
Posted by: Orange jumpsuit Trump at March 20, 2023 04:04 AM

If I was the neighbor of the hack DA bringing charges against DJT I'd be boarding up the windows on that side of the house.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 04:19 AM (enJYY)

21 But how do they spell "autumn" in Australianish?

Autunm

I'm guessing Autunm

Posted by: Miklos, go figure at March 20, 2023 04:20 AM (2hexI)

22 Autumn in Australian is Spring

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 04:21 AM (xhxe8)

23 Pixy apparently bans the terms "Uggs" and/or Crocs.

Posted by: Miklos goes and figures at March 20, 2023 04:16 AM (2hexI)

Wouldn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I was trying to issue a Warning to Skip-

Ugg on Monday, Crocs by Wednesday

Posted by: Miklos, not a Slovak like they say at March 20, 2023 04:22 AM (2hexI)

24 Oh, that's right. First day of spring. We in cities are not connected to the seasons the way farmers are, so we continually get surprised when the official first day of a season arrives. It varies anywhere from the 20th to the 22nd of the given month. My mom's birthday was 9/22, and all her life, people -- including me -- were confused about her birthday because the first day of fall varied.

I didn't cement it into my head until I read Lord of the Rings. Bilbo and Frodo's birthdays were Sept. 22.

The main thing is that day and night are the same length today, and that -- if you're on the Tropic of Cancer -- the sun rises and sets directly in the east and west.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:22 AM (omVj0)

25 All that kamikaze talk:
Chicken Teriyaki was the last surviving kamikaze.

Posted by: Ciampino - sake is interesting at March 20, 2023 04:22 AM (qfLjt)

26 But how do they spell "autumn" in Australianish?
Posted by: Miklos goes and figures some more at March 20, 2023

***
"Fall, mate"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:23 AM (omVj0)

27 Wouldn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I can say "littllambsydivey" too.

Wouldn't you?

Posted by: Miklos, reasonably proficient at March 20, 2023 04:24 AM (2hexI)

28 22 But how do they spell "autumn" in Australianish?

Autunm

I'm guessing Autunm

Posted by: Miklos, go figure at March 20, 2023 04:20 AM (2hexI)
----
How about in Austrian?

Posted by: Ciampino -- sake is interesting at March 20, 2023 04:25 AM (qfLjt)

29 "Fall, mate"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

"Avva Bee"

Posted by: Miklos, who learnt Australian in London at March 20, 2023 04:25 AM (2hexI)

30 I can say "littllambsydivey" too.

Wouldn't you?

Posted by: Miklos, reasonably proficient at March 20, 2023 04:24 AM (2hexI)

Only in the original Klingon.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:26 AM (Angsy)

31 Hmmm. My work phone is an A53. It has not gone wacky yet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 20, 2023 04:29 AM (zZu0s)

32 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:23 AM (omVj0)

How's the work coming on your Baen contest entry?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:29 AM (Angsy)

33 Only in the original Klingon.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

HIRED

Posted by: Diversity and Inclusion Trekkie HR Department at March 20, 2023 04:30 AM (2hexI)

34 HIRED

Posted by: Diversity and Inclusion Trekkie HR Department at March 20, 2023 04:30 AM (2hexI)

Aw crap. I'm retired, I don't wanna work no more.

Can we make this a no show job?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:35 AM (Angsy)

35 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:23 AM (omVj0)

How's the work coming on your Baen contest entry?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023

***
You're up early, boyo!

My contest entry is a story I completed a couple of years ago and was vetted by my writing group at the time. So it's pretty much set. I've having the 3 remaining members go over it once more before the deadline. One has seen it before. And one is a pro, a writer of published mysteries who is branching out into SF. He's a tough critiquer -- I hope he doesn't find anything howlingly bad that I can't fix.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:37 AM (omVj0)

36 You're up early, boyo!

Old first shift hand. I'm up at all hours. Pixy post time was my wake up call. Hard to change after 20 years of it.

My contest entry is a story I completed a couple of years ago and was vetted by my writing group at the time. So it's pretty much set. I've having the 3 remaining members go over it once more before the deadline. One has seen it before. And one is a pro, a writer of published mysteries who is branching out into SF. He's a tough critiquer -- I hope he doesn't find anything howlingly bad that I can't fix.

