The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 12/19/23

Good morning, kids. Again, we have a story that with everything else going on will get lost in the sauce, but it's nevertheless yet another indicator of our national decline. Japan's Nippon Steel is going to buy US Steel for $14.1 Billion, pending stock holder approval.

For those of a certain age, the name US Steel and what it represents, and in sad truth once represented, was iconic. When Hyman Roth crowed to Michael Corleone "We're bigger than US Steel!" that meant something. The irony in the sale is that US Steel was arguably among, if not the single most important industry that beat Japan, along with Germany and Italy in the Second World War. It supplied the raw materials to produce every kind of weapon imaginable not only for our armed forces but for the British, the Soviets and every other ally.

Today? What does America produce? Mostly self-hating, braindead "graduates" with multi-colored hair, tattoos, piercings and worthless degrees in worthless subjects, ready to inflict perversion, Marxism and Marxist perversion on us while serving up our heads to the Religion of Peace peaceniks and their rusty hacksaws. In any case, as the degenerates in Congress who run the show are hot and horny to rush us into World War 3 in Ukraine, the Chi-Coms take one look at Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and the tin-pot Claudine Gays posing as the Joint Chiefs of Staff and are itching to pull the trigger on Taiwan. Hell, they've already launched a serious cyber attack on us with impunity.

Meh, they've been doing that for years with zero response from us, along with things like TikTok, the Confucius Institutes, bribery and graft of not just Yum-Yum Swalwell but dozens of others up to and including the Bidens, and total asymmetric warfare on all fronts with the intent of destroying us from within.

Even if we wanted to respond to the Chinese, how are we going to do it without an industrial base – an industrial base that was shipped overseas, mostly to China? I saw an article (wish I copied the link) that stated it would now take us well over 100 years, if not longer, to achieve the same industrial output we achieved between 1941 and 1945, in order to produce enough weapons and ammunition to meet a ChiCom attack.

Aside from being bereft of heavy industrial capacity, we lack the skilled tradesmen, machinists and workers as well as the brain power to even begin to pull off the beginnings of a rebirth of what once was. Remember, the Rust Belt's been the Rust Belt for nearly 40 years if not not longer. When the Japanese signed the surrender document on the deck of the USS Missouri, Detroit was the third most prosperous city in the entire world. What does the name "Detroit" conjure up today? Ditto US Steel? Mega-ditto USA?

I suppose it's a small consolation that the company now is owned by an ally and not like everything else the ChiComs. Of all people, John Fetterman was up in arms over the deal, mostly from the union angle, but of course he represents Pennsylvania which still is home to whatever steelworker constituency remains in the country (as an aside, you wonder how many people get what the logo of Pittsburgh's NFL franchise means). Yesterday, in the Stacey Matthews/Legal Insurrection link about Fetterman, there was this observation:

Fetterman’s stances have had some conservative influencers suggesting he has more or less turned into one himself. I don’t really see it that way. Though maybe not a hardcore woke progressive, he’s still a staunch Democrat. He’s pro-abortion, pro-Big Labor, pro-“tax the rich,” pro gun rights restrictions, and is soft on crime. But the fact that Fetterman’s been more right than left on Menendez, illegal immigration, and Israel as of late is certainly welcome all the same.

A commenter on one of the threads noted that maybe Fetterman is on to something. Just to clarify, I am not a Fetterman booster, but merely pointing out salient facts about his stances on the issues, irrespective of what's going on in his mind and/or lump. These days "tax the rich" is not necessarily a Leftist-Progressive stance, insofar as given what the corporatists and their fascist leaders in government have done to the middle class over the past several years. Ironic that "Occupy Wall Street" has come full circle in that the wealthiest among us are the biggest supporters of the Democrats and the destruction they have wrought.

The 10 most expensive zip codes by median home value, which accounted for just 0.02% of the population in 2020, were responsible for 7.6% of this year’s donations to the Biden campaign and the Biden Victory Fund, which are the primary committees used by the president’s reelection effort, according to data from the United States Census Bureau and the FEC. The roughly 81,000 people living in those zip codes donated 311 times more to Biden than would be proportionate to their share of the population.
The residents of America’s 10 most expensive zip codes donated a total of $7,519,474 to the Biden campaign and the Biden Victory Fund this year, or roughly $930 per person, according to FEC and Census Bureau records. Median home prices in these zip codes range from $4.25 million in Rancho Santa Fe, California, on the low end, and up to $7.95 million in Atherton, California, on the high end, according to the Times. The median price of a house in the United States was $412,000 as of September, according to Forbes.
Democrats have been bleeding working-class voters since 2016, though have made up their losses by appealing to higher-income voters and college graduates, according to Axios. Working-class congressional districts have begun electing more Republicans to represent them, while Democrats have started picking up wealthier districts, Axios reported. Democrats represented nine of the 10 wealthiest congressional districts as of 2022.
Biden has portrayed himself as a champion for the working class, leaning into his purported blue-collar roots and juxtaposing himself with former President Donald Trump. “I view this as a campaign between Scranton and Park Avenue,” Biden said during a CNN town hall leading up to the 2020 election. “All that President Trump could see from Park Avenue is Wall Street. All he thinks about is the stock market,” he continued. “How many of you all own stock in Scranton? Not a whole lot of people own stock.”
Biden campaign co-chair Jeffrey Katzenberg said the president raised more than $15 million during a weekend of fundraising earlier this month in wealthy Los Angeles neighborhoods that was focused on courting high-dollar donors and members of Hollywood’s social elite, Deadline reported. . .
. . . Just 10 select wealthy zip codes were responsible for 11.7% of donations to Biden’s reelection effort this year. These zip codes spanned wealthy Californian communities like Beverly Hills, Atherton, Los Altos, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Palo Alto. They also included zip codes in New York City and Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Scranton's not on that list. Nor is Pittsburgh (though Pittsburgh "donated" 110% of its ballots to Biden in 2020 and no doubt will repeat that next year). Nor Gary, IN where what's left of US Steel's massive blast furnaces stand, nor Detroit nor any other place where the American blue collar worker once reigned supreme. Ditto Main Street with its now virtually extinct mom-and-pop shops.

And as we consider the question of what does the name and logo of US Steel conjure up, the same can also be said of Harvard University.

“I don’t mean to laugh about it, but this is insane. You have somebody who’s a complete failure, who embarrassed the university, who cost them a billion dollars, who gets caught plagiarizing, and they’re going stand with her…. Maybe they think their brand can’t be permanently tarnished because it’s Harvard. Well, you know what? The people who branded Bud Light thought the same thing, and they found out differently.”

Nothing lasts forever. But things that we expected to last for a very long time have been intentionally sabotaged, hollowed out from within and ultimately destroyed. Like the United States of America.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"The rise of public masking and the persistence of [Fauci-ChiCom] Covid fanatics on social media is disconcerting."
Covid Redux
"Has the plague of illiberal ideologies become terminal?"
The American University, RIP

ISRAEL AT WAR

"As casualties rise in Gaza, and Hamas continues to use human shields, what should international law actually require of Israel?"
How Should "Rules of War" Be Applied to the Israel-Hamas Conflict?
"After October’s brutal attack, the Jewish state is entitled to respond in kind."
Israel’s Right of Reprisal
"The men are Amiram Cooper, Chaim Peri, and Yoram Metzger."
Hamas Posts Video of Three Elderly Hostages
"Video and pictures of Mollel’s murder hit social media this past weekend. Hamas is still holding his body hostage."
Hamas Recorded the Murder of Joshua Mollel, a Tanzanian Student, on October 7
"Bidenite betrayal."
How Biden Undermines Israel’s War Effort
"Qatar could not have done more than it did in 2023 to play an indispensable role on the world stage."
Biden’s Ambassador Celebrates Qatar, Despite It Harboring Hamas
Daniel Greenfield: "Why Kamala is siding with Islamists over Israel." (Because she's a dimwitted Leftist shit-whore who consumes semen like a black hole eats galaxies - jjs)
Kamala’s Jihad
"Who in their right mind would expect Israelis to do so?"
Should Israel Allow In "Palestinian" Workers After the War?

