Daily Tech News 1 November 2023

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Seems to be a loose connection inside my laptop. That's why the problem is intermittent.

It can probably be fixed, I think I'll just turn it into a Linux server and stick it on a shelf, and take the other laptop (better screen and CPU but 16GB of soldered RAM) and use that as my Windows system.
The Day of the 4TB SSDs: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III requires 213GB of disk space. (Tom's Hardware)

I have - I think I still have it - a Sun Ultra 5 workstation with two 14GB disk drives.

That used to be a lot. Today that much storage would cost about a dollar.

Tech News

An AI-powered smoothie shop opened in San Francisco in September. Why is it closed already. (The Guardian)

Well, one, San Francisco, and two, as even the Guardian noticed, their customers seem to be AI-powered as well.
If Black 2.0 and Black 3.0 just weren't Black enough for you, Black 4.0 is now available. (Culture Hustle)

These are real things.

Vantablack was invented in 2014 as a new pigment that absorbs approximately 99.965% of visible light (and ultraviolet and infrared as well). It's very striking, because light basically just disappears. It's not like the usual glossy or even matte black surface, it looks like someone cut a hole in the Universe.

And then the inventors sold the exclusive rights to use it in artworks to Anish Kapoor.

So another company came along and created even blacker blacks - 2.0, 3.0, and now 4.0 - which are available for sale to everybody in the world - except Anish Kapoor.
Elon Musk's plans to make X the "everything app". (The Verge)

It's an interesting read and provides some justification for the exorbitant price he paid for Twitter, though it's not clear how much of this he had in mind at the time and how much is post-facto rationalisation.

Some of the things mentioned, like end-to-end encryption, are great ideas that need to be more widely adopted (and will piss off the UK government no end).

Other things, like using Twitter to make payments, I'm a lot less keen on.

I do not want an "everything" app. I want a bunch of entirely independent, competing apps that each do one thing well, and that I can replace easily if they stop doing that thing well.
WeWork looks set to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Tech Crunch)

I keep forgetting that WeWork isn't already bankrupt. It's share price is down approximately 99.965% from its peak five years ago, with the company's valuation falling from $47 billion to $121 million.

A lot of that was bad timing, launching a huge office management company just before the Wuhan Bat Flu Death Plague locked everyone in their homes for three years, though a lot of it was that the company was run by idiots.

I'm sure somebody will miss them.
Sam Bankman-Fraud didn't ask where the $8 billion went. (The Verge)

Maybe it's just me, but that would seem to be an important question, somewhere between "where are my pants" and "why has my heart stopped beating".

The Return of the Queen

Haachama is back.

When I first got into Hololive, the English branch hadn't been announced yet, so a lot of what I watched was Kiryu Coco, who is Japanese-American and speaks fluent English, and Haachama, who was completing her final year of high school here in Australia at the time (she was just 16 when she joined the company) and speaks adorable English.

Anyway, she was laid low earlier this year by a double whammy of respiratory viruses that put her in the hospital, but she's better now and she returns in about three hours.

Spiders everywhere quiver in fear.

Disclaimer: Haachama-chama!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:53 AM

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1 Pixy, did you have to kiss the newt to fix this? Is the newt poisonous?

Posted by: Ciampino - no hairnets today at November 01, 2023 04:54 AM (qfLjt)

2 G"Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 04:55 AM (fwDg9)

3 Hiya Skip

Posted by: Ciampino - Halloween, come and gone at November 01, 2023 04:56 AM (qfLjt)

4 BOING!

Hooray! Even though I do not have a weapons license here in Israel, I will be attending a professional training course tomorrow for several hours. Course covers basic handgun handling and usage plus elementary close range firing and physical fighting techniques and strategy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 01, 2023 05:01 AM (O1UUD)

5 Happy All Saints Day!
The veil between the two worlds has closed somewhat.

This is also Samhain, a Gaelic and Wiccan holiday.
It's interesting how many Christian holidays superceded Pagan ones.
Next, they'll be telling us that the deluge in the Bible
is Sumerian or something....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 01, 2023 05:01 AM (TGPs7)

6 "I do not want an "everything" app. I want a bunch of entirely independent, competing apps that each do one thing well, and that I can replace easily if they stop doing that thing well."

Yep, that would be the way to go.

And Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:03 AM (vd8XM)

7 Bidets Dog go and pay attention, hopefully armed someday

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:04 AM (fwDg9)

8 I watched the video, what the heck does "Haachama-chama!" mean?

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:05 AM (vd8XM)

9 Went to see Disney on Ice, dissapointing ,just an old man in a block of ice.

Posted by: safristi at November 01, 2023 05:05 AM (MAEtI)

10 Coffee and breakfast, wasted enough time here

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:05 AM (fwDg9)

11 I do not want an "everything" app. I want a bunch of entirely independent, competing apps that each do one thing well, and that I can replace easily if they stop doing that thing well.

That's been my philosophy all along and I hate it when software becomes 'integrated'.

Posted by: Ciampino - Just creeping it real this Halloween at November 01, 2023 05:06 AM (qfLjt)

12 Need to get a new phone- Anything fairly cheap and reliable that is NOT Apple? I am not spending $1.000.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:06 AM (SrpfK)

13 I like the Sam Bankman-Fraud, name , Pixy. Well done appellation!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:08 AM (SrpfK)

14 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 01, 2023 05:09 AM (+vFC3)

15 Good news of the day...

Disclose.tv
@disclosetv

JUST IN - Pfizer reports a net loss of $2.38 billion in Q3, revenue down 42% compared to last year — CNBC

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 01, 2023 05:09 AM (TGPs7)

16 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:06 AM (SrpfK)
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We have Samsung A22s and A52s in the family. I can't find anything wrong with them.

I have never gone for top of the line and never regretted not throwing out more money for phones.