That pro should help. At least you have time to correct anything and resubmit to him before deadline. Hope it makes it through for you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:43 AM (Angsy)

37 Posted by: Orange jumpsuit Trump at March 20, 2023 04:04 AM (Qmwl1)

Golly.

Posted by: m at March 20, 2023 04:46 AM (4VwiF)

38 That pro should help. At least you have time to correct anything and resubmit to him before deadline. Hope it makes it through for you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023

***
He hasn't vetted anything of mine before, but he had some solid comments about another member's submission last week. He articulated some of the same misgivings I've had about the guy's work: that his stuff seems rather distant from the reader, and that he often lacks a viewpoint character and doesn't show us what the lead is thinking and feeling. Odd, for someone who is more a poet and literary guy than an adventure storyteller.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 04:49 AM (omVj0)

39 So, UBS taking over Credit Suisse good, or bad?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:49 AM (Angsy)

40 5 We'll know the shit has really hit the fan when the weekend is over and it's not Monday.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 20, 2023 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

Well, the lib-touted 4-day workweek would yield a 3-day weekend, so that would mess it all up.

Posted by: m at March 20, 2023 04:53 AM (4VwiF)

41 A question for Pixy, if he's still around.

Oldest kid broke screen on relatively new Samsung phone. I bought her a new one because replacing screen in her area seemed to be a few hundred. Is it worth it to go to a "fix" place, or just dump the old phone?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:54 AM (Angsy)

42 I always thought the 4 10 model worked better, but then again, it has been a good long while since I only worked 40 hours a week.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 20, 2023 04:54 AM (zZu0s)

43 https://www.americanthinker.com/a gigantic egg all over brad raffenspergers face

In Christina Bobb's book only 1/3 the problem is Democrats/ Marxists vote fraud, the other half is so call Republicans who want it to happen

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 04:54 AM (xhxe8)

44 So, UBS taking over Credit Suisse good, or bad?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:49 AM (Angsy)

Apparently inevitable. No one apparently knows their counterparty risk or those that know it won’t say it.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 20, 2023 04:54 AM (3Hxlf)

45 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports a man was injured by gunfire after an argument on a bus yesterday evening in the Mission. Police had the bus surrounded yet the suspect managed to escape.

If he put compost in the recycling bin he would have been tried and executed on the spot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 04:56 AM (EZebt)

46 Apparently. Geese where’s my editor? So sorry for my apparent lack of apprehension.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 20, 2023 04:57 AM (3Hxlf)

47 44 I always thought the 4 10 model worked better, but then again, it has been a good long while since I only worked 40 hours a week.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 20, 2023 04:54 AM (zZu0s)

I had to google to learn:

"The 4/10 work schedule is when an employer specifies that the employee must work 10 hours per day for four days out of the week. Remember that this is a legally binding schedule which you cannot deviate from week to week."

Posted by: m at March 20, 2023 04:57 AM (4VwiF)

48 Apparently inevitable. No one apparently knows their counterparty risk or those that know it won’t say it.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 20, 2023 04:54 AM (3Hxlf)

I get a "what are they going to try to hide from us" vibe from these giant mergers/buy ups.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:57 AM (Angsy)

49 "The 4/10 work schedule is when an employer specifies that the employee must work 10 hours per day for four days out of the week. Remember that this is a legally binding schedule which you cannot deviate from week to week."

Posted by: m at March 20, 2023 04:57 AM (4VwiF)

It's just a sneaky way to avoid paying overtime.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:59 AM (Angsy)

50 51 "The 4/10 work schedule is when an employer specifies that the employee must work 10 hours per day for four days out of the week. Remember that this is a legally binding schedule which you cannot deviate from week to week."

Posted by: m at March 20, 2023 04:57 AM (4VwiF)

It's just a sneaky way to avoid paying overtime.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:59 AM (Angsy)

Very few places I have worked at that did 4 10s actually only worked 4 10s. Usually Friday is then used as an overflow day if needed. If everything works well though, then you have a 3 day weekend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 20, 2023 05:02 AM (zZu0s)

51 Below freezing but clear no wind, last day of below 60s for week

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 05:03 AM (xhxe8)

52
It's just a sneaky way to avoid paying overtime.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:59 AM

I worked a 4/10 schedule and everyone was paid overtime. But our hourly rates got cut before the first paycheck so we brought home the same pay as before. Everyone loved it and productivity was outstanding.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 05:03 AM (enJYY)

