Daily Tech News 27 May 2023

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman-Fried shares his optimistic vision of our AI future. (Tech Crunch)

He explains that European-style regulation, which extracts huge fines from large American tech companies because there are no* large European tech companies for some strange reason, for any reason or none at all, is bad, while US-style regulation which simply crushes his smaller and less dementedly woke competitors is good.

* There is one - Dutch company ASML, which is perhaps the single most important company in the world today.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman-Fried raises $115 million for a crypto company that scans people's eyeballs. (Ars Technica)

I am a meat popsicle.

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Why have air conditioning when we could all live like termites? (Ars Technica)

Well, apart from the fact that you're talk about demolishing every human dwelling in the world and rebuilding from scratch, apart from the infrastructure problems of such dense living spaces - not to mention the psychological and sociological ones, apart from the fact that termite mounds are found in very few and specific locations in the world for a very good reason, apart from the fact that the one example presented is located in a city at an altitude of a mile where nobody needs AC in the first place, apart from the fact that in any cold climate the people on the outer edge of the building - you know, the only part that has windows - would all freeze to death when winter arrives - termite mounds not notably common in Norway, for example, apart from all that, the square-cube law would mean that twice a day you'd have hurricane-speed winds blasting through the insides of your incomprehensibly expensive new megastructures.

Apart from that, sure. Eat the bugs and live like them too. I'll be over here. In my house. Eating steak. Or chicken nuggets anyway, given the price of a good steak.
Electric truck maker Nikola is at risk of being deleted from NASDAQ mostly because it hasn't made any electric trucks. (Tech Crunch)

It has faked some videos of electric trucks, though, so maybe Disney will buy it.
IMEC - the global body that tries to manage the semiconductor industry the way an ailurophobe manages thirty to fifty feral cats - has laid out plans to reach the 2A node by 2036. (Tom's Hardware)

2A - two Angstroms - is 0.2 nanometres. Which is slightly smaller than a single silicon atom.

It might seem impossible to construct silicon chips with features smaller than silicon itself, and you'd be correct, except for the fact that these are not engineering numbers but marketing numbers, which is to say, lies.

And that would mean the whole plan is nonsense except for the fact that the current mainstream production nodes - 7nm and 5nm - are also marketing numbers.

So, yeah, chips are going to keep getting larger and smaller and more complicated at a rapid pace for at least another decade.
Am I the asshole unethical one? (Daily Nous)

An ethics professor - I've made my opinions on the field of ethics clear before - made it very clear to his class that if they cheated on their exam, they would fail.

Then he posted a sample exam with obviously incorrect answers to a known cheating site. We're talking about 2 + 2 = banana kind of answers.

Then his students cheated.

At least he didn't have to fail them for cheating, because they failed in the old-fashioned way of getting zero on the test.

I think they have a bright future as ethicists.
Don't buy HP printers. (The Verge)

HP offers a "Plus" program where - if you sign up within seven days of buying your new printer - you get "free" ink for "six months".

Oh and also HP locks your printer to prevent you ever buying non-HP ink cartridges, even if you later cancel your subscription, even though HP inkjet printers are certified as not locking out third-party ink cartridges.

Epson and Brother both sell inkjet printers with ink tanks that - this is complicated, so bear with me - you fill with ink.
"China's" "home-grown" "Powerstar" CPU is a painted-over Intel 10th generation Core i3. (Tom's Hardware)

Not in the sense that China stole Intel's design and made the chips itself while claiming credit for the design effort, since Intel's 10th generation chips were made on a 14nm process and China does have 14nm production capability, but in the sense that these are made by Intel and then literally painted over with new part numbers.

Which is one way to do it, I guess.
Meanwhile in Real China TSMC is preparing a 6x reticle size CoWoS-L super carrier interposer for extreme SiP processors. (AnandTech)

You know how a few years ago AMD launched its new Zen CPUs, and rather than making an 8-core chip for desktops and a 16-core chip for workstations and a 32-core chip for servers (which they couldn't do because they didn't have any money), they made a single 8-core design that you could use one or two or four of according to your need?

That's what this is about. Only six times bigger.

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Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Hi Pixy.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 04:06 AM (vg8N1)

2 Hi!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 27, 2023 04:09 AM (BLOW1)

3 LOL. How much for a 6pack of spoons?

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2023 04:12 AM (o0Fxd)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 04:13 AM (xhxe8)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 04:28 AM (T4tVD)

6 https://odb.org/US/2023/05/27/small-but-great

An "Our Daily Bread" devotional based on a passage from the prophet Zechariah.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 04:29 AM (Keyt1)

7 Drunken sailors everywhere are offended by the profligacy of the U.S. Congress.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 04:32 AM (vg8N1)

8 Can't stay up late late late like old days... Miss the LateShow Horde!

G'night, all. Have a wonderful long weekend. Pay respects and be joyful while remembering departed loved ones.

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2023 04:34 AM (o0Fxd)

9 Sunrise colors in Florida. An Earthporn picture:

https://tinyurl.com/y42nnsms

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 04:36 AM (Keyt1)

10 Is Altman-Fried related to the Sam Bankman- Fried the crypto crook?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 04:38 AM (Keyt1)

11 Today's corny-or rather, cheesy joke:

Did you hear about the cheese factory that exploded in France?

There was nothing left but de Brie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 04:40 AM (Keyt1)

12 'Sam Altman Fried'

Wasn't there another Fried who was in the newz a while back who was defrauding everybody and everything and had some weirdo girlfriend? Bankman Fried or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 27, 2023 04:47 AM (8Sqzu)

13 Mayyyyyybe.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 27, 2023 04:50 AM (BLOW1)

14 Sam Altman Fried'

The guy's name is Sam Altman.

Pixy was adding an editorial, comparing him to the con-man Bankman-Fried.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 04:51 AM (vg8N1)

15 Yes; The guy with the weird looking girlfriend is Sam Bankman-Fried.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 04:51 AM (Keyt1)

16 Morning 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 04:56 AM (HDnqC)

17 You are more perky and with-it than a lot of us are at this time!

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 04:57 AM (x5hic)

18 Clever boy, Pixy. Didn't catch that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 27, 2023 04:57 AM (8Sqzu)

19 This

17 You are more perky and with-it than a lot of us are at this time!
Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 04:57 AM (x5hic)

goes with this

14 Sam Altman Fried'

The guy's name is Sam Altman.

Pixy was adding an editorial, comparing him to the con-man Bankman-Fried.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 04:51 AM (vg8N1)

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 04:57 AM (x5hic)

20 I clicked the link and saw the guy's name and realized Pixy was having a little fun with it.

And I went to bed sober and got plenty of sleep.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 05:01 AM (vg8N1)

21 Slow day in Blogland...

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

22 20 And I went to bed sober and got plenty of sleep.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 05:01 AM (vg8N1)

Lyrics for a country song.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 05:09 AM (x5hic)

23 Bring good news over from ONT. Prayers continuing for your healing, Jewells.
---------

5 I received great news today! CT scan showed significant shrinkage of the cancerous nodules. Only 3 out of the "too many to count" had actually grown but only a little and also no new lesions on my bones. Happy news for me

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 26, 2023 10:05 PM

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 05:10 AM (HDnqC)

24 Indeed. Very happy to hear the good news from jewells45.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 05:16 AM (vg8N1)

25
I bought a new HP 9025e printer a couple of months ago. It offered the "HP Plus" shit, and I recognized it immediately as a scam after some checking.

HP also tries to get you to use the "smart app" to set up the printer. You don't have to, and can download basic drivers for it, or just use the built-in Windows drivers (at least for print and scan, some features may be missing). Linux recognizes and handles it just fine as well.

Besides the locking out non-HP ink, the HP Plus thing also turns the printer into a spy device, that is always phoning home and relaying info about what you're printing and shit like that -- printer won't work without internet connection if HP Plus is enabled.

