Mystery Man Cafe

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Big iceberg breaks off and tumbles like an ice cube in whisky.

Amazing causeway towards a church on a hilly island in Spain. It's the church of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Vasco, Spain. Date of construction unknown, but no later than 1119.

Mountains at dawn.

Abandoned dog at risk of being put down in a high-kill shelter gets adopted.

Santa's doing some pre-flight route-scouting!!!

Diving a sea cave in Mexico.

China is absolutely demolishing us in illuminated dragon technology. Also, in most other areas of engineering and construction.

Nice waterfall.

Ocean sunset.

Lake Oeschinen, Switzerland. Wow.

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— Insider Corner (@insiderscorner) December 7, 2023

Thanks to andycanuck for the last one.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:32 PM

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Posted by: Admirale's Mate at December 08, 2023 07:32 PM (sMkAM)

2 I summoned 'em.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 08, 2023 07:32 PM (qPw5n)

3 2nd

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at December 08, 2023 07:32 PM (sMkAM)

4 Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Posted by: huerfano at December 08, 2023 07:33 PM (Q4KYm)

5 Here on time for a change. Woot!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:34 PM (Z0xu1)

6 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2023 07:34 PM (fwDg9)

7 The Shadow has a pretty good idea.

Posted by: Eromero at December 08, 2023 07:35 PM (iRheJ)

8 Ice berg has to weigh a thousand tons

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2023 07:36 PM (fwDg9)

9 China is absolutely demolishing us in illuminated dragon technology. Also, in most other areas of engineering and construction.

==

HA! That is not technology, that is a bunch of synchronized rowers in tiny boats. Considering China has 100000 billion people , they can spare a few for illuminated dragonboats.

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 07:37 PM (V13WU)

10 Pic has a Miller's Crossing vibe.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 08, 2023 07:38 PM (Dm8we)

11 Wing suit dudes are bug f**king nuts.

Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:39 PM (XV/Pl)

12 "China is absolutely demolishing us in illuminated dragon technology. Also, in most other areas of engineering and construction."

Lol. They're demolishing something, but it isn't us. Look for those pictures of Chinese high-rises that fell over like dominoes because they couldn't be bothered to ... IDK... use real concrete and rebar in the foundations or something.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 08, 2023 07:40 PM (ou9hh)

13 Wing suit dudes are bug f**king nuts.

Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:39 PM (XV/Pl)

You think that's bad, war is the real killer. Almost every American, over 99.9% of those who fought in our wars, is dead.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 07:42 PM (QBaJw)

14 You think that's bad, war is the real killer. Almost every American, over 99.9% of those who fought in our wars, is dead.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 07:42 PM (QBaJw)

But, did they all die from gun violence? as they said we would... or was it Globull Warmering?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 07:43 PM (xaFKb)

15 Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:39 PM (XV/Pl)

Well, the wing suit dudes aren't actually flying. They are gliding, much as a brick does.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:44 PM (Z0xu1)

16 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, Christmasing in Pennsyltucky at December 08, 2023 07:44 PM (VTm8j)

17 @13

>>You think that's bad, war is the real killer. Almost every American, over 99.9% of those who fought in our wars, is dead.

The real killer: Dihydrogen monoxide.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:44 PM (XV/Pl)

18 Man, I love the animal recue/adoption vids. Just so awesome.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM (V8he0)

19 15 Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:39 PM (XV/Pl)

Well, the wing suit dudes aren't actually flying. They are gliding, much as a brick does.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:44 PM (Z0xu1)

Hey now!

Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM (xaFKb)

20 I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.

Posted by: tcn in AK, hail to the thief at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM (okGHj)

21 On the boat heading back to my side of the water.

Having pizza and beer with #1 son.

Life is good.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2023 07:46 PM (tAfvS)

22 * inhales *

Fortunately, another Café without any mephitic Spheniscidae!

It's sad how it takes the janitorial staff a week to get the stench down to even marginally detectable after they've 'happy-footed' their deranged way through the Café.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 08, 2023 07:46 PM (a3Q+t)

23 That is a beautiful shelter dog and exactly the kind of mutt I would get.

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 07:47 PM (MNhXM)

24 Hey now!
Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM (xaFKb)

But you are a flying squirrel, says so right on the box. And of course cartoon characters can fly; they weigh nothing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:47 PM (Z0xu1)

25 "Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

That is a fun fact. They always wise up too late.

Posted by: Icarus at December 08, 2023 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

26 Small prices to pay.

President Biden on funding high speed rail.

Joe on high-speed rail investments today: "Over a billion three hundred million trillion three hundred million dollars!"

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is demanding $4,900,000,000,000 in reparations for slavery.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 08, 2023 07:48 PM (FVME7)

27 Godzilla Minus One is playing at our iMax theater downtown. I may go see it. I've not been to the movies since well before Covid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2023 07:48 PM (tAfvS)

28 Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:39 PM (XV/Pl)

Well, the wing suit dudes aren't actually flying. They are gliding, much as a brick does.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:44 PM (Z0xu1)

Falling feels like flying ... for a little while

( lyrics from a song in that Jeff Bridges movie that I forgot the name. Off to google)

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 07:49 PM (MNhXM)

29 PULL UP! PULL UP!! ITS NOT PULLING UP!!!

Posted by: A modern day Icarus at December 08, 2023 07:49 PM (vFG9F)

30 I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.
Posted by: tcn in AK, hail to the thief at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM (okGHj)

Well, horses fart a lot, so it's in character. Now if a reliable witness, i.e. not a Democrat, said he farted Chanel #5, than it would be news.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:49 PM (Z0xu1)

31 Hah didn't have to Google. It came to me.

Crazy Heart

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 07:50 PM (MNhXM)

32 "Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

Baby brother was a paratrooper. He later became a Black Hawk pilot.

A lateral move?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 08, 2023 07:50 PM (T/Lqj)

33 Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is demanding $4,900,000,000,000 in reparations for slavery.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 08, 2023 07:48 PM (FVME7)

Will her Crue get a cut?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (Z0xu1)

34 26:End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is demanding $4,900,000,000,000 in reparations for slavery.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
---------------------

(Looks in wallet)

Got $8.

Posted by: Puddleglum, Christmasing in Pennsyltucky at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (VTm8j)

35 @26

>>Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is demanding $4,900,000,000,000 in reparations for slavery.

As was noted on the Tech Thread, Europe has largely skated for their driving role in the slave trade, after all, the European powers imposed it on their colonies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)

36 "I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Kerry is that boring. Nobody cares.

Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

37

Would like to see Godzilla, but my wife is ESL and can't read the subtitles fast enough. Maybe it'll show up on Prime sometime and I can watch it then.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (B+WEQ)

38 15 Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:39 PM (XV/Pl)

Well, the wing suit dudes aren't actually flying. They are gliding, much as a brick does.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:44 PM (Z0xu1)

With a source of power it could fly.

Posted by: John Kerry at December 08, 2023 07:52 PM (Gsmsg)

39 church of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe

-
Gesundheit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 08, 2023 07:52 PM (FVME7)

40 He's like the ultimate hypocrite, flying around the world and stinking up the place.

Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 07:52 PM (vFG9F)

41 I'd do the wing suit thing into the plane. Cave diving? Oh hell no. I've done a lot of diving and overhead environments are right out. I'll hang out outside the cave or the wreck but I would not go in.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 08, 2023 07:52 PM (YRsIm)

42 As was noted on the Tech Thread, Europe has largely skated for their driving role in the slave trade, after all, the European powers imposed it on their colonies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Switzerland still uses slave labor in their cuckoo clock factories.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (Z0xu1)

43 I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments.
Posted by: tcn in AK, hail to the thief at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM

Pffft.

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA and Cuck-CCP) at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (a3Q+t)

44 Isn't it amazing, the only person the media is interested in having been on an Epstein plane, is RFK Jr.

Who traveled on ONE of Epstein's planes, not the one that went to his island, and he went on a trip with his wife and kids.

But nobody else can be found to have ever traveled on THAT plane.

Isn't that odd?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (QBaJw)

45 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (DvWrl)

46 Dead or just a death wish, the wing suit guys are nuts

Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (fwDg9)

47 @28

>>( lyrics from a song in that Jeff Bridges movie that I forgot the name. Off to google)

Fearless.

It also starred Rosie Perez, it was one of those early 90's dramas that insisted upon itself.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (XV/Pl)

48 36 "I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Kerry is that boring. Nobody cares.
Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (vFG9F

Old horse face is about as interesting as a can of Lima beans that's five years past its expiration date.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (XtkZj)

49 Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Portugal / Brazil the worst. Brazil imported 10x more slaves than North America. And didn't ban slavery until 1887.

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (MNhXM)

50 36 "I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Kerry is that boring. Nobody cares.
Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

Yeah, with the Noxious Gas that comes out his other end daily, a Fart from Kerry is just a day ending in Y..

Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (xaFKb)

51 Evening.
Posted by: Robert at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (DvWrl)

*checks window*

*checks watch*

Yup.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (Gsmsg)

52 Closest I ever got to being a daredevil was taking my BMX bike off some sweet jumps. Even over ditches sometimes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (T/Lqj)

53 Some very cool videos tonight. The cave dive is fantastic. Thanks ace.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2023 07:55 PM (ZLI7S)

54 nhales *

Fortunately, another Café without any mephitic Spheniscidae!

It's sad how it takes the janitorial staff a week to get the stench down to even marginally detectable after they've 'happy-footed' their deranged way through the Café.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 08, 2023 07:46 PM (a3Q+t)
**********
🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2023 07:56 PM (NpAcC)

55 You think that's bad, war is the real killer. Almost every American, over 99.9% of those who fought in our wars, is dead.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 07:42 PM (QBaJw)

But, did they all die from gun violence? as they said we would... or was it Globull Warmering?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 07:43 PM (xaFKb)

I think the vast majority of them died from Islamophobia.

That, and Trump said "grab her puthy."

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 07:56 PM (QBaJw)

56 I don't like Instagram. For one I can't save video if I so choose as I can with uTube and X.
Instagram is a FB entity and I don't do FB.
Ace, go back to X, with Elon there we get open-aired news and stuff, no censoring.

Posted by: Ciampino - Right-Click is my friend at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (qfLjt)

57 A'ight. Off to my office party. Lates.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (T/Lqj)

58 In the great book Carrying the Fire, Michael Collins wrote of one of the Mercury astronauts putting his orbital milage on a government travel form, and sending it off.

It came back stamped "Approved", but they added the cost of the booster to the form.

He was out a lot of money, until they cancelled the whole effort. Accounts laughed and laughed at that win for their team.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (u82oZ)

59 As was noted on the Tech Thread, Europe has largely skated for their driving role in the slave trade, after all, the European powers imposed it on their colonies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Switzerland still uses slave labor in their cuckoo clock factories.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (Z0xu1)

Well I'm a slave to fashion, so I'm not one to talk.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (QBaJw)

60 46 Dead or just a death wish, the wing suit guys are nuts
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2023 07:53 PM (fwDg9)

In my 20's, I was an adrenalin junky. Jumped out of planes, dove, road Crotch Rockets WAY too fast... snow skied shit I really should not have... volunteered for about every weird thing the Navy could throw me into...

I never really expected to get past 30... the thing is to get that adrenaline high you have to keep pushing the envelope... until you hit your limit... where you either go beyond and die.... or slow way the F down.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 07:59 PM (xaFKb)

61 When I was learning to dive, we went to this big hole in the limestone down in Florida. That place was creepy. I expected to see skeletons on the bottom. I don't want no mo of day.

The next day we went to Rainbow River and that was cool. The water was crystal clear.

Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 07:59 PM (vFG9F)

62 A'ight. Off to my office party. Lates.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (T/Lqj)

Be lord of all you survey.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:00 PM (Z0xu1)

63 Instagram is a FB entity and I don't do FB.
Ace, go back to X, with Elon there we get open-aired news and stuff, no censoring.
Posted by: Ciampino - Right-Click is my friend at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (qfLjt)

All I know is, my browser blocks all the Instagram content.

Not sure why. Don't really care.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:00 PM (QBaJw)

64 I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.
Posted by: tcn in AK, hail to the thief at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM

Claims in the early 21st Century of human flatulence contributing significantly to so-called "planetary warming" were over-tooted, as only approximately 1/3 of humans have the intestinal biome that produces methane.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 08, 2023 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)

65 Drive By

As I noted in the tech thread, not a lot of survivors among the slaves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2023 08:02 PM (u82oZ)

66 As was noted on the Tech Thread, Europe has largely skated for their driving role in the slave trade, after all, the European powers imposed it on their colonies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Very few Slaves were forced into slavery, by Whites, past the era of Rome. From the Dark Ages on, almost all slaves were enslaved by Blacks or Middle Eastern types...

Although Whites would BUY slaves... and keep their descendants...

But you don't see anyone asking for reparations from the Black Tribes, or Middle Eastern types.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:02 PM (xaFKb)

67 And speaking of bait and switch, the Exorcist, I think the silhouette of the man in the hat and coat, it's very sinister looking, and yet it turns out to be the good guy.

