Quick Hits

They'll claim that Republicans are to blame for lower police morale, because we called attention to the War on Police and that made police sad.

Florida Man arrested for attempting to cross ocean on human-sized hamster wheel.

Coast Guard officials arrested a Florida man after they intercepted his unusual hamster wheel contraption that he was allegedly attempting to 'run' to London.
According to a criminal complaint, 44-year-old Reza Baluchi is facing federal charges after he was rescued 70 miles off Tybee Island, Georgia by coast guard officials. The marathoner was found on August 26 in his bizarre hamster wheel contraption and asked "standard questions."
"Based on the condition of the vessel -- which was afloat as a result of wiring and buoys -- USCG officers determined Baluchi was conducting a manifestly unsafe voyage," the criminal complaint says.
The "manifesting unsafe" vessel is a giant metal drum, with inflatable buoys on each side and paddles that are powered by a runner inside.

The complaint says that Baluchi was unable to provide officials with the required registration for his water vehicle and informed officials that he was running in his hamster wheel all the way to London, England.

He may seem crazy, but he's just a man with a dream.

When Coast Guard officers told Baluchi they were cutting his voyage short, Baluchi threatened to kill himself with a 12-inch knife if anyone tried to apprehend him, and claimed to have a bomb aboard, according to the complaint.

Oh wait he's crazy.

"My goal is to not only raise money for homeless people, raise money for the Coast Guard, raise money for the police department, raise money for the fire department," Baluchi said. "They are in public service, they do it for safety, and they help other people."

No wonder we had a glitch yesterday! This guy stole one of the hamster wheels!

A brand-new propaganda term is being debuted by the leftwing propaganda media:

The UK's economy is surging post-Brexit, destroying the left's propaganda that trade with Slovakia was absolutely critical to the economic well-being of the English.

Ever since the first days of the EU referendum campaign in 2016, the Remain side has been warning us that economic disaster is on the horizon. Time and again, they have reminded us of the near-total 'expert' consensus that leaving the EU would shatter the UK economy. Since we formally left the EU in 2020, elite Remainers have developed a kind of Brexit Tourette's syndrome. Seemingly every economic challenge, from pandemic-induced supply-chain snarl-ups to post-Ukraine energy-price hikes, is now blamed squarely on Brexit.
Britain's GDP figures, in particular, have long been weaponised to the end of undermining Brexit. Mainstream media outlets have relished reporting the UK's relatively slow recovery from the Covid pandemic, compared with other advanced economies. BBC News analysis from January this year claimed that 'The UK is the only major rich economy that remains smaller -- poorer -- than prior to the pandemic and Brexit may be a factor'. In December 2022, the Financial Times sneered that 'Britain is the only G7 economy that remains smaller than it was before the pandemic', which apparently suggested that the 'damage inflicted to the economy's supply side by Covid and Brexit is even larger than previously thought'. Also from the FT, in a slickly produced video called 'The Brexit Effect', public-policy editor Peter Foster pointed to 'the gap between the UK's performance, which has uniquely suffered Brexit, and the performance of other economies which have not'. In fact, as recently as mid-August this year, it was believed that the UK had still not recovered from the pandemic, unlike every other G7 country.
Except last week, Britain's GDP figures were radically revised. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) now says that the UK economy actually recovered from the pandemic recession back in 2021. It turns out that wholesalers and the healthcare sector, in particular, had produced much greater output than previously thought.
These updated figures suggest that the UK economy is as much as two per cent larger than previously believed. This means that the UK can no longer be considered the worst-performing economy in the G7. In fact, post-Brexit, the UK recovered from the pandemic at a similar rate to France and at a faster pace than Germany, Europe's largest economy.
The ONS's revision is extraordinary. As one leading economist put it: 'The entire UK economic narrative -- post-pandemic -- has just been revised away.' The very basis for the Remainer elites' narrative of doom has now been shattered before our eyes.

The sexy, shapely ladies of The View fat-shamed Trump.

And the super-vaxxed Whoopie has covid.

Joy Behar: “Whoopi is not here — she has COVID”

The View Audience: “Woooahhhhhh”

Joy Behar: “It’s back — IT’S BACK!”

pic.twitter.com/xdQyOyv4Bk
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 5, 2023

Give them the corporate death penalty -- total boycott.

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: America's top gun safe manufacturer, Liberty Safe, gave the FBI an access code to a safe owned by someone who was present at the J6 protest.
We have officially found the Bud Light of gun safes. Enjoy going out of business, @libertysafeinc
.
The situation gets even worse: On August 30, 2023, the FBI raided the owner of the safe, Arkansas man Nathan Hughes who is a friend of the @hodgetwins
.
Not only did they access his safe but the FBI also allegedly turned off his security cameras and held his girlfriend at gun point.
In a statement Liberty Safe confirmed they gave the FBI Hughes' code:
"Liberty Safe was contacted by the FBI requesting the access code to the safe of an individual for whom they had a warrant to search their property..."
"Liberty Safe is devoted to protecting the personal property and 2nd amendment rights of our customers..."
Shameful.

NEW: America’s top gun safe manufacturer, Liberty Safe, gave the FBI an access code to a safe owned by someone who was present at the J6 protest.

We have officially found the Bud Light of gun safes. Enjoy going out of business, @libertysafeinc.

The situation gets even worse: On… pic.twitter.com/MY7jSlJoyK
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 6, 2023

Video emerges from Delta flight that had to make emergency landing due to passenger’s diarrhea https://t.co/Qppgulm37O

pic.twitter.com/uS0pjgSHLa
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 6, 2023

When you had something dodgy to eat
and you smell a Terror at 20,000 Feet
diarrhea boom-boom, diarrhea boom-boom...

Posted by: Ace at 06:46 PM

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1 Sponge

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2023 06:47 PM (Eeb9P)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2023 06:49 PM (Eeb9P)

3 The chick in the snakeskin boots is a one.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2023 06:49 PM (Eeb9P)

4 Mr. Hamster Wheel sounds suspiciously like *ahem* a retard.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 06, 2023 06:49 PM (4HqTK)

5 Maybe for his next trick Mr. Hamster Wheel could attempt an airborne crossing of China in a lawn chair tied to a bunch of party balloons.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 06, 2023 06:51 PM (4HqTK)

6 That vid brings a hole new meaning to 'the screaming sh*ts'.

Holely cow!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2023 06:51 PM (QG3cQ)

7 Is that the arsonist fleeing the fire?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 06, 2023 06:52 PM (TE/QM)

8 Does the guy need to be arrested?

Let him drown. Or don't. But arrest?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 06, 2023 06:53 PM (qO2tg)

9 It’s not my country anymore when a man can’t hamster wheel his way to Europe without the federal government being an asshole about it

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at September 06, 2023 06:53 PM (VTu1l)

10 I got nothing.

Nothing.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at September 06, 2023 06:53 PM (bZTDg)

11 Boobs!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 06, 2023 06:53 PM (xTRSc)

12 Probably should have skipped the diarrhea picture

Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2023 06:53 PM (bs+z0)

13 I have to say, the paddle wheel seems well engineered, for a day on the lake anyway.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 06, 2023 06:54 PM (TE/QM)

14 Climate breakdown? That's just great, another thing breaking down under Biden.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 06, 2023 06:54 PM (fs1hN)

15 I miss Larry the lawn chair pilot.
That guy was legendary.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 06, 2023 06:54 PM (MeG8a)

16
I haven't read down the NBC story, but that they would go that far in the headline and first paragraph is pretty big.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (lCaJd)

17 No one wants to be a police officer anymore. The left destroyed that profession after the Saint George riots. In Philly, we went from a 6,500 department to about a 4,200 department in three years.

