THE MORNING RANT: Buck Shots

THE MORNING RANT: Buck Shots – 9/01/2023

Government Economic Misinformation

Warning, this link is to CNN, and it is pure regime-promoting propaganda, discussing how a major downward revision in new job creations is actually good news, because it beat expectations on how badly the Bureau of Labor was going to have to adjust its previously published fabrications. Or something to that effect.

”America Added 306,000 Fewer Jobs Last Year Than We Thought" [CNN Business – 8/23/2023]

Despite the spin, there are a few hard numbers I’d like to extract:

US job growth during much of the past year was weaker than previously projected by a little more than 300,000 jobs, according to new federal data released Wednesday.
As part of the agency’s annual benchmark review of payroll data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down March 2023’s employment gains by 306,000 positions.

This means that 306,000 fewer jobs were created over the 12 months ending March 2023. How significantly was the data overstated?

When spread through the prior year, that amounts to about 25,000 fewer net jobs added per month, meaning that the average monthly job gain for the 12 months ended in March 2023 was nearly 312,000 versus 337,000, BLS data shows.

Let me do the math. The BLS overstated new job creation by 8.0%. That is not a rounding error or a minor miss, it’s a significant and deliberate government lie. And of course, since it is policy at BLS to publish false, inflated figures to help Democrat administrations, it is safe to assume that the revisions are also false. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is simply trying to adjust their falsified data reports enough so that they can somehow, sort of reconcile to surveys of actual employment. They have to do this to set the benchmark before the next round of completely bogus jobs reports is released.

How persistent is the jobs report fraud? Take a look at this graph from Zero Hedge, which shows that every month so far in 2023 the BLS publishes an overstated jobs report, which the regime media dutifully touts as a sign of great economic progress under President Biden, and then that same monthly report is later adjusted downward without media fanfare.

The July report was the first one this year to report under 200,000 new jobs, which means that the actual number is going to be even lower than the already disappointing 187,000 jobs reported.

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More Government Economic Misinformation

So, while I was typing the section immediately above, this came to my attention:

”U.S. Second-Quarter GDP Growth Revised Lower" [CNBC – 8/30/2023]

Of course it was. The Q2 GDP results that were published by the government and touted by the media were false, and now they need to be revised downward.

Gross domestic product increased at a 2.1% annualized rate last quarter, the government said on Wednesday in its second estimate of GDP for the April-June period. That was revised down from the 2.4% pace reported last month. Economists polled by Reuters had expected GDP for the second quarter would be unrevised.

It always amuses me when good economic news is released by the government, and the stock market then responds to the news, even though it is now well understood by traders that the government puts out falsified numbers for the purpose of influencing markets.

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Unreliable “Green” Energy is Barely on the Job in Texas

Texas is having an awful summer, heat wise. It happens there. Some years are worse than others. When it’s hot the energy need soars, so let’s take a look at just how much electricity is being generated by ~~renewable~~ unreliable “green” energy sources.

As shown in the chart above, at 7:14 PM on August 25, 2023 Texas was only getting a combined 11% of its electricity from wind and solar. Meanwhile, 81% of electricity was being produced by natural gas and coal.

Climate hustlers and green energy advocates would argue that this proves that Texas needs to add more solar and wind farms. But look at this next chart, which shows that only a small fraction of solar and wind capacity was actually generating electricity on that hot summer day.

Solar was only producing 15% of its actual capacity and wind was producing even less as a percent of its capacity, and the sun hadn’t even set yet! Solar would go to 0% in a couple of hours.

It is not feasible to build enough wind and solar capacity, since the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine. It is way past time to stop the “sustainable” energy charade.

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”Unprecedented” 95-degree Summer Heat in the South

The climate hysterics have scored a major victory this summer with their wall-to-wall coverage of “dangerous” and “record breaking” heat.

It has actually been an exceptionally cool summer here in Tennessee, but finally, at the end of August, the Tennessee city I work in hit the mid-90s. This very normal warm snap was treated as if it were a lethal typhoon of heat, and the scare tactic worked. People here were in a panic.

Take a look at the forecast below that I screen-shot on the afternoon of Thursday August 24. The temperature was going to reach 95. The next day was forecast to be 96. This was the “unprecedented” heat that had some people scared for their survival.

Of course, the panic pushers in all media outlets weren’t talking about temperature, they were talking about “triple digit” heat index.

I heard one co-worker on the phone in a panic because her child was going to have an after-school athletic practice, and it hadn’t been canceled yet. Meanwhile, the school district was delaying or postponing Friday night football games due to the “unseasonable” heat. It’s August in the South, 96 degrees is not unseasonable.

One co-worker made small talk to me in the break room about how she had never experienced such excessive heat in her life. She’s from Tennessee! She has experienced this same heat every summer of her life. These are normal summer temperatures in the South, and much higher temperatures are still extremely common.

By the way, neither of these two co-workers is a lefty. During Republican primaries in previous years, I have heard them discussing the pros and cons of various local Republican candidates they might vote for. It is disheartening to me that so many people on “our side” are still easily swayed by left-wing climate misinformation.

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Science: Climate Change Is Warming and Cooling Ireland at the Very Same Time

Those of us who reject the climate hysteria are not only smeared as “climate deniers” but we’re also accused of being anti-science. Can anyone help explain to me how it is a scientific fact under the “climate consensus” that climate change will simultaneously cause Ireland to warm up to a “Mediterranean style climate” while also causing Ireland to see its weather become colder?

Ireland to warm up and cool down due to climate change.JPG

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Did Sport Utility Qamutiiks Cause the Arctic Tree Line to Reach the Arctic Ocean a Few Millennia Ago?

Why is there a 5,000 year-old spruce stump on the Canadian tundra about 100 kilometers north of the current tree line? It’s too cold for trees to grow there now, but the climate was once warmer and more hospitable.

This tree stump is in the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula in the Northwest Territories, along the Arctic Ocean coastline. Until the tree line returns to the Arctic Ocean, I really don’t need to hear another word about how my gas-powered SUV is causing the world to boil. The world is a long, long way away from being as warm as it has been in recent millennia, and my car has nothing to do with the earth’s temperature.

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Permanent Foreign War Involvement Was Not a feature of the Reagan Presidency

The political “horse race” is not normally my beat around here. Ace and the other cobloggers cover it well, and I feel I have little to add, but I do want to comment on something I saw in the Republican debate that annoys me greatly.

The mythic Ronald Reagan of modern Republican hagiography is a much different person from the person who received my first presidential vote in 1984.

Establishment Republicans despised Ronald Reagan in 1980. His nomination and subsequent election were driven by the 1980 version of MAGA (which some still referred to at the time as “Goldwater Republicans") Liberal Republican John Anderson was offered up as the NeverReagan candidate to allow establishment Republicans to vote Independent rather than for Reagan, with the intention of helping Jimmy Carter win re-election and teaching Goldwater/MAGA-type Republicans a lesson. Despite the efforts of country club Republicans, Reagan then won the general election by appealing to disaffected working class Democrats who were fed up with the establishment.

Above all else, Reagan was not a war-monger. He didn’t invade Libya in response to Gaddafi’s terror attacks, instead Reagan taught Gaddafi a quick “eff-around-and-find-out” lesson by bombing his palace. Reagan also used the military to kick the Cubans out of Grenada. What he did not do was enter into new, endless wars that dragged on for years without victory.

Most of the Republicans on the debate stage last week (with the notable exceptions of DeSantis and Vivek) favor permanent global war, either by proxy or with American blood being spilled. Yet, these same war-pushers kept invoking Reagan’s name. They are invoking the wrong person’s name. It was the Bushes who made it the purpose of Republican presidencies (until Trump) to engage in permanent, no-win, foreign wars.

With all that said, Sean Davis at the Federalist posted an interesting explanation on Twitter as to why so many Republican presidential candidates are campaigning as if it’s a different era.

Sean Davis - era when politicians first elected.JPG

Mr. Davis went on to write:

The 2002-04 class of Republicans is hardcore neocon and corporatist (gotta fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them here!)
The 2010-14 class is Tea Party (a Balanced Budget Amendment will save us!)
The 2016-22 class is populist and anti-globalist (no more rotten trade deals and dumb wars!)
That’s why it’s so rare for these types to jump from their current jobs to the White House. Most (not all) simply don’t have the dexterity for it. The 2024 Republican voter demands an end to the corrupt Deep State, a secure border and safe cities, and prices that aren’t insane. No politician who’s trapped in 2004 can even understand that, let alone deliver it.

We also want someone who will use the power of the Presidency to fight the culture wars.

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The Smallest Buc-ees

With the Labor Day weekend starting today, many of you will be on the road. If you’re in Texas or the South, there’s a good chance you’ll be stopping at a Buc-ee’s. If you’ve never been to one, it’s almost hard to explain. It’s a Wal-mart-sized convenience store that is also part restaurant, bakery, smokehouse, farm and ranch store, confectionary, gift shop, etc, with over 100 gas pumps and sparkling clean restrooms. And despite the gargantuan size, they’re still too crowded.

Well, except for the Buc-ees outside of Sanderson, TX.

Have a great holiday weekend.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 sponge

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 01, 2023 11:00 AM (LvTSG)

2 Does your minkey bite?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 01, 2023 11:01 AM (u73oe)

3 It always amuses me when good economic news is released by the government, and the stock market then responds to the news, even though it is now well understood by traders that the government puts out falsified numbers for the purpose of influencing markets.

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Well, since the market is largely fake anyway, it makes sense to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 01, 2023 11:01 AM (LvTSG)

4 1?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:01 AM (xTRSc)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:01 AM (IXZGh)

6 It's not 'is the media lying' it's 'what are they lying about now?'

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 01, 2023 11:01 AM (xcxpd)

7 Great Western sculptures. Sincerely, please take a look.

https://tinyurl.com/2s82vfxu

Includes 'cloth' and bewbs.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:02 AM (krqg6)

8 From last thread:

raison d'etre,

That is suspiciously veering into Queensryche lyrics...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 01, 2023 11:03 AM (ufFY8)

9 Accompanying every article about revised GDP and Job data... Unexpectedly!

Posted by: Croaker at September 01, 2023 11:03 AM (iWD6x)

10 Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2023 10:25 AM (ftFVW)

Are you coming to the MoMee this year?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Stepped away to make breakfast... If you're still around, yes ma'am I am.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2023 11:03 AM (ftFVW)

11 7 Great Western sculptures. Sincerely, please take a look.

https://tinyurl.com/2s82vfxu

Includes 'cloth' and bewbs.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:02 AM (krqg6)

Willowed reply:
The cloth in the Ridgeway is amazingly well done, but the figure looks like a midget.