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"Baldwin was walking by the demonstration near West 29th Street when protesters spotted him and darted toward him, accusing him of supporting Israel. NYPD officers needed to escort the actor. Baldwin had no problem shouting back at them but was quickly met with the ire of the protesters."
Alec Baldwin Gets in Shouting Match with Anti-Israel Goons Who Targeted Him, "Tanking" Career in NYC: "Shut Your F—king Mouth"
Canadian MP: “How does harassing families saying hi to Santa advance the cause for a just & durable peace in the Middle East?”
Canada: Pro-Hamas Fanatics Descend on Shopping Malls, Scream at Terrified Little Kids Waiting to See Santa
"Claudine Gay’s plagiarism is an embarrassment for her and for Harvard, but it shouldn’t obscure her more egregious sins."
Don’t Overplay Plagiarism
Christopher Rufo: "Harvard’s embattled president quietly built 'diversity' ideology into every facet of campus life."
Claudine Gay’s DEI Empire
William Jacobson: “I don’t mean to laugh about it, but this is insane. You have somebody who’s a complete failure, who embarrassed the university, who cost them a billion dollars, who gets caught plagiarizing, and they’re going stand with her…. Maybe they think their brand can’t be permanently tarnished because it’s Harvard. Well, you know what? The people who branded Bud Light thought the same thing, and they found out differently.”
Harvard = Bud Light
"Future Harvard students accused of plagiarisms may now invoke 'the Gay rule' in their defense: it takes at last two dozen instances of intellectual thievery for a conviction."
The Real Claudine Gay Scandal
"We’re very good at catching the many academics who fail in their moral obligations, so a leader who does the right thing deserves to be acknowledged."
In the Swamp of Academia, Cornell’s President Has Taken a Principled Stand
"Why are there so many?"
Mentally Unstable Progressives in Education
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"The iconic building is owned by the Empire State Realty Trust. The trust is run by Anthony Malkin, who has donated tens of thousands of dollars mainly to Democratic politicians, including Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman. Another 10 percent of the trust was acquired by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) in 2016. The QIA is owned and controlled by the Qatari state."
Empire State Building Lit Up in Colors of Islamist Dictatorship Which Funds Hamas
Robert Spencer: "Could the war in Israel spread to the United States?" (Of course, because the war against Israel is a war to conquer the world - jjs)
Hamas Calls for Violence Against Americans — and So Does This Michigan Imam
"Like matter and anti-matter, people who embrace Islamic strictures cannot live peacefully with those who don’t—and they’ll make that point in the ugliest way."
Europe Stands as a Grim Warning About Unlimited Muslim Immigration
In conclusion, LFJIreland cited a poll that found three out of four Irishmen think their country has taken in too many migrants. “The State have therefore NO democratic mandate to pursue voluntary agreements with the EU,” the lawyers added. “The State DO NOT protect and safeguard the interests of the Irish people.”
Irish Lawyers Accuse Their Government of Disregarding Laws to Promote Mass Migration
"Colonization in real time."
Minnesota to Get a New State Flag – That Looks Nearly Identical to One Out of Somalia
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"In the wake of demonstrations against Israel, anti-Jewish sentiment is viewed as most acute among the young and college students."
Huge Majority of Voters Say U.S. Has "Serious" Anti-Semitism Problem: I&I/TIPP Poll
Robert Spencer: "Plans for a socialist internationalist dystopia may be disrupted."
Coalition Breakdown: Anti-Israel Delaware State Rep Heckles Harris at Veep’s Holiday Party
Dennis Prager: "You don't have to hate every Jew to be anti-Jew."
Yes, Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
"The FBI taped James Biden during a bribery investigation of Mississippi trial attorney Richard Scruggs who paid James Biden’s Lion Hall group $100,000 in 1998 to help obtain his brother’s support for tobacco-related legislation under consideration by Congress, the Washington Post first reported Saturday."
FBI Secretly Recorded Joe Biden’s Brother as Part of Bribery Probe: REPORT
“The period start date listed on the lien begins Jan. 1, 2015 – when Joe Biden was vice president in the Obama administration – and ends Jan. 1, 2021, days before he was sworn in as [so-called quote-unquote "president"].”
Biden’s Daughter Ashley Owes $5,000 in Income Taxes in Pennsylvania
"Every angle . . . hurts Joe Biden."
Hunter’s Latest Stunt May Have Thrown His Dad Into A Messy Tangle, Strategists Say
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Mollie Hemingway: "Michael Dreeben helping Democrats with their 2024 lawfare strategy shows how much coordination is behind this Soviet-style attempt to imprison Biden’s political opponents."
Meet Lawyer Michael Dreeben, the Man Behind Three Major Anti-Trump Operations
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"‘It was almost like an open show of my arrest all the way down the street,’ he said. That was the point."
Meet the J6 Defendant Standing Up Against a DOJ Bent on Collecting Heads
"It is not a new critique, as Democrats have attempted to cast Trump as a dark, spine-chilling authoritarian for years. Yet, it was actually [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden who ended up acting in a tyrannical manner, which manifested at the beginning of his presidency, as he attempted to force millions of Americans to get the [Fauci-ChiCom] coronavirus shot in order to keep their jobs, despite promising never to do so."
Hillary Clinton Fuels Trump ‘Dictator’ Fears: "Take Him at His Word"
"Democrats would rather demonize Trump than reconsider failed policies."
Trump is No "Threat to Democracy"
"The suit alleges that BlackRock is 'deceiving consumers' about its leftwing agenda."
Tennessee Attorney General Sues BlackRock For Misleading Investors About ESG Agenda
Lloyd Billingsley: "In effect, the GAO functions as a supreme court for the federal bureaucracy."
Through the GAO, the Deep State Chooses Government Leaders
Robert Zimmerman: "These new Nazis are not identical to the Nazis under Hitler, but they carry many of the same attributes. It is helpful for civilized people to recognize these traits, so that we can effective oppose these insane tyrants while learning how to act differently."
What Makes a Nazi?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
There's reasonable regulation and then there's what Biden is doing to Elon Musk. Americans know the difference. "Totally un-American" is exactly right.
Elon Musk Moves to #1 on Joe Biden's Enemies List
"Omar Shakir, a NYT and WaPo mainstay, blamed Hamas's terrorism on Israeli 'apartheid.'"
Meet the Mainstream Media’s Go-To Human Rights Experts. Spoiler Alert: They Hate Israel.
The article, entitled ‘Behold, MAGA Man‘, was published on Sunday in the paper still owned by the descendants of slave owners. In addition to its murky moral history in America, the New York Times previously hyped Hitler’s Mein Kampf. [David] French himself is a neoconservative who still defends the Iraq War, supports gay marriage, and is regularly vaccinated and boosted.
NYT Hack Says Trump Support Less Excusable Than Slavery
"All these things combined have prompted the media to egregiously misrepresent the 'Declaration On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings,' but perhaps that was Francis’ intention."
The Media are Lying, Pope [Fiction] Francis Did Not Approve Priests Blessing "Same-Sex Relationships"
"Al Gore has done yeoman’s work maintaining his reputation as a stuffy, arrogant, faux intellectual who has no qualms about telling people he will use the force of government to mess with their peaceful lives."
Al Gore: Social Media "Algorithms" Should Be Banned – For Questioning Climate Change, of Course
"British police are exceptionally rigid in enforcing 'buffer zones' protecting abortionists. Lone Christians have in some cases been arrested or fined for praying silently inside their heads near clinics." (Going after Muslim pedophile rape gangs? Not so much - jjs)
Britain BANS PRAYER Near Abortion Clinics
"The disruption of natural features and prospect of additional large-corporate events at Zuckerberg’s compound have local residents concerned. A Change.org petition has been signed by over a million people in opposition to the billionaire’s Hawaiian land-grab and the impacts it is having on the native population and environment."
Mark Zuckerberg is Building a Massive, Super-Villain Compound in Hawaii
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"A major US steelworkers’ union and a top US politician came out against the Japanese conglomerate’s all-cash agreement to acquire the US firm for $55 per share."
Nippon Steel’s $14.1 Billion Deal for US Steel Sparks Criticism
"Consumer spending previously slowed in October as the Americans’ savings declined to $768.6 billion in the month, down from the over $1 trillion held in May and even further from the all-time high of almost $6 trillion held in April 2020."
Majority Of Small Businesses Not Seeing Holiday Bump as Consumers Run Out of Cash: POLL
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"All the way to full tyranny."
How Far Will the Climate Cult Go?
"As the UN Climate Conference wraps up, one nation is ignoring past pledge regarding coal mining, and coal use is up globally."
Loopholes in COP28 Agreement Suggest the “Iron Law of Electricity” Triumphed in Dubai
"That pandemic will never end."
From Humanized Mice to Micenized Humans: Societal Parallels of "Gain-of-Function Research"
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“After observing a recent resurgence of smuggling organizations moving migrants through Mexico via freight trains, CBP is taking additional actions to surge personnel and address this concerning development, including in partnership with Mexican authorities.”
Biden Border Crisis: Texas Railways at International Crossings Suspended Due to Migrant Surge
"The bill is part of a package of measures designed to decrease the flow of migrants entering the state from Mexico. The Texas Legislature passed the bills during two special sessions this fall."
Texas Governor Signs Bill Making Illegal Migrant Entry from Mexico a State Crime
". . . prosecuting employers for hiring illegal aliens is even popular with Democrats — 53 percent of whom said they back such a policy. Meanwhile, almost 8-in-10 Republicans said they want to see mandatory E-Verify enacted nationwide."
Poll: Most Americans Want Businesses Prosecuted for Hiring Illegal Aliens
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"It seems the evidence proves that Majors really did carry out the attack. As such, he deserves to face consequences for his actions. The guy probably just murdered his film and television career, allowing himself to be controlled by his emotions instead of ruling over them. "
Marvel Studios Actor Jonathan Majors Convicted of Assault, Harassment
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"When vaccination rates are down even for the innocuous (and generally trusted) flu shot, it's clear that the CDC no longer enjoys the clout it used to with the American public."
Americans Yawn at CDC Warnings About 'Tripledemic'
"What better way to celebrate the spirit of Christmas then to watch an animated video where [Fauci-ChiCom] COVID kills off Santa?"
Ho-Ho-NO! Leftist Group Kills Maskless Santa With [Fauci-ChiCom] COVID In New Video
"How on Earth did President Trump fall for the lockdown scam proposed by his advisors. The Brownstone Institute's Jeffrey A. Tucker has come up with a plausible scenario based on some digging."
A Disheartening Report About How Trump was Convinced to Go Along with the Lockdowns
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Dan and Jennifer Mead claim that they discovered that their daughter, G.M., who was attending East Rockford Middle School in the 2022 school year, was going by male pronouns and a different name and that the school tried to cover it up, according to the lawsuit."
Parents Sue Blue State School District for "Intentionally" Transitioning Daughter Without Their Consent
"The state policy directed school staff to hide students' gender identities from parents."
‘Gender Nonsense’: Multiple New Jersey School Districts Scrap Transgender Policies
"Much of our schooling dismisses knowledge of those who lived before us."
Ignorance to the Fourth Degree
"America’s collective memory of its greatness is a formidable one for young Americans - and it must be restored."
Progressivism Forces Americans to Forget Their History
ABORTION
"Abortion is illegal in Kentucky, except if a doctor determines it is necessary to save the life of the mother or prevent disabling injury, due to a trigger law passed in 2019 that went into effect following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, according to The Associated Press."
Planned Parenthood, ACLU Forced To Drop Lawsuit Against Red State’s Pro-Life Laws
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Vanessa Rubio, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in D.C., voted in the District of Columbia and Maryland during the 2020 presidential election, according to NBC 4 Washington reporter Mark Segraves. She reportedly told the Board of Elections that since DC is not a state, she believed voting twice would be acceptable."
Elected Democrat Official Fined For Voting Twice In 2020 Election
"Not if Democrats manipulate the vote tally with mail-in votes."
Can Trump Really Win in 2024?
"[Wretched] Whitmer’s prison-to-polling place pipeline is a desperate bid to win to keep the flagging Democrat Party alive—and it’s just the start."
Michigan Democrats Woo the Felon Vote
"Regime-approved media have rushed to the defense of ERIC, leftists’ latest scheme to inflate voter rolls with likely-Democrat voters."
Media Lie About This Leftist-Linked Voter Roll ‘Maintenance’ Group To Protect Democrats’ Election Machine
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
" . . . since his [installation], there has been no shortage of scandals exposing Democrat degeneracy and perversion — including in the halls of power in D.C. and in the White House."
"Adults in Charge": Top Nine Degenerate Democrat Scandals Under Joe Biden
POLITICS
"Just 34 percent approved of Biden. 61 percent disapproved of Biden. Biden’s lowest approval rating on record for the pollster is trending downwards."
Monmouth Poll: Joe Biden’s Approval Rating Falls to Lowest of Spurious "Presidency"
"The Democrats made a big mistake when they threw Kennedy under the bus."
It's Beginning to Look Like . . . 1968
"People in these zip codes represented just 0.02% of the population, but were responsible for 7.6% of Biden’s donations, according to Federal Election Commission and United States Census Bureau data."
Donors From the Richest Zip Codes in America are Throwing Their Support Behind Biden
"He uses it A LOT"
WATCH: You Know Joe Biden's Brain Isn't Working When He Uses This Word
"How, exactly, can anyone support Joe Biden for president, given his performance?"
Is the Bubble You Live In Making You Dumb?
"The survey’s findings corroborate similar results from previous polls highlighting McConnell’s unpopularity."
New Low: Only 6 Percent of Americans Approve of GOP Leader Mitch McConnell
"He survived the indignities of the Obama years, but for what purpose?"
The Petraeus Comeback Tour
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"He didn't leave Washington empty-handed, but Putin has more resources to carry on his war."
Zelensky’s Dismal Week
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The announcement from the Department of Defense comes after the Yemen-based Houthis, an Iranian-backed terrorist group, have launched missiles, suicide drones, and have hijacked ships with ties to Israel ever since Israel launched its offensive against Hamas in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks."
Biden Finally Does Bare Minimum to Address Houthi Attacks in Red Sea
"American prosperity has been built on international trade since before the Revolutionary War and it almost certainly always will be. The same goes for the rest of the West, including our non-Western (but friendly) commercial cousins in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Maybe even China has a role to play here. But the world's wealthy trading nations can either get as Medieval on terrorists and pirates as they are on us, or we can kiss our prosperity goodbye."
We Can Either Go Medieval on Terrorists or Kiss Prosperity Goodbye
"Former President Donald Trump was keen to secure a wide-ranging trade deal with Britain, but the country’s governing 'Conservative' Party slow-walked the break with the EU, having been caught off guard by the 2016 Brexit vote. Biden, an avowedly anti-British career politician, has been much less keen on negotiating a deal in the interests of both nations."
Anti-Brexit Biden Shelves US-UK Trade Deal Talks
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"If the Chinese Communist Party invades Taiwan, Chinese military-affiliated hackers will likely disrupt critical infrastructure in the U.S."
This Means Cyber War: Chinese Hackers Target Critical U.S. Infrastructure
"SNAFU — An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: Situation normal, all f---ed up."
SNAFU in the Woke Military
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"Capital flight is real. There isn’t enough wealth coming from the wealthy any longer."
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration Orders California Spending Freeze
The report also contrasts with California governor Gavin Newsom's (D.) optimistic assertions on homelessness last month as he debated Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.). In one exchange, Newsom said he was the "first governor in California history to take this head on."
California Homeless Population Up 6% in 2023
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"If you don’t want to die from ketamine, don’t overdose on it, and for God’s sake, don’t get into a hot tub after downing benzos and opioids and ketamine and go for a swim. Congress doesn’t need to act to tell us that’s a bad idea. On a separate note, I am sorry Perry died early due to his addiction struggles, and I'm sure he wouldn't want his death used to restrict others from therapies they want and need."
Why Does the Industrial-Medical Complex Want You to Fear Ketamine?
"Congress should take a second look at the 340B program."
Expensive Discounts
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Though the close-up of Uranus is in the left corner, the overall view is somewhat wider than the image I highlighted previously, showing many background galaxies and at least one star." (Also in the background is a Senate hearing room, a Sen. Cardin nameplate and a bottle of lube- jjs)
Webb Takes Another Infrared Image of Uranus
"This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth. In addition to being a well-defined spiral galaxy, MCG-01-24-014 has an extremely energetic core, known as an active galactic nucleus (AGN), so it is referred to as an active galaxy."
A Galaxy of Violence
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Every study published since 2009 on therapy for people struggling with sexual orientation used the same major scientific flaw, say researchers."
Data: 26 States That Banned Therapy for Homosexuals Upped Suicide Risks
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Letting the dead rest in peace is never part of the leftist agenda." (Not letting the anyone live in peace is their agenda - jjs)
A Judge Issues an 11th Hour Order Saving an Arlington Memorial
"The Chinese people have little left of their former empire to look back on with pride because Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infamously destroyed anything connecting them to their old lives, religions, education, etc. It seems eerily poetic the latest move in the Biden [junta's] march toward division is to tear down a statue remembering how Americans were able to reconcile after the bloody Civil War."
The Left’s Cultural Revolution Comes for America’s Most Hallowed Grounds
"Michael Cassidy made waves by actually doing what thousands and thousands of Americans have felt like doing for a very long time."
Righteous Anger Drove the Iowa Demon Decapitation
"Why did the Obamas produce this movie?"
Is Leave the World Behind Globalist Propaganda?
Christian Toto: "An indie film toppled Hollywood's mightiest franchises and other heartwarming trends."
8 Pop Culture Miracles That Give Us Hope for 2024
"It was not immediately clear how Marvel would proceed with its plans for the future with Majors out of the picture, but Variety reported in early November that executives discussed the prospect of introducing a backup plan that could pivot to a supervillain such as Dr. Doom as the leading antagonist."
Marvel Drops Jonathan Majors After Conviction
“Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who’s good at football,” he added. “I’m better than ur goat.”
Super Bowl Champ Proposes "All-Black Vs. All-White Bowl," "Sick" of "White Guys Commenting on Football"
"There is a semi-old joke about Gen Z. It essentially goes like this: If you want to completely disorient a member of Gen Z, simply tell that person to meet you in a certain place at 3:00 PM. Then, leave them alone in a room with an analog clock and the directions written in cursive."
Gen Z Now Plagued by "Menu Anxiety"
“Psychedelic research has long been the hobby horse of a self-styled spiritual elite.”
The Pseudo-Religion of Psychedelics
"May God’s blessings be upon you and yours."
Someday, We Can Have a Serious Political Discussion of What God’s Presence Means
HITHER & YON
"Forget the obituaries – Henry Kissinger still has much to teach us."
What Kissinger Thought About Leadership

