Rolling Stone Lied to Readers, Claiming a Journalist's Home Was Raided Because He Was Hot on the Trail of a National Security Story.<br>That Wasn't Why He Was Raided.

Rolling Stone Lied to Readers, Claiming a Journalist's Home Was Raided Because He Was Hot on the Trail of a National Security Story.
That Wasn't Why He Was Raided.

Or at least, that's not the official FBI justification for the raid. Who knows, maybe the raid was pretextual.

But Rolling Stone spun the raid as having to do with national secrecy skullduggery.

In fact, he was raided for child pron allegations.

This is NPR -- state media -- so skepticism is warranted.

But Rolling Stone knew the official reason for the raid at the time they reported; why did they hide this from readers?

Warning: This story contains references to disturbing accusations and incidents of child sex abuse.
Last Oct. 18, Rolling Stone served up a foreboding scoop: The FBI had raided the home of a renowned journalist at the top of his game months earlier, and he had disappeared from public view.
It should have been a coup. Instead, acrimony inside the newsroom over how that scoop was edited led to accusations that the magazine's brash leader pulled punches in overseeing coverage of someone he knew. The reporter who wrote the story, enraged, accepted a position at a sister publication two months later. And her complaints prompted a senior attorney for the magazine's parent company to review what happened.

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The Rolling Stone story created a stir. Reporter Tatiana Siegel stated that the April 22 raid was "quite possibly, the first" carried out by the Biden administration on a journalist.
In this case, the journalist was ABC News national security producer James Gordon Meek. A former investigator for the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Meek had been with ABC News since 2013. He also was a producer of 3212 Un-Redacted, an investigative documentary that streamed on Hulu.
As published, the Rolling Stone article's first two paragraphs lionized Meek's record and swashbuckling style.
"Meek appears to be on the wrong side of the national-security apparatus," it stated.
As the story noted, Siegel's sources told her "federal agents allegedly found classified information on Meek's laptop during their raid." Siegel reported that Meek left his job at ABC after the raid; a publishing contract with Simon & Schuster evaporated.
As edited by Rolling Stone Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman, however, the article omitted a key fact that Siegel initially intended to include: Siegel had learned from her sources that Meek had been raided as part of a federal investigation into images of child sex abuse, something not publicly revealed until last month.
Why did Rolling Stone suggest Meek was targeted for his coverage of national security, rather than something unrelated to his journalism?

Neither Siegel nor Shachtman would comment for this story. This article is based on a review of some contemporaneous communications and also interviews with 10 people with knowledge of incidents described here, including several individuals at Rolling Stone, as well as people at ABC and federal law enforcement agencies.
Each asked not to be named because they were not authorized to disclose these matters publicly.

The raid on Meek's apartment occurred in April but did not become public knowledge. In September, Siegel learned details of the raid from Meek's neighbors, yet she felt the story was languishing. At a staff meeting late that month, Shachtman asked her what she was working on. She reminded him.
The next week, Shachtman stepped in to edit Siegel's story. It was rare for him to do so for her work.
As a longtime national security reporter himself, Shachtman has periodically expressed to colleagues at various outlets his skepticism of the veracity of government sources. When Siegel detailed the seriousness of the allegations against Meek, Shachtman warned her against turning in a story that included the words "child pornography" in it.
According to two people with knowledge, Mark S. Zaid, a Washington attorney who often handles national security matters and represents government whistleblowers, called Shachtman on Meek's behalf while Siegel was preparing her story. Zaid previously represented the Daily Beast on Freedom of Information Act cases while Shachtman was editor of the site.

Mark Zaid again -- whenever there's some leftwing conspiracy-theory type of cause, Mark Zaid gets involved on the side of the leftwing conspiracy theorists.

He's also a 52 year old man with a big, big interest in Disney princesses.

Zaid confirms that he called Shachtman, and he tells NPR that Meek was a longtime friend and client on Freedom of Information issues. Zaid says he was representing Meek on any possible prosecution or investigation of his potential possession of classified material.
The accounts given by the associates, colleagues and friends of the two key figures -- Siegel and Shachtman -- diverge here. According to what Siegel told others, Shachtman and she agreed that the article would reflect that the FBI's interest stemmed from concerns of possible criminal behavior outside the scope of Meek's work -- that is, it had nothing to do with national security or journalism.
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In the hours leading up to publication, Shachtman changed Siegel's draft to remove all suggestions that the investigation was not related to Meek's reporting. He left in the finding that federal agents had allegedly found "classified information" on Meek's devices.
The article left many readers with the distinct impression that the investigation was linked to Meek's reporting -- which could lead to a clash of the government and the press. Rolling Stone's official Twitter account promoted the story this way: "Exclusive: Emmy-winning ABC News producer James Gordon Meek had his home raided by the FBI. His colleagues say they haven't seen him since." The tweet's thrust was echoed by WikiLeaks, Glenn Beck and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which wrote, "If this was related to his work, as this @RollingStone report suggests it might be, it is a gross press freedom violation."

On Feb. 1, the Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against Meek related to images of child sex abuse. Among other accusations, authorities say Meek shared a video showing the rape of an infant. Meek has pleaded not guilty and currently sits in federal custody.

Colleagues and friends say Siegel said she didn't know of the changes to her story until after it appeared online. Associates characterize Siegel as infuriated by what she considered Shachtman's interference in the independence of her reporting.

Siegel suggests that Schactman -- who has long been a scumbag on the left blogosphere -- if his "friendly" relations with Meek affected his reporting. Nothing against the Guild.

I remember covering this story, what, two years ago? And I remember being very spun up by Rolling Stone's suggestion that Biden had raided the guy because he had a Big Scoop about the national security state.

Turns out, no, it was just Rolling Stone and Noah Schactman lying as usual for their own agenda and interests.

More about the case and Rolling Stone's history of agenda-advancing lies at Instapundit.

Posted by: Ace at 07:42 PM

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1 FIRST !

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 06:43 PM (V13WU)

2 hahahah !!

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 06:43 PM (V13WU)

3 i noodleded

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 21, 2023 06:45 PM (kFrCu)

4
I thought opposition to diddling kids was now almost-a-sin, as mom used to say.

Screw it, FBI don't need no stinkin reasons.

Posted by: Auspex at March 21, 2023 06:46 PM (QarLh)

5 It has been said here many times but bears repeating, if the fib wants to get you the easiest way is to plant child pron or something related to that on any device in your possession.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 06:47 PM (ncXxy)

6 i noodleded
Posted by: gnats

And you did it so well!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 21, 2023 06:47 PM (KdL6t)

7 Did a glass table get broken?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:47 PM (5+0fa)

8 "Or at least, that's not the official FBI justification for the raid. Who knows, maybe the raid was pretextual."

Given it was disseminated by NPR, the default assumption has to be it is Regime propaganda and likely untrue or distorted.

But given it is Rolling Stone and they have become such throne sniffers and Regime fluffers, I'm rooting for injuries.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 21, 2023 06:47 PM (KSNKu)

9 Of course the guy was raided for child pron, the FBI hates competition.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (H4JoC)

10 Simpler: Read Rolling Stone, get lied to every time.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (KdL6t)

11 He left in the finding that federal agents had allegedly found "classified information" on Meek's devices.

It was classified as "child porn."

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (Bd6X8)

12 He wasn't just arrested, his home was swat-swarmed and I think he was not there. I'm firmly convinced that Meeks was onto a big story. Why? because the FBI trotted the ol' child porn chestnut. That and domestic terrorism are the go to cover stories that shut down all curiosity. FBI has no credibility. If they say sun rises in the east, I'll be looking west at dawn.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (iyVGU)

13 Who knows, maybe the raid was pretextual.

I dated a girl once and told her I was pretextual.
She made me post textual.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (anj39)

14 Maybe 'twas a big scoop about the national security state that caused them to raid a former fellow traveler for stuff they were all sharing with each other?

Posted by: Pickled at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (7rBuZ)

15 I remember covering this story, what, two years ago? And I remember being very spun up by Rolling Stone's suggestion that Biden had raided the guy because he had a Big Scoop about the national security state.

Turns out, no, it was just Rolling Stone and Noah Schactman lying as usual for their own agenda and interests.

