Daily Tech News 30 March 2023

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US government efforts to ban communist spy and propaganda application TikTok have been stalled by... Senator Rand Paul. (Reuters)

Senator Paul is just being his usual contrarian self and there is nothing at all to worry about in the comfortingly-named RESTRICT Act.

Let's see... First born child, uh huh. Plagues of blood, okay. A fire upon the deep, makes sense. Demons from the Ninth Circle of Hell eating your liver, yep.

Everything is totally above board here and there is nothing to worry about and the government is not trying to shove through an unprecedented and violently unconstitutional infringement of civil rights under the pretext of fighting those filthy commies blinkblinkblink blink-blink-blink blinkblinkblink

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A full review of the new Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16. (Tom's Hardware)

With two screens, a 16 core Ryzen CPU, and an Nvidia RTX 4090, this is one of the most powerful and flexible laptops around but.

But it seems that Nvidia couldn't decide who they were making this laptop for and ended up with something that won't please anybody - unless it arrives as an unexpected gift. It's by no means bad; it's just not focused.

Creators don't need a 240Hz display or an RTX 4090, they'd be better off with a cheaper (quieter, cooler) GPU and a higher-resolution, wider-gamut display. The 16" LCD panel covers only 85% of DCI-P3 - which used to be very good and again is not bad, it's just decidedly unremarkable for a high-end laptop.

Gamers don't need the second screen or the cramped keyboard and small trackpad caused by its inclusion, and more conventional laptops have better cooling and run faster.

If you work and play on the go and need to pick just one laptop, again, it's not a bad choice. It's also not remotely cheap - the tested configuration cost $4000. US, not Australian. It's A$7000 here.
Memory prices continue to fall which is great for consumers in the short term but not great for the companies that produce the chips, with Micron losing $2.3 billion for the quarter. (Tom's Hardware)

The last collapse of DRAM pricing left only three major producers of memory chips.
Intel plans to release the successor to the lackluster Sapphire Rapids server (and workstations) CPUs by the end of this year. (AnandTech)

They should look up Osborne Effect.

They really should, because Emerald Rapids - the replacement for Sapphire Rapids - will be followed by Sierra Forest in the first half of 2024, then Granite Rapids in the second half of 2024, then Clearwater Forest in 2025.

It seems simpler to just buy AMD.
1100 virtue-signaling nitwits signed on to an open letter calling for a six month moratorium on AI research, pointing to the existential threat posed by crappy chatbots. (Tech Crunch)

Yeah, right.
Stable Diffusion will kill all life on Earth by lunchtime Wednesday if we don't act NOW!!!!! (Time)

Just in case you thought the wankers from the previous article were insufficiently hysterical.

Louis Rossman Ranting About That RESTRICT Act Video of the Day

$1 million fines and 20 year sentences for secret crimes.
Yeah, this is fine.

If you have the time - I haven't watched this one yet - here's Louis reading through the entire 55 page bill.

Disclaimer: IT IS NOT FINE!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:10 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:11 AM (v0TzN)

2 It's Pixy time!

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 30, 2023 04:12 AM (zHuJr)

3 >>>Disclaimer: IT IS NOT FINE!

I think that was clear.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:13 AM (v0TzN)

4 Good evening ladies and germs.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2023 04:13 AM (BLOW1)

5 2 It's Pixy time!
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 30, 2023 04:12 AM (zHuJr)

It is, indeed.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:13 AM (v0TzN)

6 Skip should be here momentarily:

539 Was going to wait until Pixy showed up to get up but might as well get moving so I can get to bed tonight fasfer
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 04:06 AM (xhxe

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:14 AM (v0TzN)

7 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 04:14 AM (xhxe8)

8 Toop 10 and good afternoon from Bangkok!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 04:15 AM (+E4dL)

9 Morning, all! Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:15 AM (omVj0)

10 As I said.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:16 AM (v0TzN)

11 Missed it by a kitten's whisker! Anyway, morning, folk, and evening to Pixy.

Strange dream last night. I was driving the late lamented '86 S-Class Mercedes, and pulled into a small mountain (?) town that was clearly in the South. The gas pumps were labeled 24 (!!!??) octane, and a gallon cost $4.86 (displayed in LEDs like early calculators, not in LCD).

I ate at a diner, and must have been pretending to be disabled, because I left in a wheelchair, but got out of it and toted the wheelchair down the steps in the back. Then, going down another flight of steps to get to my car, I was confronted by a near-toothless inbred hick from the movies . . . (con't)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:20 AM (omVj0)

12 Have you been eating pizza after midnight, Wolfus?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2023 04:24 AM (BLOW1)

13 (con't) The tooth-challenged hick held up some items he said he'd taken from my car trunk: some zip ties and more things that couldn't have cost more than $15 total.

Chuckling, he clumped away down the steps. I turned to the man on my left, apparently a deputy sheriff who'd heard all this and done nothing. I demanded to know where the sheriff's office was. I had just stepped inside the office, which was busy and filled with people who spoke as if they were all chawin' tobacco, when I woke up.

They say melatonin contributes to vivid and startling dreams. Check!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:24 AM (omVj0)

14 No, Pixy, no pizza at all. It might be the melatonin I usually take, a small dose, to get to sleep. I suspect I dream like this a lot, but for some reason the last few days I've been remembering the dream when I wake up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:26 AM (omVj0)

15 Now I would like a pizza.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:27 AM (v0TzN)

16 Am I getting confused or is there a separate act by Hawley for tictok specifically and not this restrict rope-a-dope or patriot act 2.0 that Rossman tackles above?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 04:28 AM (+E4dL)

17 They say melatonin contributes to vivid and startling dreams. Check!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:24 AM (omVj0)
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You sure it wasn't the anchovies pizza?

Posted by: Ciampino --- English is a fascinating language at March 30, 2023 04:31 AM (qfLjt)

18 Now I would like a pizza.
Posted by: m

Or melatonin..

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2023 04:31 AM (vd8XM)

19 Great. A melatonin and pineapple pizza.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:33 AM (omVj0)

20 There may be more than one bill - the RESTRICT Act does not list Hawley as a cosponsor.

https://tinyurl.com/358e2cut

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2023 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

21 Disclaimer: IT IS NOT FINE!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:10 AM
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RATED: Partially true.

https://youtu.be/0cW7F6VlQc8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 04:36 AM (9cS6m)

22 Good morning morons

I'm going to Philadelphia tonight. There will be pizza. And we are going to Mama's for cheesesteaks too. Maybe I should have a pizza steak.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:36 AM (EZebt)

23 I'm going to Philadelphia tonight. There will be pizza. And we are going to Mama's for cheesesteaks too. Maybe I should have a pizza steak.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:36 AM (EZebt)
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From San Fran to Philly. You really know how to live on the edge! Don't forget your travel insurance!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 04:38 AM (9cS6m)

24 Oy vey Kamala is representing the U.S. in Ghana.

The mind reels...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:40 AM (EZebt)

25 Biden's dog, help us understand the nature of the conflict over these "judicial reforms" that has everyone's panties in a bunch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:43 AM (EZebt)

26 Watching a few minutes of Louis Rossman video above, he says he will only watch a Tiktok video that someone even links to him using TOR.

