Daily Tech News 20 June 2023

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Some say we'll end in Brave New World,
Some say in 1984.
I stand with corporate flag unfurled
And push like hell for Brave New World.

But if we had to end again,
I think I know enough of life
To see that coddling morons*
Brings us to Harrison Bergeron.

Complex systems won't survive the competence crisis. (Palladium)

The world grows more complex by the day, and we haven't had a dumber ruling class since 1913. And that worked out just great for everyone, so nothing to worry about.
America must be understood as a system of interwoven systems; the healthcare system sends a bill to a patient using the postal system, and that patient uses the mobile phone system to pay the bill with a credit card issued by the banking system. All these systems must be assumed to work for anyone to make even simple decisions. But the failure of one system has cascading consequences for all of the adjacent systems. As a consequence of escalating rates of failure, America's complex systems are slowly collapsing.
Not just America, of course, but America is the exemplar here of past greatness rapidly corroding from within. Many of the countries affected by this disease were never great, or their greatness was a century or more past.

I mentioned Twilio yesterday, with their brilliant three word billboard - Ask your developer - the point being that even if you, the manager driving past, didn't know about Twilio, your technical staff did, replaced by some sesquipedalian drivel about reducing cost of acquisition, but that's just one tiny example of this, and to some degree it's an example of the brain rot that affects all large organisations. Large organisations cannot innovate, which is why they acquire small ones.

And then destroy them.

What's the solution? With businesses, you let them collapse into bankruptcy and sell off the pieces. With countries, the traditional approach was war, but that is frowned upon these days.

* No offense to the Horde, who are the good kind of moron. Best I could do in two minutes.

Tech News

Don't buy an Nvidia H100 for gaming. (WCCFTech)

Technically it is a GPU, but (a) it costs north of $30,000, (b) it has no video outputs, and (c) it is actually slower for playing games than AMD's integrated graphics because the drivers don't know what to do with it.
Towards Intersectional Moderation: An Alternative Model of Moderation Built on Care and Power as if Social Media Weren't Screwed up Enough Already. (Arxiv)

With Reddit imploding by the day, the developers and operators of the "fediverse", a loosely coupled network of independent nodes running software like Mastodon, are banding together to replace it with something infinitely worse.

You might not have thought that possible.

You were wrong.
A QNAP 16-bay NAS. (Serve the Home)

On the one hand, it supports 12 3.5", 4 2.5", and two M.2 drives, with up to 128GB of ECC RAM, at a price that is merely exorbitant and not actually insane.

On the other hand, QNAP.
Well, that's just terrifying. (BBC)

Do not read if you're subject to claustrophobia.
Journalists for Censorship is at it again. (The Verge)

The reason they have their panties in a twist today is that Spotify is permitting Joe Rogan to interview people who are saying inconvenient things.

This cannot be allowed.

Disclaimer: Spam is whatever you have too much of. For some things - like unsolicited advertising - the threshold is zero, or close to it. For other things - like water - a little is good, but a hundred million gallons in the wrong place will just ruin your weekend.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:10 AM

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1 !!!

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 04:13 AM (LdYi7)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2023 04:14 AM (xhxe8)

3 G'morning, all

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 04:15 AM (1n+EO)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 04:15 AM (T4tVD)

5 Latest home project to switch Stately VIA Manor over to next generation Wyze security cameras is going well.

The new twilight chip has incredible night vision and clarity for a $24.00 camera.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 04:17 AM (1n+EO)

6 And I see that WeaselZippers is still 'Suspended'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 04:18 AM (1n+EO)

7 On the other hand, my project to set up a second Nighthawk router as an Access Point to my first Nighthawk router, connected by ethernet is not going as smashingly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 04:19 AM (1n+EO)

8 On the collapse of complex systems, see 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric Cline.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2023 04:20 AM (KFhLj)

9 Good morning morons

I should be asleep this is ridiculous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 04:23 AM (RIvkX)

10 8 On the collapse of complex systems, see 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric Cline.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Fascinating period. Informative and unfortunate, as they say. But at least the Bronze Age Collapse didn't take the rest of the world with it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 20, 2023 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

11 The lesson that should be learned about the missing submersible is that the ocean hates you and wants you dead.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 20, 2023 04:27 AM (sAmhv)

12 "The lesson that should be learned about the missing submersible is that the ocean hates you and wants you dead."

I prefer to think that the ocean is rather indifferent to your presence.

But if certain inviolate rules are well....violated, you die.

But the ocean could really rather not care less about ones presence.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 04:29 AM (1n+EO)

13 When Juneteenth was over, did Lizzo sing ?

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 04:29 AM (T4tVD)

14 "When Juneteenth was over, did Lizzo sing ?"

Nicely done.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 04:34 AM (1n+EO)

15 Yeah, nature in general just doesn't care if we die. Now spiders, they're actively rooting against us.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2023 04:35 AM (KFhLj)

16 I think I'll take an early morning stroll.

Later

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 20, 2023 04:36 AM (sAmhv)

17
Homo sapiens sapiens (Man the wise, the very wise, how arrogant!) is but a twinkling of the eye -- not even that -- on the grand astronomical and geological time scales of this Third Rock from Sol Invictus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 04:43 AM (Mzdiz)

18 Trump got badly trumped by Trump:

https://tinyurl.com/yckrsuv8

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 04:47 AM (k5hXU)

19
Off to exile in Iceland for Pixy.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 04:53 AM (enJYY)

20 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 20, 2023 04:55 AM (ju2Fy)

21 I suppose this is goodbye. It's been nice knowing so many morons. But it's time to go. Group hugs and kisses.

Or am I a day too early?

https://tinyurl.com/226xtff8

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 04:55 AM (k5hXU)

22 What's the solution? With businesses, you let them collapse into bankruptcy and sell of the pieces. With countries, the traditional approach was war, but that is frowned upon these days.

Au contraire-- Military weaponry sales are through the roof as countries around the world are seriously arming up. Must be some of that Heinlein 'bad luck'.