Frankly, I wish I could go back to a dumb phone but business and family communications won't let me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 01, 2023 05:11 AM (O1UUD)

17 5
It's interesting how many Christian holidays superceded Pagan ones.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 01, 2023 05:01 AM (TGPs7)
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Well the Day was already being celebrated by pagans so a ready made 'holy day' was easier to adapt, plus sometimes this had to be done surreptitiously under threat of death.

Posted by: Ciampino - All Saints today at November 01, 2023 05:11 AM (qfLjt)

18 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2023 05:11 AM (ju2Fy)

19 JUST IN - Pfizer reports a net loss of $2.38 billion in Q3, revenue down 42% compared to last year — CNBC
Posted by: Mister Ghost

See us now for the all in one Vaccine!

Flu, Kovid, and RSV(whatever the heck that is)! Wipe it out and never have to worry about being sick again!

Well...maybe next year.

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:12 AM (vd8XM)

20 Went to see Disney on Ice, dissapointing ,just an old man in a block of ice.
Posted by: safristi at November 01, 2023 05:05 AM (MAEtI)
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Did he Waltz?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 01, 2023 05:12 AM (O1UUD)

21 Talking to God. A devotional- appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews based on a passage from Psalm 56.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:13 AM (SrpfK)

22 Frankly, I wish I could go back to a dumb phone.

I agree with you, Biden's Dog.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:15 AM (SrpfK)

23 Watching a youtube video on how Hertz is pulling the plug on EV adaptation.

I guess the upkeep is much more expensive and the resale on the used ones is not so good.

Who knew?

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:16 AM (vd8XM)

24 8 I watched the video, what the heck does "Haachama-chama!" mean?

Her official name in Hololive is Akai Haato, which translates to Red Heart. (Which is also the name of her first original song.)

Since she was one of the first talents to join the company, newer members would call her Haato-san to show respect. But since she was also the youngest person in the company by a good margin - a teenager when most of her colleagues were in their mid-to-late twenties - that made her uncomfortable.

So she made up the nickname Haachama, which is a child's way of saying Haato-chan, which is much less formal.

Haachama-chama is her way of announcing herself at the start of a stream.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2023 05:16 AM (BLOW1)

25 Coffee is on, will be awhile

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:17 AM (fwDg9)

26 Need to get a new phone- Anything fairly cheap and reliable that is NOT Apple? I am not spending $1.000.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

We have the Moto G stylus from 2021. Has held up well.

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:17 AM (vd8XM)

27 Post 21-

I'm so sleepy I forgot the link for the devotional. Sorry:

https://tinyurl.com/4zxsvhn3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:18 AM (SrpfK)

28 Haachama-chama is her way of announcing herself at the start of a stream.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Thank you!

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:18 AM (vd8XM)

29 Britanistan

https://is.gd/BcTKGf

Posted by: Ciampino - Cats favorite book is 'Of Mice And Men' at November 01, 2023 05:19 AM (qfLjt)

30 16 We have Samsung A22s and A52s in the family. I can't find anything wrong with them.

Posted by: Biden's Dog

Yep. I have the Samsung A54. Does everything I could ask of it. I'll get the latest Samsung model in that price range if and when it breaks.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2023 05:19 AM (BLOW1)

31 1996(ish) My computer set up:

14" CRT monitor
IBM M series keyboard
1 GB hard drive
16 megs of ram
I cannot remember the video card, but the processor was like a Pentium 2?

Pretty much the keyboard is the only thing that has stayed the same. I had an apartment fire in 2002. The computer was trashed from water. The keyboard still worked fine even though it had all the water and a ton of ash dumped on it. It lost some key covers, so I asked my aunt at UofL ucs to hunt me down a 'new' M keyboard (the one I still use today.) I think the original keyboard was built in 87. The 'new' one is '91, I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 01, 2023 05:20 AM (zZu0s)

32 CUNY adjunct professor is filmed attacking onlookers who filmed her tearing down posters for kidnapped Israelis

https://mol.im/a/12695079

Posted by: Ciampino - To the Cat - Have you paid your annual fleas at November 01, 2023 05:21 AM (qfLjt)

33 I also had a Moto G Stylus, 2021. Loved it. Also, lost it. I'm still a tad miffed by that. I am an idiot. I got another Moto G, newer, no 'pen'. It's solid. Good phone.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2023 05:21 AM (sAmhv)

34 >>>Seems to be a loose connection inside my laptop.

May I recommend Superglue and/or duct tape.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:22 AM (LdYi7)

35 Yep. I have the Samsung A54. Does everything I could ask of it. I'll get the latest Samsung model in that price range if and when it breaks.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 01, 2023 05:19 AM (BLOW1)

I have been very pleased with my A53. I did not see much of a point to the price/benefit to getting an S.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 01, 2023 05:22 AM (zZu0s)

36 "CUNY adjunct professor is filmed ATTACKING onlookers who filmed them"

That "them" is where I quit reading.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:23 AM (LdYi7)

37 Tech joke-

Why don't computers fight?

They prefer to hash things out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:24 AM (SrpfK)

38 Good morning early, early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 01, 2023 05:25 AM (PzBTm)

39 9 Went to see Disney on Ice, dissapointing ,just an old man in a block of ice.
Posted by: safristi at November 01, 2023 05:05 AM (MAEtI)

Pretty good early-morning joke!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:25 AM (LdYi7)

40 That's why the problem is intermittent.

Hate intermittent problems. My laptop's keyboard and part of mouse pad intermittently freezes up. Have to reboot to fix.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 01, 2023 05:25 AM (ju2Fy)

41 Amazon has older models of phones.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at November 01, 2023 05:26 AM (Eeb9P)

42 Have a Samsung phone, was in $200 range, works for me very well

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:27 AM (fwDg9)

43 I want an everything app as much as I want an everything government.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 01, 2023 05:28 AM (NYzgN)

44 36 "CUNY adjunct professor is filmed ATTACKING onlookers who filmed them"

That "them" is where I quit reading.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:23 AM (LdYi7)
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Sorry, I just copied/pasted that minus an edit.