53 I worked a 4/10 schedule and everyone was paid overtime. But our hourly rates got cut before the first paycheck so we brought home the same pay as before. Everyone loved it and productivity was outstanding.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 05:03 AM (enJYY)

My industry (with held for security reasons) would never consider paying OT, that's why they'd use the four tens. They got the OT laws changed to reflect that. OT would only start after ten hour shift per day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 05:07 AM (Angsy)

54 I'm old enough to remember when Credit Suisse bought First Boston. Good times...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 05:07 AM (EZebt)

55 I get a "what are they going to try to hide from us" vibe from these giant mergers/buy ups.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 04:57 AM (Angsy)

There are supposed to be people at every bank who understand and require management to “hedge” the risk associated with booking too much of any particular kind of exposure. Including long term fixed rate loans. Supposedly Credit Suisse has been willing to accept massive amounts of this offset risk. Much like AIG did in 2008. Problem is that they haven’t been very forthcoming about how much of this they took on and with whom. Big investors are very nervous about being caught in a potential bank run. So they start pulling deposits and other assets based on rumors.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 20, 2023 05:07 AM (3Hxlf)

56
My industry (with held for security reasons) would never consider paying OT, that's why they'd use the four tens. They got the OT laws changed to reflect that. OT would only start after ten hour shift per day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 05:07 AM

Some small percentage of the work we did was for the government so as a government contractor we had to pay OT. So we 'worked around it'. No big deal.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 05:10 AM (enJYY)

57 Some small percentage of the work we did was for the government so as a government contractor we had to pay OT. So we 'worked around it'. No big deal.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 05:10 AM (enJYY)

Moot for me anyway, I'll never draw another paycheck. I like the idea of a three day weekend, but the extra hours per day in a public contact job wasn't very inviting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 05:14 AM (Angsy)

58
Three day weekends were great but there wasn't a whole lot of time mid work week to do stuff.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 05:19 AM (enJYY)

59 Three day weekends were great but there wasn't a whole lot of time mid work week to do stuff.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 05:19 AM (enJYY)

Well, weekends off were never the norm for me anyway. Three weekdays off would have been nice, get all the personal stuff done when everything was open. I just didn't like working more than eight hours.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 05:26 AM (Angsy)

60 Turns out SVB was a large donor to Newsom's wife's "charity."

Newsom lobbied the Feds to pay off SVB's depositors because he is one. Follow the money.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 05:29 AM (EZebt)

61 Green lights most of the way

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 05:32 AM (Ck5SS)

62 Our Daily Bread- readings from one of the psalms and a reference to Philippians . Oh, yes, I think I would have left his office if a psychiatrist had told me what the psychiatrist in this account did. I have dealt with psychiatrists both for my son and myself. Two were people of faith/one an Orthodox Jew, one a Catholic and one whose "religion" appeared to be insensitivity and erroneous assumptions. I guess like every professsion it's a mixed bag.

And as one of our esteemed posters here says Buyee( Sp)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2023 05:35 AM (mUOnp)

63 Seems to my reading SVB gave away hundreds of millions to Leftists with nothing expected to be returned

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 05:37 AM (Ck5SS)

64 Forgot the devotional link:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7cxakv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2023 05:37 AM (mUOnp)

65 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 20, 2023 05:38 AM (ju2Fy)

66 Seems to my reading SVB gave away hundreds of millions to Leftists with nothing expected to be returned
Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 05:37 AM (Ck5SS
===
Echoes of FTX

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 05:42 AM (EZebt)

67 I just didn't like working more than eight hours.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

For me, I just didn't like working.

But I have a habit I have to support. Eating

Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2023 05:42 AM (vd8XM)

68 But I have a habit I have to support. Eating

Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2023 05:42 AM (vd8XM)

Like Jimmy Soul could have said:

If you make an working woman your wife
You'll be fed for the rest of your life....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 05:45 AM (Angsy)

69
Google has demonstrated time and again that their motto, "Don't be evil", was merely a suggestion.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 20, 2023 05:45 AM (0lUzN)

70 To start the day off Right

https://tinyurl.com/36h3chrn

Posted by: Miklos needs Maceo and a Cape at March 20, 2023 05:46 AM (2hexI)

71 If you make an working woman your wife
You'll be fed for the rest of your life....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 05:45 AM (Angsy)
===
Does baking count?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 05:52 AM (EZebt)

72 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 05:53 AM (BRHaw)

73 Does baking count?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Only when you're making dough

Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2023 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

74 You know, I have never worked a job which is paid overtime per day (like after 8 hours?) I have always only got OT when in excess of 40.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 20, 2023 05:56 AM (zZu0s)

75 Does baking count?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 05:52 AM (EZebt)

Depends. If Ellie May's doing the baking....