My division used to have 80 detectives. We have half that because everyone quit or joined a good suburban department.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (G8mG7)

18 Current Vegas odd for a a trump conviction stand at YES. -300
That shows a 75% chance of guilty

Posted by: Paul at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (vrSgz)

19 Safe manufacturers have all that on file at their fingertips? Who the owner is and their combination?

To me that's more disturbing than them handing that info over to the FBI. Talk about an easy data breach. Some disgruntled employee can walk out of there with a thumb drive and have every safe combination and location of their owner.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (MV2Fa)

20 portraying a shortage of police force is the left's justification for a national police force

Posted by: Grateful at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

21 Why would a safe manufacturer have the code to a customer's safe in the first place?

Posted by: JSchuler at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (l6eKM)

22 Why is it against the law to build a hamster wheel to cross the ocean? I'm pretty sure there is no such power listed in the Constitution.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (lc5cP)

23 Does the climate breakdown picture look like it is from a video game?

Posted by: fluffy at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (86W+h)

24 Posted by: Paul at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (vrSgz)

Conviction ass wipe not guilt

Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (bs+z0)

25 Exactly how many fucking FBI agents does it require to arrest one trespasser?

Posted by: Oedipus at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (Z6vKV)

26 Does the guy need to be arrested?

Let him drown. Or don't. But arrest?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Hell, the jackbooted thugs arrested churchgoers and clerics during the Wuflu - that Rubicon has been crossed.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (QG3cQ)

27 Oh wait he's crazy.
.......

Did he even have one of those water bottles with the feeder tube hanging down in front of him?

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (v0R5T)

28 >>>portraying a shortage of police force is the left's justification for a national police force
Posted by: Grateful

It's coming. Quicker than you think.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (G8mG7)

29 Abolish The Coast Guard.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (R/m4+)

30 The police didn’t cover themselves with glory when they turned a blind eye to MAGA supporters being beat up right in front of them and all they did was snicker about it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM (WrqE3)

31 "Liberty Safe is devoted to protecting the personal property and 2nd amendment rights of our customers..."

Um, I don't think they understand what any of those words mean...

Posted by: Moki at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM (JrN/x)

32 Maybe a little dish of lettuce next to him?

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM (v0R5T)

33 Boobs!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 06, 2023 06:53 PM (xTRSc)

I call foul!
I wasted precious time scrolling back up only to find nothing.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM (uSHSS)

34 portraying a shortage of police force is the left's justification for a national police force
Posted by: Grateful at September 06, 2023 06:55 PM (IQ6Gq)
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If they can't recruit them at the local level, why do they think they can recruit them at the national level?

Also, just issuing a badge and a gun to Antifa/BLM does not make them cops. It makes them official thugs of the regime.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM (BpYfr)

35 "Does the climate breakdown picture look like it is from a video game?"

*scrolls up*

*looks*

*looks again*

Why yes, yes it does. Couldn't tell you which one though.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 06, 2023 06:58 PM (ou9hh)

36 Why would a safe manufacturer have the code to a customer's safe in the first place?
Posted by: JSchuler at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (l6eKM)
===============
Surprise!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 06:58 PM (K+C70)

37 I am sure that human hamster wheel wasn't going to make it, no way enough food and water

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (fwDg9)

38 Why is it against the law to build a hamster wheel to cross the ocean? I'm pretty sure there is no such power listed in the Constitution.

For the same reason the police can arrest someone threatening to commit suicide. They aren't really arresting them; they're making it possible to commit them against their will.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (I/Qkd)

39 I like the way he alternated the different types of fenders. That's how you can tell it was well engineered.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (ZLI7S)

40 Doom Guy barely escaped that fire during the "climate breakdown".

Also, weirdly, he casts no shadow.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (hCzfy)

41 The kind of people that buy gun safes that are that expensive, do their homework. If they are publicly traded, short their stock. They are done.

What absolute idiots.

Funny that Apple can stick its middle finger up when theyre asked to unlock an actual terrorist phone, but a gun safe manufacturer just hands over a gun safe combo for some J6 fishing expedition.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 07:00 PM (MV2Fa)

42 Clearly the solution to a FBI raid is to live somewhere that a dozen vehicles cannot come rolling in and park.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:00 PM (uSHSS)

43 And was pondering this upcoming Hottest Year Ever that was coming.
How many weather stations were there in 1855?

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2023 07:00 PM (fwDg9)

44 The hamster wheel cage is kind of cool. I give him credit for creativity.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2023 07:00 PM (RSbhh)

45 Kurt, you read the odds incorrectly: the chances aren't 75%. The chances are 100%. The execution is at 75%, you dipshit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 07:00 PM (K+C70)

46 Also, just issuing a badge and a gun to Antifa/BLM does not make them cops. It makes them official thugs of the regime.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM

Why, yes, citizen...yes, it does.

Anyway...

Posted by: Your Fascist Overlords at September 06, 2023 07:00 PM (aQy7p)

47 Fuck the police

They won’t do shit about shoplifting here but they’ll cite a family friend of mine with a spotless driving record for speeding and EVADING THE POLICE

WHAT.

THE.

FUCK.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at September 06, 2023 07:01 PM (VTu1l)

48 Wait, so we can't be bothered to enforce the country's southern border, but we *can* take the trouble to lock up a boater whose boat may or may not have allowed him to complete his voyage?

Posted by: Crusader at September 06, 2023 07:01 PM (ibQSj)

49 Pretty sure the guy running from the flames in the "climate breakdown" story is a photoshop. His feet aren't touching the ground and he has no shadow even though everything else does.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 06, 2023 07:01 PM (nC+QA)

50 Airplane? Bunker!

https://tinyurl.com/4968bcj9

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (xLh2x)

51 I think the Coast Guard was just mad that he didn't have shredded newspaper or sawdust in his cage.

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (v0R5T)

52 >>I am sure that human hamster wheel wasn't going to make it, no way enough food and water

I don't think that was his biggest issue. I think he would have run out of life long before he ran out of food and water.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (ZLI7S)

53 There is a place on earth if you build a homemade boat and tried to sail away they would arrest or machine gun you as you floated by.

Used to be Cuba….now it’s the United States.

Thank you Obama voters!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (R/m4+)

54 thx for some light-hearted amusement, Ace! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (vbuLV)

55
When you're sitting on a plane
And here it comes again
Diarrhea! Diarrhea!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (xG4kz)

56 Does the term "banality of evi"l cover 14 Stazi assholes in GM fleet vehicles?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 06, 2023 07:02 PM (hCzfy)

57 Our little city has big, expensive posters up around town begging people to apply to the police force. honestly, it's an easy job here, since all they do is write tickets from cameras. I haven't seen a local cop driving around in months.

Posted by: Moki at September 06, 2023 07:03 PM (JrN/x)

58 Where else can you read about a giant hamster wheel , explosive diarrhea, and Obama getting blowjob.

I love this blog.