Still, thanks for this one. I notice one of my homies put in the Pieta. How could you NOT include that in a top 12?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:04 AM (zZu0s)

12 "unexpectedly"

Posted by: Muldoon at September 01, 2023 11:04 AM (991eG)

13 I'd love to have a border collie, but I'd get an inferiority complex.

Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:04 AM (AwYPR)

14 Scenes from coming attrations:

"President Joe Biden recently hired 24 lawyers and aides to create a White House war room to strategize against a likely GOP impeachment inquiry," Heh

"Comparing this to past impeachments isn't apples to apples or even apples to oranges; it's apples to elephants," the White House aide told the outlet. "Never in modern history has an impeachment been based on no evidence whatsoever." Double Heh

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 01, 2023 11:05 AM (RqMSv)

15 Misinformation because they are stealing it and pocketing it

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 11:05 AM (+r76i)

16 Buc-ee's. Where you can literally eat in the restroom it's so clean.

$15 to $17/hr and that's your only job.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:05 AM (5apCz)

17 13 I'd love to have a border collie, but I'd get an inferiority complex.
Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:04 AM (AwYPR)

Incredibly intelligent, AND they can do parkour.

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:05 AM (UnA8+)

18 13 I'd love to have a border collie, but I'd get an inferiority complex.
Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:04 AM (AwYPR)

Smart dogs are awesome. It's like a revelation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:05 AM (zZu0s)

19 Willowed!

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2023 11:06 AM (idBr5)

20 Includes 'cloth' and bewbs.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:02 AM (krqg6)

Sculptures like that are miraculous.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 01, 2023 11:06 AM (ufFY8)

21 That is suspiciously veering into Queensryche lyrics...

Please, no one mention flip-flops. Sponge is in a belligerent enough mood as it is today.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:06 AM (xTRSc)

22 Nothing this regime pushes with regards to "numbers" is remotely true. The propaganda outlets don't even blink an eye when they vomit up the lies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2023 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)

23 How Many Lies Are They [the Biden administration] Going To Get Away With?
By Laura Hollis

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Bob Dylan said it best. The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 01, 2023 11:07 AM (FVME7)

24 How Many Lies Are They [the Biden administration] Going To Get Away With?
By Laura Hollis

All of them.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:07 AM (5apCz)

25 Buc-ee's. Where you can literally eat in the restroom it's so clean.

$15 to $17/hr and that's your only job.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:05 AM (5apCz)

And, if you play your cards right, they'll make you a facility manager or regional manager where you can clear $250k a year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (IXZGh)

26 Interesting bit in that last graph is how far off the 'maximum capacity' the actual is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (zZu0s)

27 Those of us who reject the climate hysteria are not only smeared as “climate deniers” but we’re also accused of being anti-science. Can anyone help explain to me how it is a scientific fact under the “climate consensus” that climate change will simultaneously cause Ireland to warm up to a “Mediterranean style climate” while also causing Ireland to see its weather become colder?
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And Japan, Oz, and India [as reported in the ~~Fag~~ Art Thread] all had record and near-record colds in their past several winters.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (krqg6)

28 They're building a Buc-cee's near Loveland CO. I am glad, but I will not be going in when it first opens. the crowds will be nuts.

As for summer, it's been cooler here, and we've seen maybe a dozen days over 90 rather than the usual 50 or so.

Can't remember the last time I had to mow my lawn in September. Usually goes dormant in mid -June.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (xPJvm)

29 I feel for border collies. They're the smartest breed, most athletic and ruggedly handsome, but they'll never win Westminster because they're a working dog.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (RqMSv)

30
Cowmunkey...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2023 11:09 AM (n+4am)

31 21 That is suspiciously veering into Queensryche lyrics...

Please, no one mention flip-flops. Sponge is in a belligerent enough mood as it is today.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:06 AM (xTRSc)

Flip flops: bad for running, worse for fighting

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 01, 2023 11:09 AM (xcxpd)

32 I feel for border collies. They're the smartest breed, most athletic and ruggedly handsome, but they'll never win Westminster because they're a working dog.
Posted by: Ignoramus

That's speciest.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:09 AM (5apCz)

33 Financial news is a joke.

My eyes were opened even more recently, as I watched an idiot on a network talk about Disney. I have been following Valliant Renegade, WDW Pro and Legal Mindset as they cover this in great detail, and the ignorance displayed by the network guy was breathtaking.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 01, 2023 11:09 AM (ufFY8)

34 He's not my minkey!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:10 AM (krqg6)

35 They were flip-flop fighting!
Those cats were fast as lightning!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:11 AM (krqg6)

36 I feel for border collies. They're the smartest breed, most athletic and ruggedly handsome, but they'll never win Westminster because they're a working dog.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (RqMSv)

Pekinese....is that really a dog?

Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:11 AM (AwYPR)

37 There is nothing wrong with the economy that cranking up the printing presses cannot solve.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2023 11:11 AM (ga8qR)

38 had record and near-record colds in their past several winters.

Should have worn masks.
And got the jab.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 01, 2023 11:11 AM (ufFY8)

39 Sharp as a tack!

Chuck Callesto
@ChuckCallesto
Biden calls Pete Buttigieg “Secretary BootyJuice”..
We are truly living in a simulation .. 🤣🤣

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Well, obviously what he meant was he has a juicy booty.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 01, 2023 11:12 AM (FVME7)

40 Of course, the panic pushers in all media outlets weren’t talking about temperature, they were talking about “triple digit” heat index.

I find the "heat index" to be a useless metric.

Is it actually good for anything except making idiots panic?

Yes, yes. you'll feel hotter if it's more humid outside.

And...?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2023 11:12 AM (QzZeQ)

41 Jobs report consistently overstated, then later revised downward you say?

Golly!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2023 11:12 AM (4I/2K)

42 The job numbers and this administration's lying about it shouldn't surprise anyone.

They lie about EVERYTHING and they have the perfect empty head portraying those lies to the world in KJP. No one calls her a liar to her face and no one revisits the numbers when they're "adjusted" 3 months later.

We're screwed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:12 AM (IXZGh)

43 I keep telling people that our summer was remarkably cool. August was actually tolerable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:12 AM (zZu0s)

44 I feel for border collies. They're the smartest breed, most athletic and ruggedly handsome, but they'll never win Westminster because they're a working dog.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (RqMSv)

Pekinese....is that really a dog?
Posted by: BignJames

WTF is a Yorkie? Looks like a mop head.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:13 AM (5apCz)

45 Climate Studies violates every tenet of the Scientific Method. Often repeatedly.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 01, 2023 11:13 AM (RqMSv)

46 In old enough to remember when the "heat index" only added around 5 degrees to the thermometer reading. This summer, I've seen the heat index reported as 27 degrees higher than the thermometer reading.

I think someone is trying to mess with me.

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 11:13 AM (Sf2cq)

47 Working sheepdogs for the win.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 01, 2023 11:13 AM (ufFY8)

48 Stats Stats Stats.

All I know is gas is expensive, food is double it was 2 years ago it seems. Going out to dinner is damn near highway robbery. And interest rates are zooming

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (pVWRI)

49 46 In old enough to remember when the "heat index" only added around 5 degrees to the thermometer reading. This summer, I've seen the heat index reported as 27 degrees higher than the thermometer reading.

I think someone is trying to mess with me.
Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 11:13 AM (Sf2cq)

They're trying to gaslight you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (zZu0s)

50 Small dogs are a stench in the nostrils of God.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (xTRSc)

51 >>>And of course, since it is policy at BLS to publish false, inflated figures to help Democrat administrations,

I say BLS is a straight shooter and the Donks always, always do far worse than BLS can even imagine.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (ga8qR)

52 "More Government Economic Misinformation

So, while I was typing the section immediately above, this came to my attention:

”U.S. Second-Quarter GDP Growth Revised Lower" [CNBC – 8/30/2023]

Of course it was. The Q2 GDP results that were published by the government and touted by the media were false, and now they need to be revised downward."

5 Million quatloos the Junta continues to use the original numbers in all their constant "Joe's Been Incredible on the Economy!" propaganda. For jobs, GDP, everything.

Posted by: GL at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (5fDan)

53 Stepped away to make breakfast... If you're still around, yes ma'am I am.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2023 11:03 AM (ftFVW)

Yay! Really enjoyed chatting with you last time. If the blog goes TvD 24/7 I'm out too, so the MoMee will be all the more important.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:15 AM (nC+QA)

54 50 Small dogs are a stench in the nostrils of God.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (xTRSc)

We had a very smart largish chihuahua when I was growing up. Trudy was a very smart and good girl. Died when I was in middle school while I was at school.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:15 AM (zZu0s)

55 Nice post Buck. Sean Davis is correct to a point about Republicans. The main problem is that they have got so used to the Dems setting the agenda and then asking for little cutouts and sinecures that they don't fight for anything. That has worked for them , but not for the country and now the younger generations are much more left and don't need to give the Republicans any cutouts or anything else. The Republicans are blind to the war we are in at home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2023 11:15 AM (43q0X)

56 It always amuses me when good economic news is released by the government, and the stock market then responds to the news, even though it is now well understood by traders that the government puts out falsified numbers for the purpose of influencing markets.

They remind me of real estate agents, for whom it's ALWAYS a great time to buy or sell.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:16 AM (I/Qkd)

57 Yay! Really enjoyed chatting with you last time. If the blog goes TvD 24/7 I'm out too, so the MoMee will be all the more important.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Awesome, looking forward to it!

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2023 11:16 AM (ftFVW)

58 There is a breed of sheepdog that I see herding sheep in the Bighorns in Wyoming, and the Flattops in Colorado. Very large, able to take on wolves. Just not sure what they are. You'll see signs warning to stay away from the sheep, and that the dogs will not harm you unless you approach.

I've driven past on the forest road and I'll see a couple of them watching me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (xPJvm)

59 39
'Biden calls Pete Buttigieg “Secretary BootyJuice”..'

Well, who the f___ can say his name properly since the little sissy doesn't pronounce it the way it's spelled?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (vNbzm)

60 50 Small dogs are a stench in the nostrils of God.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (xTRSc)

Except Scotties, who think they're big dogs.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (N3zMI)

61 I feel for border collies. They're the smartest breed, most athletic and ruggedly handsome, but they'll never win Westminster because they're a working dog.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 01, 2023 11:08 AM (RqMSv)

I doubt they care much. Give them another treat and some scritches and they'll be happy.