Posted by: Ace at 07:42 PM

Eh- it happens to all of us. I think we should consider ANYTHING this 'Justice' dept does as suspect. We know the chuckleheads who are in charge, after all.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 06:48 PM (zZu0s)

16 So the FBI found classified material?

A copy of Ashley Biden's diary?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:49 PM (5+0fa)

17 Do I believe a left-wing journalist could be a pedo? Yes.

Do I believe the Deep State could plant kiddie pr0n on a journalist's computer to ruin him? Yes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 06:49 PM (tkR6S)

18 PSA
Youse gubnuts who roll yer own and wish there was 30 carbine available.

Starline brass dot com has 30 carbine brass with a backorder* limit of 2000 pcs, or as little as 500 for just $147.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (5JURq)

19 I can certainly believe its more probable that a reporter would have child porn on their computer than serious anti-government investigation material.

A little skeptical that the FBI would care aside from blackmail material, as there have been plenty of tale of the deep state hiding it for those they find useful.

I also find it curious that in the whole article about this swashbuckling journalist there's no mention of scoops he has exposed in this long career.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (eoQWY)

20 Was Paul Krugman's kiddie porn planted by the fib?

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (eGTCV)

21 For a little less than $420.00 USD Amazon can bring to your door a brand new fainting couch. I just looked it up.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (glGDV)

22

9 Of course the guy was raided for child pron, the FBI hates competition.

Tell me about it.

-Paul Krugman

Posted by: Auspex at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (QarLh)

23 Turns out, no, it was just Rolling Stone and Noah Schactman lying as usual for their own agenda and interests.

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Is it me, or does Rolling Stone lie a lot ? What are they for anyway ? Interviews with rockstars or something ?

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (V13WU)

24 Wow, we need some serious culling of humanity.

Posted by: Infidel at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (tITEI)

25 Even a nuclear arms inspector can get busted for being a pedophile.

Ain't that right Ritter?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (5+0fa)

26 Thing is we can't trust a goddamn thing any of these cocksuckers say. They're all well-established liars who don't give a fuck as long as they further their agenda.

Posted by: Low at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (La8Fd)

27 Shocking isn't it? These child porn perverts never seem to be conservatives.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (pohLc)

28 Just the caliber of young man we're looking for. Anyone got his email address?

Posted by: The New York Times at March 21, 2023 06:51 PM (XK/SZ)

29 I'm not saying all pedophiles are liberals but there sure are a lot of liberal pedophiles.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 06:51 PM (Fwhqy)

30 Fuck

Posted by: Low trust society at March 21, 2023 06:51 PM (La8Fd)

31 Huh. The sites ads are odd. I have ace.mu.nu whitelisted in the browser so ace can get his scheckels, but all of the ads do not always load.

I say this because I was going to do a compare and contrast with the giant, in your face toenail fungus ad on Insty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 06:51 PM (zZu0s)

32 And. Embrace it.

Probably just another ruling class commie pedo, who crossed his masters, and then the organs of state security pulled his card.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 06:51 PM (oINRc)

33 NPR and Rolling Stone. NPR says something helpful to the Biden Junta (as do the FBI): RS says something harmful to Biden Junta. Who to believe? I assume they are all lying?

Posted by: Baldy at March 21, 2023 06:51 PM (rkPwx)

34 Let's see..."National Security"...too vague.

Ummm....."Weapons Of Mass Destruction".....too Bushy.

I got it! "Child Pron".

Put Wray on it. He's a sneaky little shit just Comey.

Posted by: The Deep State, Planting Evidence at March 21, 2023 06:52 PM (R/m4+)

35 I'm not saying all pedophiles are liberals but there sure are a lot of liberal pedophiles.

Starting with the top guy Joey Bidet

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:52 PM (5+0fa)

36 17 Do I believe a left-wing journalist could be a pedo? Yes.

Do I believe the Deep State could plant kiddie pr0n on a journalist's computer to ruin him? Yes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 06:49 PM (tkR6S)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 06:52 PM (zZu0s)

37 I can believe Krugman is a pedophile. He looks up to little girls.

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 21, 2023 06:52 PM (eGTCV)

38 They're all a bunch of kiddie diddlers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (7u1Ff)

39 I don't remember this story at all but, not a shock.

Did anyone ever solve the mystery of Paul Krugman's hacker?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (0hOvj)

40 I can believe Krugman is a pedophile. He looks up to little girls.

What does that say about Thousand Millimeter Reich?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (5+0fa)

41 In a way child pron is a national security issue.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (HC3CX)

42 Insty has toenail fungus too?

Did he get it from... someone else's crocs?

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2023 06:54 PM (SYTee)

43 So now we go from waiting 72 hours after a big story for bits of the truth to come out, to 2 years?
What is the truth anymore?

Posted by: Bosk at March 21, 2023 06:54 PM (ZVuYy)

44 26 Thing is we can't trust a goddamn thing any of these cocksuckers say. They're all well-established liars who don't give a fuck as long as they further their agenda.
Posted by: Low at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (La8Fd)

Yep. If I were on this guy's jury he would walk. The involvement of the FBI alone is cause for reasonable doubt. There needs to be a jury instruction to that effect.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 21, 2023 06:54 PM (KSNKu)

45 What is the truth anymore?

That's what I said!

Posted by: Pontius Pilate at March 21, 2023 06:54 PM (La8Fd)

46 41 In a way child pron is a national security issue.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (HC3CX)

Logically, it is. The safety and protection of Children SHOULD be a top priority for any functioning society.

Wait a second, I see a flaw...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (zZu0s)

47 You will find more truth in Pravda than in Rolling Stone.

And when did Rolling Stone start to think they were a news outlet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (5+0fa)

48 Is this the new truth or the made up truth?

Posted by: Bosk at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ZVuYy)

49 In a way child pron is a national security issue.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (HC3CX)

Not in a way. It is a national security issue.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (7u1Ff)

50 Well if they wanted to set you up it would be simple enough.

Posted by: fd at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (iayUP)

51 Do I believe a left-wing journalist could be a pedo? Yes.

Do I believe the Deep State could plant kiddie pr0n on a journalist's computer to ruin him? Yes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 06:49 PM

If they really want you they are gonna get you. They will plant stuff, hide exculpatory evidence and just out and out lie if they need to to prosecute whomever they chose to.

I mean just ask trump.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ncXxy)

52 If this was a plant, why would the original journalist state her story was changed?

And an infant? Which rainbow haired loon is going to come out and defend something like that?

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

53 42 Insty has toenail fungus too?

Did he get it from... someone else's crocs?
Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2023 06:54 PM (SYTee)

Easily transferred at the Vespa Rental Palace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (zZu0s)

54 Did anyone ever solve the mystery of Paul Krugman's hacker?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 06:53 PM (0hOvj

Uh, that was solved day one. Same guys who racistly attacked Jussie.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (Fwhqy)

55 Among other accusations, authorities say Meek shared a video showing the rape of an infant. Meek has pleaded not guilty and currently sits in federal custody

If true...seriously how can anyone be ok with this shit?

You have to be beyond evil for something like this.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (lc5cP)

56 Is it me, or are the first five paragraphs in the first quoted story confusing as hell? I had to read it three times to figure out wtf was going on.

Oh, and yeah, the reporter was at the 'top of his game', if by game you mean some jailbait.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ufFY8)

57 Turns out, no, it was just Rolling Stone and Noah Schactman lying as usual for their own agenda and interests.

===

Is it me, or does Rolling Stone lie a lot ? What are they for anyway ? Interviews with rockstars or something ?
Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 06:50 PM (V13WU)

Last time I looked there was no mention of stones at all in it, just crap about music. Liars.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 06:56 PM (eoQWY)

58 If they really want you they are gonna get you. They will plant stuff, hide exculpatory evidence and just out and out lie if they need to to prosecute whomever they chose to.

I mean just ask trump.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ncXxy)

Or the J6 guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 06:56 PM (zZu0s)

59 from the side bar : sofia coppola’s daughter on tiktok is by far one of the funniest things i’ve seen this year

I must say, that kid has potential! Grounded for using dad's credit card to charter a helicopter to see a camp friend. And so takes after mom with cooking finesse !