Don't activate that whatever you do, and just the basic drivers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 05:18 AM (Mzdiz)

26 Indeed. Very happy to hear the good news from jewells45.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 05:23 AM (T4tVD)

27
Always, always, stay away from the automated setup shit as much as you can. Do everything as manually as you can. At this point, Big Tech is the enemy. It's all about exploiting you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 05:26 AM (Mzdiz)

28 When I was 18, I always stayed up late (actually when I was 12 or so I listen to the radio until late, late at night under the covers of my bed) Watched the late, late shows on TV and still got up to go to school. Now since I'm much older, I try and get my sleep, and never stay up late. I did sleep in until late morning, and my mother was always yelling up the stairways to get the hell up. Never ate breakfast before school, now the kids get free breakfast at school, so they can learn to depend on the government to feed them.

Posted by: Colin at May 27, 2023 05:30 AM (mLPfl)

29 Evening and morning to all! Got caught up on my sleep, despite the best efforts of the black kitten to wake me up early, and am sipping some real chicory coffee for the first time in a while. (The stuff was on sale at my local grocery.)

I'll have to read the "live like termites" article. That used to be the stuff of insanely dystopian SF novels. Asimov's SF/detective stories The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, for instance, postulate that humanity has moved into enormous indoor enclaves and rarely come out to see the sun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 05:36 AM (omVj0)

30
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 27, 2023 05:38 AM (ENBF0)

31 I have the WEN Tormek T8 knock off. There lots of utube videos on this subject.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at May 27, 2023 05:39 AM (Eeb9P)

32 ". . . the termites must maintain a constant temperature of 87° F in an environment where the outdoor temperatures range from 35° F at night to 104° F during the day."

Okay, they do this for their fungus to flourish. But a temp of 87 inside sounds hellish to me. Humans function best at temps around 72 F. and at moderate humidity. That's the reason for A/C systems cooling and drying the way they do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 05:41 AM (omVj0)

33 Okay, they do this for their fungus to flourish. But a temp of 87 inside sounds hellish to me. Humans function best at temps around 72 F. and at moderate humidity. That's the reason for A/C systems cooling and drying the way they do.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Plus termites fart out methane and...CO2!
This is, of course, caused by living in a mound of dried dung and spittle.

Posted by: Bruce at May 27, 2023 05:44 AM (vd8XM)

34
Why have air conditioning when we could all live like termites?

_____________

New York is at the same latitude as Rome.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2023 05:46 AM (MoZTd)

35
Why have heating when we could all live like Eskimos?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2023 05:47 AM (MoZTd)

36 From the Nikola truck article.

"Nikola has been working to raise more money by issuing more shares."

"We'll raise profits by selling more pieces of paper for $.62.
Win Win"

Posted by: Bruce at May 27, 2023 05:48 AM (vd8XM)

37 When I was 18, I always stayed up late (actually when I was 12 or so I listen to the radio until late, late at night under the covers of my bed) Watched the late, late shows on TV and still got up to go to school. Now since I'm much older, I try and get my sleep, and never stay up late. I did sleep in until late morning, and my mother was always yelling up the stairways to get the hell up. . . .
Posted by: Colin at May 27, 2023

***
Sounds like me. In the summers I'd stay up most of the night, reading and writing and listening to the radio, go to bed about 5 am, get up around noon and eat, nap from 2 to 4, and repeat. My mom worked overnight, so I could manage this. School, I got up about 6 am, made my own breakfast, slogged through the day, and got to bed around 10 pm.

Those summers ket me sane.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 05:48 AM (omVj0)

38 Why have heating when we could all live like Eskimos?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And make those delicious pies.

Posted by: Bruce at May 27, 2023 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

39
Why are you paranoid wingers starting a culture war over air conditioning?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2023 05:52 AM (MoZTd)

40 Got wood milk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ovNtijI3Wc

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 05:52 AM (vg8N1)

41 Watching some of the ONT videos, funny stuff

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 05:54 AM (xhxe8)

42 Thanks for sharing the good news about Jewells, olddog.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 05:59 AM (Keyt1)

43 Svengoolie has The Killer Shrews on tonight! And Grit has Quigley Down Under, though I saw that recently.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 06:01 AM (omVj0)

44 Nice Sunny Skyz story about a kindly man who helped a boy after a car accident:

https://tinyurl.com/28h725u6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:03 AM (Keyt1)

45 Cerberus at the pet store. Cute SunnySkyz picture:

tinyurl.com/mk5nav4a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:06 AM (Keyt1)

46 Coffee is up, Krak is not

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 06:09 AM (xhxe8)

47 I wanted to wait until it got closer to dawn to start my workout, but I got up earlier than I planned. Time to change, stretch, and hit the road, I guess!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 06:09 AM (omVj0)

48 I had somehow missed this clip of a Mike Wallace interview with Tina Turner singing:

https://nitter.net/yashar/status/
1661444952130490368#m

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 06:10 AM (x5hic)

49 mornin yall. I have a tech question. What is the purpose of the email field in the comments?

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:25 AM (iayUP)

50 I don't buy inkjet printers because laser printers are better at handling going six months between print jobs.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at May 27, 2023 06:28 AM (iZEhM)

51 Embattled President of Onania University Sam Gambman-Fried faces allegations of making up students who don't exist to collect their student loan payments.

Harried CEO of Lopemov Hospital Sam Dankman-Fried under fire for performing MRIs on dark leafy greens and pocketing fraudulent Medicare disbursements.

Long-Suffering chairman of Dedbatrey Motors Sam Enkman-Fried accused of selling Electric Vehicles with twenty hamster wheels where the drivetrain should be.

-- headlines from the next couple two three years, because apparently Reality is now scripted by a hombrew Tensorflow AI in an undisclosed basement in Connecticut.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:28 AM (9UlRk)

52 Today's corny-or rather, cheesy joke:

Did you hear about the cheese factory that exploded in France?

There was nothing left but de Brie.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 04:40 AM (Keyt1)

OY!! Lol.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 27, 2023 06:30 AM (Zvtjl)

53 China has developed the Planck length node. And no, you can't see it. But the rest of you should stop researching smaller nodes now.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 06:31 AM (slgIg)

54 At NYP, Taylor Swift cameltoe:
https://nypost.com/

Posted by: Check Out gp's Rehoboth Beach Tan! at May 27, 2023 06:32 AM (MvF+J)

55 The county next to me has had a SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) for 25 years. It was supposed to go away after a few years, when the original goal was met.

Well, they keep renewing it, and some citizens are complaining. "Shut up" say the leaders, "this is a minor cost for the greater good".

This county has SPLOST too, to pay for, among other things, a world class Pickleball venue in the old mall. It's supposed to go away in five years. Wanna bet that it never does?

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:34 AM (iayUP)

56 China has developed the Planck length node. And no, you can't see it. But the rest of you should stop researching smaller nodes now.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 06:31 AM (slgIg)

"Sounds like some kind of prank."

"Not prank, Pranck!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:34 AM (9UlRk)

57 Nobody is trying to get rid of air conditioning, you paranoid SuperMAGAs
- Chuck Schumer, today

Why are you UberMAGAs trying to destroy our world with air conditioning?
- Chuck Schumer, next month

Posted by: Wally at May 27, 2023 06:34 AM (BkmP+)

58 Happy Memorial Day Weekend

On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed.

The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 06:34 AM (BRHaw)

59 I've decided that it's just a silly thing to put out rainbow flags. If we don't know you, why do we need to know your sexual orientation, and if it's something you were born with why are you proud of being gay? It's not as if you worked on a skill for years such as playing the piano. "I'm going to improve my gay skills"? Many, many "low profile" gays are nice people. You would find out they were gay because you got to know them as individuals and liked them, even if you thought marriage in the church should be between a man and a woman. Some very talented people were gay such as the Russian composer whose name I can't spell at the moment or Walt Whitman, but I'm sure they would rather be appreciated for their artistic talents than because they were gay-aside from the fact gayness wasn't celebrated back then.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:40 AM (Keyt1)

60 A lot of people used to claim rock n roll will never die. Seems pretty dead to me. It seems like all current music is either hip hop or pop r&b.

I can't name one song of Taylor Swift but that stadium looks packed. I'd hate to be red blooded young man with raging hormones in this environment.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 27, 2023 06:40 AM (R+nZe)

61 This county has SPLOST too, to pay for, among other things, a world class Pickleball venue in the old mall. It's supposed to go away in five years. Wanna bet that it never does?
Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:34 AM (iayUP)

"Will and Holly Marshall, on a routine expedition....."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:40 AM (9UlRk)

62
Fire ants do some pretty fancy humidity and temp control of their mounds as well. We are not fire ants. We are not termites.

