THE MORNING RANT: It’s Shutdown Theater Time Again! Let’s Look at What Government Spending Will NOT Be Cut

Because the federal government is about to run out of money again, we are about to have another round of government-shutdown theater, and if Congress does not appropriate more borrowed money, then “non-essential” government services will be suspended until this “crisis” is resolved.

And how will the crisis be resolved? By Republicans capitulating to more spending, without any cuts, as is the tradition.

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Here is CNBC’s reporting on the next edition of Shutdown Theater:

A spokesperson with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget said a short-term continuing resolution will be needed in the next month, keeping government funding at its current levels while negotiations continue over longer-term appropriations bills.

“…keeping government funding at its current levels…” Well, of course.

Funding for the federal government is set to run out on Sept. 30 unless action is taken by Congress.
Deep divisions remain between the parties with Republicans looking to implement large spending cuts unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Forcing the Democrats to capitulate on spending cuts rather than having the Republicans capitulate on deficit spending would be a new twist. But the truth is, most Republicans are not ”looking to implement large spending cuts.” That is posturing for the voters back home, and is part of their “budget hawk” charade.

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden requested a stopgap measure to cover standard government programs and an additional $40 billion — $24 billion for Ukraine and other foreign policy challenges, nearly $4 billion for border and migration issues and $12 billion for disaster relief to boost the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

And there it is, we have to channel another $24 billion through Ukraine, and we must also continue to fund ”other foreign policy challenges.”

Regarding that ”$4 billion for border and migration issues,” do you remember when all the “budget hawks” in both parties were adamant that there was not $5 billion to fund Trump’s border wall, but now that Joe Biden has thrown the border open we are going to spend another $4 billion, on top of all that has already been spent, dealing with the domestic humanitarian crisis his policies have unleashed.

But let’s circle back to the ”other foreign policy challenges” that require additional emergency deficit spending to avoid a government shutdown.

Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) does a fantastic job highlighting wasteful government spending at his randoland.us (@RandoLand_us) website. He goes straight to the source, www.usaspending.gov, to get this information. The comical descriptions of how your tax money is being squandered are not his, they are direct quotes from the government’s website. Here are just a few of the ridiculous ways your State Department is financing “foreign policy challenges”:

In 2022, the Department of State awarded $987,654 to WINROCK INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT to ADDRESS GENDER DISCREPANCIES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR LABOR FORCE IN HIGH EMITTING COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT GENDER GAPS.https://t.co/jdLIyhlhk6
— RandoLand.us (@RandoLand_us) August 23, 2023

The budget hawks in Congress have the Constitutional authority not to fund “gender discrepencies in the energy sector labor force in high emitting countries with significant gender gaps.” But they won’t withhold funding, because they are frauds who actually support using US tax dollars and deficit spending in this manner.

Here are a couple more appropriations for “foreign policy challenges” that were highlighted by Mr. Rando, with embedded links to the federal government’s spending website:

In 2022, the Department of State awarded $499,827 to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY to ENABLE GENDER PARITY FOR FEMALE ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO BUILD A PAKISTANI WOMEN UNIVERSITY CLIMATE CHANGE CONSORTIUM WHICH WILL DEVELOP PAKISTANI CAPACITY TO ADAPT TO AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

In 2023, the Department of State awarded $39,984 to DIPLO US to FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN HUMAN AND GENDER RIGHTS, EQUITY, EQUALITY, AND INCLUSIVITY.

Examples like these go on and on and on and on….

It’s obviously not just the State Department…here is an example of how the federal government spends money on “education”:

In 2023, the Department of Education awarded $572,126 to SISTEMA UNIVERSITARIO ANA G. MENDEZ, INCORPORADO for PROYECTO ABRAZO: EMBRACING DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND A SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGH ACADEMIC, REAL-LIFE SKILLS AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

Don’t forget, the inflation nightmare that we are going through was precipitated by government deficit spending. As your paycheck’s purchasing power erodes each month due to inflation, you can take solace in knowing that North Carolina State University is repurposing your lost purchasing power to build a Pakistani women’s climate change consortium.

Can cutting these ridiculous appropriations alone fix the budget deficit? Of course not. But there will never be support for making more painful cuts if our government continues to fund absolute nonsense, especially when we are facing a “government shutdown” because the government has run out of money.

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Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Hi Buck

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2023 11:00 AM (MOY79)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 04, 2023 11:01 AM (sNtYB)

3 I could do with a lot less Gov't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:02 AM (ynpvh)

4 what is Ukraine doing with all those billions ?! it's as if US completely took over their economy. maybe that was the neocon plan. who knows.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:04 AM (V13WU)

5 The fraud is baked into the spending expenditures, it's supposed to happen.

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2023 11:05 AM (MOY79)

6 Reminder: the Republican Party exists solely to provide the illusion that there is a "choice" between The Big Government Party and The Other Big Government Party.

Posted by: No Shirt Shylock at September 04, 2023 11:05 AM (PWI4f)

7 Of course shut down theatre during Obama included USING GOV'T FUNDS to place barriers to open parks. Yah, you have to spend money when you have "no money", right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:05 AM (ynpvh)

8 I'm not making any predictions, but I suppose it's possible that the Sword of Damocles hanging over McCarthy's head could stiffen his spine somewhat.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:06 AM (I/Qkd)

9 Fuck these people. They should have their faces removed with a disc sander.

Posted by: No anesthesia allowed at September 04, 2023 11:06 AM (fhX0j)

10 9 Fuck these people. They should have their faces removed with a disc sander.

Posted by: No anesthesia allowed at September 04, 2023 11:06 AM (fhX0j)

Dick sander? Like Bernie?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:06 AM (ynpvh)

11 “Budget Hawks” “Spending Cuts” “Government Awards”…

Madness. Nothing will be cut and government awards are nothing but kickbacks.

They will keep borrowing and spending until they can’t.

The moochers are many and the looters gotta loot.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2023 11:06 AM (R/m4+)

12 11 “Budget Hawks” “Spending Cuts” “Government Awards”…

Madness. Nothing will be cut and government awards are nothing but kickbacks.

They will keep borrowing and spending until they can’t.

The moochers are many and the looters gotta loot.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2023 11:06 AM (R/m4+)

They have to massively bloat the budget to cut the budget (by a % much smaller than the bloat).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:07 AM (ynpvh)

13 Senator Proxmire would have a field day with that crap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:08 AM (yFSxo)

14 Fuck these people. They should have their faces removed with a disc sander.
Posted by: No anesthesia allowed

Ok, but Makita or Skill-saw?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:08 AM (IG4Id)

15 "what is Ukraine doing with all those billions ?!"

It's going into secret Swiss bank Accounts for American and European politicians, child sex slavery and CIA bioweapons labs.

Posted by: No Shirt Shylock at September 04, 2023 11:08 AM (PWI4f)

16 We shouldn't cut spending. Just shift it to areas with good ROI. Like re-Industrializing.

Yes there will be graft. Perhaps a lot. But at least you have something at the end, unlike now.

Better to be maseively in debt with a huge industrial base than massively in debt with nothing.

NB: I know no one agrees, but US gov debt is not same same as an individual's debt.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:09 AM (rgIaS)

17 Hiya Buck !

Posted by: JT at September 04, 2023 11:10 AM (T4tVD)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 04, 2023 11:10 AM (T4tVD)

19 The link up top...."she once ruled the screen" ....

WHO is she ?

Posted by: JT at September 04, 2023 11:11 AM (T4tVD)

20 Middlest Kidlet looks very much like the girl circled in Oilfield Rando's bio. The girl in the photo is probably quite pretty when not having a breakdown over politics.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2023 11:11 AM (nC+QA)

21 Unrelated but willowed:

I'm watching the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Blondie/Clint just cleaned his 'modified' Colt 1851 revolver just in time to shoot some assholes with cruel Mexican spurs.

