The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 11/30/23

Good morning, kids. The breaking story this morning is the death of former secretary of state Henry Kissinger at 100 years old. It's more than a bit tragically ironic that arguably one of the shrewdest diplomatic minds who helped guide and foster American foreign policy dominance and leadership through several major world crises, several in the Middle East, passes into history while the nation he championed is utterly bereft of leadership, competence and ethics that has led us to the most dangerous level of global instability in 75 years.

He was right about some things, wrong about others, but you at least had the sense that when Kissinger faced off with world leaders and opponents, American interests were well represented and defended. Compare and contrast to individuals like Madeline Albright, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton and Tony Blinken.

Kissinger was a creature of the Cold War and its attendant geopolitics. The East vs West paradigm is long gone, but it has been replaced by a global conflict pitting billionaire oligarchs out of Davos against Beijing against a growing global Islamist movement, with corrupt politicians engaged in kabuki theatrics, pretending business as usual is still the order of the day.

The common denominator here is the chaos and descent into madness we have been witnessing is a result of the absence of America as the guarantor of the global order which has emboldened all of the aforementioned. That doesn't mean war for the hell of it like in Iraq or Afghanistan. But when we were energy independent at home, as well as promoting sane trade and tariff policies that could have brought industry back to the USA and secured our economy for the long term, China and Iran would not have been the problems they are now. And with the Abraham Accords, 10/7 might never have happened.

Oh well. Fin de siècle.

In this week's little-noted news of great importance, the fraternal socialist brotherhood government of Venezuela will hold a referendum on Sunday officially annexing the border region of tiny neighboring Guyana — a border region encompassing two-thirds of tiny neighboring Guyana. Whoever told you socialists aren't greedy was lying. And a socialist. But I repeat myself.
Anyway, Nicolás Maduro's United Socialist Party government authorized the referendum back in October and has been using "leaflets, reggaeton, videos, and other content" to stir up nationalist fury over lands Venezuela has long claimed but never bothered to fight for.
Perhaps until now. . .
. . . Who had "Venezuela and Brazil Fighting It Out Over Guyana" on their 2024 Global Doom Edition™ Bingo card?
International organizations have recognized Guyana's existing border since 1899. Caracas has been content until now to leave well enough alone. So why is Maduro suddenly getting frisky? Oil. Lots and lots of oil.
Discoveries over the last decade put Guyana's reserves at 11 billion barrels, on par with other mid-tier producers like Norway, Brazil, and Algeria — not bad for a country of fewer than 800,000 people. Imagine a poor family of four suddenly inheriting a large bank, and you'll get an idea of the windfall coming Guyana's way.
"But wait a minute," I can hear you ask, "doesn't Venezuela have more oil than that? Like, a lot more?"
Indeed. Venezuela's proven reserves are 308 billion barrels — the largest in the world and 28 times the size of Guyana's comparatively puny stash. Venezuela invading Guyana for the oil would be like Canada organizing an invasion of Vermont to steal their snow.
But socialists have run Venezuela for the last 20 years or so, and you know what that means: it doesn't matter how much oil is under the ground because they've run the domestic oil industry into the ground. Oil production in the world's most oil-rich country has been in decline since 2012, following years of official neglect.
After socialists are done eating their own country's seed corn, it's almost inevitable that they begin to covet their neighbor's seed corn. Pity poor Guyana's sudden windfall.
There might, however, be one more reason why Maduro has chosen now to move his country to a war footing. The Biden Administration began lifting sanctions on Venezuela last year, just like it lifted sanctions on Hamas's sponsor, Iran, two years before Hamas launched its terror invasion of southern Israel last month.
I see a pattern developing here, and I bet you do, too.

And Venezuela's big ally is . . . Iran. Good thing we have our priorities straight in DC.

The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security has had federal air marshals following people for years who flew to Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, even if they did not go to the Capitol and were never charged with a crime, according to an association representing air marshals.
Air marshals were allegedly pulled off of sensitive missions to follow potential conservatives, suggesting that not only was a law enforcement agency politicized, but that people with no involvement in politics might have been placed at risk as a result. The finding comes amidst the revelation that the FBI let an apparent child rapist go free to pursue January 6 cases.
Five days after the January 6, 2021, protest at the Capitol, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and then-Rep. John Katko (R-NY) wrote to the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), David Pekoske, to demand that the agency “disrupt the travel of terrorists who just attacked the seat of the U.S. government,” citing “online chatter” as evidence that they might be al-Qaeda-style bombers.
Soon, TSA appeared to be doing just that — a situation discovered only because of an almost comical situation in which one air marshal was forced to monitor another air marshal because his wife was in D.C. during that time period.
In January 2023, David Londo and Sonya LaBosco, the president and executive director of the Air Marshal National Council, an association that represents air marshals, wrote to House leaders saying that innocent Americans were being put on watchlists. . .
. . . One January 6 defendant, Kirstyn Niemela — a 5’6” lesbian who was charged with only misdemeanors – said at sentencing that “I have also been red flagged at the airport, and I have to go through extra security while other passengers stare at me as if I’m a terrorist. I have had other passengers come up to me — which I have videos of all of this – and tell me that undercover police or air marshals were watching and following me, and they even peeked inside the ladies’ room while I was in there. This is extremely humiliating, totally unnecessary.”
. . . The Air Marshal National Council said that TSA had repurposed a domestic surveillance program called “Quiet Skies” to follow people who may have been even weakly linked to January 6. The program, which FAMS initially kept secret not only from the public but even from other government agencies, allows air marshals to flag and follow people who are “unknown or partially known terrorists” who are “not under investigation by any agency and are not in the Terrorist Screening Data base.” The DHS Inspector General found in 2020 that it has never found a single threat to aviation security.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Kissinger was a conservative internationalist, one who favored engagement over neutrality, but who prioritized American interests in doing so, and sought to create stability that would ultimately work to America’s advantage."
Henry Kissinger, Legendary American Diplomat (1923-2023)
"A reason why."
The Descent into Barbarism
"I refuse to pass this excuse on to my children. The 'Palestine' nonsense, its victimhood and its liberation, have to end and have to end now. I will not sit back and watch Americans who can barely point out the Middle East on a map tell me what Hamas is or is not or what should happen in 'Palestine'."
How Dare These Western pro-Hamas Liberals Say They Speak for Me, an Arab Who Has Suffered From Islamic Terror

ISRAEL AT WAR

"This is something that is only going to embolden the worst terrorist actors in the region.”
Israel Is Getting ‘Relentless Pressure from the Biden Junta to Ease Back’ on Hamas
"Tehran-backed group equipped to resume hostilities on Israel."
Hamas Has Only Used 10 Percent of Its Arsenal, Iran Says
"Israelis have become heavily invested in the fate of the trio, with their now-iconic red hair. The IDF said Sunday that it believed Hamas had transferred Kfir, his mother, and his brother to another terrorist faction, and that it had somehow lost track of them."
Israel Probes Hamas Claim that Hostage Baby Kfir is Dead: ‘Hamas Is Wholly Responsible’
"'Palestinian' mobs jeer and threaten Israeli hostages as they leave terrorist-controlled Gaza."
Gaza: Hamas Kept Women Hostages in Cages, Forced Children to Watch Videos of October 7 Massacre
"President Donald Trump had cut off funding to UNRWA, but [so-called quote-unquote "president"]
Joe Biden restored it, without insisting on any reforms."
Report: UNRWA Teacher, Gaza Doctor Kept Israeli Child Hostages
"Qatar serving as mediator in Israel's negotiations to secure the release of hundreds of hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip."
Qatar Cancels DC Celebration in Solidarity With Hamas
"It gets worse. One Israeli child hostage said a teacher with the aid group held him in his attic for almost 50 days in Gaza."
Germany Pulls Funding to U.N. Palestinian Aid Group After Review Finds It Handed Out Antisemitic Material
Deroy Murdock: "History repeats itself."
Nearly 15 Years Later, Thoughts on Gaza Still Ring True
"Israel’s vengeance campaign could easily become a permanent condition of life in the Middle East."
Israel’s War of Decision
"Gaza and the West Bank are incapable of sustaining themselves, yet the world insists on keeping them going, and it’s not mere antisemitism that drives this policy."
The Odious Reasons Behind the World’s Obsession With Gaza and the West Bank

* * * * *
Americans have looked on in horror as pro-Hamas sympathy and genocidal Jew-hatred have erupted across college campuses, on city streets and up to Capitol Hill in the aftermath of the jihadist group’s monstrous Oct. 7 attack on Israel. But perhaps even more horrific is how prevalent the “buttoned-up” version of this worldview is at the highest echelons of the US national-security and foreign-policy apparatus — and how the Biden [junta's] Middle East agenda reflects it.
Meet the Israel-Haters at the Top of Biden’s Pro-Iran Government
Victor Davis Hanson: "Is the pro-Hamas crowd ignorant of Middle East history?"
The Unhinged Among Us
Daniel Greenfield: "What the true origins of Hamas reveal about its nature."
The Nazi Roots of Hamas
The unusually rowdy protest dissipated just an hour into the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony they were aiming to disrupt, instead transiting into a march through Manhattan toward Times Square where they shouted, “Shut it down.” In spite of the rally, the 91st annual ceremony went off without a hitch
Pro-"Palestinian" Protesters, One Carrying a Swastika, Swarm Midtown in Bid to Derail Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
"Gillian Lester’s likely replacement is David Schizer, a former dean who helped deepen Columbia’s ties with Israel."
Dean of Columbia Law School Resigns Amid Anti-Semitism Scandals
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
“If I did take you, I would kill you, your wife, and your children.”
Muslim Cab Driver in Paris: "I Won’t Take You, You Dirty Jew"
"Why restoring Sharia governance remains an unacceptable 'option.'”
Jews Under Mid-19th Century Palestinian Sharia, Versus American Freedom
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Large swaths of the left now traffic in Jew-hatred because the left’s fundamental impulse is civilizational patricide."
Jew-Haters Loathe All Of Western Civilization, Not Just Israel
"People's City Council of Los Angeles could face financial scrutiny following attack on AIPAC president's home, experts say."
This 'Abolitionist' Group Raised Millions To Support BLM. Now, It's Going After Jews.
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
"How did $40,000 from Communist-backed Chinese entities find its way to Joe Biden?"
Oversight Committee Releases Email From Bank Investigator Who Flagged Chinese Money Laundered Into Joe Biden’s Pocket
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
"Deutsche Bank executive David Williams testified in Manhattan on Tuesday, arguing that net worth can be elevated on self-reported financial statements for “high-wealth clients,” massively undermining New York Attorney General Letitia James‘ lawsuit against former President Donald J. Trump."
Deutsche Bank Testimony Destroys AG Letitia James’s Case Against Trump
The heavily redacted search warrant requests a list of all users who liked or retweeted posts from Trump between October 2020 and January 2021, including “all associated logs and metadata,” which could cover location data. This extraordinarily expansive request would result in data on millions of American users being turned over to the DOJ.
Special Counsel Jack Smith Demands X/Twitter Give Info on All Americans Who Interacted with Donald Trump
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Air marshals were allegedly pulled off of sensitive missions to follow potential conservatives, suggesting that not only was a law enforcement agency politicized, but that people with no involvement in politics might have been placed at risk as a result. The finding comes amidst the revelation that the FBI let an apparent child rapist go free to pursue January 6 cases."
Federal Air Marshals Diverted From Sensitive Flights To Follow January 6 Suspects, Officials Say
Robert Zimmerman: "Like Israel with Hamas, we are now faced with the reality that collateral damage is likely in order to cleanse our society of this hate and bigotry. Had the decent people in the Democrat Party stood up against this corruption thirty, twenty, even ten years ago, the problem could have been solved relatively bloodlessly."
Blacklisting is No Longer Enough, Now the Goal is Justifying Mass Murder
Scott McKay: "Everything you were fed about Floyd and Chauvin is a lie."
A Blood Sacrifice to the Mob
"Is the melting pot broken?"
Do We Live in the (Dis)United States of America? Most Say Yes, in Latest I&I/TIPP Poll
The solution, according to Santana, is to move in secrecy. Rather than do away with DEI training, Santana instead suggested the DEI training sessions ought to continue, only, “don’t label it as ‘diversity and inclusion’ or ‘bias training,’ specifically.” Instead of referring to DEI training sessions, Santana instead recommends referring to them by the particular area or group of people the DEI training sessions are being conducted on behalf of. For example, “instead of ‘DEI Training for Managers,’ if you intend to improve relationships between managers and their teams for increased productivity, call it ‘Strategies for Enhancing Team Performance.’”
Hidden Agenda: Forbes Pushes 'Guerilla Tactics' To Keep DEI in Business
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
America will only thrive and remain as free as her next generation is willing to fight for it to be so. So far, with TikTok as their main source of news, politics, and financial advice, it doesn’t look like Generation Z is even ready for that fight, let alone interested in it.
TikTok is a National Security Threat
"Check My Ads co-founder Nandini Jammi is a serial censorship advocate, having once run the notorious ‘Sleeping Giants’ group that targeted news websites like Breitbart.com in a bid to bankrupt them. Jammi has also confessed a strange obsession with radio host Dan Bongino, boasting about being the “CEO of ruining” him – an admission of her targeted approach."
War on Censorship: Rumble Sues ‘Check My Ads’ Group for Defamation
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"A Tuesday CBS News Moneywatch report used government data to determine how much Americans paid to live in January 2021 compared to today, finding that the typical family just can’t compete with the 40-year record-high inflation."
Bidenflation: U.S. Households Are Spending an Extra $11,400 Annually to Afford Basics
Under [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden, the federal government completed 89 economically significant rules in 2022, defined as those with at least a $100 million economic impact, which is higher than any point in the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations when deregulation is accounted for, according to CEI’s “Ten Thousand Commandments Report.” Regulations as a whole resulted in $1.939 trillion in added costs for the average American in 2022, exceeding every form of tax except income tax, which it rivals at $2.263 trillion.
‘Hidden Tax’: Biden Clocks In Biggest Regulatory Burden In Recent Memory, Report Says
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Unfortunately for New Yorkers, despite studies like the one cited above which clearly lay out the reasons that the state’s policies are likely to be onerous and ecologically counterproductive, state politicians are not going to back down from their green new deal positions. And lucky for Boston residents that their mayor is willing to say "no." Because no one likes high energy bills. Especially when there’s no actual climate benefit.
Dig Deeper, New Yorkers, You're 'Saving the Planet'
“With each passing day, it becomes more apparent that this attempted electric vehicle mandate is unrealistic based on current and forecasted customer demand,” the car dealers write to Biden. “Already, electric vehicles are stacking up on our lots which is our best indicator of customer demand in the marketplace.”
Car Dealers Warn Biden: ‘Unrealistic’ Green Agenda Must Be Abandoned, Americans Not Buying Electric Cars
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"They get everything, and he gets nothing."
Dozens Of NYC Seniors Evicted From Nursing Home Turned Into Migrant Shelter
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The research team referred to the results as contradictory to earlier research indicating mask use as an effective preventive measure against [Chinese] COVID-19. Potential biases such as behavioral differences and self-reporting, along with the possibility of mask wearers not adhering to social distancing regulations, are among the factors noted for the unexpected results.
Study: Mask-Wearing Associated With INCREASED [Chinese] COVID Infection Risk
In a Sky Net Australia exclusive, Dr. Robert Kadlec says: ““I wake up at usually about 2 or 3am and think about it honestly, because it’s something that we all played a role in.”
Top White House Health Official Regrets Working with Fauci to Downplay [Chinese] COVID-19 Lab-Leak Theory
Lloyd Billingsley: "The perfect Christmas gift for Congress."
The Epistle of Paul to the Americans: Exposing White Coat Supremacy
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Standing with courage against a woke and morally broke school board."
The Teacher Who Wouldn’t Bow
"While teachers were busily planning to arrogate power to themselves, the students were losing educational ground. But this was never about the children; this was always about power, greed, and revolution. And, as we learned from history and from Van Fleet's book, we know how this revolution ends."
Radical Portland Teacher Reveals Why Strike Was About 'Raw Power,' Not the Kids
"Bravo to Congresswomen Steele and Foxx for championing this needed reform."
Follow the Money: House DETERRENT Act Tracks Foreign Funds in Higher Ed
ABORTION
“Having reviewed the text of your proposed constitutional amendment, as well as your proposed popular name and ballot title, I must reject your popular name and ballot title due to ambiguities in the text of your proposed measure that prevent me from ensuring that the ballot title you have submitted, or any ballot title I would substitute, is not misleading,” Griffin wrote.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin Rejects Abortion Activists’ Deceptive Ballot Measure
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Wisconsin has seen several lawsuits relating to absentee ballots since the 2020 election, with a judge ruling in September of 2022 that guidance allowing election clerks to fill in missing information on absentee ballot witness certificates was illegal.
Judge Makes Massive Absentee Ballot Ruling In Wisconsin
POLITICS
“President Trump looks forward to debating Crooked Joe Biden next fall,” the aide told the Daily Caller. “The real question is whether or not Joe will debate President Trump. Specific to the Presidential Debate Commission, the campaign has not yet accepted the suggested terms made recently.”
Biden Campaign Silent as Trump World Openly Lobs Debate Challenge
“Give them a choice on the Republican side that might be better than Trump,” the magnate said.
JPMorgan CEO Urges Democrats to Support Nikki Haley
"The ice is melting beneath our feet and Trump is our life raft."
It’s Time to Unite Behind Trump If We Want to Win in 2024
"New polling should make Democrats question their lead."
Is Pennsylvania Turning Purple?
"He cannot let Newsom confuse-a-buster his way through the 90 minutes."
DeSantis Needs to Win the Newsom Debate: Here’s How
"California governor fundraising off debate to pad national campaign coffers."
How Newsom Is Using the DeSantis Debate To Gear Up for 2028
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Who had "Venezuela and Brazil Fighting It Out Over Guyana" on their 2024 Global Doom Edition™ Bingo card?. . . Future historians may posit that mean tweets and world peace went hand in hand, but my hopes of living long enough to see that happen grow dimmer with every war that begins on Joe Biden's watch."
How About One More War on Biden's Watch — Much Closer to Home?
Gerry Carroll of People Before Profits took offense to the "Irish Lives Matter" sign and that there is "no place in our society for this kind of racist poison."
Irish police investigate 'Irish Lives Matter' graffiti as 'hate incident'
Court records obtained by Ireland’s ‘Gript Media’ show the individual – who is still hospitalized in “grave condition” and therefore cannot be arrested and therefore also not named – arrived in Ireland in August 1999. He claimed asylum claiming fear of torture from an Islamic militant group if returned to his native Algeria. Despite consistent refusal of applications and a deportation order in 2003, the suspect did not arrange his departure and was classified as an evader by Irish authorities.
New Details About Ireland’s Child Stabber: Evaded MULTIPLE Deportation Orders With Help of NGOs
"The charge of antisemitism is the last refuge of the truly unpatriotic “conservatives” who act against the interests of America and her people." (Sorry, but Pat Buchanan hated Israel as much as any leftist - jjs)
Cowering in the Amen Corner
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"The scale of the spill is significant, accounting for 3% of crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico."
Quest Continues for Location of Significant Pipeline Leak After 1 Million Gallons of Oil Spill Into Gulf of Mexico
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Males made up the biggest portion of suicides by far, with NCHS data showing that 39,255 boys and men lost their lives to mental illness in 2022, compared to 10,194 girls and women.
CDC Data: U.S. Suicides Reached a Record High in 2022
"If the idea of price controls in the United States sounds far-fetched, they’re actually already here in the drug market."
Drugs and Price Controls
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Zephyr was disciplined by House officials on April 26 for breaking legislative protocol after Zephyr held up a microphone to support protesters, several of whom were arrested at the demonstration several days prior. Zephyr filed a lawsuit against Republican state House Speaker Matt Regier and the House’s Sergeant of Arms Bradley Murfitt for allegedly violating Zephyr’s right to freedom of speech, but District Judge Mike Menahan argued that the legislature does have the right to discipline members who violate the rules, according to court documents.
Judge Hands Major Defeat To Transgender Lawmaker Suing Red State Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Censure
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"If Holden’s family has a lawyer, this could be a major lawsuit. It’s outrageous how much controversy there was online about a little kid dressed up for an NFL game." (I hope they Nick Sandmann this Carron Phillips into the ground - jjs)
Kansas City Chiefs Fan Accused of ‘Blackface’ Is from Chumash Tribe
"We are now in the thick of the big Christmas/Hannukah/assorted holiday shopping season. We are buying gifts, ingredients, decorations, and gay apparel. But remember — when you drop a Benjamin on a present for someone special or a sweet new cocktail dress for the office party, if you do business with a woke corporation, multiple dollars of that price tag could ultimately wind up supporting anti-American, anti-Christian, pro-groomer, climate hysteria Marxism."
The Woke Tax: How Much Extra You Pay for Woke Companies' Leftist Policies
"By definition, the pope is an autocrat. But punishing dissent against policies that, at one time, were considered Church practice isn't autocratic. It's dictatorial."
Pope "Fiction" Francis Is on an Ideological Crusade Against His American Enemies
Christian Toto: "Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer forgets purpose behind awards season."
Why De Niro’s Diva Act Was Completely Out of Line
"The gaudy decor commemorates all of the commercialized aspects of the holiday season instead of sacred religious Christmas traditions."
Jill Biden’s White House Christmas Decor Is As Fake As Her Husband’s Presidency
HITHER & YON
"In an industry of fads and algorithms, Charlie Munger never lost faith in a fundamental approach: buy good companies at a good price."
The Unshakeable Investor