I once listened to an hour long lecture by a Clempson Cow Collidge entomologist on fire ant environmental controls.

It gets hot and dry. Fire ants take their mounds deep into the ground. You won't even see them. Now, let it get wet, and they build them back up. You'll see them all over the place.

We are not fire ants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 06:42 AM (Mzdiz)

63 And Douglas Murray who is gay and a writer-A Brit who lives in the US- says the same thing:

Oh no - it’s pride month…. So, as I find myself pointing out every year, if there’s something you shouldn’t feel shame for then you shouldn’t feel pride for it either. Being gay is a morally neutral fact. Neither pride nor shame. Just being. Like everybody else.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:42 AM (Keyt1)

64 The rainbow flag is meant to normalize homosexuality. You see rainbow flags everywhere, you come to realize that gayness is everywhere.

Also it claims christian symbols for deviance.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 06:43 AM (slgIg)

65 Supposed to get to 80 but only 50 out now

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 06:43 AM (xhxe8)

66 It went from "the love that dare not speak its name" to "the love that cannot shut up about it."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 06:43 AM (vg8N1)

67 Still haven't had measurable rain in over 2 weeks here

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 06:44 AM (xhxe8)

68 We are not fire ants.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 06:42 AM (Mzdiz)

Well akshully if we just like killed off 99% of the population twice in a row we could all go back to living like nomads, moving where the weather is nice, and hunting megafauna with sharp sticks for food.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:44 AM (9UlRk)

69 Another Douglas Murray quote:

“My bank had rainbows everywhere in Gay Pride month. ‘Love happens here’ was the rather sick-making slogan. Now I don’t want love to happen at my bank. I don’t want sex at my bank. I just want there to be more people on the tills. I want them to cash a cheque faster than they do. I want them not to charge me £5 when I lose my bank statement. I don’t want them in the business of love.”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:44 AM (Keyt1)

70 Sin ain't nuthin' to be proud of.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 06:44 AM (vg8N1)

71
... termite mounds not notably common in Norway

Obviously you've never heard of the termite mounds of Spitsbergen ... look them up

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2023 06:45 AM (5pZqO)

72 Is not about Pride. It's about Unionization.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:45 AM (9UlRk)

73 BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors is quietly dumped from Warner Bros after her multi-platform TV deal to create original shows telling black stories produced ZERO content after two years

She makes the Obamas look like hard workers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 06:46 AM (BRHaw)

74 We've had one of those HP printers for about a year.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 06:46 AM (/knpl)

75 "Now, let it get wet, and they build them back up. You'll see them all over the place"

And around here, they then get a dose of ant poison. I hope they don't figure out their strategy is flawed.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:46 AM (iayUP)

76 That's all any of anything recently is... critical theory. The practice of collective political bargaining based on one's personal characteristics instead of one's employment.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

77 75 And around here, they then get a dose of ant poison
Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:46 AM (iayUP)

h8er

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 06:47 AM (x5hic)

78 I wouldn't say Patrisse Cullors produced zero content. She produced a couple of homes out of that deal.

Posted by: Wally at May 27, 2023 06:48 AM (BkmP+)

79 "h8er
Posted by: m"

Step in a fire anthill and you can hate too.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:48 AM (iayUP)

80 79 "h8er
Posted by: m"

Step in a fire anthill and you can hate too.
Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:48 AM (iayUP)

The marching of ant-ifa!

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 06:50 AM (x5hic)

81
So Disney has doubled, nay, trebled, down on "all alphabet, all the time" content. Enjoy auguring into the ground, dolts. Love ya!

-- the OFF switch

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2023 06:50 AM (5pZqO)

82 We used to build houses that had better natural ventilation. Now they are air tight boxes which require climate control.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 06:50 AM (slgIg)

83 As a kid I made several ant colonies using old jars. Black ant, red ants and sometimes I would make them go to war.
Fast forward 30 years and I'm working in the VI and need to turn off the water supply to an apartment complex. Bunch of ant milling around the hole and I think nothing of it.
Fire ants. Lit me the eff up.

Posted by: Fool Otto at May 27, 2023 06:51 AM (DB16e)

84 Athena Ryan, from Sonoma Academy, and Lorelei Barrett of Sherman Oaks Buckley, opted not to participate in the scheduled girl’s 1,600-meter run at Buchanan High in Clovis, Calif., according to The Los Angeles Times.

So after knocking out to young women that probably needed that win for a chance at a scholarship or 2 they then no showed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 06:51 AM (BRHaw)

85 Is not about Pride. It's about Unionization.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2023 06:45 AM (9UlRk)

I would put that on a whiteboard sign , but then I think my house really would be vandalized. I guess I'm cowardly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:52 AM (Keyt1)

86
Electric truck maker Nikola is the Flat Stanley of truck makers

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2023 06:52 AM (5pZqO)

87
Now they are air tight boxes which require climate control.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

I thank you!

-- radon, the silent killer

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2023 06:54 AM (5pZqO)

88 I see Bud has a new commercial out, Dylan Mulvaney on a Harley.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:54 AM (iayUP)

89 EPA forces ever tighter energy efficiency standards for homes, necessitating year round climate control, then forces air conditioners to be so energy efficient, nobody can afford one.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 06:54 AM (slgIg)

90 Maybe Bud can cut a deal with Vespa.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:55 AM (iayUP)

91 But those 2 track trannies did get a sponsorship deal from Tuck N Run sprockets

Posted by: Wally at May 27, 2023 06:56 AM (BkmP+)

92 The commercial features a gray-haired, male mechanic working on a Harley bike before three men are shown sipping the penis.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 06:58 AM (iayUP)

93
Fire ants sense of "smell", their ability to detect chemical "scents" is to a dog as a dog is to humans. It makes getting poison to the queen quite a task. They have a long food chain that gets to the queen. So your poison has to be something they can't "smell".

Anything funny happens, and they know the source, and line of the food. All the contaminated ants are thrown out of the colony, killed if need be.

It makes baiting them hard. The poison has to be slow enough acting that it can get to the queen before they detect anything wrong.

Fast acting ant killing poison has its place. But it ain't gonna take em all out. They used to talk about fire ant eradication. Then it became "control". Now, it's just "management".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 06:59 AM (Mzdiz)

94 The molten aluminum in fire ant holes is quite amazing

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 06:59 AM (xhxe8)

95 I predict a return to big ass ceiling fans in every room, and cross ventilation - like the old days. And bars on windows, like we're all living in the hood.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 06:59 AM (4ixcl)

96 I have a brother color laser multifunction that I have been using for a decade.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:01 AM (slgIg)

97 I take a piece of rebar and jam it down in the middle of the anthill as far as it will go, then pull it out and fill the hole with poison and water. Then stir it with the rebar. That mound will be dead.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:03 AM (iayUP)

98 A/C made living in the South tolerable.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 07:03 AM (vg8N1)

99 I have a motion detect flood with light sensor. Why da fuck is it on right now?

freaks me out

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 07:03 AM (BRHaw)

100 Some guy with a gravelly voice and polite Alabama drawl says his Bud distributor business is taking a beating because of oversensitive conservative media getting worked up about a single can posted on one individuals social media page. So stop being so sensitive and keep buying my beer.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:04 AM (slgIg)

101 Morning peeps.

Ceiling fans... we have one in every room. Originally this modular home had a nasty looking globe light in the ceiling of every room, and one faux brass fan in the living room.

They do wonders in the summer to keep the joint cool. No shade here, so it's like living in a tin can.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2023 07:05 AM (Q4IgG)

102 I pour gasoline down fire ant holes. Who is fire now, assholes!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:05 AM (slgIg)

103 Sure looks like those aluminum pours go down 5 or 6 feet

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 07:06 AM (xhxe8)

104 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 27, 2023 07:06 AM (DhOHl)

105 I see they have redone the "SEER" ratings to make it harder for manufacturers to game the system.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:07 AM (slgIg)

106
The species name for the Red Imported Fire Ant (look up the history) is Solenopsis invicta.

"Invicta" is Latin for "invincible", "unconquered".