Pretty dirty, just came from the range I guess and is following Weasel's advice to clean ASAP when it's dirty -- especially used with black powder.

[Combining Gun Thread with Pet Thread!]

http://tinyurl.com/3j8cfder

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 04, 2023 11:12 AM (krqg6)

22 but US gov debt is not same same as an individual's debt.

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of course not, I can't print my own money

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:12 AM (V13WU)

23 Nothing screams uniparty quite like budgetary shutdown kabuki theater.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (gxokI)

24 >>And there it is, we have to channel another $24 billion through Ukraine, and we must also continue to fund ”other foreign policy challenges.”

What was recently set to pass -- maybe $10 million for Maui + $24 Billion for Ukraine?

Ho about this: either make Ukraine the 51st state officially or stop treating it like one? Actually, it's treated much better than any state is funded, right? Name a state that keeps getting assistance $24 Billion at a time throughout the past 1.5 years. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (izj35)

25 We have no money so let’s borrow more and send some to Ukraine!! Makes total sense.

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (qYInP)

26 It’s all funny money… Monopoly money. I’ve been hearing since Reagan that federal budget deficits and the national debt was a ticking time bomb. It made sense, but experience over the last 40+ years tells me the debt bomb is not gonna explode. I can’t point to any economic principles to explain why we’ve been able to get away with defying economic gravity for so many years, but we’re just hanging above the canyon in midair like Wile E. Coyote. I suspect we’ve been getting away with it because the US economy is still the most productive in the world and the dollar remains the worlds reserve currency. Honestly I don’t worry about the debt anymore…. I’d just like it to be spent on different things….. I’d greatly reduce that DoD budget, stop the Ukraine funding…. And of course cut off all $$ to FIB CIA DOJ… Hey, maybe I am a budget hawk!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (xT8gx)

27 14 Fuck these people. They should have their faces removed with a disc sander.
Posted by: No anesthesia allowed

Ok, but Makita or Skill-saw?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:08 AM (IG4Id)

Whichever is most American-made.

Posted by: Tough call since nearly everything is made by the Chi-coms with slave labor at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (fhX0j)

28 of course not, I can't print my own money
Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:12 AM (V13WU)

Printing a five or a ten will get you five to ten. Government has the monopoly on counterfeiting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:14 AM (yFSxo)

29 "cut"
"government"
"spending"

LOL!

pull the other one, it's got bells on!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 04, 2023 11:14 AM (vbuLV)

30 Impressive. We managed to get 4 comments in before the Ukraine stuff started up.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:14 AM (I/Qkd)

31 "The girl in the photo is probably quite pretty when not having a breakdown over politics."

she must have put that face on for the photo, to show her "concern". Can't see a person actually showing up for a photo in the middle of a real "breakdown".

Posted by: illiniwek at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (Cus5s)

32 16 Thesokorus - I agree. See my 26

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (xT8gx)

33 Ho about this: either make Ukraine the 51st state officially or stop treating it like one? Actually, it's treated much better than any state is funded, right? Name a state that keeps getting assistance $24 Billion at a time throughout the past 1.5 years. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (izj35)

Funding this war is needed to spread Democracy and Democratic values. Because, if we don't, Lizzy, Putin will conquer Younkers.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (V13WU)

34 And we continue to swirl around the toilet headed to our eventual doom.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (hv9bm)

35 Here's a cool substack on a new name in Biden Crime Story. The Ambassador.

But what it shows, is that the final fall-back will be "I did everything out of Patriotism and for the US!"

This is patently absurd. But! But, it remains to be seen if Biden et al had their crimes officially blessed by the relevant Institutions.

I think they did. It would have been trivially easy to do. I think there are documents authorizing everything the Bidens did in the name of National Security.

And if no docs, ppl will swear that they approved everything and it was all "legit".

Their actions became an official part of US For Pol and counter-Intel (with them keeping the money).

https://is.gd/vGX6zt

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (rgIaS)

36 22 but US gov debt is not same same as an individual's debt.
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of course not, I can't print my own money
Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:12 AM (V13WU)

"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:16 AM (ynpvh)

37 Impressive. We managed to get 4 comments in before the Ukraine stuff started up.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:14 AM (I/Qkd)

Well, it's a huge money sink, run by pedophile grifters. Why do you support it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:16 AM (yFSxo)

38 I can't wait to hear the cries of 'if we shut down the government, our investigations of Bai-Den corruption will halt'. To that I say, bull shit.

Since we're only doing CRs now, just fund the things you want and with hold funding from those you do not want. Then base the next CR on delivery. No delivery or slow walking the deliverable gets you no funding or significantly reduced funding.

It's all just a game that will continue until we run out of money.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 04, 2023 11:17 AM (YRsIm)

39 23 Nothing screams uniparty quite like budgetary shutdown kabuki theater.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at September 04, 2023 11:13 AM (gxokI)

I'd rather hear them squeal like stuck pigs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:17 AM (ynpvh)

40 "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:16 AM (ynpvh)

1984 ?

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:17 AM (V13WU)

41 It's only September 4th, and there is a rain of yellow leaves falling from the tulip poplars in my backyard.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:17 AM (I/Qkd)

42 Sept 1st:

Democratic Sen. Duckworth tells reporters she will object to Sen. Rick Scott's plans to pass disaster aid on its own without rest of Biden admin supplemental request

“I would. I think it's important to include Ukrainian funding”

http://tinyurl.com/y56kwx75

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:18 AM (2tUFv)

43 But how can we drive to the mountains to gaze at Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt without the gentle guiding hand of federal employees?

#FundTheGovt #KeepMtRushmoreOpen

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:18 AM (991eG)

44 Impressive. We managed to get 4 comments in before the Ukraine stuff started up.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:14 AM (I/Qkd)

Because Ukraine isn’t our friend and we’re spending billions it’s right on topic. See: Vindman, Bearclaw

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:18 AM (xT8gx)

45 she must have put that face on for the photo, to show her "concern". Can't see a person actually showing up for a photo in the middle of a real "breakdown".

Posted by: illiniwek at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (Cus5s)

Middlest Kidlet looks almost exactly like that when crying. ISTR think they were gathered watching the election returns, and when it became clear Hillary was going to lose was when the pic was taken.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2023 11:18 AM (nC+QA)

46 Oilfield Rando does outstanding work.

His breakdowns of every "Save the Puppies and Rescue the Kittens!" bloated bill of graft and lies are essential reading.

Posted by: DaisyB at September 04, 2023 11:18 AM (AbL8c)

47 40 "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:16 AM (ynpvh)

1984 ?

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:17 AM (V13WU)

14th Amendment.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:19 AM (ynpvh)

48 @26, lol, Linus, that's where I'm at, too ... why waste cycles worrying about something that you have zero control over?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 04, 2023 11:19 AM (vbuLV)

49 Impressive. We managed to get 4 comments in before the Ukraine stuff started up.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:14 AM (I/Qkd)

Well, it's a huge money sink, run by pedophile grifters. Why do you support it?

Like it matters. Any topic now is immediately hijacked to bitch about Ukraine.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:19 AM (I/Qkd)

50 Senator Proxmire would have a field day with that crap.

But for all of his calling attention to the problem, did he ever actually achieve any improvement? Maybe, but nothing I can recall. Certainly nothing major.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:20 AM (nfrXX)

51 If I'm reading the smoke signals right, the Reps are going to try and use the angle that Biden wants the shutdown to stop the investigations into him. Which is a decent enough line of attack, somewhat more credible than usual.