I see the bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today

Yeah. Morning y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 20, 2023 04:55 AM (zHuJr)

23 "Or am I a day too early? "

It would simply be bad form to end civilization during Pride Month.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:00 AM (1n+EO)

24 >> I see the bad moon arising

There's a bathroom on the right.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:00 AM (Mzdiz)

25 Personally, I thing The Lincoln Project is hot!

https://tinyurl.com/2r9s8m9a

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 05:00 AM (k5hXU)

26 https://tinyurl.com/yckrsuv8

My number one reason voting for Trump in 2016 was what I had thought was faith in his ability to attract talent. This has been to my mind his greatest failure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 05:01 AM (RIvkX)

27 My number one reason voting for Trump in 2016 was what I had thought was faith in his ability to attract talent. This has been to my mind his greatest failure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 05:01 AM (RIvkX)
-

If there's no true alternative, then I'll vote for Trump again. Here's hoping for the alternative.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 05:03 AM (k5hXU)

28
The current Moon rising is waxing crescent, which shall be the Buck Moon, July 3,the first Moon of astronomical summer, 2023.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:05 AM (Mzdiz)

29 Was trying to nap before leaving but they don't like you to sleep hete

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2023 05:06 AM (xhxe8)

30 Brings us to Harrison Bergeron.

MOAR SOMA

Posted by: Brave New PixyWorld at June 20, 2023 05:11 AM (hvTVk)

31 Attention: Since Juneteenth is over, please place your Pride flags once again at the top of your flagpole over your BLM flags. You may reverse the order next year (for Juneteenth only). Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Commisar of Intersectionality Stack Flag Placement at June 20, 2023 05:12 AM (PiwSw)

32 Did you all miss the Rogan/Hotez debate? Or did you blink?

https://tinyurl.com/45z43f74

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 05:12 AM (k5hXU)

33 hete
Posted by: Skip

"hete" is an actual world used by Chaucer

Posted by: Brave New MedievalWord at June 20, 2023 05:13 AM (hvTVk)

34 The complex systems will not survive. So no need to keep pretending all these luxury ideas have any worth.

Like the electrical grid.

The nukes will fly because we have the most guns.

It's Warlords all the way down.

Posted by: pawn at June 20, 2023 05:13 AM (wsHtO)

35 Was trying to nap before leaving but they don't like you to sleep hete
Posted by: Skip

HEAVILY overcast out thar....

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 05:13 AM (T4tVD)

36 “Being a fool isn’t a capital crime. Or at least, not in the eyes of the law; Mother Nature seems to be a harsher taskmaster.”—Ken Mitchell

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 20, 2023 05:14 AM (EXyHK)

37 This would seem relevant.

Georgia vote system security vulnerabilities.

https://tinyurl.com/5cmjfz9w

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:14 AM (1n+EO)

38 I am unsure about the proper method of disposing of a Pride Flag.

Posted by: having beers at the VFW Hall at June 20, 2023 05:15 AM (hvTVk)

39 "Don't buy an Nvidia H100 for gaming. (WCCFTech)

Technically it is a GPU, but (a) it costs north of $30,000, (b) it has no video outputs, and (c) it is actually slower for playing games than AMD's integrated graphics because the drivers don't know what to do with it."

You'd think the price point would keep most people from accidently picking one up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 20, 2023 05:16 AM (zZu0s)

40 "I am unsure about the proper method of disposing of a Pride Flag."

There are several proper ways to do this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:16 AM (1n+EO)

41
The ante for the RFK, Jr vs Hotez debate was raised to about $1 million (that is, $1 million dollars would be donated to the charity of Peter Hotez' choice if he debated RFK, Jr on the safety and efficacy of vaccines).

Note, $1 million if the debate takes place. Mr. Hotez has declined so far. He declared that "Science does not submit to debate".

Well, Science is all about debate, at least as I know the term.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:17 AM (Mzdiz)

42 Submarines going missing are usually not a good thing.

Just look at Red October.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 20, 2023 05:19 AM (zZu0s)

43 Well, Science is all about debate, at least as I know the term.
Posted by: publius

says Mr Lazy Editor-in-Chief

Posted by: PopularPhysics.org at June 20, 2023 05:20 AM (hvTVk)

44 Note, $1 million if the debate takes place. Mr. Hotez has declined so far. He declared that "Science does not submit to debate".

Well, Science is all about debate, at least as I know the term.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:17 AM (Mzdiz)

'Science does not submit to debate.'

LOL. These people kill me. They spout about 'Science' but mean 'God does not tolerate heretics.'

We seem to be wrapped up in a massive definitional debate/crisis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 20, 2023 05:21 AM (zZu0s)

45 39 "Don't buy an Nvidia H100 for gaming. (WCCFTech)

Technically it is a GPU, but (a) it costs north of $30,000, (b) it has no video outputs, and (c) it is actually slower for playing games than AMD's integrated graphics because the drivers don't know what to do with it."

You'd think the price point would keep most people from accidently picking one up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 20, 2023 05:16 AM (zZu0s)

heh

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 05:21 AM (LodBx)

46 Some thoughts on discouragement as a Christian and some scriptural helps with that:

https://tinyurl.com/2r2peus6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 20, 2023 05:21 AM (8OMpr)

47 You'd think the price point would keep most people from accidently picking one up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 20, 2023 05:16 AM (zZu0s)

heh
Posted by: m

heh heh

Posted by: Whole Foods at June 20, 2023 05:22 AM (hvTVk)

48 19 Off to exile in Iceland for Pixy.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 04:53 AM (enJYY)

wut

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 05:22 AM (LodBx)

49
I do not like them Kennedys. That is in my DNA. RFK,, Jr. is a Kennedy. However, at current epoch, RFK, Jr is an Enemy of my Enemy. Therefore, he is my friend, per current rules of engagement at current epoch.

Astronomically, current epoch is J2000. Which occurred at 12:00, Jan 1, 2000, Terrestrial Time. That is 11:58:56AM, Jan 1, 2000 UTC (Zulu). Don't worry about the 64s difference. That is, well, complicated.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:23 AM (Mzdiz)

50
wut

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 05:22 AM

In 'Brave New World' non-conformists are exiled to Iceland.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 05:27 AM (enJYY)

51 I do not like them Kennedys.

GLARE

Posted by: George Kennedy at June 20, 2023 05:28 AM (hvTVk)

52 In 'Brave New World' non-conformists are exiled to Iceland.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Where the only music is Bjork

Posted by: Braver New World at June 20, 2023 05:29 AM (hvTVk)

53 " I do not like them Kennedys. "

Not even the Dead Kennedys?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:29 AM (1n+EO)

54 Evening and morning, all,

Pixy, I think your rewrite of the famous poem (and I'm embarrassed to say I can't think of the title or author right now. Frost?) is excellent.

Back from my workout, showered (no shave today), and time for breakfast. I fed the monsters, some Whole Hearted brand tuna flavor, and they inhaled it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:30 AM (omVj0)

55 Not even the Dead Kennedys?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

You can party at my place

Posted by: Jello Biafra at June 20, 2023 05:31 AM (hvTVk)

56 >> George Kennedy

Well, you I like. At any epoch. You ain't no Kennedy Kennedy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:31 AM (Mzdiz)

57 We're due for some T-storms this p.m, probably right about the time I'm coming home. If it means the peak heat will only be about 90, that's a plus. Flooded streets would not be. Fortunately I have no errands to run after work and can come straight back to Chez Wolfus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:32 AM (omVj0)

58 What positive has any Kennedy accomplished?

RFK damaged the mafia. *golfclap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 05:32 AM (RIvkX)

59 Earthquake George Kennedy is the Brian Dennehy of George Kennedys

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 05:33 AM (RIvkX)

60 51 I do not like them Kennedys.