Posted by: Ciampino - Love whiteboards, they're re-markable at November 01, 2023 05:29 AM (qfLjt)

45 31 I had an apartment fire in 2002.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 01, 2023 05:20 AM (zZu0s)

Yikes.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:30 AM (LdYi7)

46 Vaxxdeth shotz...blah!

Hubby's going to start humira (don't ask what *I* think of that, grrrrrrr) and they "recommend" ALL the ~~poisons~~ current old-people vaccines before he starts taking that.

He wanted the flu vacc. Ok, he got that.

No c1984, no shingles, no pneumo-- JUST flu.

This may or may not be a mistake, but I will not talk him either into-, or out of-, any of those.. It's his choice, and I support it.

Ugh. I HATE to fking pharma industry!

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:31 AM (njWTi)

47 >>>Vantablack was invented in 2014 as a new pigment that absorbs approximately 99.965% of visible light (and ultraviolet and infrared as well).

On a car it is gorgeous. I think I saw one the other day, a very high-end Rover or something.

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:32 AM (LdYi7)

48 'Where's the American intelligence?': Migrant caravan leader slams Biden for failing to realize Latin America is 'conspiring against the US' to create the immigration crisis - as 5,000-strong group heads to the border

https://mol.im/a/12695889

Posted by: Ciampino - Love whiteboards, they're quite re-markable at November 01, 2023 05:33 AM (qfLjt)

49 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 05:34 AM (T4tVD)

50 Vantablack BMW.

https://www.bmw.com/en/design/
the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:34 AM (LdYi7)

51 hiya JT! How you?

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:35 AM (njWTi)

52 I went to Dollar General and bought the cheapest Tracfone they had ... out the door with a phone and a month's service for $50.
$20 monthly keeps it working.

it's a Blu brand, now discontinued, but works okay for me. ymmv

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 01, 2023 05:35 AM (+vFC3)

53 Hey JT!

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 01, 2023 05:36 AM (PzBTm)

54 'Where's the American intelligence?'
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In the rural areas, that's where. NOT IN fk'ing W.DC!!!!

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:36 AM (njWTi)

55 A hymn in the Protestant tradition for today- "For All The Saints:"

https://tinyurl.com/4ka9s5fb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:37 AM (1D4Bc)

56 hiya JT! How you?
Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:35 AM (njWTi)

Attempting to wake up !

Hope all is well with you and yourn !

Happy All Saints Day !

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 05:38 AM (T4tVD)

57 Thanks for the suggestions on phones, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:39 AM (1D4Bc)

58 Yesterday was Reformation Day.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2023 05:40 AM (sAmhv)

59 'Where's the American intelligence?': Migrant caravan leader slams Biden for failing to realize Latin America is 'conspiring against the US' to create the immigration crisis - as 5,000-strong group heads to the border

https://mol.im/a/12695889
Posted by: Ciampino

Don't worry, as your Border Czar, I'm on it!!

...Kamalalala Ding Dong...

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:40 AM (vd8XM)

60 Capitol police officer testified in CO court yesterday. Calls the J6ers "terrorists" continuously in his statement. Heavily armed, though the only weapon he mentions is a leatherman.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 01, 2023 05:42 AM (NYzgN)

61 Beautiful waterfall in the Fall in Oregon:

https://tinyurl.com/y27v5p7e

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:42 AM (1D4Bc)

62 Cornell student Patrick Dai, 21 is charged with threatening posts

https://mol.im/a/12695827

No mention of his ethnic makeup though, and no picture. I bet he's a mohamedan.

Posted by: Ciampino - How much money does a pirate pay for corn? A buccaneer? at November 01, 2023 05:43 AM (qfLjt)

63 Heavily armed, though the only weapon he mentions is a leatherman.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

It was the DeLUX model!

Them things can even open cans!

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

64 Helloween sucks. (IMO) Haven't cared much for it since I outgrew the candy-taking aspect.

Now? It seems to be a celebration of demonic crap and I dislike it intensely.

The neighbor's little ones were cute tonight. But I wish halloween would cease entirely as a "holiday"

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:43 AM (njWTi)

65 Yesterday was Reformation Day.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2023 05:40 AM (sAmhv)

I thought it was Halloween !

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 05:44 AM (T4tVD)

66 The terrorists threw our tear gas canisters back at us!

Most of them identified as Christians! I saw a Christian flag!

I was the last line of defense preventing them from breaching the Capitol!

It was then I knew western terrace had fallen!

What a fuck. Back the blue, guys!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 01, 2023 05:45 AM (NYzgN)

67 Christian devotional based on a passage from Luke:

https://tinyurl.com/48x3zxe4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:45 AM (1D4Bc)

68 The neighbor's little ones were cute tonight. But I wish halloween would cease entirely as a "holiday"
Posted by: JQ

Last night it seemed as if there were many "kids" trick or treating that do not live in our neighborhood.

Some with Spanish accents....

Posted by: Bruce at November 01, 2023 05:45 AM (vd8XM)

69 Nuts. Freeze warning here in Babylon DC starting tonight at 11PM to 10AM. I didn't get all of my plants in. I guess I can bring them in closer to the door of my balcony. It's a leaky place anyway. I have a couple of rubber plants, a palm tree (of some sort. not the huge ones) and a spider plant. Well, if they survive, I'll bring them in my next break (Sunday). Hope they survive.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2023 05:47 AM (sAmhv)

70 Is there ONE capitol police officer with an ounce of integrity who would testify to what really happened?

But muh pension!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 01, 2023 05:48 AM (NYzgN)

71 White House says Biden would veto House GOP’s standalone Israel funding bill

https://trib.al/9xtp5Iw

All bills should be standalone. But then how is pork going tp be allocated?

