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The Morning Report — 11/23/23

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Good Thanksgiving morning, kids. I'll try to keep it short so I can warm my achey bones beside the fire. So, a car rams an immigration checkpoint on the Rainbow Bridge connecting us with Canada, exploding in a fireball, and wax work NY governess Kathy Hochul assures us it has nothing to do with terrorism. Despite the fact that the ongoing Gaza War in a very real sense has fronts all over the world. Also, the fact that there was a terrorism alert put out the day before this "incident" means nothing. Nope. Nothing to see here. Probably just a lone nut job upset over Obamacare, right?

While the situation is still fluid, i.e. the government is doing is best to quash anything that would indicate Islamic terrorism, this notion of lone actors is interesting. Islam seems to be greatest army ever assembled that consists primarily of lone actors.

The Palestinian son of a Hamas co-founder — who later converted to Christianity — warned the world that if Israel does not succeed in eliminating Hamas “all of us will be next.

”Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, spoke this week flanked by Israeli flags. Referring to the Hamas massacre and atrocities committed against Israel on October 7, he stated, “This crime cannot be forgiven. None of us should forgive this crime.”

Speaking of the Israeli attack on Hamas in Gaza, he explained how those people killed in Gaza by Israel were part of Hamas’ plan to demonize Israel, saying, “So Israel now got stained by blood. This is what Hamas wanted to happen from day one. They wanted to sacrifice thousands of children so Israel can take the blame. Digging tunnels and bunkers under hospitals, schools … Hamas misfired. How many people killed at the hospital and they went so fast to blame Israel and the rest of the world listened to them and listened to their propaganda?”

“If Hamas is not defeated, if Hamas is not eradicated in Gaza, we will set the model, we will give the freedom to so many radical groups around the world,” he warned. “And this is just a warning. If you really care for the global security — and I speak of a person who was part of the counter-terrorism effort against radical Islamists — if Hamas is not defeated in Gaza, it will inspire many groups around the globe. They will see that a few thousands of savages can blackmail the international community, the super powers and bring democracies to their knees. Many of them are watching now and many of them are very happy about how the world is responding. And many of them are satisfied to see the state of confusion and fear and anxiety.”

“Because if Israel fails in Gaza, all of us will be next.”

He's absolutely right. I find it heartening that someone like this man who had been so completely marinated in this insanity could see the light and reject it. That said, I'm not going to bank on a mass wave of enlightenment in the Islamic world.

And the cult-like parallels with Leftism mean the potential for an axis of evil like no other.

Who would have guessed that the next trendy, chic thing among America’s addled and miseducated youth would be Islam?

It was perhaps inevitable that young secular Westerners, their self-centered lives achingly meaningless, would gravitate to the only force that seems to present an alternative to the culture of materialism, hedonism, and increasing madness in which they’ve been marinating since birth. But many of these people are likely to wake up in the morning with a massive buyer’s remorse headache.First, there was the Osama bin Laden craze on TikTok. Hordes of witless millennials suddenly discovered the terror titan’s 2002 letter to America and professed to find wisdom in its whiny grievance-mongering and Jew-hatred. But that was just the beginning. Now the same disaffected, diseducated, and rationality-challenged millennials are embracing not just Osama, but the whole hog, or if you prefer, the whole halal enchilada, and converting to Islam.

High-profile “influencers” are driving much of this trend. First, there was former kickboxer and accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate, who converted to Islam precisely because it sanctifies brute force and intolerance, qualities that he confuses with strength and sees lacking in the woke, relativistic half-men and men who think they’re women of the contemporary left. Following Tate into the Religion of Peace was the “Internet personality” Sneako, who is now doing his part to bring into the fold of Muhammad the legions of antisemites who have revealed themselves since Hamas’ Oct. 7 jihad massacre in Israel.

On Thursday, the venomously anti-Israel propagandist Jackson Hinkle, who has over two million followers on X, tweeted (X’d?) a video in which Sneako presents him with a biography of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Hinkle wrote: “Thanks @sneako for gifting me the biography of the Prophet Muhammad. It’s already a very eye-opening read.”

. . . Some of these people should have looked before they leaped. One is a woman named Alex, who describes herself as a “leftist queer gremlin.” This particular gremlin has been going to pro-Hamas demonstrations and recently bought a Qur’an, made a formal conversion to Islam, and started wearing a hijab.  But has Alex noticed that the population of leftist queer gremlins in Gaza is vanishingly small? Is Alex aware of what happens to leftist queer gremlins in the Islamic land she so admires? Almost certainly not. But if she continues with her little rebellion against the West, she is liable to find out, and will likely be thinking as her tormenters close in that maybe the much-maligned West wasn’t so bad after all. . .

. . . It is unlikely in the extreme that Megan Rice or any of these other new Western converts to Islam have the faintest idea of what their new religion teaches. They just like the idea of rebelling against The Man, who in their thoroughly propagandized minds is a white Christian; they haven’t noticed that the people who have the real power today are those who share their hatred of Israel and are determined to destroy and are happy to see this Islam craze spreading among young people because it furthers their larger goal of destroying the West in order to pave the way for socialist internationalism.

By the time these young dupes wake up to how they’re being manipulated, it is likely to be far too late.

Indeed.

On a somewhat more positive note, on the heels of Javier Milei in Argentina the great Geert Wilders has won in Holland. Oh boy.

Have a happy, safe and blessed Thanksgiving.

    ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

  • “I just returned from the scene of a horrific accident that led to a high-level anxiety all the way from Western New York to Albany to Washington. But before I describe the details, I want to be very clear to Americans and New Yorkers: at this time, there is no indication of a terrorist attack,” Hochul stated.
    Kathy Hochul Dismisses Early Reports on Car Explosion at US-Canada Border
  • "The alert says possible targets include protests and other public events. Police in New York are maintaining a highly visible security presence around potential targets like synagogues. And while there's no specific or credible threat, security for this week's Thanksgiving Day Parade is at a high level with a full deployment of thousands of New York City police officers."
    Terror Warning Issued Day Before Explosion at Northern U.S. Border
  • Kurt Schlichter: "No, the 9/11 hijackers were not 'misunderstood.'"
    Reject Moral Illiteracy
  • Miranda Devine: "But equally worrying is the administration’s apparent harboring and coddling of agents of Iran, even after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. It sponsors Hamas.  And, yet, sitting in the Pentagon with a high-level security clearance is Ariane Tabatabai, the Iranian-born Biden military aide who reportedly is under investigation over an Iranian influence operation whose tentacles reach deep into Washington’s military and diplomatic establishment — and nobody in the government will explain why. "
    Meet the Iranian-Born Biden Military Aide Reportedly Under Investigation for Major Influence Campaign: "Clear and Present Danger"

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1 Morning!

Posted by: Bruce at November 23, 2023 06:25 AM (vd8XM)

2 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2023 06:28 AM (lwOKI)

3 Good morning, JJ. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2023 06:28 AM (5hJvA)

4 I nooded

Posted by: Bruce at November 23, 2023 06:28 AM (vd8XM)

5 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Also, have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2023 06:31 AM (ju2Fy)

6
JJ - I'm sure that Gert Wilders name is no stranger to you. But this is how he has to live because of the 'Religion of Peace'.

He is constantly accompanied by a permanent security detail of about six plainclothes police officers, and does not receive visitors unless they are cleared in advance, thoroughly searched, and escorted at all times. He lives in a state-provided safe house which is outfitted to be bulletproof, is heavily guarded by police, and has a panic room. He is driven from his home to his offices in parliament in an armored police vehicle, and wears a bulletproof vest.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 06:33 AM (enJYY)

7 Mornin' Horde. Happy BD, JJ.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 23, 2023 06:34 AM (k6uu5)

8 In the spirit of Wolfus from the Tech thread

My blessings exceed anything I can ever hope for. Even though I've had ups and downs throughout my life, I managed to get to this point and will be 70 in December with a sound mind and still healthy enough to do whatever I want. It is a miracle that I'm financially secure now with a home that's nearly paid off and no debt, that is a blessing that brings me peace daily and that I haven't had a job in 8 years come March next year. I'm grateful that my son is out of school and has his career ahead of him and he's become a fine young man and a terrific musician to boot. I too am grateful for my gray box friends here; my empty nights are filled up, especially the part about bird bath status, kittens, and blueberry pancakes. That I now live in a lovely little community surrounded by lovely people that make my life richer every single day. But what I'm really grateful about this year Is I got to a World Series game, I have a 75-in TV, an Xbox that have no business owning and a coffee pot. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Posted by: Lost in Space at November 23, 2023 06:34 AM (6oz1A)

9
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 23, 2023 06:35 AM (ENBF0)

10 Happy Thanksgiving everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 06:36 AM (fwDg9)

11
... wax work NY governess Kathy Hochul assures us it has nothing to do with terrorism.