Posted by: mpfs at September 06, 2023 07:03 PM (eIk+V)

59 >>>The chick in the snakeskin boots is a one.
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2023 06:49 PM (Eeb9P)

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Nobody, and I mean nobody on the View is a 1. They would need to "hide the crazy" first, at the very least.

Posted by: Turn 2 at September 06, 2023 07:03 PM (JfxgE)

60 Doom Guy barely escaped that fire during the "climate breakdown".

Also, weirdly, he casts no shadow.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (hCzfy)
***

Abnormally large cell phone too.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:03 PM (uSHSS)

61 Reading more into it, I guess their safes have a master code?

That alone would make me never want to buy it. Once that gets out, the safe does nothing.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 07:04 PM (MV2Fa)

62 61 Reading more into it, I guess their safes have a master code?

And the FBI knew about it

Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2023 07:04 PM (bs+z0)

63 "Climate Breakdown" image made me think of one of those Mission Impossible scenes where Tom Cruise is running away from explosions in the background.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 06, 2023 07:05 PM (pIx7m)

64 Our little city has big, expensive posters up around town begging people to apply to the police force. honestly, it's an easy job here, since all they do is write tickets from cameras. I haven't seen a local cop driving around in months.
Posted by: Moki
__

Im going to part ways with most conservatives and say we honestly have too many cops.

Most law enforcement is just writing traffic tickets anyway. Just another version of the IRS.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 07:05 PM (MV2Fa)

65 Climate breakdown?
Hottest summer evah?

My Bullshit meter just maxed out.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:05 PM (uSHSS)

66 Liberty Safe just wants you to know that they keep a backdoor code for your safe for your own good. Yeah, that's the ticket! Your own good!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (K+C70)

67 "The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting."
........

Can't argue with SCIENCE !

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (v0R5T)

68 " the murder of George Floyd by a police officer" NBC "News".

yeah, Floyd died from self inflicted overdose, kinda like dying with Covid instead of from Covid. He was already dying when they tried to constrain him (death throes?). But the cops did give media the photo op that they wanted ... and the trial fabricated more of the narrative.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (Cus5s)

69 No manufacturers don't have the owner's name and combination on file. They have a master code to open any of their safes.

This is commonly known in security circles but isn't advertised for obvious reasons.

The Feds, of course, knew or they wouldn't have asked for it. Liberty should have declined, and saved their reputation. But, ultimately, the Feds would have gotten in anyway. Liberty should still drown in a vat of Bud Light.

A manual lock is not any better. You don't even need a master code for them. There are strategies for getting any manual lock open. It's matter of how long it will take, not if. There are competitions for lock picking and it is considered a hobby.

The only thing keeping you safe from the government in your person and in your papers was the Constitution. Not your banks safety deposit boxes, not your lawyer's office, not any safe you can ever own. If they can find it they can open it.

In other words, wet toilet paper is the only thing between you and the Feds.

Posted by: Just Lily at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (RLLZj)

70 60 Doom Guy barely escaped that fire during the "climate breakdown".

Also, weirdly, he casts no shadow.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (hCzfy)
***

Abnormally large cell phone too.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:03 PM (uSHSS)
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And he's smiling!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (pIx7m)

71 Three 'news' chyrons from here tonight:

Earth sweltered through the hottest summer ever measured in the Northern Hemisphere.

UN Secretary-General urges world leaders to take immediate action to address "climate chaos".

African Climate Summit issues unanimous call for world leaders to support global tax on fossil fuels.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (krqg6)

72 Reading more into it, I guess their safes have a master code?

That alone would make me never want to buy it. Once that gets out, the safe does nothing.

I expect it is a code specific to each safe. Give us he serial number and we’ll give you our back door code.

Wait, maybe this belongs in the previous thread…

Posted by: db (lowercase since 2008) back from a 2 year break at September 06, 2023 07:07 PM (wu87C)

73
Why is it against the law to build a hamster wheel to cross the ocean? I'm pretty sure there is no such power listed in the Constitution.

Now, if he had mounted an 18th Century naval gun therein, he could have styled himself as the "Hamster Wheel Pirate, Scourge of the Gulf of Pine Shavings!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 06, 2023 07:07 PM (xG4kz)

74 "On the goooood ship
Manifestly Unsafe --"

Wait. What the fuck? Sidney!!

Posted by: Shirley Shecanbe Sirius at September 06, 2023 07:07 PM (nts+A)

75 @53;
boom. there it is.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 06, 2023 07:07 PM (vbuLV)

76 "The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting."

Which is why there is more ice in the Arctic now than at this time in 2007.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 06, 2023 07:07 PM (2tUFv)

77 Liberty Safe just wants you to know that they keep a backdoor code for your safe for your own good. Yeah, that's the ticket! Your own good!
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Even without the backdrop of handing this over to the FBI, it's a fatal flaw to your product.

If someone really wanted to put the hurt on Liberty, put the code on the internet and let everyone have it.

I guess it's back to traditional dial safes.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 07:08 PM (MV2Fa)

78 Turns out Larry Sinclair thinks Obama was a terrible race-baiter President, who destroyed civil society. The Democrat Underground will leap all over that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 07:08 PM (K+C70)

79 Three years in, they're still going after J6 adjacent, yet Ray Epp still walks free.

Nothing suspicious about that, not at all.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 06, 2023 07:08 PM (2YtOq)

80 70 miles off the coast? What gives the coast guard the authority to arrest someone in international waters?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 06, 2023 07:09 PM (u73oe)

81 Dude, the two opposite the Venomous Hag are one's, just use a fake name or burner phone.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 06, 2023 07:09 PM (Eeb9P)

82 I expect it is a code specific to each safe. Give us he serial number and we’ll give you our back door code.

Wait, maybe this belongs in the previous thread…
Posted by: db
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Probably correct.

Still a hell of a potential breach. You know that's some tiny .pdf file sitting on a computer in their office that every shady locksmith probably already has.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (MV2Fa)

83 >>The sexy, shapely ladies of The View fat-shamed Trump.

Is this a form of irony, comedy or both?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (XV/Pl)

84 I don't really have a whole lot of sympathy with the police, especially when they are trying to steal from me by demanding I pay a fine for a traffic violation caught on a traffic camera.

Problem: such traffic law enforcement has been illegal in TX for the past four years. No, I don't care about what contract the city has. The law is the law. And maybe the police should have knowledge of the laws they enforce.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (f0XAF)

85 Nothing is safe from the yankee government.

Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (NxC5+)

86 Was a article at American Thinker couple weeks ago they are feeding a BS line they know the earth temperature for centuries yet alone millennium.

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (fwDg9)

87 They sure waste a lot of money on Joy's hairdo.

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (v0R5T)

88 UN Secretary-General urges world leaders to take immediate action to address "climate chaos".

African Climate Summit issues unanimous call for world leaders to support global tax on fossil fuels.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:06 PM (krqg6)
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They sound panicky, like they think this is their last decent chance to get into American pockets. Gives me a little hope for the future.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 07:11 PM (K+C70)

89 Demonize a profession as racist killers and that profession has a hard time attracting people. Huh. How weird and unexpected.

Posted by: Montec at September 06, 2023 07:12 PM (9W4fz)

90 They sound panicky, like they think this is their last decent chance to get into American pockets. Gives me a little hope for the future.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 07:11 PM (K+C70)

Well no matter if they do get into America's pockets. Ukraine already picked them clean.