The Roman Sun god was Sol Invictus, the Unconquerable Sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 07:08 AM (Mzdiz)

107 I went and looked at a 25 acre "farm" yesterday. I'm not really looking to getting into farming, but for someone who wanted to be isolated, do some small scale farming and keep animals, it would be perfect. Spring fed pond, 110 year old farmhouse, fenced and irrigated fields, and the back of the lot runs down to the bottom with a creek. $390k.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:08 AM (iayUP)

108 Great. US troops going to Peru to assist their government in a crackdown against dissenters.

I have no idea what the situation is in Peru, but by default, I will side with the dissenters.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:10 AM (slgIg)

109 I have a 36"X36" attic fan in my main hallway, need to fire that back up, make the curtains flutter.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 07:10 AM (/knpl)

110 108 Hope the troops have some interpreters that speak Peruvian.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 07:12 AM (lz5hY)

111 " I have a 36"X36" attic fan in my main hallway, need to fire that back up, make the curtains flutter.
Posted by: Eromero

We have one of those upstairs. It turns the stairway into a wind tunnel. In the Summer though it just sucks hot humid air thru the house.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:12 AM (iayUP)

112 Eromero we have one too, wife complains it brings in pollen sadly

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 07:12 AM (xhxe8)

113 Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023

Do it. I have 70 acres, farm, timber, free flowing springs, pond. I let a farmer farm the fields for free. The amount of money I would get leasing the land to him is not worth as much as developing a relationship with a guy who can farm and raise animals for the after times.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:14 AM (slgIg)

114 As has been said, unless you absolutely need an inkjet printer for work reasons that you can expense against , you should buy a B+W Laserjet Printer.

The duty cycle is light years beyond an InkJet and it's going to last for a decade or more.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2023 07:15 AM (up/3i)

115 US troops going to Peru to assist their government in a crackdown against dissenters.

And that, boys and girls, should be flaming skull worthy. The goal of that exercise is to condition US troops to act against civilians. The officer corp is already prepped, due to all the action in the 'Stan. Now they're getting the enlisteds ready.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:16 AM (4ixcl)

116
"Invicta" is feminine gender, I was reading. It can mean annoying, vexxing, etc, as applied to female.

So, "Invicta" might be associated with "Karen".

Fire ants are Karens.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at May 27, 2023 07:18 AM (Mzdiz)

117 "Do it. I have 70 acres, farm, timber, free flowing springs, pond."

I would like to find something similar. The farming aspect is not that appealing and I don't want to keep any animals besides dogs. I'd prefer just timber, and Mrs fd wants a more modern house that won't require so much maintenance. Well, me too. I mostly want a big shop and some land.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:18 AM (iayUP)

118 Two weeks 'til MoMe!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 27, 2023 07:19 AM (DhOHl)

119 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:20 AM (2hlEI)

120 @113

>>Do it. I have 70 acres, farm, timber, free flowing springs, pond. I let a farmer farm the fields for free.

I just purchased a 10 acre spread, It's relatively flat and is fertile.

I might have to pick your brain on the farming aspect.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2023 07:21 AM (up/3i)

121 I have no idea what the situation is in Peru, but by default, I will side with the dissenters.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:10 AM (slgIg)
---------
Is Shining Path still active in Peru?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:22 AM (2hlEI)

122 If I was 29 years younger, doing some farming, and maintenance on a 110 year old house might be more appealing. As it is though, I already have too many projects and not enough years left.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:23 AM (iayUP)

123 Is Shining Path still active in Peru?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Pour some molten aluminum on 'em. Then they could REALLY be shiny !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 07:25 AM (T4tVD)

124 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Its owner is in the process of waking up.

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 07:26 AM (T4tVD)

125 Is Shining Path still active in Peru?

Are they the ones Hans Gruber read about in Time ?

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:26 AM (4ixcl)

126 *"Invicta" is feminine gender, I was reading. It can mean annoying, vexxing, etc, as applied to female.*

Proverbs 21:9:
"It is better to live on a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman."

Proverbs 21:19:
"It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman."

Posted by: Just Sayin' at May 27, 2023 07:27 AM (DhOHl)

127 Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:18 AM (iayUP)

Yeah, wife has 45 acres of timber in GA. She gets constant mail from buyers wanting to develop the land.

Posted by: clutch at May 27, 2023 07:28 AM (9UmRs)

128 House up the street just went on the market. Only 5 acres, a pond and a huge 3 bay shop. Surrounded by pastures.

$499K

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2023 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

129 I have no idea what the situation is in Peru, but by default, I will side with the dissenters.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:10 AM (slgIg)
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This seems to be a theme this morning.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:29 AM (2hlEI)

130 @128

>>House up the street just went on the market.

That's a steal, unfortunately I didn't pay half a mil for my new spread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2023 07:30 AM (up/3i)

131 Is Shining Path still active in Peru?

Are they the ones Hans Gruber read about in Time ?
Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:26 AM (4ixcl)
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Asian Dawn.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:30 AM (2hlEI)

132 House up the street just went on the market. Only 5 acres, a pond and a huge 3 bay shop. Surrounded by pastures.

$499K
Posted by: Martini Farmer

American money ?

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

133 I have no idea what the situation is in Peru, but by default, I will side with the dissenters.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2023 07:10 AM (slgIg)
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This seems to be a theme this morning.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:29 AM (2hlEI)
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The theme should have been "molten aluminum".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:32 AM (2hlEI)

134 Asian Dawn.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Woke dish soap ?

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 07:32 AM (T4tVD)

135 Asian Dawn.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight

Woke dish soap ?
Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 07:32 AM (T4tVD)
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Made with real Asians.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:33 AM (2hlEI)

136 Every sizable property that was a farm for sale seems to get turned into houses around here

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 07:37 AM (xhxe8)

137 ere is the AP’s published conspiracy theory:

“Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers,”

“Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing”.

These are both the same Story.
Which is TRUE??

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 07:37 AM (BRHaw)

138 Wrath Month is gonna be LIT.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:39 AM (2hlEI)

139 Byeeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2023 07:40 AM (2hlEI)

140 I hope the house up the street goes for that $499K.

I paid $65K for my modular house w/pool, shop/garage and 5 acres. About as isolated as that one too.

It'll keep my property value up...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2023 07:42 AM (Q4IgG)

141 Core PCE — excluding more volatile food and energy costs — also beat expectations with a 4.7 percent increase, though by a smaller margin.

Common people ITS MATHS

It will take something close to 40% inflation to absorb the money supply increases the last 3 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

142 Wrath Month is gonna be LIT.

I'm working on a Sloth Decade.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:42 AM (4ixcl)

143 142 Wrath Month is gonna be LIT.

I'm working on a Sloth Decade.
Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:42 AM (4ixcl)

We Won!
We did the Envy Century!

Posted by: Marxist at May 27, 2023 07:43 AM (BRHaw)

144 Maybe I'm asking too much. Our house and land here is just fine. I could stay here forever. The location is the problem. When we moved here 20 years ago, it was not.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 07:43 AM (iayUP)

145 141
It will take something close to 40% inflation to absorb the money supply increases the last 3 years.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

I'm on it!!

Posted by: Biden at May 27, 2023 07:47 AM (UcAQV)

146 Boker Tov Patriots

I got nothing other than Fuck the Left

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 27, 2023 07:48 AM (pmmLi)

147 128 House up the street just went on the market. Only 5 acres, a pond and a huge 3 bay shop. Surrounded by pastures.

$499K
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2023 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

What state, if you don't mind me asking?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2023 07:48 AM (UcAQV)

148 The UK has Marmite and Oz has Vegemite so could Mexico go for Tacomite?

I know it sounds like explosive diarrhea but then is that a problem?

Posted by: Ciampino -- Liar, Liar, pants on fire at May 27, 2023 07:48 AM (qfLjt)

149 There'll be a lot of takers for Lust Month!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 07:49 AM (omVj0)

150 > What state, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
____________

Kentucky.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2023 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)

151 150 There'll be a lot of takers for Lust Month!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 07:49 AM (omVj0)

Brought to you by Preparation H-LGBTQ

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2023 07:50 AM (UcAQV)

152 Making the receipt of benefits contingent on working or preparing to work has substantially increased the employment rate of the targeted recipients in TANF during the year after they enter the program and by a smaller amount in later years. Work requirements in SNAP have increased employment less; in Medicaid, they appear to have had little effect on employment.

substantially increased the employment rate of the targeted recipients in TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Posted by: Marxist at May 27, 2023 07:51 AM (BRHaw)

153 It will take something close to 40% inflation to absorb the money supply increases the last 3 years.

Do I think all the money printers and debt raisers, going all the way back to Reagan, intended this ? Nah. They all just did what was expedient at the time, and figured tomorrow would take care of itself.