Posted by: Ciampino - An animal you keep in the car is a carpet at November 01, 2023 05:50 AM (qfLjt)

72 We have not had more than 5 kids trick or treat since Kidsharn was small, so we turned out lights and pretended we weren't home.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 01, 2023 05:50 AM (PzBTm)

73 MAKE HIM VETO IT.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 01, 2023 05:50 AM (NYzgN)

74 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 05:51 AM (lwOKI)

75 70 Is there ONE capitol police officer with an ounce of integrity who would testify to what really happened?

But muh pension!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist

Lots of low-level minions are True Believers in Glorius Progress. Consume hours of MSNBC and read the Huffington Post. So yes, muh pension. Also, they Believe! It's like living inside the Jonestown compound here.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 01, 2023 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

76 Sundowner is so compromised by the Cultural Marxists its not funny

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:52 AM (fwDg9)

77 Last night it seemed as if there were many "kids" trick or treating that do not live in our neighborhood.
Some with Spanish accents....
Posted by: Bruce
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Lucky us, that's not a problem here. Yet.

Only good thing from c1984 here, was no trickortreat BS.

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:53 AM (njWTi)

78 Candy? or, potato? Hahaha, that was funny. Kinda...

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:55 AM (njWTi)

79 Now? It seems to be a celebration of demonic crap and I dislike it intensely

There was a guy about 10 minutes away from me with a clothesline thing in the front of his house with heads of werewolves, devils, bloody heads, skeletons, zombies., witches , it was hideous . I would never bring a kid there to trick or treat. Hopefully he'll have it down soon.

I did send a letter of appreciation to people in a local development. All they had was a large inflatable of happy, smiling pumpkins.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 05:55 AM (1D4Bc)

80 70 Is there ONE capitol police officer with an ounce of integrity who would testify to what really happened?

But muh pension!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist

Perhaps the several suicides of Capital Police convinced some folks that silence is golden.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at November 01, 2023 05:55 AM (EcHpA)

81 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals! Back from my workout. It was tough, but my heart rate was only about 105 within 5-7 minutes, below 100 after 10. Sounds about right.

I'd suspect that one reason why this AI-powered smoothie shop didn't have many (or any) customers was the $10 price mentioned in the original article. Their competitor was charging $7.50 (still about $5 too much) for the same thing. A 33% surcharge just you could say, "My smoothie was made by artificial intelligence!" is probably a bridge too far even for SF people and CA people generally.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2023 05:57 AM (omVj0)

82 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #200 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

https://is.gd/qyDILz

Posted by: Ciampino - An animal you keep in the car is a carpet? at November 01, 2023 05:57 AM (qfLjt)

83 I'd forgotten I had more than two strips of bacon in the refrigerator. Bacon and a large egg for chow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 01, 2023 05:57 AM (omVj0)

84 Did see finally at Revolver woman cop named in Rosanne Boyland murder.

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:59 AM (fwDg9)

85 Bless you, Ciampino, for taking care of all those cats. Wow, sooooo many.

Wish I could help more but I'm tapped out.
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G'night all. Happy... um... whatever you celebrate at this time.

Take care, horde!

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 06:00 AM (njWTi)

86 I have sausages and French Toast to make, better get on it or lunch will get here before I know it.

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:00 AM (fwDg9)

87 10 Coffee and breakfast, wasted enough time here
Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 05:05 AM (fwDg9)

!!!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 06:01 AM (LdYi7)

88 Oh, here's a place that is *spectacular* in autumn:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oirase_River

Been there. Gorgeous!

Ok, really g'night now

Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 06:03 AM (njWTi)

89 @12

>>Need to get a new phone- Anything fairly cheap and reliable that is NOT Apple? I am not spending $1.000.

You could get a renewed unlocked iPhone 8 off of Amazon for about 128 dollars, you could get a renewed unlocked iPhone 11 for about 274 dollars.

These phones will be more than capable, you do not need to spend 1000 bucks on an iPhone.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 01, 2023 06:05 AM (XV/Pl)

90 Broke my reading glasses last night, will have to go get another set later

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:07 AM (fwDg9)

91 mornin yall. AI smoothies sound like a very stupid idea bound to fail. Businesses based on stupid ideas fail all the time though, unless they are rescued by the Federal Government.

Posted by: fd at November 01, 2023 06:10 AM (vFG9F)

92 Of course, when Paul uses the word " saints " which is used about 11 times or so in scripture it means believers in Jesus. At the time there was no special class of people declared such by authority of the church after their deaths . I appreciate these kinds of Saints in the RCC, but my personal understanding of that word is different. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 06:15 AM (+0hzH)

93 See nice weekend coming in 60s, road trip Friday and Saturday

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:15 AM (fwDg9)

94 Good morning! Its a chilly 34F on the patio this morning, headed for 55F with lotsa sun. Gonna be a pleasant day in Cowtown. Even nicer this weekend. The bike will be getting ape hangers and heated grips if the parts get here by Friday so a post maintenance test ride down to Hamilton for barbeque may be in order. Teh doggehs get their teefas cleaned this morning, too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2023 06:21 AM (YRsIm)

95 Sam Bankman-Fraud didn't ask where the $8 billion went. (The Verge)

Maybe it's just me, but that would seem to be an important question, somewhere between "where are my pants" and "why has my heart stopped beating".

-

Here's a hint:

"But it was the testimony about June 2022 that resonated the most to me"

What was happening that year, and in just a few months, in the U.S.? That's why all of that money was being washed.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If you're on a well, make sure you've got a spare pressure switch at November 01, 2023 06:22 AM (O69GV)

96 Vantablack? I mean, how much more black could it be? None more. None more black.

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at November 01, 2023 06:25 AM (PiwSw)

97 G'morning, all!

Total of 206 kids yesterday for trick-or-treat.

And the parents with them made 60 Jello Shots disappear as well.