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 07:27 AM (lwOKI)

2 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 30, 2023 07:28 AM (ju2Fy)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 07:29 AM (Q4IgG)

4 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 07:29 AM (hH3Px)

5 American interests were well represented and defended. Compare and contrast to individuals like Madeline Albright, Hillary Clinton and Tony Blinken.

Oh, how could you forget John Fucking Kerry?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:31 AM (pnDfv)

6 Oh well. Fin de siècle.

What's a siecle ?

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 07:32 AM (T4tVD)

7 6 Oh well. Fin de siècle.

What's a siecle ?
Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 07:32 AM (T4tVD)

Vingt francs. La meme chose en ville.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:33 AM (x0n13)

8 Kissinger, "Golda you know first I am an American, second a Secretary of State and third a Jew."

Golda, "Henry, you know in Israel we read from right to left"

Posted by: Ben Had at November 30, 2023 07:35 AM (ULDXF)

9 Man, I hate it when I hard willow myself. I just got done with a comment on 'equites.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:35 AM (zZu0s)

10 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, horde.

Posted by: Inogame at November 30, 2023 07:35 AM (53oGX)

11 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ!!!

Charles Schumer does not have the courage of his own convictions. Brooklyn pussy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2023 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

12 *types* *deletes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:37 AM (zZu0s)

13 I think Guyana has a shit ton of gold in them thar hills.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:37 AM (pnDfv)

14 ...a global conflict pitting billionaire oligarchs out of Davos against Beijing against a growing global Islamist movement...

The only issue on which these three groups disagree is who should be holding the chains of an enslaved humanity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 07:38 AM (zhLdt)

15 13 I think Guyana has a shit ton of gold in them thar hills.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:37 AM (pnDfv)

Both Africa and South America (and Siberia/Russia) are fabulously mineral rich- it is just they are commie hellholes, for the most part and for some reason can never extract those minerals in any sort of efficient manner.

It is strange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:39 AM (zZu0s)

16 I don't follow Joe Rogan, but someone pushed this to me.

Is it anything of importance, or the usual click-bait?

https://tinyurl.com/mryy65pk

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 07:39 AM (hH3Px)

17 Willowed, too.

Equality- Equal opportunity
Equity- Equal outcome

It doesn't matter if you graduated from a failing city high school and can't read, equity says you get into Harvard because your lack of education is someone else's fault.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:39 AM (pnDfv)

18 Elon Musk missed a huge opportunity being interviewed by that miserable NY Times twit. The twit kept talking about a "public perception," meaning really what the media (i.e, the NY Times) wished to manufacture and establish as the "public perception." Musk should have called him on it. Then turned the tables and called for an advertiser boycott of THEM. After all, wouldn't advertisers feel "uncomfortable" (the twits' favorite word) enabling the NY Times obvious pro-Palestinian anti-Semitism?

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 30, 2023 07:40 AM (ttuaN)

19 Of course the Pope is a dictator, but so what? Who cares?

The real issue is that he's also a marxist revolutionary, focused on wordly politics instead of the immortal souls of his flock. That conflict puts him at odds with Catholic doctrine, I would guess, on divorce and homosexuality for example, and also leads him to accommodation with commies in China.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 07:41 AM (Jea84)

20 Vingt francs. La meme chose en ville.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:33 AM (x0n13)

===
*head explodes*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2023 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

21 Oh well. Fin de siècle.

What's a siecle ?
Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 07:32 AM (T4tVD)

Vingt francs. La meme chose en ville.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:33 AM (x0n13)

LOL !!!

I saw that train coming, but not in that language !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

22 What's Brazil's beef between Venezuela and Guyana?

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2023 07:42 AM (KAi1n)

23 If Venezuela is unable to do much of anything with the 300 billion barrels it currently has access to, why is it so crucial for them to get another 11 billion barrels?

I know, I know...They are Leftists and that's the only reason that matters.

What's theirs is theirs and what's yours is also theirs. And if they don't have it, they'll just take it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:42 AM (7fElN)

24 What's Brazil's beef between Venezuela and Guyana?
Posted by: SFGoth

Brazil doesn't want Venezuela to get all land grabby. Guyana is a nice neighbor.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:43 AM (pnDfv)

25 Hmmm, something about November and Guyana...

*taps pencil on temple*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2023 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

26 ...Venezuela will hold a referendum on Sunday officially annexing the border region of tiny neighboring Guyana...

Is Congress lining up to ship hundreds of billions of our tax dollars to Guyana to protect their borders or is there not enough graft in that country to make it worthwhile?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 07:43 AM (zhLdt)

27 I think Guyana has a shit ton of gold in them thar hills.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:37 AM (pnDfv)

Send us a postcard !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 07:44 AM (T4tVD)

28 "Vingt francs. La meme chose en ville.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:33 AM (x0n13)

LOL !!!

I saw that train coming, but not in that language !"

Yup

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 07:45 AM (hH3Px)

29 I think Guyana has a shit ton of gold in them thar hills.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:37 AM (pnDfv)
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And here I was picturing a group of South American Jed Clampetts...All flocking to Beverly Hills...To live next door to their banker...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:45 AM (7fElN)

30 I think part of the problem with commies in general (and this probably extends to all technocrats/authoritarians) is that, due to a lack of vision, they cannot understand that fabulous wealth is kind of a by product of a free system.

They do not realize when you do something for profit- say I am a steel manufacturer. I am making a profit by extracting iron ore to smelt into steel. I need to pay geologists to find the best veins. I patronize various companies to get the best machinery for both extraction and refinement. I employ scientists to refine the process beyond the raw machinery. Those developed process then go back down to the manufacturers of the equipment so I get better machines- but the manufacturers also get knowledge on how to do things better that they can then extend to other clients. A shit load of ancillary industries are created by a single profitable one- all driven by people finding a way to use their particular skills in order to make money.

A commie just says 'I want oil.' Oil is profitable. And because they are psycho retards, they want to control all aspects of that extraction and refinement when they are ill suited to doing it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:45 AM (zZu0s)

31 Being rusty on my South American geography I had to look at a map to place all the countries. Man, is Brazil ever huge, it borders every country on the continent, except Chile and Ecuador.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 07:46 AM (AW20F)

32 25 Hmmm, something about November and Guyana...

*taps pencil on temple*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2023 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

San FranKarnack

MMMmmmmmmm.

Posted by: Memories of a truly Funny Man at November 30, 2023 07:47 AM (zZu0s)

33 All i know about Guyana is that it's pretty much a wholly owned subsidiary (read: colony) of the Dole corporation.

Which may or may not actually be true.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 07:47 AM (9UlRk)

34 Venezuela invading Guyana for the oil would be like Canada organizing an invasion of Vermont to steal their snow.

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Don't give Brave Sir Justin Castreau any ideas!

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 07:47 AM (pmW6q)

35 Regulations as a whole resulted in $1.939 trillion in added costs for the average American in 2022, exceeding every form of tax except income tax, which it rivals at $2.263 trillion.

Was always the plan to create Socialist Administrative State ran by unelected and the so-called educated and informed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 07:47 AM (lwOKI)

36 A commie just says 'I want oil.' Oil is profitable. And because they are psycho retards, they want to control all aspects of that extraction and refinement when they are ill suited to doing it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:45 AM (zZu0s)
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You want someone to crash the system? Find a commie. They are quite adept at it.

They are TERRIBLE at building systems, though, nor do they know how to keep an existing system running.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:47 AM (7fElN)

37 A commie just says 'I want oil.' Oil is profitable. And because they are psycho retards, they want to control all aspects of that extraction and refinement when they are ill suited to doing it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:45 AM (zZu0s)

Now do Education and Welfare.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 07:48 AM (lwOKI)

38 Air marshals were allegedly pulled off of sensitive missions to follow potential conservatives, suggesting that not only was a law enforcement agency politicized...

Suggesting?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 07:48 AM (zhLdt)

39 So now that we have a ruling on charter boats and mandatory GPS, could this argument be used against the push for private vehicle GPS for highway taxes, and sh*t?

https://tinyurl.com/ycyj78zj

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 07:48 AM (hH3Px)

40 What's Brazil's beef between Venezuela and Guyana?
Posted by: SFGoth at November

They want those oil leases for their companies, and to rein in Venezuelan belligerence, secondarily.

Who knows if they'll do much, but they have deployed units to the border as a warning.

If they decide to use force to prevent the annex, that's that, and Venezuela will either back down, or be instantly defeated. Their military is incapable of anything besides trafficking drugs and oppressing Venezuelans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 07:49 AM (0FoWg)

41 Indeed. Venezuela's proven reserves are 308 billion barrels — the largest in the world and 28 times the size of Guyana's

And yet they import fuel. The wonders of socialism

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 07:49 AM (IAY3X)

42 Being rusty on my South American geography I had to look at a map to place all the countries. Man, is Brazil ever huge, it borders every country on the continent, except Chile and Ecuador.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 07:46 AM (AW20F)
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I also had to check my geography. For some reason I thought Guyana was WEST of Venezuela, as a buffer between Venezuela and Colombia. Nope.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:50 AM (7fElN)

43 Before he was "Emeritus-ed" Pope Benedict reminded us that followers of God have been reduced to a remnant in the past, and that Christianity, and the Catholic church would soon face the same challenge.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:50 AM (pnDfv)

44 If they decide to use force to prevent the annex, that's that, and Venezuela will either back down, or be instantly defeated. Their military is incapable of anything besides trafficking drugs and oppressing Venezuelans.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 07:49 AM (0FoWg)
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Isn't Venezuela run by cartels these days?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:51 AM (7fElN)

45 My birdbath is frozen.

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 07:52 AM (T4tVD)

46 No war for pineapple.

Posted by: How Things Work at November 30, 2023 07:52 AM (jp5i7)

47 Geez, I think I just described Objectivism. 'The Great Chain'.

I'll stop paraphrasing Ayn Rand before I start sending creepy fan mail to Mickey Spillane.

Posted by: Memories of a truly Funny Man at November 30, 2023 07:52 AM (zZu0s)

48
I could find Guyana on a map but I thought it was to the left of Venezuela, not the right.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 07:53 AM (enJYY)

49 Mr. President, it is time to tap the brakes on the unrealistic government electric vehicle mandate.

Watch them double down. I bet anyone here $100 that they will move the 2035 date to 2034 in election speeches.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 07:53 AM (lwOKI)

50 Now do Education and Welfare.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 07:48 AM (lwOKI)

Heh. Part and parcel of the same mindset, true.

Rand was batshit crazy, but not wrong.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM (zZu0s)

51 If Mexico decided to claim Jamaica as its territory, because it adds to their beach resort portfolio, we would tell Mexico to sit the fuck down. We don't want Jamaica as our territory, but you aren't taking it either, Mexico.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM (pnDfv)

52 Isn't Venezuela run by cartels these days?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:51 AM (7fElN)

Chavez more or less merged the military regime and the cartels. Most of the "legitimate" interests in Venezuela are still owned or operated by the junta, though. It's how Maduro and Chavez managed to keep the army on board no matter how bad things have gotten - regime change means they all lose all their money. And food.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM (0FoWg)

53 I could find Guyana on a map but I thought it was to the left of Venezuela, not the right.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 07:53 AM (enJYY)
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I had the same thought...

Carmen Sandiego would be very disappointed in us...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM (7fElN)

54 I could find Guyana on a map but I thought it was to the left of Venezuela, not the right.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 07:53 AM (enJYY)

Left is Columbia, right?

Guyana is the place sunny jim and the idiots kool-aided themselves, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM (zZu0s)

55 It's a wonder China hasn't made more of a move into South America. I know they're working on it... there's most everything a commie dictator could use down there; cheap labor, natural resources... a lot to plunder.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 07:55 AM (Q4IgG)

56 I met Henry Kissinger at Richard Nixon’s 100th Birthday, Mayflower Hotel, January 9, 2013

Posted by: SMOD at November 30, 2023 07:55 AM (T+NYz)

57 Seems like Venezuela has had a beef with Guyana since it's inception. Maduro just needs a distraction. Kinda like Joetato and the EU have been doing with Ukraine.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 30, 2023 07:56 AM (YRsIm)

58 South America is weird. When I think of Venezuela, I think of it as on the east coast, but really it is on the north.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:56 AM (pnDfv)

59 Guyana is the place sunny jim and the idiots kool-aided themselves, no?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Cheap fuckers used Flavor-Aid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 07:56 AM (R4t5M)

60 “If I did take you, I would kill you, your wife, and your children.”
Muslim Cab Driver in Paris: "I Won’t Take You, You Dirty Jew"
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The fruits of 'cultural enrichment'.

This was done to the West to bring chaos, so the people will look to the same leaders who brought them here to provide order. And they will get it good and hard. We will soon see it play out in Ireland.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 07:57 AM (fs1hN)

61 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Kissinger was Klaus Schwab’s mentor. Good riddance.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 07:57 AM (JrojV)

62 Sorry, but for me, peak Henry Kissinger was his now-legendary appearance on the sadly short-lived and criminally underrated talk show, Maudlin O' The Night.

https://tinyurl.com/yc35kwfm

Posted by: LenNeal at November 30, 2023 07:58 AM (43xH1)

63 When I saw Kissinger, I was always reminded of Paris "peace" talks, Linebacker I and II, President Thieu, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and Yoko Ono.

The horror, the horror...

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 30, 2023 07:58 AM (R/m4+)

64
Guyana is the place sunny jim and the idiots kool-aided themselves, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM

Yup, probably four decades ago, which might have been the last time I searched for Guyana on a map. Sneaky bastids moved the country since then.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 07:59 AM (enJYY)

65 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2023 07:59 AM (PKFWd)

66 61 Kissinger was Klaus Schwab’s mentor. Good riddance.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 07:57 AM (JrojV)

Say what?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:59 AM (x0n13)

67 The story of Venezuela is the same as any other socialist country. They only survive by extraction of wealth, from natural resources or from the bourgeois or the Kulaks. Sociaism is a net loss system that has to eat itself to continue on the path.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (IAY3X)

68 I could find Guyana on a map but I thought it was to the left of Venezuela, not the right.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 07:53 AM (enJYY)
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I had the same thought...

Carmen Sandiego would be very disappointed in us...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:54 AM (7fElN)
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Since we are muttering in French today, moi aussi.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (hRKub)

69 Car Dealers Warn Biden: ‘Unrealistic’ Green Agenda Must Be Abandoned, Americans Not Buying Electric Cars
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Car dealers aren't part of the glorious new future of Build Back Better. Biden's handlers already have written them off.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (fs1hN)

70 Henry Kissinger's body may be dead, but his head will live well into the 31st century, when he'll be asked to negotiate with the Spheroids of the planet Spheron I.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (7fElN)

71 You want someone to crash the system? Find a commie. They are quite adept at it.

They are TERRIBLE at building systems, though, nor do they know how to keep an existing system running.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 07:47 AM (7fElN)

The point is that NO ONE is a subject matter expert on everything. You can try and maybe do a passable job, but that is not the ease with which a true master does it.

Example: The TV story I have told here before. Had a samsung tv. The power supply went out. Checked online. Capacitors are shitty. $400 repair from Samsung. Asked Dad (electrical engineer.) He said the capacitors were easy to get and it should be a simple fix. Watched some videos. Asked Dad again. He said he had all the tools I'd need, but he could do it, if I wanted. I said 'Sure.' He spent 5 mins. Took out the old capacitors with a soldering iron. Put in new ones. Soldered them down. Every move smooth and practiced. He enjoyed it. Cost of repair: $3 from amazon and lunch for Dad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (zZu0s)

72 How come the violent antifascists of Antifa haven't been punching pro-Palestinian demonstrators? Sarcasm

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at November 30, 2023 08:01 AM (8jaoI)

73 "They only survive by extraction of wealth, from natural resources or from the bourgeois or the Kulaks. Sociaism is a net loss system that has to eat itself to continue on the path."

Well sure, if you put it that way, it sounds bad.

But hey, free health care!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 08:01 AM (hH3Px)

74 Wow, Henry Kissinger went over the rainbow 🌈
RIP

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2023 08:02 AM (PKFWd)

75 70 Henry Kissinger's body may be dead, but his head will live well into the 31st century, when he'll be asked to negotiate with the Spheroids of the planet Spheron I.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (7fElN)

What makes a man Neutral, Kif?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:02 AM (zZu0s)

76 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

77 [From The Blaze on January 6, 2023:] "Air marshals tasked with 'making sandwiches' for illegal aliens at southern border despite looming threat of jihadist terrorism"

https://is.gd/99CJyY

Glenn Beck has been discussing this on his radio show and podcast, noting that in one case Air Marshals are following the young son of a J6 political prisoner (can't find the exact reference online, but a recent podcast was entitled "Why are the Air Marshals following Jan. 6 suspects instead of focusing on bigger threats?").