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7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)

8 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

I've always said rich libs can afford go be socialists. The rest of us, not so much...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

9 Morning JJ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 07:49 AM (zZu0s)

10 Alec Baldwin shotted back at the crowd of Hamas supporters? That's the spirit!

What's that?

"Shouted."

Not "shotted"???
.
.
.

NEVERMIND.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 07:50 AM (zvEEc)

11 From the Tech Thread:

'Hillary's Daughter is one of the most beautiful girls in History!'

The face that launched a thousand Tripps. Wait, no, that was Monica.

Posted by: fd must having a nightmare at December 19, 2023 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

12 That Senate hearing room should be memorialized as the “Santorum” room, with a little brass plaque on the door.

Posted by: Fenderbender at December 19, 2023 07:52 AM (r72iY)

13 Is US Steel still on the big board at the NYSE?

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 07:53 AM (88xKn)

14 13 Is US Steel still on the big board at the NYSE?
Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 07:53 AM (88xKn)

It used to be in pole position, right alongside GM. I don't think it's there anymore.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 07:54 AM (x0n13)

15 $14.1Billion doesn't seem like much, for US Steel.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2023 07:54 AM (SYTee)

16 They will change the name to something catchy.

Foreign Steel

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

17 Happy Birthday JJ!

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 07:55 AM (33nmr)

18 Thanks JJ and Happy Birthday. Seems like just yesterday you were celebrating.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 07:55 AM (991eG)

19 Very good article from "American Greatness" on religion. Thanks, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 07:55 AM (qKKan)

20 " That Senate hearing room should be memorialized as the “Santorum” room, with a little brass plaque on the door.
Posted by: Fenderbender "

The Rearing Room? They should have paper strips across the chairs that say "Sanitized For Your Protection".

Posted by: fd must having a nightmare at December 19, 2023 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

21 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 19, 2023 07:56 AM (NBVIP)

22 Japan has it made. Closest thing they have to a melting pot, is a Korean Factory worker

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 07:56 AM (33nmr)

23 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 07:57 AM (T4tVD)

24 "Nothing Lasts Forever".

The federales are past their sell by date.

They need to hurry along to the ash heap of history.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 07:57 AM (puDky)

25 Who was the Butt Pirate's partner? He was in the senate room too, munching brown eye.

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 07:58 AM (33nmr)

26 I was mostly shocked just to know that US Steel still even existed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 07:58 AM (9UlRk)

27 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Not frozen, not warm either.

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 07:59 AM (T4tVD)

28 I always thought the Secret Service, during the Clinton years, had to protect the mirrors in the White House from Shattered glass, when Chelsea was in the room.

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:00 AM (33nmr)

29 Th...there's semen everywhere!

Posted by: Guy in a tyvek suit with a blacklight at December 19, 2023 08:00 AM (r5BH7)

30 Can Trump Really Win in 2024?

Only if the Deep State wants him to, in order to lay the blame for American collapse on his shoulders. Otherwise, the next phony POTUS will be a Judas like Pence or your garden-variety leftist tyrant like Whitmer. And you can take that to the bank.

"How, exactly, can anyone support Joe Biden for president, given his performance?"

Because Trump is a serial liar and insurrectionist who said 'pussy.' It's just that simple.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 08:00 AM (Q0kLU)

31
I'm ambivalent about the US Steel sale. Japan, Inc and Toyota have been very good (and fair) trade partners with the US. I think it might be in the long term interest of US Steel employees to embrace the sale, but I doubt they will.

If a company is looking to get sold, it's probably because they're tired of the fight, which is not always in the best interest of the workers.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 08:00 AM (enJYY)

32 Chelsea? The dog-face girl?

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:00 AM (45fpk)

33 Not one word from McConnell, on the Senate Room Daisy Chain

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:01 AM (33nmr)

34 2007

The FBI recordings include James Biden’s conversations about the creation of the consulting firm. He planned to have his wife Sara Biden and Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden involved with the firm.

Other tapes show James Biden discussing business deals such as working with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on a casino application. Fishman told the Washington Post his client “was discussing a potential opportunity to sell insurance to the Choctaw tribe, but he never pursued that business.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2023 08:01 AM (lwOKI)

35 Do those greedy little yellow bastards even care one whit about Diversity and Inclusion, tho? Literally shaking.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 08:03 AM (9UlRk)

36 I am not Catholic, but it seems to me the Pope is doing his all, to make sure Conservative Catholics leave the Church in Droves

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:03 AM (33nmr)

37 Mornin’, All.

“The State DO NOT protect…”. WTH?

Do you even English grammar, Ireland?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:03 AM (9yWhg)

38 Sony is very woke, as is Toshiba

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:04 AM (33nmr)

39 Morning Grammie. If you look at Chelsea directly, you turn to stone

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:05 AM (33nmr)

40 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 08:06 AM (T4tVD)

41 Covid Redux

*******

In years past, we determined how many people in the U.S. got influenza by determining the percentage of positive flu tests in patients at clinics and ERs and then trying to project that percentage onto the general population, i.e. we guessed.

Because NOT EVERYBODY GOT TESTED!

This needs to happen with COVID. One of the biggest fallacies of the COVID scare was that more testing would decrease the transmission via contact tracing.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 08:06 AM (991eG)

42 Manhattan Beach, CA…. That mention caught my eye in the list of wealthy zip codes donating to braindead Joe. That’s my old stomping grounds… the number of times I ran past or on the MB pier is too many to count. Yes… lots of rich snobs; just south in Hermosa Beach is a younger set, but still $$$. My first clue that maybe it was time to leave…. During covid I’m running on the MB strand and I started to count… probably 80% of the people I saw were masked… outside… on the beach path! I even had a few (females) complain that I wasn’t masked….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 08:07 AM (9Tih0)

43 My neighbor told me the other day that he had just gotten over COVID, with basically flu-like symptoms for a few days. The only reason he knew he had COVID was that he had an old home-test kit laying around the house and decided, "What the heck!" and lo & behold it gave a positive result.

Insanity!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 08:07 AM (991eG)

44 If you look at Chelsea directly, you turn to stone

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:05 AM (33nmr)

I love ELO.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:07 AM (45fpk)

45 They're having the vapors here in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 08:07 AM (R4t5M)

46
Is there really a fentanyl crisis?
Because if there is and the ChiComs are shipping fentanyl into the U.S. in the volumes that the press is reporting, that there is an Act of War.

What is being done about it? Nada.

Posted by: Speller at December 19, 2023 08:08 AM (pSotA)

47 The Senate Sex Story....... surely there was an audience. Access to that space, no cameras other than those in pockets, no security, etc.

There was one or more Senators there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:08 AM (Q4IgG)

48 So wasn’t need for scrap iron one of the factors in Japan’s Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere? That and petroleum? So Nippon Steel buys U.S. Steel, what’s next? Exxon Mobil?

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2023 08:08 AM (LEM+/)

49 So Nippon Steel buys U.S. Steel, what’s next? Exxon Mobil?
Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2023 08:08 AM (LEM+/)

Come onnnnnn, Disney!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 08:09 AM (9UlRk)

50 Finally, these new Nazis are similar to the old Nazis in that both are and were part of a collective political movement from the left side of the political spectrum. Remember, the offical name of Hitler’s movement was “national socialism“, with many leftist goals that are indistinguishable from the goals of today’s left.

National Socialism States or City States
Socialism One World Government

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2023 08:09 AM (lwOKI)

51 I'm so old I remember when you were allowed to get the flu and not have to tell hardly anybody.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 19, 2023 08:09 AM (NBVIP)

52
The Media are Lying, Pope [Fiction] Francis Did Not Approve Priests Blessing "Same-Sex Relationships"

____________

As someone has pointed out, these Vatican dicta are like legal documents that have to be read very carefully to determine what can and cannot be done.

The problem is that by the time they get down to the parish level, they may end up meaning something very different. For example, Communion in the hand wasn't intended to be generally allowed. Now for all intents and purposes you're no longer allowed to kneel and take the Host on your tongue.

And I doubt most parish priests are smart enough or willing enough to take the time to learn the subtleties of this document or to consult with a canon lawyer to determine what they can and cannot do.

So, once again, what the Vatican intended and what happens at the pastoral level are going to be two very different things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:09 AM (MoZTd)

53 on the beach path! I even had a few (females) complain that I wasn’t masked….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 08:07 AM (9Tih0)

I was at Shutters a few weeks ago - they're still wearing them...

Posted by: Boswell at December 19, 2023 08:10 AM (K+UlC)

54 Covid Redux Electric BugaBoo Dos

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2023 08:10 AM (lwOKI)

55 I saw an article (wish I copied the link) that stated it would now take us well over 100 years, if not longer, to achieve the same industrial output we achieved between 1941 and 1945, in order to produce enough weapons and ammunition to meet a ChiCom attack.
++++
Which is, of course, nonsense. The real answer is one of two possibilities:
1. A hell of a lot less time than that
2. Never

If there were to be a major war and we are able to survive it as a country for the first year, we would find out the answer. "It would take a century" is static analysis based on status quo. Would the status quo change during a major war? Would we scrap the environmental regulations and zoning regulations, for example? Would graft be contained to allow things to move quickly? Would we annex foreign assets? Would we forcibly merge, say, the Canadian and Mexican industrial systems to feed the war machine?

Lots of variables. But status quo assessments of a century are irrelevant - the status quo changes or we fall long before then.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:11 AM (zxP/x)

56 >>Today? What does America produce?

Uhm, Dick Pills and maniacs, mostly maniacs.

There really is nothing to talk about, the American experiment has been over for quite some time.

I've harped on it for the last couple of days, but in the Junta's first term, they will have let in illegal aliens that totals in excess of a quarter of the black population and double the Jewish population of America.

This is going to literally transform the country overnight.

And it really doesn't matter if we win the next election, they will simply wait it out or subvert it until they take control again, undo everything that was done, and begin the destruction again.

The election of The SCOAMF was the catalyst for fundamental transformation, and that's exactly what we got.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:11 AM (XV/Pl)

57 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 08:11 AM (T4tVD)

58 I love ELO.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:07 AM (45fpk)

I'm trying to eat breakfast. Don't bring me down, ok?

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (88xKn)

59 Is a Christmas song video supposed to leave me with that "I'll be in my bunk" feeling?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTgcp1oDk2M

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (9yUzE)

60 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)

61
I saw Dick Pills and Maniacs open for Pink Lady and Jeff at Budokan in '80.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (x0n13)

62 Chinaflu worked. Anything is possible when everything’s an op.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (LEM+/)

63 Morning everyone. Thx JJ. As if Prof Jacobson comparing Harvard to Bud Light isn't bad enough , the Teamsters authorized a stroke against Bud Light. Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (NcL9g)

64 Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:03 AM (33nmr)

I don't think conservative Catholics are leaving the church in droves.. The ones I know either go to Latin masses or find a priest and church they like which has masses in English or another language
and continue to practice their faith there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (wbezw)

65 " I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."