And thats the dirty little secret about all generations. Its not that they hate the generations to follow. They simply don't care. A lot of decisions, for most people, come down to simply making things a little less shitty until they die - no matter what that means after.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:51 AM (4ixcl)

154 151
Kentucky

Will be looking to escape New England, despite its beauty. Just getting too expensive. Just don't know where to move to. TX? Been looking at KY and TN.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2023 07:51 AM (UcAQV)

155 Back from my work out and having some breakfast. The Whole Foods Everything bagel got stuck in the toaster -- too soft, I guess, and it didn't get crisp fast enough before the cycle was over. I had to disconnect the toaster and work the half bagel out of the slot.

I have to fight the inclination to take this as a metaphor and portent for the whole day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 07:52 AM (omVj0)

156 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2023 07:52 AM (BRHaw)

157 Will be looking to escape New England, despite its beauty. Just getting too expensive. Just don't know where to move to. TX? Been looking at KY and TN.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2023 07:51 AM (UcAQV)

A lot of my Navy Peeps are moving to TN to retire and live

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 27, 2023 07:52 AM (pmmLi)

158 All week Powerline gives me the run around saying it's checking my connection and never gets me there.

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 07:53 AM (xhxe8)

159 HP has been pure shite since the days when "Carly the C***" Fiorina flew the company into the ground.

Old-school HP stuff was indestructible. New HP stuff is the same flimsy Chinese crap you can get for half the price if you don't insist on an HP label.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 27, 2023 07:54 AM (Y6AXb)

160 And thats the dirty little secret about all generations. Its not that they hate the generations to follow. They simply don't care. A lot of decisions, for most people, come down to simply making things a little less shitty until they die - no matter what that means after.
Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:51 AM (4ixcl)

'In the Long Run we are all dead'

Posted by: Keynes at May 27, 2023 07:55 AM (BRHaw)

161 Stirling the great black kitten has curled up on the sofa cushion next to me. Dagny is becoming more sociable: She will occasionally jump into my lap, though she leaves almost immediately. Maybe when she's a true adult cat (four years from now? Siberians grow slowly and are kitten-like for a long time), she'll be a lap cat or sit on the arm of the sofa with me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 07:55 AM (omVj0)

162 Will be looking to escape New England, despite its beauty. Just getting too expensive. Just don't know where to move to. TX? Been looking at KY and TN.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2023 07:51 AM (UcAQV)

Help make a purple state a bit more red.

N WI is similar to New England, and not terribly expensive.

Posted by: davidt at May 27, 2023 07:56 AM (SYTee)

163 158 All week Powerline gives me the run around saying it's checking my connection and never gets me there.
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 07:53 AM (xhxe

I just tried getting to Powerline and got the same cloudfare check. You have to click the "I am a human" (or words to that effect) box.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 07:56 AM (x5hic)

164 Will be looking to escape New England, despite its beauty.

Don't do it !!! Its a Hellscape down here. Dogs sleeping with cats !!! The whole nine yards !!! Think that disturbing clip from Event Horizon played on a loop !!!

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 07:56 AM (4ixcl)

165 154 Arkansas, a state overlooked because of its hillbilly redneck rep. Cheap, if you know where to look, nice climate, again if you know where to look. Probably in the top 5 of red states as to conservatism. Efficient government services.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 07:56 AM (lz5hY)

166 I just tried getting to Powerline and got the same cloudfare check. You have to click the "I am a human" (or words to that effect) box.
Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 07:56 AM (x5hic)

I am monitored to indicate my happiness level is suboptimal.

Posted by: Robbie The Robot at May 27, 2023 07:59 AM (PiwSw)

167 166 I just tried getting to Powerline and got the same cloudfare check. You have to click the "I am a human" (or words to that effect) box.
Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 07:56 AM (x5hic)

I am monitored to indicate my happiness level is suboptimal.
Posted by: Robbie The Robot at May 27, 2023 07:59 AM (PiwSw)

Ya think?

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 08:00 AM (x5hic)

168
I gave up on Powerline. It says my browser is out of date. It works fine everywhere else so screw 'em.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2023 08:02 AM (enJYY)

169 Coffee. I must have coffee.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 08:03 AM (/knpl)

170 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 27, 2023 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

171 Coffee. I must have coffee.
Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 08:03 AM

Here...hold your mug up to the USB port.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2023 08:06 AM (Wnv9h)

172 BOLO: Be on the look out for people in your church looking to "push back" on Christian Nationalism. They cannot define it; but, they know it when they see it.

Suspect pool largely consists of white men over 30 who are gainfully employed, pay taxes, married to the mother of their children, and put up American flags on Memorial Day and July 4.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at May 27, 2023 08:06 AM (9X60i)

173 Arkansas, a state overlooked because of its hillbilly redneck rep.

The most dry counties in any state I've ever seen not named Utah.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:07 AM (4ixcl)

174
There is a marked absence of Monkeypox Pride Month decorations here in Sussex County, DE.

No doubt there are loads of them over by Brandon Falls.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2023 08:07 AM (5pZqO)

175 P.S. Christian nationalist leader is apparently Marjorie Taylor Greene (whose picture the push backers cannot pick out of a photo array) who they claim is "literally Hitler."

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at May 27, 2023 08:08 AM (9X60i)

176 Mornin' Horde. Going hiking today for the first time since Labor Day.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 27, 2023 08:10 AM (lLTch)

177 Good morning, Horde. Why do they put the spark plug in Gators in the most inaccessible spot?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:10 AM (68ZlF)

178 Good morning dear morons from Neskowin OR

I am in an old friend's house she built right on the coast, and I am in a bedroom overlooking the foggy surf.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2023 08:10 AM (x9QW9)

179 173 Dry counties, yep. And it's a real crazy quilt. You can be in a dry county with a wet municipality in it. My town is dry, a one and a half mile drive down the hill cures that. Sunday sales are anybody's guess. One county or city may allow it, neighbors no way. At least there are no state liquor stores.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:11 AM (lz5hY)

180 Ciampino's Rescue kitties - LIVE STREAMING!!
https://www.twitch.tv/kittenwatch

Biscuits' kittens ON VIDEO eating solid food.

There's another photo update, #64, at link below.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

Posted by: Ciampino -- Liar, Liar, pants on fire at May 27, 2023 08:11 AM (qfLjt)

181 Mornin' Horde. Going hiking today for the first time since Labor Day.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Have fun and stay safe !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 08:13 AM (T4tVD)

182 Good morning and happy Saturday! Taking Moose to the groomer, doing a little gardening then celebration later. Tomorrow having family and friends over for Memorial day.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 27, 2023 08:13 AM (wagHN)

183 Dry counties, yep.

The amount of damn rice there surprised the shit out of me. Arkansas is one of the more Ag heavy states before you get into the Corn Communism of the midwest.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (4ixcl)

184 WH "terror " campaign. Biden. Parents are not terrorists. Christians, conservatives are not terrorists.

Dan Schneider - NY Post

https://tinyurl.com/3yv8er5w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (LTpwC)

185 A lot of my Navy Peeps are moving to TN to retire and live
Posted by: Nevergiveup

A metric shitton of retired folks are relocating here. $5 car registration, very low property taxes, no state income tax, a church on damn near every corner. Great weather, affordable homes, and people say "Yes, Sir" and "Yes, Ma'am". Probably a full one half of folks, outside the cities, carry.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (qoGsy)

186 "Good morning, Horde. Why do they put the spark plug in Gators in the most inaccessible spot?
Posted by: Ben Had"

I have often said that the engineers that design these things should be forced to work on them so they can see what a pain in the butt they have wrought.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (iayUP)

187 PL week in pictures not posted yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (x9QW9)

188 Beer and wine ok here but nearest hard stuff is 10 miles away.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (68ZlF)

189
They passed some ordinance in some New Jersey beach community about walking around with booze. Unlawful, even if the bottle is unopened.