Now just a cotton-pickin' minute here.

Posted by: John Kennedy (R-LA) at June 20, 2023 05:33 AM (PiwSw)

61 John Kennedy (R-LA)

Absolutely my #1 favorite senator

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 05:34 AM (RIvkX)

62 >> Now just a cotton-pickin' minute here.

I like you, too. I mean, I really like you and all that.

We need to specify more precisely, "them Kennedys" what I despise. Some DNA precision, required.

However, that "Kennedy" gal on Fox Business, while she might not share the DNA in question, her I do not like either.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:35 AM (Mzdiz)

63 Astronomically, current epoch is J2000. Which occurred at 12:00, Jan 1, 2000, Terrestrial Time. That is 11:58:56AM, Jan 1, 2000 UTC (Zulu). Don't worry about the 64s difference. That is, well, complicated.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023

***
I remember -- I was there! Many people thought civilization was gonna collapse. It didn't, but we are still stuck with people who think the 21st Century began that day, or who think it's a matter of opinion whether it did or not. I wonder what the overlap is between that set of clods and the set of clods who think there are more than two sexes . . .?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:35 AM (omVj0)

64
What positive has any Kennedy accomplished?

RFK damaged the mafia. *golfclap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 05:32 AM

Who used to control the drug trade and run lotteries and killed the competition. Now the drug trade results in nightly killings in every major city and the state runs the lotteries. Not so sure we're that much better off.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 05:37 AM (enJYY)

65 60 51 I do not like them Kennedys.

I do not like them
Not with toast
Not at a Dean Martin Roast
Not in a boat
Although Barbi Benton would float

Posted by: the 70s were mostly, but not all bad at June 20, 2023 05:37 AM (hvTVk)

66 Did we ever get a total body count for the Juneteenth holiday weekend?

In the events where a suspect were able to be identified, is there any evidence of Persons-of-Pallor being the suspect?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:42 AM (1n+EO)

67 Thank goodness the regular anchor lady is back on the early morning "news" on my CBS outlet. Last week the creature they had on camera looked like she needed a wide-angle lens to get her all in. Leslie, the regular, seems like the kind of girl the Bellamy Bros. sang about, "Redneck girl, got her name on the back of her belt."

And they've got the slim glamorous weather girl on, too, instead of the usual flit guy with his pink tie peeping below the opening of his coat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:42 AM (omVj0)

68 Although Barbi Benton would float

So, she's a witch !

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 05:43 AM (T4tVD)

69 Although Barbi Benton would float
*
So, she's a witch !
Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023

***
Samantha Stephens class, yes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:44 AM (omVj0)

70 >> with people who think the 21st Century began that day, or who think it's a matter of opinion whether it did or not

This is the Year Zero question. Currently, in standard calendars, and long term dating, there is no Year Zero. That is, 1 BC was followed by 1 AD. This is a problem, just fucks up all nice math related to this (which gets complicated -- calendar computations can get quite vexxing).

Now, an informal rule has been adopted by the Astronomical Community reqarding Year Zero. We take 1 BC to be Year 0. This makes things Nice.

Further, we use Gregorian dates after Oct 15, 1582, but Julian before than, and proleptically extend the Julian calendar however far back is desired before then.

That gives a discontinuity. But that makes the most sense, logically. Seriously, Mr. Spock would agree that was the most logical, given the discordant mess of dates and times we have to deal with.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 05:44 AM (Mzdiz)

71 "So, she's a witch !"

No...she's made of wood.

Or, she's a duck.

One or the other.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:44 AM (1n+EO)

72
RFK's major legislation was the RICO (Racketeering Influence Corrupt Organization) statute. Which applies to everyone who votes (R) but not those who vote (D).

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 05:45 AM (enJYY)

73 Now, an informal rule has been adopted by the Astronomical Community reqarding Year Zero. We take 1 BC to be Year 0. This makes things Nice. . . .

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023

***
For me it is quite simple. The first century was not complete until 100 years had completely passed, at midnight on 1/1/101. So the first millennium was not done until 1/1/1001. So the second was not complete until 1/1/2001. QED.

The same is true of your car's odometer. When the counter rolls over to 1000, that means you have only *completed* 999 miles. The thousandth is completed when you roll over to 1001.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:53 AM (omVj0)

74 True religion.- a reflection from the Book Of James and some lovely thoughts of real care from men who had been in a fraternity:

https://tinyurl.com/5bwm9v42

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 20, 2023 05:56 AM (7uTHJ)

75 Back from my walk. It's humid and drizzling here in Babylon DC. I'm going to spoil a good walk later and go golf. Weather permitting.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 20, 2023 05:58 AM (sAmhv)

76 I think March 25 is the real start of the New Year.

It about 3 or 4 days after the equinox and you can tell by then the days are getting longer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:00 AM (BRHaw)

77 The thousandth is completed when you roll over to 1001.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 05:53 AM (omVj0)

I dont think so. It comes at 0000000 0

1 means 1 mile. So 100 means 100 miles.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:02 AM (BRHaw)

78 FJB is in town today to suck up some Silicon Valley cash.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

79 75 Back from my walk. It's humid and drizzling here in Babylon DC. I'm going to spoil a good walk later and go golf. Weather permitting.
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 20, 2023 05:58 AM (sAmhv)

Babylon sisters shake it

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:03 AM (BRHaw)

80 >> The first century was not complete until 100 years had completely passed, at midnight on 1/1/101.

That is all Perfectly Fine. That is equivalent to setting the Year 0 as 1AD. All perfectly fine. But when accounting with a an actual Calendar year 0, that means that this year is 2022, not 2023. :-)

They decided the nicest was thus to to make 1BC zero, so AD years would be the same numerical value, and let the difference by one be on the BC side.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 06:04 AM (Mzdiz)

81 This is definitely a ASHQ moron corny adult joke, but I don't know than LenNeal should tell it to his female co-worker. 😉

What do you call it when you can’t take off your bra? A booby trap.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 20, 2023 06:05 AM (7uTHJ)

82 ""'Science does not submit to debate.'

LOL. These people kill me. They spout about 'Science' but mean 'God does not tolerate heretics.'

We seem to be wrapped up in a massive definitional debate/crisis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 20, 2023 05:21 AM (zZu0s) "

kind of why I like the term "Rectification of Names" so much.

G'mornin' everyone!