John 15:1-2

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (6iBJs)

66 If you look at Chelsea directly, you turn to stone

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:05 AM (33nmr)

I sat a few rows from her and her horrid mother on a flight a few years ago.

She is indeed rather...plain...looking.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (zTkcg)

67 Today is National Emo Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

68 Lots of variables. But status quo assessments of a century are irrelevant - the status quo changes or we fall long before then.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:11 AM (zxP/x)

At the rate I'm traveling at 2:30 AM when I'm asleep in bed, it'll take me twenty years to get to work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (9UlRk)

69 I'm trying to eat breakfast. Don't bring me down, ok?

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (88xKn)

Bruce!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (45fpk)

70 "Minnesota to Get a New State Flag – That Looks Nearly Identical to One Out of Somalia"

Actually... it looks like 2 flags out of Somalia. Putaland and Jubaland both use the same colors, stripes, and single star motif.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (9yUzE)

71 Strike not stroke.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (NcL9g)

72 I respect your opinions on the Pope's action yesterday, but the Chicago Morning news has the Pope opening the door for the Gays

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (33nmr)

73 "Something bad is coming."

https://tinyurl.com/yw2x79yz

(Nitter)

Philistines upon you, America!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (zvEEc)

74 55 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:11 AM (zxP/x)

But Joe, the salient point is we do not have the capacity to do jack shit, even in a non life and death wartime situation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (x0n13)

75 Other tapes show James Biden discussing business deals such as working with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on a casino application.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2023 08:01 AM (lwOKI)

You can have the license. The price is $250,000... plus a monthly payment of 5% of the gross... of all four hotels... Mr. Choctaw Indianman. I want your answer and the money by noon tomorrow. And one more thing. Don't you contact me again, ever. From now on, you deal with Hunter.

Posted by: James Biden, Mob Boss at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (puDky)

76 70. Not a George Floyd Flag? With Prince in the Background?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (33nmr)

77 Thanks Marcus !

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (T4tVD)

78 @55

>>If there were to be a major war and we are able to survive it as a country for the first year, we would find out the answer. "It would take a century" is static analysis based on status quo.

It might not take a century, but it would take a lot longer than you would imagine.

The people and drive to build, say, an Empire State Building in a year has long passed from this earth.

And with roughly half the country composed of maniacs, I would suspect there would be a sizeable bit of resistance.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (XV/Pl)

79 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

80
It's not as if Japan Inc is buying US Steel and transporting it back home. There is something called 'nationalizing' that could be used in case of an issue.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (enJYY)

81 I have a go to response for anything Chelsea posts on Twitter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UGhwxsIZg8

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (9yUzE)

82 It's also,
National Hard Candy Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

83 Aside from being bereft of heavy industrial capacity, we lack the skilled tradesmen, machinists and workers as well as the brain power to even begin to pull off the beginnings of a rebirth of what once was.
++++
There is another thing we used to have but don't anymore, and is a serious obstacle to rapid industrial expansion: obsolescence.

During WWII, we had been an industrial nation for a while and there had been much progress - out with the old, in with the new. Much of that old stuff was still physically present, though - often under oiled tarps out back. It *could* be - and was - put back into service fairly quickly. Slap up a building, haul in the old machinery, get it running, and start turning out canon and rifles and truck frames. It wasn't high-precision or efficient (by the standards of the day), but it could get the job done.

We no longer have obsolete equipment. Most of it got sold during the global reindustrialization. Too old and slow for us, but the Japanese or Koreans or Germans could use it.

The value of a deep well of obsolete equipment is difficult to overstate when it comes to increasing production on impossible timelines during war.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (zxP/x)

84 If you look at Chelsea directly, you turn to stone

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:05 AM (33nmr)

Are we still on an ELO kick?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (x0n13)

85 I am not Catholic, but it seems to me the Pope is doing his all, to make sure Conservative Catholics leave the Church in Droves

I don't have the reference to hand, but Frankie Fabulous also said recently that the Church has been too 'masculinized.'

Mister, we could use a man like Innocent III again. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (Q0kLU)

86 Thank you Marcus. Since we are approaching the darkest day of the year, have we had "I am the light of the world"? Probably so and I have forgotten.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (45fpk)

87 64. Fair Enough my Friend

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (33nmr)

88 Chinaflu worked. Anything is possible when everything’s an op.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (LEM+/)

Hell, even the covid tests are an op. They keep extending their shelf life, and they are inaccurate to begin with.

Every f*cking cold is now called COVID!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (zTkcg)

89 ... the Chi-Coms take one look at Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and the tin-pot Claudine Gays posing as the Joint Chiefs of Staff and are itching to pull the trigger on Taiwan. Hell, they've already launched a serious cyber attack on us with impunity.

---------

* Blackrock Biden has once again entered the chat *

Asymmetric warfare indeed ...

[From CTH:] "Now That Blackrock-Biden White House Have Forced EV Mandates, China Moves Massive Investment into Mexico to Make EV’s for U.S Market"

[Business Insider:] "Chinese EV giants are planning factories in Mexico, and it's alarming US officials: report"

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (HBgiC)

90 Are we still on an ELO kick?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (x0n13)

I sure hope so.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (45fpk)

91 Damn right something real bad is coming. And this society went bugfuck nuts over a virus.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (R4t5M)

92 The residents of America’s 10 most expensive zip codes donated a total of $7,519,474 to the Biden campaign and the Biden Victory Fund this year, or roughly $930 per person, according to FEC and Census Bureau records.
++++
How much to other candidates and what was the ideological spread? My guess is that all donations were heavily left, but they don't seem to provide that point. It is unsurprising that the rich neighborhoods give more to candidates, but I'd like to see the distribution.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (zxP/x)

93 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (/5TNL)

94 Quite the birthday weekend, it was. I have very few complaints.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

95 Yes, US Steel is on the NYSE. Stock rose 26% yesterday.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (1Wz1Y)

96 Are we still on an ELO kick?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (x0n13)

People who like ELO are usually Beatles fans. I'm one of those who never been impressed with the Beatles.

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (88xKn)

97 I was a big ELO fan in the day, even bad enough to buy their Xanudu soundtrack with Olivia.

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (33nmr)

98 She is indeed rather...plain...looking.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (zTkcg)
===

Have I mentioned Eleanor Mondale?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

99 I'm trying to eat breakfast. Don't bring me down, ok?
Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (88xKn)

***

BRRRRRRRUCE!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (ZV+pB)

100 I'm so sick of people telling me they have covid. It's like every other disease has left the planet. It's flu season, people! Fill up on Vit C, practice good personal hygiene, and throw away the test kits.

Posted by: sidney at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (Uy/WF)

101 “I don’t mean to laugh about it, but this is insane. You have somebody who’s a complete failure, who embarrassed the university, who cost them a billion dollars, who gets caught plagiarizing, and they’re going stand with her…. Maybe they think their brand can’t be permanently tarnished because it’s Harvard. Well, you know what? The people who branded Bud Light thought the same thing, and they found out differently.”
++++
But Light was choice among many in an essentially undifferentiated field filled with near substitutes and whose dominant position was based entirely on marketing and habit. The situations are entirely different.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (zxP/x)

102 So, once again, what the Vatican intended and what happens at the pastoral level are going to be two very different things.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:09 AM (MoZTd)
---
The confusion this creates in the masses who misunderstand the Vatican's words and intentions also means the Catholic Church is less likely to attract a more conservative group of potential converts.

Instead, they are likely to attract actively practicing homosexuals who now believe their unholy union will eventually be blessed from on high.

This should *never* have happened.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (7fElN)

103 "Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:16 AM (45fpk)"

Yes we did on day two. But here it is again irrespective;

"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:19 AM (6iBJs)

104 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

Happy belated birthday. Sponge.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 08:19 AM (wbezw)

105 Beatles White Album, best of all time

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

106 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (zxP/x)

This is post-modern math...numerators without denominators are perfectly fine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (zTkcg)

107 Yes we did on day two. But here it is again irrespective;

"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:19 AM (6iBJs)

Thanks. You're the best.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (45fpk)

108
I am not Catholic, but it seems to me the Pope is doing his all, to make sure Conservative Catholics leave the Church in Droves

__________

The pope knows that conservative Catholics aren't going to leave the Church in significant numbers. So any outrage is perfectly fine. It's liberal Catholics who get treated with kid gloves because they really will leave the Church.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (MoZTd)

109 It's also,
National Hard Candy Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

*plays Montrose*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (R4t5M)

110 96 Are we still on an ELO kick?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (x0n13)

People who like ELO are usually Beatles fans. I'm one of those who never been impressed with the Beatles.
Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (88xKn)

Huge ELO fan. Yes I can hear the Beatles influence in Lynne' and Bevan's music, but it's mostly on the late albums and not necessarily every song. Great group. "Face the Music," "New World Record" and "Out of the Blue" is the core. The latter is a bit schmaltzy/overproduced at times but still solid.

YMMV.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (x0n13)

111 What was the word after Don't Bring me Down anyways? Was it Bruce

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (33nmr)

112 Yes, US Steel is on the NYSE. Stock rose 26% yesterday.
Posted by: Jen the original at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (1Wz1Y)

The market approves!!! Quick!!! Sell all the US Businesses to AsiaPAC!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

113 Nothing lasts forever.
++++
The harsh truth nobody likes to hear:
"The final value of any enterprise is zero."

If you do a good job, it takes a long time to realize the "final value" and you end up with a significant net positive balance over the entire life of the enterprise. That's it. The enterprise itself will, eventually, be kaput. All are, and all enterprises be they business, culture or government.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (zxP/x)

114
"I had covid."

No you didn't. It was a hoax.
And not just a hoax, it was an IQ test. And you failed.

Posted by: Speller at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (pSotA)

115 Is a Christmas song video supposed to leave me with that "I'll be in my bunk" feeling?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTgcp1oDk2M
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (9yUzE)

Meh. Orientals are not my thing. This, on the other hand:

https://tinyurl.com/2645vbva

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (Q0kLU)

116 Sponge! Happy belated birthday!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (9yWhg)

117 The COVID testing is about the message "my cold wasn't bad because I got the vaxx."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

118 "Webb Takes Another Infrared Image of Uranus"

Get AWAY from me, you creepy perv!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (N3zMI)

119
Happy belated birthday. Sponge.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 08:19 AM (wbezw)

Thank you very much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

120 " I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."

John 15:1-2
Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (6iBJs)
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The pastor of my church spent quite a few weeks discussing "God, Grapes, and Growth," focusing on this verse. Great stuff.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (7fElN)

121 It's liberal Catholics who get treated with kid gloves because they really will leave the Church.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (MoZTd)

Before we know it they'll be giving away subscriptions to the Church when you buy a washer/ dryer combo during black Friday.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (9UlRk)

122 Mark Zuckerberg is Building a Massive, Super-Villain Compound in Hawaii

And since it seems to be a known location, we can cover it with cement if he holes up in it....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (Angsy)

123 Sponge! Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (9yWhg)

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

124 But Joe, the salient point is we do not have the capacity to do jack shit, even in a non life and death wartime situation.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (x0n13)
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Yes, our industrial base has been hollowed out, packed onto ships and sent to other continents. I dig it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (zxP/x)

125 I'm so sick of people telling me they have covid. It's like every other disease has left the planet. It's flu season, people! Fill up on Vit C...
Posted by: sidney at December 19, 2023 08:18 AM (Uy/WF)
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Vitamin D, people. C is easy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (zvEEc)

126 @102

>>This should *never* have happened.

This is what happens when you make an Argentinian, Jesuit, Marxist the Pope.

What we need is a hard line, bad ass, African Pope.

He wouldn't be putting up with this gay wad fa**ot crap.

What's ultimately going to happen is that the Vatican is going to create a schism with the Catholic Church and all that entails.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (XV/Pl)

127 "Webb Takes Another Infrared Image of Uranus"

Get AWAY from me, you creepy perv!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (N3zMI)

Or, "A Planetary Visit of Congress."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

128 69 I'm trying to eat breakfast. Don't bring me down, ok?