In my area some little liberal town banned all plastic bags so the state liquor store in that town can't give you any. So you have to walk to your car with an unopened bottle - which is illegal in some other towns.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2023 08:15 AM (enJYY)

190 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 27, 2023 08:13 AM (wagHN)

How do you fit a moose in your car?😉

Glad to hear the good news of your progress against cancer.

God bless you, dear, and have a good weekend and nice Memorial Day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 08:16 AM (LTpwC)

191 State Farm will no longer sell new policies in CA.

Nice job Gavin, you shmuck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2023 08:16 AM (x9QW9)

192 183 Rice in the eastern part of the state, particularly the delta, and lots of cattle and poultry operations in West AR. Lots of cotton coming out of SW.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:17 AM (lz5hY)

193 Arkansas, a state overlooked because of its hillbilly redneck rep.
*
The most dry counties in any state I've ever seen not named Utah.
Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023

***
What are the good climate areas? Not too hot or humid?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:17 AM (omVj0)

194 Another Douglas Murray quote:

“My bank had rainbows everywhere in Gay Pride month. ‘Love happens here’ was the rather sick-making slogan. Now I don’t want love to happen at my bank. I don’t want sex at my bank. I just want there to be more people on the tills. I want them to cash a cheque faster than they do. I want them not to charge me £5 when I lose my bank statement. I don’t want them in the business of love.”
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 06:44 AM (Keyt1)

I believe the full slogan was-

"Love Happens Here...On Top Of Your Money"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 27, 2023 08:17 AM (RJQ8g)

195 fd, Good morning. Sorry the place didn't work out.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:17 AM (68ZlF)

196 Good morning, Horde. Why do they put the spark plug in Gators in the most inaccessible spot?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:10 AM

*BMW has entered the chat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2023 08:18 AM (Wnv9h)

197 187 PL week in pictures not posted yet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2023 08:14 AM (x9QW9)

Just went up!

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/05/
the-week-in-pictures-senile-liberalism-edition.php

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 08:19 AM (x5hic)

198 RMBS good morning. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:21 AM (68ZlF)

199 186 The Germans subscribed to the theory that an engineer should be able to fix and operate the end product. Kurt Tank, aeronautical designer was an accomplished pilot. He and his team even flew a small point defense squadron out of a factory.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:21 AM (lz5hY)

200 The commentariat over at Ars Technica has murdered any hope I ever had for the future of our children.

Posted by: Jim at May 27, 2023 08:21 AM (zhWvq)

201 Listening to Casey Kasem from 1985, with Duran Duran and Prince among others. He took a moment to highlight the fellow who, as Walter Carlos, performed the electronic classical music on the Switched-On Bach album back in 1969. Apparently Walter decided, in the '70s, to (as we used to say it) undergo a sex-change operation and become "Wendy." So the current craziness is not new. It wasn't celebrated then with the business in your face every place you went.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:22 AM (omVj0)

202 What are the good climate areas? Not too hot or humid?

Philly.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:22 AM (4ixcl)

203 "fd, Good morning. Sorry the place didn't work out.
Posted by: Ben Had"

That's ok. We have some others to look at, less $$s, more land. That place would have been perfect for someone with horses though.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:22 AM (iayUP)

204 Good morning Ben Had!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 27, 2023 08:22 AM (wagHN)

205 We are right on two county lines here in KY. Years ago our county was "dry" but the other wasn't. Just down the 2-lane about a mile or so is "The Tavern," a hole-in-the-wall joint. Nearby was another beer joint and two liquor stores. Prices were high.

Then, our country went "wet" and the liquor stores closed.

The Tavern is still a popular hang out. Good burgers and sandwiches. No Bud Light right now however.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2023 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)

206 RMBS good morning. Hope you are well.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:21 AM

Mornin', Ben Had! Doing great. How about you?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2023 08:23 AM (Wnv9h)

207

Warning icon Your browser is out of date!

FU Powerline. It's just a buncha pictures. Now if you're doing something nefarious then I guess you gotta have an up-do-date browser to perform that shady function. So, not gonna do it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

208 For giggles, did link to Powerline on phone and got in, on tablet still getting run around. Both on same Wi-Fi

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 08:23 AM (xhxe8)

209 Ben Had

Good morning!

🥃
🥃
🥃

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 27, 2023 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

210 "The Germans subscribed to the theory that an engineer should be able to fix and operate the end product'

I'm pretty sure Audi put an end to that.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:23 AM (iayUP)

211
I wish all 0f these a-holes with their "genius" plan for the rest of us would be forced to live the way they propose for the next 10-15 years without reprieve or vacation.

You know.."The Eat Bugs/Live Like Bugs Underground Commune".

Oh, and their funders like WEF, Soros, Schwab, etc be forced to live their to. In exactly the same way they propose for the rest of us.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 27, 2023 08:24 AM (RJQ8g)

212 The Germans subscribed to the theory that an engineer should be able to fix and operate the end product. Kurt Tank, aeronautical designer was an accomplished pilot. He and his team even flew a small point defense squadron out of a factory.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023

***
Rudi Uhlenhaut of Mercedes-Benz used to drive their cars on the weekends, including on the test track, steadily increasing his speed until he was satisfied he could handle them at speeds that most people would never touch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:24 AM (omVj0)

213 Just got back from taking trash to the transfer station.

Waiting for family to get up so I can start power washing the dock.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:24 AM (HDnqC)

214 "Waiting for family to get up so they can start power washing the dock.
Posted by: olddog in mo"

Suggested edit.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:25 AM (iayUP)

215 Great. US troops going to Peru to assist their government in a crackdown against dissenters.

Isn't it great having the most expensive, least efficient and morally depraved military on the planet and while an active invasion is occurring at home, they are stomping on the human rights of another cunt-ry?

And the McGOP wants to throw even more debt fiat at it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 27, 2023 08:25 AM (YXHzG)

216 jewells,darlin. I owe you a call. Tomorrow ok?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:26 AM (68ZlF)

217 Powerline Week in Pictures updated.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 27, 2023 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

218 Skip, I'm using Brave browser and got into Powerline fine. It did show the Cloudfare thing for a second to check my browser then went to home page automatically. Guess my browser was up to date and passed the test.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:26 AM (HDnqC)

219 158 All week Powerline gives me the run around saying it's checking my connection and never gets me there.
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 07:53 AM (xhxe

chrome works
brave goes thru cloundfair and works

Posted by: Keynes at May 27, 2023 08:27 AM (BRHaw)

220 Ben Had yes, before 4 if possible. Would love to chat with you

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 27, 2023 08:27 AM (wagHN)

221 Rudi Uhlenhaut of Mercedes-Benz used to drive their cars on the weekends, including on the test track, steadily increasing his speed until he was satisfied he could handle them at speeds that most people would never touch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023

***
And if the prototype he was testing didn't handle as he thought it should, either at low or high speeds, back the car went to the drawing board. This of course was in the '60s and '70s when MB cars were solidly built and were regarded as the best (at least the best German cars) in the world.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:27 AM (omVj0)

222 193 North Central, say 30 miles south of the MO line and maybe 40 miles east of Fayetteville is a good start. Where I'm at you would feel at home, River Valley, very humid and sometimes just stinkin' hot. Actually, draw a line 50 miles north of Little Rock, and the area 50 miles east of OK and 50 miles west of the Mississippi is pretty good.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:27 AM (lz5hY)

223 "The Eat Bugs/Live Like Bugs Underground Commune".