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:03 AM (pmW6q)

78 Males made up the biggest portion of suicides by far, with NCHS data showing that 39,255 boys and men lost their lives to mental illness in 2022

100% supported by Progressives. Boys are sissified and/or berated for being boys. Men are not respected for working, paying bills, and protected others.

In fact, George Floyd is promoted as a model citizen while Derrick the Cop is the evil devil.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:03 AM (lwOKI)

79 Wasn't he married to that disgusting media cünt Hillary licker on CNN?

I forget her name......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

80 With all the attempts to force out antisemitic college leaders, I never thought the Columbia law dean would be the first to go (hopefully, first of many). I was hoping for success in the Penn alumni trying to get rid of their President, because DEI is also a front burner issue there.

DEI has to go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:03 AM (hRKub)

81 Watch them double down. I bet anyone here $100 that they will move the 2035 date to 2034 in election speeches.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 07:53 AM (lwOKI)

They always double-down. We always fold.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 30, 2023 08:05 AM (ttuaN)

82 Our outdoor weather station shows that we just rose above freezing.

The nice thing is that there are four other private stations within about a quarter mile of ours.

And their temps are within .7 degrees of ours.

So...pretty consistent and accurate.

Or at least they're off by the same amount.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 08:05 AM (hH3Px)

83 61 Kissinger was Klaus Schwab’s mentor. Good riddance.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 07:57 AM (JrojV)

Say what?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:59 AM (x0n13)
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Yeah, what's this all about?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:05 AM (hRKub)

84 Canada organizing an invasion of Vermont to steal their snow.
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No blood for neige!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:05 AM (krqg6)

85 I’ve heard it said that Henry Kissinger basically ran our foreign policy single handed in 73-74 as Nixon was busy with that watergate fiasco. Don’t know if it’s true but he had extraordinary influence in any case

Reading about air marshals spying on each other and conservatives it occurred to me that the govt response to 9/11 back in the day was just as destructive as the govt response to covid 19-20 years later. I admit I was gung ho about W’s GWOT…. Will I ever learn? Ronaldus: the most terrifying words in the English language: I’m from the govt and I’m here to help.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:06 AM (4pZxP)

86 Car dealers aren't part of the glorious new future of Build Back Better. Biden's handlers already have written them off.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (fs1hN)

Obama killed hundreds of dealer franchises. And somehow other got to keep theirs and some were even given a new franchise. Obama did not get $500 M for his quote unquote education center out of respect.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:06 AM (lwOKI)

87 There is a much higher than zero chance lots of innocent people will die unnatural deaths due specifically to the actions of Gestapo Jack Smith.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at November 30, 2023 08:07 AM (gxokI)

88 Guyana is to Maduro and the socialists
As las Islas Malvinas was to Galtieri and the Peronists

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2023 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

89 When I hear the word "Guyana" I think of French Guyana which is actually spelled "Guiana" and then I think of Papillon and Devil's Island and his escape attempts, prison rape, stabbings, ankle breaking, lepers smoking cigars, rotten boats, poachers, bad tatts and prison rape.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 30, 2023 08:07 AM (R/m4+)

90 Air marshals were allegedly pulled off of sensitive missions to follow potential conservatives

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"potential conservatives"

Wow.

Go ahead and accept that if you're reading this site then you're a step or two above someone who shook a fence or calmly walked through a public building and fist bumping smiling cops

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 08:07 AM (gisjN)

91 What's Brazil's beef between Venezuela and Guyana?
Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2023 07:42 AM (KAi1n)

Brazil has a lot of beef I understand. Good steakhouses :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:08 AM (4pZxP)

92 And Venezuela's big ally is . . . Iran. Good thing we have our priorities straight in DC.
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Only for a bit. This is in our hemisphere, and as a result we will probably get involved. On which side we'll get involved is a crap shoot. I'll bet on Venezuela for now, since they're open commies. Biden's handlers can spin it as an effort to alleviate illegal migration into the US from Venezuela by allowing them (or helping them) to get some more elbow room...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:09 AM (d04cU)

93 Guyana is to Maduro and the socialists
As las Islas Malvinas was to Galtieri and the Peronists
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That was my thought as well. Venezuela has run out of things to domestically steal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:09 AM (IAY3X)

94 willowed -

Bill Whittle's video from years ago is evergreen.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

Iowahawk had a good post, too, about how long we could run the country on the confiscated assets of "the 1%".

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at November 30, 2023 07:40 AM

Then I think Tony Robbins cribbed both of their assessments and made his own video.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:04 AM

Not sure I remember what Tony Robbins was famous for.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:10 AM (enJYY)

95 A Trump vs. Biden debate:

Biden starts laughing inappropriately to rattle Trump like he did to Ryan. Starts coughing, heaves up blood.

Game over.

Posted by: pawn at November 30, 2023 08:10 AM (QB+5g)

96 Soon, TSA appeared to be doing just that — a situation discovered only because of an almost comical situation in which one air marshal was forced to monitor another air marshal because his wife was in D.C. during that time period.
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This is the kind of shit that used to make us laugh at the Soviet Union and the GDR.

And it is actually funny. It's hilarious. It just belongs to a specific class of humor: "things that are funny only when they happen to others."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:11 AM (d04cU)

97
Brazil has a lot of beef I understand. Good steakhouses :-)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:08 AM (4pZxP)

I love brazilian steak houses where they run around with various meats on swords and will carve you off some while your drink coaster is flipped to the green side.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

98 91 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:08 AM (4pZxP)

Argentina for sure. Arguably the most delicious steaks I ever had was when we were in Buenos Aires.

That and Florence, Italy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 08:11 AM (x0n13)

99
That was my thought as well. Venezuela has run out of things to domestically steal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:09 AM

'The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money'

Margaret Thatcher

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)

100 Good Morning, fellow Citizens of the World

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (33nmr)

101 I love brazilian steak houses where they run around with various meats on swords and will carve you off some while your drink coaster is flipped to the green side.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

I REALLY wanna try a Brazillian steakhouse.

Death by Beef.*

*which sounds wrong, but eating myself to death with various bits of steak does not sound like a bad way to go.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (zZu0s)

102 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (NBVIP)

103 16 I don't follow Joe Rogan, but someone pushed this to me.

Is it anything of importance, or the usual click-bait?

https://tinyurl.com/mryy65pk
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 07:39 AM (hH3Px)

Horde Rule #1 : Nothing is important, everything is Fake and Gay

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (sm6Pk)

104 Wisconsin has seen several lawsuits relating to absentee ballots since the 2020 election, with a judge ruling in September of 2022 that guidance allowing election clerks to fill in missing information on absentee ballot witness certificates was illegal.
_____

Glad this was overturned. The Wisconsin Election Commission that gave the illegal orders should be fired and prevented from ever working in government again. Why aren't there any consequences?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (fs1hN)

105 I so can't stand FNC and Hannity that I'm skipping watching the DeSantis-Newsom debate. Tell me later who wins. Newsom is such a blustering bullshtter, I can only hope DeSantis can keep him on a subject long enough to pin him down. Treat him like you would a hostile and stupid newspaper interviewer, Ron, and pummel him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (zEvGR)

106 There is a much higher than zero chance lots of innocent people will die unnatural deaths due specifically to the actions of Gestapo Jack Smith.
Posted by: uniparty,

Chance? More like the plan.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (IAY3X)

107 I wonder how much this air marshal program is costing. Air marshals aren't cheap. They have decent federal LE salaries but their travel costs are, of course, astronomical. How many millions each per year is it costing to have them babysit domestic political dissidents? The unit cost of this surveillance is surely staggering and provides no intelligence value.

Although intelligence value isn't the point. Oppression is the point, and screwing around with internal political enemies is priceless.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (d04cU)

108 Well said on Kissinger JJ. Had the impossible task of peace talks with North Vietnamese in Paris, to end the war.

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (33nmr)

109 Are license plates photographed at Toll Booths? Makes me wonder if DHS captured this, even though most inbound traffic to DC would have been commuters

Posted by: JM in /Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (IBDwy)

110 The only things I know about South American geography I learned from playing the game of Risk. Controlling SA is a good base from which to conquer…. Didn’t Jerry once mock Kramer and Newman as 2 guys playing a game of world domination who couldn’t even manage their own apartments?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (4pZxP)

111 There is a much higher than zero chance lots of innocent people will die unnatural deaths due specifically to the actions of Gestapo Jack Smith.
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at November 30, 2023 08:07 AM (gxokI)
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It approaches the other extreme: it's a virtual guarantee.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (d04cU)

112 Today is National Mousse Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

113
I REALLY wanna try a Brazillian steakhouse.

Death by Beef.*

*which sounds wrong, but eating myself to death with various bits of steak does not sound like a bad way to go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (zZu0s)

Remember: Do NOT spend much time at the salad bar. While it's got various meats and cheeses at it, you're paying top dollar for the OTHER delicious meats they'll serve you at your table, so don't fill up on stuff before sitting to your REAL meal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

114 That and Florence, Italy.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 08:11 AM (x0n13)

Osaka, Japan. It was 'almost' as good as Cattlemans in Fabens. That might be homerism- or the fact that I can get a 2lb steak at cattlemans and the steak in Osaka was the size of a biscuit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:15 AM (zZu0s)

115 Are license plates photographed at Toll Booths? Makes me wonder if DHS captured this, even though most inbound traffic to DC would have been commuters
Posted by: JM in /Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (IBDwy)
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Usually, yes. The most secure method might be to hitch-hike.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:15 AM (d04cU)

116 Are license plates photographed at Toll Booths? Makes me wonder if DHS captured this, even though most inbound traffic to DC would have been commuters
Posted by: JM in /Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate

Damn sure are.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:15 AM (R4t5M)

117
Radical Portland Teacher Reveals Why Strike Was About 'Raw Power,' Not the Kids
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A reminder, when a public sector union goes on strike, who are they striking against?

If I'm in the right mood, I give the one finger salute to any public sector union picket lines. F* them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (fs1hN)

118 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (NBVIP)

I was just wondering where you were !

I thought you were being held hostage !

Frozen solid !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (T4tVD)

119 Why is the cold war paradigm of East vs West gone? Because Putin is "our friend" now? I beg to disagree.
The paradigm is still alive and explains all that is happening now. Former communists, still powerful and newly rich and no longer really believing in communism (this was already true in the 80s) bid their time and are now having their revenge. They want to bring down the US and other Western countries to be able to say "see, communism fell, but capitalism fell too; we should try communism again (under a new name)". And stupid people will believe them or try to appease them, as they always do.

Posted by: PG at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (gQbO4)

120 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (xzBJP)

121 101 I REALLY wanna try a Brazillian steakhouse.

Death by Beef.*

*which sounds wrong, but eating myself to death with various bits of steak does not sound like a bad way to go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (zZu0s)

Sadly, the closest one to me is 2 hours away.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (sm6Pk)

122 Lot of Venezuelan multi millionaires in the MLB. Wonder if they still support Maduaro

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (33nmr)

123 "They get everything, and he gets nothing."
Dozens Of NYC Seniors Evicted From Nursing Home Turned Into Migrant Shelter
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Our elected leaders hate us. Yet people continue to vote for them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:17 AM (fs1hN)

124 Today is National Mousse Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

Does it come with Spam ?

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 08:17 AM (T4tVD)

125 Just a point of order: I'll argue that the DC regime's organs of state security bear much more resemblance to the Gestapo's successor organization than the actual Gestapo. A lot of the MfS were former Gestapo, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 08:17 AM (0FoWg)

126 108 Well said on Kissinger JJ. Had the impossible task of peace talks with North Vietnamese in Paris, to end the war.
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:14 AM (33nmr)

He ended it well. It was the Democrats in '75 who abrogated the defense treaty with South Vietnam and allowed the Killing Fields to happen.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (x0n13)

127 "New polling should make Democrats question their lead."
Is Pennsylvania Turning Purple?
____

PA would be red if Pitts and Philly didn't have massive ballot manufacturing operations.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (fs1hN)

128 Remember: Do NOT spend much time at the salad bar. While it's got various meats and cheeses at it, you're paying top dollar for the OTHER delicious meats they'll serve you at your table, so don't fill up on stuff before sitting to your REAL meal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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I look at this differently. I like Brazilian steakhouses and I go to one once or twice a year, usually for a special occasion. The salad bar kicks ass and is really good.

My approach on this is that if the salad bar tickles your fancy, go for it. If that means one fewer little lamb chop or piece of prime rib, then fine. The whole experience kicks ass and everything is good and high quality in my experience. I started enjoying myself and the experience more when I quit trying to value-maximize the overall exercise. I like to just kick back and let it ride. Some trips are lower-return than others as a result, but I thoroughly enjoy myself every time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (d04cU)

129 "Are license plates photographed at Toll Booths?"

It's like a LPR gauntlet getting through/around B'More at any toll booth.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2023 08:19 AM (hH3Px)

130 RIP Mr. Kissinger. Thank you.

Posted by: sidney at November 30, 2023 08:19 AM (Uy/WF)

131 Are license plates photographed at Toll Booths? Makes me wonder if DHS captured this, even though most inbound traffic to DC would have been commuters
Posted by: JM in /Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate

Damn sure are.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:15 AM (R4t5M)
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I assume drivers are photographed too, and EZ Pass info is collected all over the place, far from toll booths.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:19 AM (zEvGR)

132 South America, outside Brazil's Agricultural standing, has never earned respect thruout the world, due to their harboring of Nazi's after the War . Also no extradition treaties

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:19 AM (33nmr)

133 Kissinger was Klaus Schwab’s mentor. Good riddance.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 07:57 AM (JrojV)

Say what?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 07:59 AM (x0n13)
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Yeah, what's this all about?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Sorry, I thought this was common knowledge. Yes, Schwab looked to Kissinger for guidance when he was founding the WEF. Once I'm fed and caffeinated, I'll try to provide a reference.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 08:19 AM (JrojV)

134 Gerry Carroll of People Before Profits took offense to the "Irish Lives Matter" sign and that there is "no place in our society for this kind of racist poison."
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Lemme guess, Mr. Carroll has no objection to the "From the River to the Sea" graffitti painted in the same area.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:20 AM (fs1hN)

135 127. Penn would be Red, if John Roberts did not allow 2 weeks to count the vote every election

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:20 AM (33nmr)

136 128 My approach on this is that if the salad bar tickles your fancy, go for it. If that means one fewer little lamb chop or piece of prime rib, then fine. The whole experience kicks ass and everything is good and high quality in my experience. I started enjoying myself and the experience more when I quit trying to value-maximize the overall exercise. I like to just kick back and let it ride. Some trips are lower-return than others as a result, but I thoroughly enjoy myself every time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (d04cU)

I feel like people who worry too much about "beating the house" every time at places like that are putting too much stress into it to be able to enjoy themselves at all.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:21 AM (sm6Pk)

137 New Details About Ireland’s Child Stabber: Evaded MULTIPLE Deportation Orders With Help of NGOs
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...and never worked in the 20 years he lived on the Emerald Isle, taking advantage of the Irish taxpayers generosity.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:21 AM (fs1hN)

138 The paradigm is still alive and explains all that is happening now. Former communists, still powerful and newly rich and no longer really believing in communism (this was already true in the 80s) bid their time and are now having their revenge. They want to bring down the US and other Western countries to be able to say "see, communism fell, but capitalism fell too; we should try communism again (under a new name)". And stupid people will believe them or try to appease them, as they always do.
Posted by: PG at November 30, 2023 08:16 AM (gQbO4)
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I disagree. This isn't about ideology or even really about empire. This is about a hegemon looking to maintain its sphere of influence and foreign buffer states and another hegemon looking to take them away. It's a story as old as time, and why border zones around hegemonic powers are in conflict so often throughout history. The constant state of war or near-war in Jammu and Kashmir is another example of the same phenomenon, as is the general long-term mess in Central Asia, where several historical empires and contemporary hegemons have a history of petering out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:21 AM (d04cU)

139 You are probably thinking of Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (iLFfe)

140 Extradition treaties are not necessary for national rendition. Desire is.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (KAi1n)

141 The Wisconsin Election Commission that gave the illegal orders should be fired and prevented from ever working in government again. Why aren't there any consequences?
Posted by: Chuck Martel'

Because much of WI has a very real small-town mentality: "Well, we have to get along, you know..."
"Sure, they might be wrong, but we can't just go fighting about everything..."

There is a lot of that. A lot. Getting really into it and fighting is seen as disruptive and, I have heard this I-don't-know-how-many-times here, the worst sin anyone can possibly commit: 'Causing trouble'.

It leads to a very dangerous assumption that actions by very dangerous people are 'just not that serious'. I see it here all the time.

Posted by: LenNeal at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (43xH1)

142 What does Ireland and Canada have to worry about? They are the little half brothers of West. No pressure. British and Yank militaries protect them from any threat

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (33nmr)

143 For its size Guyana has a shitload of oil. And of its size Venezuela has a shitload of Iran and increasingly Hezbollah.

Doesn't get much attention in the US media because why would it when there are micro aggressions and racism back home to whine about but Hezbollah is growing in size throughout South America rapidly.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (ZLI7S)

144 It's 5:20 here and I just got up... Is Israel still in "cease fire." ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (bs+z0)

145 Taste of Brazil- Steakhouse and Waxing. Arrive hungry and ragged, leave stuffed and clean.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (iLFfe)

146 >> South America, outside Brazil's Agricultural standing, has never earned respect thruout the world, due to their harboring of Nazi's after the War
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also angry pygmies with blowguns, giant snakes, human sacrifice, etc

Posted by: Don Black - (was DB) at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (geLO8)

147 "Sebastian Stan tapped to play young Donald Trump in bio-pic."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (krqg6)

148
Penn would be Red, if John Roberts did not allow 2 weeks to count the vote every election

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:20 AM

That and a couple hundred thousand ballots that appeared out of nowhere and disappeared. I still can't believe the results of my county that *almost* borders Philadelphia. 60-40 for Biden? AYFKM?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

149 Does it come with Spam ?
Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 08:17 AM (T4tVD)
****
Mousse and Spam = Mush.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

150 Ironic. Irish people supported the IRA's terror for years, and now they are being terrorized by the Irish deep state

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:24 AM (33nmr)

151 There's an old quote, popular among conspiracy theorists back in the day (they don't look so crazy anymore, eh?), purportedly said by Kissinger speaking at a Bilderberg meeting in Evian, France on May 21, 1992 (claim is that, unbeknownst to him, his speech was taped by a Swiss delegate at the meeting):

"Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will pledge with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government."