Our house was popular this year.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2023 06:25 AM (hH3Px)

98 Safe travels Skip !

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 06:25 AM (T4tVD)

99 I can't imagine how much of a PITA it must be to clean that special black paint. A plain old off-the-lot black car will already show scratches if you just touch it. That stuff must be terrible.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If you're on a well, make sure you've got a spare pressure switch at November 01, 2023 06:26 AM (O69GV)

100 More on the Cornell student who sent hateful, violent messages to Jewish students at Cornell. From Legal Insurrection:

https://tinyurl.com/24vc8244

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 06:27 AM (+0hzH)

101 Vantablack? I mean, how much more black could it be? None more. None more black.
Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at November 01, 2023 06:25 AM (PiwSw)

"Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina
wicked and evil while casting their spell....."

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 06:27 AM (T4tVD)

102 @95 - lemme guess, fortifying the "election"?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 01, 2023 06:28 AM (+vFC3)

103 Seems Sam Bank- Fraud whole scam was to tale investment money and shovel it to his Leftists betters

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:28 AM (fwDg9)

104 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2023 06:25 AM (hH3Px

Wow; That's a lot of kids!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 06:28 AM (+0hzH)

105 "Wow; That's a lot of kids!"

It really is a fun night in our community.

Many of us set up tables and chairs in our driveways, and all the neighbors come out, both young and old.

We had a family show up dressed as every major toy from the Island of Misfit Toys, including the Charlie in the Box, and the Bumble.

And polite youngsters, as most southern children are raised to be.

It really is fun.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2023 06:32 AM (hH3Px)

106 And if you were an engineering student at Cornell you'd think you'd be smart enough to figure out someone could track e- mails to see where they were coming from.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 06:33 AM (+0hzH)

107 More on the Cornell student who sent hateful, violent messages to Jewish students at Cornell. From Legal Insurrection:

https://tinyurl.com/24vc8244

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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I'm just glad to know that people are free to speak out against gays and cross-dressers and p3d0phile groomers the same way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If you're on a well, make sure you've got a spare pressure switch at November 01, 2023 06:34 AM (O69GV)

108 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2023 06:32 AM (hH3Px)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 06:34 AM (+0hzH)

109 Seems Sam Bank- Fraud whole scam was to tale investment money and shovel it to his Leftists betters
Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:28 AM (fwDg9)

That's our gig, bub.

Posted by: Every bank, everywhere at November 01, 2023 06:37 AM (9UlRk)

110 100 it's quite a contrast how real the antisemitism in colleges are compared to the racism hoaxes

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 06:37 AM (QGxJv)

111 I appreciate these kinds of Saints in the RCC, but my personal understanding of that word is different. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 06:15 AM (+0hzH)

Some saints are infantry. Some are artillery.

Posted by: It's a canon joke at November 01, 2023 06:39 AM (9UlRk)

112 One of the sources familiar with Hezbollah’s thinking told Reuters that the use of anti-aircraft missiles was one of several steps taken by the Shi’ite Muslim group to curb its losses and counter Israeli drones, which have picked off its fighters in the rocky terrain and olive groves along the border.

Hezbollah had made “arrangements to reduce the number of martyrs,” the source said, without offering further details.

ha reduce the number of martyrs

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 06:39 AM (lwOKI)

113 Perhaps the several suicides of Capital Police convinced some folks that silence is golden.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at November 01, 2023 05:55 AM (EcHpA)

Silence is golden
But my eyes still see
Silence is golden, golden
But my eyes still see...

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 01, 2023 06:40 AM (R/m4+)

114 I spent 140 for an unlocked Motorola power...no issues

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 01, 2023 06:43 AM (/6GbT)

115 The neighbor's little ones were cute tonight. But I wish halloween would cease entirely as a "holiday"
Posted by: JQ at November 01, 2023 05:43 AM (njWTi)

My TLM parish in the big city has a huge (it grew exponentially during Covid) All Hallows Eve party each year. The teens help host it by running the games, serving refreshments and constructing and manning the special "Saint _____" rooms, which highlight special saints each year.

The younger kids wear Saint costumes, play games and collect treats, many of which come with a note asking for prayers for the departed of the giver's family on All Souls' (Nov. 2)

The only gore involved is some of the older boys getting creative with a Martyr saint.

Looking forward to the pics from my friends.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at November 01, 2023 06:44 AM (KB0Aa)

116 What's a TLM Parish ?

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 06:47 AM (T4tVD)

117 Some saints are infantry. Some are artillery.
Posted by: It's a canon joke at November 01, 2023 06:39 AM (9UlRk)

"Borrowing" that, please. A perfect distinction.

Some Saints have what is called "Notoriety", not the bad kind, just the get you noticed kind. In this case, for your outstanding Christian life in this world.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at November 01, 2023 06:51 AM (KB0Aa)

118 not sure, but I think it's Traditional Latin Mass ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 01, 2023 06:53 AM (+vFC3)

119 Some Saints have what is called "Notoriety", not the bad kind, just the get you noticed kind. In this case, for your outstanding Christian life in this world.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at November 01, 2023 06:51 AM (KB0Aa)

Ah, that would be me. Not that I'm bragging.

Posted by: David French at November 01, 2023 06:53 AM (PiwSw)

120 There's a photo of a clean cut chinese orchinese-american kid at the LI link (comments).
If that's the guy who posted antisemitic threats, he is SOL.
Apart from authorities possibly throwing the book at him, he may very well try to kill himself when his parents find out.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 06:56 AM (vHIgi)

121 he may very well try to kill himself when his parents find out.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 06:56 AM (vHIgi)

That, or he'll be depositing a fat paycheck from Beijing in an account under an assumed name.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 01, 2023 06:57 AM (9UlRk)

122 Yes, Traditional Latin Mass. Sorry...

Here in our little town, we close off downtown and the businesses, churches and civic organizations have treat tables. The whole community turns out and Trick or Treats there.
Safe and fun. We're small enough we can do that.

Apparently full body vinyl blow-up costumes are a thing- dinosaurs, sharks, polar bears, etc.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at November 01, 2023 06:57 AM (KB0Aa)

123 not sure, but I think it's Traditional Latin Mass ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 01, 2023 06:53 AM (+vFC3)

AHA !