However, Someone refresh my memory, don't the R's lose or outright surrender on the Gov't shutdowns every time? Am I wrong on that?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at September 04, 2023 11:20 AM (z+89e)

52 Like it matters. Any topic now is immediately hijacked to bitch about Ukraine.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:19 AM (I/Qkd)

If you were being paid to shill for Ukraine, what would you do differently?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:20 AM (yFSxo)

53 22 but US gov debt is not same same as an individual's debt.

==

of course not, I can't print my own money
Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:12 AM (V13WU)

Something my ex-wife couldn't grasp. She took it as her sworn duty to spend 100% of my income plus another 10-30% via credit card debt. "Well you'll just make more money" is something she literally said to me. Would've done well in Congress.

Posted by: The fiscally reckless bring ruin at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (fhX0j)

54 Yawn. What's on Netflix?

Posted by: Most people at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (NBVIP)

55 But for all of his calling attention to the problem, did he ever actually achieve any improvement? Maybe, but nothing I can recall. Certainly nothing major.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:20 AM (nfrXX)

I believe you are right. But he made good theater.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (yFSxo)

56 Impressive. We managed to get 4 comments in before the Ukraine stuff started up.
Posted by: Archimedes

Out of perverse curiosity, what would happen to the average US citizen if we weren't funding them to the tune of $160 billion?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (IG4Id)

57 We need cuts, as described at the top of the page - then spending will take care of itself.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 04, 2023 11:22 AM (tA1/w)

58 Like it matters. Any topic now is immediately hijacked to bitch about Ukraine.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:19 AM (I/Qkd)

The topic was *in the post*, to *not* discuss it would be to ignore half the content.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2023 11:22 AM (nC+QA)

59 53 22 but US gov debt is not same same as an individual's debt.

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of course not, I can't print my own money
Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:12 AM (V13WU)

Something my ex-wife couldn't grasp. She took it as her sworn duty to spend 100% of my income plus another 10-30% via credit card debt. "Well you'll just make more money" is something she literally said to me. Would've done well in Congress.

Posted by: The fiscally reckless bring ruin at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (fhX0j)

"I tried honey; that's why I'm still in prison."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:22 AM (ynpvh)

60 For those who missed it last night, Ukraine is lowering its physical standards for draftees, so they can now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

Yeah, they're winning.

http://tinyurl.com/5n6n3n4d

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:22 AM (2tUFv)

61 56 Impressive. We managed to get 4 comments in before the Ukraine stuff started up.
Posted by: Archimedes

Out of perverse curiosity, what would happen to the average US citizen if we weren't funding them to the tune of $160 billion?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (IG4Id)

Less than $500 for every man, woman, and child?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (ynpvh)

62 You know, one of the fundamental, prime directives for the HoRs (SWIDT?) is to provide a budget to operate the government. If they cant do that and all they can do is pass CRs, then why do we even have a congress?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (YRsIm)

63 Because Ukraine isn’t our friend and we’re spending billions it’s right on topic. See: Vindman, Bearclaw

US National debt: $32T (but actually much higher)
Ukraine funding: $60-115B

There may be other expenditures worthy of consideration.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (I/Qkd)

64 Like it matters. Any topic now is immediately hijacked to bitch about Ukraine.

Yeah, what would Ukraine have to do with Federal government spending?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (2tUFv)

65 32 16 Thesokorus - I agree. See my 26
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:15 AM (xT8gx)

Yes. I'm a hard-right Modern Monetary Theory guy. It's ideologically neutral. It explains it to a large extent.

Post 1971, the US became an exporter of USDs. This was because our subs could decap strike most of the world. This enabled us to force project from Carriers. This enabled us to secure the sea lanes. That enabled us to require USD use. We told Saud "you can get glassed or allow only USD use". They said ok we use USD.

That sub threat appears gone. Hence, BRICS expansion.

We're fucked in the med term absent some new outside-the-box Kissinger "petro"-dollar (submarine dollar).

But, not yet and we should industrialize like madmen while we can.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (rgIaS)

66 60 For those who missed it last night, Ukraine is lowering its physical standards for draftees, so they can now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

Yeah, they're winning.

http://tinyurl.com/5n6n3n4d

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:22 AM (2tUFv)

Well, that's one way to reduce medical costs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:24 AM (ynpvh)

67 If you were being paid to shill for Ukraine, what would you do differently?

If you weren't a Russian stooge, what would you do differently?

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:24 AM (I/Qkd)

68 At least Israel (sans judiciary) has a clue...

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Nentanyahu has announced plans to immediately deport African migrants after hundreds were involved in brawling & rioting in Tel Aviv over the weekend. He says a “red line” had been crossed by the “infiltrators.”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 04, 2023 11:25 AM (TGPs7)

69 Less than $500 for every man, woman, and child?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

So, "look over there~!"? Not as persuasive as you might thing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:25 AM (IG4Id)

70 US National debt: $32T (but actually much higher)
Ukraine funding: $60-115B

There may be other expenditures worthy of consideration.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (I/Qkd)

I hope the MIC gives you three medals for your work here.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:25 AM (rgIaS)

71 Something my ex-wife couldn't grasp. She took it as her sworn duty to spend 100% of my income plus another 10-30% via credit card debt. "Well you'll just make more money" is something she literally said to me. Would've done well in Congress.
Posted by: The fiscally reckless bring ruin at September 04, 2023 11:21 AM (fhX0j)

See, this is why I advocate for pre-marital questionnaire that covers fiscal and political matters.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:26 AM (V13WU)

72 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT to ADDRESS GENDER DISCREPANCIES ...

*******

If Elmer the bull declares he is transitioning, he should be allowed to use the ladies' milking machines.

IYKWIM

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:26 AM (991eG)

73 I hope the MIC gives you three medals for your work here.
Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:25 AM (rgIaS)

hate to think it's all on voluntary basis

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:27 AM (V13WU)

74 The reason Republicans don't cut this crap is because they benefit. If someone tried to cut the NC State grant the two NC senators, nominally Republican would scream bloody murder.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 04, 2023 11:27 AM (43q0X)

75 However, Someone refresh my memory, don't the R's lose or outright surrender on the Gov't shutdowns every time? Am I wrong on that?

Schumer always says to Mitch "Of course I'll respect you in the morning." So we've got that going for us.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:27 AM (nfrXX)

76 I have a hard asset that I would like to send to Ace. How does one do that?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (Mzdiz)

77 When you are deathly afraid of Government funding, it proves the Government has won.

Posted by: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (5RP1D)

78 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Nentanyahu has announced plans to immediately deport African migrants after hundreds were involved in brawling & rioting in Tel Aviv over the weekend. He says a “red line” had been crossed by the “infiltrators.”
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 04, 2023 11:25 AM (TGPs7)

We've had rioting and fights amongst Eritrean "refugees" here in Canada, too. But Commie fag Trudeau lacks the will to deport the scum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (yFSxo)

79 72 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT to ADDRESS GENDER DISCREPANCIES ...

*******

If Elmer the bull declares he is transitioning, he should be allowed to use the ladies' milking machines.

IYKWIM

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:26 AM (991eG)

https://youtu.be/dLF725CX4mM?si=8fz3Af9_1D46boZM

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (ynpvh)

80 I'll gladly take a billion dollars, spread most of it around to cronies, and keep 25% for myself. I'm not a greedy man.

Posted by: Billions for pedo grifters and defense contractors, nothing for us at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (fhX0j)

81 If you were being paid to shill for Ukraine, what would you do differently?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:20 AM (yFSxo)

MIC shill not UKR shill.

And maybe not even MIC. He may just be shilling for the players and not the owner/managers.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (rgIaS)

82 they can now draft people with hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, mental disorders and other diseases.