Posted by: Jed Clampett at March 20, 2023 05:58 AM (Angsy)

76 Only when you're making dough
Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2023 05:53 AM (vd8XM)
===
Yesterday was chocolate cheesecake. Saturday was mini pecan pie tarts. Friday was almond cake.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 05:58 AM (EZebt)

77 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:00 AM (u82oZ)

78 Just finished watching a number of 77 Sunset Strip episodes this weekend. The show changed dramatically in its last year, going from a sprightly detective show with 3 major characters, some humor, and Hollywood glamour to film-noirish stuff with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as a lone private eye in LA. There were some good mysteries in that last year, and overall the show was well done. But EZ's character, Stu Bailey, was simply not the same guy. He went from pipe smoking to cigarettes, from worldly-wise boss of his agency to a world-weary guy given to smart remarks and a yen for his reluctant blonde secretary. Bailey was painted earlier as a former OSS agent. Hard to believe he would be yearning after a cute blonde like a lovesick youth.

It's almost as if his producers had turned Napoleon Solo from globe-trotting Enforcement agent to a hard-drinking, down-at-heel private eye with shabby suits and savage memories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 06:00 AM (omVj0)

79 Google has demonstrated time and again that their motto, "Don't be evil", was merely a suggestion.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

It is the progressive tactic of naming your org the opposite of what you are. Like Anti-Fa, and the Freedom and Democracy Defense League, oh, how we love freedom and democracy!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:03 AM (aylmF)

80 You know, I have never worked a job which is paid overtime per day (like after 8 hours?) I have always only got OT when in excess of 40.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 20, 2023 05:56 AM (zZu0s)
===
Work rules in CA have gone back and forth over the years depending on who was in power.

Coming soon to your jurisdiction: paid sick leave and paid health care.

I just got a letter from the city informing me I had $4,000 on deposit from a former employer that I can put into a Medical Reimbursement Account.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:03 AM (EZebt)

81 It's mostly 40 over for me most of my life

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 06:06 AM (Ck5SS)

82 Yesterday was chocolate cheesecake. Saturday was mini pecan pie tarts. Friday was almond cake.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yummmm!

Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2023 06:06 AM (vd8XM)

83 Finally warming up here. The tom turkeys are lined up and strutting for the hens, who ignore them. Bright red cardinals flit about, and deer regard my presence outdoors as an intrusion into their bed and breakfast place. The few calves around follow their moms.

It is pastoral.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

84 Here its
x1.5 after 8 hours and x2.0 after 12
1 hour PTO for every 30 hours worked
$2.40 per hour health care minimum expense from employer

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

85 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 20, 2023 06:00 AM (omVj0)

I should try to watch some of those classic tv shows. I don't have cable or subscriptions so I'd have to see if OTA channels show them. Might give me some writing help and ideas.

We've been spoiled though, I don't think I can sit through commercials. I tried to watch Hell on Wheels on some Roku offered channel, but when I saw "1 of 7" pop up at a commercial break, I turned it off. Can't stand watching a five minute segment then have to watch ten minutes of commercials....

Posted by: Jed Clampett at March 20, 2023 06:18 AM (Angsy)

86
Wrapped up my all Scouting weekend. Friday evening through Saturday evening were given over to conducting skills' challenges for our annual skills competition. We have staged this event for twenty-two years running come hell or high water. I am the last person who was there at the start who still works at staging each new one and I have been present for all twenty-two of them. I am the ho to guy who knows how to arrange the chllenges while trying to slip in a new one every so often.