Posted by: spindrift at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (y3wha)

62 At some (all?) Buc-ees you can get ethanol free gas. Pay a bit more per gallon, but you will definitely see a difference in your gas mileage (for the better).

Last trip I did to FL we hit the St. Augustine Buc-ees going down. On the way back Daytona and Florence SC. Definitely worth stopping at one.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (N39Ws)

63 Most of the Republicans on the debate stage last week (with the notable exceptions of DeSantis and Vivek) favor permanent global war, either by proxy or with American blood being spilled.

Do you think this might be just a WEE bit of hyperbole? What wars, other than supplying Ukraine with arms, are they pushing?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (I/Qkd)

64 I grew up in North Texas. The measure was always consecutive days of 100+. They’ve moved it to 95+. 95 degrees in August is known as a cold snap.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 01, 2023 11:18 AM (u73oe)

65 My girl's been pretty sick this week. Came down with strep Saturday night. Oral antibiotics didn't help much... by Tuesday, she also had an ear infection. Wednesday morning, her neck stiffened up, and her back arched. So you know what that means... Meningitis. Hooray!!

Yesterday, they removed her VP shunt, installed a temporary drain to siphon off the poisoned brain juice, and put her on hardcore IV antibiotics. She's now finally improving. Eating, even. Just crackers so far. But something.

Thank G-d.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:18 AM (GS1UD)

66 || zerohedge @zerohedge 1h
June payrolls originally reported: 209K
June payrolls revision one month later: 185K
June payrolls revision two months later: 105K.

Yes, what was originally a "strong" 209K has been deflated to 105K two months later (original exp was 230K). ||

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (krqg6)

67 I've driven past on the forest road and I'll see a couple of them watching me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (xPJvm)

Great Pyrenees?

Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (AwYPR)

68 They're fooling you and you don't like it.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (0chEi)

69 They're trying to gaslight you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:14 AM (zZu0s

At 129 degrees, they're trying to sous vide me.

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (Sf2cq)

70 60 LOL. True. Scotties are fearless.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (xTRSc)

71 Yay. Minkey time!

Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (VefU6)

72 I've driven past on the forest road and I'll see a couple of them watching me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (xPJvm)

Great Pyrenees? Yeah, you want to leave their herd well alone. They aren't attack dogs, but they take their guard duties seriously.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (nC+QA)

73 Used to stop at the Buc-ee's in Giddings when traveling from Austin to Houston. It was the size of a regular mini mart, then they put a Buc-ee's in on I-35 near Temple and I realized how big they are.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (CjHGv)

74 All this Texas stop and shop talk is making me itchy.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:20 AM (0chEi)

75 Thank G-d.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

That's just frightening. Prayers for you and the girl.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (ftFVW)

76 There is a breed of sheepdog that I see herding sheep in the Bighorns in Wyoming, and the Flattops in Colorado. Very large, able to take on wolves. Just not sure what they are. You'll see signs warning to stay away from the sheep, and that the dogs will not harm you unless you approach.

I've driven past on the forest road and I'll see a couple of them watching me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

What color? All white is Great Pyrenees. Great Livestock Guardian Dogs. Then there are the Sarplaninacs.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (5apCz)

77 It always amuses me when good economic news is released by the government, and the stock market then responds to the news, even though it is now well understood by traders that the government puts out falsified numbers for the purpose of influencing markets.

They remind me of real estate agents, for whom it's ALWAYS a great time to buy or sell.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:16 AM (I/Qkd)

The economic principle behind this phenomena, as taught to William Raymond Valentine by the Duke brothers:

Mortimer Duke: Tell him the good part.

Randolph Duke: The good part, William, is that, no matter whether our clients make money or lose money, Duke & Duke get the commissions.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (4I/2K)

78 And, if you play your cards right, they'll make you a facility manager or regional manager where you can clear $250k a year.

Clearly I have misspent my life.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (nfrXX)

79 72 I've driven past on the forest road and I'll see a couple of them watching me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (xPJvm)

Great Pyrenees? Yeah, you want to leave their herd well alone. They aren't attack dogs, but they take their guard duties seriously.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (nC+QA)

One of my neighbors is getting divorced and has to rehome two of his. Heart breaking. The dogs, I mean. I can't imagine it'll be easy to find a home for two big dogs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (xcxpd)

80 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:18 AM (GS1UD)

Glad she is starting to improve. How scary.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (nC+QA)

81 65
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:18 AM (GS1UD)

YD -
Sorry to hear this. Prayers offered.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (N39Ws)

82 11 7 Great Western sculptures. Sincerely, please take a look.

https://tinyurl.com/2s82vfxu

Everyone knows that Remington did the best Western Sculptures.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (i9ffA)

83 How does Buc-ees’ food compare to Wawa’s?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (xTRSc)

84 When The Government Tries To Force You To Put Those COVID Masks Back On, Remember Where They Came From

https://tinyurl.com/yc4vuvr5

video

Posted by: DB - just a bit outside at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (geLO8)

85 Have to admit I've never seen a Buc-ees, let alone shopped at one. I love the big truck stops on the Interstates with their coffee and snacks, sometimes a diner, and clean restrooms (mostly). Some of them actually have showers available. I stopped at a couple such truck havens last year, both going to pick up Stirling the kitten in Vicksburg, and on the way back down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (J2vNu)

86 There really isn't anything FedGov tells the truth about anymore. No stats released are legit. No matter what they purport to represent.

It's all to further the junta's agenda. Most people don't realize this, or care one way or the other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2023 11:23 AM (Q4IgG)

87 Have to admit I've never seen a Buc-ees, let alone shopped at one. I love the big truck stops on the Interstates with their coffee and snacks, sometimes a diner, and clean restrooms (mostly). Some of them actually have showers available. I stopped at a couple such truck havens last year, both going to pick up Stirling the kitten in Vicksburg, and on the way back down.

In VA, we have Sheetz and WaWa. Both are similar to Buc-ees, but a bit smaller.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:23 AM (I/Qkd)

88 Glad to hear your girl is improving, YD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:23 AM (xTRSc)

89 Used to stop at the Buc-ee's in Giddings when traveling from Austin to Houston. It was the size of a regular mini mart, then they put a Buc-ee's in on I-35 near Temple and I realized how big they are.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID

Waller Buck-ee's on 290 & County Line Road in Waller west of Houston. Two or three entrances.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:24 AM (5apCz)

90 It always amuses me when good economic news is released by the government, and the stock market then responds to the news, even though it is now well understood by traders that the government puts out falsified numbers for the purpose of influencing markets.
++++
The algorithms don't care.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 11:24 AM (t0OGg)

91 ||A Belgian has bought a cigar that was smoked and stubbed out by Sir Winston Churchill 60 years ago, which still has the wartime prime minister’s teeth marks.

Gert Schrijvers, an internationally renowned violin-maker, bought the Romeo y Julieta cigar, complete with certificates proving provenance, at the Catherine Southon auction house in the UK.

“I’m not going to say how much was paid for it. But it’s quite a bit of money,” he told the Het Belang van Limburg newspaper. “Churchill’s teeth marks are still in it.”||

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:25 AM (krqg6)

92 Weather changes.........like.......the weather!

Posted by: Eromero at September 01, 2023 11:25 AM (z3WCn)

93 Of course, the panic pushers in all media outlets weren’t talking about temperature, they were talking about “triple digit” heat index.
++++
When the numbers don't fit the narrative, you need to get new numbers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 11:25 AM (t0OGg)

94 The only Republicans in the House who even come close to telling the truth are people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, and all the other "good conservatives" despise her and run her down constantly since she makes them look bad.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 11:25 AM (i9ffA)

95 85
Have to admit I've never seen a Buc-ees, let alone shopped at one
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (J2vNu)

On the east coast, you have to be traveling I-95. They are expanding north by adding KY, TN. They'll never make it to new england, sadly.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2023 11:26 AM (N39Ws)

96 A Belgian has bought a cigar that was smoked and stubbed out by Sir Winston Churchill 60 years ago, which still has the wartime prime minister’s teeth marks.

Gert Schrijvers, an internationally renowned violin-maker, bought the Romeo y Julieta cigar, complete with certificates proving provenance, at the Catherine Southon auction house in the UK.

“I’m not going to say how much was paid for it. But it’s quite a bit of money,” he told the Het Belang van Limburg newspaper. “Churchill’s teeth marks are still in it.”

What exactly does one do with it? I suppose he bought it as an investment, assuming there's always a bigger sucker.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:26 AM (I/Qkd)

97 YD -
Sorry to hear this. Prayers offered.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 01, 2023 11:22 AM (N39Ws)

Thank you. The situation went from lousy to dire very quickly. Been doing a bit of the praying myself the last couple days, lol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:26 AM (GS1UD)

98 There is a breed of sheepdog that I see herding sheep in the Bighorns in Wyoming, and the Flattops in Colorado. Very large, able to take on wolves. Just not sure what they are. You'll see signs warning to stay away from the sheep, and that the dogs will not harm you unless you approach.

I've driven past on the forest road and I'll see a couple of them watching me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Probably either Great Pyrenees or Anatolian Shepard. My in laws had an Anatolian/Pyreness. She tipped the scales at 185. She would walk the property every night.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at September 01, 2023 11:27 AM (CjHGv)

99 “I’m not going to say how much was paid for it. But it’s quite a bit of money,” he told the Het Belang van Limburg newspaper. “Churchill’s teeth marks are still in it.”||
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:25 AM (krqg6)

Maybe he can put it next to Jon Voight's pencil.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 01, 2023 11:27 AM (N3zMI)

100 I can't imagine it'll be easy to find a home for two big dogs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 01, 2023 11:21 AM (xcxpd)

It's not. They don't eat as much as you'd expect for a dog their size, but they *need* a significant acerage to roam on and a job to do.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:27 AM (nC+QA)

101 Can't be Nessie.

The UFOs took her away.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/new-sighting-of-

loch-ness-monster-captured-in-photos/

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2023 11:27 AM (QzZeQ)

102 *Chomps on cigar*

OK, this one was smoked by Elvis. Get it on line!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (u73oe)

103 Tundra tree stump: More proof of the Holocene Climate optimum.

From the Interwebs:
"The Holocene Climate Optimum (HCO) was a warm period that occurred in the interval roughly 9,500 to 5,500 years ago BP, [1] with a thermal maximum around 8000 years BP."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (ynpvh)

104 Lignite is abundant in Texas. There USED to be a lignite powered plant off Lake Monticello built near a lignite mine. They weren't 1/2 way through one location and had 2 other locations with tons of it. There was enough lignite there for 150+ years of energy creation.