-
They're Volkssturming themselves to victory!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (FVME7)

83 80 I'll gladly take a billion dollars, spread most of it around to cronies, and keep 25% for myself. I'm not a greedy man.

Posted by: Billions for pedo grifters and defense contractors, nothing for us at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (fhX0j)

Hell, I'll take 10% like the big guy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:29 AM (ynpvh)

84 Brought forward from tail end of previous, just because:

Brawwwk!! - a memorial limerick

I now see Jimmy Buffet's life with clarity
A story full of irony and hilarity
His Margaritas were top shelf
And he could make fun of himself
But by the end it was more a self-parroty

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:29 AM (991eG)

85 76 I have a hard asset that I would like to send to Ace. How does one do that?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (Mzdiz)

Huh huh. Huh huh huh. "Hard." Huh huh huh.

Posted by: Butthead at September 04, 2023 11:29 AM (fhX0j)

86 Shot version since the concept of Fiscal Responsibility has decided to vacation Ibzia for the foreseeable future...

Sign up for every government benefit you can to crash Fedzilla.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:30 AM (snDNl)

87 And maybe not even MIC. He may just be shilling for the players and not the owner/managers.
Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (rgIaS)

"A greater hive of scum and villainy..."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:31 AM (yFSxo)

88 Didn’t the last version of this fund the govt for 2 years? I could have sworn it did.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:31 AM (c4s3d)

89 US National debt: $32T (but actually much higher)
Ukraine funding: $60-115B

There may be other expenditures worthy of consideration.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:23 AM (I/Qkd)

That is just the National Radio/tv argument with (a lot) more zeros. We have no business paying the retirement fund of foreign public servants, even if we had all the money in the world and no debt.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2023 11:32 AM (nC+QA)

90 Paul, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 04, 2023 11:32 AM (u73oe)

91 And we'll have fun, fun, fun until evil Republicans take the credit card away.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2023 11:32 AM (4I/2K)

92 You just insulted sluts by invoking that comparison.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:33 AM (snDNl)

93 Trump's Da Man With A Plan...

Trump History
@Trump_History45
Sep 3
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Donald Trump spotted performing an ancient rain dance at #BurningMan. Witnesses say the rain and flooding started immediately after Trump performed the ancient ritual; others remain skeptical.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 04, 2023 11:33 AM (TGPs7)

94 What's all this talk about Ukraine? We should be talking Wekraine.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2023 11:34 AM (FVME7)

95 Posted by: Paul

*******

In case nobody's done it yet today:

"Bless your heart, Paul!"

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:34 AM (991eG)

96 Posted by: Paul

Thank you for acknowledging that BribeMe isn't president.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:34 AM (IG4Id)

97 Paul is retarded we all know that. but you’d think he could just do some basic math and see Biden has spent more per year than OrangeMan.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:34 AM (c4s3d)

98 So what is the Ukrainian word for Volkssturm?

Anyone seen Bearclaw Vindaloomon recently?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:35 AM (snDNl)

99 I’m So loving the burning man story. Chefs kiss.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:35 AM (c4s3d)

100 How does one become a Russian oligarch, anyway?
Are there Russian universities that have a School of Oligarchy with a curriculum and degree programs? Can you do an apprenticeship? Is there a union that defines specific criteria to become a journeyman oligarch? I guess in Russian kindergarten it must be common for kids to answer the obligatory question with "When I grow up I wanna be an oligarch!"

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 04, 2023 11:35 AM (NBVIP)

101 You'll never reduce the size or budget of the federal government.

Once you accept that you can focus on things you control.

Only financial disintegration will stop this madness.

So yes, I'm saying there's a chance.

Posted by: I've got bad news for you at September 04, 2023 11:36 AM (Yqm3O)

102 Paul is retarded we all know that. but you’d think he could just do some basic math and see Biden has spent more per year than OrangeMan.
Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:34 AM (c4s3d)

Paul can't even count the pairs of shoes under his Mom's bed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:36 AM (yFSxo)

103 Assuming there are shoes and not Birkenstocks

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:36 AM (snDNl)

104 Federal budget debate is Kabuki theater. They're not going to do anything effective about it and debt will increase...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 04, 2023 11:37 AM (TGPs7)

105 Paul got Labor Day off at the glory hole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 04, 2023 11:38 AM (43q0X)

106 This is Paul's fifteen minute break.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:38 AM (snDNl)

107 How does one become a Russian oligarch, anyway?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Be a middle manager at the end of the Soviet regime who has access to Swiss bank accounts, apparently. And thugs, lots and lots of thugs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:38 AM (IG4Id)

108 106 Paul got Labor Day off at the glory hole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 04, 2023 11:38 AM (43q0X)

But he's still covered in "glory"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:38 AM (ynpvh)

109 "Hapshetsut!" -- Paul

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (AiZBA)

110 "Brawwwk!! - a memorial limerick

I now see Jimmy Buffet's life with clarity
A story full of irony and hilarity
His Margaritas were top shelf
And he could make fun of himself
But by the end it was more a self-parroty
Posted by: Muldoon"
*********
Hopefully Jimmy found that cheeseburger in Paradise.

Posted by: Cosda at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (obTcf)

111 I think it is time to test the crisis fear mongers and shut down the GIVERNMENT. We were told women would die if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. It did not happen. We were told we would all die if we all did not get vaccinated. The opposite occurred. Call the lefts bluff. The world will adjust without American money printing and deficit spending.

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (qYInP)

112 I kraine We kraine
U kraine. You kraine
He, she, it kraines They kraine

Posted by: Conjugation baby! at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (fhX0j)

113 Be a middle manager at the end of the Soviet regime who has access to Swiss bank accounts, apparently. And thugs, lots and lots of thugs.

Helps to be a former KGB agent.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (snDNl)

114 How does one become a Russian oligarch, anyway?

====

people skills. very lucrative. of course their life span is a bit shorter than average. very accident prone.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (V13WU)

115 I’m So loving the burning man story. Chefs kiss.
Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:35 AM (c4s3d)

It is humorous. But I have a question: What the heck is burning man?? I read the news stories and they don’t really give the purpose for this get together. Is it a concert like Woodstock?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (xT8gx)

116
No One 🇺🇸
@tweettruth2me
·
1h
I lived my entire life not knowing there was an event held in the desert of Nevada every year called Burning Man, where a bunch of white liberals go to do drugs, have group sex, burn fossil fuels and pretend to be anti government.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 04, 2023 11:40 AM (TGPs7)

117 So Jimmy Buffet is dead
But Jimmy Carter is still alive
This is Hell.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:40 AM (snDNl)

118 In a way the debt is like global climate change warming. We’ve been told it will destroy us all for decades. But things just kinda keep humming along.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:40 AM (c4s3d)

119 Greetings! Ponder this...
Never in the US history has so much money been collected in the form of taxation, and yet, it's not enough.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 04, 2023 11:40 AM (MeG8a)

120 112 I kraine We kraine
U kraine. You kraine
He, she, it kraines They kraine

Posted by: Conjugation baby! at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (fhX0j)

Does Frasier kraine?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:41 AM (ynpvh)

121 >>> 58 Like it matters. Any topic now is immediately hijacked to bitch about Ukraine.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:19 AM (I/Qkd)

The topic was *in the post*, to *not* discuss it would be to ignore half the content.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 04, 2023 11:22 AM (nC+QA)

We joke about not reading the content... but we all know there's content.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2023 11:41 AM (llON8)

122 Reminder Paul Morphy was the victim of slander! They weren't women's shoes!

"Now we come to the room which Paul Morphy occupied, and which was separated from his mother’s by a narrow hall. Morphy’s room was always kept in perfect order, for he was very particular and neat, yet this room had a peculiar aspect and at once struck the visitor as such, for Morphy had a dozen or more pairs of shoes of all kinds which he insisted in keeping arranged in a semi-circle in the middle of the room, explaining with his sarcastic smile that in this way, he could at once lay his hands on the particular pair he desired to wear. In a huge porte-manteau he kept all his clothes which were at all times neatly pressed and creased.’