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 06:56 PM (V13WU)

60 The Stephen Glass award winner this year is ....

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2023 06:56 PM (Gxd3W)

61 It should be the go to assumption when a Leftist gets hauled in

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2023 06:57 PM (xhxe8)

62

Krugman looks up girl skirts.

To be fair, he can't help it...

Posted by: Hypnogogic Jerk at March 21, 2023 06:57 PM (hCW0c)

63 Romy Croquet?

And we were making bread puns earlier...

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:57 PM (5+0fa)

64 And so takes after mom with cooking finesse !

"Is this an onion? I don't know the difference between an onion and a garlic, I had to google it!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 06:58 PM (0hOvj)

65 The FBI discovered Meek was ordering pizza twice a week from Comet Ping Pong . So both National security
and pedo bs probable.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Free Jacob Chansley at March 21, 2023 06:58 PM (qj8+t)

66 What is the truth anymore?
Posted by: Bosk at March 21, 2023 06:54 PM (ZVuYy)

A known unknown... As in "it exists, at the center of an institutional labyrinth of fun house mirrors, inside a Schrodinger's box of lies, and you will *never* know what it is, even if you should glimpse it, against all the odds."

There is no way to know the truth about anything in this ridiculous country, except guy instinct.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 06:58 PM (oINRc)

67 So Schrondinger as applied to Truth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 06:58 PM (5+0fa)

68 There is no way to know the truth about anything in this ridiculous country, except guy instinct.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 06:58 PM (oINRc)

So the chicks have no hope?

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 06:59 PM (eoQWY)

69 Do I believe that Rolling Stone is a reliable source for facts in this case? No.

Do I believe that NPR is a reliable source for facts in this case? No.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 06:59 PM (tkR6S)

70 Do I believe the Deep State could plant kiddie pr0n on a journalist's computer to ruin him? Yes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If they be propagating known fabricated pee pee porn about Trump and using that as a basis to "investigate" hundreds if not orders of magnitudes more Trump associates... yeah, they load kiddie pron on everyone's computers.
Just in case they need to roll anyone up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 21, 2023 06:59 PM (HC3CX)

71 The Bible is full of truth.

The world, not so much.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:00 PM (Fwhqy)

72 52 If this was a plant, why would the original journalist state her story was changed?

And an infant? Which rainbow haired loon is going to come out and defend something like that?
Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

I am sure you could find someone on Twitter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

73 Comer demands...LOLGF GOP

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 21, 2023 07:00 PM (DMyTF)

74 "Do I believe that NPR is a reliable source for facts in this case? No."

Do I believe the FIB is a reliable source for facts? No.
If it is the case this is true the guy needs to hang.

Posted by: Bosk at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (ZVuYy)

75 52 If this was a plant, why would the original journalist state her story was changed?

And an infant? Which rainbow haired loon is going to come out and defend something like that?
Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2023 06:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

I am sure you could find someone on Twitter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:00 PM

And all of the Ivy League universities.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (eoQWY)

76 I fully believe that the FBI, who ran several big child porn websites for YEARS to "catch perverts" would be able and willing to plant stuff on my computer if they wanted to nail me, sure. I also believe that they'd bury evidence that hurts their case and withhold info from the defense lawyer as well.

But that doesn't mean this guy had that happen. I rate the likelihood that a lefty writer who works for Rolling Stone is a short eyes pretty damned high.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (0hOvj)

77 Defenders of Alistair Crowley still say he really didn't mean anything about sacrificing babies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (5+0fa)

78 Daily Mail says Trump will be indicted tomorrow and will be arraigned in New York next week.

https://tinyurl.com/596k4ndh

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (sWM8x)

79 If the kiddie porn was a plant and retaliatory/anticipatory, and it very well may have been, the Rolling Stone editors did Meeks no favor by omitting the pretext for the raid. Neither party here is either credible or sympathetic.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (KSNKu)

80
Did anyone ever solve the mystery of Paul Krugman's hacker?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Is that what he calls it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (63Dwl)

81 you know, I made a mistake, so sorry. very confused, that is Sofia Copola's kid, not Giada De Laurentiis' (who cooks) kid. But you can't blame me. They are all related....

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (V13WU)

82 77 Defenders of Alistair Crowley still say he really didn't mean anything about sacrificing babies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:01 PM (5+0fa

Isn't he the one who on his deathbed cried out that he was horribly mistaken?

Or maybe that's a myth.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (Fwhqy)

83 62

Krugman looks up girl skirts.

To be fair, he can't help it...
Posted by: Hypnogogic Jerk

The view is spectacular from down here - Robert Reiccchhhhhh

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (DMyTF)

84 Test

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

85 80
Did anyone ever solve the mystery of Paul Krugman's hacker?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Is that what he calls it?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (63Dwl)

There's been a string of these hacks. Ask Joy Reid.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 21, 2023 07:03 PM (KSNKu)

86 Already made a Reich joke at #40.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:03 PM (5+0fa)

87 Giada De Laurentiis

She had nice tracts of land.
Mountains Majesty.

Posted by: Bosk at March 21, 2023 07:04 PM (ZVuYy)

88 Already made a Reich joke at #40.

Yeah but everyone just thought you were hissing at Garrett

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:04 PM (0hOvj)

89 86 Already made a Reich joke at #40.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:03 PM (5+0fa

Never really gets old

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:04 PM (Fwhqy)

90 New Browser.
Nic did not change. Wahoo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:04 PM (u82oZ)

91 On one side, you have journalists. On the other side, you have Feds.

It is super easy to solve this one. Feed every last one of these disgusting shitpigs to zoo animals, alive, and then go get a drink. Done.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:04 PM (oINRc)

92 you know, I made a mistake, so sorry. very confused, that is Sofia Copola's kid, not Giada De Laurentiis' (who cooks) kid. But you can't blame me. They are all related....
Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (V13WU)

Yeah, the only reason she should know what an onion looks like is if she hands out with the help, and it looks like they don't have a cook. She does seem on good terms with her 'babysitters' so she's not snobbish which is something to cling to.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:05 PM (eoQWY)

93 “When You Head To Mars, You Won’t Take Jill. She’d Be Gone For Too Long”….

That's a puzzler.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:05 PM (zZu0s)

94 *waves to Salty Dawg*

Got winging in from England decals for the VF-84 Zero killers from The Final Countdown.

"Hey Fox, that woke 'em up."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:05 PM (5+0fa)

95 Hunter Thompson used to write for them. They had some good investigative stuff at one time. But that was many years ago.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2023 07:05 PM (6lj/r)

96 > I'm firmly convinced that Meeks was onto a big story. Why? because the FBI trotted the ol' child porn chestnut. That and domestic terrorism are the go to cover stories that shut down all curiosity.

Therefore it's never child porn? I'm not sure about that one, chief.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:05 PM (V1QHJ)

97 Maj. Healey

LOL.
Never gets old. What a tool of discord.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

98 Right under the Sofia Coppola tweet is a baby giraffe tweet that would be awesome content for later tonight. It’s very squee.

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

99 I do NOT hiss! I Nyah! Nyah! is far more kawaii!

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (5+0fa)

100 If we are going to start keeping track of how many times we use a joke, we won't have time to do anything else.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (zZu0s)

101 She had nice tracts of land.
Mountains Majesty.
Posted by: Bosk at March 21, 2023 07:04 PM (ZVuYy)

Not purple, though. Haz sad.

Posted by: Barney the Dinosaur at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (tkR6S)

102 I thought it amusing vodka sauce Coppola was cutting up what appeared to be a shallot.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (2YtOq)

103 I do NOT hiss! I Nyah! Nyah! is far more kawaii!

Even if someone steps on your tail?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (0hOvj)

104 99 I do NOT hiss! I Nyah! Nyah! is far more kawaii!
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (5+0fa)

Hmmm, what was someone saying last thread about being able to identify the commenter without even having to read the nic?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (zZu0s)

105 That would be more a "RWAR!!!" of rage

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (5+0fa)

106 Do we hate Sofia Coppola?? She always seems pretty harmless, but I am not as informed as others.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (PCK5/)

107 "Is this an onion? I don't know the difference between an onion and a garlic, I had to google it!"
____

Narrator: It is a shallot.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (fs1hN)

108 Ok, someone needs to explain to me:

shallots vs green onions?