Posted by: Just Lily at September 06, 2023 07:12 PM (RLLZj)

91 The best gun safe. Get an old water heater, cut out the back, maybe line with carpet. Put guns 'n stuff in it, stand in corner of basement. Run some dummy pipes out the top. Thieves walk right by it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2023 07:13 PM (0EOe9)

92 Weird, the suburban police departments around Portland have no problem recruiting cops.

Of course, a lot of the suburban cops are ex-Portland cops.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 06, 2023 07:13 PM (2tUFv)

93 About the climate causing the Lahaina fire:

February 2023 satellite or drone lasers filmed moving across Hawaiian island:

https://tinyurl.com/v6tzv86z

I never heard about it at the time. Wonder about it now...

Posted by: Ju at September 06, 2023 07:13 PM (aTmM/)

94 don't really have a whole lot of sympathy with the police, especially when they are trying to steal from me by demanding I pay a fine for a traffic violation caught on a traffic camera.

—

Eh. That’s not the police that’s the city/county. Can’t really blame the police for enforcing laws that politicians enacted.

Posted by: Montec at September 06, 2023 07:13 PM (9W4fz)

95 84 I don't really have a whole lot of sympathy with the police, especially when they are trying to steal from me by demanding I pay a fine for a traffic violation caught on a traffic camera.

Problem: such traffic law enforcement has been illegal in TX for the past four years. No, I don't care about what contract the city has. The law is the law. And maybe the police should have knowledge of the laws they enforce.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM (f0XAF)

Our burb just installed the cameras all over town about a year ago. Husband got burned on a right turn on red without a full complete stop (he paused then rolled) when there wasn't another car in sight. Fifty bucks. If a real cop had seen him, he'd let it go, just like all the red light turners around here prior to the cameras. The cameras jacked up revenue a hundred percent, and they don't have to use gas or wear out a squad car. City is happy to take the money and do heaven knows what, because it sure isn't infrastructure.

Posted by: Moki at September 06, 2023 07:14 PM (JrN/x)

96 Funny how "climate (insert word of choice here, because sound scientific theory requires marketing, dont'cha know)" always involves destroying the United States economy in order to stop it.

I thought this was a GLOBAL problem, guys. What about China? Or is Chinese pollution somehow beneficial to the environment?

(crickets)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:14 PM (f0XAF)

97 In 2022 there was a huge earthquake in Tonga I believe which has more influence on any "climate" change than any fossil fuels.

Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2023 07:14 PM (bs+z0)

98 Good evening horde. Thanks for posting the UK post-Brexit data. Interesting to watch.

Posted by: TRex at September 06, 2023 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

99 For the same reason the police can arrest someone threatening to commit suicide. They aren't really arresting them; they're making it possible to commit them against their will.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 06:59 PM (I/Qkd)

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Why not arrest trans people as that is probably the clearest marker of being suicidal?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 06, 2023 07:15 PM (WrqE3)

100 In order of hysteria:

Climate breakdown > Climate Chaos > Climate Change > Global Warming

I know I'm missing some, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 07:15 PM (I/Qkd)

101 Turns out Larry Sinclair thinks Obama was a terrible race-baiter President, who destroyed civil society.

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Larry Sinclair's secret identity is Noshit Sherlock.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 06, 2023 07:15 PM (FVME7)

102 Brand-new propaganda term? Was "boiling climate" laughed out of the room already?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2023 07:15 PM (qPw5n)

103 It is all an Empire of Lies now, Ace… I believe nothing from Media, by default.. I have a Secular Crisis of Faith..

Posted by: tubal at September 06, 2023 07:15 PM (PCK5/)

104 "The best gun safe."

I like the way you think!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 06, 2023 07:16 PM (MeG8a)

105 Three people on board an inflatable catamaran in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia have been rescued after the vessel was damaged from several shark attacks, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Wednesday.

Photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the yacht torn away.

"The vessel departed from Vanuatu and was bound for Cairns (Australia) when contact was established. Both hulls of the vessel have been damaged following several shark attacks," the AMSA said in a statement.

Rescue crews responded to an emergency positioning beacon registered to the Tion, a nine-metre inflatable catamaran on a round-the-world expedition, early on Wednesday morning. The yacht was located about 835 kms (519 miles) southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea.

AMSA requested the assistance of a Panama-flagged vehicle carrier, which successfully conducted the rescue.

The three passengers - two Russian and one French citizen - are due to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday, AMSA said.

The three men on board the boat were unharmed, said Anna Kosikhina, a spokesperson for the voyage, which she said was aimed at promoting Russia and Siberia...

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:16 PM (krqg6)

106 2022 there was a huge earthquake in Tonga I believe which has more influence on any "climate" change than any fossil fuels.
Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2023 07:14 PM (bs+z0)
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Massive eruption and estimates it increased the amount of water vapor in the air by 5%. Couple that with a lot of sunspot activity and you get: global warming caused by people!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 06, 2023 07:17 PM (2YtOq)

107 Thanks, Grumpy.

In order of hysteria:

Climate breakdown > Climate Chaos = Climate Boiling > Climate Change > Global Warming

I know I'm STILL missing some, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 07:17 PM (I/Qkd)

108 Also, just issuing a badge and a gun to Antifa/BLM does not make them cops. It makes them official thugs of the regime.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 06, 2023 06:57 PM
**********

Yes, precisely the plan for our futures.

Posted by: Grateful at September 06, 2023 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 Portland's county just banned the sale of flavored tobacco and vapes.

Fortunately, methamphetamine and fentanyl are still freely available.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 06, 2023 07:18 PM (2tUFv)

110 Three people on board an inflatable catamaran in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia have been rescued after the vessel was damaged from several shark attacks, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Wednesday.
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If only they'd been traveling the world in a hamster wheel...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 06, 2023 07:18 PM (BpYfr)

111 "The best gun safe. Get an old water heater, cut out the back, maybe line with carpet."

yeah, if I had stuff to hide from bad guys (like the FBI) I'd probably dig a hole in the back forty or some such place. But they can plant whatever evidence they want in my gun safe, or on my computer. They are terrorists like that. No rules for them ... destroying American Liberty at every turn ... it is (apparently) in their mission statement.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 06, 2023 07:18 PM (Cus5s)

112 Back in Seat 18 C
You discover that's not pee
That's diarrhea, that's diarrhea.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:19 PM (uSHSS)

113 i vaguely get a scent of what it was like to be jewish in germany after hitler became chancellor

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:19 PM (B1FKF)

114 Here in AZ, it didn't break the records. Last one was set in like 1989.

So if we're heating up, why was it hotter 30+ years ago?

And you'll never hear squat when some cold temp is broken.

I do think the climate is changing, I just dont buy its all man made.

Posted by: Blago at September 06, 2023 07:20 PM (MV2Fa)

115 inflatable catamaran, lol, better or worse than hamster-wheel paddleboat?

discuss, if you can stop laughing.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 06, 2023 07:20 PM (vbuLV)

116 President Biden walked into the State Dining Room at 1:21 pm. He was not wearing a mask when he entered the room.

"They keep telling me because it has to be 10 days or something, I gotta keep wearing it. But don't tell them I didn't have it on when I walked in," Biden joked at the top.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (krqg6)

117 Anyone been asked to confirm whether you have firearms in the home as a condition of obtaining home insurance or medical insurance? (Not asking whether your insurance covers theft of the equipment or liability for its use.)