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:41 AM (/1ldg)

123 >>> 119 Greetings! Ponder this...
Never in the US history has so much money been collected in the form of taxation, and yet, it's not enough.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 04, 2023 11:40 AM (MeG8a)

But they're not addicted to cash or power or anything else...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (llON8)

124 Some Burning Man memes.

http://tinyurl.com/yxtnyhyc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)

125 123 >>> 119 Greetings! Ponder this...
Never in the US history has so much money been collected in the form of taxation, and yet, it's not enough.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 04, 2023 11:40 AM (MeG8a)

But they're not addicted to cash or power or anything else...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (llON

It takes lots of $$$ to keep the drugs and children flowing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (ynpvh)

126 They allegedly will start letting people out of Burning Man officially at noon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (2tUFv)

127 We joke about not reading the content... but we all know there's content.

I have heard tales of this mythical "content", but put it in the same category as Bigfoot.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (I/Qkd)

128 120 112 I kraine We kraine
U kraine. You kraine
He, she, it kraines They kraine

Posted by: Conjugation baby! at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (fhX0j)

Does Frasier kraine?
***
Denny Crane!!

Posted by: Captain Kirk at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (NBVIP)

129 They allegedly will start letting people out of Burning Man officially at noon.

They need to test them for Covid before allowing this.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (snDNl)

130 They allegedly will start letting people out of Burning Man officially at noon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (2tUFv)

The Maui police were in charge??

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (AiZBA)

131 75 However, Someone refresh my memory, don't the R's lose or outright surrender on the Gov't shutdowns every time? Am I wrong on that?

Schumer always says to Mitch "Of course I'll respect you in the morning." So we've got that going for us.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:27 AM (nfrXX)

See, this got me thinking, Mitch has left the building, so who is running things? It looks like in 2020 Terry Carmack was named Chief o' Stuff for Team Mitch. Here is 2015 article written by Terry Carmack (goes to politico):

http://tinyurl.com/5yvmp8t8

If I'm reading this correctly, Terry is the uber Chad of Shit Weasels. Everything is who you know, who's team are you on, and other public service gems. Is this the guy who's carrying the ball right now?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (z+89e)

132 It is humorous. But I have a question: What the heck is burning man?? I read the news stories and they don’t really give the purpose for this get together. Is it a concert like Woodstock?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (xT8gx)

(Tech bros + Bondage and Discipline) x (pharma grade drugs (mostly viagra type) = Burning Man.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (/1ldg)

133 118 In a way the debt is like global climate change warming. We’ve been told it will destroy us all for decades. But things just kinda keep humming along.

===

It's not entirely one directional. Sometimes it falls. Like when you cut spending. *looks up
There are few areas that need a bit of be cutting.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (V13WU)

134 They allegedly will start letting people out of Burning Man officially at noon.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Something tells me I don't want to meet these Burning Man 'officials.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (IG4Id)

135 *a bit of cutting

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (V13WU)

136 >>> 127
==
I have heard tales of this mythical "content", but put it in the same category as Bigfoot.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (I/Qkd)

I have a NAME! I'm Darrell, dammit!!!

Posted by: Darrell the Sasquatch at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (llON8)

137 120 112 I kraine We kraine
U kraine. You kraine
He, she, it kraines They kraine

Posted by: Conjugation baby! at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (fhX0j)

Does Frasier kraine?
***
Denny Crane!!

Bob Crane unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (snDNl)

138 Why do we bother voting when both parties just continue to rob us blind?

Posted by: setnaffa at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (+V0Fm)

139 We can ride a unicycle, juggle bowling pins, smoke a cigar and chew bubble gum at the same time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (63Dwl)

140 Some Burning Man memes.

http://tinyurl.com/yxtnyhyc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (FVME7)

Twitchy has become quite useless. None of their Twatter links open directly on the page, so you have to click through. Basically kills all the humor of the juxtaposition.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (yFSxo)

141 Coming next year.. Fyre Burning man in Maui

Can’t miss.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (c4s3d)

142 s this the guy who's carrying the ball right now?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (z+89e)

Yes. Mitch's Chief of Staff is the most important choke-point in US Gov.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (/1ldg)

143 Would point out the Democrats Propaganda Ministry pushes the system as well.

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (MOY79)

144 How does one become a Russian oligarch, anyway?

********

"Noah, It's the Lord. I want you to build me an oligarch!"

Noah: "Riiigght! What's an oligarch?"

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (991eG)

145 130 They allegedly will start letting people out of Burning Man officially at noon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 11:42 AM (2tUFv)

The Maui police were in charge??

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 04, 2023 11:43 AM (AiZBA)

I'd say it's possible, except there's plenty of water.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (ynpvh)

146 It is humorous. But I have a question: What the heck is burning man?? I read the news stories and they don’t really give the purpose for this get together. Is it a concert like Woodstock?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:39 AM (xT8gx)

I heard about it from some lefty ex-friends in SF when I was visiting in the late 1990s. I think it's a satanic celebration that's supposed to be a Cali version of Woodstock.

I guess it really is, now.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 04, 2023 11:46 AM (Mzdiz)

147 Since probably 98.8% of Burning man attendees are far left assehole, I smile.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:46 AM (c4s3d)

148 Never in the US history has so much money been collected in the form of taxation, and yet, it's not enough.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Too much is never enough.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2023 11:47 AM (FVME7)

149 I have a hard asset that I would like to send to Ace. How does one do that?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (Mzdiz)

That's hot!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (Zvtjl)

150 (Tech bros + Bondage and Discipline) x (pharma grade drugs (mostly viagra type) = Burning Man.
Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:44 AM (/1ldg)

Heh… that makes it REALLY funny!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (xT8gx)

151 Accounting for population growth and inflation the feds spend 40% more today than in 2000. And still it’s not enough.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (c4s3d)

152 Braenyard, if you're up and about, I left the A/C results in last night's Food Thread. TL;DR The 5000 BTU A/C unit ran full blast for 8 hours 46 minutes with a full charge for the AC200 MAX + B230 Expansion Battery.

Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (rj6Yv)

153 Why do Rooskie oligarchs only buy MacBooks?

Because they fear windows.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (hv9bm)

154 They allegedly will start letting people out of Burning Man officially at noon.

I heard that some others have already made the "harrowing" journey.
http://tinyurl.com/5n746nys

Best comment:
Six miles.
In the dark.
Through mud.
You just described a regular morning at Ranger school…

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:49 AM (I/Qkd)

155 (Tech bros + Bondage and Discipline) x (pharma grade drugs (mostly viagra type) = Burning Man.

So gonorrhea never gonna be gone?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:49 AM (snDNl)

156 151 Accounting for population growth and inflation the feds spend 40% more today than in 2000. And still it’s not enough.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (c4s3d)

The US is the Mr. Creosote of debt. There'll come a day when it finally takes that last mint...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:49 AM (ynpvh)

157 153 Why do Rooskie oligarchs only buy MacBooks?

Because they fear windows.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (hv9bm)

Heh.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:50 AM (ynpvh)

158 Defund the FBI

Also happy Labor day

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 04, 2023 11:50 AM (xcxpd)

159 Only wafer thin...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:50 AM (snDNl)

160 So hoist up the RV's levelers
See how the slideout slides in
Call for the driver semi sober
Let me go home
Let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I wanna go home

This is the worst trip, I've ever been on

Posted by: Burning Man Song at September 04, 2023 11:50 AM (4I/2K)

161 Betcha tickets for Burning Man '24 are gonna be available for...fire sale prices!!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 04, 2023 11:50 AM (NBVIP)

162 I never really have understood how we developed this system where if the government gets one less penny, it somehow means the whole thing has to be shutdown.