Go.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (zZu0s)

109 99

"I do NOT hiss! I Nyah! Nyah! is far more kawaii",
She hissed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:06 PM (5+0fa

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (Fwhqy)

110 > Hunter Thompson used to write for them. They had some good investigative stuff at one time.

What does the first sentence have to do with the second? HST was a serial fabulist. Sure, some of it happened. Some of it was coke fueled mania. Some of it was stuff he heard other people say. Very little of HST's "reporting" happened as he said it did.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (V1QHJ)

111 Anna Puma

Wow.

If you could go back to Pearl Harbor just prior to WWII, what would you do going forward?

Assume that you do not have your reference library.
Even a list of winning lottery ticket would not work. But sports betting and sound stock picks may be the ticket.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

112 @5

>>It has been said here many times but bears repeating, if the fib wants to get you the easiest way is to plant child pron or something related to that on any device in your possession.

The US LE/IC runs the largest child **** distribution network in the world.

Or alternatively, Jeffrey Epstein.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (up/3i)

113 Here is a link.

https://tinyurl.com/y7wp82sj

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

114 This is NPR -- state media -- so skepticism is warranted.

I'll say. The truth must be so much worse.

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (Sv58p)

115 Buy Boeing and Lockheed stock.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (5+0fa)

116 Anna Puma

NYay is You!. Even I used in homage on occasion.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (u82oZ)

117 Assume that you do not have your reference library.
Even a list of winning lottery ticket would not work. But sports betting and sound stock picks may be the ticket.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

Buy Ma Bell.
Buy IBM.
Buy Amazon.
Buy Apple.

That's money done.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (zZu0s)

118 108 Ok, someone needs to explain to me:

shallots vs green onions?

Go.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

The same but different.

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (SYTee)

119 > Do we hate Sofia Coppola?? She always seems pretty harmless, but I am not as informed as others.

She seems cute and moderately self aware. Based on the very little I know of her, I don't hate her.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (V1QHJ)

120 Child porn or no child porn, he's still a journalist.

I hope they burn him at the stake.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (oINRc)

121 Ok, someone needs to explain to me:

shallots vs green onions?

Go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:07 PM (zZu0s)

These are the bulbed shallots, look quite like a brown onion but smaller and the core has two centers of the bulb. Its a fairly natural mistake, and I like the initiative of the googling of garlic vs Onion.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (eoQWY)

122 Shallots are really big green onions, more mellow flavor.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (0hOvj)

123 NPR, RS, FIB...

Meh.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (DTX3h)

124 Ok, someone needs to explain to me:

shallots vs green onions?

Go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work

Shallots look like small red onions and grow underground
Green onions are green, grow above ground, and dont look like onions.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (HC3CX)

125 Sofi Coppola gets a pass because her Dad gave me the Godfather and Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders and The Black Stallion.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (Fwhqy)

126 *pauses*

Oh wait, we weren't designed with tails. So Nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (5+0fa)

127 t-bird

Did he tell the truth about something?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (u82oZ)

128 122 Shallots are really big green onions, more mellow flavor.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (0hOvj)

Now do leeks.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (PCK5/)

129 Yeah the Coppola dynasty is pretty harmless compared to other Hollyweird families.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:11 PM (5+0fa)

130 113 Here is a link.

https://tinyurl.com/y7wp82sj
Posted by: Piper
___

Ha! you're going to have to do a better sales job than that! See the Mannix comments for some tips.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 21, 2023 07:11 PM (fs1hN)

131 he was raided for child pron allegations.

That IS a national security issue.

Posted by: Joe and Hunter at March 21, 2023 07:11 PM (ynpvh)

132 Reading Devil and Karl Marx found out Walter Duranty and Alistair Crowley and a woman use to change bodily fluids in every way

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2023 07:11 PM (xhxe8)

133 Now do leeks.

Even better flavor, like gigantic green/spring onions that are almost hollow. And strange CGI animated singers from Japan like to carry them around.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (0hOvj)

134 118 108 Ok, someone needs to explain to me:

shallots vs green onions?

Go.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

The same but different.
Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2023 07:09 PM (SYTee)

Shallots have no funk...

Posted by: Booker T and the MGs at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (CCSxw)

135 What does this say about the Lady of Shallot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (5+0fa)

136 > shallots vs green onions?

They're both alliums. Shallots are the elongated bulbs with copper colored skin. Green onions have long, thin green stalks with a white bulb.

Shallots are milder in flavor than onions.

Shallots are more used in French cuisine and green onions are more common in Asian cuisine, but this isn't a hard and fast rule.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (V1QHJ)

137 What does this say about the Lady of Shallot?

I dunno, something about a mirror

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (0hOvj)

138 Question for the Horde: say you are concerned that an evildoer might try to compromise you by planting "forbidden" files on your devices. Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (tkR6S)

139 133 Now do leeks.

Even better flavor, like gigantic green/spring onions that are almost hollow. And strange CGI animated singers from Japan like to carry them around.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (0hOvj)

Worn on their belts?

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (PCK5/)

140 Ok, a quibble I had with Top Gun Maverick. Two flights of planes. Maverick's bombs hit the target and... just damaged the exhaust housing from what I can tell.

Rooster's bombs managed to collapse the entire facility.

?que? Were they using different munitions? WTH?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

141 135 What does this say about the Lady of Shallot?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (5+0fa

She needs an altoid

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (Fwhqy)

142 Was watching the Devils Advocate today, odd the thread was pedophilia. The crime Keanu was defending in the beginning and then the underlying issue with the Craig Nelson character. Satan must be on to something.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (oWBc3)

143 Worn on their belts?
Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (PCK5/)

It was the style at the time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

144 135 What does this say about the Lady of Shallot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (5+0fa)

She ain't no watery tart like that other lady.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (ynpvh)

145 Walter Duranty and Alistair Crowley

------

See, journalists never change.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (oINRc)

146 Child porn or no child porn, he's still a journalist.

And someone will gladly take over his "research". (I just assume he's using that excuse)

Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (Sv58p)

147 Even a list of winning lottery ticket would not work. But sports betting and sound stock picks may be the ticket.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 21, 2023 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

H Beam Piper wrote a story where a man's consciousness was transported back to just near the end of WWII when he was critically wounded fighting WWIII in the 1980s. He makes a plan to get his dad elected president before then to avert the war - but sports betting was the ticket to getting the funding for it. He even has a chance to prove history can be changed by stopping a murder-suicide.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:14 PM (eoQWY)

148 Rooster is the Jedi who will bring balance. Maverick is Obi-won Kenobi.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:14 PM (5+0fa)

149 Now do leeks.
Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:10 PM (PCK5/)

They are useful bait for hunting polar bears.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:14 PM (tkR6S)

150 " Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?"

Well, first get rid of the virus known as Windows.

Posted by: fd at March 21, 2023 07:14 PM (iayUP)

151 146 Child porn or no child porn, he's still a journalist.

And someone will gladly take over his "research". (I just assume he's using that excuse)
Posted by: t-bird at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (Sv58p)

Ah… the Pete Townsend Gambit!

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:15 PM (PCK5/)

152 I don't know about these other players who weren't arrested for kiddie pron, but for sure I would assume anything the FBI says is a lie.

You see? The guy who's really into Disney princesses is still running around. So is the fruitcake who's into puppy play and steals women's baggage from airports.

But they TOTALLY went after this one journalist for kiddie pron. Totally. Because, they're all about swift justice for those who enjoy the kiddie diddling. Yep, that's consistent with what I know about the FBI.

Setting people up and destroying their lives. No.

Going after kiddie diddlers. Totally.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 21, 2023 07:15 PM (NUoxe)

153 141 135 What does this say about the Lady of Shallot?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:12 PM (5+0fa

She needs an altoid
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (Fwhqy)

Lorena McKennet was tragically underappreciated.

Prospero's Speech:
https://is.gd/ozCfRs

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:15 PM (zZu0s)

154 Maverick is borderline Anakin/Vader.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 07:15 PM (V13WU)

155 Yes
THE STORM IS COMING
The devil worshiping dinkers of children's blood will all be tried and executed when Trump is restored to power. Qanon is already predicting this wi happen at Trump's araingment where the Comnie Zog Federal Judge himself will be arrested by JFKjr
And a nationwide manhunt for the Clintons will be e televised

Posted by: Paul at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (1Uiaz)

156 Question for the Horde: say you are concerned that an evildoer might try to compromise you by planting "forbidden" files on your devices. Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (tkR6S)

Ummmmmmm....No.