Posted by: TRex at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

118 What did Covid have to do with the police shortage? Is the article insinuating that police were dropping like flies from Covid?

The whole "defund the police" movement had just the tiniest bit of effect on their morale, I guess.

Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (pTb/Z)

119 funny how hot it gets when your temperature station is in the middle of an airport

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (B1FKF)

120 20 portraying a shortage of police force is the left's justification for a national police force
Posted by: Grateful

A national police force that is as well funded as the military. The former depraved, fascist, god-king Obama said that once.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (v9vY1)

121 ✪ Evil Texan ✪ @vileTexan 1h
Liberty Safe's new ad campaign 😂
https://tinyurl.com/yakzy6xm

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:22 PM (krqg6)

122 So "George Floyd was murdered." I suppose it is Whyt Supremasisses to disagree.

Posted by: Global Boiling means it's always tea time at September 06, 2023 07:22 PM (5RP1D)

123 also getting the scent of pot now that it's pretty much legal in new york.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (B1FKF)

124 @107 Archimedes: Quite welcome. I actually looked the silly term up again just now and apparently it was "Global Boiling"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (qPw5n)

125
A national police force that is as well funded as the military.

Like the cops in Clockwork Orange.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (xLh2x)

126 How was your long-weekend, JackStraw??

New York Post @nypost 8h
70-foot yacht carrying guns, drugs and prostitutes discovered in Nantucket Harbor: report trib.al/UW83p5S

Catturd ™ @catturd2 5h
Where's Hunter?

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (krqg6)

127 So Antifa are the Droogs??

Posted by: tubal at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (PCK5/)

128 a police officer shortage wouldn't matter if you were allowed to have a gun and use it when necessary.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (B1FKF)

129 47 Fuck the police

They won’t do shit about shoplifting here but they’ll cite a family friend of mine with a spotless driving record for speeding and EVADING THE POLICE

WHAT.

THE.

FUCK.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at September 06, 2023 07:01 PM (VTu1l)

The police love to call anyone who isn't a cop a coward. For any reason. When, in truth, police officers are the biggest cowards in the country. They have all sorts of laws that coddle them. For instance:

Time was when I saw a traffic stop, I would go into the far lane driving down the road, as a courtesy. Then the cops got mad because not everyone was doing it. So it became a law. Now I can't even be courteous to them because that's the law now and not something I can exercise of my own freewill.

These are people I want to like more, but everytime I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, they spit in the face of the public while simlutaneously crying about how people must worship the ground they walk on. I don't know, maybe have a little more respect for the people who pay your wages?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (f0XAF)

130 getting the scent of pot now

Constantly from passing cars.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (xLh2x)

131
When you're in the Vatican
and you shit you pants again
then you're a Brandon, then you're a Brandon

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (kLcQm)

132 When the FBI can arrest a pastor for not breaking the law, with a complete show of force, weapons drawn, etc., and the legal system tries to get the pastor to plead out, well, it means the system cannot be redeemed.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (2YtOq)

133 There's a twenty something mile stretch of Lake Erie, from PA to Canada, hamster wheel guy could have tried and been the next morning talk show hero. People make the run all the time in their Bayliners just to say they did an international trip.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (0EOe9)

134 coming soon: global fricasseeing

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (B1FKF)

135 Exactly how many fucking FBI agents does it require to arrest one trespasser?

The leviathan swarm is a message to all of us.

Posted by: Halfhand at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (CFQZB)

136 >>Three people on board an inflatable catamaran in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia have been rescued after the vessel was damaged from several shark attacks, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Wednesday.

A few years ago the Coast Guard had to rescue a 40 something year old Aussie and his dad when they attempted to sail a very, very used sailboat from here to Australia. They got as far as Martha's Vineyard before the boat started falling apart in a mid level nor'easter. The son has been sailing a handful of times, the father had never been on a boat and couldn't even swim.

I empathize with the big brother sentiment but the world is full of some really dumb mofos and when the wheels come off, and the wheels always come off, it's the Coast Guard and others like them who are sent to risk their lives to save them.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (ZLI7S)

137 A national police force that is as well funded as the military. The former depraved, fascist, god-king Obama said that once.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (v9vY1)

The all knowing God-King, His Majesty The Shahinshah, doesn't know or care to know the difference between "unitary" and "federal" government.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (f0XAF)

138 New York Post @nypost 8h
70-foot yacht carrying guns, drugs and prostitutes discovered in Nantucket Harbor: report trib.al/UW83p5S

————-

Is that where I left it? Dammit!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (u73oe)

139 How was your long-weekend, JackStraw??

New York Post @nypost 8h
70-foot yacht carrying guns, drugs and prostitutes discovered in Nantucket Harbor: report trib.al/UW83p5S

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (krqg6)
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I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.

Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (pTb/Z)

140 In order of hysteria:

Climate breakdown > Climate Chaos = Global Boiling > Climate Change > Global Warming

I know I'm STILL missing some, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (I/Qkd)

141 Police shortage? Sell off the police motorcycles and convert the cycle-cops to street cops. The only thing motorcycle cops do is write traffic tickets...and only to those of us who are otherwise law abiding, because I highly doubt the illegals and the uninsured are getting ticketed by the mustached donut-eating cycle cops.

No matter what "Chips" might have wanted you to believe about Ponch and John, motorcycle cops aren't responding to bank robberies.

Posted by: Crusader at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (ibQSj)

142 117 Anyone been asked to confirm whether you have firearms in the home as a condition of obtaining home insurance or medical insurance? (Not asking whether your insurance covers theft of the equipment or liability for its use.)
Posted by: TRex at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

Not I. But this may vary by state. I'm in TX.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:27 PM (f0XAF)

143 >>I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.

Oh no you din't.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (ZLI7S)

144 @123; i got a chuckle the other day looking at the website for Boundary Waters: up top, main page, a notice pointing out that though Minnesota has legalized recreational use, it it still illegal on federal land, lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (vbuLV)

145 Exactly how many fucking FBI agents does it require to arrest one trespasser?

The leviathan swarm is a message to all of us.
Posted by: Halfhand at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (CFQZB)
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Lon Horiuchi has entered the chat

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (SbSen)

146 Anyone been asked to confirm whether you have firearms in the home as a condition of obtaining home insurance or medical insurance? (Not asking whether your insurance covers theft of the equipment or liability for its use.)
Posted by: TRex at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Here where I live, I think it's kind of assumed. (AZ)

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (2YtOq)

147 They won’t do shit about shoplifting here but they’ll cite a family friend of mine with a spotless driving record for speeding and EVADING THE POLICE

WHAT.

THE.

FUCK.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger

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It's pretty simple when you think about it.

There is a huge amount of risk in pulling over or confronting a black person who routinely breaks the law. There is little to no risk in pulling over a white person who never does.

Quotas don't care. They just need the "public interaction" or "Vehicular safety enforcement" or whatever it is that they pretend isn't a quota come annual performance review time.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (aS4ah)

148 coming soon: global fricasseeing
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM

Global sous viding.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (aQy7p)

149 What kind of country is this when you can't attempt an ocean crossing in a hamster wheel without being harassed by The Government!?