She was probably irritated that the incident took precious time away from her to plan for re-instituting her "toss 'em in and forget 'em" camps.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2023 06:38 AM (5pZqO)

12 Happy Thanksgiving, Horde!

and thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 23, 2023 06:38 AM (hXr4C)

13 Did see at Revolver the flying car had a man and woman going to a Kiss concert in Ontario.
One observation by me is the first knee jerk seems always to be cover up any action that looks bad instead of coming out with facts.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 06:39 AM (fwDg9)

14 Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.

olddog, your son has exceedingly good taste.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2023 06:41 AM (EvYxc)

15 Thanks, JJ for all you do. Please take your achy bones back to bed and I pray you feel better soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 06:41 AM (PBRq9)

16 Early again?

You know what they say about bad habits.

Diehard.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 06:41 AM (BoX/+)

17 Posted by: Lost in Space at November 23, 2023 06:34 AM (6oz1A)

That’s great! Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 06:43 AM (PBRq9)

18 Looks like NJ has joined NY in banning the sale of ICE vehicles in the state by 2035.

So that's roughly the date of the implosion of the NE and Left Coast.

Sh*t, them banning plastic straws and bags sent me packing, I can't imagine the stampede when you can no longer buy an ICE vehicle is going to be.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2023 06:44 AM (XV/Pl)

19 Happy Thanksgiving to all Morons!
🦃

Posted by: Unkaren at November 23, 2023 06:45 AM (Ly4GW)

20
I guess it's been 30 years now, but my brother-in-law married a woman with two children from a previous marriage. He paid for both of these children to attend Catholic school and then college.

Then one day one daughter came home from college wearing a hijab and announced she was converting to islam. I think the story is he started packing her suitcase for her and told her to move out. Anyway, her conversion didn't *take* when faced with homelessness.

Point is, this shits being going on for a long time.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 06:45 AM (enJYY)

21 As we discussed on the Tech Thread: Let us list our blessings and things we are thankful for/glad to have. Instead of, say, the neighbor last night who played his bass-heavy "music" against my bedroom wall when I was trying to get to sleep. Or the continuing water leak from my bathroom ceiling. Or . . .

"What? I was doing what? Oh. Okay."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2023 06:45 AM (omVj0)

22 The globalists and Deep States are not going to take the people of the Netherlands and Argentinas outrageous display of the will of the people lightly, ,Argentina and the Netherlands can expect color revolutions in the not too distant future.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2023 06:45 AM (XV/Pl)

23 I actually slept close to seven hours last night and didn't have to get up for a bathroom break. This after a two-hour nap yesterday afternoon.

I've found the secret to a happy life!

Too bad there's that pesky thing called a "job" in there. Well, I will discuss the retirement/relocation plan with Miss Linda this week, and I will get either a commitment to it or (as I expect) a lackluster response.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2023 06:49 AM (omVj0)

24 'Bout time to get dressed, stretch, and plunge into the workout. I skipped yesterday out of sheer laziness.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2023 06:50 AM (omVj0)

25 Just wanted to share a little something that made me smile One of the fathers of a kid on FenSpouse’s bus gave him a big wheel of nuts and dried fruits. FenSpiouse often gets lots of chocolates and gift cards at Christmas time which is also very nice, but this is the first time at TG. I thought that was wonderfully kind and thoughtful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 06:50 AM (ra0wK)

26 everyone have a lovely day!

off to the state park for a hike

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 23, 2023 06:54 AM (hXr4C)

27 mornin yall

*sips coffee*

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

28 That was close. I almost forgot to take off my Nikki sock.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

29 Good morning again dear morons and thank you JJ

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

Faint Glimmer of Hope > Boot Stamping on Face

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

30 Early JJ !

AGAIN !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 06:57 AM (T4tVD)

31 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 06:57 AM (T4tVD)

32 Happy Thanksgiving!

Remember, the first Anglo-American [t]hanksgiving was celebrated in Virginia, and the first on our soil was in St. Augustine, Florida.

Ignore the fucking Yankee disinformation.

Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2023 07:00 AM (oBcvp)

33 Turkeyx that body! Just do it!

Posted by: Moronderna at November 23, 2023 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

34 Ignore the fucking Yankee disinformation.
Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2023 07:00 AM (oBcvp)

Wow.

I never knew that John Smith and Pocahontas were cousins.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2023 07:03 AM (9UlRk)

35 Some people are calling the president-elect of Argentina another Trump, but when I hear "libertarian," open borders is my #1 word association.

Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2023 07:04 AM (oBcvp)

36 Tasmanian woman’s excuse for missing work makes her boss laugh. Sunny Skyz story:

https://tinyurl.com/3fwcaews

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 07:05 AM (ra0wK)

37 God keep you safe as you travel today. May the food you enjoy be rich and pleasurable, and your visits with family and friends be full of good memories for the future.

May you have a truly happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2023 07:07 AM (qPw5n)

38 It's a very simple recipe
Sell state enterprises
Sell state assets
Cut government spending and employment
Cut regulations
Cut taxes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

39 "Some people are calling the president-elect of Argentina another Trump"

Well, Trump is worse than Hitler, and Hitler didn't like Jews. These people are never happy.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

40 I never knew that John Smith and Pocahontas were cousins.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2023 07:03 AM (9UlRk)

--How shall we ever un-ass this? Boys in the girls" room, and now this!

Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2023 07:07 AM (oBcvp)

41 Boker Tov Patriots
And a very Happy Thanksgiving

Except for democrats: For you drop dead

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2023 07:07 AM (PQ4m2)

42 Yonder Horde

gobble
gobble

Posted by: Bob Segear at November 23, 2023 07:08 AM (Q4IgG)

43 I never knew that John Smith and Pocahontas were cousins.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 23, 2023 07:03 AM (9UlRk)

Pocahontas ?

But I barely know Hontas !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 07:08 AM (T4tVD)

44 Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Weather idiot was just explaining how to get Thanksgiving leftovers through TSA when flying. You can bring turkey etc ,but gravy must be frozen. It will still get swabbed anyway. Useful info on the Weather Channel.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 23, 2023 07:09 AM (HG/fp)

45 Hiya Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 07:10 AM (T4tVD)

46 On a somewhat more positive note, on the heels of Javier Milei in Argentina the great Geert Wilders has won in Holland.
-

I have PM Elect Wilders' autograph inside my copy of Robert Spencer's "Stealth Jihad." Have Spencer's dedication, too, along with Pamela Geller's.

Best of luck, Holland. Give your enemies hell!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 07:11 AM (BoX/+)

47 Pocahontas and John Smith related?
Not believing this

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 07:12 AM (fwDg9)

48 I'm wondering if Brazilian Portuguese is very different from Portuguese in Portugal.

Because Argentine Spanish is hardly Spanish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

49 But I barely know Hontas !
Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 07:08 AM (T4tVD)
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Poconos. Any nose.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 07:13 AM (BoX/+)

50 olddog, your son has exceedingly good taste.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Happy Turkey Day, Ben Had. Yes, the boy is full of surprises. Brought his GSP to visit with us. Hopped in bed with me and got under the covers. That dog is full of P&V. Prolly won't see our cats until they leave.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2023 07:15 AM (ju2Fy)

51 Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2023 07:07 AM (PQ4m2)

How about if they’re Democrats in name only.? Spouse hasn’t voted for a Dem since Obama ran the first time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (z1W79)

52 Pokémon, a jamacian pugilist

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (KOsTi)

53 Here's hoping that Wilders can reverse the insanity of putting their farmers out of business due to global warming. How self destructive can a country be that they are willing to starve their citizens due to a fairy tale about too much nitrogen.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (2NHgQ)

54 DNA was not used to determine race of the individuals. The claim they were black was based on the shape of their skulls. See link below. Only 3 of the ostensible black women died of plague. All 3 were buried in the same cemetery indicating close proximity in prior residence.

How do we know they were women?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (lwOKI)

55 May you all have a blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Clovis Sangrail at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (bHnTf)

56 Thank you, JJ.

I had commented on Wednesday that he deep dive into the Charleston Mayor's race, in my opinion, revealed something unusual.

Most of the votes for Cogswell came in high numbers from the outlying areas of the city.

The ares with the greatest increase in population, mostly from the northeast corridor of the US.

It kinda supports my viewpoint of our community, where most of them damn Yankees are not liberals coming to evangelize, but conservative refugees fleeing the northeast.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2023 07:18 AM (hH3Px)

57 How about if they’re Democrats in name only.? Spouse hasn’t voted for a Dem since Obama ran the first time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (z1W79)
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So you're saying that DINOs aren't extinct?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 07:19 AM (BoX/+)

58 Happy Thanksgiving to all and thank you J J.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 23, 2023 07:19 AM (afzKX)

59 #2 son is a Napoleonic enthusiast (a Naphead?). He saw the movie and ripped it up for us last night. Visually it was fine, factually he was not impressed. I told him to remember that when viewing anything from the movie industry. They are in the business to make money, not to document history.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

60 Spain link is good and exactly what I think is what's happening and plan by the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 07:19 AM (fwDg9)

61 We're all fortieth cousins or closer to each other.

This is the table I like, not the special needs table with Antifa and the freaks.

Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2023 07:20 AM (oBcvp)

62 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 07:19 AM (BoX/+)

Well done!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 07:21 AM (z1W79)

63 #2 son is a Napoleonic enthusiast (a Naphead?).

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 07:19 AM (vFG9F)
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The alternative is Bonehead.