Owebama (along with Rick Perry agreeing) shut it down. It's now gone and the fields remain filled with lignite.

The coal plant at the time of decommission was emitting less 'harm' into the air than your car does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (IXZGh)

105 Pekinese....is that really a dog?
Posted by: BignJames

***
"Combativeness is not the only survival characteristic. If it were, the Pekingese dog would rule the Earth."
( -- Robert A. Heinlein)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (J2vNu)

106 Gert Schrijvers, an internationally renowned violin-maker, bought the Romeo y Julieta cigar, complete with certificates proving provenance, at the Catherine Southon auction house in the UK.

“I’m not going to say how much was paid for it. But it’s quite a bit of money,” he told the Het Belang van Limburg newspaper. “Churchill’s teeth marks are still in it.”||

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:25 AM (krqg6)

I'd like to meet this guy. I have some "stuff" he may be interested in...for a fair price, of course.

Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (AwYPR)

107 Gert Schrijvers, an internationally renowned violin-maker, bought the Romeo y Julieta cigar, complete with certificates proving provenance

Papier ist geduldig.

Posted by: spindrift at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (y3wha)

108 87 In VA, we have Sheetz and WaWa. Both are similar to Buc-ees, but a bit smaller.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:23 AM (I/Qkd)

Only Sheetz here, because PA is divided up and they've agreed not to expand in each other's areas.

Wawa is Philly area only.
Sheetz is most of the rest of the state.
Get-Go (owned by Giant Eagle) is the Pittsburgh area.
Then there's Rutter's, which is only in the York area (but Sheetz exists there too).

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (UnA8+)

109 101 Can't be Nessie.

The UFOs took her away.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/new-sighting-of-

loch-ness-monster-captured-in-photos/

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2023 11:27 AM (QzZeQ)

Loch Ness Monster? Are you sure Lena Dunham hasn't been vacationing in Scotland this summer?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:29 AM (ynpvh)

110 How does Buc-ees’ food compare to Wawa’s?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Chopped & sliced brisket sammiches to go.
Diner, fudge, desserts, wall o' candy. Beaver nuggets.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:29 AM (5apCz)

111 Great Pyrenees?
Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2023 11:19 AM (AwYPR)

I think you're right. Just looked it up, and that's what they look like.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:30 AM (xPJvm)

112 107 Gert Schrijvers, an internationally renowned violin-maker, bought the Romeo y Julieta cigar, complete with certificates proving provenance

Papier ist geduldig.

Posted by: spindrift at September 01, 2023 11:28 AM (y3wha)

Former SIL was trying to make a point with my brother; she said, "It has to be true. I read it in a book"
Brother responds, "Okay, hand me a book", as he grabs a pen to write inside it.
Always makes me laugh when I think about it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:30 AM (ynpvh)

113 One co-worker made small talk to me in the break room about how she had never experienced such excessive heat in her life. She’s from Tennessee! She has experienced this same heat every summer of her life. These are normal summer temperatures in the South, and much higher temperatures are still extremely common.

————

It was inevitable that the Left would have to turn ordinary weather into CLIMATE CRISIS.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 01, 2023 11:30 AM (cMXNt)

114 There are numerous class action lawsuits being opened against corporations (Disney, Budweiser) for purposely tanking their product for the sake of wokeness and hiding their malfeasance from policyholders. Who do we go after when our own government agencies knowingly falsify their reports to mislead citizens to cover their asses?

Posted by: red speck at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (0Id0S)

115 Probably either Great Pyrenees or Anatolian Shepard. My in laws had an Anatolian/Pyreness. She tipped the scales at 185. She would walk the property every night.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at September 01, 2023 11:27 AM (CjHGv)

Had an acquaintance that loved those dogs and had some, but

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- the dogs pretty much wanted to attack every single person that was not the immediate family.

And even bit family members a few times.

If you want a dog that'll give you hours of entertainment fighting lawsuits,

those two breeds are your boys.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (QzZeQ)

116 Have to admit I've never seen a Buc-ees, let alone shopped at one

One day last spring I drove from home to Austin, back home, and then to Lincoln NE more-or-less straight through. I stopped at Buccee's in:

[ home ]
Bastrop
Waller
[ home ]
Madisonville
Denton

all in the same calendar day.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (nfrXX)

117 It's amazing how much havoc an alleged three degree rise in temperature can cause...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)

118 Beaver nuggets.
-------------
Why don't they call them trannie nuggets?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:32 AM (0chEi)

119
Well, who the f___ can say his name properly since the little sissy doesn't pronounce it the way it's spelled?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (vNbzm)

"They told me it's pronounced "boot edge edge." What the hell kind of name is 'boot edge edge'?"

- - - - Donald J. Trump

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:32 AM (IXZGh)

120 Beaver nuggets.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:29 AM (5apCz)

That's usually a sign of poor hygiene.

Posted by: Ew. Just, ew. at September 01, 2023 11:32 AM (fhX0j)

121 This same consistent over-reporting of job gains followed by prior month revisions downward happened during Obamas admin. And I wasn't surprised to find out during Trump it was the opposite (though I wasn't keeping track to see how consistent). And I'm not surprised it is happening in the Biden admin. Great headline numbers to sell Obama and Biden economy and dampen Trump economy to the rubes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2023 11:32 AM (fs1hN)

122 Related to bullshit numbers, fake, gay and everything's an op... there's this;

https://t.co/TGWDocIayH

*FedGov's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

Report your UFO abduction here...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (Q4IgG)

123 It was inevitable that the Left would have to turn ordinary weather into CLIMATE CRISIS.

They want to declare a "climate emergency" at all levels of government, to get around pesky restrictions of the ability of government to take unilateral action.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (2tUFv)

124 120 Beaver nuggets.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:29 AM (5apCz)

That's usually a sign of poor hygiene.
--------------
I suspect antibiotics will be required.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (0chEi)

125 59 Well, who the f___ can say his name properly since the little sissy doesn't pronounce it the way it's spelled?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (vNbzm)

If he doesn't want to be called "Bootyjizz", maybe he shouldn't put jizz in his booty.

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (UnA8+)

126 114 There are numerous class action lawsuits being opened against corporations (Disney, Budweiser) for purposely tanking their product for the sake of wokeness and hiding their malfeasance from policyholders. Who do we go after when our own government agencies knowingly falsify their reports to mislead citizens to cover their asses?
Posted by: red speck at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (0Id0S)

=========

"There isn't a law explicitly saying that it's illegal for unfireable bureaucrats to lie to the American public, therefore the bureaucrat responsible should be given a raise."
-DC Circuit Court of Appeals

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (LvTSG)

127 113 One co-worker made small talk to me in the break room about how she had never experienced such excessive heat in her life. She’s from Tennessee! She has experienced this same heat every summer of her life. These are normal summer temperatures in the South, and much higher temperatures are still extremely common.

————

It was inevitable that the Left would have to turn ordinary weather into CLIMATE CRISIS.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 01, 2023 11:30 AM (cMXNt)

I used to live in the desert.
Late May-June hot and dry (temps sometimes over 120°F).
July-September, hot and humid (temps around 100°F to 110°F, high humidity).
I haven't seen that pattern change. Some years cooler, some years hotter.
Even remember one New Year's day in the 80's where the temp hit 100°F.
Today? I can't handle it. Lived in San Diego too long now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (ynpvh)

128 119

- - - - Donald J. Trump

It seems that I'm in good company.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (vNbzm)

129 Texas sure is hot this summer. But I assume Texas has almost always been hot in the summer.

Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (Ed8Zd)

130 110 How does Buc-ees’ food compare to Wawa’s?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Chopped & sliced brisket sammiches to go.
Diner, fudge, desserts, wall o' candy. Beaver nuggets.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:29 AM (5apCz)

The Beavers can keep their nuggets- I'm not hungry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (zZu0s)

131 Only Sheetz here, because PA is divided up and they've agreed not to expand in each other's areas.

We have both. Wawa's must be on a westward march.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (e2onP)

132 Cowboys eating Beaver Nuggets suggests fagz.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (0chEi)

133 Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (QzZeQ)

Sure that was a Pyr? They are *not* supposed to be like that. Any reputable breeder would have destroyed a puppy that was actively aggressive.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (nC+QA)

134 It was inevitable that the Left would have to turn ordinary weather into CLIMATE CRISIS.

It's CLIMATE CHAOS!!! You know, because you can't tell if it's winter or summer.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:35 AM (I/Qkd)

135 117 It's amazing how much havoc an alleged three degree rise in temperature can cause...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)

I like temperature in Kelvin or Rankine, since the rise is a much smaller %. No negative temperatures.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:35 AM (ynpvh)

136 My favorite part of Buc-cee's is the wall o' jerky. Yuge variety and much cheaper than anywhere else.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:35 AM (xPJvm)

137
If he doesn't want to be called "Bootyjizz", maybe he shouldn't put jizz in his booty.
Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (UnA8+)

Glad I wasn't drinking anything at the point of reading that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:35 AM (IXZGh)

138 My favorite part of Buc-cee's is the wall o' jerky. Yuge variety and much cheaper than anywhere else.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023 11:35 AM (xPJvm)

Have 3 bags in the camper as we speak.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (IXZGh)

139 Only Sheetz here, because PA is divided up and they've agreed not to expand in each other's areas.

We don't see that as long-term stable.

Posted by: Molotov and von Ribbentrop at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (I/Qkd)

140 YD, that sounds terrifying. Prayers for continued improvement and complete healing for your girl.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (aBJcM)

141 125 59 Well, who the f___ can say his name properly since the little sissy doesn't pronounce it the way it's spelled?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (vNbzm)

If he doesn't want to be called "Bootyjizz", maybe he shouldn't put jizz in his booty.

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (UnA8+)

Punchline: "Okay, who farted in the jacuzzi?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (ynpvh)

142 Beaver Nuggets - puffy, crunchy corn with a brown sugar caramel coating.

Just this side of legal crack.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (5apCz)

143 We have both. Wawa's must be on a westward march.
Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (e2onP)

They've claimed they're going to build a few in South-Central PA (Capital Region), but they haven't started construction on any yet.

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (UnA8+)

144 142 Beaver Nuggets - puffy, crunchy corn with a brown sugar caramel coating.