Oh, spoiler alert.

And anyway, I think it kinda sucks. It would be like, if after having seen the posters and watched the teaser trailers, it turns out Jaws is a manatee.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:02 PM (QBaJw)

68 All I know is, my browser blocks all the Instagram content.

Not sure why. Don't really care.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:00 PM (QBaJw)

Is it not possible to do a screen shot of the Instagram page, and then just host it here on the blog as a jpeg file? Make them expire after a few days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:02 PM (Z0xu1)

69 50
Yeah, with the Noxious Gas that comes out his other end daily, a Fart from Kerry is just a day ending in Y..

Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (xaFKb)
----
See, that 'day ending in Y' is actually useful and funny but it doesn't work in Italian (should one have to xlate): Monday to Friday all end in 'i' but Saturday ends in 'O' and Sunday in "A".
The days are all of masculine gender whilst Sunday is feminine.

As in English there are no trans days.

Posted by: Ciampino - Right-Click is my friend. at December 08, 2023 08:04 PM (qfLjt)

70 56 I don't like Instagram. For one I can't save video if I so choose as I can with uTube and X.
Instagram is a FB entity and I don't do FB.
Ace, go back to X, with Elon there we get open-aired news and stuff, no censoring.
Posted by: Ciampino - Right-Click is my friend at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (qfLjt)

You can save Instagram Posts and Reels. Click the little downward flag thingy.

Stories, on the other hand, can't be saved.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:04 PM (TTAGa)

71 Will her Crüe get a cut?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 07:51 PM

FIFY.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 08, 2023 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

72 Ryan O'Neal never has to say he's sorry now.

Mort at 82

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:05 PM (MNhXM)

73 Riomaggiore, Riomaggiore, Riomaggioro I see something you don't see.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:06 PM (rd1BP)

74 A new review suggests that having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person's risk of schizophrenia-related disorders.

Australian researchers conducted an analysis of 17 studies published during the last 44 years, from 11 countries including the US and the UK.

well duh

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:06 PM (lwOKI)

75 Be lord of all you survey.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:00 PM

Particularly in transit.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 08, 2023 08:06 PM (a3Q+t)

76 72 Ryan O'Neal never has to say he's sorry now.

Mort at 82
Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:05 PM (MNhXM)

may be prettier than Donny or Redford

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:07 PM (lwOKI)

77 "Be lord of all you survey.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:00 PM

Particularly in transit.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher"

Are we about to be chained with surveyor puns?

Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

78 69 50
Yeah, with the Noxious Gas that comes out his other end daily, a Fart from Kerry is just a day ending in Y..

Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at December 08, 2023 07:54 PM (xaFKb)
----
See, that 'day ending in Y' is actually useful and funny but it doesn't work in Italian (should one have to xlate): Monday to Friday all end in 'i' but Saturday ends in 'O' and Sunday in "A".
The days are all of masculine gender whilst Sunday is feminine.

As in English there are no trans days.
Posted by: Ciampino - Right-Click is my friend. at December 08, 2023 08:04 PM (qfLjt)

You think Squirrels speak Italiano?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (xaFKb)

79 I avoid office Christmas parties like a fat kid avoids vegetables.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (XtkZj)

80 FIFY.
Posted by: Wesley Crüsher at December 08, 2023 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

You bogarted all the umlauts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (Z0xu1)

81
Although Whites would BUY slaves... and keep their descendants...

But you don't see anyone asking for reparations from the Black Tribes, or Middle Eastern types.
Posted by: Romeo13

Why did Willie Sutton rob banks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (63Dwl)

82 If I recall in 7 years the slaves could buy there way out.
In 49 freed.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (lwOKI)

83 Towed by a Drone: Brian Grubb's WakeBASE Jump off a Dubai Infinity Pool

https://tinyurl.com/d6w6j5r9

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2023 08:09 PM (NpAcC)

84 64 I'm rather disappointed with the horde today. John Kerry farts and we only got ~100 comments. Honestly, it's like I don't know you people any more.
Posted by: tcn in AK, hail to the thief at December 08, 2023 07:45 PM

Claims in the early 21st Century of human flatulence contributing significantly to so-called "planetary warming" were over-tooted, as only approximately 1/3 of humans have the intestinal biome that produces methane.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 08, 2023 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)
----
Wait, wasn't the last Ice Age ended when Man started cultivating and eating beans? They were better than bushes. "Don't eat that bush, you'll break right out!"

Posted by: W. Cosby - Neanderthal Man at December 08, 2023 08:09 PM (qfLjt)

85 But you don't see anyone asking for reparations from the Black Tribes, or Middle Eastern types.
Posted by: Romeo13

Why did Willie Sutton rob banks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (63Dwl)

We call that Deep Pockets in the insurance claims business.

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:09 PM (MNhXM)

86 Strong work this week, ace. Why don't you take the rest of the day off.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2023 08:09 PM (991eG)

87 You bogarted all the umlauts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We need common sense umlaut control!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2023 08:10 PM (qoGsy)

88 may be prettier than Donny or Redford
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:07 PM (lwOKI)

Donny?

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:11 PM (TTAGa)

89 Why did Willie Sutton rob banks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (63Dwl)

As most money is now digital, would Willie Sutton be a hacker now adays?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:11 PM (xaFKb)

90 Why all the instagram today?

Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at December 08, 2023 08:12 PM (cLXPY)

91 82 If I recall in 7 years the slaves could buy there way out.
In 49 freed.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (lwOKI)

Hmm... drinking rum... got leftover stew heating up...

I think I'll have to go watch 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:13 PM (xaFKb)

92 Riomaggiore is one of the Cinque Terre. or five cities, along the northwest cost of Italy. You can hike from one to another, or take a train or boat. You can drive as well but I wouldn't recommend it. Very scenic. Go in April before the crowds.

Posted by: javems at December 08, 2023 08:13 PM (8I4hW)

93 over $800,000 is a lot of goddammed hookers.

Posted by: jsg at December 08, 2023 08:14 PM (9Uqql)

94 @BillAckman
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University of
@Penn
board meeting on Sunday. Oddsmakers are now at 99%.

AASB

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:14 PM (lwOKI)

95 Donny?
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:11 PM (TTAGa)

Osmond

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:15 PM (lwOKI)

96 University of
@Penn
board meeting on Sunday. Oddsmakers are now at 99%.

AASB
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:14 PM (lwOKI)

Of the Magill twatwaffle being fired?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:15 PM (Z0xu1)

97 94 Oddsmakers are now at 99%.