But the choice is his.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 07:21 AM (BoX/+)

64 fd would love to meet #2 son. Though a full time Napoleonic era buff I am not a Napoleon fan boy, just hoping it's entertaining because already know it's not historical.
Want to see a historical movie watch Master and Commander

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 07:21 AM (fwDg9)

65 "The alternative is Bonehead."

Heh. I'll ask him about his preferred pronoun today.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

66 Wish RIP Mr President was about Jimmy, just go meet your maker will you you old bastard.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 07:25 AM (fwDg9)

67
When I had my blog I received a death threat - as I was not a big fan of the islamists, and I scored a big one for C of J_hnson. As I could see and look up the IP address I determined it came from the Netherlands. It made sleeping a little easier with that big pond between us.

Best of luck to Gert Wilders. Stay safe.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 07:25 AM (enJYY)

68 No French.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

69 Jason Whitlock said flat out that Ben Crump works hand in hand with the FBI. It's so obvious that of course I never realized it until he pointed it out.

Our tax dollars, fucking up the judicial process.

All right, best stop grumbling and get today rolling.

Posted by: logprof at November 23, 2023 07:27 AM (oBcvp)

70 fd might also suggest to him listening to the Napoleonic Quarterly podcasts

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 07:27 AM (fwDg9)

71
Pokémon, a jamacian pugilist

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM


Speaking of Jamaica, it's one of the few countries that you do not need a passport to visit. Apparently quite a few former British colonies are that way. I did not know that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 07:28 AM (enJYY)

72 Thank you, JJ. May your recovery be swift and complete.
And thank you, Heavenly Father, for the gift of life and promise of eternal salvation!!

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at November 23, 2023 07:28 AM (gxokI)

73 "fd might also suggest to him listening to the Napoleonic Quarterly podcasts
Posted by: Skip"

I will Skip. Thanks!

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

74 How about if they’re Democrats in name only.? Spouse hasn’t voted for a Dem since Obama ran the first time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 07:17 AM (z1W79)

Sure, just don't go bragging about it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2023 07:30 AM (PQ4m2)

75 @59

>>Visually it was fine, factually he was not impressed.

The main critique I've seen of the film is that there is no overarching narrative thread, just moving from scene to scene with no through line.

And any film that can't explain itself in 3.5 hours is a gigantic waste of time.

There was probably 10 miles of film left on the cutting room floor.

Best to wait for the 10 hour extended directors cut, that's the type of sh*t Ridley Scott gets his jolly's on for.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2023 07:31 AM (XV/Pl)

76 we gotta admit, that guy in the Bentley caught some awesome air in that jump at the Rainbow Bridge. (I wish they'd just called it Bifrost)

Posted by: You Know Who at November 23, 2023 07:34 AM (S6gqv)

77 According to a new report by CNN, an affluent man driving a $300,000 Bentley Excelsior X caused the fiery accident at the Rainbow Bridge near Niagara Falls on Wednesday.

A 56-year-old man who lived in an upscale neighborhood went to a nearby casino with his wife after a KISS concert he intended to go to was canceled.

The unidentified driver was driving at a high rate of speed when he hit the center divider and launched into the air. The Bentley caught fire after it crashed into the border inspection point.

The driver and the passenger both died.

Drugs? As G-D is my witness, I thought Bentley's could fly

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2023 07:36 AM (PQ4m2)

78 The main critique I've seen of the film is that there is no overarching narrative thread, just moving from scene to scene with no through line.

And any film that can't explain itself in 3.5 hours is a gigantic waste of time."

That's a shame, I had hoped for better. What you describe is a common problem when historical stores with huge amounts of detail get made by an outfit without a good editor. Editor's job more than anything is to still tell the story while tossing out the stuff that is going to put the audience to sleep.

Posted by: You Know Who at November 23, 2023 07:37 AM (S6gqv)

79 I wish you could smell the roasting bird its heavenly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

80 Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in grey boxes. I'm so thankful for you.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 07:39 AM (iF0sF)

81 I've heard of jumping the turnstiles, but trying to do it in a car takes things to a whole new level!

Posted by: You Know Who at November 23, 2023 07:40 AM (S6gqv)

82 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 23, 2023 07:41 AM (NBVIP)

83 jewells are you cooking?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

84 Bird is in the smoker.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2023 07:42 AM (hH3Px)

85 Would hope bird bath is in the 350 degree range by now

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 07:45 AM (fwDg9)

86
Drugs? As G-D is my witness, I thought Bentley's could fly

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2023 07:36 AM


So, no Iranian passport? I think it was Robert Spencer who was reporting that yesterday.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 07:45 AM (enJYY)

87 Good morning JJ and everyone. Not doing Turkey but instead a nice bone in prime rib. Yummy.

My question in this NY guy in the Bentley is if he knew the concert in Canada was cancelled and went to a casino in NY instead and he lives in NY why was he trying to get over to Canada?

Posted by: Jaimo at November 23, 2023 07:45 AM (sOA7y)

88 No turkey here today. Doing chicken and Andouille sausage gumbo. We'll probably start the roux in a couple hours let the gumbo simmer all afternoon.

The sun is just now poking up over the trees. The frost on the ground looks like diamonds.

Posted by: Bob Segear at November 23, 2023 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

89 82 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at November 23, 2023 07:41 AM (NBVIP)

If (Water present)
If temp > 32 F
Birdbath has liquid water
Else
Birdbath water is frozen
Else --water not present
Birdbath needs water
End If

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, JT's Freelance proxy and learning to code at November 23, 2023 07:46 AM (PiwSw)

90 Good morning, jewells. Got your card. Must say you have beautiful penmanship. Mines gone to hell.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2023 07:47 AM (ju2Fy)

91 Good morning everyone. I wish a Happy Thanksgiving to each of you.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 23, 2023 07:55 AM (UcAQV)

92 How Obama is Running America’s Response to Oct. 7
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The real question is who is running Obama. I've seen more than enough of him to realize he just isn't smart. He's what a post-intelligence ruling class likes to think is smart.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 07:55 AM (brAQZ)

93 Happy Thanksgiving, All!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 23, 2023 07:56 AM (JrojV)

94 San Fran, no we are going to my sis in laws house. We usually do our own thing, just hubs me and the kids but this year I really want to spend time with the rest of the family.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 07:57 AM (iF0sF)

95 The real question is who is running Obama.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 07:55 AM (brAQZ)
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Soros, WEF, etc.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 07:57 AM (BoX/+)

96 Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2023 07:58 AM (ny5u5)

97 no offense, but let's not talk about that asshole today

today is about steak and football

Posted by: DB - at November 23, 2023 07:58 AM (geLO8)

98 We'll probably start the roux in a couple hours



You're gonna regret that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 23, 2023 07:59 AM (JrojV)

99 today is about steak and football



And gravy. Never forget the gravy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 23, 2023 07:59 AM (JrojV)

100 Barky is well steeped in Marxism, is that all is needed to push a operation?

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 08:00 AM (fwDg9)

101 no offense, but let's not talk about that asshole today

today is about steak and football
Posted by: DB - at November 23, 2023 07:58 AM (geLO
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Are you implying that turkeys are assholes?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 08:00 AM (BoX/+)

102 Who's running Obama? It's been suggested the Intelligence Community is really running things. Who specifically? No idea. Probably several individuals all with competing, sometimes overlapping agendas.

Valarie Jarrett has been mentioned as the 'brains' behind the Kalorama Komplex Klowns; specifically Obama.

Also noteworthy; the current administration was revealed to have several high profile positions currently filled with individuals that have direct connections to the Iranian régime. State and Defense departments singled out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2023 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

103 Celebrate the last Thanksgiving with Biden as president.

Posted by: Redenzo at November 23, 2023 08:00 AM (V/pbu)

104 >And gravy. Never forget the gravy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

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my steak will be flanked by mashed potatoes and gravy

Posted by: DB - at November 23, 2023 08:00 AM (geLO8)

105 Jumping back in to say Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Hordelings. Very thankful for all of you. More than you realize!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2023 08:01 AM (5hJvA)

106 >Are you implying that turkeys are assholes?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey



no
the president before Trump

Posted by: DB - at November 23, 2023 08:01 AM (geLO8)

107 I've said too much
going back to my seat now

Posted by: DB - at November 23, 2023 08:02 AM (geLO8)

108 Hoping that Geert Wilders can form a government; the parliamentary system of the Netherlands is fractionated that it's hard to predict anything. Looked up some numbers; in the outgoing Parliament there were 3 parties that each only had 1 member, and 4 more parties that each only had 3 members. Looks like there will be at least 16 different parties with seats in the new Parliament - what a ridiculous way to set up a government.