Whats next? You can't tie a bunch of helium balloons to a lawn chair and fly into the stratosphere!?

Posted by: Joey Scammooch at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (/IjJv)

150 I got a weird letter today from my homeowner's insurance provider. They said I need to pay 50% of my premium in advance or I will get an increase in my premiums.
I think I need a new insurer.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (MeG8a)

151 coming soon: global fricasseeing
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (B1FKF)
.......

Global Sous vide

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (v0R5T)

152 In order of hysteria:

Climate breakdown > Climate Chaos = Global Boiling > Climate Crisis = Climate emergency > Climate Change > Global Warming

I know I'm STILL missing some, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (I/Qkd)

153 seen at my mammy herald:

Lee is now a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic. By the weekend, it could be Category 4

[i blame trump]

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (B1FKF)

154 "Liberty Safe, where privacy goes to die."

Posted by: Joe kidtoucher at September 06, 2023 07:30 PM (SWHSV)

155 How was your long-weekend, JackStraw??

New York Post @nypost 8h
70-foot yacht carrying guns, drugs and prostitutes discovered in Nantucket Harbor: report trib.al/UW83p5S

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (krqg6)
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I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.
Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (pTb/Z)
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Well, ONE of the Morons must be involved...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 06, 2023 07:30 PM (BpYfr)

156 Is the view filmed in NY? And the studio audience sees their city decline and claps like trained seals for the kind of 'thought leaders' that leads to decline? I hope they get what they vote for, good and hard.

Posted by: Pierre Delecto at September 06, 2023 07:30 PM (fs1hN)

157
When you're spinning news for flacks
while you're filling up your slacks
then you're a Nadler, then you're a Nadler

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 06, 2023 07:30 PM (kLcQm)

158 African Climate Summit issues unanimous call for world leaders to support global tax on fossil fuels.
Posted by: andycanuck

Those African warlords never pass up an opportunity to make a quick buck. Those Swiss boarding schools they send their children too ain't cheap.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2023 07:30 PM (S8cdb)

159 Global sous viding.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (aQy7p)

Global Sous vide
Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (v0R5T)
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You people scare me.

Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (pTb/Z)

160 Climate breakdown. Mental breakdown. Whatevs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (RIvkX)

161 inflatable catamaran, lol, better or worse than hamster-wheel paddleboat?

discuss, if you can stop laughing.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 06, 2023 07:20 PM (vbuLV)

Its not like they tried to roller skate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: JT at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (T4tVD)

162 coming soon: global kentucky fried catastrophy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (B1FKF)

163 128 a police officer shortage wouldn't matter if you were allowed to have a gun and use it when necessary.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:24 PM (B1FKF)

Honestly, where I live, they are about worthless, and that's because I don't care how badass and hyper-competent the nearest DPS officers or Sheriff's deputies are, they are STILL beholden to the laws of physics. I do not live in the middle of nowhere. But I can see nowhere from the roof. It will take 30 minutes to an hour for any cops to get here. We in the country are on our own.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (f0XAF)

164 133 There's a twenty something mile stretch of Lake Erie, from PA to Canada, hamster wheel guy could have tried and been the next morning talk show hero. People make the run all the time in their Bayliners just to say they did an international trip.
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[hmm begins wondering]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (krqg6)

165 How was your long-weekend, JackStraw??

New York Post @nypost 8h
70-foot yacht carrying guns, drugs and prostitutes discovered in Nantucket Harbor: report trib.al/UW83p5S

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:23 PM (krqg6)
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I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.
Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (pTb/Z)
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Well, ONE of the Morons must be involved...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 06, 2023 07:30 PM (BpYfr)
***

So there really is a man from Nantucket!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (uSHSS)

166 I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.
Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (pTb/Z)
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Involved, no. Organized, oh yeah.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (2YtOq)

167 @121/andycanuck: Okay, now that's funny. :-)

Regarding LibertySafe though: All safe manufacturers keep track of the default combination that any safe ships out with, and any licensed locksmith can contact them to get that default combination.

Changing the code on an analog dial safe (3 or 4 wheel) is actually pretty easy. There are youtube videos on this. Learn how to do it, and never rely on the combination the safe shipped with. Analog wheel dials only remember one combination at a time, so once you reset it, the previous one is gone.

Digital combination entry on a safe I wouldn't trust. There could be a few alternate combinations stored in memory. You'd never know.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (qPw5n)

168 148
!!!

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (v0R5T)

169 Why have I had Diana Ross’ “Touch Me In the Morning” as an earworm for the past two days, despite my listening to it on YouTube last night in an attempt to exorcise it?

I mean it’s not a bad song, but it’s presence as an earworm annoys me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (xTRSc)

170 What kind of country is this when you can't attempt an ocean crossing in a hamster wheel without being harassed by The Government!?

--

Three felonies a day.

They can arrest anyone at any time. That's part of the benefit of no one being able to tell anyone else how many laws are on the books.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (aS4ah)

171 I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.
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Pot is still 'drugs', bluebell, despite decriminalization movements.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (krqg6)

172 Involved, no. Organized, oh yeah.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (2YtOq)
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Now that, I understand.

Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:33 PM (pTb/Z)

173 They sure waste a lot of money on Joy's hairdo.
Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:10 PM

Sometimes the black widow is outside the hairdo.

Posted by: 60's Beehives at September 06, 2023 07:33 PM (a3Q+t)

174 African Climate Summit issues unanimous call for world leaders to support global tax on fossil fuels.
______

Hey, the Chinese just asked for a small favor in exchange for significant investments, ok?

Posted by: African Climate Summit at September 06, 2023 07:33 PM (fs1hN)

175 Portland's county just banned the sale of flavored tobacco and vapes.

Fortunately, methamphetamine and fentanyl are still freely available.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

—

Same people who faint at the sight of a cigarette legalized hard drugs. it’s amazing to watch it happen in real time.

Posted by: Montec at September 06, 2023 07:33 PM (9W4fz)

176 150 I got a weird letter today from my homeowner's insurance provider.

Is that like an "insurer"?

Must "provider" be used for EVERYTHING?

Oh, never mind, for...

Posted by: English Is Dead at September 06, 2023 07:33 PM (f0XAF)

177 "I empathize with the big brother sentiment but the world is full of some really dumb mofos and when the wheels come off, and the wheels always come off, it's the Coast Guard and others like them who are sent to risk their lives to save them." Posted by: JackStraw

same problem with backpackers out West that go beyond their abilities, because they have a cell phone and can always call for (very expensive and risky) help. But the cops and others often (probably) enjoy the adventure, and overtime.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (Cus5s)

178 142 117 Anyone been asked to confirm whether you have firearms in the home as a condition of obtaining home insurance or medical insurance? (Not asking whether your insurance covers theft of the equipment or liability for its use.)
Posted by: TRex at September 06, 2023 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

Not I. But this may vary by state. I'm in TX.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:27 PM
My 'provider' almost asked me one time. She said 'Do you feel safe at home, oh of course you do. You always have a gun.'

Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (NxC5+)

179 (156) It certainly is. TRex's former employer had an accommodation nearby, and you could watch them line up hours in advance of the show to be part of the audience. Mostly tourists.