I will say, Republicans never win these things, so not sure the merit of even doing it. They basically just take the maximum political damage, and then capitulate.

Posted by: Blago at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (wMRY8)

163 Braenyard, if you're up and about, I left the A/C results in last night's Food Thread. TL;DR The 5000 BTU A/C unit ran full blast for 8 hours 46 minutes with a full charge for the AC200 MAX + B230 Expansion Battery.
Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 11:48 AM (rj6Yv)

MRP, I watched that vid about the self-orienting solar array. Cool. I watched some others by the guy. Also cool.

But how is he still fat? What kind of kcal load would it take to offset all the physical labor he does? Weird.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (/1ldg)

164 Funny that mud caused a national emergency. Mud. Lol. Not a mud slide mind yiu which can be devastating. Nope. But just a bit of mud on a flat surfaces

And these are the people we fear.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (c4s3d)

165 >>> 76 I have a hard asset that I would like to send to Ace. How does one do that?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (Mzdiz)

No 'Paolo' socks for this?

Who ARE you people?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (llON8)

166 Betcha tickets for Burning Man '24 are gonna be available for...fire sale prices!!

I predict many of the cars driven there will have a canoe on the roof, and freeze-dried survivalist food in the trunk.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (I/Qkd)

167 what is Ukraine doing with all those billions ?!
- - -
Dying unmercifully, Now they are drafting the infirm.

Posted by: sTevo at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (8i+57)

168 I got a Russian Advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, an oligarch falls out.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (hv9bm)

169 168 I got a Russian Advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, an oligarch falls out.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (hv9bm)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (xcxpd)

170 168 I got a Russian Advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, an oligarch falls out.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (hv9bm)

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (ynpvh)

171 what is Ukraine doing with all those billions ?!
- - -

Zelensky just bought a palace in the Caribbean. For starters.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (c4s3d)

172 But how is he still fat? What kind of kcal load would it take to offset all the physical labor he does? Weird.
Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (/1ldg)

I dunno, but I suspect that fat married men have happy wives.

Posted by: mrp at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (rj6Yv)

173 Related, I watched "Don't Look Up" yesterday. It was actually pretty good. They manage to sprinkle in these brief montages, showing animals and babies, just living, while the best and brightest act like savages who deserve to die.

Tossed in some religion, just enough satire on our current political climate that I don't think anyone SHOULD walk away thinking "their side" is being unfairly picked on.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (ZhrmX)

174 But ICM, Dora Wings, and other model companies in the Ukraine keep producing new tool model kits.

Some war.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (snDNl)

175 I will say, Republicans never win these things, so not sure the merit of even doing it. They basically just take the maximum political damage, and then capitulate.

I noted early on that it's possible that McCarthy will be constrained in his surrender by the terms of the agreement that made him Speaker.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (I/Qkd)

176 I bought two whiskey advent calendars, one for me and one for the wife. Mine is mostly bourbon, hers is mostly Irish booze.

Looking forward to December.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (xcxpd)

177 I got a Russian Advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, an oligarch falls out.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (hv9bm)

Good one.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (AiZBA)

178 This is the worst trip, I've ever been on
Posted by: Burning Man Song

********

Heh!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (991eG)

179 I got a Russian Advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, an oligarch falls out.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (hv9bm)

dude, DUDE ! lol. harsh man. harsh.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:53 AM (V13WU)

180 I have a hard asset that I would like to send to Ace. How does one do that?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 04, 2023 11:28 AM (Mzdiz)

Huh. That normally doesn't happen until Joe Mannix (NAC) shows up.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:54 AM (hv9bm)

181 *waits for a nesting doll oligarch joke*

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:54 AM (snDNl)

182 We have oligarchs too. We call them Democrat fundraisers though.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (c4s3d)

183 Funny that mud caused a national emergency. Mud. Lol. Not a mud slide mind yiu which can be devastating. Nope. But just a bit of mud on a flat surfaces

And these are the people we fear.
Posted by: Montec

There was no mud before global warming.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (FVME7)

184 Burning Man Song?

So the Wicker Man?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (snDNl)

185 Big Mike, okravangelist?

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (/1ldg)

186 Why do we bother voting when both parties just continue to rob us blind?

If you're on a runaway train headed for a cliff and all you can do is stick your foot out to try and slow it down, I guess you stick your foot out. Yeah, stupid I know but what else are you gonna do?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (LnjZF)

187 Shutdown Theatre! My favorite and I just got this really cool sound bar! PSYCHE

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (Eeb9P)

188 I got a Russian Advent calendar.
Every time you open a window, an oligarch falls out.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 11:52 AM (hv9bm)

LOL. As a Russian stooge, I appreciate the humor in that!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:56 AM (yFSxo)

189 too bad we are nearing ace time, and I don't want to be willowed. I have some beautiful insight into this ST series I rewatched recently. Enterprise. I remember it came about right around 9/11. Cancelled after 4 seasons. I remember not liking it. But now on rewatch, I found many interesting things.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:56 AM (V13WU)

190 186 Why do we bother voting when both parties just continue to rob us blind?

If you're on a runaway train headed for a cliff and all you can do is stick your foot out to try and slow it down, I guess you stick your foot out. Yeah, stupid I know but what else are you gonna do?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (LnjZF)

Why not just jump off the damn train? At least your odds are better than going over the cliff...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

191 >>> 189 too bad we are nearing ace time, and I don't want to be willowed. I have some beautiful insight into this ST series I rewatched recently. Enterprise. I remember it came about right around 9/11. Cancelled after 4 seasons. I remember not liking it. But now on rewatch, I found many interesting things.
Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:56 AM (V13WU)

What do you think this is, a movie thread?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2023 11:57 AM (llON8)

192 In comparison to STD, yeah Enterprise is good. For some value of good.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:57 AM (snDNl)

193 LOL. As a Russian stooge, I appreciate the humor in that!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:56 AM (yFSxo)

Calling people Russian stooges is exactly what a Ukrainian shill would say in a moment of frustration and loss of argument.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (V13WU)

194 If you're on a runaway train headed for a cliff and all you can do is stick your foot out to try and slow it down, I guess you stick your foot out. Yeah, stupid I know but what else are you gonna do?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (LnjZF)

They laid tracks over a cliff? Must have been a Government contract.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (yFSxo)

195 192 In comparison to STD, yeah Enterprise is good. For some value of good.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 11:57 AM (snDNl)

Oh, much better than STDs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

196 I’ve been to a few music festivals in my day. They’re fun but can also be a pain in the ass. By day 3 everyone can’t get the fuck out of there fast enough. Add in scorching desert heat and being 100 miles from civilization and I don’t see the appeal of the Burning Man, even sans rain.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (c4s3d)

197 194 If you're on a runaway train headed for a cliff and all you can do is stick your foot out to try and slow it down, I guess you stick your foot out. Yeah, stupid I know but what else are you gonna do?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (LnjZF)

They laid tracks over a cliff? Must have been a Government contract.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (yFSxo)

That's why they need all that money; just wait until the track is laid through the Indian Ocean to Africa!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 11:59 AM (ynpvh)

198 it's been 20+ years. a lot of it was influenced by 9/11 and the war. very interesting.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 11:59 AM (V13WU)

199 Will shutdown theater be available on IMAX?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 04, 2023 11:59 AM (NBVIP)

200
They laid tracks over a cliff? Must have been a Government contract.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (yFSxo)

I made millions!