Just this side of legal crack.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (5apCz)

Cracker Jacks?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:37 AM (zZu0s)

145 My favorite part of Buc-cee's is the wall o' jerky. Yuge variety and much cheaper than anywhere else.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at September 01, 2023

***
Out of curiosity: Does Buc-ees sell pouches of pipe tobacco, you know, the classic "drugstore" stuff like Sir Walter Raleigh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 11:37 AM (J2vNu)

146 142 Beaver Nuggets - puffy, crunchy corn with a brown sugar caramel coating.

Just this side of legal crack.
---------------
So Corn Nuts with Jizz?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:37 AM (0chEi)

147 Texas sure is hot this summer. But I assume Texas has almost always been hot in the summer.
Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (Ed8Zd)

There are summers where we have runs of 100 degree days, then there are summers we don't.

It's what Texas does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:37 AM (IXZGh)

148 They put a Buc-EEs in in Richmond, south of here.

I tend not to drive down that way lately, so I have not been.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (zZu0s)

149 Beaver Nuggets - puffy, crunchy corn with a brown sugar caramel coating.

Just this side of legal crack.

The Hot n' Spicy ones are incredibly addictive. They have a white cheddar one that's not too bad as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

150 147 Texas sure is hot this summer. But I assume Texas has almost always been hot in the summer.
Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (Ed8Zd)

========

The oral tradition of the local Indian tribes says that it was never higher than 75 degrees in summer until the white man brought diseased blankets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (LvTSG)

151 Beaver Nuggets - puffy, crunchy corn with a brown sugar caramel coating.

Just this side of legal crack.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:36 AM (5apCz)

Cracker Jacks?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:37 AM (zZu0s)

And their name is gender neutral unlike Cracker Jacks that recently have been marketed as Cracker Jills.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (CjHGv)

152 Meanwhile, the temperature in Portland today is a pleasant 81, with forecast temperatures in the 70s next week. It was 79 yesterday.

Useasonably cool.

That's just weather, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (2tUFv)

153 Cracker Jacks?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Better. More addictive. No where near as stale.
I can remember eating Cracker Jacks that tasted like the cardboard box.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:39 AM (5apCz)

154 And their name is gender neutral unlike Cracker Jacks that recently have been marketed as Cracker Jills.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (CjHGv)

I saw someone mention that bit of modern lunacy yesterday.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:39 AM (zZu0s)

155 141 125 59 Well, who the f___ can say his name properly since the little sissy doesn't pronounce it the way it's spelled?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:17 AM (vNbzm)

If he doesn't want to be called "Bootyjizz", maybe he shouldn't put jizz in his booty.

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2023 11:33 AM (UnA8+)

Punchline: "Okay, who farted in the jacuzzi?"

Just ... yuck.

Anyway, is it that hard to spell your name the way you want it pronounced?
I'm not going to pronounce Luxury Yacht as Throat Wobbler Mangrove.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 11:39 AM (vNbzm)

156 The oral tradition of the local Indian tribes says that it was never higher than 75 degrees in summer until the white man brought diseased blankets.
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Its amazing that Indians were the first to discover Germ Theory.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:39 AM (0chEi)

157 In my lifetime Texas has had really bad summers in 1980, 1996, 2012, and now 2023. Almost as if it’s cyclical or something.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 01, 2023 11:39 AM (u73oe)

158 It occurs to me that the war in Ukraine has not yet been blamed on climate change.

The propagandists are slipping...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (2tUFv)

159

Wally's only has two locations so far. They are supposed to build one near Indianapolis.

https://www.wallys.com/locations/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (63Dwl)

160 And their name is gender neutral unlike Cracker Jacks that recently have been marketed as Cracker Jills.
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That's Cracker DOCTOR Jill.

Posted by: DOCTOR Jill at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (aBJcM)

161 149 Beaver Nuggets - puffy, crunchy corn with a brown sugar caramel coating.

Just this side of legal crack.

The Hot n' Spicy ones are incredibly addictive. They have a white cheddar one that's not too bad as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

My brother once bought some white cheddar corn snacks at his local Schnucks; he said they were very tasty. He took them to work, but nobody wanted to try them. At home, his dog kept wanting them, but he told her they weren't for her.
Turned out they were doggie snacks. When he wrote the company, they replied, "We're glad you found a snack you can share with your dog that both of you enjoy"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

162 Pokes in.
The spruce tree thing is fascinating. Can you imagine what it might of been like there 5000 years ago? It had to be beautiful.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (hv9bm)

163 The Sheetz stations that I’m familiar with are nothing like Buc-ees. They are just nice gas stations compared to Buc-ees which is like a super clean, Super Walmart, travel mall.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (cMXNt)

164 Diversify corruption back to the states - Repeal the 17th Amendment!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (fs1hN)

165 Rodeo Monkey is appropriate for today. My hometown rodeo is celebrating it's 100th year this weekend. Ellensburg Rodeo is one of the last stops on the way to the NFR in Las Vegas.

Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (CjHGv)

166
Thank you. The situation went from lousy to dire very quickly. Been doing a bit of the praying myself the last couple days, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:26 AM (GS1UD)

Nothing funny about prayer, but Godspeed man. That's a rough go. But progress, however minute, is a good sign. Much prayer your way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:41 AM (IXZGh)

167 Beaver nuggets

Sounds like Gwyneth's branching out...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:41 AM (xTRSc)

168 150 147 Texas sure is hot this summer. But I assume Texas has almost always been hot in the summer.
Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 11:34 AM (Ed8Zd)

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The oral tradition of the local Indian tribes says that it was never higher than 75 degrees in summer until the white man brought diseased blankets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 01, 2023 11:38 AM (LvTSG)

Was it those thermometers made of Apache hair they used? I hear they're more reliable than Dr. Mann's hockey stick.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:41 AM (ynpvh)

169 My brother once bought some white cheddar corn snacks at his local Schnucks; he said they were very tasty. He took them to work, but nobody wanted to try them. At home, his dog kept wanting them, but he told her they weren't for her.
Turned out they were doggie snacks. When he wrote the company, they replied, "We're glad you found a snack you can share with your dog that both of you enjoy"
Posted by: jim

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2023 11:41 AM (5apCz)

170 "By the way, neither of these two co-workers is a lefty."

Yup, conditioned response. Trained since birth to believe the 5 o'clock news. To reach back into their logical mind and derive the answer is a frightening thing.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 11:42 AM (MxRrv)

171 Recently bought some Buc-ees jalapeno cheddar cheese puffs because I like the Cheeto version. Buc-ees type is *much* better. Will have to add that to the candied cashews and turtle ruce crispy bar as "must buy" on trips.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 01, 2023 11:42 AM (nC+QA)

172 https://tinyurl.com/2s82vfxu

Includes 'cloth' and bewbs.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 11:02 AM (krqg6)

Link does not work for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2023 11:42 AM (zeDg7)

173 When he wrote the company, they replied, "We're glad you found a snack you can share with your dog that both of you enjoy"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

HA!

I remember once, WAY back when at a NYE party, my mom opened a Tupperware bowl and ate some of the contents.

"That's the most bland, boring snack I've ever tasted!"

"Well, they're the dog's treats."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (IXZGh)

174 The oral tradition of the local Indian tribes says that it was never higher than 75 degrees in summer until the white man brought diseased blankets.
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Its amazing that Indians were the first to discover Germ Theory.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01,

***
The part about that story that I've always questioned: Who did they get to deliver the smallpox blankets? The virus is pretty damn contagious, and in fact (according to the tale) that was what the Army was depending on, that it would easily infect the Indians. Well, what about the guy they detailed to carry the blankets to the Indians?

That story doesn't hold water.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (J2vNu)

175 162 Pokes in.
The spruce tree thing is fascinating. Can you imagine what it might of been like there 5000 years ago? It had to be beautiful.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (hv9bm)

Was at the tail end of the Holocene Maximum, the end of the road for those trees...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (ynpvh)

176 I'm a serious vicarious tourist. I "walk" the streets of towns all over the earth with Google Earth and Streetview.

Google Earth has post fire imagery of Lahaina from above and it is shocking. Looks like 90% of the town burned to the ground.

The streets are all clear now. There are a lot of cars parked along the street in certain areas. A small number of houses did not burn. The whole area around the town along the main road to the east went up and is black and brown.

A nice looking town but it looks like it's more of a desert region that you would think being on a tropical island.

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (wsHtO)

177 167 Beaver nuggets

Sounds like Gwyneth's branching out...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:41 AM (xTRSc)

Wait until she sells those as candles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

178 Prayers for your day, YD. Glad she’s improving now

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 11:44 AM (Q/v9F)

179 The streets are all clear now. There are a lot of cars parked along the street in certain areas. A small number of houses did not burn. The whole area around the town along the main road to the east went up and is black and brown.

A nice looking town but it looks like it's more of a desert region that you would think being on a tropical island.
Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (wsHtO)

"Do you know how much that land is worth?"

- - - Your Federal Government

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:44 AM (IXZGh)

180 from downstairs:

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 01, 2023 11:04 AM (GshMh)

It's amazing how when we get nice humidity-free days, our motivation to cook and do housework gets a jump start!

Posted by: kallisto at September 01, 2023 11:45 AM (dCxaZ)

181 Private Smith! Take these diseased blankets over to the Indians.

But sir, won’t I get sick and die?

Yours is not to wonder why, Private, yours is but to do and die.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 01, 2023 11:45 AM (u73oe)

182 The spruce tree thing is fascinating.

The Vikings were able to farm in Greenland for 500 years.

Amazingly, even though we have the hottest climate in 500,000 years, it's still impossible to farm in Greenland today.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)

183 178 - Daughter. Sorry… stupid autocucumber

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (Q/v9F)

184 Reminder:

The power company they blamed for starting the Maui fires claims they shut down the lines due to excessive wind more than 30 minutes before the fires started.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (IXZGh)

185 YD- prayers up for continued recovery! Scary!

Posted by: Iris at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (n3DL0)

186 The part about that story that I've always questioned: Who did they get to deliver the smallpox blankets?

They were safely sealed in plastic bags.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (nfrXX)

187 The part about that story that I've always questioned: Who did they get to deliver the smallpox blankets? The virus is pretty damn contagious, and in fact (according to the tale) that was what the Army was depending on, that it would easily infect the Indians. Well, what about the guy they detailed to carry the blankets to the Indians?

They had an Indian accomplice. His name was Walks With Pucker.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (I/Qkd)

188 It's been hot as fuck this summer. Between that and Bidenflation my electric bills have been about $100 higher per month compared to the same time last year. Sucks ass.