Is TT that invasive?

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2023 04:43 AM (vd8XM)

27 22 Philadelphia ... cheesesteaks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:36 AM (EZebt)

yum

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:44 AM (v0TzN)

28 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2023 04:45 AM (ju2Fy)

29 26 Watching a few minutes of Louis Rossman video above, he says he will only watch a Tiktok video that someone even links to him using TOR.

Is TT that invasive?

Probably not so much of a concern for the average use - do not under any circumstances install the app though.

But given how Linus Tech Tips got their entire YouTube channel stolen a few days ago it's sensible for someone with a major online presence.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2023 04:45 AM (BLOW1)

30 Miss Linda and I usually have a pizza on Friday evenings for dinner. Lately I've been buying Red Baron pizzas (the Dollar Tree carries them for $4.00), occasionally DiGiorno or the Walmart Great Value brand. (Yeah, I'm cheap; stipulated.) Miss L. prefers the rising crust, which I'm not fond of. A chewy pizza? No thank you; crispy for me.

When a frozen pizza can cost upwards of $6, you know something's wrong.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 04:46 AM (omVj0)

31 26 Watching a few minutes of Louis Rossman video above, he says he will only watch a Tiktok video that someone even links to him using TOR.

Is TT that invasive?
Posted by: Bruce
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Short answer: Hell, yes. Whether you have the app or not. Even if you just watch a tictok that someone sent you. Extremely invasive.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 04:47 AM (+E4dL)

32 DiGiorno are my favorite frozen

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 04:48 AM (xhxe8)

33 Only posting here because I can, dammit, got willowed on the ONT. Happy Thursday, Horde. I might see you this evening. I am hopeful that good, restful sleep awaits.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 30, 2023 04:48 AM (a4EWo)

34 headlines on TOR browser (which I had to look up to see that it's a browser):

hacker news
Trojanized TOR Browser Installers Spreading Crypto-Stealing Clipper Malware

The A Register
Malware disguised as Tor browser steals $400k in cryptocash

It's scary out there.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 04:49 AM (v0TzN)

35 But given how Linus Tech Tips got their entire YouTube channel stolen a few days ago it's sensible for someone with a major online presence.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Short answer: Hell, yes. Whether you have the app or not. Even if you just watch a tictok that someone sent you. Extremely invasive.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM

Thank you!

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2023 04:51 AM (vd8XM)

36 help us understand the nature of the conflict over these "judicial reforms" that has everyone's panties in a bunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Here's a twitter thread from an article at Legal Insurrection that JJ linked yesterday.

https://is.gd/judicial_reform

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2023 04:53 AM (ju2Fy)

37 Biden's dog, help us understand the nature of the conflict over these "judicial reforms" that has everyone's panties in a bunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:43 AM (EZebt)
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An audio interview with Moshe Koppel, head of Kohelet, the organization which assisted in drafting the now-suspended judicial reform legislation (which means it will be dropped or watered down to nothing):

https://tinyurl.com/4z2z222t

(Time of Israel)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 04:56 AM (9cS6m)

38 There's nothing better than late night coding while eating cheese and drinking grapefruit juice while listening to old-timey music off YouTube.

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 30, 2023 04:58 AM (GtG/j)

39 35 No problem at all.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 04:59 AM (+E4dL)

40 Mornin'

Just made my 'dinner' for the rest of the week. 12 hour mids (or days for that matter) doesn't give you time to do anything except eat, sleep, work. I need to use Chorizo sausage more often. Simple meal. Chorizo (Argentinian), rice, onion, 2 bell peppers, jalapenos (a small jar), mushrooms, diced tomatoes, 2 small cans of corn with peppers in it, black beans. Smells delicious.

Go back to work tonight.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 30, 2023 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

41 13: They say melatonin contributes to vivid and startling dreams. Check!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Why I stopped taking melatonin. I got tired of my spirit animal trying to eat me.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 30, 2023 05:01 AM (sAmhv)

42 Thank you both

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 05:02 AM (EZebt)

43 via hacker news

The 'Insanely Broad' RESTRICT Act Could Ban Much More Than Just TikTok

https://tinyurl.com/mv3hbyta
(vice.com)

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:06 AM (v0TzN)

44 AI is a joke and will always be a joke.

Think of it like this: Willard Romney is the human analog of AI.

Or is he?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2023 05:07 AM (Jg7EG)

45 Think of it like this: Willard Romney is the human analog of AI.

Or is he?
Posted by: Dr. Bone

Check his hands?

Posted by: Bruce at March 30, 2023 05:10 AM (vd8XM)

46 from the vice.com article

The Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act is led by Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD).

Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),
Deb Fischer (R-NE),
Joe Manchin (D-WV),
Jerry Moran (R-KS),
Michael Bennet (D-CO),
Dan Sullivan (R-AK),
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY),
Susan Collins (R-ME),
Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and
Mitt Romney (R-UT) are co-sponsors of the proposed legislation

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:11 AM (v0TzN)

47 20 There may be more than one bill - the RESTRICT Act does not list Hawley as a cosponsor.

https://tinyurl.com/358e2cut
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 30, 2023 04:35 AM (BLOW1)

Pixy's link (to the Congress.gov) gives a full list of the 25 cosponsors. And the text of the bill: S.686 - RESTRICT Act.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:14 AM (v0TzN)

48 Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:11 AM (v0TzN)
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Surprise - NOT!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 05:16 AM (9cS6m)

49 NE seems to be another place the leftists are making progress. Wonder if Buffett is funding leftists there.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2023 05:16 AM (ai0yS)

50 So as I suspected, they are going to break the legal monopoly on the judiciary. Checks and balances have been lacking for a long time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 05:17 AM (EZebt)

51 Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
8h
The problem with the RESTRICT Act is - it doesn’t ban TikTok. It gives the President a whole bunch of new authority and does nothing to stop the CCP. Just ban TikTok

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:18 AM (v0TzN)

52 Love the cutesy acronym though.

"Operation Overlord" it is not.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 05:18 AM (EZebt)

53 So as I suspected, they ~~are~~ were going to break the legal monopoly on the judiciary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 05:17 AM (EZebt)
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FIFY. See:

https://tinyurl.com/4mk9b39b

(JPost)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 05:21 AM (9cS6m)