* Covid-1984 has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:24 AM (pmW6q)

152 145 Taste of Brazil- Steakhouse and Waxing. Arrive hungry and ragged, leave stuffed and clean.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (iLFfe)

It's not truly Brazil without freaky-deaky plastic surgery.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:24 AM (sm6Pk)

153 First experience with a Brazilian steakhouse was in, of all places... Rolla, MO.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

154 Is Guyana's oil better quality than Venezuela's sulphur-ridden stuff??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:25 AM (krqg6)

155 137 New Details About Ireland’s Child Stabber: Evaded MULTIPLE Deportation Orders With Help of NGOs
____

...and never worked in the 20 years he lived on the Emerald Isle, taking advantage of the Irish taxpayers generosity.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:21 AM (fs1hN)

Where is the IRA when you need them?*

*cough*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:25 AM (zZu0s)

156 Election Night 2022. Buddy from Montgomery county texts me, and says that apparently 600k mail in ballots came in for Fetterman before they even started counting Day Vote

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:25 AM (33nmr)

157 Ironic. Irish people supported the IRA's terror for years, and now they are being terrorized by the Irish deep state
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:24 AM (33nmr)
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Yes, and what I found most amusing is some of the invective being hurled at the Irish by Sinn Fein - the political arm of the Republican movement and big time sponsor of the IRA during the Troubles.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (d04cU)

158 >>South America, outside Brazil's Agricultural standing, has never earned respect thruout the world, due to their harboring of Nazi's after the War . Also no extradition treaties

Also, a history of corruption, lawlessness and dysfunction. I like South America but it helps to keep your head on a swivel at all times.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (ZLI7S)

159
'The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money'

Margaret Thatcher
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)

'The trouble with money is that eventually you run into of other people's socialism'

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (lwOKI)

160 153. Rolla? I love that town. Lebanon, Springfield, Joplin. Great people

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (33nmr)

161 It's also,
St. Andrew's Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

162 I feel like people who worry too much about "beating the house" every time at places like that are putting too much stress into it to be able to enjoy themselves at all.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:21 AM (sm6Pk)
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You heah fouh houah!
/obligatory

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2023 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

163 PA would be red if Pitts and Philly didn't have massive ballot manufacturing operations.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (fs1hN)

PA would be redder than TX.
TPTB can't have that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:27 AM (sUTkI)

164 13 I think Guyana has a shit ton of gold in them thar hills.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 30, 2023 07:37 AM (pnDfv)

Black Gold, Texas Tea...

Posted by: javems at November 30, 2023 08:27 AM (8I4hW)

165 157. Remember Joe, Sinn Fein is IRA. They trained with Qadaffi in Libya during the 70's and 80's

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (33nmr)

166 "Sebastian Stan tapped to play young Donald Trump in bio-pic."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (krqg6)

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Looked him up on ImDB; he played Tommy Lee in the TV mini-series "Pam & Tommy." Yeah, that tracks ...

Perhaps the plot will involve time travel and a brave "journalist" goes back in time to kill Baby Trump in the crib.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (pmW6q)

167 They always double-down. We always fold.
Posted by: Ordinary American
____

It's how the game is played.

Posted by: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-China) at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (fs1hN)

168 Horde Rule #1 : Nothing is important, everything is Fake and Gay
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (sm6Pk)

I thought horde rule #1 was "pics or it didn't happen", with particular emphasis on anything involving breasts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (zhLdt)

169 What's Brazil's beef between Venezuela and Guyana?

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2023 07:42 AM (KAi1n)

They share a good chunk of border, and while Brazil is semi-socialist, they're not socialist enough to want hordes of refugees pouring across their border.

Posted by: pookysgirl, dealing with interruptions at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (dtlDP)

170 That and a couple hundred thousand ballots that appeared out of nowhere and disappeared. I still can't believe the results of my county that *almost* borders Philadelphia. 60-40 for Biden? AYFKM?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

PA counts by counties and the final 2020 count had around 220k more votes (ballots) than registered total by county.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (lwOKI)

171 For its size Guyana has a shitload of oil. And of its size Venezuela has a shitload of Iran and increasingly Hezbollah.

Doesn't get much attention in the US media because why would it when there are micro aggressions and racism back home to whine about but Hezbollah is growing in size throughout South America rapidly.
Posted by: JackStraw

It had better get attention soon. Guyana is the bulk of recently found high quality, easily extractable oil added to world reserves. Of course, that is reason enough for our illegal junta to aid Venezuela's attempt to steal it and make it nonfunctional too.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:29 AM (IAY3X)

172 Speaking of rural Penn, watched the 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead the other night. Funny scene were the rural hunters are making a party out of blowing away the Zombies

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:29 AM (33nmr)

173 First experience with a Brazilian steakhouse was in, of all places... Rolla, MO.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)
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Remember what it was called? And when was this?

(Asking for a friend...seriously...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:29 AM (7fElN)

174 The Wisconsin Election Commission that gave the illegal orders should be fired and prevented from ever working in government again. Why aren't there any consequences?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (fs1hN)

Their actions were wrong but the results were correct, comrade.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:29 AM (zhLdt)

175 Socialists are not out to protect citizens, it's a power grab to climb over citizens and rule them.

Posted by: Skip at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (PKFWd)

176
My approach on this is that if the salad bar tickles your fancy, go for it. If that means one fewer little lamb chop or piece of prime rib, then fine. The whole experience kicks ass and everything is good and high quality in my experience. I started enjoying myself and the experience more when I quit trying to value-maximize the overall exercise. I like to just kick back and let it ride. Some trips are lower-return than others as a result, but I thoroughly enjoy myself every time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (d04cU)

I lean towards not sacrificing the meat sweats for a salad, whether it leafy greens or pasta. I WILL, however, load up a plate with nice cheeses to go along with the cornocopia of meats I'm about to partake in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

177 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 1h

JUST IN - Russia's Supreme Court designates the "international LGBT movement" as an extremist organization and banned its activities within the country.

I guess this calls for another $100 billion for Ukraine.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (DTX3h)

178 PA would be red if Pitts and Philly didn't have massive ballot manufacturing operations.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (fs1hN)

PA would be redder than TX.
TPTB can't have that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:27 AM (sUTkI)

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* Once again, AZ and its cheating counties Maricopa (Phoenix) and Pima (Tucson) have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (pmW6q)

179 Kissinger was an internationalist, not an America First-ist. But he acted during the Cold War when having international coalitions was necessary.

We supposedly won the Cold War but then we didn't act like we did.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (K6vwr)

180 Remember: Do NOT spend much time at the salad bar. While it's got various meats and cheeses at it, you're paying top dollar for the OTHER delicious meats they'll serve you at your table, so don't fill up on stuff before sitting to your REAL meal.
Posted by: Sponge

Except for Estillo Guacho in Frisco. I can eat $100 worth of Prosciutto without missing a beat.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (xzBJP)

181 Gop are businessman who go to Washington to get big jobs and $$$ or clients for their law firms.

Dems go to D.C to maximize power

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (33nmr)

182 PA would be red if Pitts and Philly didn't have massive ballot manufacturing operations.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (fs1hN)

I would say this is likely the case with most blue states. There's a couple cities that are manufacturing and distributing ballots by the truckload.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

183 I so can't stand FNC and Hannity that I'm skipping watching the DeSantis-Newsom debate.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (zEvGR)

They'll break in during the DeSantis time to tell us that they're calling Arizona for Biden... in '24.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:31 AM (zhLdt)

184 Remember Joe, Sinn Fein is IRA. They trained with Qadaffi in Libya during the 70's and 80's
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:28 AM (33nmr)
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Right. Sinn Fein was the political arm, the IRA was the military arm. Same movement.

And now they're telling the Irish to abase themselves before their Islamic masters.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:31 AM (d04cU)

185 I shed no tears for Henry Kissinger the OG of WEF tool-hood.

Posted by: kallisto at November 30, 2023 08:31 AM (7gP27)

186
JUST IN - Russia's Supreme Court designates the "international LGBT movement" as an extremist organization and banned its activities within the country.

I guess this calls for another $100 billion for Ukraine.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (DTX3h)

Maybe I'll send $100 to Russia for their efforts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

187 Kissinger allowed Ford to take over for Nixon, by convincing the Dem Senate at the time to confirm him as VP

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (33nmr)

188 I guess this calls for another $100 billion for Ukraine.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 30, 2023 08:30 AM (DTX3h)

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Is there still a war in Ukraine? Seems like most of the Ukrainian flag emojis have now been replaced with Palestinian flags ...

/only half-joking; or as Sundance over at CTH refers to it: "World War Reddit."

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (pmW6q)

189 Speaking of rural Penn, watched the 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead the other night. Funny scene were the rural hunters are making a party out of blowing away the Zombies
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:29 AM (33nmr)

I worked at a mushroom mine in hs that was in the movie. Located in Wampum, PA.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (sUTkI)

190 Senator Rubio pretty clear about what should happen to Hamas:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8wzpdc

Posted by: kallisto at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (7gP27)

191 Prosciutto's great, but... I recently bought and butchered a Serrano ham. It's what prosciutto wants to be. And then, of course, there's Iberico de Bellota, but I can't afford that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 08:33 AM (0FoWg)

192 Is Guyana's oil better quality than Venezuela's sulphur-ridden stuff??
Posted by: andycanuck

Yes, Guyana's oil is top quality medium sweet, ideal for diesel and gasoline. It is comparable to the best middle east grades.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:33 AM (IAY3X)

193 Maybe I'll send $100 to Russia for their efforts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

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Heh. Can we get a Give. Send. Go. account set up for Putin?

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:33 AM (pmW6q)

194 186. The reason for the war in the first place. Russian majorities in the East were afraid Zalensky was going to go full Velvet .

Globalists wanted the war. They want to open up russia for pride parades

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (33nmr)

195 PA would be red if Pitts and Philly didn't have massive ballot manufacturing operations.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:18 AM (fs1hN)

I would say this is likely the case with most blue states. There's a couple cities that are manufacturing and distributing ballots by the truckload.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)
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This is *exactly* how red states become blue. The Dems migrate to the cities, take over the local government there, and then install the machinery necessary to disenfranchise the citizens outside the cities, thus converting a red state in to a blue state. It only takes a couple of cities within each state to make this happen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (7fElN)

196 190. Wish Rubio was fighting the Dems

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (33nmr)

197 "This is about a hegemon looking to maintain its sphere of influence and foreign buffer states and another hegemon looking to take them away."
It is striking how pretty much all the states fighting the hegemon are formerly or currently socialist, communist, and former Soviet Union allies: China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, Venezuela, PLO. Their allies in the West are also mostly the same kind of people who liked the Soviet Union or Mao during the Cold War.
Yes, some of them have made cosmetic changes, like Saddam Hussein who incorporated islamism in addition to socialism and nationalism into his ideology. As a Romanian, I am aware of this phenomenon from earlier on, as Ceausescu also incorporated nationalism into his ideology.
Iran used to be different (during the Cold War too), but now that it has allied itself with Putin's Russia it fits into this framework as well.

Posted by: PG at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (gQbO4)

198 No one outside of China loved Mao and Zhou quite as much as Kissinger did. He called Zhou a genius and said Mao was even more clever. And, though some mistakenly blame Nixon, the most guilty American operator in China's unrestrained rise in the last 50 years is Kissinger. He never gave up on the idea of helping China become the most powerful nation on earth.

His intellect is overrated. He never made any important predictions, which is the true demonstration of deep understanding. The Soviet collapse shocked him just as much as it did the half-wit bureaucrats at the CIA. Nor did he predict the great opening Deng stewarded in China. He spent his entire life studying the Soviets and the Chinese, but never really understood either their regimes or their people.

His one arena of success was personal enrichment and promiscuity at a name dropping level.

Posted by: Craken at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (nSRZX)

199 Black Gold, Texas Tea...
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Corriverton Crude...

[And, yes, I had to look that up.]

Map of the various Guyana regions and a bit more.
https://tinyurl.com/mwp8pzyr

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (krqg6)

200 Yes, Guyana's oil is top quality medium sweet, ideal for diesel and gasoline. It is comparable to the best middle east grades.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:33 AM (IAY3X)
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Ah, sweet light crude!

Posted by: Bender "Bending" Rodriguez at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (7fElN)

201 I REALLY wanna try a Brazillian steakhouse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:12 AM (zZu0s)

On the topic of restaurants, the other night I had dinner at a place called "Whiskey Cake". It has locations in several cities. I recommend.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (zhLdt)

202 Acorn fed pigs are yummy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:36 AM (sUTkI)

203
His intellect is overrated. He never made any important predictions, which is the true demonstration of deep understanding. The Soviet collapse shocked him just as much as it did the half-wit bureaucrats at the CIA. Nor did he predict the great opening Deng stewarded in China. He spent his entire life studying the Soviets and the Chinese, but never really understood either their regimes or their people.

His one arena of success was personal enrichment and promiscuity at a name dropping level.
Posted by: Craken at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (nSRZX)

But NO ONE did a better Dracula impression.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

204 Interesting makeup courtesy of the British Empire.

Ethnic groups (2012)[1]
39.8% Indian
29.3% African
19.9% Multiracial
10.5% Indigenous
0.3% European
0.2% Chinese

Religion (2012)[1]
62.7% Christianity
24.8% Hinduism
6.8% Islam
3.1% no religion
2.6% others

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:36 AM (krqg6)

205
:: Downloads Venezuelan flag to post on Facebook page. ::

Posted by: Determined Leftist at November 30, 2023 08:36 AM (enJYY)

206 @133 - have read the Kissinger/wef connection. Haven't verified but...
I have seen him on video talk about what a great opportunity obarky presented, because of "who" he was, to bring in their new world order.

Posted by: I forgot at November 30, 2023 08:36 AM (wXvzc)

207 Is there still a war in Ukraine? Seems like most of the Ukrainian flag emojis have now been replaced with Palestinian flags ...

/only half-joking; or as Sundance over at CTH refers to it: "World War Reddit."
Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (pmW6q)

Squirrel!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:36 AM (zZu0s)

208 I always wanted to try a Japanese steak house
they cook thin slices of beef on hot stones. I think

Posted by: Don Black - (was DB) at November 30, 2023 08:37 AM (geLO8)

209 195. Good points, but the city has always done this. the problem is the urban and collar suburbs, which use tocounter the city totals, has gone full dem because of wine mom's and Abortion sluts

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:37 AM (33nmr)

210 Globalists wanted the war. They want to open up russia for pride parades
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (33nmr)
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They don't care about the parades. Throw 'em off of buildings or don't - the globalists don't really care. What made the American left (and by extension most of the West's left) turn against Russia was Putin shutting down the underage skin trade. Russia and many of its satellites were suddenly taken off the market as a source of Slavic child sex slaves. Ukraine rapidly filled in the gap, but there is probably no other country that can easily and quickly take it over if Ukraine falls.

The spice must flow.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:37 AM (d04cU)

211 * Once again, AZ and its cheating counties Maricopa (Phoenix) and Pima (Tucson) have entered the chat *
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It's better to have the socialist win than ever let an extremist MAGA candidates in office. We'll allow the cheating until the MAGAts learn this lesson.

Posted by: McCain wing of R party at November 30, 2023 08:37 AM (fs1hN)

212
On the topic of restaurants, the other night I had dinner at a place called "Whiskey Cake". It has locations in several cities. I recommend.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (zhLdt)

Had a former boss in town and had dinner at a place called Winewood. It's a higher end 'steakhouse' that has slimmed it's menu quite a bit.

While it was pretty good, it reminded me with the bone in ribeye I ordered, served medium rare, that I'm just not a fan of the whole 'searing' thing.

I don't really like the outside of my steak charcoal while the center is a cool pink. It's just incredibly off-putting to me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

213 Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (qboHG)

214 JUST IN - Russia's Supreme Court designates the "international LGBT movement" as an extremist organization and banned its activities within the country.

It is just Socialism with sex. Notice that every demand requires censorship, government funding, and new laws/regulations.

It is ZERO POINT ZERO percent about who fuck whom.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (lwOKI)

215 Henry is my middle name.

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (bUvA7)

216 I met Henry Kissinger at Richard Nixon’s 100th Birthday, Mayflower Hotel, January 9, 2013
Posted by: SMOD at November 30, 2023 07:55 AM (T+NYz)
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And you danced the night away?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (ScR16)

217 Send to putin, get a free visit from the FBI,IRS , and Jack Smith. Free 3 squares with Jan 6 prisoners

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (33nmr)

218 What does Ireland and Canada have to worry about? They are the little half brothers of West. No pressure. British and Yank militaries protect them from any threat
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:22 AM (33nmr)

I believe Canada has a history of punching above their weight in wars.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:39 AM (zhLdt)

219 Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Spoke with Mark Fisher yesterday, a great guy, very honored to have his and BLM's support. I have done more for Black people than any other President (Lincoln?), including 10 year funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, where they had none, Opportunity Zones, Criminal Justice Reform, and much more. Thank you to Mark!

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

220 It's also,
St. Andrew's Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

The Patron Saint of Fishermen !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 08:39 AM (T4tVD)

221 Yes, Guyana's oil is top quality medium sweet, ideal for diesel and gasoline. It is comparable to the best middle east grades.
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Thanks, Thomas Paine.

That explains alot too.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (krqg6)

222 > First experience with a Brazilian steakhouse was in, of all places... Rolla, MO.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Remember what it was called? And when was this?

(Asking for a friend...seriously...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Can't recall the name, but it was sometime around 2003-2005. It was on the 'main drag' IIRC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

223 I worked at a mushroom mine in hs that was in the movie. Located in Wampum, PA.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 08:32 AM (sUTkI)

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How is it that I've never heard of mushroom mines before? [I need to get out more ...]

Online search finds this 2014 random blog post:

"The Mushroom Mines are a teenage rite of passage in Eastern Kentucky. These enormous, magnificent mines sit out in the open, welcoming scared teenagers into its dark depths while offering a safe place to drink beer and smoke weed. Like any other good industrial relic, there are stories of Satanic sacrifices, Big Foot roaming the nearby woods, and a 'tall, albino looking man' chasing people out of the mines. Oh, and did we mention there's an underground lake? Of all the places The Clio Society has been to, the Mushroom Mines are easily amongst the top three of most spectacular places to go."

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (pmW6q)

224 213 Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (qboHG)

According to Wiki: Dutch then British.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (zZu0s)

225
Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM

Just to the east of Guyana on the map is French Guyana.

Posted by: Determined Leftist at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (enJYY)

226 Global Butt Pirates have had a bad year. Indian Supreme Court tells them to F off, same with Ruskies. China too

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (33nmr)

227 If Brazil were to displace Maduro, I'd imagine Columbia would be mucho happy to see the fat bastard go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (/QZJ1)

228 >> Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?

French Guiana. Where Papillon shoved stuff up his butt.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (ZLI7S)

229 I met Henry Kissinger at Richard Nixon’s 100th Birthday, Mayflower Hotel, January 9, 2013
Posted by: SMOD at November 30, 2023 07:55 AM (T+NYz)

How did you get through the smell of BenGay?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

230 His intellect is overrated. He never made any important predictions, which is the true demonstration of deep understanding. The Soviet collapse shocked him just as much as it did the half-wit bureaucrats at the CIA. Nor did he predict the great opening Deng stewarded in China. He spent his entire life studying the Soviets and the Chinese, but never really understood either their regimes or their people.