Thank you !

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 06:58 AM (T4tVD)

124 We are all sinners called to be saints
And with few exceptions, saints are also sinners
It's a continuum, imo

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 06:59 AM (vHIgi)

125 Waiting for JJ because ran out of articles to read

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:59 AM (fwDg9)

126 Hezbollah had made “arrangements to reduce the number of martyrs,” the source said, without offering further details.

ha reduce the number of martyrs
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 06:39 AM (lwOKI)
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What a coincidence! I believe Israel is making arrangements to *increase* the number of Hezbollah martyrs....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2023 07:00 AM (BpYfr)

127 I'm sure JJ will cover this: One of the architects of the disastrous Obama Iran deal is now the Ambassador to Israel.

https://is.gd/ItGhNp

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 01, 2023 07:00 AM (PiwSw)

128 Waiting for JJ because ran out of articles to read
Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:59 AM (fwDg9)
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Read a book....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2023 07:01 AM (BpYfr)

129 Skip, how is your recovery?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:01 AM (vHIgi)

130 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2023 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

131 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2023 07:04 AM (hH3Px)

132 Waiting for JJ because ran out of articles to read
Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:59 AM (fwDg9)

And you don’t need to force-feed on the The Silmarillion.

Posted by: sea shanty at November 01, 2023 07:04 AM (dkG8Z)

133 But I broke my glasses, am 2/3 through Silmarillion

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 07:06 AM (fwDg9)

134 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, guv'nor

60 jello shots? No wonder your house was mobbed. You are a force for good times.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2023 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

135 Good morning morons

Turns out the pedestrian killed on the sidewalk last Saturday in the Tenderloin was a 65 year old actor who was formerly homeless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

136 They want death to Israel, and for the wall to be removed.

How about a compromise?

Death to Israel with assurances that the wall will remain after you are dead.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 01, 2023 07:08 AM (NYzgN)

137 I'm sure JJ will cover this: One of the architects of the disastrous Obama Iran deal is now the Ambassador to Israel.

Israel should refuse to honor his passport and deny him entry. Send him back to Bai-Den.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 01, 2023 07:08 AM (YRsIm)

138 A prayer for Hadrian who is having cataract surgery today.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

139 138 oh, I will add my prayer

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:09 AM (vHIgi)

140 We are all sinners called to be saints
And with few exceptions, saints are also sinners
It's a continuum, imo
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 06:59 AM (vHIgi)

Of course. The Saints are those who co-operated with grace to overcome their Original Sin tendencies in an outstanding way.

I know some people think the Saints take the focus off Our Lord, but we see it as appreciating friends He has given us.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at November 01, 2023 07:09 AM (KB0Aa)

141 well they cant cut the wire no more

"This huge caravan of around 300 migrants crossed into Eagle Pass thanks to Border Patrol lifting the barbed wire. Hundreds of migrants crossed in a few minutes," Border Hawk correspondent Efraín González reports.

"Somehow, these large groups of migrants are informed about the place and time when the forklifts raise the barbed wire to cross in groups."

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:10 AM (lwOKI)

142 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 06:59 AM (vHIgi)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 07:11 AM (utlSV)

143 San Franpsycho

Prayers ascending for Hadrian the Seventh.

It can be life changing. I see 20/15 in both eyes several years after cataract surgery.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2023 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

144 I agree with you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yay!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:13 AM (vHIgi)

145 San Franpsycho

Hope your 30th Anniversary was your every dream, rather than 30 years of Hell on Earth.

Good thing your wife has a sense of humor, so she does not need an alibi.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2023 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

146 "This huge caravan of around 300 migrants crossed into Eagle Pass thanks to Border Patrol lifting the barbed wire. Hundreds of migrants crossed in a few minutes," Border Hawk correspondent Efraín González reports.

"Somehow, these large groups of migrants are informed about the place and time when the forklifts raise the barbed wire to cross in groups."
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:10 AM (lwOKI)
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Those Border Patrol agents need to be arrested by the Texas Rangers and put on trial. DARE the feds to do something about it. Then arrest those feds as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2023 07:15 AM (BpYfr)

147 vmom did too much yesterday with groceries, hope didn't do anything worse but area of hernia is a bit sore

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 07:16 AM (fwDg9)

148 rhennigantx sure not a coincidence

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 07:16 AM (fwDg9)

149 The dude who threw bombs at SFPD during a car chase Sunday was previously convicted and sentenced to 35 years for car bombing but was released on a technicality. THIRTY FIVE YEARS and he is on the same streets my wife and daughter walk.

His g.f. of 7 years says he's violent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

150 Good morning all. Another Halloween come and gone. Our son came over to help me cook dinner and pass out candy. We had quite a few kids this year. We thought we might run out of candy and my husband said something when a group showed up. The parents said oh..well that's okay we'll just go to the next house. *sigh* why does he have to verbally express every damn thought in his head?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 01, 2023 07:17 AM (iF0sF)

151 Sorry to hear that Skip. Try and take it easy today.
Eat a nice juicy burger instead of candy - red meat aids healing while sugar causes inflammation.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:17 AM (vHIgi)

152 Thanks Salty. It must have been good because she made chocolate pumpkin muffins. Yeah she did.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

153 Have a great day, everyone.

May only the good candy stick to the hips.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 01, 2023 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

154 A top Senate Democrat said that the Marine Corps commandant’s recent medical emergency may be due in part to the fallout from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on top military promotions, which has forced several top officers to hold down multiple jobs.

Senate Armed Services Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:21 AM (lwOKI)

155 hold on top military promotions, which has forced several top officers to hold down multiple jobs.

***

This seems like a security risk

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:22 AM (vHIgi)

156 A prayer for Hadrian who is having cataract surgery today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

Okay

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 07:26 AM (T4tVD)

157

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 01, 2023 07:27 AM (X4yCj)

158 "This seems like a security risk
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion "

And a load of BS.