54 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 04:36 AM (EZebt

May the Lord bless you and yours on the trip and coming back home.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 05:22 AM (5MTva)

55 Hawley, Paul clash on floor over TikTok ban

https://tinyurl.com/mudzh9k8
(The Hill)

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:25 AM (v0TzN)

56 For an encore, Willard Romney will co-sponsor the Digital Equity Research Projects act.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 30, 2023 05:27 AM (Jg7EG)

57 I could write the bill for them
All Tik-Tok sites are banned this day forward

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 05:27 AM (xhxe8)

58 ‘Not trying to ban booty videos’: Paul blocks Hawley’s TikTok bill as Rubio weighs in

https://tinyurl.com/wedr4kn9
(The Hill)

The disagreement sounds very robust.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:28 AM (v0TzN)

59 Nice to see the GoPe working with there good fweinds across the aisle to propose the Chernobyl grade dumpster fire. I'm sure it will be fine.

https://youtu.be/nxMMElT61A8

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 30, 2023 05:28 AM (sAmhv)

60 Only Congress could take something as simple as ban one company and turn it into a liberty endangering exercise in grandstanding.

Lord help us. Because these idiots won’t.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2023 05:28 AM (YkPsu)

61 Psalm 46- The Gideons says it's a good psalm to use we're feeling anxious:

https://tinyurl.com/3taws8nz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 05:29 AM (5MTva)

62 Hawley, Paul clash on floor over TikTok ban

https://tinyurl.com/mudzh9k8
(The Hill)
Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:25 AM (v0TzN)
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Is that a different bill than the RESTRICT bill? The article seems to infer that it is.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 05:29 AM (9cS6m)

63 A bill to ban Tik Tok doesn't need to be more than 1 page, hell, not more than a paragraph. Speaking of Tik Tok, I just saw that the latest fad on there is to put Burt's Bees lip balm on your eyelids to get high. The stupid, it baffles me.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 30, 2023 05:30 AM (iSZpJ)

64 62 Hawley, Paul clash on floor over TikTok ban

https://tinyurl.com/mudzh9k8
(The Hill)
Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:25 AM (v0TzN)
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Is that a different bill than the RESTRICT bill? The article seems to infer that it is.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 05:29 AM (9cS6m)

It's a good question.
That's why I'm looking at all this stuff, trying to see what the answer is.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:31 AM (v0TzN)

65 Thank you Fen very much. I plan to see my buddy Paul who has been battling cancer the last six months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 05:33 AM (EZebt)

66 A bipartisan bill to allow the Commerce Department to regulate and ultimately ban foreign technologies such as TikTok has also been introduced, and picked up the support of the White House, according to the bill’s co-sponsor Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).

https://tinyurl.com/mudzh9k8
(The Hill)

Still not sure how to sort these out.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:33 AM (v0TzN)

67 I don't know how many times I've seen that 'This Is Fine' gif but it makes me laugh every time. I have issues.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 30, 2023 05:34 AM (sAmhv)

68 Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken.) blocked a move Wednesday by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to pass his bill that would ban the embattled social media platform TikTok in the U.S., saying the legislation violated First Amendment rights.

https://tinyurl.com/mudzh9k8
(The Hill)

Yeah, that's two bills.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:34 AM (v0TzN)

69 WS listening to 1210 Philadelphia Rich Zeoli, he Saud the bill to control more of the 1st Amendment is 55 pages

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 05:35 AM (xhxe8)

70 Jan 23, 2023
Hawley, Buck Introduce New Bill to Ban TikTok in U.S.

https://tinyurl.com/2p92st4k
(Senate.gov)

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:37 AM (v0TzN)

71 Jan 23, 2023
Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the No TikTok on United States Devices Act to prohibit the Chinese-based TikTok app from being downloaded on U.S. devices and ban commercial activity with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

https://tinyurl.com/2p92st4k
(Senate.gov)

(not the RESTRICT Act)

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:38 AM (v0TzN)

72 Breezy and chilly but clear.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 05:40 AM (xhxe8)

73 Am I the only one in the world (outside of Mongolian tribesmen that doesn't watch TicTok. I think there is something in the human gene, that people like to blab about subjects just to get a reaction. F*ck it all. Almost as bad as listening to Biden babble.

Posted by: iworkout47@yahoo.com at March 30, 2023 05:41 AM (A2G1E)

74 Now I would like a pizza.
Posted by: m

Sir, this is a Wendy's

Posted by: Employee of the Month Miklos at March 30, 2023 05:42 AM (1xNot)

75 All Tik-Tok sites are banned this day forward
Posted by: Skip

Who will we dance for?

Posted by: Heroic Nurses at March 30, 2023 05:45 AM (1xNot)

76 Breezy and chilly but clear.
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023

***
Pretty much the same here. Unusual; most years at this time, it's humid and nastily warm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 05:46 AM (omVj0)

77 73 Am I the only one in the world (outside of Mongolian tribesmen that doesn't watch TicTok. I think there is something in the human gene, that people like to blab about subjects just to get a reaction. F*ck it all. Almost as bad as listening to Biden babble.
Posted by: iworkout47@yahoo.com
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there are at least two of us. don't do anything bookface either.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 05:46 AM (+E4dL)

78 So, what, SanFranpsycho, You couldn't get any decent pizza closer to home? 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 05:46 AM (FUVRY)

79
⚠️ Disclaimer: Beware of Greeks and Politicians bearing gifts.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 05:47 AM (enJYY)

80 What's the rebuttal to this latest wave of "Guns are the leading cause of death in children"? That they are deceptively counting 18- to 20-year-olds as children, and are not taking into account gangbangers plugging each other?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 05:47 AM (omVj0)

81 via the top Louis Rossman video

S. 686 (Senate bill 686)
March 7, 2023
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to review and prohibit certain transactions between persons in the United States and foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.

Warner, Thune, Baldwin, Fischer, Manchin, Moran, Bennet, Sullivan, Gillibrand, Collins, Heinrich, Romney, Capito

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:48 AM (v0TzN)

82 Good morning. Just a bit over 2 weeks until tax returns / extensions are due. The busy season is hitting full stride.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2023 05:49 AM (4I/2K)

83 I've recently discovered that my mother was born in Alberta instead of Saskatchewan -- a tiny hamlet called Islay, relatively close to the Sask. border, but way up from the U.S. border. I checked it out on YooToob, and in summer it looks idyllic and clean. The weather? 'Twas 33 F. yesterday evening at 6:30, with a low expected about 17 and a high for Thursday about 35.

I imagine a conversation between my grandparents ca. 1926. "This Flo-ree-da down in the States, sounds pretty good." "Carl, there will be bugs and snakes." "Yah, but it's warm. Start packing."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 05:52 AM (omVj0)

84 Good morning. Just a bit over 2 weeks until tax returns / extensions are due. The busy season is hitting full stride.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2023

***
Yeah, H & R Block did mine last month. I have all the filled-out and signed forms in an envelope. I have to dig them out, copy them, and pack them off with a check.