Looks like Wilder's party starts off with 37 members, up from 17 last election. (the reason its called a landslide)
But he has to find a way to negotiate up to 75 in order to govern.

the upside - nobody else can put together a coalition, either.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2023 08:03 AM (S6gqv)

109 no
the president before Trump
Posted by: DB - at November 23, 2023 08:01 AM (geLO
-

I stand by my comment:

https://tinyurl.com/48w9x2jy

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2023 08:04 AM (BoX/+)

110 olddog, thanks lol! I rarely use cursive anymore. Thought I would get all fancy and shit this time.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 08:04 AM (iF0sF)

111 And someone controls Jarrett.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2023 08:05 AM (ny5u5)

112 Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! 🦃

Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2023 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

113 My question in this NY guy in the Bentley is if he knew the concert in Canada was cancelled and went to a casino in NY instead and he lives in NY why was he trying to get over to Canada?
Posted by: Jaimo at November 23, 2023 07:45 AM (sOA7y)

I think he found out that the KISS concert was canceled and decided life just wasn't worth living anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2023 08:05 AM (S6gqv)

114 Men and women see the issue quite differently, it seems. Men favor the government-Big Tech censorship alliance, with 47% approving, 40% disapproving. Women, not so much, with just 25% approving, with 46% disapproving.
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Women voters (finally) come down for freedom on a hot-button issue, and want online freedom of speech. Interesting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:06 AM (xpEIL)

115 jewells, make 'em wait on you hand on foot, queen!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

116 No writes in cursive anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

117 Women voters (finally) come down for freedom on a hot-button issue, and want online freedom of speech. Interesting.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:06 AM (xpEIL)

Freedom maybe, but you're gonna tell me your True Name, buddy!

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:08 AM (S6gqv)

118 Happy Thanksgiving to all! My father just announced he intends to raise politics at the table later today, as a means of reducing his Christmas present list.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:09 AM (xpEIL)

119 Happy Thanksgiving to all y'all!

Thank the Lord for the Horde!

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 23, 2023 08:09 AM (aBJcM)

120 My cursive is close to unreadable

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:10 AM (xpEIL)

121 "Men and women see the issue quite differently, it seems. Men favor the government-Big Tech censorship alliance, with 47% approving, 40% disapproving. Women, not so much, with just 25% approving, with 46% disapproving."

That doesn't seem right. Who are these "women"? Was that an anonymous poll?

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

122 Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 23, 2023 08:11 AM (R/m4+)

123 "Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:08 AM"

This gal gets it!

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:11 AM (vFG9F)

124
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and Tesla bubbles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuFelNI2c08

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 08:11 AM (enJYY)

125 No writes in cursive anymore.



My cursive was never legible anyway.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 23, 2023 08:12 AM (JrojV)

126 God bless the Horde and a Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at November 23, 2023 08:12 AM (J8OCH)

127 > No writes in cursive anymore.
___________

It's like a secret code nobody can read.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2023 08:12 AM (Q4IgG)

128
I think there's some imposters in this thread!

Posted by: The Real Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:13 AM (enJYY)

129 A new stumbling block to the ceasefire after Hamas refuses the Israeli insistence that the International Red Cross be able to visit the remaining Israeli captives once the women and children are release.

Another reason this "pause" is FUBAR

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 23, 2023 08:13 AM (PQ4m2)

130 No writes in cursive anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I do but it's not a continuous flow anymore. Several breaks while writing a word.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2023 08:14 AM (ju2Fy)

131 "I think there's some imposters in this thread!
Posted by: The Real Nikki Haley"

Yes, but only one has the tattoo.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

132 121 "Men and women see the issue quite differently, it seems. Men favor the government-Big Tech censorship alliance, with 47% approving, 40% disapproving. Women, not so much, with just 25% approving, with 46% disapproving."

That doesn't seem right. Who are these "women"? Was that an anonymous poll?
Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

This is like polling fed gov workers about cutting the fed govt. Men favor keeping their tech jobs, and the alliance will give them acres of them. Women don't tend to work those jobs, so they favor what's right.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 23, 2023 08:15 AM (exHjb)

133 make 'em wait on you hand on foot, queen!

I intend to! Sadly another sister in law is making this day difficult for some of us. I expect at some point for a fight to break out.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 08:15 AM (iF0sF)

134 A new stumbling block to the ceasefire after Hamas refuses the Israeli insistence that the International Red Cross be able to visit the remaining Israeli captives once the women and children are release.

Fine. Start leveling the place.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2023 08:15 AM (ny5u5)

135 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive. For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it; the offspring of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

Psalm 69: 30-36

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 23, 2023 08:16 AM (aBJcM)

136 Good Morning! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Breakfast will be bagels with cream cheese and the salmon I smoked yesterday.

Deep frying the brined bird this afternoon. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: goatexchange at November 23, 2023 08:18 AM (hyS0X)

137 124
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and Tesla bubbles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuFelNI2c08
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 08:11 AM (enJYY)

That calls for some Deep Purple: "Smoke on the Water!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu5lv2Umn3M

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2023 08:19 AM (S6gqv)

138 I can hardly wait to watch the Macy's Tranny Parade? I could almost pee myself.

Posted by: Dylan M. at November 23, 2023 08:20 AM (ju2Fy)

139 Abolish The USPS.

Just another unionized group of hardcore democrat layabouts who are obsolete in 2023 and are just bagman for a corrupt electoral system.

More coffee..

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 23, 2023 08:20 AM (R/m4+)

140 Older people were taught penmanship. I was learning typing in the 70s. My kids were not taught cursive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

141 It's becoming axiomatic that whatever the media reports, the opposite is the case. If it's an "insurrection," it's not. If it's "mostly peaceful," it's violent and anarchist. If it's a legitimate election, it's really stolen. If it's "terrorism", it's not. If it isn't, it is. And on and on.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 23, 2023 08:21 AM (UAO/v)

142 Thanks for reminding me Dylan. I needed to update my sock.

Posted by: 365 Days as Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

143 Does the Macy's parade still have those huge balloons? I recall watching the parade in the hopes one would fly away.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2023 08:22 AM (Q4IgG)

144
That doesn't seem right. Who are these "women"? Was that an anonymous poll?
Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:10 AM (vFG9F)
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Its the IBD/TIPP poll, from the story JJ linked above. Democrats favor censorship and everyone else hates them for it. But, oddly, women are against it. Anomalous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:23 AM (N39Tj)

145 There remains a possibility that Hamas is just stringing the Israeli's along and doesn't intend to release any of the hostages; but that would be an incredibly stupid move, even for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2023 08:25 AM (S6gqv)

146 Girl and son in law F. are dragging in some solos to our house. Because SiL is a foreigner there always other foreigners around with their silly accents.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 08:25 AM (RIvkX)

147 Happy Thanksgiving to the Horde!
May you all have more blessings than you can count!


OK, so is today the kick-off to the Nog-thread Season?

Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J Trump is our duly elected president at November 23, 2023 08:27 AM (l0Cy4)

148 146 Girl and son in law F. are dragging in some solos to our house. Because SiL is a foreigner there always other foreigners around with their silly accents.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
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Probably from Michigan. Here in the Buckeye state they are generally regarded as foreign and morally suspect.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:28 AM (hUXNz)

149 Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Looking forward to a fun day of hanging out with the wife's relatives.
Happy happy.
Fun fun.
Meh.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 23, 2023 08:28 AM (dr4Q1)

150 Most of the hostages are dead, I'm afraid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2023 08:28 AM (ny5u5)

151 Back from my workout, which went well, and breakfast, ditto. Unfortunately this pesthole is moving to screw its inhabitants again. Today there's going to be a parade for tomorrow's Grambling game -- and part of its route is very close to where we'll be trying to park and walk to our restaurant.

I wish we were going to the suburbs as I wanted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2023 08:28 AM (omVj0)

152 "The accused ringleaders of a network of “sophisticated high-end brothels” that serviced politicians, military officials, and government contractors kept “impeccable” records of their illicit operation which netted them over a million dollars, one of the top federal investigators on the case revealed Wednesday"

Boys will be boys. Now send me some money.

Posted by: 365 Days as Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

153 Might be sign back on schedule
It's break time and hungry again even after big breakfast

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 08:29 AM (fwDg9)

154 "The removal of Boudin and the APEC cleanup, however brief, offer hope that San Francisco, once the jewel of the West Coast, might one day be saved from the effects of its leftist fantasies."
A Fleeting Glimmer of Hope for San Francisco?
_______

What happened to the judges who ruled that it was unconstitutional to stop bums from shitting in the street?

Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 08:29 AM (brAQZ)

155 No writes in cursive anymore.
___________

It's like a secret code nobody can read.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2023 08:12 AM (Q4IgG)
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Works pretty well. I can barely read my own cursive most of the time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2023 08:30 AM (BpYfr)

156 The Evil Origins of 60 Years of JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories
_______

It's obvious that C S Lewis and Aldous Huxley did it.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 08:30 AM (brAQZ)

157 >> I can barely read my own cursive most of the time.

A write-only language.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 23, 2023 08:31 AM (Mzdiz)

158 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Awaiting customers

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

159 Oh boy.
Did anyone else hear that in Curly's voice?
A sort of gleeful, "This is going to be fun!"?

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2023 08:32 AM (JgU20)

160 "While the situation is still fluid, i.e. the government is doing is best to quash anything that would indicate Islamic terrorism, this notion of lone actors is interesting. Islam seems to be greatest army ever assembled that consists primarily of lone actors."