Posted by: Grateful at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

180 That Delta flight was the shitnizz.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (8fpTj)

181 I mean it’s not a bad song, but it’s presence as an earworm annoys me.

Here is my current earworm. Apparently it's big among the yutes.

https://tinyurl.com/yct6723a

Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (I/Qkd)

182 There's a twenty something mile stretch of Lake Erie, from PA to Canada, hamster wheel guy could have tried and been the next morning talk show hero. People make the run all the time in their Bayliners just to say they did an international trip.
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[hmm begins wondering]
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM (krqg6)
***

I'm thinking a new TikTok challenge.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (uSHSS)

183 If we've reached "climate breakdown," then no amount of money can reverse it, si? They've been setting Rubicon deadlines for years, so this must be it.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at September 06, 2023 07:35 PM (nts+A)

184 Global sous viding.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (aQy7p)

Global Sous vide
Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM (v0R5T)
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You people scare me.
Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:31 PM

Hordemind...beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:35 PM (aQy7p)

185 166 I've seen a couple references to this now. I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.
Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM (pTb/Z)

———-

Him and his good time buddies Durham and Horowitz.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 06, 2023 07:35 PM (WrqE3)

186 Here is my current earworm. Apparently it's big among the yutes.

https://tinyurl.com/yct6723a
Posted by: Archimedes at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM

The Major General's Song showed up in my YouTube sidebar. Now I have a G&S earworm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:36 PM (aQy7p)

187 Everything would have been just fine if that damn stewardess hadn't been blocking the aisle with the meal cart.

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at September 06, 2023 07:37 PM (v0R5T)

188 BREAKING: liberty safe to rename itself Black Rifle Safe

Posted by: Montec at September 06, 2023 07:37 PM (9W4fz)

189 It's pretty simple when you think about it.

There is a huge amount of risk in pulling over or confronting a black person who routinely breaks the law. There is little to no risk in pulling over a white person who never does.

Quotas don't care. They just need the "public interaction" or "Vehicular safety enforcement" or whatever it is that they pretend isn't a quota come annual performance review time.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM (aS4ah)

The next time the cops whine about there not being quotas, point out that local governments budget X amount of dollars to be raised through fines. So in every locality you visit in America, you are guilty until proven guilty.

Such practices should be illegal, but the sheeple are cool with it, so the beat goes on.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:37 PM (f0XAF)

190 I think it's funny you guys think he could be involved. It never occurred to me.
Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:26 PM

Not all of the Horde is as pure and innocent as Weasel, CBD, or I am, bluebell.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 06, 2023 07:37 PM (a3Q+t)

191 Earwigs… my current one is “Whisky in the Jar”..

Posted by: tubal at September 06, 2023 07:38 PM (PCK5/)

192 seen at my mammy herald:

Higher trash fees coming in Miami-Dade, but financial strains remain from garbage

[monday: miami dade grand jury indicts trump...]

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:38 PM (B1FKF)

193 I got a weird letter today from my homeowner's insurance provider. They said I need to pay 50% of my premium in advance or I will get an increase in my premiums.
I think I need a new insurer.
Posted by: gourmand

You live in California, right?
Your State government has enabled theft up to 1000 bucks without penalty, right?
When *stuff* is stolen insurance companies cover losses, right?
I think I see why the cost of ins might be rising for you.
You might want to get a bunch of quotes; but, I'd be surprised if they differ much...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 06, 2023 07:38 PM (x0Q2/)

194 Three felonies a day.

They can arrest anyone at any time. That's part of the benefit of no one being able to tell anyone else how many laws are on the books.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 06, 2023 07:32 PM (aS4ah)

This. I joked about it but you need a permit or license to do ANYTHING these days. It's tyranny. I went to CA in the 70s , camped on the beach and was lucky enough to be there when the Grunion run started. Big fun. Probably need a permit now to "harvest" them.

Posted by: Joey Scammooch at September 06, 2023 07:38 PM (/IjJv)

195 My 'provider' almost asked me one time. She said 'Do you feel safe at home, oh of course you do. You always have a gun.'
Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2023 07:34 PM (NxC5+)

Of pizza?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 06, 2023 07:39 PM (f0XAF)

196 Please, no penguins in the Café this evening.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 06, 2023 07:39 PM (a3Q+t)

197 BREAKING: liberty safe to rename itself Black Rifle Safe
Posted by: Montec at September 06, 2023 07:37 PM

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:39 PM (aQy7p)

198 Not all of the Horde is as pure and innocent as Weasel, CBD, or I am, bluebell.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 06, 2023 07:37 PM (a3Q+t)
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So very true, Dunc.

Posted by: bluebell at September 06, 2023 07:39 PM (pTb/Z)

199 I think there are something like 55,000 federal statutes.

Land of the free my ass.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 06, 2023 07:40 PM (WrqE3)

200 Hordemind > AI

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:41 PM (v0R5T)

201 Best solution to an earworm is to do math problems.

And yes, I know, so no examples.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:41 PM (uSHSS)

202 169 Why have I had Diana Ross’ “Touch Me In the Morning” as an earworm for the past two days, despite my listening to it on YouTube last night in an attempt to exorcise it?

I mean it’s not a bad song, but it’s presence as an earworm annoys me.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I've had an ear worm of the 'Fast Car' remake by that country artist (Luke something?). I recall the song when it came out in the late 80s. Didn't hate it, it wasn't bad. It was a horrible ear worm. Wouldn't go away. It's back now thanks to Luke whatever.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 06, 2023 07:41 PM (S8cdb)

203 Math problems? What if 6...turned out to be 9?

Posted by: Crusader at September 06, 2023 07:41 PM (ibQSj)

204 188, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (vbuLV)

205 Earwigs… my current one is “Whisky in the Jar”..
Posted by: tubal

The Metallica version (which is awesome)?

Posted by: Oedipus at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (Z6vKV)

206 199 I think there are something like 55,000 federal statutes.

Land of the free my ass
_____

Selectively applied to enemies of the State

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (fs1hN)

207 you wanna know what i seem to be obsessed with?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNpXHQRjiA

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (B1FKF)

208 Hi, lurking Mrs. Bulgaroctonus!

Just FYI, Honey. I never look at Joe Mannix’ chicks or the Afternoon Arterton.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (xTRSc)

209 Need an earworm cleanser?

https://tinyurl.com/37jscdj2

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (a3Q+t)

210 Math problems? What if 6...turned out to be 9?
Posted by: Crusader at September 06, 2023 07:41 PM (ibQSj)

Now everyone is thinking about this and not the song.
See!!?? It works!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 06, 2023 07:44 PM (uSHSS)

211 You can see the same guys hanging around the subway entrance in the AM as you see 8 or ten hours later on your way home from work. The only thing they accomplish is BSing and catcalling some girls. If they were put on a hamster wheel, they might be 50 miles away which would greatly benefit society at large.

Posted by: Innovative Poverty Solutions, LLC at September 06, 2023 07:44 PM (83IzV)

212 Those African warlords never pass up an opportunity to make a quick buck. Those Swiss boarding schools they send their children too ain't cheap.
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That's what the Paris Accords were all about -- wealth redistribution to save the 3rd World from CAGW.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:44 PM (krqg6)

213 I think this is hilarious. Man in Nebraska driving around with a bull in his car. Sunny Skyz story:

https://tinyurl.com/y9xbx23c

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 06, 2023 07:44 PM (RSbhh)

214 205 Earwigs… my current one is “Whisky in the Jar”..
Posted by: tubal

The Metallica version (which is awesome)?
Posted by: Oedipus at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (Z6vKV)

Currently, the Thin Lizzy one...