As for the state, I get about $3 back this year. I might as well go ahead and do that a month early.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 30, 2023 05:55 AM (omVj0)

85 up wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 05:55 AM (BRHaw)

86 Warner, Thune, Baldwin, Fischer, Manchin, Moran, Bennet, Sullivan, Gillibrand, Collins, Heinrich, Romney, Capito
Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 05:48 AM (v0TzN)

Who are people that if dead, USA would be better Alex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 05:57 AM (BRHaw)

87
I remember when the Patriot Act was passed. Libraries had to retain records of books withdrawn by everyone. I had written the data base code for a small school library and I had to modify the software to spy on little children because they were certain to switch from Catholic to radical Islamic terrorists at any moment and the FBI needed to know which Dr. Seuss book was responsible.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 05:57 AM (enJYY)

88 Two helicopters have crashed in Kentucky, with local media reporting that nine are feared dead.

prayers

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 05:58 AM (BRHaw)

89 Waiting for Homey Depot to open to fix my ONT brought up problem.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 05:59 AM (0X6eX)

90
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 30, 2023 06:00 AM (ENBF0)

91 Posted by: NALNAMSAM

I had only watched thev Tik Tok videos posted here or at Sunny Skyz and now I've stopped that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 06:00 AM (FUVRY)

92 Paul,is playing libertarian on the TikTok issue, it's his id. Hawley just wants to ban TikTok, the others want to control the internet. As with the patriot Act, we the people, get screwed.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 30, 2023 06:01 AM (oWBc3)

93 I've got a baker's dozen of client files waiting on the client to simply return my emails / voicemails with that one bit of data so I can finish their tax return and file for their refund. This is not the time to observe strict radio silence with your tax preparer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2023 06:01 AM (4I/2K)

94 California's reparations board has been told to increase the amount given to each black resident from $5 million to $7.6 million - as one economist said the proposed $800 billion budget was not enough.

What is never enough Alex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:02 AM (BRHaw)

95 Those 2 helicopters that crashed are from the 101st Airborne

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 30, 2023 06:02 AM (iSZpJ)

96 There is no comparison.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:03 AM (EZebt)

97 A former Georgetown Law student said he was subjected to a psychiatric evaluation after questioning the university's ongoing COVID policy restrictions.

What is the Soviet Union Alex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:03 AM (BRHaw)

98
If we don't have the ability to spy on the reading material of everyone, especially elementary and middle school students, then the terrorists have won.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:03 AM (enJYY)

99 California's reparations board has been told to increase the amount given to each black resident from $5 million to $7.6 million - as one economist said the proposed $800 billion budget was not enough.

What is never enough Alex?
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:02 AM (BRHaw)

Whoa. That's a lot of cheddar. Well, if it were not Monopoly(TM) money it would be.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 30, 2023 06:03 AM (4I/2K)

100 Bernie Sanders denies he is worth $8M in fiery exchange with congressman who accused him of vendetta against the wealthy

What is fucking liar Alex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:05 AM (BRHaw)

101 Prayer request- This is on the prayer list, but now there's a new thing. My supervisor had formerly indicated that if we sold our land- which we have-but being the local government we may not get the money to us until August- they would loan us money. Now he's saying that we need to close the by June
So if you could pray that it it's God's will the eyes of his heart are opened, If be grateful. This little community needs a pastor and needs each other,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 06:06 AM (FUVRY)

102 Guns are not the leading cause of death in children, abortion is, by a mile. What people need to be more concerned with are the hundreds of sleeper trans martyr types that an evil movement has created with drugs, psychosis and propaganda.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 30, 2023 06:06 AM (oWBc3)

103 The oddest thing for me with the gun grabbers is the absolute fact that the more dangerous you make society, the less likely people are to willingly surrender their weapons. I carry everywhere these days and frankly it's tiring.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 30, 2023 06:08 AM (oWBc3)

104 Guns are not the leading cause of death in children, abortion is, by a mile

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The left is always citing the "research" that includes gang bangers up to 18 or 19 years old.

"Children"

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 30, 2023 06:08 AM (CzUqb)

105 And I don't want to go to another church that may be an hour and a half away each way to work PT. I have a home and a husband who works here.

Sorry for my moaning.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 06:08 AM (5MTva)

106 Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale would dress as trans star Elliot Page from hit movie Juno every year for Spirit Week and 'never dated' according to high school friend

Adults with autism report a broad range of sexuality—being much more likely to identify as asexual, bisexual or homosexual than people without autism.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:09 AM (BRHaw)

107 Good morning, Pixy and the 'Rons. Coffee....

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 30, 2023 06:10 AM (N5rgS)

108 104 Guns are not the leading cause of death in children, abortion is, by a mile

-

The left is always citing the "research" that includes gang bangers up to 18 or 19 years old.

"Children"
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 30, 2023 06:08 AM (CzUqb)

Because they include 18 and 19 YO gangbangers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:10 AM (BRHaw)

109 92 Paul,is playing libertarian on the TikTok issue, it's his id. Hawley just wants to ban TikTok, the others want to control the internet. As with the patriot Act, we the people, get screwed.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 30, 2023 06:01 AM (oWBc3)

I think you nailed this.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 06:12 AM (v0TzN)

110 Mike Pence teases 2024 run in Iowa by wading into national issues including abortion and Ukraine - despite latest poll having him at just 7%

What is there are 7% of the public idiots Alex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:13 AM (BRHaw)

111 87 I remember when the Patriot Act was passed. Libraries had to retain records of books withdrawn by everyone. I had written the data base code for a small school library and I had to modify the software to spy on little children because they were certain to switch from Catholic to radical Islamic terrorists at any moment and the FBI needed to know which Dr. Seuss book was responsible.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 05:57 AM (enJYY)

So sad.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 06:16 AM (v0TzN)

112 Fen, that's a toughie. Prayers up.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 30, 2023 06:17 AM (N5rgS)

113 The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism)

gack

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 06:18 AM (v0TzN)

114 91 Posted by: NALNAMSAM

I had only watched thev Tik Tok videos posted here or at Sunny Skyz and now I've stopped that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Same same... on a different note, meet up with a buddy of us that we haven't seen in eight years as he drove to hours to see us... very pleasant luncheon together and little did we know is a Christian as well.

And prayers up madam.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 06:19 AM (+E4dL)

115 I can hope the leading death is stupid young guys doing what I never did at 15. Two kids stole two Kia's and did a head on crash to kicks. Both were caught after a chase on foot. Given disappearance tickets and sent home. They probably won't even show in court, for a rather serious crime, or at least it used to be. Need to bring back the horse thief laws now!