Posted by: Craken at November 30, 2023 08:35 AM (nSRZX)

Predictions of major events are usually flukes. There's no consistency down the road and usually when you examine the past there are a bunch of incorrect ones that are now forgotten in the moment when one is finally realized.

Perhaps his strategy of keeping China and Russia separate is too obvious to be creditable, but if it's so obvious why is the only other person to pursue that strategy Trump?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 30, 2023 08:41 AM (eYoxG)

231 Was Guyana Devil's Island and Pappillion?

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:41 AM (33nmr)

232 227. Columbia has their own young commie as Prez

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:41 AM (33nmr)

233 @realDonaldTrump

Spoke with Mark Fisher yesterday, a great guy, very honored to have his and BLM's support. I have done more for Black people than any other President (Lincoln?), including 10 year funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, where they had none, Opportunity Zones, Criminal Justice Reform, and much more. Thank you to Mark!
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

Now, will you prosecute BLM for money laundering, fraud and terrorism that they've been doing for the past 4 years?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

234 211 * Once again, AZ and its cheating counties Maricopa (Phoenix) and Pima (Tucson) have entered the chat *
____

It's better to have the socialist win than ever let an extremist MAGA candidates in office. We'll allow the cheating until the MAGAts learn this lesson.
Posted by: McCain wing of R party at November 30, 2023 08:37 AM (fs1hN)

I see they did get their hands on 400k envelopes and when matched to the the database over 25% were no match. No match required a first pass inspection, then on to a verification, and then a ruling if both first pass and verification agreed it was a no match.

So extropalted to 1.65M vote (mail in) about 429k fake voters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:41 AM (lwOKI)

235 [iJust to the east of Guyana on the map is French Guyana.

Ah, hence the name.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at November 30, 2023 08:42 AM (qboHG)

236 218. World War 2 only

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:42 AM (33nmr)

237 I believe Canada has a history of punching above their weight in wars.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:39 AM (zhLdt)

They had some nasty stuff during WWI, IIRC (baiting Germans with food and giving them hand grenades.)

Plus, IIRC, the dirty dozen stuff was based off a real life tale where while the US provided some... colorful characters, while the Canadians provided a crack commando team.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:42 AM (zZu0s)

238 30 days hath November

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:42 AM (lwOKI)

239 70 Henry Kissinger's body may be dead, but his head will live well into the 31st century, when he'll be asked to negotiate with the Spheroids of the planet Spheron I.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:00 AM (7fElN)

I watched the documentary "They Saved Hitler's Brain". It was quite frightful. Saving Kissinger's entire head could turn out just as awful. He'll still be able to say, "The whole world changed on 9/11"....

Posted by: Random Passerby at November 30, 2023 08:43 AM (83IzV)

240 212 I don't really like the outside of my steak charcoal while the center is a cool pink. It's just incredibly off-putting to me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

I ordered rare at the one fancy place in town my grandfather liked to always go to (until his wife died, he won't go there without her)

Nearly burnt on the outside, cold and _raw_ on the inside.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:43 AM (sm6Pk)

241 213 Guyana was a Brit colony.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (JrojV)

242 That sportsball website is owned by the parent company of The Onion. Kid could wind up owning it.

Posted by: Reforger at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (qom1o)

243 Pima and Tucson have always been lefty. What is sad , is that Maricopa has had GOP running the county gubmint for years.

They made sure Ducey and McCain won, but made sure Trump and his friend lost. Cindy McCain is a cunt

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (33nmr)

244 Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM

Just to the east of Guyana on the map is French Guyana.
Posted by: Determined Leftist at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (enJYY)
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Guyana was British, and they brought over a population of Indians to make tea for them. The Indian population is fairly productive, I'm told by a friend who used to run a factory there, marking them apart from everyone else. Big racial animus, I guess, between the black population and the Indian population

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (/QZJ1)

245 Guyana was British. Next door to the east is French Guyana, of Devil's Island fame and Ariane rocket launches.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (IAY3X)

246 Can't recall the name, but it was sometime around 2003-2005. It was on the 'main drag' IIRC.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)
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Dang...It's gone now...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (7fElN)

247 Morning Horde, thx JJ. Unfortunately the Israelis took another hit this morning losing three citizens in Jerusalem. The cops shot and killed other two shooters. This expansion of killings both within Israel and in the west is what everyone should fear. I'm still waiting for the suicide bombers to make the appearance

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (AhZSY)

248 Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) muses at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (qboHG)
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Guyana is a wider region and most of the European empires carved off pieces, some of which are now independent or part of other countries, with one remaining imperial territory.

The contemporary country called "Guyana" is the former British Guyana. French Guyana is still ... French Guyana. Still in the empire, administered by France and technically (as a result of the imperial relationship) the outermost region of the European Union. There was also a Dutch Guyana, which is now Suriname. The Spanish Guyana is part of Venezuela, and the Portuguese Guyana is part of Brazil.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (d04cU)

249 It's 5:20 here and I just got up... Is Israel still in "cease fire." ?

FWIW, I'm not seeing mention of new IDF action on https://www.israelnationalnews.com/.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (nfrXX)

250 I just heard a radio report about a British and American spy program set up by Obama in January 2017

Softworks

Is what it sounded like, but there are no results when I search it. There's apparently a 40 page leak or news report on it, but I'm not having any luck finding it. Anyone heard about it?

The British lady put in charge of the program by Obama is apparently recorded saying something like "We used this same program successfully to overthrow other nations, and now we're using it in the U.S."

And it's the U.S. and British military running it. On our soil, against Americans.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (Hn/FI)

251
30 days hath November

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:42 AM

Meteorological winter begins tomorrow for the northern hemisphere, summer for the southern hemisphere. Summer's Eve for Australia. Don't hear that product advertised much anymore.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (enJYY)

252 BLM pissed at Biden, because the illegals are talking all the Gubmint Cheese wheels

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (33nmr)

253 I said last night that my favorite Kissinger line was about the Iran - Iraq war "why can't they both lose?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (AhZSY)

254 On another site I'm getting ads for the clot shot again that say "Remember you can protect your family with the COVID shot"

So, at the same time both of these statements are true according to the FNM

1) The clot shot will protect those around you from getting COVID

2) No one has ever claimed the clot shot stops the spread of COVID.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (XqcwY)

255 There was this crappy little Mexican joint we used to hit for lunch in Redwood City, CA. The place was run by a husband - wife duo. The wife cooked, the husband ran the register. When they were fighting amongst themselves you could tell.

Not only was the yelling louder, the food was spicy!

We loved that place when they were angry....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (Q4IgG)

256 213 Isn't Guyana a former French colony? Or am I confusing it with the African country?
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#199 has the borders and names -- three countries and two regions!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (krqg6)

257
Nearly burnt on the outside, cold and _raw_ on the inside.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:43 AM (sm6Pk)

I will eat a good steak rare, no problem. However, if I have to get through charred embers to get to that beautiful meat, I'm not a fan. I think the taste of coal ruins the flavor of the beef.

I guess I'm rare, since EVERYONE touts 'seared' steaks everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

258 Meteorological winter begins tomorrow for the northern hemisphere, summer for the southern hemisphere. Summer's Eve for Australia. Don't hear that product advertised much anymore.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (enJYY)

Autumn Fizz is the first carbonated douche.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (lwOKI)

259 The oil on Venezuela is extra heavy crude. Very costly to refine. Does anyone know what kind of oil was discovered in Guyana?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (AhZSY)

260 Guiana. French Guiana.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (ZLI7S)

261 If a tree falls in the forest, does it hit a squatting Pope?

Posted by: Satan's Little Helper at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (6QG3l)

262 Well done with ketchup.

Posted by: DJT at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (NBVIP)

263 I don't really like the outside of my steak charcoal while the center is a cool pink. It's just incredibly off-putting to me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

I concur. I was watching Man vs Food the other day and his challenge was this huge triple decker burger with a mound of fries. It made my mouth water until they showed the center of the burger patties: bright red. No thank you; cook it all the way through please

Yep…. My intellect is Man v Food and food challenges level ….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (4pZxP)

264 NOTRE DAME, Indiana (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, has condemned the new transgender admissions policy of Saint Mary’s College. According to the new policy, biological males who “identify” as female will now be admitted as students at the all-female school in South Bend beginning in the fall of 2024.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (fs1hN)

265 ... We loved that place when they were angry....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (Q4IgG)
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So the opposite of the Incredible Hulk?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (d04cU)

266 On another site I'm getting ads for the clot shot again that say "Remember you can protect your family with the COVID shot"

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GET THE SPIKEJAB!!!

(no, really)

https://spikevax.com/

Welcome to Spikevax
(COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA)
by Moderna.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (Hn/FI)

267 264. Wow, and Indiana is a deep red state

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:48 AM (33nmr)

268 It's also,
St. Andrew's Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

The Patron Saint of Fishermen !
Posted by: JT

And also one of the patron saints of Russia (the other being St. Nicholas). Andrew was supposedly the apostle of that area.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 08:48 AM (JrojV)

269 I so can't stand FNC and Hannity that I'm skipping watching the DeSantis-Newsom debate. Tell me later who wins. Newsom is such a blustering bullshtter, I can only hope DeSantis can keep him on a subject long enough to pin him down. Treat him like you would a hostile and stupid newspaper interviewer, Ron, and pummel him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:13 AM (zEvGR)

A mom of twin girls in Pookette's class in giving a classical piano Christmas concert tonight that we'll be going to. She's one of our church pianists (and the best one, IMO). She has fought back cancer in the past year and this is sort of her triumphant return to playing.

Much more enjoyable than the "undercard debate."

Posted by: pookysgirl loves music at November 30, 2023 08:48 AM (dtlDP)

270 So, at the same time both of these statements are true according to the FNM

1) The clot shot will protect those around you from getting COVID

2) No one has ever claimed the clot shot stops the spread of COVID.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (XqcwY)

That idiot that wrote Gastby claim believing two things that could not be true was sign of sophistication.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 30, 2023 08:48 AM (lwOKI)

271 The reason for the war in the first place. Russian majorities in the East were afraid Zalensky was going to go full Velvet .

Globalists wanted the war. They want to open up russia for pride parades
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (33nmr)

Russell Brand did a segment about a Ukrainian? TV interview with some bigshot in Zelenskyyyyyy's party. Apparently, early on, there were peace talks and all Russia wanted was - don't join NATO, denazify, quit killing Russian people. Boris Johnson showed up and told them to put the kibosh on the talks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (zhLdt)

272 I don't really like the outside of my steak charcoal while the center is a cool pink. It's just incredibly off-putting to me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

I do not understand those words in that order.

To me, steak is bestest when charcoal on the outside while still thinking it has a chance at escape on the inside.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (N3zMI)

273
Guiana. French Guiana.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (ZLI7S)

I ~~stand~~ sit corrected.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (enJYY)

274 257 I guess I'm rare, since EVERYONE touts 'seared' steaks everywhere.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

My father loves the taste of carbon.

Whenever he'd grill, he'd intentionally let the meat get burnt.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (sm6Pk)

275 Going out to eat at pricey restaurants… and getting more pricey every week… something we are relegating to the “ only very occasionally bin”…

Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (PCK5/)

276 The oil on Venezuela is extra heavy crude. Very costly to refine. Does anyone know what kind of oil was discovered in Guyana?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It is medium sweet, top quality.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (IAY3X)

277 The restart of the war got put off another 24bhours, because Hamas came up with another group of hostages to hand over. Over 100 have not been released, when at first Hamas just promised 50.

But Hamas also takes credit for a terrorist attack on a bus station in Jerusalem, killing 3 civilians, injuring 16. Israel is now totally committed to restarting the war soon, and Hamas is running out of hostages in good shape that they can turn over.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (S6gqv)

278 Prosciutto's great, but... I recently bought and butchered a Serrano ham. It's what prosciutto wants to be. And then, of course, there's Iberico de Bellota, but I can't afford that.

*Sopressata and Coppa have entered the chat*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (YRsIm)

279 I caught a mouse today with one of those "don't kill them traps".

I took it out to the woods a few miles from my house and let it out.

I suspect it won't live particularly long but...its up to the mouse now.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (XqcwY)

280 That sportsball website is owned by the parent company of The Onion. Kid could wind up owning it.
Posted by: Reforger at November 30, 2023 08:44 AM (qom1o

Speaking of, I'm thoroughly confused by Mark Cuban selling majority ownership of the Mavericks to the Jewish Dr. broad who's family has been donating tons of cash to Republicans for decades.

Cuban loves him some Hillary........Has he finally figured out that the NBA hates his ass and he'll NEVER win another championship (they GAVE one to Nowitzki after robbing him his previous chance) while he's doing his thing on the sidelines at every game?

Now, he'll likely be on the sidelines doing his thing, but he'll have someone to answer to now, other than the league.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

281 So 1) Rosalyn 2) Kissinger 3) Jimmy?. I realize Charley Munger died but he wasn't political. Pope might qualify. I denounce myself

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 08:50 AM (AhZSY)

282 Over 100 HAVE been released

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 08:50 AM (S6gqv)

283
Didn't Hank the K briefly "date" Jill St. John? Back in the day?

Jeez, just having a drink with peak JSJ in the 70's would have been more kicks than bombing Cambodia.

Posted by: Auspex at November 30, 2023 08:50 AM (j4U/Z)

284 Plus, IIRC, the dirty dozen stuff was based off a real life tale where while the US provided some... colorful characters, while the Canadians provided a crack commando team.
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The Devil's Brigade -- the start of your Special Forces.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:50 AM (krqg6)

285 Whenever he'd grill, he'd intentionally let the meat get burnt.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (sm6Pk)

Sometimes if I'm grilling on gas, I'll squirt some oil from a squeeze bottle under the meat to get a little flare up. Little extra crust without having to overcook the center to get it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 08:50 AM (9UlRk)

286 RIP Henry Kissinger. I never understood why women found him sexy. I know I know.. women are drawn to powerful men. Still... just. No.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (iF0sF)

287 I caught a mouse today with one of those "don't kill them traps".

I took it out to the woods a few miles from my house and let it out.

I suspect it won't live particularly long but...its up to the mouse now.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (XqcwY)
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The hawks in the neighborhood thank you for your service...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (7fElN)

288 271 The reason for the war in the first place. Russian majorities in the East were afraid Zalensky was going to go full Velvet .

Globalists wanted the war. They want to open up russia for pride parades
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:34 AM (33nmr)

Russell Brand did a segment about a Ukrainian? TV interview with some bigshot in Zelenskyyyyyy's party. Apparently, early on, there were peace talks and all Russia wanted was - don't join NATO, denazify, quit killing Russian people. Boris Johnson showed up and told them to put the kibosh on the talks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (zhLdt)

There was also the two provinces that have been sort of separate/fighting the Ukrainian government since 2014.

The terms weren't secret and the talks were reported on(but very quietly in the west).

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (eYoxG)

289 Was Guyana Devil's Island and Pappillion?
Posted by: Jonah

Guyana was Jonestown & suicide kool aid drinking idiots.

That's where the term "don't drink the kool aid" comes from.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (xzBJP)

290 275 Going out to eat at pricey restaurants… and getting more pricey every week… something we are relegating to the “ only very occasionally bin”…
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (PCK5/)

I was already only doing it 3 times a year (and even then, it wasn't ultra-pricey, just pricey "for me".

Gonna be only once next year.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (sm6Pk)

291 Guiana. French Guiana.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (ZLI7S)
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Yeah, technically. That's the French spelling and the one preferred when discussing the various other historical non-British Guyanas, but in part that is academic sophistry. Suriname - which used to be Dutch Guyana - is referred to in the literature as former Dutch Guiana, which makes less sense since Dutch like English is a Germanic language rather than a Romance language. But even that is irrelevant because it's a loanword in *all* European languages anyway, and so spelling conventions are less fixed in the first place. Hell, Mumbai and Bombay are still interchangeable and only one foreign language was ever involved in that one.

But whatever. The only two that technically matter anymore are Guyana the country and French Guiana the imperial territory and yeah, annoyingly, the spellings are different.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (d04cU)

292 COLUMBUS, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — A young woman came forward during a congressional hearing in Ohio on Tuesday to speak for the first time about her experience being victimized by transgender ideology. She said practitioners “affirmed” her gender confusion without addressing her underlying mental health issues, resulting in devastating, permanent effects.

“I had become captivated by the idea that my female body was fundamentally wrong, and seduced by the prospect that there was something I could do about it,” 26-year-old Morgan Keller said in testimony supporting Ohio’s HB 68, the Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.
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If this bill passes, judges will likely overturn it since Ohio voters passed Issue 1 which, in addition to abortion rights has language 'protecting' gender confused 'care' as a right in the constitution.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (fs1hN)

293 Russell Brand did a segment about a Ukrainian? TV interview with some bigshot in Zelenskyyyyyy's party. Apparently, early on, there were peace talks and all Russia wanted was - don't join NATO, denazify, quit killing Russian people. Boris Johnson showed up and told them to put the kibosh on the talks.

Lil Z's winning platform included stopping the Uke NAZIs from killing ethnic Russians.

He either couldn't or wouldn't after being elected.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)

294
My father loves the taste of carbon.

Whenever he'd grill, he'd intentionally let the meat get burnt.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (sm6Pk)

To me, it ruins the meal.

My SiL's mother is that way tho. You have to cook the value out of any piece of meat before putting on her plate or she'll throw it back at you as "NOT DONE!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

295 Saint Mary's is like the protestant churches. Their numbers are down, and are desperate to get new blood and tuition money.

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:52 AM (33nmr)

296 Newsom is by far the most ruthless and complete stage actor since Bill Clinton and will clean DeSantis' clock. And that is complement to DeSantis.

Conservatives will see right through him, but even SeanDong Hannity seems enamored with the snake.

One of the greatest things Trump ever did is exist; it is now clear who is on America's side and who is a Globalist.

Posted by: Danimal28 at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (klw0w)

297 Jeez, just having a drink with peak JSJ in the 70's would have been more kicks than bombing Cambodia.

There's a picture of Leonid Brezhnev checking out her backside on a visit to the US.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (JrojV)

298 @276 Thomas Paine thx. Might be an additional factor as to whether to invade

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (AhZSY)

299 Jonah. However, South Bend and Notre Dame IN aren't red. SB hasn't had a repub mayor in decades.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (2NHgQ)

300 The oil on Venezuela is extra heavy crude. Very costly to refine. Does anyone know what kind of oil was discovered in Guyana?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 08:47 AM (AhZSY)
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see @192 for the answer.

I recall Chevron is buying Hess primarily to gain their interest in a big oil field there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (AW20F)

301 294 To me, it ruins the meal.

My SiL's mother is that way tho. You have to cook the value out of any piece of meat before putting on her plate or she'll throw it back at you as "NOT DONE!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

I don't like it either. And when I was younger, and I'd complain about it, he'd just say "Stop being a whiny-ass worthless baby and eat it. I like it burnt, so you're going to eat it burnt."