Sunday I accompanied our gSon on the hour long nature walk. Having completed this, gSon earned Tiger Cub rank. Mrs. Krebs and I have two charity related events arranged at which he will join us to complete his last belt loop for advancement.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 20, 2023 06:19 AM (pNxlR)

87 The roughest job I ever worked was when we built the tall glass pylons at LAX that light up and change colors. It was 12 hrs a day mon-sat, 8 on sunday. Lasted 3 months. You only had time to work, eat and sleep. The money was great though. It was a prevailing wage job, the rate for us was $37/hr. I think half the crew bought new pick-ups cash money when it was over.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 20, 2023 06:21 AM (iSZpJ)

88 GeraldoRivera
·
Follow
Chris Christie could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS; savvy, swagger, moderation, toughness

ffs Gerry nobody wants Chris except for a celebrity pie eating

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:22 AM (BRHaw)

89 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

Your actions are reinforcing rods in the impressionable lives of select children. Well done.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:22 AM (u82oZ)

90 rhennigantx

Good morning to you.

Geraldo Rivera likes Chris Christie? He continues to be a fool.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

91 Does baking count?

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Ovens.

Buns.

Posted by: Miklos leaves this as exercise for Kind Readers at March 20, 2023 06:26 AM (2hexI)

92 Krebs sounds like a blast!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:26 AM (EZebt)

93 Oh, i see the intel community is now calling a "whoopsie" on getting the Iraq WMD intel wrong.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:27 AM (aylmF)

94 It's mostly 40 over for me most of my life
Posted by: Skip

OFF TO WORK YOUNG MAN

Posted by: Aunt Miklos at March 20, 2023 06:27 AM (2hexI)

95
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2023 06:30 AM (ENBF0)

96 Mmm love pecans, love pecan pie

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:30 AM (EZebt)

97 Geraldo Rivera could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS; savvy, swagger, moderation, toughness

Posted by: Chris Chrispy Krerme at March 20, 2023 06:31 AM (2hexI)

98 Cat Ass Trophy

Intel community gets a lot wrong.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

99 Have a great day, everyone.

May the promise of a new dawn invigorate you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:32 AM (u82oZ)

100 Oh, i see the intel community is now calling a "whoopsie" on getting the Iraq WMD intel wrong.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:27 AM (aylmF)
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Is this recent news? Or am I just that jaded?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:32 AM (EZebt)

101 Rachel Doležal
@DialloNkechi

Today, AZ Gov Hobbs signed The CROWN Act. Great job, Arizona, AAMSAZ, & everyone who has fought to get this passed. CROWN stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair. This legislation seeks to end centuries of hair discrimination across the U.S.

Fake Black w/ Fake Gov

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:33 AM (BRHaw)

102 90 rhennigantx

Good morning to you.

Geraldo Rivera likes Chris Christie? He continues to be a fool.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 20, 2023 06:24 AM (u82oZ)

back at u

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:33 AM (BRHaw)

103 Intel community gets a lot wrong.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

NaCly Dog reports on condition of confidentiality.

Posted by: Anonymous Miklos can nether confirm nor deny at March 20, 2023 06:34 AM (2hexI)

104 Krispy Kreme and Jerry Rivers deserve each other.

Both use a lot of spray tan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:35 AM (EZebt)

105 Can't stand watching a five minute segment then have to watch ten minutes of commercials....
Posted by: Jed Clampett

I use the mute button during the commercials. Show starts back up, you can usually hit rewind if you missed some of it.

Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2023 06:35 AM (vd8XM)

106 Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 20, 2023 06:21 AM (iSZpJ)

How interesting. I love those lighted pylons. We used them in a film. Good work.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 20, 2023 06:36 AM (ThaG8)

107 Today, AZ Gov Hobbs signed The CROWN Act. Great job, Arizona, AAMSAZ, & everyone who has fought to get this passed. CROWN stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair. This legislation seeks to end centuries of hair discrimination across the U.S.

Fake Black w/ Fake Gov
Posted by: rhennigantx

Notes to Self-

-Move to AZ

-Get hair

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Posted by: Miklos, like Dean Smith, does not make the rules at March 20, 2023 06:37 AM (2hexI)

108 A public-school system, if it means the providing of free education for those who desire it, is a noteworthy and beneficent achievement of modern times; but when once it becomes monopolistic it is the most perfect instrument for tyranny which has yet been devised. Freedom of thought in the middle ages was combated by the Inquisition, but the modern method is far more effective.

Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism 1923

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:38 AM (BRHaw)

109 I grew up in 1970s NYC.

Your afro doesn't frighten me, m'kay?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:39 AM (EZebt)

110 What has intel gotten right since 1960?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:40 AM (aylmF)

111 In Massachusetts:
“An Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the commonwealth,” would “establish a commission charged with promoting the participation of Muslims in the governance of the state.”
This commission would “identify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government, including boards and commissions, as the commission considers necessary and appropriate.”

Please please have devout Muslims on the LBGTASDF committees and the Justice Committee.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:41 AM (BRHaw)

112 110 What has intel gotten right since 1960?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:40 AM (aylmF)

Killing JFK.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:42 AM (BRHaw)

113 What has intel gotten right since 1960?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:40 AM (aylmF)
===
They captured Jeffrey Epstein.

Oh, wait.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 20, 2023 06:43 AM (EZebt)

114 Today, AZ Gov Hobbs signed The CROWN Act. Great job, Arizona, AAMSAZ, & everyone who has fought to get this passed. CROWN stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair. This legislation seeks to end centuries of hair discrimination across the U.S.

Fake Black w/ Fake Gov
Posted by: rhennigantx

Notes to Self-

-Move to AZ

-Get hair

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
Posted by: Miklos, like Dean Smith, does not make the rules at March 20, 2023 06:37 AM (2hexI)

Right on!

Posted by: Don King at March 20, 2023 06:45 AM (4I/2K)

115 Boker Tov Patriots

I long for The 1950s and 1960s

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2023 06:47 AM (dO/0d)

116 Hiya Captain !

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 06:47 AM (T4tVD)

117 Right on!
Posted by: Don King

"Miklos, Jack Lord, and Joe Mannix ask James Brown for advice*

Posted by: Miklos, admittedly has not used BrylCreem in years at March 20, 2023 06:48 AM (2hexI)

118 What has intel gotten right since 1960?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 06:40 AM (aylmF)

The Pentium processor?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 06:49 AM (4I/2K)

119 JT

Posted by: Tenille at March 20, 2023 06:49 AM (2hexI)

120 One notes that there have been many men called "Captain", but only one Tenille

Posted by: captain and Tenille at March 20, 2023 06:51 AM (2hexI)

121 A chilling poll was released by 2021 College Free Speech Rankings after questioning a huge body of 37,000 students at 159 top-ranked U.S. colleges and universities. It found that sixty-six percent of college students think shouting down a speaker to stop them from speaking is a legitimate form of free speech. Another 23 percent believe violence can be used to cancel a speech. That is roughly one out of four supporting violence.

So in populations (civilizations) we tend to accept around 4% anti-socialist or sociopathic behavior within the community.
But what happens at 1 out of 4??

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 06:52 AM (BRHaw)

122 So the Arizona steal is now another forgotten crime, another gross electoral depredation. As the rightful loser, a vile liar, cheat and leftist freak, follows the playbook of social ruin.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 20, 2023 06:53 AM (ThaG8)

123 One notes that there have been many men called "Captain", but only one Tenille
Posted by: captain and Tenille at March 20, 2023 06:51 AM (2hexI)

If I run the data bases of the Military, I bet that is not true LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2023 06:53 AM (dO/0d)

124 Miklos !

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 06:58 AM (T4tVD)

125 Everyone ready for the run on the banks and financial crash that will come with Trump's arrest that the media and Democrats will blame on (R)s / conservatives insurgency and over-reaction?

Posted by: NIST- WTC7 uniform collapse was from burning office chairs, not from conspiracy theories of impacts at March 20, 2023 06:58 AM (O69GV)

126 They won't arrest Trump, and if they somehow do, nothing will happen.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 20, 2023 07:02 AM (9UlRk)

127 Is the "Trump is going to get arrested this week" story just a ruse to get everyone riled up and look foolish when Bragg announces he never had any intent on arresting him and doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 07:03 AM (4B3oK)

128 @63

>>Seems to my reading SVB gave away hundreds of millions to Leftists with nothing expected to be returned

You've just described how our federal government is organized and operated.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 20, 2023 07:04 AM (up/3i)

129 Yes, they will arrest Trump. They simply cannot stop themselves. We're dealing with incontinent Stalinists.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 20, 2023 07:05 AM (ThaG8)

130 When the hell has it ever been announced that someone is going to be arrested? If you have a case and you have a warrant, just go arrest the fucker. They got nothing. It's all hooplah and bullshit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 20, 2023 07:05 AM (9UlRk)

131 Arrest, assassinate, potato, patata

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 20, 2023 07:06 AM (SHRXK)

132 You've just described how our federal government is organized and operated.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 20, 2023 07:04 AM (up/3i)

It's like the opposite of money laundering.