Posted by: No it's not "global warming" some summers just get hot AF at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (fhX0j)

189 119 Butt Edge Edge is a name of Maltese extraction. "The Maltese Faggot" by Zombie Dashiel Hammet.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2023 11:47 AM (0EOe9)

190 ***
The part about that story that I've always questioned: Who did they get to deliver the smallpox blankets? The virus is pretty damn contagious, and in fact (according to the tale) that was what the Army was depending on, that it would easily infect the Indians. Well, what about the guy they detailed to carry the blankets to the Indians?

That story doesn't hold water.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (J2vNu)

I guy that had obviously had it and survived it...or had Jennings cowpox vax.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:47 AM (ynpvh)

191 The part about that story that I've always questioned: Who did they get to deliver the smallpox blankets? The virus is pretty damn contagious, and in fact (according to the tale) that was what the Army was depending on, that it would easily infect the Indians. Well, what about the guy they detailed to carry the blankets to the Indians?

That story doesn't hold water
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The story originates during the French & Indian War. The real reason smallpox spread so fast was because the French were paying for English scalps and their Indians were digging up graves to make money. Yeah, blankets could have been a vector but pretty sure a scalp off a smallpox victim would be sort of communicable.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (0chEi)

192 Glad she’s improving now
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 11:44 AM (Q/v9F)

Me too. I'm getting Masha and The Bear Halloween costumes together. I need her in fighting trim by 10/31.

Can't do it alone... I'd just look like a furry creeper out there by myself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (GS1UD)

193 It's been hot as fuck this summer. Between that and Bidenflation my electric bills have been about $100 higher per month compared to the same time last year. Sucks ass.

Posted by: No it's not "global warming" some summers just get hot AF at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (fhX0j)

We have had a really cool summer, but my electric bills have been higher anyway. That REALLY sucks ass.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (lQONO)

194 173 When he wrote the company, they replied, "We're glad you found a snack you can share with your dog that both of you enjoy"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:40 AM (ynpvh)

HA!

I remember once, WAY back when at a NYE party, my mom opened a Tupperware bowl and ate some of the contents.

"That's the most bland, boring snack I've ever tasted!"

"Well, they're the dog's treats."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:43 AM (IXZGh)

I was at a company Christmas party many years ago with the wife, and they had some paté out. I looked at it and told my wife, "Looks like canned dog food".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (ynpvh)

195 "Do you know how much that land is worth?"

- - - Your Federal Government
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:44 AM (IXZGh)

Apparently it is worth a lot more than the lives of a paltry 1000 children.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (hv9bm)

196 Actual headline from IBD

Near Perfect Jobs Report: solid Hiring as Unemployment Jumps

Posted by: Montec at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (HbYZK)

197 They do realize that small pox can spread through casual contact, right? Vulnerable populations do not have to be intentionally exposed to be ravaged by a disease as long as there is ANY kind of contact.

So, what you really have a problem with is white men in the new world...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (zZu0s)

198 That story doesn't hold water.

The Indians in the American Southeast were ravaged by the white man's diseases before they ever saw a white man - the diseases spread faster than the people did.

But it's more satisfying to blame the white man for deliberate biological warfare.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 01, 2023 11:49 AM (2tUFv)

199 Me too. I'm getting Masha and The Bear Halloween costumes together. I need her in fighting trim by 10/31.

Can't do it alone... I'd just look like a furry creeper out there by myself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (GS1UD)

Who's going to be Masha?

Posted by: Not judging at September 01, 2023 11:49 AM (fhX0j)

200 Regarding temps… it never seems as hot to me as the temp reported. Here in north Texas last week it was supposedly 107…. I exercised outside; I guess I should’ve died but didn’t. Yesterday I ran 4 miles and reported temp was 95.,. I should’ve fainted I suppose, but didn’t. Summer in Texas is supposed to be hot but even 107 didn’t feel life threatening (shrugs shoulders)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 11:49 AM (Q/v9F)

201 189 119 Butt Edge Edge is a name of Maltese extraction. "The Maltese Faggot" by Zombie Dashiel Hammet.
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Hammett was no Chandler.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:49 AM (0chEi)

202 "even though it is now well understood by traders that the government puts out falsified numbers for the purpose of influencing markets"

That's because sophisticated investors don't pay any attention to ANY numbers published by the government, whether it's inflation, consumer confidence, jobs, payroll, whatever. They know it's all bullshit not worth wiping their asses with.

Sophisticated investors look much more at company and industry internals and trends. They are much more interested in the metrics in a given sphere than they are the entire market. Truly sophisticated investors at funds have access to proprietary information that better tracks what the government is lying about.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 01, 2023 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

203 Can't do it alone... I'd just look like a furry creeper out there by myself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (GS1UD)

I'm sure you'll have a lovely Hallowe'en together YD!

Posted by: kallisto at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (dCxaZ)

204 00 Regarding temps… it never seems as hot to me as the temp reported. Here in north Texas last week it was supposedly 107…. I exercised outside; I guess I should’ve died but didn’t. Yesterday I ran 4 miles and reported temp was 95.,. I should’ve fainted I suppose, but didn’t. Summer in Texas is supposed to be hot but even 107 didn’t feel life threatening (shrugs shoulders)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 11:49 AM (Q/v9F)

Yeah man but it's a dry heat!

Posted by: Private Hudson at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (fhX0j)

205 We have had a really cool summer, but my electric bills have been higher anyway. That REALLY sucks ass.

Renewables will lower your power bill!

HA HA HA HA --stops for breath-- HA HA HA HA!!!

Posted by: Enviornmentalists! at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (2tUFv)

206 Disney is deep-sixing already-made shows in an effort to save money.

Two years ago, Nautilus was big news. A vast, expensive Disney+ prequel to Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Nautilus promised to tell the early story of Captain Nemo as he embarked on an epic submarine adventure, seeking revenge on his former captors the East India Company... It looked certain to be a hit; an exciting new big-budget spectacle, underpinned with contemporary themes, based on a legendary piece of intellectual property. Nautilus couldn’t go wrong.

It sounds great; something I'd watch. Assuming, of course, that it wasn't stuffed full of wokeness.

What am I thinking? It's Disney. Of course it's stuffed full of wokeness.

https://tinyurl.com/3z2mry88

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (I/Qkd)

207 159 Does Wally’s sell Beaver Nuggets?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (xTRSc)

208 The story originates during the French & Indian War. The real reason smallpox spread so fast was because the French were paying for English scalps and their Indians were digging up graves to make money. Yeah, blankets could have been a vector but pretty sure a scalp off a smallpox victim would be sort of communicable.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (0chEi)

During Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763, Gen. Jeffrey Amherst wrote about the possibility of using infected blankets to Col. Henri Bouquet, his front line commander, but Amherst was just venting frustration and no concrete action was ever really considered.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (N3zMI)

209 Back to stores. Sheetz stores in Erie PA were among the first to sell beer, formerly reserved for taverns and distributors only. Another chain up there, Country Fair, has great deli sales, good quality stuff, beating grocery store prices. Also good sammiches.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2023 11:52 AM (0EOe9)

210 The Indians in the American Southeast were ravaged by the white man's diseases before they ever saw a white man - the diseases spread faster than the people did.
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The big disease bomb was in South and Central America. Hammered more than 80% of the population. Fucking Spaniards and Portuguese.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:52 AM (0chEi)

211 I would like an amend a comment I made this week.

I can now think of two female led action movies made in the last fifteen years or so that I wouldn't mind seeing sequels to. I had said one, Atomic Blonde, but I also wouldn't mind one for Haywire, starring Gina Carano and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (LvTSG)

212 One thing that continues to shock me is that people still believe the BS they're told.

What would it take for the average person to become skeptical of headlines?

Everyone on these boards reached this point somewhere along the lines. It amazes me that people still either accept being lied to or are unable to suss out the lies staring them in the face.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (KbCG3)

213 210 The Indians in the American Southeast were ravaged by the white man's diseases before they ever saw a white man - the diseases spread faster than the people did.
---------------
The big disease bomb was in South and Central America. Hammered more than 80% of the population. Fucking Spaniards and Portuguese.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:52 AM (0chEi)

Estimates I heard was 90%. Reverse decimation.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (ynpvh)

214 It's almost as if credibility doesn't matter as much to CNN as pushing the Democrat agenda.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (HfNu5)

215 Regarding temps… it never seems as hot to me as the temp reported. Here in north Texas last week it was supposedly 107…. I exercised outside; I guess I should’ve died but didn’t. Yesterday I ran 4 miles and reported temp was 95.,. I should’ve fainted I suppose, but didn’t. Summer in Texas is supposed to be hot but even 107 didn’t feel life threatening (shrugs shoulders)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Upstate SC is not as hot as Texas but I've acclimated to running in up to 90 degrees. I do carry water even if I'm only running 30 minutes. Yesterday the high was about 82 and my evening run was almost blissful.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (aBJcM)

216 If you need any more evidence that the media hates you and thinks you are stupid, watch this interview with Philip Bump about Hunter and Joe. (he is called on his bias and looks like a fool by someone with receipts so it's worth watching the whole thing).

https://tinyurl.com/2cyx2cut

Posted by: DJ at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (uosPt)

217 The Buc-ee's on I-45S, in Texas City, TX, runs about 52,000 sq.ft. for the store, features 240 pumps out front, and it's published that the ladies' room consists of 60 individual stalls.

In other words, they can wrangle an entire tour-bus of heifers, all at once.

Next time I drive through Pearland, TX, I'll get some pics of the OLD Buc-ee's on State Highway 35. It's a conventional old gas station, with maybe ten, twelve pumps or so. That's what Buc-ee's used to be, regular sized retailers, but with an absolute focus on spotless stores and bathrooms.

And that's what made them Wine Mom & Soccer Mom magnets, and it's *that* marketing demographic that was the most vocal as to not wanting their snowflake-kidlets to be exposed to the *icky truckers*; hence the "No 18-Wheeler" signage at the large Buc-ee's.

That, and the Buc-ee's acreages are stressed enough, just with the automobile traffic and ginormous car washes that are appearing on their larger properties. (the one in Katy, TX is in the Guiness Bood of World's Records as being "The World's Longest Car Wash", at something more than a 300' car-wash tunnel.)

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (e6UQI)

218 I went out and looked at a couple cars this morning. Prices are holding and not in a good way.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (0EOe9)

219 193 It's been hot as fuck this summer. Between that and Bidenflation my electric bills have been about $100 higher per month compared to the same time last year. Sucks ass.