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (sm6Pk)

302 RIP Henry Kissinger. I never understood why women found him sexy. I know I know.. women are drawn to powerful men. Still... just. No.

Half the reason men try to acquire status is BECAUSE women find it attractive...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (XqcwY)

303 [snip]

The spice must flow.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:37 AM (d04cU)

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Good stuff, Mannix; seven years ago, I would have called you a crazy Q Anon conspiracy theorist ... but not anymore.

[I got a kick out of your Morning Rant post reference yesterday "... in order to ensure that the propaganda spice flows ..." Tried to come up with a David Beckham joke or reference there, but alas -- I'm no Muldoon.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (pmW6q)

304 Going out to eat at pricey restaurants… and getting more pricey every week… something we are relegating to the “ only very occasionally bin”…
Posted by: tubal

$48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (xzBJP)

305 Question for the horde. Back in the day Rush would pronounce the phrase "foreign policy" with a thick accent. Was he imitating Kissinger? I was never sure. BTW, I miss Rush.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (NBVIP)

306 281. Should It have been Warren Buffet, George Soros, and Rupert Murdoch. Evil always lives forever

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (33nmr)

307 If you liked a Trump tweet you are going to the Gulag....

if you fund and like Hamas you are going to the White House.

Fuck this reality I want another.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (X0I7i)

308 BLM pissed at Biden, because the illegals are talking all the Gubmint Cheese wheels
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (33nmr)

It's hard to get paid as a bigshot in a racial grievance organization if all the people of that race see others getting more love from Uncle Sugar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (zhLdt)

309 Newsom is by far the most ruthless and complete stage actor since Bill Clinton and will clean DeSantis' clock. And that is complement to DeSantis.

Conservatives will see right through him, but even SeanDong Hannity seems enamored with the snake.

One of the greatest things Trump ever did is exist; it is now clear who is on America's side and who is a Globalist.
Posted by: Danimal28 at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (klw0w)
******
Newsom is so slick that even Trump is enamored with him.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

310 299. Good point. Thanks

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (33nmr)

311
I don't like it either. And when I was younger, and I'd complain about it, he'd just say "Stop being a whiny-ass worthless baby and eat it. I like it burnt, so you're going to eat it burnt."
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (sm6Pk)

When my wife and I first started dating, we'd go to Outback and she'd order everything medium well. I eventually got her to try my medium rare ribeye, then she moved onto rare fillet after that.

She's learned.

"WOW! The FLAVOR! This is REALLY GOOD..."

"Told ya......."

She takes every steak rare to medium rare now, depending on fat content.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

312 Now, he'll likely be on the sidelines doing his thing, but he'll have someone to answer to now, other than the league.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

I heard he's also drooping from Shark Tank.

He's 65. I think he wants to spend time doing something else.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (JkCto)

313 With a bit of technique and a good probe thermometer, i can reliably get tender, juicy well- done steaks. Nobody in my family besides me and BiL can tolerate any pink in their red meat. So i learned. I didn't berate them for their tastes and try to meat-shame them into eating something they find gross and unpalatable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (9UlRk)

314 Wait… Guyana…. Is that the same place where Jim Jones had his people’s temple and kool aid drinkers? Same place we’re talking about or am I confused?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (4pZxP)

315 I recall Chevron is buying Hess primarily to gain their interest in a big oil field there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Exxon and Chevron are the big US players there. It is a big deal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (IAY3X)

316 Red Lobster reports $11-million in losses over Endless Shrimp deal.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (krqg6)

317 305 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (NBVIP)

Yes.

I have a friend of the family who worked in Kissinger's orbit, he said the accent was ~ 75% put on and "Henry" speaking and "Henry Kissinger" were two different people.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (X0I7i)

318

$48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (xzBJP)

"This economy is better than ever, Jack!"

- - - - - Joe Biden

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

319 Good stuff, Mannix; seven years ago, I would have called you a crazy Q Anon conspiracy theorist ... but not anymore. ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (pmW6q)
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I'm not sure I believe it, but I think it is possible. Ukraine is the nexus of a whole lot of dirty dealing. Money, arms, slaves (all types), etc. There is so much dirty laundry in Ukraine that it would probably be very damaging in terms of both money and power/reputation for it to fall.

But the full-on Russia hatred in the West really ramped up when Putin forbade the adoption of Russian children by Western homosexuals. The western Left went absolutely insane when that happened.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (d04cU)

320 There is a brazillian style steakhouse here in lexington. They offer carry out.

8 oz of meat, two sides: $19

'Family pack', 2lbs of meat, sides: $84

Damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (zZu0s)

321 Red Lobster reports $11-million in losses over Endless Shrimp deal.

I've always been amazed at the price of seafood.

I like shrimp but...the price for say scallops? Sea...sludge...costs that much?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (XqcwY)

322 My father loves the taste of carbon.

Whenever he'd grill, he'd intentionally let the meat get burnt.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:49 AM (sm6Pk)

To me, it ruins the meal.

My SiL's mother is that way tho. You have to cook the value out of any piece of meat before putting on her plate or she'll throw it back at you as "NOT DONE!"
Posted by: Sponge

I used to order steak carbon dated. Then my steak snob wife turned me on to medium rare tenderloin.

I cry when I think how long I ate inferior steak.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (xzBJP)

323 299 Jonah. However, South Bend and Notre Dame IN aren't red. SB hasn't had a repub mayor in decades.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (2NHgQ)

Petey Buttygig has entered the chat…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (4pZxP)

324 The only two that technically matter anymore are Guyana the country and French Guiana the imperial territory and yeah, annoyingly, the spellings are different.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (d04cU)
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damn French just won't learn English

Also, I've always thought putting their spaceport there was an odd choice. They must get good launch windows there, but you would think hurricanes and the total lack of space infrastructure (every little thing has to be imported) would dissuade them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (AW20F)

325 On another site I'm getting ads for the clot shot again that say "Remember you can protect your family with the COVID shot"

So, at the same time both of these statements are true according to the FNM

1) The clot shot will protect those around you from getting COVID

2) No one has ever claimed the clot shot stops the spread of COVID.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:45 AM (XqcwY)

The key word in the first statement is can. After all, the shot CAN kill you. If you are dead you cannot transmit covid to others. It wasn't the shot which prevented transmission, it was that the shot killed you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:57 AM (zhLdt)

326 Try going to Panera in Illinois. Lunch for two at a semi fast food place was $38

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (33nmr)

327
I heard he's also drooping from Shark Tank.

He's 65. I think he wants to spend time doing something else.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (JkCto)

I HOPE he's figuring out most people hate him and think he's an asshole and will do some soul searching then apologize for being an obnoxious know it all prick.

But I doubt it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

328 314 Wait… Guyana…. Is that the same place where Jim Jones had his people’s temple and kool aid drinkers? Same place we’re talking about or am I confused?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (4pZxP)

Yes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (zZu0s)

329 $48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (xzBJP

On the rare occasion I go out to lunch I only order water.. It's free.. Soda's or Ice tea are 3.50/4.00 dollars

Posted by: It's me donna at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (bs+z0)

330 Newsom is so slick that even Trump is enamored with him.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

It's just garden variety cheap grace, probably.

Pretend you "like" your enemy for as long as you think they are impotent. Something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (9UlRk)

331 Red Lobster reports $11-million in losses over Endless Shrimp deal.
Posted by: andycanuck

Buuuuurpppp.

😁😁😁

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (xzBJP)

332 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

By the time I make tea, read the headlines and comments, it will be Art Thread, so see you there.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (Q0kLU)

333 309 Newsom is so slick that even Trump is enamored with him.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

That's something I've never understood, how people can like or trust people who make the most obviously disingenuous faces and smug smirks like Newsom or Chucklefuck Schumer.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (sm6Pk)

334 314. Yes. Jim Jones I believe

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (33nmr)

335 You can tell the folks who eat medium well or well done steaks by their over developed jaw muscles.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (fs1hN)

336 304 Going out to eat at pricey restaurants… and getting more pricey every week… something we are relegating to the “ only very occasionally bin”…
Posted by: tubal

$48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (xzBJP)

Yeah it is getting ridiculous anymore… most of the time I can make it better at home anyway if I want to go to the trouble… we eat at home almost exclusively now.

Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (PCK5/)

337 I guess I'm rare, since EVERYONE touts 'seared' steaks everywhere.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

Some celebrity chef was shown on TV searing a steak. Lesser chefs want that fame... and money... so they sear steaks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (zhLdt)

338 Could we please have noted foreign policy expert kamala explain for us that Venezuela is a large country. And Guyana is a small country.
So that we can understand why this is wrong.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (dr4Q1)

339
But the full-on Russia hatred in the West really ramped up when Putin forbade the adoption of Russian children by Western homosexuals. The western Left went absolutely insane when that happened.

Yep. Remember in 2012 Romneycare called Russia an enemy and the FNM and Obama laughed at him.

Yet...right after the adoption thing Russia because enemy #1. This is after their adventure in Georgia too so its not like the left is really mad about border wars...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (XqcwY)

340 $48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.
Posted by: rickb223

Do you ever go out and while you're out say this is why I don't go out?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (NBVIP)

341 Grandpa turned me to the side of Light re: steak when I was knee high.

It should moo when you hit it with a fork. I like it to be hot at least (medium rareish.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (zZu0s)

342 Red Lobster reports $11-million in losses over Endless Shrimp deal.
Posted by: andycanuck

They're lucky I'm not a fan of RL. I can mow through some shrimp, I'll say......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

343 Wait… Guyana…. Is that the same place where Jim Jones had his people’s temple and kool aid drinkers? Same place we’re talking about or am I confused?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 08:56 AM (4pZxP)
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Yup, same place. Probably because you can get by English there, since it is the official language even though a lot of people only sort of speak it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (d04cU)

344 292 Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 30, 2023 08:51 AM (fs1hN)

The young lady is a victim of an out of control religion, the idea that a healthy mind does not look down and comport its beliefs with reality is a cornerstone of the magic thinking of this "faith."

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (X0I7i)

345 Like i told my brother in law, when it comes to Trump, all i care about is his track record and policies. Do not give a fu$k who he likes or talks too. He put three pro lifers on the court in one term, and everything else that was great

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:01 AM (33nmr)

346 Yes. Sorry.
I take "all you can eat" or "endless" as a serious challenge.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:01 AM (xzBJP)

347 Lesser chefs want that fame... and money... so they sear steaks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (zhLdt)

Well, then the lesser chefs need to pay more attention to the Mexicans they have doing the actual cooking and tell them to back off on turning shit into Kingsford on a plate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

348 Try going to Panera in Illinois. Lunch for two at a semi fast food place was $38
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (33nmr)
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The best reason to go to Panera is bird watching.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:01 AM (d04cU)

349 I like my meat like I like my job, well done.

If I am going to eat meat cold I will eat it raw.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:01 AM (X0I7i)

350 Do you ever go out and while you're out say this is why I don't go out?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

More and more frequently.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:02 AM (xzBJP)

351 342 They're lucky I'm not a fan of RL. I can mow through some shrimp, I'll say......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

If you eat the Sea Bugs, you can't complain when they make you eat the Land Bugs.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:02 AM (sm6Pk)

352 If all the global leaders are trying to end oil, why would countries still be warring over oil?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

353 Now, he'll likely be on the sidelines doing his thing, but he'll have someone to answer to now, other than the league.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
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He still will run the basketball team, as part of the deal, and answers to no one on what he does. FWIW, CNBC was saying he effectively has partnered with the family to develop the real estate around the basketball arena and build a casino (apparently, Texas is about to approve casino gambling).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (hRKub)

354 >>The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security has had federal air marshals following people for years who flew to Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, even if they did not go to the Capitol and were never charged with a crime, according to an association representing air marshals.

. . . while also flying (as in arranging and financing air travel for) "undocumented"/illegal alien foreigners into our communities.

What the actual f$%#?!?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (izj35)

355 I've made medium-well barely pink steaks for mom, sister, GF, ex GFs, doesn't matter. They take a bite, say "yeah it's slippery and gross and now I'm probably going to get worms you dick", and i gotta crutch the bitch and put it back on the heat so that everything good that was still in it gets squeezed out of the incision now that it's wide open, instead of just serving them what they wanted in the first place.

I wash my hands of steak snobbery.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (9UlRk)

356 $48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (xzBJP)
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But we've whipped inflation!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (d04cU)

357
If you eat the Sea Bugs, you can't complain when they make you eat the Land Bugs.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:02 AM (sm6Pk)

Sea bugs taste good and have plenty of meat, then.

Land bugs, don't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

358 Spot on about the russian adoptions. Forget about that. Gays use to love to fly to moscow, join some daisy chains, pick up their orphan, and fly back to the West Village.

Gays are as racist as any Redneck to boot. They wanted white babies!!!

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (33nmr)

359 >>I guess I'm rare, since EVERYONE touts 'seared' steaks everywhere.

No, you're medium.

I like my steaks seared but not burned. There's a difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (ZLI7S)

360 337 Some celebrity chef was shown on TV searing a steak. Lesser chefs want that fame... and money... so they sear steaks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 08:59 AM (zhLdt)

Was it that idiot Turkish guy who's only famous because he made his arm into a snake shape while throwing salt around?

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (sm6Pk)

361 All you heathens eating almost-raw steak…. It’s shocking!! I gotta have it medium well at least… anything more than a hint of pink and as far as I’m concerned it’s mooing. It’s like I don’t even know you people anymore

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (4pZxP)

362 =================
He still will run the basketball team, as part of the deal, and answers to no one on what he does. FWIW, CNBC was saying he effectively has partnered with the family to develop the real estate around the basketball arena and build a casino (apparently, Texas is about to approve casino gambling).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (hRKub)

The real estate around the AAC is already full and he won't be building shit there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

363 Red Lobster reports $11-million in losses over Endless Shrimp deal.
Posted by: andycanuck

They're lucky I'm not a fan of RL. I can mow through some shrimp, I'll say......
Posted by: Sponge

Went to O'Conners in Las Colinas for Mother's Day All You Can Eat buffet back in high school.

My mom told me, after my seventh trip, if I got up from the table one more time she was going to break my legs. She meant it.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (xzBJP)

364 I'd rather have 10 George Santos than 200 Mike Pence.

Santos is no angel but:
1) he knows this is a gang fight, not a college debate
2) he votes my interests

Not a single GOPe can say the same about themselves.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (TzW+Y)

365 348. Good one Joe. Lol. Sadly the ones i go to, seem to have Wilderbeast

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (33nmr)

366 Seared is not the same as crunchy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (zZu0s)

367 Begun, the steak wars have.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (N3zMI)

368 Remember Hillary as Secretary of State and the "Reset Button" and how we were going to be friends and allies and hey let Putin know I will have more flexibility after the election?

Russia became bad guy number 1 as soon as they assigned blame for Trump's election to Russia. And with their relentless propaganda they have ruined any chance of constructive engagement between the US and Russia.

Posted by: blaster at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (dWjpk)

369 I love the “ I will just have water folks” who then order a 45$ entree… present HQ members excluded in my mockery, of course..

Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (PCK5/)

370
Let's Go Krogering!!!....or not.

Kroger shared your personal and medical information with META.

https://instapundit.com/619433/

This would seem to be a direct violation of the HIPPA Laws, no?

The lawsuits should fly fast and furious.

Where have you gone Butlerian Jihad? Our nation turns its privacy violated eyes to you. Woo-woo-woo!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (QzZeQ)

371 $48 for lunch for two at On the Border.
That was two entrees, queso, & two iced teas.
I'm done.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (xzBJP)

Hell, Wendy's was over $30 for lunch for two the other day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (zhLdt)

372 Good one Joe. Lol. Sadly the ones i go to, seem to have Wilderbeast
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (33nmr)
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Bummer. College chicks and good lookin' suburban MILF types at mine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (d04cU)

373 For the most part, as long as it is still juicy, I will 'take' any type of steak. It is the dry variations that are of the devil.

Just like women.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (zZu0s)

374 364. Blm rep pulls a fire alarm on camera. He skates

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (33nmr)

375 My brother was a meat inspector in the army. He liked his beef burnt to a crisp so as to be certain that all the buggies were dead.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (JrojV)

376 My mom told me, after my seventh trip, if I got up from the table one more time she was going to break my legs. She meant it.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (xzBJP)

One of My Husbands friends got banned from a local All you can eat joint... Guy weighed over 300 pounds and was 6'6

Posted by: It's me donna at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (bs+z0)

377 >>"Israelis have become heavily invested in the fate of the trio, with their now-iconic red hair. The IDF said Sunday that it believed Hamas had transferred Kfir, his mother, and his brother to another terrorist faction, and that it had somehow lost track of them."

Thought I read that they were dead?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (izj35)

378
Went to O'Conners in Las Colinas for Mother's Day All You Can Eat buffet back in high school.

My mom told me, after my seventh trip, if I got up from the table one more time she was going to break my legs. She meant it.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (xzBJP)

We would on occasion stop at Pancho's on the way back from some sporting event. A few of us would have plate stacking contests. We'd get in the mid to late 20's each when the coaches would yell at us it was time to go.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

379 Try going to Panera in Illinois. Lunch for two at a semi fast food place was $38
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 08:58 AM (33nmr)
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I consider myself lucky that I can go upstairs to a cafe and get a half-way decent sandwich for about $6.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (7fElN)

380 "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

2 Peter 3:8-9

Posted by: Marcus T at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (54XhK)

381 CNBC was saying he effectively has partnered with the family to develop the real estate around the basketball arena and build a casino (apparently, Texas is about to approve casino gambling).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (hRKub)

The real estate around the AAC is already full and he won't be building shit there.
Posted by: Sponge

It'll go next to the Horse Track in Grand Prairie.

And I'll still go to Choctaw.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (xzBJP)

382 Hell, Wendy's was over $30 for lunch for two the other day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (zhLdt)

White Castle yesterday:

4 cheeseburgers
medium order of the mac and cheese nibblers
Lg diet coke
12.50

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (zZu0s)

383 364 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (TzW+Y)

There have been 5 removals in 200+ years...3 for the American Civil War....

1 for Abscam

1) because Trafficant

Ilhan and the Squad get to stay.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (X0I7i)

384 >>Seared is not the same as crunchy.

Yep. I am close to perfecting the perfectly seared steak with a medium center. I consider it a lifelong challenge of chasing the dream I will never fully achieve. It requires relentless pursuit.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

385 He's 65. I think he wants to spend time doing something else.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at November 30, 2023 08:55 AM (JkCto)

Power slamming shots of adrenochrome with HillDawg.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (zhLdt)

386 I love the “ I will just have water folks” who then order a 45$ entree… present HQ members excluded in my mockery, of course..
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (PCK5/)
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Sometimes I just want water. I don't like caffeine after midday (I'll have trouble sleeping) and I don't drink sugary stuff. At most restaurants, wanting to avoid both caffeine and sugar usually means ... water.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (d04cU)

387 380 "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

2 Peter 3:8-9
Posted by: Marcus T at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (54XhK)

I started reading this and wondered when it would turn to steak. Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (zZu0s)

388 378 We would on occasion stop at Pancho's on the way back from some sporting event. A few of us would have plate stacking contests. We'd get in the mid to late 20's each when the coaches would yell at us it was time to go.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

F*** Pancho's.