Good work, Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at June 20, 2023 06:07 AM (dwh5k)

83 Boker Tov Patriots

102 more days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 20, 2023 06:08 AM (qtuIV)

84 Bonus clean corny joke:

What did the mama cow say to the baby cow? It's pasture bedtime!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at June 20, 2023 06:09 AM (7uTHJ)

85 All this talk about dates is dangerously close to math.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:10 AM (RIvkX)

86 >> I think March 25 is the real start of the New Year.

March 25, is "Lady Day", you can look that up, I forget the details. That used to be the beginning of the calendar year in England until they switched the the "New Style Calendar" in Great Britain, on , 14 September 1752.

The messed up the birthdates of many a Founding Father. Most just chose to proleptically extend their birthdates to Gregorian.

At the time, Gregorian wasn't used in Brit language, because Catholic. They recongized the superiority of the Gregorian in tracking the seasons, but didn't want to acknowledge it was Catholic. So "New Style".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 06:10 AM (Mzdiz)

87 Vegas Strip icon The Tropicana faces being torn down for Oakland Athletics' new baseball stadium - spelling an end to iconic venue where Siegfried and Roy debuted and Sean Connery's James Bond was filmed

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:11 AM (BRHaw)

88 That was the last cherry scone.

If I pit another pound of cherries I bet I can whine myself up a fresh batch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:12 AM (RIvkX)

89 Thank you, FS!
I often tell one of your jokes to Mrs Eez when she gets up.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at June 20, 2023 06:13 AM (dwh5k)

90 They're putting it where the Topicana is? That is right on the Strip.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:13 AM (RIvkX)

91 Scientism fears debate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:14 AM (RIvkX)

92 Nearly half of teens say they agree with phrases like “I can’t do anything right,” “I do not enjoy life” and “My life is not useful” — roughly twice as many as did just a decade ago.

Teen years are rough. I think the CRT and Trans/Gay movement is killing teens. CRT and Trans/Gay teaching is forcing kids into decisions and thinking that fucks up 30 or 40 YOs.
This is not educations, this is brainwashing.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:17 AM (BRHaw)

93 Barack Obama to participate in 2023 SNF Nostos Conference (June 21-23) in Athens, Greece

https://tinyurl.com/33ne9777

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 06:18 AM (LodBx)

94 Shellenberger, Russell Brand, and Matt Taibbi are doing a live event to kick off a global resistance effort to the Industrial Censorship complex in London on Thursday. Good on them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:18 AM (RIvkX)

95 That puts the stadium right at the Airport.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:19 AM (BRHaw)

96 Noted philosopher Sheryl Crow once opined, "if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?" People and especially kids who are unhappy likely spend too much time on devices, never had the pleasure of physical work and don't experience the outdoors with regularity. Joy is not complicated.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 20, 2023 06:21 AM (oWBc3)

97
Scientism fears debate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:14 AM

The High Priest of Global Warming (Al Gore) recently got asked about satellite data not revealing any warming and he got pissy and refused to answer the question. Gore - the got a 'D' in Earth Science in college.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 06:24 AM (enJYY)

98 The thousandth is completed when you roll over to 1001.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023
*
I dont think so. It comes at 0000000 0

1 means 1 mile. So 100 means 100 miles.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023

***
If there really is an all-zero point as you say, then yes. I've never seen that on a car, even a new one. For the years bit, if the experts have inserted a convenient Year Zero point, then it would be true there as well. But in everyday life, we had no Year Zero, and so Year One was not complete until the moment Year Two began, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 06:25 AM (omVj0)

99 If there really is an all-zero point as you say, then yes. I've never seen that on a car, even a new one. For the years bit, if the experts have inserted a convenient Year Zero point, then it would be true there as well. But in everyday life, we had no Year Zero, and so Year One was not complete until the moment Year Two began, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 20, 2023 06:25 AM (omVj0)

The is a very big scam in expensive cars (Fer, Por, MB) to hack the odo.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:28 AM (BRHaw)

100 The date question can simply be decided by using the following standard, BT and AT (Before Taylor (Lorenz) and After Taylor (Lorenz ) ) .

Posted by: I ain't not the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeeper at June 20, 2023 06:29 AM (PiwSw)

101 Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at June 20, 2023 06:13 AM (dwh5k)

You are most welcome, brother. FenSpouse and I share corny jokes in the morning and he tells some of them (not the corny ones specifically for adults) to kids on the school bus.
He had one today, "What kind of shoes do breadsticks wear?"
Answer: 'loafers". However, I'm not sure 1st and 2nd graders would know that loafers even are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 06:31 AM (Keyt1)

102
Geo. Washington, the Sine Qua Non of these here United States, was born, at the time, on Feb 11, 1731, Old Style (Julian). That is Feb 22, 1732, New Style (Gregorian).

In Old Style, March 24, occurred a year before March 25. When they switched to New Style, the year 1752 had only 9 months, plus or minus. If you were born on Jan 1 to March 24, your birthday got shifted a year, otherwise 11 days.

Ben Franklin suffered the same 1 year difference. The Founding Fathers were no dummies. They knew it was but a labeling difference. They all just proleptically extended their birthdates to New Style(Gregorian)>

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 06:32 AM (Mzdiz)

103 Nice story about am eleven year old who wants to be a farmer. (From "Good News" network site):

https://tinyurl.com/2ene59dn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 06:36 AM (Keyt1)

104 The High Priest of Global Warming (Al Gore) recently got asked about satellite data not revealing any warming and he got pissy and refused to answer the question. Gore - the got a 'D' in Earth Science in college.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 06:24 AM (enJYY)

Did you know radiant energy from CO2 is blasting back into space?

NASA Satellites See Upper Atmosphere Cooling and Contracting Due to Climate Change The sky isn't falling, but scientists have found that parts of the upper atmosphere are gradually contracting in response to rising human-made greenhouse gas emissions.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

105 Ozone Hole 2.0

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

106 "Science does not submit to debate" is such a perfect encapsulation of the systemic failure and the crisis of competence Pixy is talking about.

It's a modern day tower of babel. But it isn't collapsing from God's wrath, directly. It's collapsing because the inheritors of the tower have no idea how the tower works and are feverishly mining out the foundation for material to add new floors to the top of it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 06:40 AM (9UlRk)

107 "So, she's a witch !"
No...she's made of wood"

She turned me into wood.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 06:41 AM (iayUP)

108 So what's the holiday today? I don't want to go to work. When do white folks get a day?

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 06:42 AM (iayUP)

109 I know people don't like deer-which can be pests-but this is a nice story about the rescue of a baby deer which feel into a storm drain:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8zybew

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 06:43 AM (Keyt1)

110
Contracting due to warming. It's almost as if every Law of Physics is just a suggestion.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 06:44 AM (enJYY)

111 Social media collapse is the best possible outcome.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:44 AM (WGUfL)

112 This is not educations, this is brainwashing.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:17 AM (BRHaw)

A small child doesn't give a crap about anything but itself.
A teenager has learned that there's a larger world beyond itself, and that world is horrible and doesn't care about them.
An adult has learned that that's perfectly fine, and that it's down to it to find or make its own joy in life.