Posted by: The Deep State, Planting Evidence at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (R/m4+)

157 > Well, first get rid of the virus known as Windows.

Greetings, 90s era Slashdot troll.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (V1QHJ)

158 It's just perverts all the way down with these lefty institutions.

Posted by: ballistic at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (oXNqT)

159 someone is going to get a reprimand for leaving the library room unlocked.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (5+0fa)

160 @140 ?que? Were they using different munitions? WTH?

----

IIRC, the first bomb was to destroy the cover over the target. With that removed, the second bomb had a chance to actually hit the target.

Posted by: junior at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (VMtzf)

161 Question for the Horde: say you are concerned that an evildoer might try to compromise you by planting "forbidden" files on your devices. Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?

-

Why would they need your actual device?

And they don't need it to be true. The accusations are enough.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 21, 2023 07:17 PM (hxPC2)

162 Shallots are more used in French cuisine and green onions are more common in Asian cuisine, but this isn't a hard and fast rule.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (V1QHJ)

Think also onions are more resistant/require cooking the hell out of them so are more common in stews/slow cookings, shallots in between and green onions are more garnish than cooking ingredient - nearly uncooked.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:17 PM (eoQWY)

163 148 Rooster is the Jedi who will bring balance. Maverick is Obi-won Kenobi.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:14 PM (5+0fa)

So what did you think of the movie? I mentioned what I thought of it earlier.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

164 Posted by: Paul at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (1Uiaz)

somebody's off their meds again...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:17 PM (ynpvh)

165 130

I need all the help I can get! 😂

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2023 07:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

166 Fresh green onions are wonderful with a good burger. Just eat 'em raw.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:18 PM (Fwhqy)

167 We make potato leek soup here in winter.
Good stuff.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, geeking out at March 21, 2023 07:18 PM (jTmQV)

168 Why would they need your actual device?

And they don't need it to be true. The accusations are enough.
Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 21, 2023 07:17 PM (hxPC2)
-----------------

I give you this comment thread as absolute proof. Many of the same mouthbreathers would (and have right here) declare they don't trust the FBI, but if the FBI says, "We got a kiddie diddler, digitial warrior. Trust us." They'll accept that without question.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (NUoxe)

169 green onions are more garnish than cooking ingredient - nearly uncooked.

Yeah, you can cook the white part on the bottom third, but the green part is something you put on top at the end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (0hOvj)

170 > somebody's off their meds again...

There's definitely a sweaty mania stank surrounding Paul's writing.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (V1QHJ)

171 I think there is a dish called Cock- A-Leekie.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (PCK5/)

172 *Paul is on crack...

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (V13WU)

173 166 Fresh green onions are wonderful with a good burger. Just eat 'em raw.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:18 PM (Fwhqy)

TP may strike me down for Italian/Sicilian heresy, but...

*looks both ways*

I think I like onions more than garlic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (zZu0s)

174 Leeks are the first green thing in the woods to sprout in the spring around here.

Posted by: davidt at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (SYTee)

175 Question for the Horde: say you are concerned that an evildoer might try to compromise you by planting "forbidden" files on your devices. Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM (tkR6S)
---
Any device connected to the internet is exploitable. In the immortal words of supreme hacker overlord Harold Finch, "A single exploit is a total exploit."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (BpYfr)

176 Are you on drugs? Linking to that braindead forever war neocon blog Instapundit? I'm really beginning to think Ace and Co are just a bunch of neocons at hear themselves.

Posted by: MikeN at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (+548g)

177 I enjoyed the movie. We get to see Maverick finally grow up and guess what, he's even more awesome.

The scene when he peeks in to see Rooster beating the ivories and playing that song. You literally see Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell get punched in the gut.

Rooster, "Don't tell me we lost an engine!"

Maverick, "Okay, I won't."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (5+0fa)

178 Did somebody say Green Onions?

https://youtu.be/nVAFjvRBswY

Posted by: Booker T at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (iayUP)

179 Sadly, we don't have the Tarpeian Rock, but maybe one day the Statue of Liberty can stand in for it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (oINRc)

180 Always carry quart of sanitizer when checking anything out from the Vespa Rental Palace.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (wrJpE)

181 @163 So what did you think of the movie? I mentioned what I thought of it earlier.

----

*spoiler* in the overwatch plane should have been in an F-35, since that job didn't require a Super Hornet.

But that's a minor not, all things considered. And I know why they didn't do that.

Posted by: junior at March 21, 2023 07:21 PM (VMtzf)

182 171 I think there is a dish called Cock- A-Leekie.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (PCK5/)

There's Cock Soup...
https://is.gd/B7aDk1

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:21 PM (ynpvh)

183 > I give you this comment thread as absolute proof. Many of the same mouthbreathers would (and have right here) declare they don't trust the FBI, but if the FBI says, "We got a kiddie diddler, digitial warrior. Trust us." They'll accept that without question.

The other side of the exact same coin are the people who claim the FBI don't actually do any digital pedo stings and any claims to the contrary are the bleatings of blind sheep.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 21, 2023 07:21 PM (V1QHJ)

184 Sadly, we don't have the Tarpeian Rock, but maybe one day the Statue of Liberty can stand in for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (oINRc)

The Rock wasn't the problem, it was the sudden stop at the bottom that was the issue.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:21 PM (eoQWY)

185 Well, first get rid of the virus known as Windows.
Posted by: fd at March 21, 2023 07:14 PM (iayUP)

Mostly there. On Linux right now.

To sort of answer my own question, I'd back up files important to me onto removable media, and then do a periodic fresh install of Linux onto the main drive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:22 PM (tkR6S)

186 I'm really beginning to think Ace and Co are just a bunch of neocons at hear themselves.

Concern: noted

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (0hOvj)

187 Now do leeks.
_____

We don't do leaks, unless of course, it benefits us politically. Oh, wait, leeks. Nevermind.

Posted by: DOJ at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (fs1hN)

188 Look, if I said I was a Duke just because some moistened bins lobbed a green onion at me...wait.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (u73oe)

189 Many of the same mouthbreathers would (and have right here) declare they don't trust the FBI, but if the FBI says, "We got a kiddie diddler, digitial warrior. Trust us." They'll accept that without question.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (NUoxe)

Concur. The federal government and all of it's employees are guilty of crimes like this "Journalist".

Just look at our "President".

Jury nullification of any federal case is a duty of every free thinking individual as they are not to be trusted.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (R/m4+)

190 Maverick, "Okay, I won't."
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:20 PM (5+0fa)

Ok, given the... similarities to the original, why does it work here and not in say, Picard Season 3?

I know what I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

191 There's Cock Soup...
https://is.gd/B7aDk1
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:21 PM (ynpvh)

Which is actually tasty!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (tkR6S)

192 I'm really beginning to think Ace and Co are just a bunch of neocons at hear themselves.

Concern: noted
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (0hOvj)

He forgot the dot at the end of "Co."

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (eoQWY)

193 Question for the Horde: say you are concerned that an evildoer might try to compromise you by planting "forbidden" files on your devices. Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM

You need to ask Sharyl Attkisson who she used after the fib/cia got into her computer at home and started spying on her.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (ncXxy)

194 Instapundit… I do know that Ed Driscoll links/bumps Ace fairly often. Lots of variety at Instapundit.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:25 PM (PCK5/)

195 Isn't he the one who on his deathbed cried out that he was horribly mistaken?

Or maybe that's a myth.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:02 PM (Fwhqy)

Nah, that was the founder of the Catholic Church

Posted by: Stirring the sectarian pot, boss! at March 21, 2023 07:25 PM (La8Fd)

196 Maverick we are seeing years later.

Picard Season 3 they are stealing the plot bones from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and putting different characters in.

Sadly it fails because Riker is acting like Kirk and he is second banana to Admiral Geritol.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:25 PM (5+0fa)

197 @190 Ok, given the... similarities to the original, why does it work here and not in say, Picard Season 3?

----

From what little I've seen, Picard probably doesn't have a character who's in serious enough to get away with it. Mav saying something like that is in character. But can you imagine super-serious Riker or Worf saying that?