Posted by: iworkout47@yahoo.com at March 30, 2023 06:19 AM (A2G1E)

116 This is a very good time of year for prayers

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:21 AM (EZebt)

117
If Skip is still around he might enjoy this story. Wife and I are at Marsh Creek Lake yesterday. Some guy launches a small boat with an outboard engine. Proceeds to go past us. I know that they now have electric powered outboards and I suspected this boat had one. No smell (a smell I love) of gas oil mixture as it went by. Couple minutes later some do-gooder (or just plain asshole) starts shouting to wife and I all concerned that the boater was using an ICE motor on an electric only lake. Says he's gonna call the Park Police. Sure enough they showed up. Boater long gone. Park Police sit around for about ten minutes, then leave.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:21 AM (enJYY)

118 While federalization and outright control by the government can be traced to Adams (Marbury), Lincoln, Wilson and FDR, the roller coaster ride to hell we've been on with the removals of Kennedy and Nixon and the Patriot Act is breathtaking. This new internet bill is just another brick in the wall as they say.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 30, 2023 06:23 AM (oWBc3)

119 117 If Skip is still around he might enjoy this story. Wife and I are at Marsh Creek Lake yesterday. Some guy launches a small boat with an outboard engine. Proceeds to go past us. I know that they now have electric powered outboards and I suspected this boat had one. No smell (a smell I love) of gas oil mixture as it went by. Couple minutes later some do-gooder (or just plain asshole) starts shouting to wife and I all concerned that the boater was using an ICE motor on an electric only lake. Says he's gonna call the Park Police. Sure enough they showed up. Boater long gone. Park Police sit around for about ten minutes, then leave.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:21 AM (enJYY)

I am reminded of "Who Goes Nazi?"

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 06:25 AM (v0TzN)

120 When a young kid my dad had 2 sailboats and we went to Marsh Creek a lot. No engines as it's a water reservoir

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 06:26 AM (0X6eX)

121 "We should eliminate this practice of cramming things into congressional bills that have nothing to do with the topic of the bill. Every proposed law must be able to be expressed in a maximum of 500 words."

"Buh, buh, buh, how would Congress ever Get Anything Done?!?!?"

".... Exactly."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

122 Good morning all! Today is the first day in a week that I feel better!

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 30, 2023 06:28 AM (PzBTm)

123 well duh!

Female students at the University of Wyoming are suing their sorority after it allowed a trans-identified male to join.

The suit alleges that Artemis Langford has been "watching" the women undress in the sorority house, sometimes while erect.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:28 AM (BRHaw)

124 they were certain to switch from Catholic to radical Islamic terrorists at any moment and the FBI needed to know which Dr. Seuss book was responsible.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 05:57 AM (enJYY)

So sad.
Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 06:16 AM (v0TzN)

.... surely you have those backwards?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:28 AM (9UlRk)

125 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:30 AM (u82oZ)

126 A tad late. Had to threaten my iMac with transportation to a recycling center for the software to work right.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

127 Good morning all! Today is the first day in a week that I feel better!
Posted by: Rosasharn at March 30, 2023 06:28 AM (PzBTm)
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Do the "thing"!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:31 AM (EZebt)

128
No engines as it's a water reservoir

They have the water level so low right now it doesn't even reach the overflow at the dam. I don't know exactly where they're pulling the drinking water from but it's obviously going somewhere. With all the growth in the county it's concerning. Only the smallest of boats can launch. The regular cement ramps are high and dry. It's almost April and people wanna get out on the water, but the water isn't there.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:32 AM (enJYY)

129 Yes sir.. striking fear into the hearts of killjoy leftists to commence right now... oh wait, I'm in Thailand...

OK, will go get a massage instead. ;-)

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 30, 2023 06:32 AM (+E4dL)

130 The Associated Press

The head of the Christian elementary school in Nashville who was killed in a shooting there on Monday was described by friends as smart, loving and a rare female leader within a male-led religious culture.

rare? No Church (Christian that is) runs without women!!
idiots

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:34 AM (BRHaw)

131 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:30 AM

Sounds like a plan, Salty!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 30, 2023 06:34 AM (Wnv9h)

132 Rosasharn

Huzzah! You are feeling better. This is good news.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

133 Yeah... you want to ban TikTok ? Write a bill that bans TikTok and nothing more.

Instead, I'm sure you're SHOCKED, the RESTRICT act would go WAY beyond that.

Posted by: deadrody at March 30, 2023 06:35 AM (/jrmI)

134 FenelonSpoke

I will call you today, if that is OK with you. Around 10 Am your time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

135 121 "We should eliminate this practice of cramming things into congressional bills that have nothing to do with the topic of the bill. Every proposed law must be able to be expressed in a maximum of 500 words."

"Buh, buh, buh, how would Congress ever Get Anything Done?!?!?"

".... Exactly."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:27 AM (9UlRk)

now do regs every reg should be voted on!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:35 AM (BRHaw)

136 133 Yeah... you want to ban TikTok ? Write a bill that bans TikTok and nothing more.

Instead, I'm sure you're SHOCKED, the RESTRICT act would go WAY beyond that.
Posted by: deadrody at March 30, 2023 06:35 AM (/jrmI)

When the say Billionaires and then decide we need tax reform you could write a list on Billionaires on 4 or 5 pages. TADA taxes fixed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

137 San Franpsycho

Wait. Is it Friday? Because it is Friday when Rosasharn twirls. It is her artistic move in the AoSHQ idiom.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

138
On the Marsh Creek Lake Facebook page I asked them about the water level and they said they usually wait for the snow melt to replenish the lake level in the spring. Then they said something like D'uh, that's not gonna happen.

We had something close to .01 inches of snow in the county this winter.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:38 AM (enJYY)

139 My taxes are way up this year. Way up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

140 Have a blessed morning, everyone.

Be the torch of America to the great unlearned masses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 30, 2023 06:40 AM (u82oZ)

141 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 30, 2023 06:42 AM (QNv15)

142 Coffee, avocado, green grapes, and a boiled egg. Breakfast is the first most important meal of the day. There are others.

Posted by: Eromero at March 30, 2023 06:42 AM (xsyQF)

143
Everyone who went from $8.50 to $15.00 an hour pay is gonna be shocked when they have to pay taxes or get a tiny refund this year.

Fight for Fifteen!

Oops.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:42 AM (enJYY)

144 Salty is paying his "fair share"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:42 AM (EZebt)

145 The entire country rules are written in 1776 in less than 500 words, we have millions now

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 06:43 AM (0X6eX)

146 Thanks Salty! And everyone who sent good wishes while I had the covid-crap. I popped in and lurked occasionally this past week.