Education and culture in their current state seem designed to arrest and even subvert these growing moments.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 06:45 AM (9UlRk)

113 No video outputs?! Isn't that like building a car without wheels?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2023 06:47 AM (H9sxy)

114 I thought upper atmosphere warming was the answer to the lack of ground level warming. Now they are saying the upper atmosphere is cooling too? Lol.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:47 AM (WGUfL)

115
Oh, No! Facebook is going to create a Twitter style ap and they've signed the Dali Lama up to promote it as an 'early adopter'.

That gets them Richard Gere anyway.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 06:47 AM (enJYY)

116 I think they're trying to suggest that the heat being radiated into space is causing the contraction (condensing) of the atmosphere. If that were the case, it would seem that there would be a corresponding rise in pressure. And some reduction in convective activity.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2023 06:48 AM (YRsIm)

117 I thought upper atmosphere warming was the answer to the lack of ground level warming. Now they are saying the upper atmosphere is cooling too? Lol.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:47 AM (WGUfL)

We need to supply the ephors with more virgin children before they can interpret the signs of nature for us.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 06:48 AM (9UlRk)

118 There is something larger than yourself.
It is the Earf's climate
And it is going to kill is all because your parents don't care
They can be made to care if you scream loud enough and "Make your voice heard".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:49 AM (WGUfL)

119 And some reduction in convective activity.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2023 06:48 AM (YRsIm)

"But cow farts", they argue.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 06:49 AM (9UlRk)

120 Stupid local paper says that "Juneteenth honors the day in 1865 when enslaved people were finally free".

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 06:50 AM (iayUP)

121 114 I thought upper atmosphere warming was the answer to the lack of ground level warming. Now they are saying the upper atmosphere is cooling too? Lol.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:47 AM (WGUfL

its a kool warmering

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:50 AM (BRHaw)

122 We need to supply the ephors with more virgin children before they can interpret the signs of nature for us.

*side eyes that Greta bint*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2023 06:51 AM (YRsIm)

123 It's a good thing for Trump that nobody watches "Special Report" anymore.

But. yes, Trump's hires were spectacularly bad. Jeff Sessions? Rex Tillerson?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 06:52 AM (vg8N1)

124 Stupid local paper says that "Juneteenth honors the day in 1865 when enslaved people were finally free".

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 06:50 AM (iayUP)

Idiocracy, manifest.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 06:52 AM (9UlRk)

125 But. yes, Trump's hires were spectacularly bad. Jeff Sessions? Rex Tillerson?
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 06:52 AM (vg8N1)

The Mooch. (Anthony Scaramucci)

Posted by: I ain't not the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeeper at June 20, 2023 06:53 AM (PiwSw)

126 No ground level warming
Upper atmosphere cooling
Ice mass increasing
No increase in severe weather events

Will AGW fanatics admit that maybe they are wrong, or find some other difficult to quantify thing to measure which surely indicates man released CO2 is changing the climate and will kill us all?

It is warming the deep oceans below 10,000 ft!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:54 AM (WGUfL)

127 As the atmosphere cools and contracts, it gets warmer.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:55 AM (WGUfL)

128
Who woulda guessed that Jeff Sessions would be so bad?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 06:55 AM (enJYY)

129 How about this:
God is in control, so stop fucking worrying about it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:56 AM (WGUfL)

130 But. yes, Trump's hires were spectacularly bad. Jeff Sessions? Rex Tillerson?
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 06:52 AM (vg8N1)

There's a lot of hindsight in that. That's like blaming Washington for Benedict Arnold, except Washington actually did treat Arnold like shit and give him a motive to turn coat.

It's more like imagining Washington was constrained to hiring his officers from the British army... i suppose the blame would lie in him not saying "No, that's fucking ridiculous". But, again, hindsight.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 06:57 AM (9UlRk)

131 Nobody guessed that the GOP would work harder than the donks to stop Trump once in office.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:57 AM (WGUfL)

132 So what's the holiday today? I don't want to go to work. When do white folks get a day?
Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 06:42
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National Hike with a Geek a Day

Sounds like a white man's day...

Celebrated every year on June 20. The purpose of this day is to promote healthy activity in people who otherwise work in sedentary jobs throughout the year, such as I.T. professionals, accountants, and so forth.

https://nationaltoday.com/what-is-today/

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 20, 2023 06:57 AM (ju2Fy)

133
As a consequence of escalating rates of failure, America's complex systems are slowly collapsing.

Clearly the solution is to concentrate more power and money into the hands of an unelected and unaccountable elite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 06:58 AM (MoZTd)

134 The 18-month program would use $20.5 million from the $915 million of COVID-19 federal relief funds to send select individuals $500 a month. These checks would go to 1,500 random citizens living 200 percent below the poverty line across 10 zip codes.

Valero announces 40 oz and lotto tickets sales up 50%.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 06:58 AM (BRHaw)

135 Don't ask a Congresscritter or Senator to head up a Department. Outside of their fairly small staff, they have no Executive experience.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 06:58 AM (vg8N1)

136
Anyone else feeling a let-down after the Juneteenth excitement?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:00 AM (MoZTd)

137 Matt Y is not completely wrong about something today.

Still wrong, but not wrong in the normal stupid leftist way.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:01 AM (WGUfL)

138 I've looked into those little super-basic computers, like Raspberry Pi, and they look totally cool, especially for the price points, but at this point I've acquired/collected/hoarded so many older models that do everything I need I can't really justify getting one and maybe having yet another learning curve (I'm not enough of a Tech Geek to consider computers like guns, of which is it simply impossible to have too many or too many different kinds).
I also picked up a cheap Wyze camera for The Kid to set up at the backyard bird feeder, it came highly recommended from people at my work that have them.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 20, 2023 07:01 AM (43xH1)

139 Yesterday, June 19th, two thousand and twenty-three - a date which will live in infamy- I spent over $1400 dollars to have my home's aging AC system repaired. When the technician left, the air coming out of the registers was a cool 54F.

The entire system failed again 4 hours later. Now I face the daunting prospect of replacing the entire system at very considerable cost. I am told this could entail the outlay of up to twenty thousands of American dollars.

I had hoped to spend such a sum on a kitchen remodel, perhaps some new paint and carpet. But those hopes have gone for naught, dashed upon the brutal realities of the situation just as surely as a doomed ship is ruined against the unforgiving rocks of a distant shore.