That place made me projectile shit blood.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (sm6Pk)

389 369 I love the “ I will just have water folks” who then order a 45$ entree… present HQ members excluded in my mockery, of course..
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (PCK5/)

Water is a fine palate cleanser.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (eYoxG)

390 Gluttony: the most acceptable sin.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (NBVIP)

391 Seared is not the same as crunchy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (zZu0s)

Well, most steak houses in the land have bastardized the definition.

Every high end steakhouse I've been too in the last few years serve steaks with coal on the outside.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

392 It's not just the prices at restaurants... it's the attitude of the staff.

Horrible. Rude. Incompetent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Q4IgG)

393 I have my own “ secret stash” of local eateries where the food is good and the prices are reasonable.. ethnic, of course, and frequented by locals.. the joints lack the Tourista frou-frou that draws them..

Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (PCK5/)

394 Forbes video 52,704 views Oct 1, 2023
During his remarks to the CAGOP Convention on Friday, former President Trump slammed the left-wing direction of California.

https://tinyurl.com/3bewx6bz
2:51 minutes

“Guess who is running your state? Bad People,” Trump said. “It’s becoming a symbol of our nation’s decline. Gavin Newsom and the far-left communists in Sacramento … San Francisco and L.A. — cities, which are absolutely being destroyed rapidly on a daily basis, have given you sanctuary cities, wide open borders, vast homeless encampments, out-of-control taxes.”
-- LA Times, Sept. 29, 2023

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (krqg6)

395 Yep. I am close to perfecting the perfectly seared steak with a medium center. I consider it a lifelong challenge of chasing the dream I will never fully achieve. It requires relentless pursuit.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

If you could easily achieve a goal, what would be the fun of pursuing it?

Perfection is the realm of God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (zZu0s)

396 I wash my hands of steak snobbery.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM (9UlRk)

wow. Some people say it's type O blood, or maybe it's just taste. But remember that scene in Dances with Wolves where Kevin Costner cuts the heart out of a still kicking buffalo and eats it raw? I was one of the people who said "Damn, that looks pretty good!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (S6gqv)

397 375 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (JrojV)

One of the saddest things I have ever seen was boiled filet mignon, that too was the Army.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (X0I7i)

398
F*** Pancho's.

That place made me projectile shit blood.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:07 AM (sm6Pk)

I was young and my stomach was still encased in iron.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

399 386 I love the “ I will just have water folks” who then order a 45$ entree… present HQ members excluded in my mockery, of course..
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (PCK5

Hey.. I'm not spending 4.00 for a soda

Posted by: It's me donna at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (bs+z0)

400
Gays are as racist as any Redneck to boot. They wanted white babies!!!

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:03 AM

They were not the best that Russia had to offer, though. Some gay couple 'accidentally' left one in a car to roast to death.

Tell me how such people demanding attention and empathy can leave an infant in a car? *That* was the final straw for the Russian people who demanded an election to stop the adoptions.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (enJYY)

401 'Morning, all. Thank you, J.J.

Wondering if already reflected in some of the U.S. programs re: Venezuela? i.e.,
USCIS: Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Venezuela
ALERT: On Sept. 20, 2023, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela for 18 months.
And also: (humanitarian parole)
USCIS: Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
ALERT: You are likely eligible to apply for an employment authorization document (EAD) to legally work in the United States if:
You were recently paroled into the United States and that parole remains valid; or
You have applied for asylum and that application has been pending for at least 150 days.

Btw, TPS for stateless nations and Refugee status for a certain # of same probably coming around again very soon.
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Kissinger was brilliant & bold compared to all coming after, imho.
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Try to get this out of your system asap so it doesn't ruin the weekend: COP28 Opens in Dubai with Calls for Accelerated Action, Higher Ambition Against the Escalating Climate Crisis, 29 November 2023.

Like the elite, buy meat.

Posted by: L - Can't make 'em love you more or hate you less at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (GshMh)

402 One of My Husbands friends got banned from a local All you can eat joint... Guy weighed over 300 pounds and was 6'6
Posted by: It's me donna at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (bs+z0)

If i ran the buffet, i'd take the guy's picture and run it in an ad saying "Even this great big bastard left satisfied!"

Just need a couple skinny buggers whose eyes are bigger than their stomachs to break even, and you're golden.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (9UlRk)

403 Hell, Wendy's was over $30 for lunch for two the other day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I keep trying to tell people "that's what a living wage/$15 hour" will get you.

I don't know where people think that extra cost is going to come from.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (xzBJP)

404 Hey.. I'm not spending 4.00 for a soda

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Tea is the one that gets me.

I realize lots of people don't know how to make it, but I'm not giving you $4 for boiling water.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (Hn/FI)

405 392 Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Q4IgG)

Pridefully bad at their jobs, the crisis facing America is spiritual, professional, and I do not think salvageable.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (X0I7i)

406 One of the saddest things I have ever seen was boiled filet mignon, that too was the Army.
Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (X0I7i)
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I guess they didn't get the memo that you are supposed to sous vide that...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (7fElN)

407 Wow, Jill St. John ... haven't thought about her in decades.

More reasons to hate Robert Wagner, in addition to him likely having murdered Natalie Wood.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (pmW6q)

408 I have my own “ secret stash” of local eateries where the food is good and the prices are reasonable.. ethnic, of course, and frequented by locals.. the joints lack the Tourista frou-frou that draws them..
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (PCK5/)
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My town has a place I love. Local gem. Not ethnic, but reasonably affordable (by current standards) and damn good with a small menu. They do a few things really well and don't bother trying to be all things to all men.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (d04cU)

409 All you heathens eating almost-raw steak…. It’s shocking!! I gotta have it medium well at least… anything more than a hint of pink and as far as I’m concerned it’s mooing. It’s like I don’t even know you people anymore
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (4pZxP)

It's even worse than that!

I've eaten whale sushi.

It was real and spectacular.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (QzZeQ)

410
I fell in love with Buenos Aires. It's like an older woman who's past her prime but still knows how to carry herself with elegance and style.

I hope Mieli can turn things around there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (x0n13)

411 I had strange hair before strange hair was cool.

Posted by: Jim Trafficant at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (NBVIP)

412 Half the reason men try to acquire status is BECAUSE women find it attractive...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 08:54 AM (XqcwY)

My birdbath is frozen !

Posted by: JT at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (T4tVD)

413 Some gay couple 'accidentally' left one in a car to roast to death.

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Well duh. That's what you do with accessories. Especially ones that don't match.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (Hn/FI)

414 400 Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (enJYY)

Normal humans are props to the chosen....

the Kid actually cried and there was shopping to do.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:11 AM (X0I7i)

415 392 It's not just the prices at restaurants... it's the attitude of the staff.

Horrible. Rude. Incompetent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (Q4IgG)

"And such small portions . . . "

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 09:11 AM (x0n13)

416 Tea is the one that gets me.

I realize lots of people don't know how to make it, but I'm not giving you $4 for boiling water.
Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (Hn/FI)

Well, you have to cool it down. Then add sugar to the saturation point. Then add a dash of lemon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:11 AM (zZu0s)

417
It'll go next to the Horse Track in Grand Prairie.

And I'll still go to Choctaw.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (xzBJP)

I don't trust Indian gaming all that much. Plus, with the BILLIONS the state takes from every bet, why are they STILL charging state income tax?

I'd consider moving to OK if it wasn't for that and the fact you need 50 acres to hunt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

418 Thought I read that they were dead?
Posted by: Lizzy at November 30, 2023 09:06 AM (izj35)

Hamas later yesterday said they were all dead. Claimed they had been killed in an airstrike (but why wait so many days to claim it if that were true?) Some are hoping they are lying, but the problem with that is that even if it is not true at the moment, it is trivially easy for Hamas to make it be true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:12 AM (S6gqv)

419 Sponge, my bet (no facts, just guessing) is that the combined Adelson/Cuban group has been quietly buying buildings with the intention of redeveloping.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:12 AM (hRKub)

420 The Guyanas begin to look like Ohio: once you're done subtracting all the slices that neighboring provinces claim as part of their traditional territory, there's only a tiny slice left -- and it's full of communists.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (FCs/J)

421 My friends and I were banned for the Anchor Inn in South St Paul. $25 all you can eat King Crab Legs. They tried to ply us with Bread, salad and Clam Chowder but we would always refuse all for the main course. It too 2 visits for them to ban us.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (ZV+pB)

422 “Guess who is running your state? Bad People,” Trump said. “It’s becoming a symbol of our nation’s decline. Gavin Newsom and the far-left communists in Sacramento … San Francisco and L.A. — cities, which are absolutely being destroyed rapidly on a daily basis, have given you sanctuary cities, wide open borders, vast homeless encampments, out-of-control taxes.”
-- LA Times, Sept. 29, 2023
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He ain't wrong. I just call this the Yankee Land Collapse. Remember, the Yankee Exodus started in 1969. It hasn't stopped. There are obvious reasons for this Exodus that has never been addressed.

Posted by: Pudhinhead at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (iDpzk)

423 My town has a place I love. Local gem. Not ethnic, but reasonably affordable (by current standards) and damn good with a small menu. They do a few things really well and don't bother trying to be all things to all men.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (d04cU)
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I love hole-in-the-wall gems.

We had a couple of contractors come to our town to do some work in our office this week. The first they did when they got here was to ask where the best local places to eat are.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (7fElN)

424 Here is what Israel war is shaping up to be. Saudi and UAE will be engaged to run hamas free gaza, or gaza free zones after the war. the likes of sinwar will be eliminated. mid level exiled to wherever. so the PLO and 1980s siege of Beirut scenario. except where will they send them ? tunisia again ?

Posted by: runner at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (V13WU)

425 Adelson/Cuban group has been quietly buying buildings with the intention of redeveloping.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:12 AM (hRKub)

lol isn't that the basic plot of robYn hood?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (9UlRk)

426 406 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:09 AM (7fElN)

The other thing I saw that KP day was a colonel getting the four star normal treatment on the meat....

You can't say the army cooks were not well trained they could cook the hell out of the material provided when inclined...they were just "following regs."

that could be bent if a person had enough throw.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (X0I7i)

427 Do you ever go out and while you're out say this is why I don't go out?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 09:00 AM (NBVIP)

Wife and I went out to a fancy restaurant once and determined that we were not those people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (zhLdt)

428 The only good tea is fresh brewed tea… it ALWAYS disappoints in restaurants.

Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (PCK5/)

429 All you heathens eating almost-raw steak…. It’s shocking!! I gotta have it medium well at least… anything more than a hint of pink and as far as I’m concerned it’s mooing. It’s like I don’t even know you people anymore
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 09:04 AM (4pZxP)

I enjoy flavor, a bit of juice and not having to gnaw my steak. So sue me.

If I want jerkey, I'll head to Buc-ee's and pick up a bag, or get some Melanesia sliced and break out the spices and dehydrator.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

430 >>I fell in love with Buenos Aires. It's like an older woman who's past her prime but still knows how to carry herself with elegance and style.

Better steak houses than Brazil, too.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (ZLI7S)

431 420 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (FCs/J)

You too have been to Columbus then?

My family helped settle the Virginia corridor and was one of the early families...

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (X0I7i)

432 I am close to perfecting the perfectly seared steak with a medium center. I consider it a lifelong challenge of chasing the dream I will never fully achieve. It requires relentless pursuit.

Or a sous vide.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (nfrXX)

433 410
I fell in love with Buenos Aires. It's like an older woman who's past her prime but still knows how to carry herself with elegance and style.

I hope Mieli can turn things around there.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 09:10 AM (x0n13)

BA is a beautiful city. But it is frayed around the edges - you can definitely see it had better days. Speaking of steak - the steak in Argentina is fantastic. BUT - you'd better like salt, because they do not use anything except salt as a preservative.

Posted by: blaster at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (dWjpk)

434 If all the global leaders are trying to end oil, why would countries still be warring over oil?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

Cuz global leaders aren't banning yachts or private jets.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (zhLdt)

435 Hell, Wendy's was over $30 for lunch for two the other day.

I remember one big blue shithole did the $15 min wage early and Reason interviewed a bunch of the "beneficiaries".

They loved getting a raise! But they didn't understand why the costs of everything they had to buy increased as much or more then their increase in salary...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (XqcwY)

436 To all wondering with bated breath: my office saga ended triumphantly. The pinheaded bureaucrats who wanted to take my walled office at work got such an earful from engineering that they’ve backed off and said never mind (at least for the moment). It’s fun to occasionally see the borg be defeated

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (4pZxP)

437 The only good tea is fresh brewed tea… it ALWAYS disappoints in restaurants.
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (PCK5/)
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The south generally has better tea than the north, and the interior west is often quite good.

I love iced tea and when I've gone to foreign countries for work, I've missed it. I spent a month in Ireland once and had a long layover on my way home in one of the big American airports. I had a *lot* of iced tea during that layover.

Unsweetened. I've never cared for sweet tea.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:15 AM (d04cU)

438 Can't find much explicit about the relationship between Schwab and Kissinger from non-dodgy websites, but Kissinger was definitely WEF. He is profiled on the WEF website, and there's a picture of him with Schwab and former UK PM Edward Heath in 1980.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (JrojV)

439 I enjoy flavor, a bit of juice and not having to gnaw my steak. So sue me.

If I want jerkey, I'll head to Buc-ee's and pick up a bag, or get some Melanesia sliced and break out the spices and dehydrator.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Mingua is good jerky. And it is old school jerky, dry as a Charles Dickens novel- not the damp shit that seems to be all the rage these days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (zZu0s)

440 There's a place up the road from us called "The Tavern." Beer joint with a small menu, pool tables, a couple scratch-off Lotto machines and some guy in the basement running numbers.

He does a pretty good business during Derby week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (Q4IgG)

441 410. Not to be a smart ass JJ. But Adolph Eichman loved Buenos Aires too

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (33nmr)

442 Sponge, my bet (no facts, just guessing) is that the combined Adelson/Cuban group has been quietly buying buildings with the intention of redeveloping.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:12 AM (hRKub)

It will be interesting to see if it's true, especially since "Victory Plaza" and all the surrounding condos and hotels are relatively new (within the last 10 years). They'd have to spend some serious coin to buy up those buildings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

443 423 I love hole-in-the-wall gems.

We had a couple of contractors come to our town to do some work in our office this week. The first they did when they got here was to ask where the best local places to eat are.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (7fElN)

A friend of mine had a wife who insisted that this run-down dive around here was actually the most amazing place and everyone had to go there.

It turns out that it really was just a run down dive and the food was garbage. She was the only one who thought it was any good.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (sm6Pk)

444 One of the saddest things I have ever seen was boiled filet mignon, that too was the Army.
Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:08 AM (X0I7i)

I never got boiled meat, the English did that a lot. it's the worst possible way to cook meat that I can think of. All I can see is that it's the fastest way to cook a lot of meat if you despise all the people you're cooking it for.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (S6gqv)

445 I enjoy flavor, a bit of juice and not having to gnaw my steak. So sue me.

If I want jerkey, I'll head to Buc-ee's and pick up a bag, or get some Melanesia sliced and break out the spices and dehydrator.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)
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I don't mind the flavor of medium or even medium-rare meat. It's the *texture* I don't like. It's just too "spongey" for my taste.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (7fElN)

446 White Castle yesterday:

4 cheeseburgers
medium order of the mac and cheese nibblers
Lg diet coke
12.50
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's sad. I remember when four were a buck.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (xzBJP)

447 Granted he was caught in the 60's, but still. He hid in plain sight

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:17 AM (33nmr)

448 You been here four hour!

You go home now!

Posted by: blaster at November 30, 2023 09:17 AM (dWjpk)

449 "Hamas has only used 10 to 12 percent of its military arsenal"

You're surrounded. Supply is cutoff and no matter how much to steal from civilian stocks, it's a matter of when you're eliminated, not if. As we say in America, AMF.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 30, 2023 09:17 AM (54XhK)

450 White castle burgers are finger food

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:17 AM (33nmr)

451 I don't mind the flavor of medium or even medium-rare meat. It's the *texture* I don't like. It's just too "spongey" for my taste.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (7fElN)

Try a different cut. Filet mignon will change your mind.

Posted by: blaster at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (dWjpk)

452 Wouldn't it be nice if there was an opposition party that would...say grab the prices of a fast food joint or groceries stores, from the Trump years and then when the FNM did its song and dance about inflation being "solved" throw the numbers it the talking head's face?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (XqcwY)

453
Mingua is good jerky. And it is old school jerky, dry as a Charles Dickens novel- not the damp shit that seems to be all the rage these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (zZu0s)

Robertson's up in Oklahoma (I think that's where they're based) makes the old school thin sliced, dry jerky. I used to stop at one of their store fronts and pick up a pound every few months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

454 We had a couple of contractors come to our town to do some work in our office this week. The first they did when they got here was to ask where the best local places to eat are.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:13 AM (7fElN)

There's some family run Tacqueria's around here that are wonderful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (S6gqv)

455 I love the “ I will just have water folks” who then order a 45$ entree… present HQ members excluded in my mockery, of course..
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (PCK5/)

I usually order water because I've seen disassembled soda machines and their tea is instant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (zhLdt)

456 A friend of mine had a wife who insisted that this run-down dive around here was actually the most amazing place and everyone had to go there.

It turns out that it really was just a run down dive and the food was garbage. She was the only one who thought it was any good.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (sm6Pk)
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we used to have a dive bar off-campus that college students frequented. It was a grungy, nasty place inside. Lots of character. They did serve decent burritos, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (7fElN)

457 I don't mind the flavor of medium or even medium-rare meat. It's the *texture* I don't like. It's just too "spongey" for my taste.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (7fElN)

It's an atavistic, back brain thing, I think. To me, that texture (at least when hot) is perfect.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (zZu0s)

458 444 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (S6gqv)

They are rapidly sanitizing it as fast and in volume as they can for distribution of amount of protein indexed to calories x.

The kids have no say in how they get that protein, the cooks have no say in quality of offering, and nobody but the colonel is happy.

This too is the story of the UN and WEF.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (X0I7i)

459 A friend of mine had a wife who insisted that this run-down dive around here was actually the most amazing place and everyone had to go there.

It turns out that it really was just a run down dive and the food was garbage. She was the only one who thought it was any good.
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (sm6Pk)
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LOL. There's a diner next to my barber. It's always busy and people talk about how good it is. One day, I decided to have breakfast after my haircut and I walked over.

It's crap. I've tried it twice, and crap both times. It's nearly impossible to screw up breakfast - breakfast isn't easy to make great, but very difficult to make bad - but they manage it. I have no idea how the place is so crowded all the time. It's fairly cheap, I suppose, but it ain't *that* cheap. It just sucks and I don't understand how its so popular.