Posted by: fd at November 01, 2023 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

159 Looks like we got some rain during the nacht.

Warmer out thar the it was yestiddy.

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 07:28 AM (T4tVD)

160 *sigh* why does he have to verbally express every damn thought in his head?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 01, 2023 07:17 AM (iF0sF)
===

We are exceedingly simple creatures.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

161 We are exceedingly simple creatures.

LOL.. in you are.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 01, 2023 07:29 AM (iF0sF)

162 A top Senate Democrat said that the Marine Corps commandant’s recent medical emergency may be due in part to the fallout from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on top military promotions, which has forced several top officers to hold down multiple jobs.

Senate Armed Services Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:21 AM (lwOKI)
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He got the vapors?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

163 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 01, 2023 07:31 AM (NBVIP)

164 House Oversight Chair James Comer: Just 14 of 82,000 Pages of Biden Crime Family Private Pseudonym Emails Have Been Turned Over
House Oversight Chair James Comer: Just 14 of 82,000 Pages of Biden Crime Family Private Pseudonym Emails Have Been Turned Over

crime biden family

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:34 AM (lwOKI)

165 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at November 01, 2023 07:31 AM (NBVIP)

Awaiting customers

Posted by: JT at November 01, 2023 07:34 AM (T4tVD)

166 "A top Senate Democrat"

Another way of saying "A lying scumbag POS".

Posted by: fd at November 01, 2023 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

167 He got the vapors?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 01, 2023 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

Marine not as tough as they used to be

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:34 AM (lwOKI)

168 50 Vantablack BMW.

https://www.bmw.com/en/design/
the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html
Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 05:34 AM (LdYi7)

I see a red car and I want to paint it black.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 01, 2023 07:35 AM (v3QXr)

169 155 hold on top military promotions, which has forced several top officers to hold down multiple jobs.

***

This seems like a security risk
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:22 AM (vHIgi)

taco bell window pass thru artist and starbux cup namewriter

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:36 AM (lwOKI)

170 I do not want an "everything" app. I want a bunch of entirely independent, competing apps that each do one thing well, and that I can replace easily if they stop doing that thing well.

^THIS^ THIS THIS THIS
Why do people not understand this?

Posted by: GWB at November 01, 2023 07:37 AM (JgU20)

171 That Cornell student that made those threats has serious mental problems. He didn't make it past the 17-20 year mark where severe mental problems seem to manifest in young men.

Posted by: pawn at November 01, 2023 07:37 AM (5g9YU)

172 170 I do not want an "everything" app. I want a bunch of entirely independent, competing apps that each do one thing well, and that I can replace easily if they stop doing that thing well.

^THIS^ THIS THIS THIS
Why do people not understand this?
Posted by: GWB at November 01, 2023 07:37 AM (JgU20)

I have known coders that run VM boxes so they can run text editors written for Win 3.1

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:38 AM (lwOKI)

173 A top Senate Democrat said that the Marine Corps commandant’s recent medical emergency may be due in part to the fallout from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on top military promotions, which has forced several top officers to hold down multiple jobs.

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Okay.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If you're on a well, make sure you've got a spare pressure switch at November 01, 2023 07:40 AM (O69GV)

174 Communist Maduro Tricks Joe Biden – Once Again Riggs Elections in Venezuela

Now do GA PA and AZ

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:42 AM (lwOKI)

175 Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s

***

grown men with little boy diminutives make me laugh,sneeringly

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:42 AM (vHIgi)

176 P-shaw. The year was 1992, I think...

I had an IBM PS-2 that came with two new fangled 3.5" disk drives standard.

Went to the local PC shop looking to add a newer still "hard drive".

They had one - 20MB. They wanted $600 for it.

A 4TB SSD would cost $120K for that kind of price. LOLOL

Posted by: deadrody at November 01, 2023 07:42 AM (OeYsY)

177 171 how do you know?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:43 AM (vHIgi)

178 Tommy Tuberville’s hold on top military promotions, which has forced several top officers to hold down multiple jobs.

Senate Armed Services Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:21 AM (lwOKI)
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Somehow, I don't see them working as a greeter at Walmart...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2023 07:43 AM (YIVH2)

179 So I see GA still has NO records of 340K ballots.

They we never issued to a precinct, never collected from a precinct, just counted.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:43 AM (lwOKI)

180 *searches for hot Generals on Only Fans*

Posted by: fd at November 01, 2023 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

181 Somehow, I don't see them working as a greeter at Walmart...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

That would be fun

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 07:44 AM (vHIgi)

182 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 01, 2023 07:45 AM (PQ4m2)

183 ""A top Senate Democrat"

Another way of saying "A lying scumbag POS"."

I've heard it both ways.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 01, 2023 07:45 AM (hH3Px)

184 hey I gotta go check laundry

someone can have my first when JJ comes round!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:45 AM (lwOKI)

185 So I see GA still has NO records of 340K ballots.

They we never issued to a precinct, never collected from a precinct, just counted.

-

Georgia was the masterstroke in the 2020 election.

Stacey Abrams never conceded, so if the (R) governor or the state acknowledges any fraud then she's got a case and it's off to the races.

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If you're on a well, make sure you've got a spare pressure switch at November 01, 2023 07:45 AM (O69GV)

186 I won't criticize anyone who listens to Kiryu, I will just say that this is a musical taste that eludes me completely. I think I'd pay money NOT to hear that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 01, 2023 07:45 AM (S6gqv)

187 grown men with little boy diminutives make me laugh,sneeringly
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

I have a name like that. At some point, maybe college age, everyone seemed to just shorten it, like Billy or Tommy becoming Bill and Tom.