But I shall carry on. Thank you for listening.

Posted by: DB - at June 20, 2023 07:01 AM (geLO8)

140 How does the Virgin Islands manage to churn out a crazy batshit leftist congressional delegate?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:02 AM (WGUfL)

141
Stupid local paper says that "Juneteenth honors the day in 1865 when enslaved people were finally free".

Stupid story in stupid local paper was likely written by a stupid 23-year-old "journalism" major.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:02 AM (MoZTd)

142 "Anyone else feeling a let-down after the Juneteenth excitement?"

You have this to look forward to. Mark your calendar now.
Tuesday, September 19. Talk like a Pirate day.

The excitement builds...

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 20, 2023 07:03 AM (89Sog)

143 Don't ask a Congresscritter or Senator to head up a Department. Outside of their fairly small staff, they have no Executive experience.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 06:58 AM (vg8N1)

I'd quibble that the reason you don't do that is because they're rapacious corrupt assholes and have proven so by virtue of having become an MoC in the first place.

But also, how do you get federal executive experience without being in the federal executive? The expertise canard only leads to more mandarin-ization and partisan inbreeding (Bushification?). It's not running a nuke plant or a chip fab. The only job skills needed are a thick skin and a big mouth.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

144 It is warming the deep oceans below 10,000 ft!

Best news all week for the OceanGate passengers...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:05 AM (dpxPz)

145 So NARA was looking for a single letter from Obama to PDT.

Did you know they (PDTs team) gave him 15 boxes of shit to search through?
Thats why they sent Fibbers. As PDT knew it was a needle in a haystack demand and just handed over 15 boxes packed by others.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:05 AM (BRHaw)

146 I had to replace my AC when I lived in South TX.

Me: Well, if we have to do it, let's put in the most efficient system we can. What do you have, SAR 21 now?

On Time Ernie: LOL. Those things are shit. All you need in TX is a SAR 15-18. I'll call the warehouse and have them bring one over.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:06 AM (WGUfL)

147 I assume the sub that is threatening to become extremely submersible is American made.

Can't make buildings that don't collapse,bridges which continue to span and submarines which can't float!

And planes that don't try to fly into the ground!

The US is done.

Posted by: Mexico Rising at June 20, 2023 07:07 AM (cI/a2)

148 "Don't ask a Congresscritter or Senator to head up a Department."

I wouldn't ask one to head the department of picking up the dog crap in the backyard.

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

149 That has to be awful.

Oops, guys. Submersible is stuck. We can't get back to the surface and there is no hope for rescue way down here. We will die a slow death over many days. Anyway..... nice view down here, huh?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:09 AM (WGUfL)

150 I wouldn't ask one to head the department of picking up the dog crap in the backyard.
Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:07 AM (iayUP)

Lol. You'd have twice the amount of dog crap, plus some zebra and lion crap now too, and they'd cry "look at all this crap, we need more funding to handle it. Why do you want your children to play in feces?!?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:09 AM (9UlRk)

151 Yeah. It's too big. Even if you can get a person to leave their position in industry to be Secretary of Whatever, where are you going to get the other political appointments (undersecretaries, etc), that oversee the civil service and make sure changes to policies are enacted?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:09 AM (vg8N1)

152 And yes, fenelonspoke, I do share some of the jokes with my constantly depressed co-worker. I mentioned before it's not that she's a bad person, I really think she's just in the wrong position for her personality and it's making her miserable. I think she has honest hope for humanity and thinks people are 'basically good'; Phhhft!
Therefore, night shift at a low-income area food retailer, the only thing open 24 hours here anymore since Rona, is really not the job for her.
The longterm veterans of this position have long since given up any real hope for humanity, and she just needs to either find another job or get with the program, here!

Posted by: LenNeal at June 20, 2023 07:09 AM (43xH1)

153 >Anyway..... nice view down here, huh?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

if they're still alive, I imagine the bathroom situation is becoming a bit dicey

Posted by: DB - at June 20, 2023 07:10 AM (geLO8)

154 126 Will AGW fanatics admit that maybe they are wrong
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:54 AM (WGUfL)

No.

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 07:10 AM (LodBx)

155

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 20, 2023 07:11 AM (5hfjS)

156 147 I assume the sub that is threatening to become extremely submersible is American made.

No. Probably chinese. The operator got an email:
Looking for deep sea submersibles? Our factory in Schenzhen makes deep sea submersibles capable of 15,000 ft for only $577, with volume discounts available!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:11 AM (WGUfL)

157 141
Stupid local paper says that "Juneteenth honors the day in 1865 when enslaved people were finally free".

Stupid story in stupid local paper was likely written by a stupid 23-year-old "journalism" major.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:02 AM (MoZTd)

I love reading news that get things wrong. I am not talking about ideology but real things. Like NASA saying energy is being lost. About a third of the Sun is reflected. Somehow CO2 up high causes more reflection and CO2 down low cause more absoprtion.

WTF

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:11 AM (BRHaw)

158 that oversee the civil service and make sure changes to policies are enacted?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:09 AM (vg8N1)

Something about Lord Acton or something i don't know ...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:11 AM (9UlRk)

159 4 dead in NYC E-bike store fire. Such is the cost of saving the planet.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:11 AM (iayUP)

160 LOL. (sadly) Trump cans Comey and hires Chris Wray.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:12 AM (vg8N1)

161 How do you trust someone who is a CEO that leaves a $50 million/ yr position to be sec of whatever for $190k? They ain't doing it to be nice.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:13 AM (WGUfL)

162 NaClyDog has asked me to let you know that he is away on a secret mission. He hopes to return soon.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2023 07:13 AM (ouTlx)

163 No. Probably chinese. The operator got an email:
Looking for deep sea submersibles? Our factory in Schenzhen makes deep sea submersibles capable of 15,000 ft for only $577, with volume discounts available!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:11 AM (WGUfL)
---
Maybe they purchased it from a comic book ad. As I recall, you could do that once upon a time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 07:14 AM (BpYfr)

164 Retired governors are sometimes useful. But they need to bring in trusted lieutenants.

It's a broke system. It got too big.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:15 AM (vg8N1)

165 I would be willing to bet that climate 'scientists' so often quoted are not really scientists with some STEM degree, or are the same type of 'scientists' as Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson who just say what they're paid to say.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2023 07:15 AM (YRsIm)

166 LOL. (sadly) Trump cans Comey and hires Chris Wray.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:12 AM (vg8N1)

The experience canard. "I can't get just anybody, look at the scope of this thing! I gotta get someone with Experience, and just hope they don't stab me in the back."