Islamic leaders know this better than anyone. This is why every successful Islamic nation in history has survived by maintaining a powerful Secret Police force tasked with hunting and down and killing potential internal enemies, It's why Saudi Arabia still has public beheadings each week at Chop Chop Square. If you allow the lone wolves into your society, this is what you've got to do to deal with them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2023 08:33 AM (S6gqv)

161 Morning Everyone, Happy Thanksgiving. Thx JJ. So yesterday I naturally opened it was probably a Hamas sympathizer at the Niagara Falls Bridge. Never would I have thought it was a Kiss fan driving a Bentley. Life is getting weirder

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 23, 2023 08:33 AM (QUGLq)

162 ---
Works pretty well. I can barely read my own cursive most of the time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2023 08:30 AM (BpYfr)

I had to give up cursive when even I couldn't read mine anymore. I have a sis-in-law with beautiful handwriting; but she does calligraphy, too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2023 08:35 AM (S6gqv)

163 olddog, thanks lol! I rarely use cursive anymore. Thought I would get all fancy and shit this time.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 08:04 AM (iF0sF)

I use cursive if I stub my toe.

Hiya Jewells !

Happy Thanksgiving !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:35 AM (T4tVD)

164 Good morning! Among the many things I have to be thankful for is you morons, for all the great laffs, and for putting me so much f'n knowledge. Thanks so much!

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 08:35 AM (MvF+J)

165 ‘Many, Many Hospitalized’: Mysterious Illness Infects Chinese Students
________

So we now know why we can't have a regular election next year.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 08:35 AM (brAQZ)

166 ‘Many, Many Hospitalized’: Mysterious Illness Infects Chinese Students
________

So we now know why we can't have a regular election next year.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 08:35 AM (brAQZ)
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Now everyone will have to be vaxxed "for the children."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2023 08:36 AM (BpYfr)

167 Happy Thanksgiving, good people! You too, bad people.

I am thankful for this blog and its many voices. I am grateful for the mercy and kindness of God. I rejoice in my salvation. I am eagerly awaiting the return of Christ, my King. I hope you all have a blessed and peaceful day.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (45fpk)

168 This is the very last weekend to consume your pumpkin spice supposed-edibles. It's the law!

Also, we need common-sense KISS fan Bentley control!

Posted by: Die Scheisse at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (83IzV)

169 As to the Niagara Bridge incident...
There's video out of the car hitting a curb and going airborne. If it was a terrorist attack it was a really stupid one. But it makes no sense any other way, either.

And, it sorta also links to the Stooges:
/each syllable sounded out slowly/ Ni-ag-ar-a Falls...
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (JgU20)

170 Cursive is so much faster than printing. I was drilled in it in school to the point is is automatic.

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (PCK5/)

171 >> Never would I have thought it was a Kiss fan driving a Bentley. Life is getting weirder

What the hell did he hit (in Dukes of Hazzard fashion) that sent him airborne? I saw that video. He hit something, at high speed, and that launched him.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (Mzdiz)

172 Just put a shot of Mr. Black coffee liqueur and shot of Vanilla Whipped Cream in my coffee. Pretty good.

Posted by: Dylan M. at November 23, 2023 08:38 AM (ju2Fy)

173 /Off tranny sock.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2023 08:38 AM (ju2Fy)

174 For good and for ill, however, it turns out that Presidentish Joe Biden is alive and — well, alive.
________

Shouldn't that be "alive-ish"?

Posted by: Eeyore at November 23, 2023 08:39 AM (brAQZ)

175 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

Teacher claims some of her kindergarten students are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns? Why are FIVE-YEAR-OLDS identifying as nonbinary and changing their pronouns?!

https://tinyurl.com/ys4hm4nm

Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

176 Hiya Grammie !

Happy Thanksgiving !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:40 AM (T4tVD)

177 You gotta lose your life in Niagara Falls
Twelve o'clock, I gotta rock
There's a checkpoint, lights staring at my eyes
Oh my God, no time to turn
I got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die
Why?
Get up
Everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down
Get up
Everybody's gonna leave their seat
Get down...

Posted by: Kiss at November 23, 2023 08:40 AM (R/m4+)

178 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:41 AM (45fpk)

179 It ain't warm out thar.

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:41 AM (T4tVD)

180 Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (45fpk)

Amen, dear. may you have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 08:41 AM (RSbhh)

181 You too, Fen!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:41 AM (45fpk)

182 Obama staffer who ranted at the vendor has been charged with hate crime and aggravated stalking:

https://tinyurl.com/3sfhwfrv

he had been harassing the vendor for weeks and reported to NYPD multiple times, but the tweet went viral and NYPD had to act after the Mayor and Gov. spoke out

Posted by: kallisto at November 23, 2023 08:42 AM (u0ZYF)

183 Teacher claims some of her kindergarten students are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns? Why are FIVE-YEAR-OLDS identifying as nonbinary and changing their pronouns?!

https://tinyurl.com/ys4hm4nm
Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)
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5-year-olds are easily programmable sponges. They'll believe whatever they are told to believe. By the time they reach puberty the programming will be firmly embedded. It's all part of the plan and it's the only way this mind virus can reproduce.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2023 08:42 AM (BpYfr)

184 Why are FIVE-YEAR-OLDS identifying as nonbinary and changing their pronouns?!

They don't eat enough Spam !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:42 AM (T4tVD)

185 I'm surprised that the son of the Hamas founder has not been bumped off yet. May the Lord keep him safe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 08:42 AM (RSbhh)

186 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:43 AM (T4tVD)

187 Teacher claims some of her kindergarten students are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns? Why are FIVE-YEAR-OLDS identifying as nonbinary and changing their pronouns?!
----------------
Mentally ill adults projecting their derangements onto little children, who are in many ways just enthusiastic little copycats, is something I hope provokes the parents into hiring a new, and safer, guide for their toddlers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2023 08:43 AM (UIcOt)

188 Back at ya JT!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 08:45 AM (iF0sF)

189 The resale value of that Bentley is going to be practically nil.

Posted by: Egbert Souse' at November 23, 2023 08:46 AM (83IzV)

190 It's probably a noble endeavor for a civilization to find work for mentally unstable people, just shouldn't be anywhere near children.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 08:46 AM (fwDg9)

191 Back at ya JT!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:46 AM (T4tVD)

192 The ex-obummer staffer also sat for an interview with NYT wherein he claimed some of his best friends were Arab Muslim and he was not a racist

Posted by: kallisto at November 23, 2023 08:48 AM (u0ZYF)

193 Older people were taught penmanship. I was learning typing in the 70s. My kids were not taught cursive.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

In the 50's, cursive was taught to us in grammar school, beginning the very early grades. High school was typing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 23, 2023 08:48 AM (iODuv)

194 Robert Stacy McCain is grateful for-among other things-gluten. The essay amused me:

https://tinyurl.com/2h8wkt4b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 08:49 AM (RSbhh)

195 My grandchildren still learn cursive in their grade school. I guess that's uncommon now.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:51 AM (45fpk)

196 I work with children and I can see a difference in their socialization behavior post- plandemic, but none of them have identified as non-binary.

The youngest children especially are very slow to warm up to their peers. I think it's because they were locked away for a year by Karen mommies who didn't want them exposed to a bug that would not harm them.

Posted by: kallisto at November 23, 2023 08:51 AM (u0ZYF)

197 Thank you, J.J., and Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Posted by: L - Can't make 'em love you more or hate you less at November 23, 2023 08:51 AM (GshMh)

198 @193 in the late 60s - early 70s they still taught cursive , at least in my school. I took typing in HS

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 23, 2023 08:52 AM (QUGLq)

199 The turkey is in the oven. This is my first time cooking the main course.

Dear Lord, protect our family on this day and do not consider what we truly deserve but save us from the pain of food poisoning. Amen!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at November 23, 2023 08:52 AM (6XjE4)

200 195 My grandchildren still learn cursive in their grade school. I guess that's uncommon now.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:51 AM (45fpk)

Do you know if it is the Palmer Method cursive, the type I learned?

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

201
Robert Stacy McCain is grateful for-among other things-gluten. The essay amused me:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 08:49 AM


He's in favor of gluttony on Thanksgiving?

Posted by: The Real Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 08:53 AM (enJYY)

202 Good morning my pretty Hordelings, and happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 23, 2023 08:53 AM (LmiMn)

203 We learned cursive in the early 80's and had grades for penmanship.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2023 08:54 AM (ny5u5)

204 Do you know if it is the Palmer Method cursive, the type I learned?

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 08:52 AM (PCK5/)


I'm sorry, I don't know. I'm just glad they are learning it. BTW, my mother has the most beautiful handwriting. She grew up in the forties.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at November 23, 2023 08:54 AM (45fpk)

205 I have often thought should practice writing cursive. Mine writing is getting very sloppy and when doing anything by hand I print writing.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 08:54 AM (fwDg9)

206 Anyone remember the long cursive writing chart that teachers put up at the top or over the chalkboard? Anyone remember chalkboards? Clapping the erasers?

Posted by: Chalkboard Silicosis Class-Action, Inc. at November 23, 2023 08:54 AM (83IzV)

207 Happy Thanksgiving to Teh Horde!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2023 08:55 AM (Bd6X8)

208 ”Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, spoke this week flanked by Israeli flags. Referring to the Hamas massacre and atrocities committed against Israel on October 7, he stated, “This crime cannot be forgiven. None of us should forgive this crime.”