Take a pile of perfectly sound, legal tax revenues and make them dirty.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 20, 2023 07:06 AM (9UlRk)

133 Morning Horde. A balmy 18 degrees out there. And dark.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 07:10 AM (Q4IgG)

134 Good Monday morning! This should be an interesting week.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 20, 2023 07:11 AM (wagHN)

135 @130

>>When the hell has it ever been announced that someone is going to be arrested? If you have a case and you have a warrant, just go arrest the fucker. They got nothing. It's all hooplah and bullshit.

Trump has an SS detail so you just can't roll up and arrest a former President of The US.

In fact, an SS officer will have to be posted and with him at all times so they may not be able to Epstein him.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 20, 2023 07:11 AM (up/3i)

136 Morning all. I heard that a big part of Credit Suisse's problem was that the Saudis pulled all their money.ou

Posted by: Ben Had at March 20, 2023 07:11 AM (NUeKv)

137

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 20, 2023 07:11 AM (vwCZJ)

138 Sure they will arrest him, but do they have the balls to perp walk him in an orange jumpsuit, deny bail, and throw him into gen pop at Rikers?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 07:12 AM (aylmF)

139 Many old series from TV are on YouTube, watched all of Combat, 12 O'clock High and Rat Patrol

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 07:14 AM (Ck5SS)

140 They won't arrest Trump, and if they somehow do, nothing will happen.

--

This has been common practice for decades. Make a claim, prosecute an (R), ruin him in the press and elections, then years later drop the case.

That's part of what this is (remember when they could've quietly arrested whatever Trump (R) it was but instead made sure they had press lined up waiting for him to perp walk a few years ago?), but the other part is tied to their failure to get people worked up enough over the banks to push in digital currency.

I don't know what else they plan or what they've got ready, but arresting Trump will be the modern version of them crashing the planes into the buildings in order to open the drawer to sign the already-written 300+ page PATRIOT Act into law a couple of days later.

Posted by: NIST- WTC7 uniform collapse was from burning office chairs, not from conspiracy theories of impacts at March 20, 2023 07:17 AM (O69GV)

141 The Full Original Copy of the Serenity Prayer
by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2023 07:17 AM (FUVRY)

142 Danger UXB is another, we use to watch that in England probably when it was new

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 07:19 AM (Ck5SS)

143 Thanks Fen !

and....Hiya !

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:19 AM (T4tVD)

144 Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey launched an investigation into the Washington University Pediatric Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, alleging staff there have harmed hundreds of kids.

Bailey launched the investigation two weeks ago after a whistleblower who worked there as a case manager claimed the center was causing permanent harm to its patients. A sworn affidavit released Thursday identifies the whistleblower as Jamie Reed, who worked at the center from 2018 until November 2022.

if this ever comes out just haw BADLY the children were treated, people will want to burn the place down!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:20 AM (BRHaw)

145 Bitcoin is building a huge facility here.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 20, 2023 07:20 AM (NUeKv)

146 Thank you Fen, I did not know about the complete prayer.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 20, 2023 07:23 AM (PiwSw)

147 Thank you for that Fenelon! I am going to copy it and keep it close to me.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 20, 2023 07:23 AM (wagHN)

148 I saw Incontinent Stalinists open for the Dead Kennedys at the Gorge in '90.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 20, 2023 07:25 AM (2hlEI)

149 148 I saw Incontinent Stalinists open for the Dead Kennedys at the Gorge in '90.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 20, 2023 07:25 AM (2hlEI)

You didn't want to go to the bathroom there.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 20, 2023 07:25 AM (PiwSw)

150 It occurs to me that Trump, as is his wont, shot his mouth off about "being arrested." He drummed up several days of news and speculation about himself, which is fairly typical of the man. Trump also made some fairly aggressive statements about having his supporters protest his "arrest." Those haven't received much coverage, which I find odd, given how sensitive the media is about certain people protesting.