In a way, it's really not a canard though. Not for any raw talent or skill required, but for the internecine politics of it. Anyone leading a federal department had damn well better know and have a stake in all the convoluted power struggles and cliques and claques and whatever else. The system will only accept one of its own.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:16 AM (9UlRk)

167 Who was it that said yesterday that Juneteenth isn't catching on because national holidays are supposed to celebrate national victories which are part of the culture which tie us together as a country. Like 4th of July.

Juneteenth is the day slavery finally ended, but we still have slavery because share cropping and Jim Crow, and redlining, and redistricting, and voter suppression... leaves no victory to celebrate.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:16 AM (WGUfL)

168
Will AGW fanatics admit that maybe they are wrong
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 06:54 AM (WGUfL)

All failures of the Left occur because of insufficient rigor in their application. Plus wreckers, kulaks, foreign agents, counterrevolutionary elements and white supremacists.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:17 AM (MoZTd)

169 Big Pokey drops dead live on stage.

https://tinyurl.com/2dp5x4et

Can Joe be next?

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 20, 2023 07:17 AM (HiuPw)

170
NaClyDog has asked me to let you know that he is away on a secret mission. He hopes to return soon.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2023 07:13 AM

Does it involve fertilizer, fuel oil, and a Ryder truck?

Posted by: Paul, the other Paul at June 20, 2023 07:18 AM (enJYY)

171 How long until we hear that someone murdered someone by dropping a crowbar across the terminals of their household battery wall?

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:18 AM (iayUP)

172 Lesson learned: Don't trust Chris Fucking Christie. Fat fuck.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:18 AM (WGUfL)

173 Trying to find a good leader for the FBI from the upper echelon is impossible.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:18 AM (vg8N1)

174 leaves no victory to celebrate.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 20, 2023 07:16 AM (WGUfL)

Yup. Can't bash people over the head with how horrible America is and then Celebrate America.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:19 AM (9UlRk)

175 Not this time. Maybe later

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2023 07:20 AM (ouTlx)

176 81
'What do you call it when you can’t take off your bra? A booby trap.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke'

*gasp*

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 20, 2023 07:20 AM (roH4R)

177
Big Pokey drops dead live on stage.

He drops like a felled tree and everyone rushes up to film it with their phones. Our stupid age.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:20 AM (MoZTd)

178 The Emancipation Proclamation only "freed the slaves" in Confederate States. It did not affect the slaves in Maryland or Kentucky.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 07:21 AM (vg8N1)

179 Suspect accused of killing five Muslim women in horrifying hit-and-run crash is the son of cop-hating BLM activist and ex-Minnesota Democrat representative
https://mol.im/a/12212999

Posted by: Ciampino - there's a bathroom on the right at June 20, 2023 07:22 AM (qfLjt)

180 >.Yup. Can't bash people over the head with how horrible America is and then Celebrate America.

sounds like some meetings I've been in:
"You people are doing a wonderful job. Really- great work, everybody. Now, I'd like to discuss a list of all the things you're doing wrong."

Posted by: DB - at June 20, 2023 07:23 AM (geLO8)

181 First deep sea submersible was 'Trieste,' purchased by (not built by) the US Navy. You're not going to believe who built it. Go ahead; we'll wait.

A huge mumblestucking hint: not Mexico.
You can usually get your subs to resurface, if they're full of cocaine.

Lots of great deep sea rescue movies, going back to the early days of sound film. In real life, Swede Momsen did it once, and that's it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:23 AM (dpxPz)

182 Well this is the tech blog:
A fascinating close up of how a bee stinger works

https://is.gd/pempf7

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a bathroom on the right at June 20, 2023 07:23 AM (qfLjt)

183 "Juneteenth is the day slavery finally ended..."

* Delaware has entered the chat *

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:25 AM (1n+EO)

184 Blind man kicked out of gym for staring at a woman.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:26 AM (iayUP)

185
The sub incident shows, once again, that wealthy people seem to think their money will protect them against Nature, as though it can be bought off like so much else in their lives.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:26 AM (MoZTd)

186
*Joe Biden's Delaware has entered the chat*

Fix'd

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:27 AM (MoZTd)

187 https://is.gd/pempf7

That's why you flick that little sucker out posthaste.
And smoke it a bit to hide the pheromone she left behind.

Posted by: MkY at June 20, 2023 07:28 AM (cPGH3)

188 Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:26 AM (iayUP)

The local Ace Hardware store has a blind guy who works as a greeter of sorts, complete with sunglasses, cane, and handicapped name tag. As you walk in, he greets you and tells you where to find what it is you came for. Really nice guy who knows his stuff. He drives to work.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2023 07:29 AM (YRsIm)

189 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 20, 2023 07:29 AM (DhOHl)

190 Blind man kicked out of gym for staring at a woman.
Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:26 AM (iayUP)

"Why are all these women wearing shirts that say 11 in braille?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:29 AM (9UlRk)

191 181
Well Trieste was made in Italy. With a name like that I could have guessed if I had not known.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a bathroom on the right - CCR at June 20, 2023 07:29 AM (qfLjt)

192 @145

>> So NARA was looking for a single letter from Obama to PDT.

Here is the dirty little secret, all government documents are electronic, so the "documents," that were in Trumps possession are copies. So the Governent and NARA had all of the documents in question, they simply did not want Trump to be afforded the same deference every President had enjoyed up until Trump.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2023 07:29 AM (vuV6e)

193 He drives to work.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

heh

Posted by: MkY at June 20, 2023 07:30 AM (cPGH3)

194 "He drives to work.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead"

Probably still curses when he gets behind my MIL.

Posted by: fd at June 20, 2023 07:32 AM (iayUP)

195 169 Big Pokey drops dead live on stage.

https://tinyurl.com/2dp5x4et

Can Joe be next?

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 20, 2023 07:17 AM (HiuPw)

The day
the music
died

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

196 I have typed and deleted about five times concerning the damn submarine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

197 "He drives to work.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
"

So he would rather kill the planet than take public transportation?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:33 AM (1n+EO)

198 196 I have typed and deleted about five times concerning the damn submarine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2023 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

It's too soon?

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 07:33 AM (LodBx)

199 He drives to work.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 20, 2023 07:29 AM (YRsIm)

Seeing eye dog barkys 1 for left 2 for right and howls when big wreck is coming

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

200 200

Posted by: m at June 20, 2023 07:34 AM (LodBx)

201 Had no idea about Sub until coworker told me, dangerous trips are dangerous

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2023 07:35 AM (QSBma)

202 Seeing eye dog barkys 1 for left 2 for right and howls when big wreck is coming
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

"Was that four lefts or two rights?" *crunch*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:35 AM (9UlRk)

203 Physical geography got renamed to "Earth Science" after I minored in it, and Al Gore is older than I am, so I doubt he was around to get a D unless he had some cute survey course devoid of labs.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:36 AM (dpxPz)

204 It's all because Trump rescinded safety regulations on submersibles, because he wanted these people to die.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:36 AM (9UlRk)

205 "Was that four lefts or two rights?"