In contrast, God gave Adam & Eve a beautiful garden that provided all kinds of food, wonder and beauty - their task was to be fruitful and multiply and to maintain the garden.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 27, 2023 08:27 AM (YXHzG)

224 Thanks, RMBS, but I know where a kuerig is.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 08:28 AM (z3WCn)

225 NaCly, dearest.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:28 AM (68ZlF)

226 "Waiting for family to get up so they can start power washing the dock.
Posted by: olddog in mo"

Suggested edit.
Posted by: fd
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Well TBH, daughter will prolly do half of it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:28 AM (HDnqC)

227 Power washing is on my list today too. I'm afraid I will be the sole participate though.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:30 AM (iayUP)

228 Morning, Jewells. Hope you don't mind I pulled your good news comment over from the ONT. It's @ 23.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:30 AM (HDnqC)

229 Canon makes ink tank printers, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2023 08:30 AM (a3Q+t)

230 RMBS, life is good here on the farm.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:31 AM (68ZlF)

231 Morning Ben Had and Salty.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:32 AM (HDnqC)

232 lol Fenelon.. yeah it's hard to fit a moose in my car.. thanks for continuing to pray for me.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 27, 2023 08:32 AM (wagHN)

233 205 It has been said that the leading contributor to Keep Crawford County Dry is the guy who owns the warehouse liquor store across the bridge in Sebastian County, which is dry, but the store is in Fort Smith, which is wet.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:32 AM (lz5hY)

234 Hope you don't mind I pulled your good news comment over from the ONT. It's @ 23.

Not at all. Thank you.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 27, 2023 08:33 AM (wagHN)

235 Next one you buy printer ink, calculate the cost per milliliter. If you are paying less than 50 cents per ml, you are doing good. More likely, you are paying 70+ cents per ml.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:34 AM (iayUP)

236 I really need to take everything out of my truck and put it back how it should be

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 08:34 AM (xhxe8)

237 Firefox goes right to Powerline, no prob

good morning

Posted by: DB - at May 27, 2023 08:35 AM (geLO8)

238 > It has been said that the leading contributor to Keep Crawford County Dry is the guy who owns the warehouse liquor store across the bridge

The famous "Bootleggers and Baptists" alliance.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 27, 2023 08:36 AM (Y6AXb)

239 Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers
I’ve never boxed in my life but if I did I’d be fine with boxing a trans woman in my weight class. The women’s sports nonsense is just a vehicle for transphobia and has nothing to do with fairness in sports.

Pete Buttigieg
Getting $20 million in taxpayer funding for 'female crash test dummies' to fight gender inequity.

Compare and Contrast in 1000 words.

Posted by: Keynes at May 27, 2023 08:36 AM (BRHaw)

240 Trans surgery is not a right to be fought for. Douglas Murray isn't on board with Pride Month either and he's gay.

https://tinyurl.com/mud76hrw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2023 08:36 AM (LTpwC)

241 olddog!! Seems like I haven't gotten a chance to say hello in forever. Hope you get plenty of lake time.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:36 AM (68ZlF)

242 Good morning, jive turkeys.

I'm not seeing Week in Pictures on Powerline. Anybody got a link?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2023 08:37 AM (wdHY0)

243 North Central, say 30 miles south of the MO line and maybe 40 miles east of Fayetteville is a good start. Where I'm at you would feel at home, River Valley, very humid and sometimes just stinkin' hot. Actually, draw a line 50 miles north of Little Rock, and the area 50 miles east of OK and 50 miles west of the Mississippi is pretty good.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023

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Humid and hot is NOT where I feel at home! What about near Fayetteville itself?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:37 AM (omVj0)

244 I received great news today! CT scan showed significant shrinkage of the cancerous nodules. Only 3 out of the "too many to count" had actually grown but only a little and also no new lesions on my bones. Happy news for me

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 26, 2023 10:05 PM
===
b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2023 08:37 AM (x9QW9)

245 The Quapaw in Oklahoma make some damn fine bacon and jowl.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at May 27, 2023 08:38 AM (Eeb9P)

246 The county my lake home is in finally voted in liquor sales couple of years ago. However, the town closest to me doesn't allow Sunday sales. Have to drive next town over which does allow it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:38 AM (HDnqC)

247 > I gave up on Powerline. It says my browser is out of date. It works fine everywhere else so screw 'em.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2023 08:02 AM (enJYY)

Maybe if by "working fine" you mean "exposes all your personal information to every 13-year-old in Outer Jackoffistan with a bootleg copy of Visual Basic 6".

For the love of God, upgrade your browser from time to time. It's important. Really.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 27, 2023 08:38 AM (Y6AXb)

248
The little town that banned plastic bags? The hardware store, the liquor store I used to shop at occasionally have now lost a customer. My boycott list gets longer every day the (D)'s are in power.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2023 08:38 AM (enJYY)

249 > The famous "Bootleggers and Baptists" alliance.

https://is.gd/yWpT2V

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 27, 2023 08:40 AM (Y6AXb)

250 243 Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers is crazy congested. I was up there last week and it was some of the worst traffic I have ever encountered. The area expanded so quickly the highway system couldn't keep up, even with I49 running. Things are getting pretty pricey up there.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:40 AM (lz5hY)

251 The little town that banned plastic bags.

Bring back brown paper sacks !!! They double as a can koozie.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:41 AM (4ixcl)

252 olddog!! Seems like I haven't gotten a chance to say hello in forever. Hope you get plenty of lake time.
Posted by: Ben Had
---------------

It's been awhile. Sleep pattern is messed up and been getting up around 3-4a most days. That leads to starting work day earlier.

Should have good weather this weekend for lake time. It's our first time out this year.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:41 AM (HDnqC)

253 236 I really need to take everything out of my truck and put it back how it should be
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 08:34 AM (xhxe

Doing the same thing and expecting...

Posted by: Keynes at May 27, 2023 08:41 AM (BRHaw)

254
For the love of God, upgrade your browser from time to time. It's important. Really.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 27, 2023 08:38 AM

Good advice for people running Windows. I don't. Being on a fringe element OS has its advantages.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2023 08:42 AM (enJYY)

255 "Bring back brown paper sacks"

It's so stupid. Paper is a renewable resource. A crop. People can make money raising and selling it. The climate change scam is an attack on capitalism.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:43 AM (iayUP)

256 in Gay Pride month. ‘Love happens here’.

For all the use of the word "love", they seem to not know what it means and show little to none of it. OTOH, they also use the word "hate" a lot, don't know what it means, but are almost always switched on to it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 27, 2023 08:44 AM (YXHzG)

257 All outta coffee. The Question: Do I want to make more, or wait until I head out for my errands and stop at a local coffee shop?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:44 AM (omVj0)

258 At this rate, browsers won't matter in twenty years. We'll be down to tin cans and a string. Data security will be top notch, though.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:44 AM (4ixcl)

259 251 Brown paper bags double as a OE40 bottle koozie, and keep your prints off the bottle if you drop it when the popo are chasing you.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:45 AM (lz5hY)

260 Daylight is burning, and chores need doing.

Have a wonderful day, everyone.

https://youtu.be/ZedhoqYdfTM
Bring Me Sunshine
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 27, 2023 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

261 Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers is crazy congested. I was up there last week and it was some of the worst traffic I have ever encountered. The area expanded so quickly the highway system couldn't keep up, even with I49 running. Things are getting pretty pricey up there.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023

***
Oh, well, it was nice to think about for a few minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 08:45 AM (omVj0)

262 In the near future what kind of bag used won't be the problem, finding food to put in a bag will be the problem.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 08:46 AM (z3WCn)

263 I received great news today! CT scan showed significant shrinkage of the cancerous nodules. Only 3 out of the "too many to count" had actually grown but only a little and also no new lesions on my bones. Happy news for me

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 26, 2023 10:05 PM

A case of "significant shrinkage" being great and welcomed news. Woot!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 27, 2023 08:46 AM (4I/2K)

264 261 If you get about 30 miles east you still have the small town life with access to Fayetteville services.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 08:47 AM (lz5hY)

265 Good morning, jive turkeys.

I'm not seeing Week in Pictures on Powerline. Anybody got a link?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

(Raises hand....)

I don't.

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2023 08:47 AM (T4tVD)

266 That would be a great space travel poster "Uranus. Love Happens Here".

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:47 AM (iayUP)

267 I could have a picture of a rocket headed straight for Uranus.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:49 AM (iayUP)

268 https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/05/
the-week-in-pictures-senile-liberalism-edition.php

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 08:49 AM (x5hic)

269 Save the planet by making consumers provide their own cloth bags that required massive amounts of water, chemicals, and energy to grow the plants, then additional chemicals water, and energy to process, before before being shipped across the ocean (and maybe shipped to China in the first place, too) prior to being shipped to environmentally conscious consumers here in the USA that will need to use water and detergents after each use in order to maintain sanitary conditions.