It's over !

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 08, 2023 08:16 PM (9Uqql)

98 74 A new review suggests that having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person's risk of schizophrenia-related disorders.

Why? This sounds like one of those "Kill the pet, save the planet " types of articles..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2023 08:16 PM (s6isk)

99 78
You think Squirrels speak Italiano?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (xaFKb)
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Well Cip e Ciop (Chip 'n Dale) do in Italy. Why not squirrels?

Posted by: Ciampino - He is so dense, light bends around him at December 08, 2023 08:17 PM (qfLjt)

100 I have to admit I'm interested in trying virtual reality. I think a travel VR would be pretty cool. Visiting the Louvre, walking the Great Wall , riding a gondola in Venice, etc.

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:18 PM (MNhXM)

101 A new review suggests that having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person's risk of schizophrenia-related disorders.

Why? This sounds like one of those "Kill the pet, save the planet " types of articles..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2023 08:16 PM (s6isk)

Or perhaps those who are schizo are more likely to choose a cat as a pet, seeing them as less threatening as a dog, perhaps.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (Z0xu1)

102 A new review suggests that having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person's risk of schizophrenia-related disorders.

Australian researchers conducted an analysis of 17 studies published during the last 44 years, from 11 countries including the US and the UK.

well duh
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:06 PM (lwOKI)

This is why I hate modern "research."

Everyone knows cat people are crazy. I have cats, and I'm crazy. There's no cause/effect though. If I didn't have cats, there would probably be fewer humans alive on the planet.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (QBaJw)

103 Between the 1630s and the American Revolution, one-half to two-thirds of white immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies arrived under indentures.

So 50 to 100k.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (lwOKI)

104 Osmond
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:15 PM (lwOKI)

That's what I thought...but then re-thought the whole thing as Donny really wasn't an actor (was he).

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:20 PM (TTAGa)

105 You think Squirrels speak Italiano?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (xaFKb)
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Well Cip e Ciop (Chip 'n Dale) do in Italy. Why not squirrels?
Posted by: Ciampino - He is so dense, light bends around him at December 08, 2023 08:17 PM (qfLjt)

Interesting question... as a lot of humor is cultural, did Rocky and Bullwinkle cross cultural boundaries? How would the Germans or Russians... or hell, the Chinese, react to Boris Badanov?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:20 PM (xaFKb)

106 I think a travel VR would be pretty cool. Visiting the Louvre, walking the Great Wall , riding a gondola in Venice, etc.
Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:18 PM (MNhXM)

How a bout riding a gondola along the Great Wall, while scantily-clad Venetian babes flash their louvres at you?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:21 PM (Z0xu1)

107 That's what I thought...but then re-thought the whole thing as Donny really wasn't an actor (was he).
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:20 PM (TTAGa)

I was just saying he was prettier than Marie.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:21 PM (lwOKI)

108 Strong work this week, ace. Why don't you take the rest of the day off.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2023 08:09 PM (991eG)

Don't be cruel, man. Give him the rest of the weekend off too.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:21 PM (QBaJw)

109 Or perhaps those who are schizo are more likely to choose a cat as a pet, seeing them as less threatening as a dog, perhaps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (Z0xu1)

or... Dogs are pretty upfront and have ONE personality... while Cats? can change mood and personality in a heartbeat... thus a schizo would self identify with Cats?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (xaFKb)

110 SO I have managed to piss off the Corky and Cat fans in the same day.

shit

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (lwOKI)

111
Everyone knows cat people are crazy. I have cats, and I'm crazy. There's no cause/effect though. If I didn't have cats, there would probably be fewer humans alive on the planet.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (QBaJw)

I thought there was a link between toxoplasmosis and psych issues.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (TTAGa)

112 How a bout riding a gondola along the Great Wall, while scantily-clad Venetian babes flash their louvres at you?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:21 PM (Z0xu1)

Of course porn took the lead in VR before anyone else.

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (MNhXM)

113 University of
@Penn
board meeting on Sunday. Oddsmakers are now at 99%.

AASB
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:14 PM (lwOKI)

Of the Magill twatwaffle being fired?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:15 PM (Z0xu1)

**********
MIT board declares ‘full and unreserved support’ for university president Sally Kornbluth

Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (NpAcC)

114 11 Wing suit dudes are bug f**king nuts.

Fun Fact: Every innovator of wing suit flying is dead.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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If our Airborne is not working on wing suits they are laggards.
The Brits were working on them till they went faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:23 PM (rd1BP)

115 >>>Abandoned dog at risk of being put down in a high-kill shelter gets adopted.

A tried and true technique.
https://is.gd/Yf373Z

Posted by: No Name Today at December 08, 2023 08:23 PM (vlXMQ)

116 Between the 1630s and the American Revolution, one-half to two-thirds of white immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies arrived under indentures.

So 50 to 100k.
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (lwOKI)

Heck, even George Washington was indentured.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:23 PM (QBaJw)

117 >>>I thought there was a link between toxoplasmosis and psych issues.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot
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Where do the Biden's hide their cats?

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:24 PM (rd1BP)

118 I was just saying he was prettier than Marie.
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:21 PM (lwOKI)

Back in the day, I attended a business meeting where both Donny and Marie were in attendance.

Yes Donny was "pretty", but my lord was Marie a dish...

hubba hubba

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:25 PM (TTAGa)

119 What percentage of the population would choose the matrix right now vs their meatworld life ?

Posted by: jsg at December 08, 2023 08:25 PM (9Uqql)

120 If our Airborne is not working on wing suits they are laggards.
The Brits were working on them till they went faggot.
Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:23 PM (rd1BP)

Brits also have Jet Packs... right now. US is not allowing anyone to know what we have...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:26 PM (xaFKb)

121 105
Interesting question... as a lot of humor is cultural, did Rocky and Bullwinkle cross cultural boundaries? How would the Germans or Russians... or hell, the Chinese, react to Boris Badanov?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:20 PM (xaFKb)
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Related. In English the generic last name is Smith. In Italian it's Rossi (Reds). Signor Rossi is usually the butt of all the jokes.
Rossi is also the word for a plurality of red colors, as in "At sunset the sky was awash with many reds/shades of red."

Posted by: Ciampino - Kerry -- He is so dense, light bends around him at December 08, 2023 08:28 PM (qfLjt)

122 Cat's foot iron claw
Hear kitties scream, for more
Which one's scratching at the door
Twenty first century schizoid cat

Posted by: Twenty first century schizoid cat at December 08, 2023 08:28 PM (vFG9F)

123 Everyone knows cat people are crazy. I have cats, and I'm crazy. There's no cause/effect though. If I didn't have cats, there would probably be fewer humans alive on the planet.
Posted by: BurtTC

What he said.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2023 08:29 PM (t1jwT)

124 >>>A post shared by Asa Steinars (@asasteinars)

What a gyp! The static image shows a blonde in a bathing suit, but it is photoshopped in. Not even in the video at all.