The fact still remains that the Democrats suffer from terminal TDS and their behavior is anything but normal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 07:27 AM (Q4IgG)

151 How big a building do you need to hold electronic currency?
Can't everyone just work at home?

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 07:28 AM (Ck5SS)

152 The fact still remains that the Democrats suffer from terminal TDS and their behavior is anything but normal.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 07:27 AM (Q4IgG)
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Has anything been normal since 2020?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 20, 2023 07:29 AM (2hlEI)

153 I see we are still on the crazy train.

Posted by: Infidel at March 20, 2023 07:32 AM (tITEI)

154 PDT has his first campaign rally scheduled in Waco tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 20, 2023 07:32 AM (NUeKv)

155 You are welcome, folks. God bless you, and now I really am going. I was just dealing with some stressed out conservatives in an -i--phone group and I posted it there. I'd thought I'd share it with you guys too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2023 07:32 AM (FUVRY)

156 I see we are still on the crazy train.
Posted by: Infidel at March 20, 2023 07:32 AM (tITEI)
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Rails are over rated.

Posted by: Crazy Train at March 20, 2023 07:33 AM (2hlEI)

157 Skip, this place is hundreds of acres.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 20, 2023 07:33 AM (NUeKv)

158 @150

>>It occurs to me that Trump, as is his wont, shot his mouth off about "being arrested." He drummed up several days of news and speculation about himself, which is fairly typical of the man.

This is known as the Trump inverse paradox, The Deep State leak something to their stenographers in the press or actively do something to harm him or his associates, it's reported widely, Trump complains about the unfairness of what is being done against him and people declare, Why is Trump causing all of this drama?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 20, 2023 07:36 AM (up/3i)

159 Skip, this place is hundreds of acres.
Posted by: Ben Had

(Skip has a brand-new chainsaw !)

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:37 AM (T4tVD)

160 Off loco locomotive sock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 20, 2023 07:37 AM (2hlEI)

161 Musk had donated $100 million to OpenAI. He stepped down from OpenAI's board of directors in 2018 and no longer owns a stake in the company.

"I'm still confused as to how a non-profit to which I donated $100 million somehow became a $30 billion market cap for-profit. If this is legal, why doesn't everyone do it?" he quipped.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:37 AM (BRHaw)

162 (Skip has a brand-new chainsaw !)
Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:37 AM (T4tVD)
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Follow-on song to Melanie's "Brand New Key"?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 20, 2023 07:38 AM (2hlEI)

163 “A protest is EXACTLY what the Democrats want. They want, no they NEED a redo of January 6 New York City style. They NEED a protest to show how ungovernable and deplorable every Trump supporter really is. They WANT a protest to turn into a riot.”

well duh!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:40 AM (BRHaw)

164 (Skip has a brand-new chainsaw !)
Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:37 AM (T4tVD)
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Follow-on song to Melanie's "Brand New Key"?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Skip has a shiny brand new chainsaw
point him to a tree

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

165 mornin yall. 80 year old Hollywood pervert and LINCOLN PROJECT SUPPORTER David Geffen has married his 30 year old beefcake boyfriend. The best we can hope for is they choke on each other's dicks.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 07:42 AM (iayUP)

166 Latest Twitter Files Shows Stanford’s “Virality Project” Flagged Real Covid Science as ‘Disinformation’.

There used to be a name for the Big Govt control of an industry. What is Fascism?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

167 My birdbath is frozen.

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

168 When I worked at the refinery, we had a EOWEO schedule (Every Other Week End Off) with 12-hour days. It operated on a two-week schedule and worked like this:

OFF Monday/Tuesday
WORK Wednesday/Thursday
OFF Friday/Saturday/Sunday
WORK Monday/Tuesday
OFF Wednesday/Thursday
WORK Friday/Saturday/Sunday

Wasn't as bad as it sounds. It felt like you had a lot of time off.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (3ImbR)

169
J
and
J

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

170 Thanxs Fen

Posted by: Floridachick at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (PEJRI)

171 Uh oh. There is going to be a Tequila shortage due to climate change.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 07:46 AM (iayUP)

172 I don't understand! More people are in prison then ever before but crime is going down!!

Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele · Mar 18
Is @TheEconomist saying that the murder rate staying down in El Salvador would be dangerous for democracy?
https://tinyurl.com/2az3y2rf

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 07:47 AM (Vwz3I)

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