But now that I'm entering my second childhood, people seem to like the little boy diminutive again. I don't fight it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually, then Suddenly at November 01, 2023 07:46 AM (/g6g8)

188 Somehow, I don't see them working as a greeter at Walmart...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 01, 2023 07:43 AM (YIVH2)

Dammit Walmart shopper. Snap that salute and cleanup on aisle 6.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:46 AM (lwOKI)

189 Here's one of those apps: Clockify. I used it as an independent contractor. Lets you bill clients for your time. Worth the money (it's a small monthly charge)

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 01, 2023 07:48 AM (cLWyk)

190
See nice weekend coming in 60s, road trip Friday and Saturday

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 06:15 AM

Gonna cancel mail while you're gone?
Got to compare notes with a neighbor last night, who had stuff stolen from his mailbox, too. We lost insurance bill, electric bill, and box of microwave popcorn. He lost a drivers license.

Pisses me off the neighbors who call in the landscapers and not a one looks American. I cut my own grass. I've always cut my own grass. Locking mailboxes are really pricey but I guess I gotta do it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 01, 2023 07:48 AM (enJYY)

191 People (even here) love to sneer at Tuberville, bit so far he's shown himself to be the most principled Senator in office, with the possible exception of Ron Paul. He deserves more respect than he gets.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 01, 2023 07:49 AM (S6gqv)

192 Morning peeps.

Senator Reed is a lying sack of crap. "May" being the operative word in his statement because he really has no idea but feels the need to take a swipe at Tuberville. Which he felt was more important than what "may" have actually happened to the guy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 01, 2023 07:50 AM (Q4IgG)

193 People (even here) love to sneer at Tuberville, bit so far he's shown himself to be the most principled Senator in office, with the possible exception of Ron Paul. He deserves more respect than he gets.

Posted by: Tom Servo

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This.

Imagine if we had even 10, much less 100, representatives willing to stand up and risk their future investment fortunes do what Tuberville and Gaetz have done in the hopes of helping the children and grandchildren of the nation.

We could get this thing turned around. But alas...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If you're on a well, make sure you've got a spare pressure switch at November 01, 2023 07:51 AM (O69GV)

194 I alone going to Lancaster, might as well have some fun while can't do anything

Posted by: Skip at November 01, 2023 07:55 AM (fwDg9)

195 Look closely at this accusation against Tuberville - he put a hold on these promotions because of Bidens changed radical pro-abortion policy. (They can still be approved by roll call vote, if Schumer wanted) so what do Dems and MFM say? "Ohmigod, Tuberville gave the marine commandant a heart attack!!" It's worse than just stupid, it is blood libel, just like the Muslims do to Jews.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 01, 2023 07:56 AM (S6gqv)

196 The last post from a commentator on "Legal Insurrection" about the young man from Cornell who posted the threats said he had missed a couple of semesters because he was depressed. I am not a psychiatrist, of course, but I'm quite familiar with clinical depression and it generally does not lead to violence. You can get suicidal, of course. So, I'm guessing that this young man might have been schizophrenic which can lead to violence if not treated and also bizarre thought, or it may mean he was having side effects from anti depressents.

Or he may "just" be some violent anti Semite.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 01, 2023 07:56 AM (RSbhh)

197 hey

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Posted by: rhennigantx at November 01, 2023 07:57 AM (lwOKI)

198 Musk's Twitter plans are post-facto. My belief in this is the following:

Musk originally suggested $44 billion. He had a change of heart - remember him trying to work the cost down with the thing about how many users are actually robots? But then the threat of a huge penalty for not going through with the deal was noted.

You should remember that Musk and Twitter, a short bit later, dropped the robot talk and he went through with the full price of $44 billion. Musk knows he overspent for it; he was trying to get out of it or it knocked down, but apparently he didn't have a leg to stand on.

So what happens when you pay an obscene amount for what is just a messaging app? Pay that amount even after the hangover has hit, like a shotgun wedding?

It's now your personal toy.

That's what is going on with "X". Elon Musk had second thoughts on a costly mistake, but had to go through with it. And if a large chunk of his fortune was going to those gobs, he's going to try and enjoy every dollar of that $44 billion.

Also - hard to believe it's been a whole year since that sale.

Posted by: Another Anon at November 01, 2023 08:03 AM (hwP7U)

199 Fen,

He's probably never been properly diagnosed. People like to think a kid has "depression" because it's much less serious as schizophrenia. I believe it was his parents that said he was depressed. I doubt if he has been properly diagnosed or even on medication because of the shame factor.

Now that he outed himself as a loon he has a chance to get on some meds that will help him, hopefully.

Posted by: pawn at November 01, 2023 08:04 AM (5g9YU)

200 200!

Posted by: m at November 01, 2023 08:06 AM (LdYi7)

201 194 I alone going to Lancaster, might as well have some fun while can't do anything
Posted by: Skip

Don't get frisky with the Amish ladies. They can wield a mean pitchfork

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 08:07 AM (vHIgi)

202 190 definitely hold the mail

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 01, 2023 08:09 AM (vHIgi)

203 Journalism from the AI smoothie shop story: "An employee of a local community outreach group who is stationed on the sidewalk...."

Riiiight, I've heard of those jobs, C(H)I's, confidential hobo informant. *big eye roll*

Posted by: The Third Monkey at November 01, 2023 08:18 AM (T3bzM)

204
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Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 01, 2023 08:54 AM (TGPs7)

205 WeWork was always bankrupt. It just didn't file until now.

Posted by: Truth exists independent of desire at November 01, 2023 09:12 AM (Gplmx)

206 Somone told me that the he thinks when Star Citizen 4.0 is released, it will be a ~150 GB download.

Posted by: mrp at November 01, 2023 10:02 AM (rj6Yv)

207 in 1988, I bought an AST 386 with a 70 MB (megabyte) hard drive, and people asked me why I needed so much space.

Posted by: OCBill at November 01, 2023 11:40 AM (SUECK)

208 UltraSPARC IIi Shout-out!

Posted by: Bill Joy at November 01, 2023 11:44 AM (itv8P)

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