To each his own. I just go somewhere else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (d04cU)

460 449.your leaving out the politics Marcus. Biden and Pentagon want a long war

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (33nmr)

461 Neocons are like Vampires. They need blood

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (33nmr)

462 I've had some fantastic meals at chow halls.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (R4t5M)

463 370 Kroger shared your personal and medical information with META.

https://instapundit.com/619433/

This would seem to be a direct violation of the HIPPA Laws, no?

The lawsuits should fly fast and furious.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (QzZeQ)

Fuckerberg pulled this same stunt with multiple tax preparation companies just last year. It's too bad nothing will happen to the scum responsible for this. All I can do is block all of his sites on my home network, thus depriving myself of the Instagram embeds during the evening threads.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (DTX3h)

464 thus depriving myself of the Instagram embeds during the evening threads.

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: THOTs everywhere at November 30, 2023 09:20 AM (XqcwY)

465 If you could easily achieve a goal, what would be the fun of pursuing it?

Meh. Too each their own. I'm not a "thrill of the hunt" guy. More "thrill of the eat".

Posted by: How Things Work at November 30, 2023 09:20 AM (jp5i7)

466 I am close to perfecting the perfectly seared steak with a medium center. I consider it a lifelong challenge of chasing the dream I will never fully achieve. It requires relentless pursuit.

Four minutes each side, medium heat for a two inch thick filet mignon.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:21 AM (xzBJP)

467 462 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (R4t5M)

Absolutely, a chow hall that is trying is some of the best food in the country and maybe the world. You run into one of the senior NCOs who has worked multiple protocol events and you are in heaven....

doesn't change the reality that they will happily boil top grade meat though.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:21 AM (X0I7i)

468 Saw an article recently about White Castle installing "Flippy" a robot to operate the fry station. Fighting for less than fifteen.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 09:21 AM (NBVIP)

469 Unsweetened. I've never cared for sweet tea.
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You are a heathen.

Posted by: Pudhinhead at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (GiTcZ)

470 I have mixed feelings about Richard Nixon but I admire his willingness to have Kissinger as his Secretary of State. Nixon wasn’t a stupid man but Kissinger really had a powerful mind.

These days it’s more like Biden doesn’t want anyone around who is more capable than he is.

Posted by: Peter B at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (FdCw4)

471 455 I love the “ I will just have water folks” who then order a 45$ entree… present HQ members excluded in my mockery, of course..
Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:05 AM (PCK5/)

I usually order water because I've seen disassembled soda machines and their tea is instant.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 30, 2023 09:18 AM (zhLdt)

Eh, good points. Guess I am just bitchy today… annoyed with restaurants in general..

Posted by: tubal at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (PCK5/)

472 Yoni was better at getting hostages released.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (ogTiX)

473 >>I keep trying to tell people "that's what a living wage/$15 hour" will get you.

I don't know where people think that extra cost is going to come from.

"GREEDY business-owners need to forgo profits!"
-- Elizabeth Warren

Friends went to a restaurant recently and in addition to the tip being added to the bill, they added an additional ~20% fee/involuntary tip for the backend workers (kitchen crew, etc.). No notice up front that they would be paying 40% more per item in the final bill.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (izj35)

474 468 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 30, 2023 09:21 AM (NBVIP)

Yes, robot burger chef is on his way....the drive by for 15 is working out precisely as I predicted.

Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (X0I7i)

475
Speaking of food...indirectly.

There's a good reason Rick and Morty's new season is universally regarded as sucking.

They are now trying to teach you trogs lessons.

The latest "That's Amorte!" is about a planet where people who commit suicide turn into delicious spaghetti.

However, deplorables, if you just knew their lives, like say if you knew how the cow you eat lives, you'd never eat ~~cow~~ "people spaghetti" again.

And for the Low IQ Protards, they actually explain their reasoning after the episode has run.

Really...I guess making fun of tired SF tropes wasn't enough.

Welp, time for a Breakfast Ribeye. Later, I'll have a Lunch T-bone.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (QzZeQ)

476 You are a heathen.
Posted by: Pudhinhead at November 30, 2023 09:22 AM (GiTcZ)
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Heh. So be it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (d04cU)

477 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (ZV+pB)

478 459 To each his own. I just go somewhere else.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:19 AM (d04cU)

General rule where I live :

Go where the old people (60-70, not 90) go. They've been around long enough to see places come and go, and have generally found the reliable spots that won't go tits up.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (sm6Pk)

479 441 410. Not to be a smart ass JJ. But Adolph Eichman loved Buenos Aires too
Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:16 AM (33nmr)

Don't think I am wholly unaware of the history. It's still an amazing city and country, despite its problems.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (x0n13)

480 Breitbart is saying that Kissenger was Klaus Schwab mentor

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (33nmr)

481 479. Fair enough

Posted by: Jonah at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (33nmr)

482 doesn't change the reality that they will happily boil top grade meat though.
Posted by: sven at November 30, 2023 09:21 AM (X0I7i)

Yep. And the quality varied widely from installation to installation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:24 AM (R4t5M)

483 449 "Hamas has only used 10 to 12 percent of its military arsenal"

You're surrounded. Supply is cutoff and no matter how much to steal from civilian stocks, it's a matter of when you're eliminated, not if. As we say in America, AMF.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 30, 2023 09:17 AM (54XhK)

It's an idiotic claim from the Iranians. The IDF has complete control of surface areas in the North (but not the tunnels), and any remaining missile assets in that area are now neutralized. That would be over 50% right there. And firing missiles from the south now just provides targeting data for the next phase of the war, about to start. Huge numbers of them have been blown up in underground depots where we have seen the secondary explosions, and no one can count how many.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:24 AM (S6gqv)

484 Krystal > White Castle

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 09:24 AM (0FoWg)

485 I've had some fantastic meals at chow halls.

I wouldn't have qualified any of the meals I had in one as "fantastic," but I never had any that were bad.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:24 AM (JrojV)

486
However, deplorables, if you just knew their lives, like say if you knew how the cow you eat lives, you'd never eat cow "people spaghetti" again.

They roam around, while young, eating various grasses in the pasture they're living in. Later, they're penned where they're fed grains and such until they're at their prime harvesting size/weight.

I'm perfectly fine with that. Food should be raised as food. WTF is their point?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

487 Kissinger was in office during Ford and Nixon. After that he was consulting. People came to him, not the other way around. paid for his advice. I don't know, every time I saw him on TV he said sensible things. Maybe it's just the generational thing. People are pissed at him for China, for Vietnam. But many years past since Nixon went to China. Many other world leaders and secretaries of state held office.

Posted by: runner at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (V13WU)

488 You don't want to know how any of your food is made.

Trust me.

I know. I just turn that part of my brain off and eat the steak.

Because it's delicious and God loves me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (zZu0s)

489
And for the Low IQ Protards, they actually explain their reasoning after the episode has run.

I've read a lot of older SF. And there was an expectation that if you were trying to "tell a message" it had to still be a good story and be subtle and this was true even for leftwing authors. Hell the Star Trek episode with the people with black and white faces got them a lot of crap from being way too in your face. And...by today's standards that would be subtle...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (XqcwY)

490 Kroger shared your personal and medical information with META.

Kroger is made out to be the bad guy here, but I think really it's Meta.

Tech team at Kroger is told hey if you embed this piece of code on the website we get x amount of dollars. Meta says "yes it's just a tracking cookie to help target ads" and they think okay fine.

But it hoovers up more info than Meta lets on.

Posted by: blaster at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (dWjpk)

491 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (ZV+pB)
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Krystal is superior to White Castle.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (d04cU)

492 *since then

Posted by: runner at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (V13WU)

493 These days it’s more like Biden doesn’t want anyone around who is more capable than he is.
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Biden has no choice who is around him. The Lightbender was the one stocking Govt with sub Betas.

Posted by: Pudhinhead at November 30, 2023 09:26 AM (GiTcZ)

494 "449.your leaving out the politics Marcus. Biden and Pentagon want a long war"

No, they are actually trying to stop the Israelis. That's a political move Grampy Dumbass thinks will play well. How do I know? Their public statements conflict greatly with their private ones. That's why Bibi came out again yesterday and stated "what don't you understand about we are going to wipe out Hamas when this ceasefire charade is over?" The entire government of Israel agree that finishing Hamas is existential. And you know what- they're correct. The actual ground conflict won't be that long. They control the north and will just tighten the noose. Battlespace prep is already going on in the south where they'll be going after the cowards who fled before the wadi was closed off.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 30, 2023 09:26 AM (54XhK)

495 Unsweetened. I've never cared for sweet tea.
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You are a heathen.
Posted by: Pudhinhead

I've had great tea down south. Then there's the shit with double the sugar of kool-aid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:26 AM (R4t5M)

496 477 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (ZV+pB)

One of my kids worked in the local bagel shop in her small college town. Friday/Saturday latenight shifts, the tips were ginormous.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 30, 2023 09:26 AM (N3zMI)

497 Buenos Aires, the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKc9N3oTM5I

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (S6gqv)

498
I've had great tea down south. Then there's the shit with double the sugar of kool-aid.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:26 AM (R4t5M)

You order unsweet tea in Georgia and they look at you like you were just caught molesting a child.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

499 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal

F that. Taco Bell.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (JrojV)

500 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (ZV+pB)
++++
Krystal is superior to White Castle.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Waffle House has put on brass knu8ckles and entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (R4t5M)

501 If i ran the buffet, i'd take the guy's picture and run it in an ad saying "Even this great big bastard left satisfied!"
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Do these sound like the actions of a man who had all he could eat?

Posted by: lionel hutz, esq. at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)

502 White Castle.

For when you're like "hey i haven't had debilitating heartburn in a while have I".

Damn you tasty little pillows of greasy beefy joy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (9UlRk)

503 Krystal is superior to White Castle.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:25 AM (d04cU)

***

Mid 80's. There wasn't a Krystal on University Ave in Minneapolis. I've heard Culvers is good but I no longer drink and I no longer live in MN

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (ZV+pB)

504 "A Tuesday CBS News Moneywatch report used government data to determine how much Americans paid to live in January 2021 compared to today, finding that the typical family just can’t compete with the 40-year record-high inflation."
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This makes a point obvious to us but a total revelation to the Biden junta.

Inflation, as they measure it may be coming down. But that "victory" ignores the fact that Biden has killed us with the price increases of his first three years that remain in place.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (jS7Ji)

505 485 I've had some fantastic meals at chow halls.
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The 75th Ranger chow hall was the best I'd ever tasted. Marine chow halls are less than attractive.

Posted by: Pudhinhead at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (GiTcZ)

506 I can't stand any tea, sweetened or unsweetened.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (JrojV)

507 Krystal > White Castle
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 09:24 AM (0FoWg)
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Krystal = a bunch of copycats.

White Castle rules.

Posted by: IrishEi with yet another new laptop at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (kQDzN)

508 Do these sound like the actions of a man who had all he could eat?
Posted by: lionel hutz, esq. at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)

*literal audible snort*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (9UlRk)

509 Easy medium rare steak: Let steak sit and come to room temp first. Put steak on fire. When the juices start bubbling to the topside flip it over. When the juices start bubbling to the top again take it off the fire and let it rest for a couple minutes.

Posted by: davidt at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (SYTee)

510 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 30, 2023 09:23 AM (ZV+pB)
++++
Krystal is superior to White Castle.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Waffle House has put on brass knu8ckles and entered the chat.

-

There's only one or two other people here that would get a Taco Casa reference.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (Hn/FI)

511 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (R4t5M

Krystal and Waffle House are my two favorite poison restaurants. Luckily, both are fewer than 10 minutes from me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (0FoWg)

512 your leaving out the politics Marcus. Biden and Pentagon want a long war

I'm pretty sure they want the WW II / Cold War generations back.

Where you didn't question Uncle Sam too much because "The Russians" !!! And everybody just tightened their belts and did their part for the group to beat Hitler / The Emperor / Communism.

Except now the baddies are Global Warming and White Privilege. See what they did now ? They took all those symbols, institutions, and ideas you love and turned them.

If they have their way, we'll all be living in one of those old beloved war movies. Except the "home front" will be straining against an enemy you can't see. Victory Gardens, Meatless Tuesdays, parades, songs, and uniforms will all be back in style though. Maybe even a Labor Draft.

Posted by: How Things Work at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (jp5i7)

513 Easy medium rare steak: Let steak sit and come to room temp first. Put steak on fire. When the juices start bubbling to the topside flip it over. When the juices start bubbling to the top again take it off the fire and let it rest for a couple minutes.
Posted by: davidt at November 30, 2023 09:28 AM (SYTee)

Uh.....that's not medium rare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

514 Waffle House has put on brass knu8ckles and entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (R4t5M)
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LOL. Waffle House is, in my opinion, superior to both - but they are not comparable. Krystal and White Castle are the same thing in the essentials. Waffle House is a very different thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (d04cU)

515 -

There's only one or two other people here that would get a Taco Casa reference.
Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (Hn/FI)

Taco Casa kicks ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

516 Inflation, as they measure it may be coming down. But that "victory" ignores the fact that Biden has killed us with the price increases of his first three years that remain in place.

LIVs generally think inflation being "solved" means prices will go back to the Trump years.

People that understand economics know it means prices will stop going up.

And...I guarantee you that prices will in fact not only not go down, but continue to go up 10-20% per year while the FNM tells us Biden solved inflation.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (XqcwY)

517 ...in addition to the tip being added to the bill, they added an additional ~20% fee/involuntary tip for the backend workers (kitchen crew, etc.).

Annoying but consider that they have to pay those people some acceptable amount to get them to work there at all. They can either pay them $x+y and hide the $y in the menu price or they can pay them $x and itemize the $y on the bill. In the long run, it's all the same.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (nfrXX)

518 Taco Cabana is south TX was good drunk eats.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (R4t5M)

519 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal

F that. Taco Bell.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

TB is great if you've forgotten your colon blow.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (xzBJP)

520 Krystal and Waffle House are my two favorite poison restaurants. Luckily, both are fewer than 10 minutes from me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Hey, YD, did you ever eat that ham your dad gave you?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (JrojV)

521 Easy medium rare steak: Let steak sit and come to room temp first. Put steak on fire. When the juices start bubbling to the topside flip it over. When the juices start bubbling to the top again take it off the fire and let it rest for a couple minutes.
Posted by: davidt a

counterpoint: throw it on a hot grill, take a shot, flip it over, take a shot, put it on a plate and eat it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (CIS44)

522 When will white castle come out with a bug burger?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (XqcwY)

523 "Posted by: Tom Servo at November 30, 2023 09:24 AM (S6gqv)"

They are trying to save face, Tom. And Biden and his liege are trying to help them. That's why I always hate these pauses in fighting. The propaganda wars then heat up and people make bad decisions. Luckily the Israelis are not buying it. They are holding their current positions and taking notes. Once hostilities restart, and I don't believe that's far away due to the games Hamas are playing, it's going to get sporty real quick.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (54XhK)

524 510 There's only one or two other people here that would get a Taco Casa reference.
Posted by: Nikki Haley at November 30, 2023 09:29 AM (Hn/FI)

Strangely, I'm one of them, and I'm not even from that area, nor have I ever lived there.

Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 09:31 AM (sm6Pk)

525 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

526 499 White Castle is the ultimate 2am drunk chow on the planet. There is no equal

F that. Taco Bell.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (JrojV)

A night out in Old Brooklyn meant drunk off your ass and eating White Castle followed by pizza and ice cream at Spumoni Gardens. And then projectile vomiting.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 30, 2023 09:31 AM (x0n13)

527 Hey, YD, did you ever eat that ham your dad gave you?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 30, 2023 09:30 AM (JrojV)

Some of it. It came out ten pounds, butchered and sliced. A lot is still in the freezer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 30, 2023 09:31 AM (0FoWg)

528 RIP Shane MacGowan of the Pogues

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 30, 2023 09:31 AM (AhZSY)

529 514 Waffle House has put on brass knu8ckles and entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 30, 2023 09:27 AM (R4t5M)
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LOL. Waffle House is, in my opinion, superior to both - but they are not comparable. Krystal and White Castle are the same thing in the essentials. Waffle House is a very different thing.
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Waffle House was once great when the served Country Ham. Now they serve Picnic Ham fried which sucks.

Posted by: Pudhinhead at November 30, 2023 09:42 AM (iDpzk)

530 Back in the day, there was a taqueria out the gate at Pendleton called Robertos. Before it went corporate it was just a hole in the wall run by people who didn't have a green card and only spoke spanish. An order of rolled tacos with gauacamole and a carne asada burrito was about 7 dollars and made two meals if you wanted it to. Or you could stuff yourself on it and wash it down with a beer or three, then fall asleep at the beach. They were open 24/7.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 30, 2023 09:43 AM (YRsIm)

531 Given that air marshals are a scarce resource, would it be too much to ask that flight plans of "January 6, domestic terrorists" be made public so the rest of us can travel on the same fights and enjoy the protection of air marshals on our airplanes?

Posted by: Marooned at November 30, 2023 09:57 AM (kt8QE)

532 301 294 To me, it ruins the meal.

My SiL's mother is that way tho. You have to cook the value out of any piece of meat before putting on her plate or she'll throw it back at you as "NOT DONE!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 30, 2023 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

I don't like it either. And when I was younger, and I'd complain about it, he'd just say "Stop being a whiny-ass worthless baby and eat it. I like it burnt, so you're going to eat it burnt."
Posted by: XTC at November 30, 2023 08:53 AM (sm6Pk)

Sous Vide that shit!

someone had to say it.

Posted by: Inogame at November 30, 2023 09:59 AM (53oGX)

533 Ah yes, the last day of November 2023 and Big Brother and The Party is more entrenched now than in 2021-2022. Thanks PA legislature, thanks Doug Ducey, thanks Brian Kemp, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence and Bill Bar. And of course, let's not forget to thank SCJJohn Roberts and the whole of the Republican Party "leadership" for their crucial parts in the end. Great job, you cowards and traitors. One election in 2024 will NEVER make up for, nor undo the massive damage you've done to our once great nation. And more than likely that election will be rigged too, with all your blessings of course, because we can't have the rabble of America holding you accountable for your crimes, now can we?

2020: NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE

Posted by: Tracy at November 30, 2023 10:42 AM (CXpNr)

534 I'd like to see the Jack Smith treatment of Trump inflicted on all the creatures of the left in Congress, in the DOJ, everywhere. What dirty little (and huge) secrets are in THEIR closets? What connections to dark money and bribes?
The Reps should go through with their threat to send out their 150+ subpoenas regardless of what the Dems do. There needs to be an understanding that if one side can do such terrible things when in power, the other side can. They opened up Pandora's box, now they have to live with the result.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 30, 2023 11:31 AM (ynpvh)

535 Irish police investigate 'Irish Lives Matter' graffiti as 'hate incident'

Of course they do. The Irish Gov't hates their own people, hate Catholics, hate straight people. Although they DO love children in the Joey Biden creepy way.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 30, 2023 11:38 AM (ynpvh)

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