Posted by: Gomez Adams at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (z+89e)

201 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

202 ah budget debates. Of course there is 100 billion or so of complete BS that 99% would agree should be cut. But inevitably fed employees think *their* department actually does valuable work and maybe could shed a few percent from the HR staff but no way should be eliminated.

Intertubes tells me federal employee is 'only' about 2.5 million outside of military while state and local government employees are 19 million. That gives pause but of course with most cities even the trash service is all government employees, and teachers, police, fire department.

and I suspect that the people whose jobs are funded by the feds although they aint "federal employees" is at least twice that 2.5 million #. My own job falls into that category. And yes I think at least my subgroup provides service that is worth our funding cost

At some point we will collapse just as the Roman empire did but I have no idea if that point is a few years out or many decades.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (83y/e)

203 199 Will shutdown theater be available on IMAX?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 04, 2023 11:59 AM (NBVIP)

With Dolby Surround Sound and THX.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

204 it had a rough 1st, maybe 2nd season (no surprise) but then found its stride. of course Braga was still in control.

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (V13WU)

205 America in the 2020s:

Juneteenth Is a federal holiday

June is gay month

9/11 is a day

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (c4s3d)

206 201 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

Yes. But given it's STD, I had to poke fun.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

207 They laid tracks over a cliff? Must have been a Government contract.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 11:58 AM (yFSxo)

Could be that the tracks are in the canyon and stop at the bottom of the cliff. Right at the wall.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (hv9bm)

208 So is it too much to hope for that the rumors of Ebola at Burning Man were true?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (991eG)

209 STD is drek on top of drek

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (V13WU)

210 206 201 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

Yes. But given it's STD, I had to poke fun.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

I mean, 2x failed Tank Abrams as President of Earf? And her acting was atrocious.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (ynpvh)

211 If you're on a runaway train headed for a cliff and all you can do is stick your foot out to try and slow it down, I guess you stick your foot out. Yeah, stupid I know but what else are you gonna do?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 11:55 AM (LnjZF)

Speed up the train.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (X1fBQ)

212 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

Jim was at the forefront of discovering new std strains.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (4I/2K)

213 Well poking in strange places tends to lead to STDs.
And why Bones McCoy is a medical god... Jim Kirk boldly went everywhere.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (snDNl)

214 All you need to do to cut spending is leave it at current levels. Inflation would cut spending in real terms. But even that is too much to ask for.

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (c4s3d)

215 209 STD is drek on top of drek

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (V13WU)

The smegma of the ST universe...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (ynpvh)

216 *as opposed to Trek...get it ?

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (V13WU)

217

Every time I hea "Burning Man" I think of this guy:

http://tinyurl.com/mk4xra5p

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (63Dwl)

218 "Noah, It's the Lord. I want you to build me an oligarch!"

Noah: "Riiigght! What's an oligarch?"
Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 11:45 AM (991eG)

Geez. I actually have that album. Purchased it new back in *mumble*mumble* when I was in HS. God, I'm old. Be back later. Got some clouds that need yelling at.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (Zvtjl)

219 Speed up the train.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (X1fBQ)

Get it up to orbital velocity, and it won't fall.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (yFSxo)

220 has ace revealed his new hobby yet ??

Posted by: runner at September 04, 2023 12:03 PM (V13WU)

221 217

Every time I hea "Burning Man" I think of this guy:

http://tinyurl.com/mk4xra5p

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (63Dwl)

A most painful way to die.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:03 PM (ynpvh)

222 Escape velocity

Well it is a government contract so will miss it by 'that much!'

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:03 PM (snDNl)

223 219 Speed up the train.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (X1fBQ)

Get it up to orbital velocity, and it won't fall.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 12:02 PM (yFSxo)

Atmospheric drag is a bitch, though.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:04 PM (ynpvh)

224 Steve Harwell, lead singer of Smash Mouth, is morte.

Paging AltonJackson.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 04, 2023 12:04 PM (m3bmY)

225 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

Jim was at the forefront of discovering new std strains.
Posted by: Bones McCoy at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (4I/2K)
***

Dang. Now I got an itch.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (hv9bm)

226 212 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

Jim was at the forefront of discovering new std strains.
Posted by: Bones McCoy at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (4I/2K)

That guy? worst case of Orion Crabs ever.

Posted by: That Green Chick at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (z+89e)

227 224 Steve Harwell, lead singer of Smash Mouth, is morte.

Paging AltonJackson.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 04, 2023 12:04 PM (m3bmY)

He was a very healthy weight.

Posted by: Lizzo at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (ynpvh)

228 Betcha tickets for Burning Man '24 are gonna be available for...fire sale prices!!

A real problem is that many attendees rent RVs, trucks, and cars to go to Burning Man.

Pretty sure that every rental vehicle company within 500 miles is going to have contract language prohibiting renters from taking their vehicles to Burning Man.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (2tUFv)

229 A most painful way to die.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:03 PM (ynpvh)

And hot dogs cooked over the fire taste of gasoline, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (yFSxo)

230 Yvonne Craig as Marta....

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (snDNl)

231 And these are the people we fear.
Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM (c4s3d)

The Gypsy Jokers have a limited reach. A junior VP of marketing for Transamerica can pursue you to the ends of the Earth

Posted by: Kindltot at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (xhaym)

232 Every time I hea "Burning Man" I think of this guy:

I may have made a mistake. There was an old National Lampoon story and cartoon about a kid with an STD standing in front of a urinal and spraying everywhere, to the horror of the kid at the next urinal. I googled it, without luck, but now I'm expecting a call from the CDC.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (I/Qkd)

233 More $$? When I spent all my allowance, it was tough shit, kid. Learn how to manage that quarter a week.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2023 12:06 PM (AwYPR)

234 All you need to do to cut spending is leave it at current levels.

Why do you hate women and children? And minorities. And fuzzy baby ducks.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2023 12:06 PM (LnjZF)

235 a self parrot-y

++++++++

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE JIMMY BUFFET'S FANS WERE CALLED PARROT HEADS AND 'PARROT-Y SOUNDS LIKE 'PARODY' AND THAT'S A HOMOPHOBE!

Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBURGER IN PARADISE at September 04, 2023 12:06 PM (991eG)

236 Being peripherally connected to the musical community I knew some guys who went up to Burning Man for paid gigs, concerts. I never got invited but I'm pretty sure I would have declined anyway.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 04, 2023 12:06 PM (MeG8a)

237 I liked when that one fella ran into the Burning Man burning and he got all burned up too.

Those idiots who go to Burning Man should follow his path to onfirement.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2023 12:06 PM (R/m4+)

238 232 Every time I hea "Burning Man" I think of this guy:

I may have made a mistake. There was an old National Lampoon story and cartoon about a kid with an STD standing in front of a urinal and spraying everywhere, to the horror of the kid at the next urinal. I googled it, without luck, but now I'm expecting a call from the CDC.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (I/Qkd)

Your Google ads will be fire! Just like a UTI from an STD!

Posted by: Lizzo at September 04, 2023 12:07 PM (ynpvh)

239 But how is he still fat? What kind of kcal load would it take to offset all the physical labor he does? Weird.
Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 11:51 AM ldg)

Weight seems to be 70% diet, 20% heredity, 10% exercise.