I've heard it both ways.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:37 AM (1n+EO)

206 Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:38 AM (9UlRk)

207 "Or am I a day too early? "

It would simply be bad form to end civilization during Pride Month.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 05:00 AM (1n+EO)

Yes, too on the nose and all that, old chap.

"Pride cometh before the Fall", don't you know?

Now, where did I put my banjolele?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 07:41 AM (fb7jX)

208
The Al Gore grade in Earth Science was discovered when he made his college transcripts available to a reporter. Subsequently, very few candidate - especially Barack Obama - kept that kinda info on the down low.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

209 The Al Gore grade in Earth Science was discovered when he made his college transcripts available to a reporter. Subsequently, very few candidate - especially Barack Obama - kept that kinda info on the down low.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)
---
We know more about aliens visiting Earth than we do about Obama's grades in college...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 07:43 AM (YIVH2)

210 John Goodman, 70, displays his incredible 200lbs weight loss
https://mol.im/a/12210055
Well good for him, literally.

Posted by: Ciampino -- There's a bathroom on the right - CCR at June 20, 2023 07:43 AM (qfLjt)

211 There are five aboard the mini-sub: the pilot, a principal of the operating firm, a British adventurer who has done it all including a suborbital and a solo circumnavigation, and -- a father and son Pakistani entrepreneur team whose business bought out Esso Fertilizers decades ago and are very active in natural gas products like power plants and soil chemicals.

So, two had to be there, one would probably accept an explorer's fate -- and the other two, you have to wonder what they were up to, since there is a lot of frozen gas, so to speak, on the ocean floor. They might have been working on a productive idea.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:43 AM (dpxPz)

212 Bush flew 105s
Takes an IQ of about 130 or so
And Gore was the smart one

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

213 We know more about aliens visiting Earth than we do about Obama's grades in college...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 07:43 AM (YIVH2)

Now do dating

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

214
Before I go, I must confess I'm a dilettante and a piker of Astronomical time, and epochs.

Above, I referred to UTC time as "AM". There is no such thing. UTC/Zulu is always expressed as a 24 hour clock. as all ephemeris and coordinate time scales are. There is no AM and PM. My apologies. I am but a newbie in the ephemerides of our our Epoch.

This is even worse than my previous dilettante error of referring to coordinate right ascension in degrees, rather than hour angle.

I'm learning, forgive me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at June 20, 2023 07:44 AM (Mzdiz)

215 One of Pakistan's richest men and son among 5 trapped in Titanic sub
https://mol.im/a/12213257

Well at those ticket prices .......

Posted by: Ciampino --- There's a bathroom on the right - CCR at June 20, 2023 07:45 AM (qfLjt)

216 Now, where did I put my banjolele?

Sounds great in ensemble with the pangolin!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:45 AM (dpxPz)

217
We know more about aliens visiting Earth than we do about Obama's grades in college...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 07:43 AM (YIVH2)

I'm sure they're perfectly respectable, but are likely to say he was a foreign student. Of course, he was a foreign president. I've never seen anyone with that much power who was so clueless about this country.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:46 AM (MoZTd)

218 Al Gore was born an idiot.

And got dumber with age.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:46 AM (1n+EO)

219
J
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Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:46 AM (BRHaw)

220 In 'Brave New World' non-conformists are exiled to Iceland.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Where the only music is Bjork
Posted by: Braver New World at June 20, 2023 05:29 AM (hvTVk)

New Deplorables World Anthem:

OOOOOK EEEEEEG YAGAGA!
GLOOOOP fleeep LALA!
ZOOOP zaadaap Zeeeeee!*

*Extra Lyrics and Singing by Yoko

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (fb7jX)

221 212 104s

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (rLD7a)

222 No, the world does not grow more complex.
What grows more complex are the tools we use to attempt to defy the world.

The world - reality - is no less or more than it always has been. The belief we can defy it has resurged, and the house of cards we build on that belief is shaken every time reality breathes a little hard.

Posted by: GWB at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (vQrdQ)

223 "I've never seen anyone with that much power who was so clueless about this country. "

Another look at Joe Biden?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (1n+EO)

224 I'm sure they're perfectly respectable, but are likely to say he was a foreign student. Of course, he was a foreign president. I've never seen anyone with that much power who was so clueless about this country.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:46 AM (MoZTd)

I wouldn't be surprised if he lied about being foreign born just to reap the benefits, and it was all an attempt to cover up falsified records.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (9UlRk)

225 There are five aboard the mini-sub: the pilot, a principal of the operating firm, a British adventurer who has done it all including a suborbital and a solo circumnavigation, and -- a father and son Pakistani entrepreneur team whose business bought out Esso Fertilizers decades ago and are very active in natural gas products like power plants and soil chemicals.

So, two had to be there, one would probably accept an explorer's fate -- and the other two, you have to wonder what they were up to, since there is a lot of frozen gas, so to speak, on the ocean floor. They might have been working on a productive idea.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:43 AM (dpxPz)

Well, that's great. That's just fuckin' great, man! Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now, man!

Posted by: Pakistani son Hudson at June 20, 2023 07:48 AM (4I/2K)

226 Posted by: LenNeal at June 20, 2023 07:09 AM (43xH1)

I think you are a good man, and a good listener, LenNeal. If you feel like sending me her first name or what type of job would suit her personality I will pray for her:

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Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 07:49 AM (Keyt1)

227 Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans

https://is.gd/9xqagP

I love that 'many'. So indeterminate.

Posted by: Ciampino --- There's a bathroom on the right - CCR at June 20, 2023 07:50 AM (qfLjt)

228 @225 You mean to say we can take 200 pounds off John Goodman, and we can't even get a sub up from 12000 feet? Game over man. Send for the Mexicans.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:51 AM (dpxPz)

229 So the leftist Congressman who lost his governmental seat in NJ-Tom Malinowski- has now formed a political PAC so that the awful Republicans who want to BAN BOOKS can be stopped.

Because parents who don't want books on the techniques of anal and oral sex available to third graders in the school libraries are such terrible people!!/s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 07:54 AM (Keyt1)

230 Man can go into deep space and still communicate, but go underwater and you are really isolated in a different world.

Posted by: Ciampino --- There's a bathroom on the right - CCR at June 20, 2023 07:57 AM (qfLjt)

231 "Man can go into deep space and still communicate, but go underwater and you are really isolated in a different world."

Ain't that the truth.

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