So, what have I missed....?

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 30, 2023 06:43 AM (PzBTm)

147 130 The Associated Press

The head of the Christian elementary school in Nashville who was killed in a shooting there on Monday was described by friends as smart, loving and a rare female leader within a male-led religious culture.

rare? No Church (Christian that is) runs without women!!
idiots
Posted by: rhennigantx

Well, it's the AP. I'm pretty sure they want this story to go away, quickly. It wrecks their 'reality' that they created for themselves.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 30, 2023 06:43 AM (sAmhv)

148 145 The entire country rules are written in 1776 in less than 500 words, we have millions now
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 06:43 AM (0X6eX)

4,440.

I cheated and looked it up.

But still.... downright terse, really.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:45 AM (9UlRk)

149 If you or your company use the 3cx desktop application uninstall immediately and wait for the vendor patch.

Supply chain attack being attributed to DPRK

Posted by: CanuckJack appropriating Florida Man's culture at March 30, 2023 06:45 AM (KhVqk)

150 A writer from the Heartland Institute:

If we allow politicians to sever the tie between payroll taxes and benefits, all that is left is a welfare program that Congress would nominally call “Social Security” for those nostalgic voters who hold some emotional attachment to the name.

Sweety, the first recipients of SS got somewhere north of 1000x ROI. It was, is, and shall always be welfare.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:46 AM (BRHaw)

151 142 Coffee, avocado, green grapes, and a boiled egg. Breakfast is the first most important meal of the day. There are others.
Posted by: Eromero at March 30, 2023 06:42 AM (xsyQF)

Second Breakfast. Elevenses. Mid-morning Tea....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:46 AM (9UlRk)

152
With inflation, higher pay, and 'bracket creep' every year they don't cut taxes is a tax increase.

But I imagine every person who voted for Biden at least once, if not multiple times, does not understand this.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

153 Carlson didn’t mince words, accusing the AG of deliberate dishonesty. “Well, he’s lying. They all are lying,” Carlson said. “We can’t see the manifesto, because the transgender lobby, which has far more power than you do, has pressured politicians to keep it hidden.” Carlson asserted, however, that we “can be certain” what the manifesto says. It will reveal that transgender Audrey Hale shot children because they were Christian, he insisted.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:49 AM (BRHaw)

154 and a rare female leader within a male-led religious culture.

-

Always pushing, never resting.

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 30, 2023 06:49 AM (CzUqb)

155 And I need to get some sleep. Got a midshift later. Looks like a lovely sunrise here in Babylon DC. I'm facing east so get a good view.

Later

https://youtu.be/9Ws6DdrDtyo

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 30, 2023 06:49 AM (sAmhv)

156 Maybe that would be a fun rule... every session of congress is limited to 4,440 words of legislation in total for the time they are seated. Split it up however you like, but anything passed beyond that word limit is null and void.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:50 AM (9UlRk)

157 There is absolutely no connection between taxes and benefits.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:50 AM (EZebt)

158 "Dammit, Mitch, no, you can't pass laws in German."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:50 AM (9UlRk)

159 I thought today is Friday because I'm off duty tomorrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:51 AM (EZebt)

160 I'm guessing 75% of teachers and staff - you know, leaders - at these schools and in Christian churches and Sunday schools and youth groups around the country are women.

"rare"

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 30, 2023 06:51 AM (CzUqb)

161 Signs of our new Clown World reality..

Headline: Mark Hamill Voices Air Raid Warnings In Ukraine As Luke Skywalker.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 30, 2023 06:53 AM (up/3i)

162 "rare"
Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at March 30, 2023 06:51 AM (CzUqb)

They may very well be People of Vulva, but they can't be "women" if they vote wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:53 AM (9UlRk)

163 FJB made his comment that nobody making less than 400K would pay a penny more, then followed with "the intent is for billionaires and millionaires to pay more". Then, why start at 400K? There are more people making between 400k and 1 million, than 1 million+.

The intent is to crush small businesses.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 30, 2023 06:54 AM (Qtvgh)

164 Cultural Marxism terrorism is expanding, Don Surber Substack has a article on it

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2023 06:54 AM (0X6eX)

165 It will reveal that transgender Audrey Hale shot children because they were Christian, he insisted.
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:49 AM (BRHaw)
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It all depends on the ~~race~~ gender of the perpetrators and victims.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2023 06:55 AM (EZebt)

166 The latest women’s-oriented brand to jump on the trans bandwagon is Kate Spade, a women’s clothing company. Not being a woman I haven’t a clue who they are or what they sell, but apparently, the transgender business clothing market is booming so they needed Dylan to hawk their products.

any woman buys this stuff is an idiot

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:55 AM (BRHaw)

167 Calling for wholesale murder of anyone who might conceivably not agree with your tantrum of the day: Not Extremist

Wanting legal punishment for perverts coming into your kid's school and getting them to grope their junk through a thin layer of pleather: Extremist

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:57 AM (9UlRk)

168 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 30, 2023 06:57 AM (DhOHl)

169 I read that the RESTRICT bill puts a limit or ban on. the use of VPNs. Sounds like our government.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 30, 2023 06:57 AM (ZPiMw)

170 mornin yall. How much money for U-crane is in the TikTok bill?

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 06:58 AM (iayUP)

171 Randi Weingarten calls for gun confiscation: Must 'have the courage to do' what Australia, New Zealand did

What is well this sure got out of hand quickly Alex?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:58 AM (BRHaw)

172 *How much money for U-crane is in the TikTok bill?*

Ten percent for the big guy.

Posted by: Hunter at March 30, 2023 07:00 AM (DhOHl)

173 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2023 07:01 AM (qoGsy)

174 171 Randi Weingarten calls for gun confiscation: Must 'have the courage to do' what Australia, New Zealand did

What is well this sure got out of hand quickly Alex?
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:58 AM (BRHaw)

Waraiotoko "calls for" Randi Weingarten to shut the fuck up.

"Call for" in one hand and shit in the other, cretin.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:03 AM (9UlRk)

175 G'morning, all.

Birdbath status:

[ ] Frozen

[X] Unfrozen

39 degrees in the back yard.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2023 07:03 AM (1n+EO)

176 162 People of Vulva
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 06:53 AM (9UlRk)

!!!

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:03 AM (v0TzN)

177 Good morning! I didn't oversleep today!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 30, 2023 07:04 AM (wagHN)

178 If we simply went back to listing gender disporia (sp) as a mental health issue, all the events taking place would make sense.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2023 07:05 AM (1n+EO)

179 The local news says drag queens are pushing back at being "demonized". Drag shows are just good clean fun.

" drag queens themselves would be the first to say that there is nothing sexual about what they do, especially in front of children."