Posted by: DaisyB at September 04, 2023 12:07 PM (AbL8c)

240 Those idiots who go to Burning Man should follow his path to onfirement.

The stupidity it burns!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:07 PM (snDNl)

241 Do they use burner phones at Burning Man?

Posted by: Lizzo at September 04, 2023 12:07 PM (ynpvh)

242 Bunsen makes phones?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:08 PM (snDNl)

243 Off lard ass sock.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:08 PM (ynpvh)

244 Bwahahaha TV showed tub of shite rosie odonnel stuck in the mud at burning urine.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 04, 2023 12:08 PM (H9Qhb)

245 That guy? worst case of Orion Crabs ever.

********

Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 12:09 PM (991eG)

246 "It was the faggiest damn thing I ever saw." - Richard Nixon on Burning Man.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 12:09 PM (/1ldg)

247 Yvonne Craig as Marta....
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:05 PM (snDNl)

Bunk time!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2023 12:09 PM (hv9bm)

248 The only thing keeping the government from borrowing and spending more money is they are 109% engaged all hands on deck borrowing and spending all they can now with the people they got. Or they would spend more.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2023 12:09 PM (MALyz)

249 Bwahahaha TV showed tub of shite rosie odonnel stuck in the mud at burning urine.

Gonna need a Terex 10k to fix that

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:10 PM (snDNl)

250 246 "It was the faggiest damn thing I ever saw." - Richard Nixon on Burning Man.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 12:09 PM (/1ldg)

"Nobody was burned at the stake!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

251 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:00 PM (snDNl)

So Cpt Christopher Pike actually went back to Talos IV due to Paresis?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 04, 2023 12:10 PM (xhaym)

252 Excellent rant.

Saved an article from almost 15 years ago (published November 14, 2008, by the Inquirer) entitled, 'A right-wing look at Obama agenda through Easter.'

It begins, "Every new president tries to emulate Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous "100 Days" strategy of 1933 with a blitz of new initiatives. But Barack Obama is so special that he'll need only 83 days.

Based on in-depth research on right-wing Web sites, here's Obama's agenda from Inauguration Day to Easter:" (Only a sample, below.)

Jan 26: Bill Ayer's Medal of Freedom ceremony.
Jan 30: Redistribute wealth.
Feb 1: Hugo Chavez at Camp David.
Feb 3: Repeat Second Amendment
Mar 19: National oil companies
Mar 25: Legalize gay marriage
Mar 26: Legalize transgender marriage
Mar 29: Create National Leftist Militia
April 12: Cancel Easter

It's still online in its entirety.

Also an article, Thursday, January 29, 2009, "House passes $819B economic stimulus" People were "shook" by the "outrageous" amount of funding.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 04, 2023 12:10 PM (GshMh)

253 It was the faggiest damn thing I ever saw." - Richard Nixon on Burning Man.
Posted by: Thesokorus at September 04, 2023 12:09

I think he was talking about the Something Grove where they get nekkid and dance around a large owl or some such.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2023 12:11 PM (R/m4+)

254 🔥 👨 situation is too funny to mr

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2023 12:12 PM (MOY79)

255 You do know STD stands for Star Trek Discovery...
Posted by: Anna Puma

No. It stands for burning $500 million over the course of 8 years in tribute to bat-shit crazy ideology and pasting over it with a DIE statement. Fuck Kurtzman, and Fuck JJ.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 12:12 PM (IG4Id)

256 Well a baffle plate blew and Pike was gravely injured...

Well he got to live his fantasy with Vina.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:12 PM (snDNl)

257 254 🔥 👨 situation is too funny to mr

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2023 12:12 PM (MOY79)

I'm surprised they assume its a "Man". He/she/it/xi might not even consider it burning...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 04, 2023 12:12 PM (ynpvh)

258 ace nood, btw

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2023 12:13 PM (IG4Id)

259 It stands for burning $500 million over the course of 8 years in tribute to bat-shit crazy ideology and pasting over it with a DIE statement.

Does that still qualify as a burning sensation?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2023 12:13 PM (snDNl)

260 There was an old National Lampoon story and cartoon about a kid with an STD standing in front of a urinal

********

Same type of imagery occurs to me when I see the llatest Dos Equis commercials with the tagline:

"Get a Dos"

Or is that just medical slang?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 04, 2023 12:14 PM (991eG)

261 Pretty much spot on with the 2008 predictions. A

Posted by: Montec at September 04, 2023 12:14 PM (c4s3d)

262 I think he was talking about the Something Grove where they get nekkid and dance around a large owl or some such.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2023 12:11 PM (R/m4+)

If some are to be believed, they don't just dance around nekkid. They engage in acts of depravity, designed to seal the pact between Gopes and their oligarchs.

I guess they should get some credit, as far as I know they don't bring in children, like the Democrats do.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2023 12:16 PM (sQR5K)

263 Dammit Jim, I'm just a simple country doctor, not a galactic infectious disease expert. Wrap that rascal on shore leave!

Nurse! Shoot him up with everything we've got.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at September 04, 2023 12:16 PM (4I/2K)

264 If I was stuck at Burning Man with Grover Norquist, I would dive headfirst into the mud...

Grover Norquist
@GroverNorquist
Burning Man yesterday after rain….double rainbow.
The Playa was dry and walkable tonight.
All the artwork,the Man and the Temple were on display
A memorable year. More rain. Less dust.
Discussions of whether eating vegans counted as keeping vegetarian were strictly hypothetical

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 04, 2023 12:16 PM (TGPs7)

265 "As your paycheck’s purchasing power erodes each month due to inflation, you can take solace in knowing that North Carolina State University is repurposing your lost purchasing power to build a Pakistani women’s climate change consortium."

Well, I mean - maybe it will get built, maybe it won't. But a large chunk of the money at minimum IS going to woketards at various universities.

It's simply a new priesthood. And like just about every priesthood, especially goverment-backed ones, it's just a vehicle for sucking up money and power.

Posted by: somedood at September 04, 2023 12:18 PM (++emK)

266 "Speed up the train.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2023 12:01 PM (X1fBQ)"

Yeah, you make sure the ones responsible don't survive the crash while making your own preparations to bail.

Posted by: somedood at September 04, 2023 12:19 PM (++emK)

267 Mystery Science Theatre > Shutdown Theater

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Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at September 04, 2023 12:24 PM (6FUS+)

269 Like the burning of gonorrhea.

https://youtu.be/wLRlbsBJhio?si=qD6vpvSgxXC5uEW8

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at September 04, 2023 12:26 PM (NBVIP)

270 Jason Chaffetz was laughing this am on one of the news shows about burning man and the rain. He said that part of Utah has clay desert soil and two inches of rain turns it into cement. Nothing moves.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 04, 2023 12:39 PM (BmXeX)

271 "Regarding that ”
'$4 billion for border and migration issues,”
' do you remember when all the “budget hawks” in both parties were adamant that there was not $5 billion to fund Trump’s border wall, but now that Joe Biden has thrown the border open we are going to spend another $4 billion, on top of all that has already been spent, dealing with the domestic humanitarian crisis his policies have unleashed."

And how much do you want to bet that most of that $4 billion will go to Blue mayors and governors squawking about migrants being sent to their cities and states?

Posted by: Paul at September 04, 2023 12:40 PM (yt3pv)

272 Very important post today, Buck(and Rando). Will pull back on some Substack subscriptions and put that money here and to Rons like Rando.

Posted by: Danimal28 at September 04, 2023 01:17 PM (ryUqI)

273 And check out the salaries of Winrock Int'l, the "charity" that got the big appropriation. We are paying them with our money.

All six figures, with the CEO over $600,000

http://tinyurl.com/4dy6erm2

Posted by: PJ at September 04, 2023 01:21 PM (G1dq6)

274 If website owners enable it, there is a mechanism where Brave will pay websites on behalf of the Brave users who surf there. It is a tradeoff for watching extra ads in the Brave browser. I had built up about $2 a month.

Posted by: MikeN at September 04, 2023 02:28 PM (XygMV)

275 OT:
Pay@home have it wrong. I have better way to make money.

https://is.gd/x2B6gK

Posted by: Zelinsky at September 04, 2023 03:39 PM (ynpvh)

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