What crime? According to Al-J@z33r@, this is what happened on October 7. Is anything missing?

October 7
-On October 7, Hamas fired a huge barrage of rockets into southern Israel, with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba.

-As the attack was unfolding later in the day, Israeli media reported armed men seized captives in Ofakim.

-Palestinian Islamic Jihad said it was holding Israeli soldiers, and Hamas social media accounts showed footage appearing to show captives being taken into Gaza.

-One video showed three young men in vests, shorts and flip-flops being marched through a security installation with Hebrew writing on the wall. Other videos showed female captives and Israeli soldiers being dragged from a military vehicle.

-Israel responded by starting a weeks-long bombardment on the Gaza Strip.
END

Posted by: Gref at November 23, 2023 08:56 AM (5fDan)

209 Good morning everyone. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Thank you J.J.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 08:56 AM (J47y1)

210
Sounds like Putin might be getting a little tired of war. With winter coming I'm sure the troops aren't enjoying themselves very much.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 08:56 AM (enJYY)

211 Compare cursive, which had to be taught (no kid ever tried spontaneously learning it on his own,) with today's rapid smartphone thumb-typing, which kids eagerly learn on their own, with no coaching or encouragement.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 08:56 AM (MvF+J)

212 Hiya Eris !

Happy Thanksgiving !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 08:57 AM (T4tVD)

213 Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Thank you so much, JJ, for finding THE best links every weekday morning and then synthesizing it into a banger opening essay (and occasional rant). You rawk!!!


Oh, and Happy Birthday, JJ!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 23, 2023 08:57 AM (izj35)

214 The only cursive writing I do is signing my name on a document.

Posted by: dantesed at November 23, 2023 08:57 AM (88xKn)

215
"The new details about the prostitution ring, which operated in luxury apartments in Massachusetts and Virginia, were included in an affidavit submitted to the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday by Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Zachary Mitlitsky"

"The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said at the time of their arrests that the “commercial sex buyers allegedly included elected officials, high tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government contractors that possess security clearances, professors, attorneys, scientists, and accountants, among others.”


The names will not be released and the photos and documentation will be held by the Deep State to keep those people in line.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 08:58 AM (vFG9F)

216
Happy Thanksgiving!

Trying two new things today;

1)Beef Wellington - found an awesome sounding recipe. Hopefully, I do a good job and it doesn't come out looking like something from Ace's Flambeed Leg O' Hobo Friday Night Dinner.

and

2) Spatchcocked Turkey with Orange and Anise - also dry-brined with those flavors as part of the package. I think it'd be a good as a smoked turkey so that's what I'm doing.

Cocktails and all the fixings, but of course.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 08:58 AM (QzZeQ)

217 Anyone remember the long cursive writing chart that teachers put up at the top or over the chalkboard? Anyone remember chalkboards? Clapping the erasers?
Posted by: Chalkboard Silicosis Class-Action, Inc. at November 23, 2023


***
I do indeed -- literal blackboards at first, and green boards came in a little later. And the letters marched around the wall, the capital followed by the lowercase, like a mother followed by its child.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2023 08:58 AM (omVj0)

218 I'm sorry, I don't know. I'm just glad they are learning it. BTW, my mother has the most beautiful handwriting. She grew up in the forties.
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My folks' too; and they learned using fountain pens. I've read the opinion that ballpoint pens destroyed penmanship that I can believe. Mind you, we didn't have copybooks à la Kipling either while they did.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 08:58 AM (krqg6)

219 I think cursive helped me develop fine motor skills early on. Beneficial for that, maybe foremost.

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 08:58 AM (PCK5/)

220 >>Anyone remember the long cursive writing chart that teachers put up at the top or over the chalkboard? Anyone remember chalkboards? Clapping the erasers?


Dittos where you made copies via a purple inked paper?

*recalls Ferris Bueller scene - or was it Fast Times at Ridgemont High? - where each student sniffs the handout as they pass them down the row*

Posted by: Lizzy at November 23, 2023 08:59 AM (izj35)

221 Anytime politics are brought up, the first thing I talk about is the Left brainwashing kids in the classroom with gender ideology.

Reminder- A 6yr old non-binary child is like a vegan cat. We all know who's making the decisions.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2023 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

222 Cursive is much more than a system of writing. It helps teach large and small motor skills, planning, and a way of thinking.

In the homeschooled kids I am familiar with, that instruction is present.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 09:00 AM (J47y1)

223 >>The names will not be released and the photos and documentation will be held by the Deep State to keep those people in line.


I'm guessing none of the clients will be named or arrested, only the prostitutes. Bets that the ladies are foreigners, possibly brought here illegally just for this work?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 23, 2023 09:01 AM (izj35)

224 What the hell did he hit (in Dukes of Hazzard fashion) that sent him airborne? I saw that video. He hit something, at high speed, and that launched him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 23, 2023 08:37 AM (Mzdiz)

His front wheels were turned, but when they hit that curb, it was enough, at that speed, to launch the car. I saw a video once of a woman speeding down the highway in the rain, lost control, hit a curb at the entrance to a gas station, and was launched into the air, finally landing a few feet from the gas pumps. it was unreal. Physics will not be denied.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 23, 2023 09:01 AM (iODuv)

225 Do you know if it is the Palmer Method cursive, the type I learned?
Posted by: tubal
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That's what I was taught. Got a D in handwriting in 2nd grade. I cried. Brought it up to an B in 3rd grade.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2023 09:01 AM (ju2Fy)

226
I love how The Cone of Nobody Knows Nuthin. It's All a Great Mystery That Will Never Be Solved has been lowered over the Canada border assplosion.

One of the insane clients of the Left must've been the mystery driver of that mysterious vehicle of mystery.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 09:02 AM (QzZeQ)

227 I am not of the era where teachers made left handed children switch to being right handed. My father was left handed, and forced to change.

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 09:02 AM (PCK5/)

228 Anyone remember the long cursive writing chart that teachers put up at the top or over the chalkboard? Anyone remember chalkboards? Clapping the erasers?

Or, in HS science classrooms, the 6 ft monster slide rule at the front.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 09:02 AM (J47y1)

229 I think cursive helped me develop fine motor skills early on. Beneficial for that, maybe foremost.
Posted by: tubal

My mother the elementary school teacher has stated this plenty.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2023 09:02 AM (ny5u5)

230 The turkey is in the oven.
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The chair is against the wall.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:04 AM (krqg6)

231 I am thankful for Ace's hospitality and all of you lovely people.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at November 23, 2023 09:04 AM (6XjE4)

232 Turkey will be in the oven in an hour. Last minute cleaning going on. Dogs are a bit confused.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM (lXCUP)

233 I'm guessing none of the clients will be named or arrested, only the prostitutes. Bets that the ladies are foreigners, possibly brought here illegally just for this work?
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No Yellow!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM (krqg6)

234 Somebody finally realized (three years late) that china is cornering the pot market...
Small growers who have been doing it for years are getting harrased daily while giant greenhouses get left alone.
Shit weed grown with piss and miracle grow in shit dirtbags.

Posted by: Reforger at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM (AoBS7)

235 Of course youth are embracing Islam.
The current culture is so without boundaries that they would naturally seek out something with boundaries, rules, order, hard answers, etc.. Pair that with our culture's decades-long demonization of traditional Western religions while promoting exotic Eastern religions and Islam is an obvious choice.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM (izj35)

236 "Anyone remember chalkboards?"

A real chalkboard with good quality chalk is a luxury. OTOH, there's a math teacher on YT called RedPenBluePen who's a whiz with whiteboards. He uses a fistful of colored pens; his fist rotates rapidly from color to color like a Selectric type ball lays down text.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM (MvF+J)

237 like a Selectric type ball lays down text.
Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit

'Selectric' - you're not really 29, are you?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 09:06 AM (J47y1)

238 I am not of the era where teachers made left handed children switch to being right handed. My father was left handed, and forced to change.
Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 09:02 AM (PCK5/)


They didn't make me switch hands, but-

they forced me to write with a right-handed slant to my letters, which is tiresome and touchy after a while.

That's why so many left-handers write with what looks like hold their pens upside down.

I've been oppressed by all you colonizers!!!!! I need reparations!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 09:06 AM (QzZeQ)

239 My grandpappy, Amos McCoy, ne'er learnt to read nor write and got along in life jus' fine. He placed his X on documents.

Posted by: Little Luke at November 23, 2023 09:06 AM (83IzV)

240 Physics will not be denied.
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Did her car explode upon landing?

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:06 AM (krqg6)

241 Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who claims he attacked her in 1993 while they both worked for the city. They won't release her name though. We need her name, address, phone number, and access to her social media accounts so we can give this matter the scrutiny it deserves.