Posted by: junior at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (VMtzf)

198 191 There's Cock Soup...
https://is.gd/B7aDk1
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:21 PM (ynpvh)

Which is actually tasty!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (tkR6S)

Which reminds me...where's Garrett these days?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (ynpvh)

199 Isn't that the standard for the FBI, though? Planting CP on someone's PC so that they can be arrested for something vile.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (CHHv1)

200 From the news it seems like there is a shortage of cross dressing men to anoint with the title Woman of the Year. Some are having to resort to actual females.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, geeking out at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (jTmQV)

201 171 I think there is a dish called Cock- A-Leekie.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:19 PM (PCK5/)

There's a Jeeves and Wooster story / incident where Tuppy is trying to sell his mum's Cock-A-Leekie soup recipe to a Soup Magnate, only to be dashed when it is the same as the one in most recipe books.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (eoQWY)

202 193 Question for the Horde: say you are concerned that an evildoer might try to compromise you by planting "forbidden" files on your devices. Is there any way to inoculate your OS against this sort of exploit, or to sanitize it, if you suspect this is being done?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 21, 2023 07:13 PM

You need to ask Sharyl Attkisson who she used after the fib/cia got into her computer at home and started spying on her.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (ncXxy)

As I recall, that included ADDING secret files to her computer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (ynpvh)

203 I'm really beginning to think Ace and Co are just a bunch of neocons at hear themselves.

Concern: noted
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:23 PM (0hOvj)

He forgot the dot at the end of "Co."

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM

I would have awarded points if he had went for the classic: et al.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (ncXxy)

204 198

Which reminds me...where's Garrett these days?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (ynpvh)

He was commenting earlier today.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (PCK5/)

205 You need to ask Sharyl Attkisson who she used after the fib/cia got into her computer at home and started spying on her.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (ncXxy)

While she was watching!!!

The balls on these guys.

Posted by: Booker T and the MGs at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (CCSxw)

206 Paul is a real fucked up mental defective.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (Pnz33)

207 Chopped up a bunch of green onions at lunch today. Doing prep work for chicken fried rice for dinner.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (H4JoC)

208 I would have awarded points if he had went for the classic: et al.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (ncXxy)

I appreciate a good et al.

Almost as much as a proper i.e.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (Fwhqy)

209 Garret might be found on a bike trail contused because his Crocs fouled while he was peddling.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (5+0fa)

210 Nothing to see here, sir. They're discussing onions.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (Xrfse)

211 I will not eat green onions and ham
I will not eat them Sam I Am

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (xhxe8)

212 From the news it seems like there is a shortage of cross dressing men to anoint with the title Woman of the Year. Some are having to resort to actual females.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, geeking out at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (jTmQV)

Females, though, that are cosplaying annoying males and spouting conspiracy theories about patriarchy and the like, not actual ladies.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (eoQWY)

213 Posted by: Paul at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (1Uiaz)

Try not to partake of the magic mushrooms before posting here, Paul.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (KoTjp)

214 208 I would have awarded points if he had went for the classic: et al.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (ncXxy)

I appreciate a good et al.

Almost as much as a proper i.e.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (Fwhqy)

Not to mention op cit.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (PCK5/)

215
You need to ask Sharyl Attkisson who she used after the fib/cia got into her computer at home and started spying on her.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:24 PM (ncXxy)

As I recall, that included ADDING secret files to her computer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM

Yes it did and IIRC she went to some high power computer forensics guy who sorted it all out for her. But that was only after she noticed things on her computer that were not as she had left them. It pays to pay attention.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:29 PM (ncXxy)

216 208 I would have awarded points if he had went for the classic: et al.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (ncXxy)

I appreciate a good et al.

Almost as much as a proper i.e.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (Fwhqy)

You mean, e.g. a proper i.e., right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:29 PM (ynpvh)

217 196 Maverick we are seeing years later.

Picard Season 3 they are stealing the plot bones from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and putting different characters in.

Sadly it fails because Riker is acting like Kirk and he is second banana to Admiral Geritol.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:25 PM (5+0fa)

I'd agree. The time between movies works in the movies' favor. AND the lack of Top Gun material in the intervening years. We can have nothing but good memories of the original, so it colors how we view the sequel a lot.

Additionally, Maverick's character actually has an arc- and unlike most Cruise movies, he actually has a love interest who is not just smoking hot, but also in his age bracket.

I just wish there was more variety in the Jet porn. We have... 4? The secret squirrel Mach 10 test plane. The F-18, the Su-57(?) and the F-14. That's it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:29 PM (zZu0s)

218 Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera...

Posted by: The King of Siam at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (SYTee)

219 The grunions are running!

Posted by: John Fetterman at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (tkR6S)

220 Isn't that the standard for the FBI, though? Planting CP on someone's PC so that they can be arrested for something vile.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (CHHv1)

Takes less budget and no field time so it isn't as good as infiltrating the operation with 25 or so FBI agents in various guises.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (eoQWY)

221 211 I will not eat green onions and ham
I will not eat them Sam I Am

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (xhxe

Nowhere in the text is the ham green, only in the book illustrations. I'll pass on the green ham...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (ynpvh)

222 You mean, e.g. a proper i.e., right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:29 PM (ynpvh

Ergo, he gets it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (Fwhqy)

223 I used to eat green onions with salt, bite off some dip the end in salt. A bit strong for my guts these days.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (0hOvj)

224 The F-18, the Su-57(?) and the F-14. That's it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 20
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I cannot believe you overlooked the Mustang.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 21, 2023 07:31 PM (2YtOq)

225 Watching the Party and State gobble up their own and spit out the bones is the closest thing you get to justice in a regime like this. Enjoy it. Just because Stalin was a bastard doesn't make it any less fun to watch a worm like Bukharin squirm.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:31 PM (oINRc)

226 I cannot believe you overlooked the Mustang.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 21, 2023 07:31 PM (2YtOq)

Dammit. You are right. Bets on whether that is Cruise's personal plane?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (zZu0s)

227 And it is right purty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (zZu0s)

228 214 208 I would have awarded points if he had went for the classic: et al.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:27 PM (ncXxy)

I appreciate a good et al.

Almost as much as a proper i.e.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (Fwhqy)

Not to mention op cit.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2023 07:28 PM (PCK5/)

I think that's in my c.v.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (ynpvh)

229 Jennifer Connelly is supposed to a certain Admiral's daughter that was mentioned in the first movie. So in character she is wise to Pete Mitchell's ways but is still entranced by him. So is a good match for him.

"Don't hurt my mother again."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (5+0fa)

230 The grunions are running!

Posted by: John Fetterman at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM

IMO that was the best Beverly Hillbilly's episode.

Mister Drysdale in the Navy Reserve.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (ncXxy)

231 I just wish there was more variety in the Jet porn. We have... 4? The secret squirrel Mach 10 test plane. The F-18, the Su-57(?) and the F-14. That's it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:29 PM (zZu0s)

Well, the Hornet is the sexiest plane to ever plane, so it works for me. The Tomcat was just nostalgia.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (Fwhqy)

232 The P-51D has been reported to be Cruise's personal aircraft.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:33 PM (5+0fa)

233 As I recall, that included ADDING secret files to her computer...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:26 PM (ynpvh)

That's clumsy. If she did backups you could prove that these files were all shoved in at once and on what date. Better to replace the contents of a file, though a backup could show that as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:33 PM (eoQWY)

234 I DDG'd "James Gordon Meek," and the first image that comes up is Whoopi G.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at March 21, 2023 07:33 PM (MvF+J)

235 Unfortunately I am still working so had to just to do a brief comment. It has been a long time but they had real stories about the Vietnam War, Jonestown, polygamy in the Mormon Church to name a few I remember. I have no idea if they were fact checked but certainly better journalism than what you see today.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2023 07:34 PM (6lj/r)

236 Dammit. You are right. Bets on whether that is Cruise's personal plane?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (zZu0s)
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I sort of assumed it was, because he does own one. At least, I think he does.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 21, 2023 07:34 PM (2YtOq)

237 Hunter Thompson was crazy, but entertaining.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, geeking out at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (jTmQV)

238 Nowhere in the text is the ham green, only in the book illustrations. I'll pass on the green ham...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (ynpvh)

its green EGGS and ham. This implies that the ham is ham colored, and the eggs are green.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (eoQWY)

239 Well, the Hornet is the sexiest plane to ever plane, so it works for me. The Tomcat was just nostalgia.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:32 PM (Fwhqy)

You are a strange man.