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:12 AM (88xKn)

Bruce!
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:14 AM (45fpk)

Dammit, grammie! Now that song is in my head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (zZu0s)

129 African Catholics, whose ranks are surging, cannot be pleased.

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (33nmr)

130 What kept US Steel going recently was the domestic content requirements of companies buying the steel. Those requirements are disappearing as cost has become more important than quality. Many of the large customers have moved from domestic only requirements to a no China steel requirement. Italy, India, and Mexico are now the top suppliers of high quality steel.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (lTGtQ)

131 What's ultimately going to happen is that the Vatican is going to create a schism with the Catholic Church and all that entails.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (XV/Pl)
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Martin Luther and King Henry VIII have entered the chat...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (7fElN)

132 125 Vitamin D, people. C is easy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (zvEEc)

Zinc as well. Vitamin D is the biggie. All of them should prevent infection, if not significantly alleviate symptoms if you catch it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (x0n13)

133 Quite the birthday weekend, it was. I have very few complaints.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

You got the Gucci flip-flops you've always wanted?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (zTkcg)

134 122. Zuckerberg is a moron. Hawaii is the first stop on the Chinese Invasion tour

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (33nmr)

135 Quite the birthday weekend, it was. I have very few complaints.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)
===

Go right ahead. How can we improve?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

136 We did a marching-band routine to “Don’t Bring Me Down” in high school.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (9yWhg)

137 67 Today is National Emo Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

Worst Muppet eva!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (lwOKI)

138 We did a marching-band routine to “Don’t Bring Me Down” in high school.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (9yWhg)

That must have been something.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (45fpk)

139 JJ. Where is the best place to get Vitamin D supplements?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (33nmr)

140
You got the Gucci flip-flops you've always wanted?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (zTkcg)

No, but I did pee on the feet of a guy wearing some in a fine dining establishment against all moral judgement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

141 122 Mark Zuckerberg is Building a Massive, Super-Villain Compound in Hawaii

And since it seems to be a known location, we can cover it with cement if he holes up in it....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (Angsy)

"They gotta breathe, don't they?"

- - Maj. Reisman

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)

142 Beatles White Album, best of all time
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:19 AM (33nmr)

I'll have what he's smoking.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (Q0kLU)

143 Vitamin D, people. C is easy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (zvEEc)

yes please

Posted by: Senate Aid Aidan at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (lwOKI)

144 On the bright side Pennsylvanians will have plenty of Starbucks and Apple stores to work in which are totally green and sustainable, unlike those nasty steel mills.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (JojsZ)

145 139 JJ. Where is the best place to get Vitamin D supplements?
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (33nmr)

The drug store? No idea which brand is best.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (x0n13)

146 The Socialist Pope is the Trojan Horse of Modern Day

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (33nmr)

147 Zuckerberg is a moron. Hawaii is the first stop on the Chinese Invasion tour
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (33nmr)
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I kinda doubt it. Assuming there is an actual, physical invasion of the US from the East, Hawaii doesn't strike me as a good target beyond bombing the navy base.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (zxP/x)

148 @139

>>JJ. Where is the best place to get Vitamin D supplements?

Uhmm, you're local supermarket?

I mean, I haven't seen a single one that didn't have a section with an entire wall of vitamins and supplements.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (XV/Pl)

149
Go right ahead. How can we improve?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

Cure joint pain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

150 Yes, our industrial base has been hollowed out, packed onto ships and sent to other continents. I dig it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (zxP/x)
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Who could have possibly predicted that?
-H. Ross Perot

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

151 Sponge! Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (9yWhg)

Thank you. Much appreciated.
Posted by: Sponge

Yeah. Happy belated birthday Mr. Sneaky Sunday.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (/5TNL)

152 139 JJ. Where is the best place to get Vitamin D supplements?
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (33nmr)

Senate Hearing Room

Posted by: Senate Aid Aidan at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (lwOKI)

153 Vitamin D, people. C is easy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:22 AM (zvEEc)
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yes please
Posted by: Senate Aid Aidan at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (lwOKI)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (zxP/x)

154
Uhmm, you're local supermarket?

I mean, I haven't seen a single one that didn't have a section with an entire wall of vitamins and supplements.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (XV/Pl)

I use Swanson's and mail order all of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Hawaii doesn't strike me as a good target beyond bombing the navy base.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (zxP/x)

Don't do it!!!!

Posted by: Japan at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (9UlRk)

156 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

Don't tell anyone,

but we share the same birthday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (wbezw)

157 Cure joint pain.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)
===

*squirts birthday Ben-Gay into USB*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

158 "Can Trump Really Win in 2024?"

Trump and the Republicans need to start referring to Bidenomics as Democratenomics.

Biden's policies are Democrat policies and voters seem to think that if they insert a different Democrat they'll get a different result.

Not only do we need to win the presidency, but we need to win down ballot too.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

159
Yeah. Happy belated birthday Mr. Sneaky Sunday.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:26 AM (/5TNL)

Thanks!

I didn't do much internet'n this weekend.

Plus, I took it upon myself to not distract from TJM's wedding anniversary, which happens to be on the same day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

160 Happy Birthday Sponge and Fen!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (45fpk)

161 > There is another thing we used to have but don't anymore, and is a serious obstacle to rapid industrial expansion: obsolescence.
_____________

Much of our technology is designed with 'built-in obsolescence.' But unlike days before most of the stuff is throw-away. Apps don't run, the battery can't be recharged or won't hold a charge and in some cases can't be replaced. The quality of the TV picture has improved and the SteamDeck doesn't work with old, non-4K screens or whatever.

Some of this (a lot actually) is being built in to cars, trucks, appliances, etc.

Yet... I refuse to toss certain things as they may be obsolete, but still useful in a pinch. But seldom are those things based on silicon tech.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)

162 Zinc as well. Vitamin D is the biggie. All of them should prevent infection, if not significantly alleviate symptoms if you catch it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:23 AM (x0n13)
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Since Corona, Mrs. BD and I each pop about a dozen nutrient/supplement pills every day.

I used to laugh at my parents when they started doing it way back when. Not anymore.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (zvEEc)

163 147. Joe, with our Woke Military? Why would China stop at just bombing Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (33nmr)

164 ... (as an aside, you wonder how many people get what the logo of Pittsburgh's NFL franchise means).

---------

You mean they weren't named after the Scottish rock band Steelers Wheel?

/I saw The Three Hypocycloids open for Spyro Gyra at The Transit Music Lounge in '81.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (HBgiC)

165 @105

>>Beatles White Album, best of all time

It's really hard to say which album is their best as pretty much every album could be on a Beatles Greatest Hit's Album.

I would say, either, Abbey Road or Rubber Soul.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (XV/Pl)

166
Don't tell anyone, but we share the same birthday.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (wbezw)

I always thought it was a special day, but this just confirms it.

Happy belated!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

167 "Conservative" Catholics, that is those who follow doctrine and adhere to the biblical teachings of our Lord don't leave. They stay, they prosper in the Truth and they fight.

We all sin, every one of us and Jesus forgives our sins if we ask him and are sincere in our intentions. He knows that. Jesus also accepts us, each and ever one of us and it's up to us if we let him in. Furthermore, Jesus said "go and sin no more". There are many instances where the Lord states similar things. He did not say, go and deliberately live in sin against my teachings and you'll have my blessing. While that blessing is always there for each and every one of us, to defy Him, and then simultaneously ask for his blessing while knowingly and deliberately living in sin cannot be reconciled. That's one reason why the Pope's thinking is almost apostasy, but also fallacy based on the Gospels. It goes back to the Jesuit's extremely flawed thinking about "love" and how that was incorrectly applied as being superior to all things.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:29 AM (6iBJs)

168 The election of The SCOAMF was the catalyst for fundamental transformation, and that's exactly what we got.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:11 AM (XV/Pl)

Concur. Fat, lazy layabouts wanted more free shit from Uncle Sam so they loved them some Barack Mugabe, who played Santa Claus to a bunch of overgrown children who vote.

When he got re-elected, I was never more ashamed of my countrymen, and they can all go to hell with Barack and his husband for all I care.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 08:29 AM (puDky)

169 Sponge. Fen AND Sefton all share the same Birfday!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 08:29 AM (ZV+pB)

170 Does Zinc and Vitamin D mesh with most common prescriptions?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:29 AM (33nmr)

171 On the bright side Pennsylvanians will have plenty of Starbucks and Apple stores to work in which are totally green and sustainable, unlike those nasty steel mills.
Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (JojsZ)

Their output is a fraction of what it was 50 years ago. But, we do need this capability in American hands.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 08:29 AM (R4t5M)

172 162 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (zvEEc)

I think I caught that RSV crap right before Thanksgiving. Not since I had strep over 40 years ago has something knocked me on my ass like that.

And being 63 as opposed to 19 didn't help either.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (x0n13)

173 Quite the birthday weekend, it was. I have very few complaints.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Happy Belated Birthday, Sponge! 🎂🎉
,

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

174 Happy Belated Birthday to you, too, Fen!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (9yWhg)

175 >>Can Trump Really Win in 2024?

Yes, he just needs to concentrate his ballot harvesting/GOTV efforts in three states, VA, GA, NV.

All three have GOP Governeors and give him the best shot at getting to 270.

Forget about PA, WI, MI, those states Donk machines have pretty much put in place mechanisms where a Republican winning them is virtually impossible.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (XV/Pl)

176 JJ. Where is the best place to get Vitamin D supplements?
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (33nmr)
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Look into iHerb.com.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (zvEEc)

177 "What better way to celebrate the spirit of Christmas then to watch an animated video where [Fauci-ChiCom] COVID kills off Santa?"
____

They tried to ruin Christmas with their lockdowns, why not just kill Santa and be done with it? They hate us.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (fs1hN)

178 Goes to show you the insane, fantasy corporate valuations we have today.

Carnegie sold US Steel to Morgan for $491m (~18b in 2023 dollars), so a bit more than the valuation today. But of course, it was a much bigger global industrial player then, and it wasn't a lot more.

That deal made Carnegie the richest man on earth in 1901.

By contrast, a minor automaker (Tesla) is "worth" 790b, and a cab company that just drives real cars that aren't toys around (Uber) is "worth" 127b. And an actual, major automaker that makes those real cars (Ford) is "only" "worth" 48b.

The US economy is a bullshit shellgame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (0FoWg)

179 Does Zinc and Vitamin D mesh with most common prescriptions?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:29 AM (33nmr)

I'm not a doctor, but I take about 8 different prescriptions. Doctor recommends Zinc, C and D and Calcium anyway. YMMV

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (45fpk)

180 I think US Steel workers are going to have to make some adjustments to their work ethics under Japanese management. That will be fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

181 If you watch the original Exorcist from 1973, you do get a feel for the Jesuit leanings of that time. Blatty was a devout Catholic, and tried to show the Division within the Church at the time

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (33nmr)

182 Much of our technology is designed with 'built-in obsolescence.' But unlike days before most of the stuff is throw-away. Apps don't run, the battery can't be recharged or won't hold a charge and in some cases can't be replaced. The quality of the TV picture has improved and the SteamDeck doesn't work with old, non-4K screens or whatever. ...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)
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That's a bit different from what I mean. At the consumer level, "planned obsolescence" is a way to waste the customer's money and get more of it. But *industrial* obsolescence is not the same thing. A machine that's been retired from service because tool changes take several minutes and the new machine has a robotic carousel that can change tools in two seconds is still a good machine - it's just slow.

There wasn't a great market for some of that stuff before, especially bespoke tooling created by, say, a car manufacturer. As a result, a lot of it sat around. Too good to throw away, but no good way to sell it. The postwar global reindustrialization created a market for that stuff, so we sold it. Outside of war, that makes sense. During war, it sucks the big one.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (zxP/x)

183 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (Zz0t1

Awww! Isn't that sweet. We can have nice things here. I went to see "The Holdovers" and it starts ( they have notes about what day it ) on that date. It is an excellent film.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (UVWK5)

184 I don’t know, but strongly suspect that if we become involved in a major war our military would break quickly. That invincible force that Stormin’ Norman led in 1991…. Even the shock and awe military of 20 years ago. Those no longer exist. Lloyd Austin, Milli Vanilli what jokes…. Heck I even remember Colin Powell saying: We’re gonna cut them off and we’re going to kill them. A very warlike, warrior thing to say and never was too impressed with Powell but he led a lethal military. Nah…. Sadly I think we have very few of those warrior types left at the higher ranks especially. Part of Obama’s fundamental transformation was hollowing out and politicizing the military

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (9Tih0)

185 "Where is the best place to get Vitamin D supplements?"