Posted by: No it's not "global warming" some summers just get hot AF at September 01, 2023 11:46 AM (fhX0j)

We have had a really cool summer, but my electric bills have been higher anyway. That REALLY sucks ass.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2023 11:48 AM (lQONO)
_________________________

Hasn't been hot in NYC this summer, thankfully. My electric is higher anyway because everything is higher. But my summer electric bill is still about half of what it was before I installed a new central AC system in 2018. The old one was circa 2008 and outdated. The new one is so much more efficient that my bills are still about half what they were.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

220 underpinned with contemporary themes,

I know a day never goes by without a cow-orker railing about the evils of the British East India Company.

Posted by: spindrift at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (y3wha)

221 Disney is deep-sixing already-made shows in an effort to save money.

Two years ago, Nautilus was big news. A vast, expensive Disney+ prequel to Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Nautilus promised to tell the early story of Captain Nemo as he embarked on an epic submarine adventure, seeking revenge on his former captors the East India Company... It looked certain to be a hit; an exciting new big-budget spectacle, underpinned with contemporary themes, based on a legendary piece of intellectual property. Nautilus couldn’t go wrong.

It sounds great; something I'd watch. Assuming, of course, that it wasn't stuffed full of wokeness.

What am I thinking? It's Disney. Of course it's stuffed full of wokeness.

https://tinyurl.com/3z2mry88
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (I/Qkd)

The tip off was when they changed the title from "Nautilus" to-

"Naughty Ass".

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (QzZeQ)

222 During Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763, Gen. Jeffrey Amherst wrote about the possibility of using infected blankets to Col. Henri Bouquet, his front line commander, but Amherst was just venting frustration and no concrete action was ever really considered.
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The question is why didn't they burn the blankets if they thought them deadly? Did they expect storage over time would kill the bugs?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (0chEi)

223 214 It's almost as if credibility doesn't matter as much to CNN as pushing the Democrat agenda.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (HfNu5)

They lie for truth and honesty,
Fuck for virginity and chastity,
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

224 I don’t think the smallpox blankets were ever really given to the Indians. IIRC, it was just a suggestion on General Amherst’s part that was never carried out.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:55 AM (xTRSc)

225 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 11:55 AM (+r76i)

226 One thing that continues to shock me is that people still believe the BS they're told.

What would it take for the average person to become skeptical of headlines?

Everyone on these boards reached this point somewhere along the lines. It amazes me that people still either accept being lied to or are unable to suss out the lies staring them in the face.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (KbCG3)

My last gf said I was the best she'd ever had. So I've got that lie to hang on to because the alternative is bleak.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2023 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

227 Some like it hot - and this slender, scantily-clad blonde is one of them:
https://is.gd/jUwoa6

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (t0OGg)

228 46 In old enough to remember when the "heat index" only added around 5 degrees to the thermometer reading. This summer, I've seen the heat index reported as 27 degrees higher than the thermometer reading.

I think someone is trying to mess with me.
Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 11:13 AM (Sf2cq)

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Look at the temperature maps. It used to be that temps below 50 were blue,60's to 80's were yellow, 80's were orange, 90+ was dark red.

They seem to have shifted the colors back 20 degrees. Now 70's is red, 80's are dark red, and 90+ is pitch black.

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (ZlKnD)

229 My last gf said I was the best she'd ever had. So I've got that lie to hang on to because the alternative is bleak.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2023 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

"It's not a lie if you believe it" works in more than one way, ya know.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (KbCG3)

230 They air-dropped the blankets by hot air balloon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (63Dwl)

231 226 One thing that continues to shock me is that people still believe the BS they're told.

What would it take for the average person to become skeptical of headlines?

Everyone on these boards reached this point somewhere along the lines. It amazes me that people still either accept being lied to or are unable to suss out the lies staring them in the face.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 01, 2023 11:53 AM (KbCG3)

My last gf said I was the best she'd ever had. So I've got that lie to hang on to because the alternative is bleak.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2023 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

Well, you could go Communist serf on it:
"They tell us lies, we pretend to believe them."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:57 AM (ynpvh)

232 198 And a lot of the diseases were spread by the hogs the Spaniards brought along as food that escaped and went feral.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 11:57 AM (xTRSc)

233 I should’ve fainted I suppose, but didn’t. Summer in Texas is supposed to be hot but even 107 didn’t feel life threatening (shrugs shoulders)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Was the 107 the bullshit "feels like" temp or the actual air temp?

The "feels like" number is always ridiculous and is meant to frighten you into staying inside your home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:57 AM (IXZGh)

234 Let me do the math.

*squints*

*Scratches chin*

This looks like math. Moose out front told me there was no math on this here smart military blog.

*puts Moose on the list of apparatchiks with broken trust*

Posted by: BifBewalski at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (3CCua)

235 Some like it hot - and this slender, scantily-clad blonde is one of them:
https://is.gd/jUwoa6
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (t0OGg)

Is her name Ivy, by chance?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

236 Some like it hot - and this slender, scantily-clad blonde is one of them:

Nice, but I sense a Mannix / Fenelon convergence in the force.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (I/Qkd)

237 230 They air-dropped the blankets by hot air balloon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (63Dwl)

Trebuchets and catapults

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

238 never seems as hot to me as the temp reported. Here in north Texas last week it was supposedly 107…. I exercised outside; I guess I should’ve died but didn’t. Yesterday I ran 4 miles and reported temp was 95.
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Yep. If the high is forecast for 74, then the actual high is 74ish. If the high is forecast for 97, the actual high is like 92.

Posted by: Montec at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (HbYZK)

239 196 Actual headline from IBD
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Not exactly

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (MxRrv)

240 I went out and looked at a couple cars this morning. Prices are holding and not in a good way.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (0EOe9)

Bought my 2019 F150 almost three years ago. Still fielding calls from the dealer wanting to buy it back for what I paid plus a grand.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (hv9bm)

241 The "urban heat island" is real, and the powers that be deliberately ignore the effect. It can be tremendous.

Take my small city. The big commercial drag is a heat island. Lots of concrete and asphalt, little greenery. The rest of the town is open, lots of greenery, etc. Other roads and roofs and sidewalks and driveways, it's forest.

I live 5 miles from the middle of the heat island (by road - a bit shorter as the crow flies). At this time of year, in the late afternoon, the temperature as reported by my car will be a staggering 10 degrees higher than the temperature at my house, still as reported by my car. The instrument might not be hugely precise (it is in a car, not a laboratory), but it *is* consistent and not enough time can elapse in 10 minutes to make that big a difference.

But it's easy to not realize that the effect happens. Traveling from a small, well-defined heat island to more normal conditions inside of ten minutes is unusual.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (t0OGg)

242 Some like it hot - and this slender, scantily-clad blonde is one of them:
https://is.gd/jUwoa6
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 11:56 AM (t0OGg)
***

Huh.
No tats, studs, or scars.
Nice.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (hv9bm)

243 If'n you can't trust the Bureau of Lying Sadistics who can you believe...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (ZV+pB)

244 If we’re talking movie sequels, why not finally a sequel to A Few Good Men…. Col Jessup escapes military prison and goes after Lt Caffey in his faggoty white uniform for revenge. Kiefer Sutherland can reprise his role as Lt Kendrick allied with Jessup on a mission of revenge. They could even get Demi Moore back…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (Q/v9F)

245 Two years ago, Nautilus was big news. A vast, expensive Disney+ prequel to Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Nautilus promised to tell the early story of Captain Nemo as he embarked on an epic submarine adventure, seeking revenge on his former captors the East India Company... It looked certain to be a hit; an exciting new big-budget spectacle, underpinned with contemporary themes, based on a legendary piece of intellectual property. Nautilus couldn’t go wrong.

It sounds great; something I'd watch. Assuming, of course, that it wasn't stuffed full of wokeness.

What am I thinking? It's Disney. Of course it's stuffed full of wokeness.

https://tinyurl.com/3z2mry88
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 11:51 AM (I/Qkd)
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They did release Nautilus. Except it was renamed Titan and had an very unhappy ending.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

246 240 I went out and looked at a couple cars this morning. Prices are holding and not in a good way.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2023 11:54 AM (0EOe9)

Bought my 2019 F150 almost three years ago. Still fielding calls from the dealer wanting to buy it back for what I paid plus a grand.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (hv9bm)

I keep getting cold calls from folks wanting to buy my house. I need SOMEWHERE to live, and I can't just leave yet...to many ties that bind me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

247 174
'That story doesn't hold water.'

'Chief Farting Bull, over in that building with the flies buzzing are some blankets for you and your people. '
'No, they're free.'

Burns building down after chief leaves.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (vNbzm)

248
Bought my 2019 F150 almost three years ago. Still fielding calls from the dealer wanting to buy it back for what I paid plus a grand.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (hv9bm)

Just bought the daughter a 2014 Fusion and all I get are letters chastising me for having the gall to not buy an extended warranty and how I've put my car AT RISK.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (IXZGh)

249 My weather app tells me about extreme heat warnings just about every day. And the temp makes it to a little over 100... in southern Arizona.... in late August. Really?

Posted by: InZona at September 01, 2023 12:01 PM (Sv8im)

250 Just bought the daughter a 2014 Fusion and all I get are letters chastising me for having the gall to not buy an extended warranty and how I've put my car AT RISK.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (IXZGh)
++++
That's a hell of a gift!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 12:01 PM (t0OGg)

251 248
Bought my 2019 F150 almost three years ago. Still fielding calls from the dealer wanting to buy it back for what I paid plus a grand.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (hv9bm)

Just bought the daughter a 2014 Fusion and all I get are letters chastising me for having the gall to not buy an extended warranty and how I've put my car AT RISK.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (IXZGh)

If you need an extended warranty on your car, you bought a lemon.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 12:01 PM (ynpvh)

252 Just bought the daughter a 2014 Fusion and all I get are letters chastising me for having the gall to not buy an extended warranty and how I've put my car AT RISK.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (IXZGh)
++++
That's a hell of a gift!

I have a 2013 Fusion, and according to the tax assessment, it's worth $7k. It's actually worth more since it has only 97k miles and has been garage kept.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 12:03 PM (I/Qkd)

253 157 In my lifetime Texas has had really bad summers in 1980, 1996, 2012, and now 2023. Almost as if it’s cyclical or something.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 01, 2023 11:39 AM (u73oe)

I remember those (2011 also belongs on the list. This is an interesting fact about weather cycles - Texas has had 3 extremely severe multi-year droughts that devastated algriculture and cattle, while they happened. The first was iin the middle of the 1890's; second was from roughly 1950 - 1957; and the the third was from about 2007 to 2012. Note the spacing: every 60 years, a cycle that also comes up in connection with the known pacific and atlantic long term temperature oscillations.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 12:03 PM (i9ffA)

254 Heh. Five storms in the Atlantic right now:
Idalia, Franklin, José, Gert (back from the dead), and Twelve (not strong enough to be named--yet).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 12:03 PM (ynpvh)

255 The "feels like" number is always ridiculous and is meant to frighten you into staying inside your home.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 11:57 AM (IXZGh)

It was supposedly actual air temp but I’m dubious

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (Q/v9F)

256 239 196 Actual headline from IBD
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Not exactly
Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (MxRrv)

—-

That is literally the headline right now.