F-86= sexy and cool
F-4 Phantom- Ultra Cool and sexy
P-51- cool and sexy
P-38- cool, but probably not sexy
B-29- sexy
XB-70 and SR-71- OD of both Cool and Sexy

F-18 does not rate, imao.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

240 Any update on Ladyl's son? Hoping he is doing better.

Posted by: Floridachick at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (/k9DC)

241 I have no idea if they were fact checked but certainly better journalism than what you see today.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2023 07:34 PM (6lj/r)

A crazed prole howling at Emanuel Goldstein on a telescreen is better journalism than what you get today.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (oINRc)

242 You are a strange man.

F-86= sexy and cool
F-4 Phantom- Ultra Cool and sexy
P-51- cool and sexy
P-38- cool, but probably not sexy
B-29- sexy
XB-70 and SR-71- OD of both Cool and Sexy

F-18 does not rate, imao.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

I just have better taste in go fasts.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (Fwhqy)

243 The SR-71 epitomizes sexy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (Pnz33)

244 The F-18, the Su-57(?) and the F-14. That's it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 20
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I cannot believe you overlooked the Mustang.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 21, 2023 07:31 PM (2YtOq)

he did say "Jet Porn" not "Fighter Porn"

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (eoQWY)

245 Any update on Ladyl's son? Hoping he is doing better.

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 21, 2023 07:37 PM (Xrfse)

246 Pretty Princess-loving creepazoid attorney Mark Zaid hates me personally with a fiery passion. I shooped a pic of him in a pretty princess dress in a magical fairy castle and put it up whenever I encounter him on Twitter. It's hilarious. He's hilarious.

Posted by: troyriser at March 21, 2023 07:37 PM (7Cx1V)

247 The F-18E/F is not a Hornet.

The F/A-18 A - C were based on the original MDD redesign of the Northrop YF-17. That was the Hornet.

Except for shape, some software, the M-61, and the NACES ejection seat; the F-18E shares nothing in common with the F/A-18C. It is a completely new airplane. But NavAir and the Hornet Mafia sold it to Congress as an 'upgrade.'

So the Naval Aviators got a plane that may require fewer man hours to keep flying than an F-14 but lost the weapons flexibility, growth potential, and range of the Tomcat.

The Super Hornet deserves a Super Golden Fleece Award.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (5+0fa)

248 I just have better taste in go fasts.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (Fwhqy)

Sez you!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (zZu0s)

249 F-18
F-15
F-14
F-22
P-51
Spitfire

That's my now list

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (Fwhqy)

250 I believe the FBI. Really I do! (Please don't raid me!)

Posted by: Mhandisi at March 21, 2023 07:39 PM (IXANy)

251 238 Nowhere in the text is the ham green, only in the book illustrations. I'll pass on the green ham...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:30 PM (ynpvh)

its green EGGS and ham. This implies that the ham is ham colored, and the eggs are green.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (eoQWY)

Certainly, but the illustrations have the ham green too, at least the versions of the book I've seen. So maybe
Green (eggs and ham)
NOT
(green eggs) and ham

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:39 PM (ynpvh)

252 The Super Hornet deserves a Super Golden Fleece Award.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (5+0fa)

Hard to beat the F-111. I've heard it described that the only thing good about the program was the Russians went and copied it thus having to waste as much time and effort was we did.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (eoQWY)

253 beat up 1986 F-250 .. gas hog, but sexy?

Posted by: illiniwek at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (Cus5s)

254 Except for shape, some software, the M-61, and the NACES ejection seat; the F-18E shares nothing in common with the F/A-18C. It is a completely new airplane. But NavAir and the Hornet Mafia sold it to Congress as an 'upgrade.'

So the Naval Aviators got a plane that may require fewer man hours to keep flying than an F-14 but lost the weapons flexibility, growth potential, and range of the Tomcat.

The Super Hornet deserves a Super Golden Fleece Award.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (5+0fa)

F-35 is a real Hanger Queen... far more Maintenance to flying hours than anything previous, except the F-22.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (oHd/0)

255 I was also wondering about poster " HalfDozen" who posted a prayer request the other evening about a serious health concern about a family member .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (8gEhb)

256 The Super Hornet deserves a Super Golden Fleece Award.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (5+0fa)

Word…

Posted by: zombie William Proxmire at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (CCSxw)

257 242 You are a strange man.

F-86= sexy and cool
F-4 Phantom- Ultra Cool and sexy
P-51- cool and sexy
P-38- cool, but probably not sexy
B-29- sexy
XB-70 and SR-71- OD of both Cool and Sexy

F-18 does not rate, imao.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

I just have better taste in go fasts.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (Fwhqy)

A-10 Warthog: ugly but banging.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (ynpvh)

258 249 F-18
F-15
F-14
F-22
P-51
Spitfire

That's my now list
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (Fwhqy)

Always really like the P-40 Warhawk meself..

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (oHd/0)

259 A-10 Warthog: ugly but banging.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (ynpvh

A Walmart 5

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (Fwhqy)

260 "Green Eggs and Ham" teaches kids to succumb to peer pressure.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (MvF+J)

261 The Joint Strike Fighter was never a real airplane program, it was and is a jobs program. Much like the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (5+0fa)

262 Ibid Ibid

Posted by: Kermit at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (63Dwl)

263 Certainly, but the illustrations have the ham green too, at least the versions of the book I've seen. So maybe
Green (eggs and ham)
NOT
(green eggs) and ham
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:39 PM (ynpvh)

yes, and I was bitter about that in the dentists office or wherever I first ran into Dr Seuss. I was into non-fiction even in the pre-K and kindergarten days.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (eoQWY)

264 its green EGGS and ham. This implies that the ham is ham colored, and the eggs are green
--------
Oooooohhh. Why didn't you say so earlier. I'll have the ham then, Sam.

Posted by: Guy fending off Sam's persistent sales pitch, up until now at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (fs1hN)

265 That's my now list
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM (Fwhqy)

F-22 and Spitfire are good choices. F-15, meh. F-14 is just a classic.

B-1B is another sexy one, although I am betting Anna would award it a golden fleece award.

B-2 is just Cool. I always liked the flying wing designs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

266 F-18
F-15
F-14
F-22
P-51
Spitfire

That's my now list
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Not bad.

I'd swap the F-22 with the F-15.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (Pnz33)

267 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (8gEhb)

He posted last night

Surgery went well

Waiting for pathology results

Posted by: browndog on his cell at March 21, 2023 07:42 PM (CCSxw)

268 F-18
F-15
F-14
F-22
P-51
Spitfire

That's my now list

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:38 PM

F104 G Star fighter....I win.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:42 PM (ncXxy)

269 A-10 Warthog: ugly but banging.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 21, 2023 07:40 PM (ynpvh)

The epitome of 'Ugly as sin, but Functional as fuck.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

270 One B-2 Spirit could have accomplished the mission in Top Gun: Maverick at far less danger.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:43 PM (5+0fa)

271 he did say "Jet Porn" not "Fighter Porn"
Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:36 PM (eoQWY)
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And I said I couldn't believe he overlooked the Mustang. Almost like it was unworthy of mention : D

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 21, 2023 07:43 PM (2YtOq)

272 Yes. The F-104 was sexy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 21, 2023 07:43 PM (Pnz33)

273 Always really like the P-40 Warhawk meself..
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (oHd/0)

Suffered from the disadvantage of coming too soon and not being able to cope with zeros without decent pilots and tactics. By the time we had those in carload lots we also had newer fighters that could beat the Japanese hands down.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:44 PM (eoQWY)

274 F-4 Corsair?

Also... dammit, my memory sucks, but there was a smallish Navy fighter that without the wing end pods was sexy as hell... Cougar?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

275 F-105 Thunderchief is always overlooked.

Sexy, fast and tough....want more could you want.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 21, 2023 07:44 PM (R/m4+)

276 P-40 was sexy too. Nice grill.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:44 PM (Fwhqy)

277 F104 G Star fighter....I win.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:42 PM (ncXxy)

Isn't that closer to a lawn dart than a plane?