Thorne. Right in NC and all online.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (6iBJs)

186 179. Thanks Grammie

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (33nmr)

187 Many of the large customers have moved from domestic only requirements to a no China steel requirement. Italy, India, and Mexico are now the top suppliers of high quality steel.

I remember the free trade absolutists telling me not to worry about exporting our steel industry because "Only American steelmakers can make high quality steel; which is higher value anyway."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (9yUzE)

188 157 *squirts birthday Ben-Gay into USB*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

AKA, Cardin and his Asst. Senate Buggerer.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:32 AM (x0n13)

189 Happy Birthday, Fenelon! 🍰🎉

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

190 I know someone in Joisey who was going to some big Christmas shindig, which has now been cancelled. The entire family throwing the shindig has "COVID" I was told. I told the attendee to tell 'em to "quit being a buncha fags", but they have too much decorum to do the right thing and say the words.

Posted by: SED LIBERA NOS A MALO at December 19, 2023 08:33 AM (r5BH7)

191 Re the US Steel thing, if the Japanese can keep what's left of US heavy industry going, and maybe even expand it a little, godspeed.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:33 AM (9yWhg)

192 Joe, with our Woke Military? Why would China stop at just bombing Pearl Harbor?
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:28 AM (33nmr)
++++
But what does Hawaii get you? Why bother wasting resources conquering it when the real prize is somewhere else and you'll get it by default if you win?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:33 AM (zxP/x)

193 I think I caught that RSV crap right before Thanksgiving.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (x0n13)
-

One of our 30 something kids got it last year or before. Nasty. But there's always something coming along every now and then that wrecks you for a week or two.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:33 AM (zvEEc)

194 [David] French himself is a neoconservative who still defends the Iraq War, supports gay marriage, and is regularly vaccinated and boosted.
_______

The term "neoconservative" seems to have become entirely detached from any meaning whatsoever, besides "bad". Like "iconic", it should be retired for at least a decade.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2023 08:34 AM (brAQZ)

195 Happy Belated Birthday, Sponge! 🎂🎉
,
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

MUCH appreciated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

196 Don't tell anyone, but we share the same birthday.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes you do share it with Sponge. Happy belated birthday to you too!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:34 AM (/5TNL)

197 Heck, you can even get Vitamin D at Dollar Tree.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (R4t5M)

198 By contrast, a minor automaker (Tesla) is "worth" 790b, and a cab company that just drives real cars that aren't toys around (Uber) is "worth" 127b. And an actual, major automaker that makes those real cars (Ford) is "only" "worth" 48b.

The US economy is a bullshit shellgame.
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (0FoWg)
++++
It's inflation. We've been printing money for more than 15 years and repressing interest rates for closer to 25. That money has to go somewhere. The funny money that didn't get absorbed into trade flows went into tradeable assets. There's been massive inflation for the past 15 years, you just have to know where to look for it. This is one of those places.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zxP/x)

199 F*ck vitamins...drink bourbon and eat steak.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zTkcg)

200 drink bourbon and eat steak.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zTkcg)

Ah, the breakfast of champions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

201 Just as a point of reference, anybody using "ZIP codes" as a demographic reference is no geographer. ZIP codes cross all kinds of financial and racial group boundaries, and in White River Junction even state lines. Fastest way to divulge that you're an out of work feature writer pretending to do poli-sci. Makes a monkey of you every single effing time.

My Rust Belt was being called that in the early 1970's. We used to point out that to make rust, you need water, and those yelling the loudest did not have that. They still do not. "Rust Belt" is one of those tells like Working Class -- it shows you have swallowed the commie line, but the hook is stuck in your throat.

US Steel went to war with John F. Kennedy and "lost." He called them "sons of bitches," in those exact terms. You couldn't give that industry away 50 years ago. It has taken all this time to salvage something worth a $14 billion sellout bid. I imagine their managers are pretty damn proud of themselves for building it up to this point. Anybody here an employee, or shareholder? Sing out.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 08:36 AM (FCs/J)

202 F*ck vitamins...drink bourbon and eat steak.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zTkcg)
++++
Vitamins Bo and St.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:36 AM (zxP/x)

203 Thanks!

I didn't do much internet'n this weekend.

Plus, I took it upon myself to not distract from TJM's wedding anniversary, which happens to be on the same day.
Posted by: Sponge

Trust me.
My reminder went off at 6:45 am Sunday MORNING. Weekdays it wouldn't matter. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:36 AM (/5TNL)

204 I'm not a doctor, but I take about 8 different prescriptions. Doctor recommends Zinc, C and D and Calcium anyway. YMMV
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM (45fpk)
-

Calcium? Watch:

https://youtu.be/D_UJaEZe9gg

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:36 AM (zvEEc)

205 > Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
____________

I got what you were saying.

I was riffing on the whole 'obsolescence' thing.

I had to replace a perfectly good smartphone earlier in the year because the version of Android OS on it wasn't being supported/upgraded anymore. Thus, I had several apps that I like/use regularly that just... stopped working.

Pissed me off to no end.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:37 AM (Q4IgG)

206
Re the US Steel thing, if the Japanese can keep what's left of US heavy industry going, and maybe even expand it a little, godspeed.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

__________

What would the US car industry look like if Japanese companies didn't manufacture here?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:37 AM (MoZTd)

207 "What better way to celebrate the spirit of Christmas then to watch an animated video where [Fauci-ChiCom] COVID kills off Santa?"

I'm a little surprised they didn't kill off a maskless Jesus. But that would acknowledge what Winter-fest is actually all about, in theory anyway, and that would be hateful.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 08:37 AM (JojsZ)

208 I had to replace a perfectly good smartphone earlier in the year because the version of Android OS on it wasn't being supported/upgraded anymore. Thus, I had several apps that I like/use regularly that just... stopped working.

Pissed me off to no end.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:37 AM (Q4IgG)
++++
Yup. Walled gardens - and mobile phones all are - are always a racket. A big racket.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:37 AM (zxP/x)

209 Joe, with our Woke Military? Why would China stop at just bombing Pearl Harbor?
Posted by: Jonah

There was an episode of MASH where Hawkeye was being court-martialled for supposedly being insubordinate to Frank Burns. The subject of Corp. Klinger came up. Col. Potter praised Kinger as a good soldier, but said he wouldn't want a whole army of Klingers. To which Hawkeye replied, "Unless Christian Dior attacks Pearl Harbor."

So, hopefully, Chrstian Dior will attack Pear Harbor this time, and we can put Adm. Levine in charge. It would be FABULOUS!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:37 AM (9yWhg)

210 @198

>>major automaker that makes those real cars (Ford) is "only" "worth" 48b.

That's because Ford is actually a pension fund that makes automobiles as a side hustle.

I'm surprised it's valued that highly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

211 Yes, he just needs to concentrate his ballot harvesting/GOTV efforts in three states, VA, GA, NV.

All three have GOP Governeors and give him the best shot at getting to 270.

Forget about PA, WI, MI, those states Donk machines have pretty much put in place mechanisms where a Republican winning them is virtually impossible.

Well, the raw math doesn't work there. 44 EV's for MI, WI, PA. 35 EV's for GA, VA, NV. And the GOP just got clobbered in VA.

He will also have to cede Arizona, because it's essentially been Californicated to blue state status.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (9yUzE)

212 F*ck vitamins...drink bourbon and eat steak.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zTkcg)
-

https://youtu.be/sTDqc6FylNc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (zvEEc)

213 *squirts birthday Ben-Gay into USB*

*******

In light of recent events in the Senate this phrase is more disturbing than it ought to have been.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (991eG)

214 Good morning!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (4I/2K)

215 Ah, the breakfast of champions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

I put my money where my mouth is!

I finished off the last of the steak this morning, and I am now sitting in a plane waiting for my bourbon!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (zTkcg)

216 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (lwOKI)

217 I put my money where my mouth is!

I finished off the last of the steak this morning, and I am now sitting in a plane waiting for my bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (zTkcg)

This is known as 'living the high life."

Where ya headed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

218 The Reverend Horton Heat - Eat Steak:
https://youtu.be/7NrzzDJzp4g

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (zxP/x)

219 Hmmmm.....

Cofveve cup empty but kitteh fast asleep in my lap.

What do I do?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (N3zMI)

220 "Rust Belt" is one of those tells like Working Class -- it shows you have swallowed the commie line, but the hook is stuck in your throat.

Rust Belt is a coastal elite sneer against the Heartland.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (9yUzE)

221 “I don’t mean to laugh about it, but this is insane. You have somebody who’s a complete failure, who embarrassed the university, who cost them a billion dollars, who gets caught plagiarizing, and they’re going stand with her…. Maybe they think their brand can’t be permanently tarnished because it’s Harvard. Well, you know what? The people who branded Bud Light thought the same thing, and they found out differently.”

Not surprising at all - whether it's at Harvard, or in Israel, or Ukraine, or in the Lubyanka prison - all Leftists would sincerely prefer death over ever admitting they were wrong about anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (S6gqv)

222 Happy Birthday Sponge and Fen!
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:27 AM (45fpk)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (T4tVD)

223 @211

>>He will also have to cede Arizona, because it's essentially been Californicated to blue state status.

If he flips GA, VA and NV, he gets to 270 even and wins.

I didn't say it was a lock, I said it's his best shot.

That's all we can hope for at this time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:40 AM (XV/Pl)

224 215 Ah, the breakfast of champions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

I put my money where my mouth is!

I finished off the last of the steak this morning, and I am now sitting in a plane waiting for my bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (zTkcg)

Your prescription is a preventive. When you have no appetite and a throat that's on fire, it's kind of hard to eat steak and wash down with bourbon.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:40 AM (x0n13)

225 There's been massive inflation for the past 15 years, you just have to know where to look for it. This is one of those places.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zxP/

Yeah, those "valuations" speak to massive inflation, fer sure. But they also speak to the financialized paper-chase scam that is the modern stock market. Are we supposed to honestly believe that Tesla is "worth" 16x Ford?

Ridiculous.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 08:40 AM (0FoWg)

226 I read that around 70% of 18-24 age group believe whiteness is inherently oppressive. Coming from the least oppressed and most profligately affluent generation in human history, this should be hilarious. But it's too threatening to the social fabric to laugh.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (FidzF)

227 I'm not a doctor, but I take about 8 different prescriptions. Doctor recommends Zinc, C and D and Calcium anyway. YMMV
Posted by: grammie winger

Wife's doctor has her taking 50,000 IU Vitamin D supplement once a week.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (/5TNL)

228 > F*ck vitamins...drink bourbon and eat steak.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
______________

Absolutely the best advice you'll get on the Internet today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (Q4IgG)

229 I will admit musical heresy and say that the White Album mostly stinks. To me, no memorable songs. Peak Beatles were Abbey Road and Sargent Pepper… YMMV

That impromptu rooftop concert was pretty good too! Don’t let me down… classic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (9Tih0)

230 Meh. Orientals are not my thing. This, on the other hand:

https://tinyurl.com/2645vbva
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 08:20 AM (Q0kLU)

YouTube comments:
Kellie Picker: 100
Red Velvet X: 29,978

Huh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (iODuv)

231
Your prescription is a preventive. When you have no appetite and a throat that's on fire, it's kind of hard to eat steak and wash down with bourbon.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:40 AM (x0n13)

Ah, but using the bourbon increases the burn, letting you know it's working.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

232
Yes, our industrial base has been hollowed out, packed onto ships and sent to other continents. I dig it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:21 AM

When my manufacturing facility was terminated half the equipment got loaded onto a ship headed to somewhere in South America. The oldest stuff, which was really old. The newer stuff someone nearby picked up for a pittance.

It took generations to build that manufacturing plant into something of high value but only one act of the Senate to destroy it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (enJYY)

233 220 "Rust Belt" is one of those tells like Working Class -- it shows you have swallowed the commie line, but the hook is stuck in your throat.

Rust Belt is a coastal elite sneer against the Heartland.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (9yUzE)

It's the coastal elites, among others, that caused the rusting out in the first place.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (x0n13)

234 Safe travels CBD !

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (T4tVD)

235 That's all we can hope for at this time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:40 AM (XV/Pl)

But Haley is the only one who can beat Biden!!!!