Posted by: tubal at September 06, 2023 07:45 PM (PCK5/)

215 wtf? I just bought a Liberty Safe D50 this year. Wonder if I can return it.

Posted by: greg at September 06, 2023 07:45 PM (KtqAF)

216 The cafe is open.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 06, 2023 07:45 PM (u73oe)

217 Global sous viding.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 06, 2023 07:28 PM

Global Sous vide
Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:29 PM
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You people scare me.
Posted by: bluebell
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Art Thread:
I much prefer sauté to sous-vide.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 09:46 AM

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 06, 2023 07:46 PM (krqg6)

218 You can substitute It Is Well With My Soul for any ear worm. It just takes a little persistence, I do it to go to sleep.

Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2023 07:47 PM (NxC5+)

219 Need an earworm cleanser?

https://tinyurl.com/37jscdj2
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 06, 2023 07:43 PM (a3Q+t)
......

I'll see that and raise you a:

https://tinyurl.com/2bnkxkce

Posted by: wth at September 06, 2023 07:47 PM (v0R5T)

220 Many agencies, entities, institutions, occupations, lost much trust and good will due to the covid debacle and scam. The Police are definitely among them.

Posted by: Nearly Everybody Is a Dick at September 06, 2023 07:49 PM (83IzV)

221 220 Many agencies, entities, institutions, occupations, lost much trust and good will due to the covid debacle and scam. The Police are definitely among them.
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I know, right?

Posted by: Dancing Nurses at September 06, 2023 07:51 PM (fs1hN)

222 Wow! Were all of the federal vehicles gas-powered?

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 06, 2023 07:51 PM (GshMh)

223 When you're 200 years old
and you're sphincter's uncontrolled
you run for Senate, run for Senate

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 06, 2023 07:52 PM (kLcQm)

224 Tired of the "George Floyd was murdered" bullshit now that it's been proven false, even if the cop was a stupid dipshit who thought mugging for the camera and taunting passers-by as he knelt on a guy's neck was a genius move. And let's face it, the defund anti-cop movement would've be so damn easy without the myriad of own-goals by cops through their daily pissing on people's rights in ways ranging from the seemingly trivial to life-altering brutality. They have not helped themselves at all. Everyone from BLM to the George Floyd cocksuckers to the badge-lickers to the FBI to Liberty Safes to the jackboots and road pirates can go fuck themselves.

Posted by: A plague upon all these shitsacks at September 06, 2023 07:52 PM (fhX0j)

225 Britains inflation is 6.8%
Bidens ?
Value of the pound before Brexit? $1.32
Today? $1.17
"Experts" predict further drops? $1.05

Posted by: Paul at September 06, 2023 07:53 PM (vrSgz)

226 216 The cafe is open.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 06, 2023 07:45 PM
I read that as 'the safe is open.'

Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2023 07:53 PM (NxC5+)

227 21 Why would a safe manufacturer have the code to a customer's safe in the first place?

Posted by: JSchuler at September 06, 2023 06:56 PM (l6eKM)

Usually because the customer never bothered to change the combination from the default to their own. (Yeah, a lot of people don't. Don't ask me, I don't get that.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2023 07:54 PM (qPw5n)

228 Our burb just installed the cameras all over town about a year ago. [ . . . ] r. City is happy to take the money and do heaven knows what, because it sure isn't infrastructure.
Posted by: Moki at September 06, 2023 07:14 PM (JrN/x)

Sounds like a perfect subject for a ballot measure to allow writing off camera tickets against city taxes and fees
find the people who have gotten tickets and ask them to sign

Posted by: Kindltot at September 06, 2023 07:56 PM (xhaym)

229 218 You can substitute It Is Well With My Soul for any ear worm. It just takes a little persistence, I do it to go to sleep.
Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2023 07:47 PM (NxC5+)

It's a solid hymn but I don't like lying to myself before I go to sleep.

Posted by: My soul needs Novocain at September 06, 2023 07:56 PM (fhX0j)

230 >>>Usually because the customer never bothered to change the combination from the default to their own. (Yeah, a lot of people don't. Don't ask me, I don't get that.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 06, 2023 07:54 PM (qPw5n)

Is that what happened, or is there a master code?

Posted by: greg at September 06, 2023 07:57 PM (KtqAF)

231 I just spent $4k on this safe, but if any commie fed dog with a DC warrant can open my safe, it isn’t worth much.

Posted by: greg at September 06, 2023 07:59 PM (KtqAF)

232 I empathize with the big brother sentiment but the world is full of some really dumb mofos and when the wheels come off, and the wheels always come off, it's the Coast Guard and others like them who are sent to risk their lives to save them.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (ZLI7S)

Well, it is hurricane season and the tail end of Franklin or one of the ones following may have blown him to Ireland, or just swamped him after rattling him around like a dice in that cage.
the compromise solution would have been to give him a single frequency squawker and tell him to hit it if he wants a ride home.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 06, 2023 08:01 PM (xhaym)

233 got a weird letter today from my homeowner's insurance provider. They said I need to pay 50% of my premium in advance or I will get an increase in my premiums.

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That’s pretty standard. Pay upfront and get a cheaper premium. Pay monthly it will cost more.

Posted by: Montec at September 06, 2023 08:02 PM (bWsRe)

234 The best gun safe. Get an old water heater, cut out the back, maybe line with carpet. Put guns 'n stuff in it, stand in corner of basement. Run some dummy pipes out the top. Thieves walk right by it.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 06, 2023 07:13 PM (0EOe9)

Whoa.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 06, 2023 08:08 PM (TE/QM)

235 199 I think there are something like 55,000 federal statutes.

Land of the free my ass.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 06, 2023 07:40 PM (WrqE3)

Add the regulations and you have a fuckton.

Posted by: javems at September 06, 2023 08:09 PM (bCwgC)

236 When you're flying in that bird and feel that juicy turd. Diarrhea. Diarrhea.

Posted by: InZona at September 06, 2023 08:11 PM (E+mhF)

237 Are we all run over to the cute animals thread ? Or is anybody hanging around here ?

Posted by: Nope at September 06, 2023 08:18 PM (hurmM)

238 I empathize with the big brother sentiment but the world is full of some really dumb mofos and when the wheels come off, and the wheels always come off, it's the Coast Guard and others like them who are sent to risk their lives to save them.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2023 07:25 PM (ZLI7S)

Well - thanks Coast Guard - for rescuing said dumb asses that will make sure their dumb ass behavior gets perpetuated via breeding as well as political choices. You really are doing the work of Angels. Just who those Angels work for is up for debate.

Posted by: Nope at September 06, 2023 08:20 PM (hurmM)

239
The Cross-Atlantic
Hampster Wheel is like
a leaky "Titan"
n'est-pas?

Posted by: zigzag at September 06, 2023 09:17 PM (56/Mw)

240 The ONT please

I'm about nauseated to the 10th degree on this shit...

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 06, 2023 10:25 PM (UsQA1)

241 It is actually is important document translation from a single country’s expressions to an alternative.

What’s Legal translation accurately?

Posted by: Alisha at September 10, 2023 12:23 AM (430uI)

242 Our handy information offers you the lowdown on the immigration process.

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