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (eoQWY)

278 the A-10 is the homely girl you take home from the bar at 2am but you sneak out the back so your buddies don't see you leaving with her, but once you get back to your place she shows you some things you didn't know before.

Posted by: ballistic at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (oXNqT)

279 Posted by: browndog on his cell at March 21, 2023 07:42 PM (CCSxw)

Thanks. Will continue to pray. I'm usually asleep by 9:00 pm NJ time because I'm up at about 4:45, unless I have insomnia, so I miss a lot of the late night postings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (kZP0s)

280 Also... dammit, my memory sucks, but there was a smallish Navy fighter that without the wing end pods was sexy as hell... Cougar?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

not the Buffalo? !!?

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (eoQWY)

281 Spad has to be in there somewhere. I saw one up close. You could probably fit it in my den.

Posted by: Javems at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (AmoqO)

282 Why was it called the F-104G?

G for Germany because the Germans wanted a fighter bomber so the wing was stressed for greater loads, landing gear beefed up, and the rudder was enlarged.

The F-104G became the standard export Starfighter to Norway, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Taiwan, and served as the baseline for the F-104J Eiko.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:46 PM (5+0fa)

283 273 Always really like the P-40 Warhawk meself..
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2023 07:41 PM (oHd/0)

Suffered from the disadvantage of coming too soon and not being able to cope with zeros without decent pilots and tactics. By the time we had those in carload lots we also had newer fighters that could beat the Japanese hands down.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:44 PM (eoQWY)

I really liked the Dogfights! series on History channel- especially the early episodes. Where the torpedo bomber guy fought two Zeros and went home alive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

284 278 the A-10 is the homely girl you take home from the bar at 2am but you sneak out the back so your buddies don't see you leaving with her, but once you get back to your place she shows you some things you didn't know before.
Posted by: ballistic at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (oXNqT

Heh. Homely girl but damn did she rock my world.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:46 PM (Fwhqy)

285 Hunter Thompson is alleged by "some" in the conspiracy theorist world to have made snuff films or child sacrifice for the Bohemian Grove set. Those are some strange cats, there.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 21, 2023 07:46 PM (eaua+)

286 285 Hunter Thompson is alleged by "some" in the conspiracy theorist world to have made snuff films or child sacrifice for the Bohemian Grove set. Those are some strange cats, there.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 21, 2023 07:46 PM (eaua+)

8mm was a documentary.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:48 PM (zZu0s)

287 Bbbbrrrrraaaaaapppppp

Type that and everyone on the internet knows what you are talking about.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:48 PM (Fwhqy)

288 Only saw German F-104s in Germany in simulated air raid.

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2023 07:48 PM (xhxe8)

289 The only thing you can do is keeo a detailed log for all goings on on your network. Tough to prove where a certain file drop came from but at least you can show it was not by "usual" means.

Posted by: ... at March 21, 2023 07:48 PM (BXxcV)

290 Hunter Thompson wrote about the Hells Angels before he got crazy and it was more conventional stuff.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 21, 2023 07:48 PM (6lj/r)

291 The F9F Panther with its straight wing had tip tanks.

The swept wing F9F Cougar did not.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:48 PM (5+0fa)

292 Ok. About to rewatch Maverick since y'all brought it up.

I feel the need...

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2023 07:49 PM (Fwhqy)

293 Nood. Cafe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 21, 2023 07:49 PM (zZu0s)

294 Stupid tablet can't load searches for fa18 hornet or f14 tomcat

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 21, 2023 07:49 PM (Eeb9P)

295 No love for the Brewster F2A Buffalo? Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 21, 2023 07:49 PM (Xrfse)

296 F104 G Star fighter....I win.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:42 PM (ncXxy)

Isn't that closer to a lawn dart than a plane?

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (eoQWY)

The F104 was the only fighter jet to intercept the USS Enterprise Star Ship.

Season 1, episode 19 Tomorrow is Yesterday.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 21, 2023 07:49 PM (ncXxy)

297 A-10 is the girl you go on a date with because you owe your buddy one but you find out she's homely and chunky but cooks really well, is amazing in bed, is supportive, makes you a better man, cooks you breakfast before you're out of bed, and charms your whole family. And you go out with her proudly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 21, 2023 07:49 PM (0hOvj)

298 Only the Finns liked the Buffalo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:50 PM (5+0fa)

299 And a nationwide manhunt for the Clintons will be e televised
Posted by: Paul at March 21, 2023 07:16 PM (1Uiaz)

This would be an awesome reality tv show.

Posted by: Iris at March 21, 2023 07:50 PM (foa6+)

300 NPR or Rolling Stone, I don't know which of these leftist propaganda outlets I trust less but I buy the child porn theory.

A leftists and pedophile Venn Diagram is as near to a circle as can be.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 21, 2023 07:51 PM (17s+e)

301 Spad has to be in there somewhere. I saw one up close. You could probably fit it in my den.
Posted by: Javems at March 21, 2023 07:45 PM (AmoqO)

The Johnny Quest where Race Bannon has to dogfight a WWI German dude in Chile who needed one more kill to get his score up is some great animation. One (or more) of the animators was really into WWI planes. The bad guy didn't issue any bullets to Race, naturally

That show really spoiled international travel for me, it never came up to the standard that the show set. I never met mummies or Robot Spiders at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:51 PM (eoQWY)

302 Corsair. Loved it. of course when I was a kid Baa-Baa Blacksheep was one of the few TV shows my Dad liked. But also being a kid what liked drawing, I loved the gull-wings and giant engine. Very fun to draw.

Used to get in trouble for drawing elaborate air battles of Corsairs and Jap Zeros on the back of my homework sheets. It's a wonder I made it through public schools. But, you know, 1970s and '80s.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 21, 2023 07:52 PM (UQUAY)

303 The lies of the left never cease to amaze me; from anyone believing a single word from Felonia von Pantsuit, Hitlery 'what difference at this point does it make?' Clinton herself, to: Joe Biden is mentally fit to be president, one has to marvel at the shear audacity of the whole thing - and then marvel at the majority of meat sacks that actually agree with the brain washing?!?
Sometimes I almost think those on the left are sub/non-human on a fundamental level.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 21, 2023 07:53 PM (1pO9F)

304 Only the Finns liked the Buffalo.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2023 07:50 PM (5+0fa)

One trick in the WWII Pacific War game in the early war period the Buffalo has a better range so you can escort strikes at maximum range and save bombers in exchange for fighters. They also did good work at Singapore on unescorted Betty raids until the airfields got too damaged.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2023 07:53 PM (eoQWY)

305 Behold. I am willow. Look upon me and snicker.

Or something.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 21, 2023 07:54 PM (UQUAY)

306 Clinton manhunt - Bill found charming the ladies in the whorehouse lounge, pantsless. Not sure how Hilldog will be caught, but she would be throwing everything at hand at the cops, including a half empty bottle of Grey Goose.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 21, 2023 07:56 PM (fs1hN)

307 Back in the day, my frat was in the flight path of Davis Monathon. A10's are my favorite plane.No, I never went to the boneyard

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 21, 2023 07:57 PM (Eeb9P)

308 This was NPR, national pretentious radio.

Does anyone remember Juan Gomeshi, at one point a star journalist at NPR. Until it came out mr. G liked to hit on his female coworkers, both figuratively and literally - he liked being violent while engaging in the act. And turned out his coworkers all knew, but had to pretend to be shocked, shocked when a bruised subordinate decided to go public.

The star journalist became he who can not be named - even rerun interviews disappeared.

Posted by: BobM at March 21, 2023 08:54 PM (8ptg7)

309 Just here to see how many realized the FBI planted child pron on his computer to justify taking him for reporting on the fbi/cia

Posted by: Isolden at March 21, 2023 10:00 PM (dB99g)

310 So did the frenz at tiktok help the fib out?

Posted by: torabora at March 21, 2023 10:22 PM (xOVyR)

311 The East German police used to use porn as a way to frame their political opponents... its pretty standard.

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Rolling Stone Lied to Readers, Claiming a Journalist's Home Was Raided Because He Was Hot on the Trail of a National Security Story.
That Wasn't Why He Was Raided.