The planet thanks you for your love!

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at May 27, 2023 08:49 AM (hQeb1)

270 I'm not seeing Week in Pictures on Powerline. Anybody got a link?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

(Raises hand....)

I don't.
Posted by: JT
----

I do. https://is.gd/dbACkA

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:49 AM (HDnqC)

271 Brown paper bags double as a OE40 bottle koozie, and keep your prints off the bottle if you drop it when the popo are chasing you.

And they're classy. Any old body can tote around a n exposed 40 bottle their choice. But sipping out of a thirsty-two wrapped in a brown paper sack shows style and distinction.

Bring back brown paper sacks !!!

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:49 AM (4ixcl)

272 RMBS, life is good here on the farm.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2023 08:31 AM

Glad to hear it. Hope to see y'all in October.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2023 08:50 AM (Wnv9h)

273 Brother does nake great printers but some of the recent models have the OEM supplies only nonsense. Which can be defeated I understand but takes some doing. Do your research. Most of the manufacturers have now succumbed to this to some degree.

Posted by: Bigsmith at May 27, 2023 08:50 AM (+RJfh)

274 I bought an HP Envy. It's the last HP product I'll buy. It is a terrible printer. Jams all the time. I bought a Canon printer to replace it. Rock solid performance.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 27, 2023 08:50 AM (ouTlx)

275 I received great news today! CT scan showed significant shrinkage of the cancerous nodules. Only 3 out of the "too many to count" had actually grown but only a little and also no new lesions on my bones. Happy news for me

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at May 26, 2023 10:05 PM

Wonderful news, jewells! Will continue to pray for you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2023 08:51 AM (Wnv9h)

276 270 I'm not seeing Week in Pictures on Powerline. Anybody got a link?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

https://is.gd/dbACkA
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:49 AM (HDnqC)

Thanks for the reminder about is.gd; tinyurl isn't working for me right now.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2023 08:52 AM (x5hic)

277 I bought a printer used that the ink in it was worth more than what I paid for the printer.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:52 AM (iayUP)

278 Mom used to cut up brown paper bags to make covers for our school books. Can't do that with plastic bags.

Do still use text books in school today?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:52 AM (HDnqC)

279 My printer broke during Covid. I had a terrible time finding a printer - any printer. The shelves were bare. Ended up ordering an HP printer on Amazon.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 27, 2023 08:52 AM (45fpk)

280 Eris That has happened to me in past, someone sees a website and I don't.

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2023 08:53 AM (xhxe8)

281 This more cash has changed my life in such an oversized quantity of how during which, impart you!".

Is this a sentence?

Posted by: grammie winger at May 27, 2023 08:54 AM (45fpk)

282 Good news, Jewells. Prayers answered!

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 08:55 AM (z3WCn)

283 So happy for you, jewells!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 27, 2023 08:55 AM (45fpk)

284 Mom used to cut up brown paper bags to make covers for our school books. Can't do that with plastic bags.

When I was a kid, the liquor store sacks sucked - too thin. But the grocery sacks were useful, like your mom showed. And they folded up great and stores easy. We'd put them over plants in a late frost.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:55 AM (4ixcl)

285 Thanks for the reminder about is.gd; tinyurl isn't working for me right now.
Posted by: m
--------------

You're welcome. I switched to is.gd when someone linked story about tinyurl is the devil. Maybe it was Pixy?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 08:55 AM (HDnqC)

286 "This more cash has changed my life in such an oversized quantity of how during which, impart you!".

Is this a sentence?
Posted by: grammie winger"

Chat IDGIT

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2023 08:56 AM (iayUP)

287 >Is this a sentence?

Posted by: grammie winger

lost in translation

Posted by: DB - at May 27, 2023 08:56 AM (geLO8)

288 258 At this rate, browsers won't matter in twenty years. We'll be down to tin cans and a string. Data security will be top notch, though.

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:44 AM (4ixcl)
----
What happens when you get a knot in the string and the data doesn't go through eh! Eh! ...

Posted by: Ciampino --- Liar, Liar, pants on fire at May 27, 2023 08:56 AM (qfLjt)

289 Gay dude in the link above accidentally admits the scam:

"It’s not like people “choose” to be gay. But if you shouldn’t feel shame over a thing then there’s no reason why you should feel pride over it either. It just is. Like having brown hair, or blue eyes. Why feel “pride”?".

They know they're not "born that way". They know they've been created via abuse.

The resistance to their child grooming lays waste to that lie.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at May 27, 2023 08:56 AM (hQeb1)

290 I've got a Brother monochrome laser printer that I purchased just before the coofdemic from a now defunct Office Depot on sale for ~$80. It's been serving me extremely well for my particular use case: reliably printing on those rare occasions in which I actually need something printed. Inkjets are complete ass in that regard. It's a shame @273 that they're now going the DRM/lockout route. I certainly won't be doing any firmware updates on it.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at May 27, 2023 08:56 AM (DTX3h)

291 Amy, she spakes like she be high at work.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2023 08:57 AM (z3WCn)

292 Amy, she spakes like she be high at work.

Now she's got my attention !!!

Posted by: Right Wing Hate Machine at May 27, 2023 08:58 AM (4ixcl)

293 In Russia, cash impart you!

Posted by: Obligatory at May 27, 2023 08:58 AM (DhOHl)

294 Amy, don't snort the curry powder. You can get help.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2023 09:00 AM (lz5hY)

295
They know they're not "born that way". They know they've been created via abuse.

The resistance to their child grooming lays waste to that lie.
Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at May 27, 2023 08:56 AM (hQeb1)

Speaking of Target...

https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-donates-to-

group-that-promotes-secret-child-gender-transitions-

lgbtq-books-in-schools

They can't go out of business fast enough.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 27, 2023 09:00 AM (RJQ8g)

296 Coffee nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 27, 2023 09:00 AM (HDnqC)

297 Java nood.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 27, 2023 09:01 AM (DhOHl)

298 When HP stopped making the inks for my great All-in-one, I swore that I would never buy HP again.

Then I saw a Deskjet Plus for less the $100.

Sucker. The ink cartridges have already cost more than that.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 27, 2023 09:02 AM (vg8N1)

299 They can't go out of business fast enough.

Come on guys - think of the stock value !!!

Posted by: Don Jr. at May 27, 2023 09:03 AM (4ixcl)

300 I found a place in KS with two acres, a pond and two large out buildings. Even posted the link for the Horde. I think it was around $60,000. There are some real buys out here, if you look.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 27, 2023 09:06 AM (ouTlx)

301 I found a place in KS with two acres, a pond and two large out buildings. Even posted the link for the Horde. I think it was around $60,000. There are some real buys out here, if you look.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 27, 2023

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But that didn't include your house, did it? Did you have it built there?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2023 09:15 AM (omVj0)

302 Even setting aside the DRM nonsense, HP printers are a pain in the ass. Not built all that great and the ink cartridges dry out. I've had two different models over the years, not a fan. The Canon MP250 I had in Minnesota on the other hand was an absolute tank of a machine, it'd go for a year without doing anything and just fire right up with perfect quality. Unfortunately I was a dumbass and left it behind so now I need to either get another Canon or finally upgrade to laser.

Posted by: CppThis at May 27, 2023 09:48 AM (PZvjL)

303 Am I the asshole/Ethics.
Brings to mind a story I saw a week or so ago, AI now used to cheat on school tests impacted one group the most.
A large number of people in Kenya, that had been making a living writing for cheat sites. Poor, deprived, oppressed, africans that had been making $1000week, some that much per day by selling essays and such to white kids living in wealthy america who cheat via AI.

Posted by: birddog at May 27, 2023 10:32 AM (uAI4S)

304 Isn't that fucker headed to jail?

Posted by: weft cut loop at May 27, 2023 10:56 AM (jzzG8)

305 Different fucker.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 27, 2023 11:56 AM (BLOW1)

306 More than $15k can be earned online by performing straightforward tasks from home. In the previous month, I got $18376. Even a young child may do this job and make money because it is so simple to complete and has higher pay than typical office occupations. Everyone needs to try this task by using the information on this page. www.Richepay.com

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