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (FidzF)

236 New Low: Only 6 Percent of Americans Approve of GOP Leader Mitch McConnell
________

Yet he's still the Senate Leader. Do we need garlic and a stake?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (brAQZ)

237 Eat broccoli rabe. One cup;

- 70% DV vitamin C
- 43% vitamin A
- 30% folate
- 12% Iton
- 8% zinc
- 5 grams fiber
- 7 grams protein
- only 42 calories and 1 gram fat

It is also very rich in glucosinolates, which are known to help fight cancer.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (6iBJs)

238 142 Beatles White Album, best of all time
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:19 AM (33nmr)

I'll have what he's smoking.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 08:25 AM (Q0kLU)

I have to agree with my esteemed colleague here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (zZu0s)

239 Tom Servo, what it proves, is that Harvard's endowment is so large, that they do not care what wealthy Jewish alumni on Wall Street Think. They are team Obama

Penn was different, they needed the $$$

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (33nmr)

240 F*ck vitamins...drink bourbon and eat steak.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:35 AM (zTkcg)

And don't forget to smoke a cigar now and then. The nicotine will kill anything crawling around in your innards.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (puDky)

241 I always thought the breakfast of champions was cold pizza out of the fridge, first thing in the morning.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (S6gqv)

242 227 Wife's doctor has her taking 50,000 IU Vitamin D supplement once a week.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (/5TNL)

Yes, D you have to take in a massive dosage like that, BUT be careful and consult a doctor so you don't OD.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:43 AM (x0n13)

243 241 I always thought the breakfast of champions was cold pizza out of the fridge, first thing in the morning.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (S6gqv)

As we used to say in old Brooklyn, "cold chinx."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:43 AM (x0n13)

244
New Low: Only 6 Percent of Americans Approve of GOP Leader Mitch McConnell

__________

Only 6 percent of Americans know who the hell Mitch McConnell is.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:43 AM (MoZTd)

245 238. Touche. My Favorite Beatles Singles, are Let it Be, and a Day in the Life

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:43 AM (33nmr)

246 If he flips GA, VA and NV, he gets to 270 even and wins.

Georgia, maybe, if Raffleburger actually follows the law and a left-wing judge doesn't insist that the 400,000 votes dropped off by a delivery truck at 3:00 in the morning be counted.

VA and NV, I don't see it happening. Virginia is a blue state that barely elected a Republican governor against a horrible Democrat. Nevada is politically a suburb of Los Angeles.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (9yUzE)

247 Fetterman is closer to old school democrat: At the top of the slippery slope to the Squad. He's a thinking man's Joe Biden.

Posted by: Legion of Boom at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (428dN)

248 239 Tom Servo, what it proves, is that Harvard's endowment is so large, that they do not care what wealthy Jewish alumni on Wall Street Think. They are team Obama

Penn was different, they needed the $$$
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:42 AM (33nmr)

Time for all of us to study up on Henry's Dissolution of the Monasteries Act. He had to solve a similar problem.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (S6gqv)

249 220 "Rust Belt" is one of those tells like Working Class -- it shows you have swallowed the commie line, but the hook is stuck in your throat.

Rust Belt is a coastal elite sneer against the Heartland.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (9yUzE)

This. Language matters. Language is thought given form.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (zZu0s)

250 I've always found The Beatles incredibly overrated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

251 I always thought the breakfast of champions was cold pizza out of the fridge, first thing in the morning.
Posted by: Tom Servo

This.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (9yWhg)

252 @229

>>I will admit musical heresy and say that the White Album mostly stinks.

There are at least 10 songs on that album that could make up a bulk of a Beatles Greatest Hits album.

I get that The Beatles are not everyone's cup of tea, but come on man.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (XV/Pl)

253 I thought sunshine is a good source of vitamin D?

Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (88xKn)

254 I like the TV commercial featuring "In My Life" and the old ladies on sleds.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (45fpk)

255 244. Reason why Cameron lost the KY Guv race.

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (33nmr)

256 Admittedly I'm only a casual Beatles fan but my favorite albums are Sgt. Pepper's and Revolver.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (N3zMI)

257 Tom Servo, what it proves, is that Harvard's endowment is so large, that they do not care what wealthy Jewish alumni on Wall Street Think. They are team Obama

Penn was different, they needed the $$$

==

...or maybe Harvard sux at math....which cannot be said of Wharton !

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (V13WU)

258 I thought sunshine is a good source of vitamin D?
Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (88xKn)

The best.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

259 *squirts birthday Ben-Gay into USB*

*******

In light of recent events in the Senate this phrase is more disturbing than it ought to have been.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (991eG)
===

I consider this the highest endorsement of my work.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

260 Beethoven >>>>>> The Beatles

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (9yWhg)

261 253 I thought sunshine is a good source of vitamin D?
Posted by: dantesed at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (88xKn)

Yes. That's why it's vital especially if you live in a northern clime to be outdoors as much as possible in warm weather, and any sunny day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (x0n13)

262 245 238. Touche. My Favorite Beatles Singles, are Let it Be, and a Day in the Life
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:43 AM (33nmr)

As I have said before: the Beatles and the Beach Boys have taken a sharp inversion as I have gotten older. As a kid, I liked the Beatles and could not see the point of the Beach Boys. Now it is the opposite.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (zZu0s)

263 I've always found The Beatles incredibly overrated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

you are lucky today is your birthday and grammie winger will (probably) go easy on you...

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)

264 260 Beethoven >>>>>> The Beatles
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (9yWhg)

'Ask Bach, I got more cock than Smith and Wesson!'
-Beethoven

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (zZu0s)

265 Little chocolate donuts are on my training table.

Posted by: John Belushi, Decathalete at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (4I/2K)

266 That's because Ford is actually a pension fund that makes automobiles as a side hustle.

I'm surprised it's valued that highly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:38

True enough.

But it built and sold twice as many vehicles in many more product lines than Tesla did last year. And Tesla, for its part, is a rent-seeking subsidy mill that sells automobiles as a side hustle.

To believe that Tesla is sixteen times the car company Ford is, you have to be taking acid. Or be a con artist's mark (hint: every investor in the US economy is this).

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (0FoWg)

267 I'm old enough to remember when US Steel was opening new facilities when Trump was president.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (gxokI)

268 As I have said before: the Beatles and the Beach Boys have taken a sharp inversion as I have gotten older. As a kid, I liked the Beatles and could not see the point of the Beach Boys. Now it is the opposite.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

John Lennon loved some of the Beach Boys' work.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (9yWhg)

269 you are lucky today is your birthday and grammie winger will (probably) go easy on you...

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)

I beg to differ.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (45fpk)

270 "Fetterman is closer to old school democrat: At the top of the slippery slope to the Squad. He's a thinking man's Joe Biden.
Posted by: Legion of Boom"

I'm not convinced he isn't a prog at heart. Or more likely no real convictions except general leftism. He may have seen the light on some issues because he is hearing from his constituents on them.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (JojsZ)

271 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (S0ihO)

272 That's because Ford is actually a pension fund that makes automobiles as a side hustle.

I'm surprised it's valued that highly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

***

And GM is a healthcare company that dabbles in autos

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (ZV+pB)

273 246. Victor that Dem in Virginia was a former Gov that Youngkin beat. With the Clinton war chest. No easy foe

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:47 AM (33nmr)

274 There are at least 10 songs on that album that could make up a bulk of a Beatles Greatest Hits album.

I get that The Beatles are not everyone's cup of tea, but come on man.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (XV/Pl)

I heard that “come on man” in Brandon voice 😂

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 08:48 AM (9Tih0)

275 > This. Language matters. Language is thought given form.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
__________________

The left has been bastardizing language since forever.

We let them do it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:48 AM (Q4IgG)

276 >>Joe, with our Woke Military? Why would China stop at just bombing Pearl Harbor?

Why would they bother bombing us at all? They are already killing 100,000 per year with fentanyl. They own a significant number of our politicians, business leaders, universities and Hollywood. They've even helped convince half the country that we conservatives are the real totalitarian threat in the world.

And they haven't fired a shot.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 08:48 AM (ZLI7S)

277
you are lucky today is your birthday and grammie winger will (probably) go easy on you...
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)

It was Sunday, actually. She's welcome to fire at will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

278 When Trump won Penn in 2016, there was a Dem apparatus with Commie Tom Wolfe in place

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (33nmr)

279 So. Looks like Minny-Soda got conquered.

When is it going to get renamed West Somalia?

Posted by: Robert at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (S0ihO)

280 Wife's doctor has her taking 50,000 IU Vitamin D supplement once a week.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:41 AM (/5TNL)
-

Why not several thousand units daily, instead of 50K once a week?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (zvEEc)

281 Brandon Straka

🚨VICTORY!!!🚨
I have WON the J6 civil case against me by the corrupt, lying, leftist Soros-funded DC nonprofit lawfirm Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (@LawyersComm
). Over 2 years ago I was served in a civil lawsuit by 8 black and brown Capitol Police officers whom I’ve never met, had no contact with on J6, and whom I was not even within proximity of.

They sued me under the KKK Act, alleging that I engaged in a white supremacist attack on black and brown police officers, that I caused their “injuries” (which included being pepper sprayed, and becoming “exhausted”

and conspired to encroach on their civil rights.

Almost every detail and allegation against me was a lie. In fact I’ll say: a KNOWN lie.

Knowing that I committed no violence on J6, and didn’t encourage anybody else to either, this lawsuit alleged that I “violently” breached the barricades of the Capitol and proceeding to attack police officers- including the plaintiffs.

The case entered discovery, where we gathered evidence that conclusively showed that none of these officers were even on the side of the building I was on during my brief time on Capitol grounds

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

282 The Beatles were never quite as good after they kicked out Mr. Bumble.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (9yWhg)

283 Brandon Straka cont.-

The case entered discovery, where we gathered evidence that conclusively showed that none of these officers were even on the side of the building I was on during my brief time on Capitol grounds. One of the plaintiffs was in Maryland at the time I was there.
This case cost me well into 6 figures to defend, and hundreds and hundreds of hours of my time- which is, of course, the whole point.
The left has weaponized our legal system, turning Democrat majority districts into a playground where they can abuse the process to harm those who get in the way of their political agendas.

But this case was even too preposterous for the DC courts, and after years of fighting-

I have won.

This is a much needed victory for truth, for decency, and for even a shred of restoration of our faith that justice still exists within corners of our legal system.
I thank you all who helped support me through this battle. Your support got me through- and my victory is your victory.

Please share this victory with everyone you know, and God bless you all.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

284 276. Deep, but true, Jack

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (33nmr)

285 "I've always found The Beatles incredibly overrated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck"

Yep. Every time I hear John Lennon was a genius I cringe and think being a genius is not what it use to be.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (JojsZ)

286 one serving of cauliflower has:

54% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin C
About13% of your daily vitamin K
2% of your daily calcium and iron
6% of your daily potassium
More than 3% of your daily magnesium
Cauliflower is also rich in:

Vitamin A
Vitamin E
Vitamins B5 and B6
Manganese
Folate
Zinc
Antioxidants

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (V13WU)

287 It was Sunday, actually. She's welcome to fire at will.
Posted by: Sponge

Good thing Doof gave you that giant pickleball racket that you can use to repel the enfilade.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (9yWhg)

288 247 Fetterman is closer to old school democrat: At the top of the slippery slope to the Squad. He's a thinking man's Joe Biden.
Posted by: Legion of Boom at December 19, 2023 08:44 AM (428dN)

The lump is the brains of the outfit.

Posted by: Auspex at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (6ZtAH)

289
Good thing Doof gave you that giant pickleball racket that you can use to repel the enfilade.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (9yWhg)

I thought pickleball rackets were already giant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

290 The value of a deep well of obsolete equipment is difficult to overstate when it comes to increasing production on impossible timelines during war.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:15 AM (zxP/x)

A few of the Lathes they used to turn gun barrels on still exist in the middle of nowhere NV. Funny thing is they are all basically inop as in nobody knows how to operate them.
I'm talking 6 foot diameter chuck, 40 foot long monsters.
There used to be a whole steel industry where these are. Now it's just Magnesium mining.
IMHO way to much is lost these days.
No "old school" guys in the shops teaching anybody.
Show a modern "machinest" an old Bridgeport Mill and he will look for the screen to tell him what to do.