Posted by: No Name Today at December 08, 2023 08:29 PM (vlXMQ)

125 Brits also have Jet Packs... right now. US is not allowing anyone to know what we have...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:26 PM (xaFKb)

Well, if you had a wingsuit, and a little JATO-bottle type rocket on you backpack, you could zoom down and maneuver on you descent from the airplane, and when close to the ground, you could pull up real hard into a stall, and then ride the rocket plume down to a soft landing. Of course, you only get one chance...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:29 PM (Z0xu1)

126 Between the 1630s and the American Revolution, one-half to two-thirds of white immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies arrived under indentures.

So 50 to 100k.
Posted by: rhennigantx

"Bond" is one of my maternal family tree names. 1700s to the Georgia penal colony.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (3CCua)

127 Or perhaps those who are schizo are more likely to choose a cat as a pet, seeing them as less threatening as a dog, perhaps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:19 PM (Z0xu1)

or... Dogs are pretty upfront and have ONE personality... while Cats? can change mood and personality in a heartbeat... thus a schizo would self identify with Cats?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (xaFKb)

Ok, I guess I have to be serious for a moment... schizophrenia is not a condition that mood swings or personality changes. Those are personality disorders.

Someone with a psychosis is just as likely to see their houseplant as a threat, as they are a cat or dog.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (QBaJw)

128 MIT board declares ‘full and unreserved support’ for university president Sally Kornbluth
Posted by: redridinghood at December 08, 2023 08:22 PM (NpAcC)

Nice Hood Zaad

It goes well with your keffiyeh

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (lwOKI)

129 Onset of schizophrenia is usually in the late teens and early twenties.
Oddly those are the same ages for the absolute highest productivity for most mathematics geniuses. I have been wondering if there is a link there.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (D7oie)

130 74 A new review suggests that having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person's risk of schizophrenia-related disorders.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:06 PM (lwOKI)

But which way does the causal arrow point? Does getting a cat make you schizophrenic, or do people who are already schizo tend to adopt cats?

Posted by: BillyD at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (F6Xpw)

131 "Bond" is one of my maternal family tree names. 1700s to the Georgia penal colony.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (3CCua)

Bond Bif Bond

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:32 PM (lwOKI)

132 But which way does the causal arrow point? Does getting a cat make you schizophrenic, or do people who are already schizo tend to adopt cats?
Posted by: BillyD at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (F6Xpw)

Bingo! Which is why such "studies" are worthless.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:33 PM (Z0xu1)

133 Back in the day, I attended a business meeting where both Donny and Marie were in attendance.

Yes Donny was "pretty", but my lord was Marie a dish...

hubba hubba
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:25 PM (TTAGa)

Judges would have accepted Handsome.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:35 PM (lwOKI)

134
80 FIFY.
Posted by: Wesley Crüsher at December 08, 2023 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

You bogarted all the umlauts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:08 PM (Z0xu1)
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AOP, that somehow sounds obscene ....

If you could somehow erg it ....!

Posted by: Ciampino - Kerry -- He is so dense, farts condense around him at December 08, 2023 08:37 PM (qfLjt)

135 Heh. I fully expected the guys in wing suits to pull a Deadpool 2 and get shredded by the plane's prop.

As for the prior thread I missed, CNN is cordially invited to lick me where I sweat and gargle my balls.

That is all.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 08, 2023 08:37 PM (/HDaX)

136 Just finished, The Day After Hamas [Diogenes].
What to do with the Gazans is simple.
_they are not Jewish
_they are not Hebrew
_they are not Israeli
_they are Arab
_they are muslim

They are an Arab/muslim problem. Tell Egypt that it is their and the muslim world's problem to sort out. That "we" are sending them through the gate one way or another. "We" would prefer todo it peacefully and will provide funding for accommodation (it will cheaper than keeping them in the strip).

I believe that Egypt will understand the soft ultimatum and accept. Al-Sissy is not ready to fight the angry Israelis and using the funding if he plays it right Egypt could attain a more prominent position in the muslim world.

here's looking at you Erdogan

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:37 PM (rd1BP)

137 33 Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is demanding $4,900,000,000,000 in reparations for slavery.

Why not a round $5 trillion? Is that extra $100 billion understood already for shipping and handling?

Posted by: azjaeger at December 08, 2023 08:38 PM (3/XaG)

138 may be prettier than Donny or Redford
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:07 PM (lwOKI)

Definitely, at least until his late 40s when his drugs, drinking and thoroughly debauched life started catching up with him physically

Posted by: LASue at December 08, 2023 08:39 PM (Ed8Zd)

139 But which way does the causal arrow point? Does getting a cat make you schizophrenic, or do people who are already schizo tend to adopt cats?
Posted by: BillyD at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (F6Xpw)

Bingo! Which is why such "studies" are worthless.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:33 PM (Z0xu1)

There really isn't a lot of solid research out there. The best causal study I've seen is the relationship between childhood developmental trauma from abuse/neglect and adult onset psychosis.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2023 08:40 PM (QBaJw)

140
Bond Bif Bond
Posted by: rhennigantx

Ha!

Never thought of it that way. I'm also 3rd cousins with Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie & Clyde infamy. Bonnie and my maternal Grandmother were first cousins.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2023 08:41 PM (3CCua)

141 125
and when close to the ground, you could pull up real hard into a stall, and then ride the rocket plume down to a soft landing. Of course, you only get one chance...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:29 PM (Z0xu1)
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One chance? So do Elon's boosters. Spectacular. Now watching a human land on his ass, not so much. A she? Maybe.

Posted by: Ciampino - Kerry lurches from cesspit to cesspit at December 08, 2023 08:42 PM (qfLjt)

142 Again, for RedMindBlueState:
Attended funeral for Deacon F. today, and commended your prayers and RMBS Mom’s prayers as best I could.
I don’t comment much but left this notice earlier today on Ace’s midday post. If anyone sees RedMindBlueState “around,” I’d be grateful for letting him know this news. Thank you.

Posted by: LadyS at December 08, 2023 08:43 PM (oq25h)

143 As for the prior thread I missed, CNN is cordially invited to lick me where I sweat and gargle my balls.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 08, 2023 08:37 PM

Might their licking interfere with your gargling?