Posted by: 365 Days as Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 09:07 AM (vFG9F)

242 *sigh*

touchy = ouchy


Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 09:07 AM (QzZeQ)

243 237 Ha! I'm older than water.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:07 AM (MvF+J)

244 That's what I was taught. Got a D in handwriting in 2nd grade. I cried. Brought it up to an B in 3rd grade.
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My teachers used the yardstick method! [whack!]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:08 AM (krqg6)

245 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Posted by: Mick at November 23, 2023 09:08 AM (sVc11)

246
A real chalkboard with good quality chalk is a luxury.
Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM


The secret to great chalk writing that even the kids in the back row can see? Damp chalk. Let it sit in a little puddle of water for about ten minutes before class begins. Then again after lunch.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 23, 2023 09:09 AM (enJYY)

247 If you are running anything made by Pitboss right now, check your app.

Steady reports of 'Server Error' cropping up, and losing ability to control your smoker remotely.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2023 09:09 AM (hH3Px)

248 Any of you first time turkey roasters, please remember to remove the plastic bag with the giblets first. Oh, and defrost the sucker, too.

Posted by: Brenda Butterball at November 23, 2023 09:10 AM (83IzV)

249 I gave up cursive in HS aviation shop. I had to do a punishment assignment of writing some dumb phrase 100 times. I switched from cursive to block printing in the middle, and never looked back.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:10 AM (MvF+J)

250 Steady reports of 'Server Error' cropping up, and losing ability to control your smoker remotely.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

We need common sense smoker control!!

Seriously.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 09:10 AM (J47y1)

251 They used the rote method for learning elements of math for me. Also, MUCH time spent on long division.

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 09:10 AM (PCK5/)

252 Sure, you want boundaries why not a straight jacket called Islam?

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 09:10 AM (fwDg9)

253 246 There's a Japanese brand of chalk that mathematicians kill for. Forget the brand name.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:11 AM (MvF+J)

254 The bird is in the oven.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 23, 2023 09:11 AM (LmiMn)

255 Of course youth are embracing Islam.
The current culture is so without boundaries that they would naturally seek out something with boundaries, rules, order, hard answers, etc.. Pair that with our culture's decades-long demonization of traditional Western religions while promoting exotic Eastern religions and Islam is an obvious choice.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 23, 2023 09:05 AM (izj35)


This reminds me of all the feminists going Buddhist in the 80s and 90s, cuz-

Christianity was so-o-o-o-o sexist.

Then they learned what "The Buddha" had to say about women, which made Christian doctrine look like 5th Wave Feminism.

Heh.

Ignorance is bliss....literally.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 09:11 AM (QzZeQ)

256 Physics will not be denied.
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Did her car explode upon landing?
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:06 AM (krqg6)

She actually didn't hit anything. Was amazing to watch. That Bentley looks like it flipped as it went airborne. And, that Bentley was traveling must faster than the woman in the gas station video. Much faster.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 23, 2023 09:11 AM (iODuv)

257 The bird is in the oven.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Phrasing has been suspended for the day.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 09:12 AM (J47y1)

258 I haven't had time to read the Morning Report in a long while. Thanks JJS for pulling this thing together each weekday morning.

Posted by: 496 at November 23, 2023 09:12 AM (GvVwT)

259 "Steady reports of 'Server Error' cropping up, and losing ability to control your smoker remotely."

Go to CVS, buy 10 $100 gift cards, send us the numbers, and we'll unlock your turkey.

Posted by: The Turkey Hackers at November 23, 2023 09:12 AM (vFG9F)

260 IIRC it was in junior high school that we had a "business ed' class for one semester. We learned how do run a ledger, typing, shorthand and some other business related skillz I can't remember. Probably how to interview and stuff like that.

But cursive was part of the English program in elementary school. 5th or 6th grade I think.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2023 09:12 AM (Q4IgG)

261 Happy Thanksgiving to all.

"Meet the Iranian-Born Biden Military Aide Reportedly Under Investigation for Major Influence Campaign: "Clear and Present Danger""

Now do Valerie Jarrett.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at November 23, 2023 09:13 AM (Rbu5d)

262 The best video of the crash so far:

Vid of the Bentley crash at the Niagara checkpoint:

40 sec

https://youtu.be/OWVExnS4nbg?si=XvVJTchFY853T0xU
Posted by: Tonypete at November 22, 2023 07:52 PM (qoGsy)

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:13 AM (krqg6)

263 The turkey is in the oven.
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The chair is against the wall.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:04

We ride pre-dawn!

Posted by: Black Friday Lunatics at November 23, 2023 09:14 AM (6XjE4)

264 Thankful for the horde.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2023 09:14 AM (NBVIP)

265 There's a Japanese brand of chalk that mathematicians kill for. Forget the brand name.
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Seppuku?? Harakiri??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:15 AM (krqg6)

266 Cocktails and all the fixings, but of course.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 08:58 AM (QzZeQ)
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What are you mixing for the occasion, 'Fake? Anything with Wild Turkey?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 23, 2023 09:15 AM (LmiMn)

267 Seppuku?? Harakiri??
Posted by: andycanuck

You're such a cut up!!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2023 09:16 AM (J47y1)

268 The bird is in the oven.
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John has a long moustache.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:16 AM (krqg6)

269 A Bentley, so it's over 5,000 lbs of speeding mass on wet roads. Whee!

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at November 23, 2023 09:16 AM (We9fe)

270 My kids' godparents lived near where the Macy's parade began, so we would go to watch it start. Listening to a band from the curb makes your pulse pound. Wonderful.

A few years in, my son said, It's Ape day, isn't it?

A TV channel in NYC played King Kong, followed by (I think) Son of Kong, followed by Mighty Joe Young. I wonder if they still do.

Not a classic Thanksgiving, but a definite part of our celebration for many years.

Posted by: Wenda at November 23, 2023 09:16 AM (1MfV9)

271 "The best video of the crash so far:"

The Russian Dashcam Channel judges award it as follows: 8.9, 8.8, 9.9, 9.5, and 9.4.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:16 AM (MvF+J)

272 Do we have a measurement of how far that car flew without an actual ramp? Pretty impressive

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 23, 2023 09:17 AM (/6GbT)

273 An electric car would have not blown up like that.

Posted by: 365 Days as Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023 09:17 AM (vFG9F)

274 That Bentley looks like it flipped as it went airborne. And, that Bentley was traveling must faster than the woman in the gas station video. Much faster.
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Valid points. [Not that I think it was a botched terror attack.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:17 AM (krqg6)

275 >>Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who claims he attacked her in 1993 while they both worked for the city. They won't release her name though. We need her name, address, phone number, and access to her social media accounts so we can give this matter the scrutiny it deserves.


OK, part of me is all "embrace the power of #MeToo that you promoted back when you were out to get Trump, and for years before with Gloria Alred and daughter.

The other part is: this is all so very tiresome. If you were assaulted years ago you should've done something then. Waiting decades until the man reaches a career achievement and then running to the press is evil, and damages all rape victims by making it a political tool instead of a crime.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 23, 2023 09:18 AM (izj35)

276 265 Fulltouch chalk, manufactured by Hagoromo Stationery in Nagoya, Japan.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:18 AM (MvF+J)

277 257 The bird is in the oven.
Posted by: All Hail Eris


Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at November 23, 2023 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

278 I'm grateful to have my own little house and enough to help others. Will be making the drive to visit with Mr and Mrs Salty, who invited me to dine with them. I'll have to convince Mr Trouble to give up his warm chair in the house.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 23, 2023 09:19 AM (t0dV9)

279 Eris, if you are still here, the Turkey Day Marathon is on Pluto TV.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 09:19 AM (vFG9F)

280
What are you mixing for the occasion, 'Fake? Anything with Wild Turkey?
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 23, 2023 09:15 AM (LmiMn)


HA!

Might go with "Stilettos" after the meal. Which are bourbon-based thou7gh some may want amaro.

Predinner will probably go with something gin-based.

"Last Word" is nice because the herbs in the liqueur sorta match what's to come.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 09:19 AM (QzZeQ)

281 Teachers would write “ Save” on the chalkboard so the janitor would not erase and clean the board at night…

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 09:20 AM (PCK5/)

282 I wonder which Macy's Parade blimp will go rogue this year.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 23, 2023 09:20 AM (LmiMn)

283 The bird is resting on the counter.
Yet another masterpiece.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2023 09:20 AM (RIvkX)

284 Val-Jar is just a red diaper baby following her parents and grandparents footsteps

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 09:21 AM (fwDg9)

285 How our wonderful, unbiased MFM is reporting Wilders' win...

Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins huge victory in Dutch elections, according to near complete vote count.

[Probably AP/CP copy.]

Ironically enough, the next chyron reads, "Hundreds of police officers search properties of Hamas members and followers in Germany."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:21 AM (krqg6)

286 Right now they are showing "Hired!"


Hired!
I hope I don't get
Fired!

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (vFG9F)

287 Here's a bit of entertainment, courtesy of Ian Miles Cheong's twitter account. Call it, "The Ghost of Jerry Springer Smiles". About 60 seconds long but the payoff, brutal as it is, comes at the very end:

https://nitter.net/stillgray/status/
1727188108834456027#m

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (/HDaX)

288 That Utah Celeste looks nothing like the Minnesota Celeste.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (ufFY8)

289 redridinghood

Happy Thanksgiving !