Posted by: Montec at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (HbYZK)

257 Heh. Five storms in the Atlantic right now:
Idalia, Franklin, José, Gert (back from the dead), and Twelve (not strong enough to be named--yet).

Can we just call them Five Guys?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (I/Qkd)

258 Oh yeah and I think I'll go to Boston
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind
I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset
I hear it's nice in the summer, some snow would be nice
Oh yeah...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (TGPs7)

259 243 If'n you can't trust the Bureau of Lying Sadistics who can you believe...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 01, 2023 12:00 PM (ZV+pB)

I saw the Lying Sadistics play for...

Anyway, I like that; Statistics that enjoy torturing = Sadistics.
Statistics that enjoy being tortured: Masochistics.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 12:05 PM (ynpvh)

260 Slanty nood

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2023 12:05 PM (nfrXX)

261 Also, wouldn’t “feels like” vary somewhat with the individual, according to sex, age, weight, etc.?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 12:05 PM (xTRSc)

262 How persistent is the jobs report fraud? Take a look at this graph from Zero Hedge, which shows that every month so far in 2023 the BLS publishes an overstated jobs report, which the regime media dutifully touts as a sign of great economic progress under President Biden, and then that same monthly report is later adjusted downward without media fanfare.

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Just like during DogEater's reign, unexpectedly!

And opposite of Trump's reign, where every monthly report was understated and later adjusted upward. Almost as if deliberate Deep State & MDM-MSM (BIRM) propaganda ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 01, 2023 12:06 PM (f6UzA)

263 nood cia

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 12:06 PM (krqg6)

264 Note the spacing: every 60 years, a cycle that also comes up in connection with the known pacific and atlantic long term temperature oscillations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 12:03 PM (i9ffA)

That same 60 year cycle is known from the Palliser Triangle region in Alberta. And the Prairies in general.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 01, 2023 12:06 PM (zeDg7)

265 257 Heh. Five storms in the Atlantic right now:
Idalia, Franklin, José, Gert (back from the dead), and Twelve (not strong enough to be named--yet).

Can we just call them Five Guys?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (I/Qkd)

Idalia and Gert must be transitioners or in drag (dragsters?)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 12:07 PM (ynpvh)

266 248 About a year and a half ago, two or three dealers got a load of about 150 Smart Cars, all very low mileage, supposedly from a leasing outfit that went belly up. They were blowing them out dirt cheap, thousands under book. You still see the little bastards everywhere. I chatted up a guy at a store who had one. He just bought it because, cheap, and had a couple daughters about to drive. He turned down the extended warranty and he got the bad jelly bean in the bowl. Had to have it trailered to Tulsa for about $3K in repairs. The little bugs are still Mercedes Benz with the repair costs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 01, 2023 12:07 PM (0EOe9)

267 Re all these cancelled shows that are already done or close to done. I'll bet you most of them were filmed in countries or cities with HUGE tax incentives and other bribes.

I've long thought that this whole incentive system was little more than money laundering and corruption. The studios are basically paid to film movies at these locations. So it's easy to decide to cancel these movies because they didn't really cost much to begin with.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 01, 2023 12:08 PM (iFTx/)

268 That is literally the headline right now.
Posted by: Montec at
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I looked for it and couldn't find it.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 12:08 PM (MxRrv)

269 Near-Perfect Jobs Report: Solid Hiring As Wage Growth Ebbs; S&P 500 Wavers

JED GRAHAM 11:50 AM ET 09/01/2023

The August jobs report showed that hiring remains pretty solid, as employers added 187,000 payroll positions, though gains in the prior two months were revised much lower. The unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped, while wage growth eased. The S&P 500 opened higher in early Friday stock market action after the jobs report, but then struggled as the 10-year Treasury yield climbed.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 12:08 PM (krqg6)

270 Please, no one mention flip-flops.

You mean "victim shoes"?

Posted by: Oedipus at September 01, 2023 12:11 PM (Z6vKV)

271 You mean the government lies and Statist mouthpieces cover up for them?

Oh for crying out loud…

Yeah, and wind power is going to work so well when a high pressure heat dome forms over TX. Except when that happens you have no wind. Imagine that instead of more wind and solar, we added more nuclear in TX…

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 01, 2023 12:11 PM (iyXTr)

272 Can anyone help explain to me how it is a scientific fact under the “climate consensus” that climate change will simultaneously cause Ireland to warm up to a “Mediterranean style climate” while also causing Ireland to see its weather become colder?

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"IT'S CALLED 'NUANCE,' H8R! READ A BOOK SOMETIME. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 01, 2023 12:12 PM (f6UzA)

273 Bastardi was talking about, now, naming storms in the mid-Atlantic that were heretofore unnamed until they came to a certain proximity to land or appeared as if they would strike land.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 12:13 PM (MxRrv)

274 Actual headline from IBD
--------------

Not exactly
Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (MxRrv)

—-

That is literally the headline right now.
Posted by: Montec at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (HbYZK)

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Correct. https://is.gd/kBDVvg

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 01, 2023 12:14 PM (f6UzA)

275 Well germs weren't discovered by Madame Currie until the late1880s, and most Indians (Casino, not tech support) were wiped out by disease starting in the 1600s and accelerating with the African slave trade.

That's the facts Jack.

Posted by: Regular joe at September 01, 2023 12:15 PM (nnp+f)

276 It sounds great; something I'd watch. Assuming, of course, that it wasn't stuffed full of wokeness.

What am I thinking? It's Disney. Of course it's stuffed full of wokeness.

https://tinyurl.com/3z2mry88
Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023

***
The "underpinned with contemporary themes" kinda gave it away

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 01, 2023 12:16 PM (J2vNu)

277 ++++
That's a hell of a gift!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 01, 2023 12:01 PM (t0OGg)

She was driving a 95 Mercury Sable and heading off to college, so she needed something a bit mo betta buttah.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 01, 2023 12:17 PM (IXZGh)

278 Except when that happens you have no wind. Imagine that instead of more wind and solar, we added more nuclear in TX…
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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Or Abbott pulled a DeSantis and told the Fed to pound sand re: shuttering coal fired plants.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 12:17 PM (MxRrv)

279 It’s been getting cool enough the past week to where I open my windows to cool everything down in the house. Temps inside plunge to 73,

In TX.

In August.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 01, 2023 12:17 PM (iyXTr)

280 Correct. https://is.gd/kBDVvg

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Oops, not exactly (I stand corrected and need MOAR coffee):

Near Perfect Jobs Report: solid Hiring as ~~Unemployment Jumps~~ Wage Growth Ebbs

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 01, 2023 12:17 PM (f6UzA)

281 The only obvious increase in employment in the area is every landscaping business - and there are now so many in operation - sends out at least six people to cut a 50' by 100' lawn (no, not yet mine) so the entire task takes 10 minutes.

Another business where "employees" swarm to do a job from start to finish with great speed = roofing & siding (housing/construction). Though it wasn't all that uncommon in such businesses 20 years ago, now it's the norm. And in the case of both business types, landscaping and roofing, the "employees" are now largely from Central America.

Often the excellent bakers in name shops & the cooks in diners, chain and now also top-rated restaurants - African. And so on and so forth. IDK, maybe something is going on with work permits, visas.

OTHO half my neighborhood appears to be unemployed/underemployed. All were employed outside of the home pre-C19. Don't know how they're surviving but they continue to vacation & drive nice vehicles, no easy fete in PA.

If there are actual Green Energy jobs - not thinking, wishing, hoping, praying for employment - they're not local.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 01, 2023 12:18 PM (GshMh)

282 274 Actual headline from IBD
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Not exactly
Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 11:58 AM (MxRrv)

—-

That is literally the headline right now.
Posted by: Montec at September 01, 2023 12:04 PM (HbYZK)

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Correct. https://is.gd/kBDVvg
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 01, 2023 12:14 PM (f6UzA)
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Not exactly: Near-Perfect Jobs Report: Solid Hiring As Wage Growth Ebbs; S&P 500 Wavers

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 12:20 PM (MxRrv)

283 The old lady asked me why I read the "news" part of the paper so quickly, while she lingers over it for an hour or more.

I told her I had already heard all the lies on NPR first, and just needed to confirm the truth was still completely missing.

Pop quiz: She thinks Biden is...
A. The greatest ever.
B. A fucking crook.

Think hard...

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at September 01, 2023 12:32 PM (8Ta2Y)

284 Jobs/growth numbers? It was the same during the obama years, constantly revised downward...quietly...after major headlines on the initial numbers, during the Trump years they were constantly...quietly...revised UPwards, regularly "Exceeding experts projections".
It also goes back to the Clinton years..particularly during Algores campaign where he was running on "The best economy in 100YEARS!"...after Nov, the numbers were revised downwards 35% percent, we were actually in a recession. (It turned out to be the "Shortest recession in History" as Bush's economic plans and business/investor confidence kickstarted recovery immediately.) Clinton's team shrugged off the "Mistake" calling it a glitch, a SNAFU(more truth THERE than lie)

Posted by: birddog at September 01, 2023 01:41 PM (1E8/t)

285 I wish someone would make a similar graph of "Revisions up/down" for the obama years/Trump years/Biden years.

Posted by: birddog at September 01, 2023 01:44 PM (1E8/t)

286 Or Abbott pulled a DeSantis and told the Fed to pound sand re: shuttering coal fired plants.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 12:17 PM (MxRrv)

Please. If Abbott had a spine he’d ship out illegal immigrants - NOT MIGRANTS - to Nuevo Laredo and points south, not other U.S. cities on TX taxpayer dimes.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 01, 2023 03:10 PM (iyXTr)

287 This is not tailored at Buck or any of you wonderful People.

Solar and Wind asshole lobbyists are paying $14K per plate dinners at DeSantis' campaign stops.

Like DeSantis to a point, just remember who your GOPe is.

Posted by: Danimal28 at September 02, 2023 10:18 AM (ryUqI)

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