#CommaLivesMatter

Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Oxford Comma Company at December 08, 2023 08:44 PM (a3Q+t)

144 126 Between the 1630s and the American Revolution, one-half to two-thirds of white immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies arrived under indentures.

So 50 to 100k.
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Buddy's family came over to Jamestown as indentured servants.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:45 PM (rd1BP)

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Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:47 PM (lwOKI)

146 60
I never really expected to get past 30... the thing is to get that adrenaline high you have to keep pushing the envelope... until you hit your limit... where you either go beyond and die.... or slow way the F down.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 08, 2023 07:59 PM (xaFKb)
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I see you then married ........

Posted by: Ciampino - Survived all odds, nagged to death at December 08, 2023 08:48 PM (qfLjt)

147 Baka!

A Gojira kaiju thread while I was at work? Nyah!

Trailer lays it all it when the titles say the world war had reduced Japan to zero. Then Godzilla showed up.

Not all Japanese warships were immediately scuttled after the end of hostilities. The destroyer Yukikaze went to the Nationalist Chinese Navy where it stayed in service until 1971. The Unryo class carrier Katusragi was used as part of Japan's own Magic Carpet to bring soldiers back to Japan and was only scrapped at the end of 1946.

Still need to go see this movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 08, 2023 08:48 PM (5CNay)

148 "Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"

It? What's"it"? Do you mean like "it" "it"?

Posted by: Twenty first century schizoid cat at December 08, 2023 08:49 PM (vFG9F)

149 I believe that Egypt will understand the soft ultimatum and accept. Al-Sissy is not ready to fight the angry Israelis and using the funding if he plays it right Egypt could attain a more prominent position in the muslim world.

here's looking at you Erdogan
Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:37 PM (rd1BP)

It's a five-day sea voyage from Israel's southern port of Eilat to Somalia. Israel could buy up old cargo vessels set to go to the breakers, pack them full of Gazans, and sail them to Somalia. Put one semi-trustworthy Gazan in charge of the passengers, and hand him the ownership papers for the ship. Run the ship hard aground on a Somali beach at high tide. Somalis don't get a say in the matter. They can either welcome their muslim brethren, or try to fight them off. Give the Gazans small arms from a locker that opens when the keel hits the sand.

Make lots of popcorn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:50 PM (Z0xu1)

150 145 Liberally Las Vegas
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Conversely, why is it any of your business?

Posted by: Puddleglum, Christmasing in Pennsyltucky at December 08, 2023 08:50 PM (VTm8j)

151 >>>Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:29 PM (Z0xu1)
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One chance? So do Elon's boosters. Spectacular. Now watching a human land on his ass, not so much. A she? Maybe.

Posted by: Ciampino
====

Nailed it.
Musk, flight control technology along with those JATO-rockets
would create a more perfect wing suit.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 08:51 PM (rd1BP)

152 58 In the great book Carrying the Fire, Michael Collins wrote of one of the Mercury astronauts putting his orbital milage on a government travel form, and sending it off.

It came back stamped "Approved", but they added the cost of the booster to the form.

He was out a lot of money, until they cancelled the whole effort. Accounts laughed and laughed at that win for their team.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (u82oZ)
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Thank you. I haven't read the book and that is really funny.

Posted by: Ciampino - Survived all odds, nagged to death. at December 08, 2023 08:52 PM (qfLjt)

153 If you elect me senator, my first action will be to punch Lindsey Graham in his fat homo face.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 08, 2023 08:53 PM (7KyEm)

154 Hunter had $1,664,004 in “ATM/Cash Withdrawals”
How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:55 PM (lwOKI)

155 153 If you elect me senator, my first action will be to punch Lindsey Graham in his fat homo face.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 08, 2023 08:53 PM (7KyEm)

Judges would have accepted vagina.

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:56 PM (lwOKI)

156 70
You can save Instagram Posts and Reels. Click the little downward flag thingy.

Stories, on the other hand, can't be saved.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 08, 2023 08:04 PM (TTAGa)
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When I do the flag, it wants me to log on.

Posted by: Ciampino - Survived all odds, nagged to deat! at December 08, 2023 08:58 PM (qfLjt)

157 Hunter had $1,664,004 in “ATM/Cash Withdrawals”
How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:55 PM (lwOKI)

Couple grand per day over 3 years? Coke and hookers cost money, man.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 08:58 PM (Z0xu1)

158 Couple grand per day over 3 years? Coke and hookers cost money, man.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Still, aren't withdrawals from ATMs limited so as not to deplete the cash stocks in the machines too quickly?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2023 09:00 PM (J47y1)

159 131 "Bond" is one of my maternal family tree names. 1700s to the Georgia penal colony.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2023 08:31 PM (3CCua)

Bond Bif Bond

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 08:32 PM (lwOKI)
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Danger! Do not stir Bif

Posted by: Ciampino - Bond, Epoxy Bond at December 08, 2023 09:04 PM (qfLjt)

160 Still, aren't withdrawals from ATMs limited so as not to deplete the cash stocks in the machines too quickly?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2023 09:00 PM (J47y1)

The rules are different when your old man is the Senator from MasterCard AND Visa

Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2023 09:04 PM (D7oie)

161 Follow
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Posted by: Rex B at December 08, 2023 09:05 PM (3KiQ7)

162 Still, aren't withdrawals from ATMs limited so as not to deplete the cash stocks in the machines too quickly?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2023 09:00 PM (J47y1)

so at 1k

per day

1700 days

4 years

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 09:05 PM (lwOKI)

163 Hunter had $1,664,004 in “ATM/Cash Withdrawals”
How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?
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How the hell do you withdraw $4 from an ATM?

Posted by: Ciampino - Bond, Epoxy Bond - heat-cured at December 08, 2023 09:07 PM (qfLjt)

164 154 Hunter had $1,664,004 in “ATM/Cash Withdrawals”
How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious
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Explains why the laggards try so hard to steal them.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 09:08 PM (rd1BP)

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Not to be a victim. Hopefully one day you will understand first hand.

Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 09:08 PM (MNhXM)

166 Still, aren't withdrawals from ATMs limited so as not to deplete the cash stocks in the machines too quickly?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2023 09:00 PM (J47y1)

so at 1k

per day

1700 days

4 years
Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 09:05 PM (lwOKI)

I think my ATM card is limited to 500 dollars per day, but I could get that increased. Still, if Hunter has 3 or ATM cards for different accounts, he could get withdraw a couple of grand per day easily.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:09 PM (Z0xu1)

167 @157

>>Couple grand per day over 3 years? Coke and hookers cost money, man.

most atms are limited too 800 max withdrawls, so he was hitting up multiple atm.

still, that sort of activity should have raised eyebrows and triggered all kinds of audit tripwires.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)

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Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?