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:05 AM (iayUP)

180
The Park Rangers have a 'rescue boat' with an internal combustion engine. I was talking to a guy with what looked like a 50 horsepower Evinrude motor last year. Looked like internal combustion, but was electric. He said he was getting stopped all the time.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 07:06 AM (enJYY)

181 "" drag queens themselves would be the first to say that there is nothing sexual about what they do, especially in front of children."

I'm a big fan of Hooters Girls Story hour at the library.

But alas, not allowed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2023 07:07 AM (1n+EO)

182 Stripping a populace of their constitutionally guaranteed right is not "courageous". It's cowardly. Everything about this idiotic position is born of cowardice.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:07 AM (9UlRk)

183 Says one pervert: "What we’re doing is showing our art — it is in fact an art form, the art of female illusion — and using that as a way to educate everyone about the beauty of our diversity,"

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:08 AM (iayUP)

184 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 06:06 AM (FUVRY)
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Has anyone suggested to you that you open a GoFundMe account but for borrowing the money, to be paid back in full to each lender when you get the money from the local government in August?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 07:08 AM (9cS6m)

185 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Frozen.

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2023 07:08 AM (T4tVD)

186 171 Randi Weingarten calls for gun confiscation: Must 'have the courage to do' what Australia, New Zealand did

What is well this sure got out of hand quickly Alex?
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:58 AM (BRHaw)

Randi Weingarten's fifteen minutes are up.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:08 AM (v0TzN)

187 Hiya TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at March 30, 2023 07:08 AM (T4tVD)

188 Oh, joy. Now my kids will ace the "female illusion" section of the SATs.

Thanks, Urethra Spanklin. I don't know what we would have done without you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:09 AM (9UlRk)

189 Hey JT!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2023 07:10 AM (qoGsy)

190 Fk GoFundMe. Those commie bastards get way too much of a cut. I bet we could horde source a loan, I'd be glad to kick in a grand.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:11 AM (iayUP)

191 183 Says one pervert: "What we’re doing is showing our art — it is in fact an art form, the art of female illusion — and using that as a way to educate everyone about the beauty of our diversity,"
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:08 AM (iayUP)

Hey everyone, lets do a Negro Minstrel Show to raise money for Ace and JJ.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:11 AM (BRHaw)

192 Randi Weingarten calls for gun confiscation: Must 'have the courage to do' what Australia, New Zealand did
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 06:58 AM (BRHaw)
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Meme response:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3d2az2

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 07:11 AM (9cS6m)

193

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 30, 2023 07:13 AM (vwCZJ)

194
Future SAT question:

John has made the brave decision to become Jane and boards a train in Chicago which travels an average of 35 miles an hour before it's first stop an hour later. Has Jane had enough time to take her puberty blocker if she takes it the recommended time every day?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 07:13 AM (enJYY)

195 Fk GoFundMe. Those commie bastards get way too much of a cut. I bet we could horde source a loan, I'd be glad to kick in a grand.
Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:11 AM (iayUP)
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Don't care about the website. Care about the method.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 07:14 AM (9cS6m)

196 Has Jane had enough time to take her puberty blocker if she takes it the recommended time every day?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 07:13 AM (enJYY)

D. Jane is a "xhe/xhir" you bigot

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:14 AM (9UlRk)

197 John has made the brave decision to become Jane and boards a train in Chicago which travels an average of 35 miles an hour before it's first stop an hour later. Has Jane had enough time to take her puberty blocker if she takes it the recommended time every day?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Ans - "No." Jane was robbed outside of Union Station and his puberty blockers, which were thought to be Xanax, were repurposed at that time.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2023 07:17 AM (qoGsy)

198 Mornin' Horde. Day 3 of meetings in Columbia. I'm awake, clean & wearing pants far too early. Must acquire and consume coffee.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 30, 2023 07:17 AM (GGiKd)

199 Meme response:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3d2az2

(Nitter)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 30, 2023 07:11 AM (9cS6m)

Ugh, I scrolled down like a true lowercase moron.

Sweet Angra Manyu people are fucking imbeciles. Forget firearms restrictions and licensing. It should be illegal for mouthbreathing idiots like these to generate words in public forums.

We need common sense Shut The Fuck Up Idiot reforms.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:17 AM (9UlRk)

200 200

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:19 AM (v0TzN)

201 People are holding their kids out of school on Friday because they are terrified that something will happen. That pretty much meets the definition of terrorism.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:23 AM (iayUP)

202 Jeez, am I ever pissy this morning...

Maybe i'll go watch some birds eat breakfast and see which of my seedlings got eaten by little jerkface bunnies.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:23 AM (9UlRk)

203 198 Mornin' Horde. Day 3 of meetings in Columbia. I'm awake, clean & wearing pants far too early. Must acquire and consume coffee.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 30, 2023 07:17 AM (GGiKd)

South Carolina?

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:25 AM (v0TzN)

204
Maybe i'll go watch some birds eat breakfast and see which of my seedlings got eaten by little jerkface bunnies.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: jerkface bunnies at March 30, 2023 07:25 AM (vwCZJ)

205 202 Jeez, am I ever pissy this morning...

Maybe i'll go watch some birds eat breakfast and see which of my seedlings got eaten by little jerkface bunnies.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 30, 2023 07:23 AM (9UlRk)

Good morning, Sunshine!

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:25 AM (v0TzN)

206 >>" drag queens themselves would be the first to say that there is nothing sexual about what they do

Evil always thinks it's doing good

Posted by: DB - girding the loins at March 30, 2023 07:27 AM (geLO8)

207 The CDC found itself hoist with its own petard by making 25 basic statistical and numerical errors related to COVID-19, particularly with regard to children, while purporting to expose COVID vaccine misinformation, according to an analysis led by University of California San Francisco epidemiologists.

well duh!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:27 AM (BRHaw)

208 Randi Weingarten calls for gun confiscation: Must 'have the courage to do' what Australia, New Zealand did

Why doesn't Australia and New Zealand have the courage to let me people arm up in any way they choose?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 30, 2023 07:28 AM (YXHzG)

209 Prayers up. Fen.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 30, 2023 07:28 AM (q/UWX)

210 Evil always thinks it's doing good

Nice to be able to grade your own tests.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 30, 2023 07:29 AM (YXHzG)

211 South Carolina?
Posted by: m
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yep

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 30, 2023 07:30 AM (GGiKd)

212 People are holding their kids out of school on Friday because they are terrified that something will happen. That pretty much meets the definition of terrorism.

Given the quality of the teaching staff, why not keep their children out the other days of the week?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 30, 2023 07:31 AM (YXHzG)

213 RESTRICT basically makes Biden a full dictator. I’ve been warning about it on and off all week with no traction, so I’m glad Pixy gave it the spotlight.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2023 07:33 AM (X4R3E)

214 The NY Post has some suggestions to keep your phone from tracking you. One of them starts with "Sign in to your Google Account".