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (T4tVD)

290 An electric car would have not blown up like that.
Posted by: 365 Days as Nikki Haley at November 23, 2023


***
It would have already burned up sitting in its garage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (omVj0)

291 My natural writing is a mishmash of cursive and standard. Horrible shit to look at.
I really wish I had developed better penmanship as a kid.
I have to really concentrate, essentially draw my letters now that people actually have to read what I write.
I'm probably the only one who can interprit my notes and I sometimes have trouble with them.
Dad told me it would be this way. I should have listened.

Posted by: Reforger at November 23, 2023 09:23 AM (AoBS7)

292 You're such a cut up!!
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Sometimes I slay me!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:23 AM (krqg6)

293 "With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid."

Ezra 3:11

Posted by: Marcus T at November 23, 2023 09:23 AM (54XhK)

294 257 The bird is in the oven.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Does it have a long mustache ?

Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 09:24 AM (T4tVD)

295 That Utah Celeste looks nothing like the Minnesota Celeste.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (ufFY



Nor the Marie Celeste.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2023 09:24 AM (QzZeQ)

296 273 An electric car would have not blown up like that.
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Of course, it would still be burning though, nearly Nikki.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:24 AM (krqg6)

297 I really wish I had developed better penmanship as a kid.

You didn't have the power of nuns to teach you, sadly.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 23, 2023 09:24 AM (ufFY8)

298 286 Right now they are showing "Hired!"


"I came here looking for a job. I can leave the same way."

Posted by: One of my favorite email signatures at November 23, 2023 09:25 AM (NBVIP)

299 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 23, 2023 09:19 AM (t0dV9)

Give them a hug from me!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 23, 2023 09:25 AM (iF0sF)

300 I liken my penmanship to a chicken with a pen tied to it's leg

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2023 09:25 AM (Hyhpr)

301 Mr. Figorito was my 6th grade teacher. He was awesome, but tough. Merrill was a child in the class who was pretty incorrigible, doing things like putting tacks on others chairs. Mr F made Merrill write "I must learn to accept and respect all legally delegated authority at all times without reservation" 100 times on the chalkboard after class. Merrill later went on to do a stint in Federal prison for selling stolen electronics across state lines, his older brother went to the Big House for hijacking a tractor trailer from the docks in Weehawken, and his Dad, who was a lawyer, went to Fed Pen for bribing immigration officials. Nice family.

Posted by: I'f Rather Behave, Personally at November 23, 2023 09:25 AM (83IzV)

302 The other part is: this is all so very tiresome.
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And that it is undoubtedly related to his criticism of the open borders policy like the Egyptian-gold senator only had his sexual problems raised the decade ago after he crossed the W.H. and State over Mideast policy.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:26 AM (krqg6)

303 My penmanship has gotten worse since most nonverbal communications has been via keyboard the past mumble mumble years.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 23, 2023 09:27 AM (ufFY8)

304 "I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving."

Psalm 69:30

Posted by: Marcus T at November 23, 2023 09:28 AM (54XhK)

305 268 The bird is in the oven.
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John has a long moustache.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:16 AM (krqg6)

I have so much to be thankful for - too much to list - but being able to come here almost every day and make my little jokes and snarky comments make me profoundly grateful.

Thank you AoS community and Cobs.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at November 23, 2023 09:28 AM (QGaXH)

306 Right now I am writing by poking letters with a stick.. doubtful that this is progress…

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 09:28 AM (PCK5/)

307 201-

I don't think he's endorsing gluttony, Just doesn't like gluten free bread, and intends to enjoy his Thanksgiving feast:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 09:29 AM (RSbhh)

308 285 How our wonderful, unbiased MFM is reporting Wilders' win...

Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins huge victory in Dutch elections, according to near complete vote count.

[Probably AP/CP copy.]

Ironically enough, the next chyron reads, "Hundreds of police officers search properties of Hamas members and followers in Germany."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:21 AM (krqg6)


The Leftist dog-whistle "populist" is another example of Leftist dog-whistle communication tactics.

Populist = BAD PERSON
Our Precious Democracy Advocates = GOOD PEOPLE

Yet democracy as defined = the will of the voting citizenry. Not the will of elected representative of the voting citizenry.

Posted by: Gref at November 23, 2023 09:30 AM (5fDan)

309 Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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;^)

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 23, 2023 09:30 AM (krqg6)

310 307 201-

I don't think he's endorsing gluttony, Just doesn't like gluten free bread, and intends to enjoy his Thanksgiving feast:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 09:29 AM (RSbhh)

My theory is that no one likes gluten free bread… or styrofoam, as it is also called..

Posted by: tubal at November 23, 2023 09:31 AM (PCK5/)

311 Art critics upstairs

WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2023 09:31 AM (fwDg9)

312 glutwelve > gluten

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 23, 2023 09:32 AM (MvF+J)

313 Posted by: JT at November 23, 2023 09:22 AM (T4tVD)
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Happy Thanksgiving!
May you be blessed with an abundance of Spam at your Thanksgiving table.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 23, 2023 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

314 Things are bad when you get to the supermarket and can't read your own shopping list.

Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at November 23, 2023 09:34 AM (83IzV)

315 Gratitude in a time of plague. The powerful story behind a hymn often sung at Thanksgiving, "Now Thank We all our God" by a Luteran pastor at the time of the Thirty Years War:

https://tinyurl.com/yeyrtzez

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2023 09:35 AM (RSbhh)

316 Learning cursive writing &/or to play musical instruments appears to be beneficial for dyslexic students.
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Related to the Morning Report: I24 News tv: 'Atrocity film' of Oct 7. massacre to screen for all ambassadors of the United Nations

(In part) In a powerful move to shed light on the harrowing atrocities committed by Hamas, Ambassador Erdan has announced the screening of a chilling film depicting the massacre instigated by the militant group.

Set to take place at the United Nations, this unprecedented event aims to draw attention to the horrors inflicted by Hamas, particularly on innocent children, and calls for global condemnation.

The screening will be inaugurated by Musab Hassan Yosef, famously known as "the son of Hamas," who will share his personal narrative as the son of one of the founders of the organization.

"...This event is poised to be the largest screening of its kind, amplifying the urgency of addressing the heinous crimes perpetrated by Hamas."

I'm shocked the UN didn't demand the internal showing of, and attendance to, the Oct 7th film long before. (It's one pathetic government sponsored (largely US) organization imo.)

Stand w/Israel!

Posted by: L - Can't make 'em love you more or hate you less at November 23, 2023 09:37 AM (GshMh)

317 According to a new report by CNN, an affluent man driving a $300,000 Bentley Excelsior X

I have never heard of a Bentley Excelsior X. I don't think such a car exists, although I can't keep track of all their special editions and stuff.

In the one frame where you get a decent view, it looks like a Continental GT.

Posted by: spindrift at November 23, 2023 09:38 AM (Zdu9h)

318 You didn't have the power of nuns to teach you, sadly.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 23, 2023 09:24 AM (ufFY
Family is Catholic. Yard backed up to the church.
There was a reason I couldn't just jump the backyard fence and go to school. Mostly because once or 20 times I got caught jumping the backyard fence and...

We'll leave it at that.

Posted by: Reforger at November 23, 2023 09:40 AM (AoBS7)

319 Happy Thanksgiving, Morons. Sitting here by the fire I'm counting an endless string of blessings. My only wish is that all of you can do the same.

Posted by: creeper at November 23, 2023 09:43 AM (cTCuP)

320
We're all fortieth cousins or closer to each other.

This is the table I like, not the special needs table with Antifa and the freaks.
Posted by: logprof


"The Wall of Names" (not the correct title, but a book on genealogy with a name similar to this) put it at fiftieth cousins or closer.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2023 09:45 AM (5pZqO)

321 JJ - Why so angry? There is a truce in the middle east, the Neocon cabal's Russian proxy war is over, massive political sea change in Argentina and The Netherlands, Trump is extending his lead over the deep state candidates of Descantis and Biden, Hollywood is tanking, DEI is collapsing, gas prices are dropping, 2020 election fraud is being exposed, I could go on. Quit hoping for the worst...

Posted by: MikeN Ike at November 23, 2023 09:59 AM (Q3t71)

322 The Times of Israel, today

Report: Director of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital arrested by IDF for questioning

Posted by: L - Can't make 'em love you more or hate you less at November 23, 2023 10:38 AM (GshMh)

323 He's either the bravest man alive or the most brilliant example of taqqiya ever.

Posted by: clams on the half shell and roller skates, roller skates at November 23, 2023 10:45 AM (kvDvI)

324 "...never heard of a Bentley Excelsior X. I don't think such a car exists..."

I dunno...first the reports said, "explosives found in the car." Next the reports say, "a couple coming from a KISS concert skunking and a casino" (so, huge losses and an argument leading to road rage?)

"No terror threat," a phrase meaning, "We swear we are NOT lying this time."

I remember being assured, "Come in quickly for a 'safe and effective' vaccine jab...be sure to return in a month for your booster...because *only then* are you protected from catching and/or spreading Covid to Grandma."

We're such suckers.

Posted by: Ju at November 23, 2023 04:01 PM (aTmM/)

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