Why do you need a butt plug?

Posted by: Drive By redo at December 08, 2023 09:10 PM (MNhXM)

169 How the hell do you withdraw $4 from an ATM?
Posted by: Ciampino - Bond, Epoxy Bond - heat-cured at December 08, 2023 09:07 PM (qfLjt)

The total probably reflects out-of-network charges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:10 PM (Z0xu1)

170 Still, aren't withdrawals from ATMs limited so as not to deplete the cash stocks in the machines too quickly?
Posted by: Tonypete

Probably numerous accounts in different banks so numerous atm cards. No doubt a few alias tossed in for good measure, too.

Posted by: old chick at December 08, 2023 09:10 PM (sOete)

171 Four grand?

That's a lot of twenties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 08, 2023 09:11 PM (5CNay)

172 still, that sort of activity should have raised eyebrows and triggered all kinds of audit tripwires.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 08, 2023 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)

Auditor to manager: "Hey, look at this!" Manager: "Look at the name on the account, and forget you ever saw anything."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:12 PM (Z0xu1)

173 State education bureaucracy is crowing that it has raised the literacy rate for third graders to almost 50%. Wait for it. By spending 150 million US dollars teaching teachers phonics.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at December 08, 2023 09:13 PM (IKyq4)

174 Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?

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Serious question. Why are you so obsessed with taking it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 08, 2023 09:14 PM (ovxwt)

175 Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?

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Because fuck you. That’s why.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 08, 2023 09:15 PM (u73oe)

176 "Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"
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It's not a matter of need.

Posted by: javems at December 08, 2023 09:18 PM (8I4hW)

177 >Hunter had $1,664,004 in “ATM/Cash Withdrawals”
How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?

I think the emphasis is on the /Cash Withdrawals. There are limits on ATM withdrawals, not so much from tellers.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2023 09:21 PM (ZLI7S)

178 "Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"

Serious question soi boi, why do you need that $1,000 smart phone?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 08, 2023 09:21 PM (5CNay)

179 The only thing keeping some thug from coming in your house and killing you and taking all your stuff is the possibility that he will be killed himself.

Posted by: fd at December 08, 2023 09:22 PM (vFG9F)

180 VR? I dabbled in Second Life a bit, years ago. (Is it still around?)

Created a chicken which would lay eggs which grew up to become chickens. Had fun giving them a variety of colors & patterns. They were confined to peck in a circular corral. Never did get them to avoid colliding/intersecting with each other. And something in Second Life prevented successful replication every time, so they didn't end up proliferating in perpetuity.

Yes, the answer was the egg came first. Article about it, with pix, linked in nic.

I had fun, anyway... and obviously had too much free time back then

Posted by: mindful webworker - virtual wizard at December 08, 2023 09:24 PM (PGE+Y)

181 Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?
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Do a search for, oh, 'Home owner shot'. At the least, you will find dozens (possibly hundreds) of reports where a home owner resisted a home invasion, or failed (in a big way) to do so.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2023 09:24 PM (XeU6L)

182 >Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?
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I hope I never find out

Posted by: Don Black at December 08, 2023 09:24 PM (geLO8)

183 Yes, the answer was the egg came first. Article about it, with pix, linked in nic.

I had fun, anyway... and obviously had too much free time back then
Posted by: mindful webworker - virtual wizard at December 08, 2023 09:24 PM (PGE+Y)

Speaking of "chickens", today I saw a pheasant on the road, scarcely a mile North of my house.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (Z0xu1)

184 Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"

Because I can't afford security guards

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (vd8XM)

185 Tales from gaza..large number of terrorist are surrendering...IDF also discovered a hamas terror tunnel inside a classroom, which lead to a nearby mosque ! a double whammy !

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (V13WU)

186 Speaking of "chickens", today I saw a pheasant on the road, scarcely a mile North of my house.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (Z0xu1)

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And now it’s under glass?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (u73oe)

187 Bond Bif Bond
Posted by: rhennigantx

Ha!

Never thought of it that way. I'm also 3rd cousins with Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie & Clyde infamy. Bonnie and my maternal Grandmother were first cousins.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2023 08:41 PM (3CCua)

Hey, cuz. My people are also from Rowena.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 08, 2023 09:27 PM (jfKqs)

188 terror tunnel inside a classroom that lead into a mosque and then into a hopital and then into another mosques and then into a kindergarten...

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:28 PM (V13WU)

189 And now it’s under glass?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (u73oe)

Sadly, no. It would be tempting to go for a drive with the .22, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:28 PM (Z0xu1)

190 72 Ryan O'Neal never has to say he's sorry now.

Mort at 82
Posted by: Drive By at December 08, 2023 08:05 PM (MNhXM)

He started to look like Shatner there toward the end.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 08, 2023 09:30 PM (Wfa6X)

191 Army-Navy game tomorrow

Posted by: Don Black at December 08, 2023 09:30 PM (geLO8)

192 terror tunnel inside a classroom that lead into a mosque and then into a hopital and then into another mosques and then into a kindergarten...
Posted by: runner

I musta taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

Mohammad Bugs Muhammad

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:30 PM (vd8XM)

193 184 Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"

Because I can't afford security guards
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:26 PM (vd8XM)

My only response is why do you want me to get raped?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 08, 2023 09:31 PM (Wfa6X)

194 >>>178 "Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"

Serious question soi boi, why do you need that $1,000 smart phone?

Posted by: Anna Puma
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Reminds me of yesterday's dilemma couple that had trouble conceiving.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 09:32 PM (rd1BP)

195 mohammad bugs muhammad begets muhammud

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:32 PM (V13WU)

196 The IDF has put out some pictures of Hamas prisoners they captured - Hamas fanbois have been shrieking outrage about it for a day now on X. I think they can't handle the fact that their glorious warriors surrendered.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 08, 2023 09:33 PM (S6gqv)

197 188
Hamas tunnel inside a classroom that led into a mosque and then into a hospital and then into another mosque and then into a kindergarten...
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Now all flattened I presume?

Posted by: Ciampino - Bond, Epoxy Bond - UV-cured at December 08, 2023 09:33 PM (qfLjt)

198 terror tunnel inside a classroom that lead into a mosque and then into a hopital and then into another mosques and then into a kindergarten...
Posted by: runner

Ramma lam
Ramma Lamma ding dong

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:33 PM (vd8XM)

199 terror tunnel inside a classroom that lead into a mosque and then into a hopital and then into another mosques and then into a kindergarten...
Posted by: runner

I musta taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

Mohammad Bugs Muhammad
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:30 PM (vd8XM)

One thing Israel absolutely must do in Gaza is dynamite every single mosque. Level them to the dirt. And hang every imam. They are part of hamas' command and control network.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2023 09:33 PM (Z0xu1)

200 Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?"