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:33 AM (iayUP)

215 "Given the quality of the teaching staff, why not keep their children out the other days of the week?"

Free school breakfast and lunch.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2023 07:33 AM (1n+EO)

216 Why doesn't Australia and New Zealand have the courage to let me people arm up in any way they choose?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 30, 2023 07:28 AM (YXHzG)

I here they make a great illegal sten type gun is drop bear land.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

217 "Given the quality of the teaching staff, why not keep their children out the other days of the week?
Posted by: Reuben Hick"

I couldn't agree more and think the homeschooling is the best thing in the world that you can give your kids.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:35 AM (iayUP)

218 Idaho Prosecutors Disclose Info About ‘Internal Affairs Investigation’ Against Officer in Bryan Kohberger Quadruple Murder Case

Who had they are going to let this dude off on their Bingo card?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:36 AM (BRHaw)

219 213 RESTRICT basically makes Biden a full dictator. I’ve been warning about it on and off all week with no traction, so I’m glad Pixy gave it the spotlight.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2023 07:33 AM (X4R3E)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:37 AM (v0TzN)

220 215 "Given the quality of the teaching staff, why not keep their children out the other days of the week?"

Free school breakfast and lunch.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2023 07:33 AM (1n+EO)

... and babysitting.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:37 AM (v0TzN)

221 ‘They Started Calling Me Joe Bidenopoulos… I’m Not Joking’ – Biden During Greek Independence Day Reception

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

222 A ban of TikTok morphs into government control of speech.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Posted by: davidt at March 30, 2023 07:38 AM (SYTee)

223 Pete Buttsecks to the white courtesy phone:

Train carrying ethanol derails and explodes in Raymond, Minnesota - forcing evacuation of hundreds of residents

Posted by: DB - girding the loins at March 30, 2023 07:38 AM (geLO8)

224 221 ‘They Started Calling Me Joe Bidenopoulos… I’m Not Joking’ – Biden During Greek Independence Day Reception
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

White House transcript of his speech
https://tinyurl.com/6z54uhvn

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:40 AM (v0TzN)

225
I couldn't agree more and think the homeschooling is the best thing in the world that you can give your kids.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:35 AM

My daughters two oldest home schooled sons received full tuition paid scholarships based on academic achievement and SAT scores. They're year to year. As long as they keep achieving someone else is paying.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 07:40 AM (enJYY)

226 Chicago’s public pension system is in dire straits. According to a report from Equable Institute, Chicago’s core public pensions, which include municipal, laborers, police, fire and the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund, hold more debt than 44 states with a combined pension debt of nearly $48 billion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:40 AM (BRHaw)

227 With all the failing transportation events recently, I am often reminded of this novel.

https://tinyurl.com/2rsca4by

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2023 07:41 AM (1n+EO)

228 "And, Archbishop, I want to say that I’ve — I found that the two most Christ-like figures I’ve ever met were His All Holiness and the Pope, and they’re friends."

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:42 AM (v0TzN)

229 "226 Chicago’s public pension system is in dire straits."

Not enough blood left in the host.

Posted by: davidt at March 30, 2023 07:42 AM (SYTee)

230 So if the bill to read all text goes thru is not 2 factor authentication dead?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

231
Some of those Chicago pension funds adjust for inflation yearly so the rope is around their neck. Biden will probably figure out some way to have the Fed print some more money and ship it to them on a pallet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 07:44 AM (enJYY)

232 Lucid he's not.

"They’re a big part of the reason my Greek American constituents in Delaware sometimes refer to me as — the man sitting behind you, Father, who helped me my very first campaign — directly behind you — was — the nickname I got early on when I won by 3,200 votes in — for the Senate seat when I was 29 years old is because — started calling me “Joe Biden-opoulos” because — (laughter) — oh, you think I’m kidding."

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:44 AM (v0TzN)

233 Chicago’s public pension system is in dire straits. According to a report from Equable Institute, Chicago’s core public pensions, which include municipal, laborers, police, fire and the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund, hold more debt than 44 states with a combined pension debt of nearly $48 billion.
Posted by: rhennigantx

I smell a federal bailout coming up!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 30, 2023 07:44 AM (qoGsy)

234 232 Lucid he's not.

"They’re a big part of the reason my Greek American constituents in Delaware sometimes refer to me as — the man sitting behind you, Father, who helped me my very first campaign — directly behind you — was — the nickname I got early on when I won by 3,200 votes in — for the Senate seat when I was 29 years old is because — started calling me “Joe Biden-opoulos” because — (laughter) — oh, you think I’m kidding."
Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:44 AM (v0TzN)

fuckin liar

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 30, 2023 07:47 AM (BRHaw)

235 So if the bill to read all text goes thru is not 2 factor authentication dead?

Pretty much, yes. And that's one of the least bad things in the bill. It also authorizes the government to hire agents to do this surveillance with an unlimited budget that Congress can't stop, and it makes the feral government immune to FOIA.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 30, 2023 07:49 AM (X4R3E)

236 Joe is appropriating Greek culture? Ye gods!

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2023 07:49 AM (iayUP)

237
Just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it.

Posted by: George CantStandYa at March 30, 2023 07:50 AM (enJYY)

238 "And, by the way, we have the head of the — the nar- — a committee I once chaired, the Foreign Relations Committee. We got a guy sitting over there, who I think is Greek — (laughter) — who is a — who is mildly — (applause) — stand up."

Forgot his name.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:54 AM (v0TzN)

239 238 "And, by the way, we have the head of the — the nar- — a committee I once chaired, the Foreign Relations Committee. We got a guy sitting over there, who I think is Greek — (laughter) — who is a — who is mildly — (applause) — stand up."

Forgot his name.
Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:54 AM (v0TzN)

Bob Menendez
the son of Cuban immigrants

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:58 AM (v0TzN)

240
Bob Menendez
the son of Cuban immigrants

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 07:58 AM

That's almost pure Greek to Joe's demented brain.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 30, 2023 07:59 AM (enJYY)

241 Thanks for the prayers, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2023 09:02 AM (DzAnT)

242 To be clear, non-linear data fitting routines are bad but snipping off kids genitalia is good?

Posted by: Chicago Vota at March 30, 2023 09:17 AM (mbH6j)

243 MARCH 27, 2023
Executive Order on Prohibition on Use by the United States Government of Commercial Spyware that Poses Risks to National Security

https://tinyurl.com/mr4d573s
whitehouse.gov

Posted by: m at March 30, 2023 09:34 AM (v0TzN)

244 Have been hearing about a new malware product called “Black Mumba” that has apparently been designed with ChatGPT-like AI

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