Fuck you. Next question.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2023 09:34 PM (At29i)

201 "I don’t think it will be long before we look back on the last few years of free speech suppression and the repeated career-ending accusations of racist for those who questioned the DEI movement...We are all shortly going to realize that the DEI era is the McCarthy era Part II,” adding, “History rhymes, but it does not repeat.”"

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:34 PM (V13WU)

202 >>Serious question for all the gun owners. Why do you need it?

Because fuck you. I don't have to explain why I exercise my right to you.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 08, 2023 09:34 PM (ZLI7S)

203 oh, right, that was Bill Ackman

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:35 PM (V13WU)

204 Hunter had $1,664,004 in “ATM/Cash Withdrawals”
How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?

This explains why Joe Biden was cracking down on "junk fees" .

Posted by: dee-man at December 08, 2023 09:35 PM (/Rqse)

205 How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?

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Let me know when you find out !

Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:36 PM (V13WU)

206 oh, right, that was Bill Ackman
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2023 09:35 PM (V13WU)

Ack, ack, ack!

Posted by: Bill, the cat at December 08, 2023 09:37 PM (Z0xu1)

207 Hamas tunnel inside a classroom that led into a mosque and then into a hospital and then into another mosque and then into a kindergarten...
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Now all flattened I presume?
Posted by: Ciampino - Bond, Epoxy Bond - UV-cured at December 08, 2023 09:33 PM (qfLjt)

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GFY

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 08, 2023 09:37 PM (ovxwt)

208 army navy game

Posted by: rhennigantx austere religious scholar at December 08, 2023 09:38 PM (lwOKI)

209 This explains why Joe Biden was cracking down on "junk fees" .
Posted by: dee-man at December 08, 2023 09:35 PM (/Rqse)

Junk fees have been berry, berry good to me.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 08, 2023 09:38 PM (Z0xu1)

210 Poster Duncanthrax seems to have an olfactory aversion to the Emperor of Birdland, the penguin. Perhaps volunteering at the local zoo penguin exhibit in summer would desensitize him to his discriminatory practices and allow reformation and his reintegration to polite society. Besides, someone has to clean up all that guano.

Posted by: Penguin Pete at December 08, 2023 09:40 PM (83IzV)

211 Why do I need s gun?
I have a GOD Given Right to defend myself and family. That’s why I have a gun. Don’t attack me or my family and there’ll be no problem

Posted by: Eromero at December 08, 2023 09:41 PM (NxC5+)

212 Besides, someone has to clean up all that guano.
Posted by: Penguin Pete

New from Ben and Jerry's...

Guano Gelato

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:41 PM (vd8XM)

213 He started to look like Shatner there toward the end.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 08, 2023 09:30 PM (Wfa6X

Yes now that you say it.

Posted by: Drive By redo at December 08, 2023 09:41 PM (WOpnA)

214 "Might their licking interfere with your gargling?

#CommaLivesMatter
Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Oxford Comma Company at December 08, 2023 08:44 PM (a3Q+t)"

Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 08, 2023 09:45 PM (/HDaX)

215 212 Besides, someone has to clean up all that guano.
Posted by: Penguin Pete

New from Ben and Jerry's...

Guano Gelato

Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2023 09:41 PM (vd8XM)
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For that subtle purine taste, tempered by uric acid.

Posted by: Ciampino - guanidine for the win at December 08, 2023 09:52 PM (qfLjt)

216 How the hell do you withdraw 1.7 million from an ATM?

2 words: Crack

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at December 08, 2023 09:52 PM (sJHOI)

217 US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 09:53 PM (rd1BP)

218 Has this thread run its course?

Posted by: Ciampino - guanidine for the win? at December 08, 2023 09:53 PM (qfLjt)

219 Now all flattened I presume?
Posted by: Ciampino - Bond, Epoxy Bond - UV-cured at December 08, 2023 09:33 PM (qfLjt)

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GFY
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 08, 2023 09:37 PM (ovxwt)

THATS FUNNY BECAUSE RACHEL WAS RUN OVER BY A BULLDOZER WHILE SHE WAS PROTESTING FOR HAMAS.

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at December 08, 2023 09:54 PM (xaFKb)

220 An appeals court panel has ruled against a New York law that prohibits the carrying of firearms into houses of worship,
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As if the state of NY actually cares about God or the Godly.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 08, 2023 09:55 PM (rd1BP)

221 Is Hamas represented at the UN?

Posted by: Ciampino - guanidine-flavored for the win? at December 08, 2023 09:55 PM (qfLjt)

222
Ryan O'Neal never has to say he's sorry now.

Mort at 82
Posted by: Drive By

I watched "Barry Lyndon" for the first time a couple of weeks ago. That was a slog, but no fault of O'Neal's.

I wonder how Algore is taking the passing of his alter ego from the silver screen?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 08, 2023 09:56 PM (xG4kz)

223 I guess some Dr's are against all the mRNA stuff:

https://tinyurl.com/4z6ryau8

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 08, 2023 09:56 PM (dZVON)

224
Is Hamas represented at the UN?
Posted by: Ciampino - guanidine-flavored for the win?

No, but they have a small and vocal contingent in our Congress.

Speaking of the U.N., why not boot them out of NYC in favor of relocating them to the Gaza Strip? Birds of a feather and all that ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 08, 2023 09:59 PM (xG4kz)

225 NOOD

Friday ONT is up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 08, 2023 10:01 PM (qPw5n)

226 The Son of Battles is reborn. It is a bad omen.

Posted by: meh at December 08, 2023 10:30 PM (08Ch+)

227 >>>Ace, go back to X, with Elon there we get open-aired news and stuff, no censoring.
Posted by: Ciampino - Right-Click is my friend at December 08, 2023 07:58 PM (qfLjt)

guys, no offense, but I can't work around all of your multiple boycotts.

Posted by: ace at December 08, 2023 11:22 PM (KRtlO)

228 The discovery that two agents from Spain’s CNI intelligence service were bribed to provide classified information to the United States has led to an unprecedented situation between Madrid and Washington. Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles, who oversees the CNI, summoned the U.S. ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso, to her office to explain what happened.

Posted by: SMOD at December 09, 2023 07:05 PM (RovqD)

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