Posted by: Reforger at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (v6gZU)

291 I like the TV commercial featuring "In My Life" and the old ladies on sleds.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 08:45 AM (45fpk)

***

I LOVE that commercial. I am getting to the age now where all of that fun and frivolous stuff is in my rear view mirror... BUT, I remember it fondly and would love to revisit those times

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (ZV+pB)

292 Would'nt it be nice by the Beach Boys. Perfection

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (33nmr)

293
After World War II, Henry Kaiser held a press conference to announce he was investing $50 million to start a new car company. Someone yelled from the back, "Give that man a white chip!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (MoZTd)

294 ... This case cost me well into 6 figures to defend, and hundreds and hundreds of hours of my time- which is, of course, the whole point.
The left has weaponized our legal system, turning Democrat majority districts into a playground where they can abuse the process to harm those who get in the way of their political agendas. ...
Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)
++++
Yup. This is 100% the point. I dunno if anyone follows Straka who doesn't already know it, but if so then maybe they'll learn.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (zxP/x)

295 Not much reporting is coming from the battle lines in Gaza, because the IDF prefers it that way; but there was one darkly amusing story that came out yesterday. In Shejiya, a neighborhood in the heart of Gaza City, there was an iron statue of a huge fist rising above a captured APC, commemorating an incident in 2014 when Hamas was able to kill 7 IDF soldiers with an IED on that spot. Yesterday the Golani Battalion, of which the 7 dead soldiers had been a part, posted video of them capturing and demolishing the monument.

and it's a reminder for those of us in this country - Monuments are destroyed when an invading force takes over and wants to demonstrate their new found dominance.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (S6gqv)

296 I thought pickleball rackets were already giant.
Posted by: Sponge

Well, some are more giant than others, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Pickleball Exhibitionists at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (9yWhg)

297
I think US Steel workers are going to have to make some adjustments to their work ethics under Japanese management. That will be fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM

Maybe, maybe not. 'Entrenched management' is a thing, and never a good thing. If Wall Street is excited by a change in management that might be a serious 'tell'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 08:53 AM (enJYY)

298 Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (V13WU)
-

Yep. Broc and caul are good stuff. Both make a great salad raw, with roasted cashews, Spanish onion and the right dressing tossed in.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 08:53 AM (zvEEc)

299 Where ya headed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

CA...the land of fruits and nuts.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:53 AM (6zZjf)

300 286. Newman would not eat Cauliflower at Kenny Rogers Roasters

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:53 AM (33nmr)

301 IMHO way to much is lost these days.
No "old school" guys in the shops teaching anybody.
Show a modern "machinest" an old Bridgeport Mill and he will look for the screen to tell him what to do.

Posted by: Reforger at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (v6gZU)

So maybe we are the Last Centurions after all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:54 AM (S6gqv)

302 Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

Thanks for that. Straka is a hero.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (FidzF)

303
CA...the land of fruits and nuts.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:53 AM (6zZjf)

As my dad once added, "and the whispering bush."

"Psssst. Hey buddy. Wanna buy a watch?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

304 Anyone not familiar with the Beach Boys 1971 album "Surf's Up!" should give it a play. Several of their most beautiful songs and they all contributed and shine here. "Feel Flows" is particularly wonderful.

Posted by: Musik Kal at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (V5BDR)

305 The sound of the Beach Boys makes me physically ill.

I came dangerously close to vomiting in a restaurant supply store once when they came on without warning.

Something about their harmony makes my stomach do somersaults.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (9UlRk)

306 Why not several thousand units daily, instead of 50K once a week?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

No idea. She is going to ask next time she sees him. You would think smaller daily would be better than once a week.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (/5TNL)

307 292 Would'nt it be nice by the Beach Boys. Perfection
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:52 AM (33nmr)

God only knows

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (zZu0s)

308 299 Where ya headed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

CA...the land of fruits and nuts.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2023 08:53 AM (6zZjf)

=========

I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (GBKbO)

309 RSV is everywhere at present. I had a nasty cough that lasted the better part of three weeks that was probably it, because all of our children have been through our house and left us little germ-presents.

I recommend lots of Nyquil at night.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (R4pPC)

310 I was offered an old Bridgeport for free about 15 years ago. My girlfriend wouldn't let me bring it home. I'm pretty glad that relationship ended.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (0FoWg)

311 Today? What does America produce? Mostly self-hating, braindead "graduates" with multi-colored hair, tattoos, piercings and worthless degrees in worthless subjects, ready to inflict perversion, Marxism and Marxist perversion on us while serving up our heads to the Religion of Peace peaceniks and their rusty hacksaws. In any case, as the degenerates in Congress who run the show are hot and horny to rush us into World War 3 in Ukraine, the Chi-Coms take one look at Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and the tin-pot Claudine Gays posing as the Joint Chiefs of Staff and are itching to pull the trigger on Taiwan.

Get out of my head, JJ!!!

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (pohLc)

312 Happy Belated Anniversary, TJM.

Posted by: Pickleball Exhibitionists at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (9yWhg)

313 281. Jesus Christ!! Why would any White Conservative, outside of Congress, visit that Shithole called Washington D.C.?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (33nmr)

314 I love Broccoli and cauliflower...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (n2vyf)

315 As my dad once added, "and the whispering bush."

"Psssst. Hey buddy. Wanna buy a watch?"
Posted by: Sponge

That sounds more like Brooklyn.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (/5TNL)

316
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (GBKbO)

I hope you had a grand anniversary celebration on Sunday, or over the entire weekend, whichever was required.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

317 Something about their harmony makes my stomach do somersaults.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (9UlRk)

Huh. Makes a certain sense. Harmonics is a thing. I know Sean Hannity and Ben Shapiro's voices actually set me on edge. Michael Medved *shudder*.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (zZu0s)

318
That sounds more like Brooklyn.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (/5TNL)

My dad spent a lot more time in Cali than he did in NY.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

319 312 Happy Belated Anniversary, TJM.
Posted by: Pickleball Exhibitionists at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (9yWhg)

========

Thanks!

We actually celebrate with a wine tasting tomorrow night. The MiL comes in today, so we finally have a free babysitter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 08:57 AM (GBKbO)

320
Yes. That's why it's vital especially if you live in a northern clime to be outdoors as much as possible in warm weather, and any sunny day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 08:46 AM

But apply sunscreen first with an SPF of 1000.

Medical advice which requires an asterisk for people who live in the north.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 08:57 AM (enJYY)

321 Have a soft landing CBD

If you're coming here, bring raincoat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

322 Good thing Doof gave you that giant pickleball racket that you can use to repel the enfilade.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:50 AM (9yWhg)

I thought pickleball rackets were already giant.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Rackets are for tennis. Pickleball uses paddles. Think oversized ping-pong paddles.

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 08:57 AM (+cH+C)

323 Oops, off highly inappropriate sock.

Happy Belated Anniversary, TJM.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (9yWhg)

324 316 I hope you had a grand anniversary celebration on Sunday, or over the entire weekend, whichever was required.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

=========

And I hope that you realized the real reason for December 17:

Honoring the day The Return of the King came to theaters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

325 Beach Boys were tight with Charlie Manson? Doris Day son also?

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (33nmr)

326 I think US Steel workers are going to have to make some adjustments to their work ethics under Japanese management. That will be fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM

Maybe, maybe not. 'Entrenched management' is a thing, and never a good thing. If Wall Street is excited by a change in management that might be a serious 'tell'.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

They either will, or the Japanese will shut it down and move it offshore. And then there is no millwork.

Period.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (/5TNL)

327 RSV is everywhere at present. I had a nasty cough that lasted the better part of three weeks that was probably it, because all of our children have been through our house and left us little germ-presents.

I recommend lots of Nyquil at night.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (R4pPC)

Funny how RSV was mostly heard of in children, babies, right up to the point where Pfizer came out with a "vaccine" and now it's EVERYWHERE and we're all going to die.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

328 And the GOP just got clobbered in VA.

He will also have to cede Arizona, because it's essentially been Californicated to blue state status.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 08:38 AM (9yUzE)

The GOP did NOT get clobbered in VA. With no national money, they GAINED Senate seats, and lost 3 House seats - aka, a 50/50 election.

That said, there is NO winning the state with Trump at the top. None. Any other R has a shot. Trump does not. It's not even in doubt. He's more likely to win NY than VA, and that's who he should go after...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 19, 2023 08:59 AM (exHjb)

329 Rackets are for tennis. Pickleball uses paddles. Think oversized ping-pong paddles.
Posted by: Doof

Paddles are better for artillery defense. They would repel the shrapnel, too.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:59 AM (9yWhg)

330 Breaded, roasted cauliflower !

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 08:59 AM (V13WU)

331
And I hope that you realized the real reason for December 17:

Honoring the day The Return of the King came to theaters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

No, but I did go see Monty Python's Holy Grail in the theater a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

332 321. And the number of good lawyer, in case you get picked up by the Cal Mind Police

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 09:00 AM (33nmr)

333

Paddles are better for artillery defense. They would repel the shrapnel, too.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:59 AM (9yWhg)

paddles are for pong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

334 GM is a healthcare company that dabbles in autos

Kaiser has entered the Permanente.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 09:00 AM (FCs/J)

335 The 3 events that have changed my perception of the world. 9/11, bamby and the chinese lung rot scamdemic. Until bamby ascended to the presidency I thought that the repubs were fighters and would not allow the light bringer to change our country. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Then covid hit and the world went insane. bamby softened up the US so that covid could be foisted on us.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 19, 2023 09:00 AM (2NHgQ)

336 Beach Boys were tight with Charlie Manson? Doris Day son also?
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (33nmr)

I think you're thinking of Angela Lansbury? Her daughter was starting to hang out with that crowd, and Angela had a hunch that they were bad news, so she decamped with her daughter back to the UK.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (9yWhg)

337 Thanks for that. Straka is a hero.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 08:55 AM (FidzF)
*****
You're welcome. Yes he is a hero.
This civil lawsuit was a disgrace.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

338 paddles are for pong.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

Pings are for golf.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (9UlRk)

339 I saw Return of the King when it came out. Missed the first 2, but King blew me away. Awesome film. Battle Scenes at Minas Tirith were amazing

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (33nmr)

340 On the long list of things that the GOPe hates about Trump is that he appeals to the working and middle class.
They absolutely f'ing HATE those people.

They would rather lose by 50 points with a pro-abortion diversity hire, because "she appeals to suburban women" than win by 5 with a pro-life MAGA candidate.

There are 10 times the votes to be gained from the working class than there ever will be among college grads.
But appeals to the working class are rough, loud, boisterous and with crude humor. That doesn't get you praise in the NYT or WaPo. And consultants don't get 6-figure commissions for appeals to them.

The Democrats have discarded with distain the working class. And the GOPe acts like picking it up is a hot dog turd.
That's why Trump can win. And no other Republicans will.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (TzW+Y)

341 Huh. Makes a certain sense. Harmonics is a thing. I know Sean Hannity and Ben Shapiro's voices actually set me on edge. Michael Medved *shudder*.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (zZu0s)

It’s funny how opinions change. I used to really enjoy listening to Michael Medved’s radio show. I thought he was a smart, interesting guy….. but then Trump came along and he lost his mind and almost seemed like a different guy to me. I stopped listening…… TDS is real and “spectacular” (as in it results in spectacles to behold)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (9Tih0)

342 “Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who’s good at football,” he added. “I’m better than ur goat.”
Super Bowl Champ Proposes "All-Black Vs. All-White Bowl," "Sick" of "White Guys Commenting on Football"

Hilariously sad.

Race-Warball!!!

Welp, that should just about do it for the NFL.

HA ha ha!

Time for the NPL*

*National Pickleball League

Posted by: naturalfake at December 19, 2023 09:01 AM (QzZeQ)

343
The Democrats who today are sobbing about the US car and steel industries being gone were sobbing 70 years ago about the soulless drudgery of the jobs in those industries.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 09:02 AM (MoZTd)

344 336. Right, but I think Brian Wilson was sleeping with all the Manson Hippie girls

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 09:02 AM (33nmr)

345 National Pickleball League

Doof D. Doof, Commissioner

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM (9yWhg)

346 I think US Steel workers are going to have to make some adjustments to their work ethics under Japanese management. That will be fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 08:31 AM

Jumping Jack! Ichi, ni, san! Ichi, ni, san!

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM (gmo/4)

347 Here is something , US is spying on Israel , But why ? WHY GRANDPA??? to see if they can use it to push warcrimes charges. True story. "Israel’s tactics in prosecuting its war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip has reportedly been actively gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies with reports passed to lawmakers.

Politico reports while American officials say they withholding judgments in real-time about Israel’s observance of the laws of war, the gathered intelligence might allow it to make such assessments post-conflict as to the conduct of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in relation to international law." International law ? they one that says dead Jews are acceptable public policy ?? pedofiles are going to judge Israel on its war tactics ??

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM (V13WU)

348 Medved lost his mind when his hero Romney lost in 2012

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM (33nmr)

349 I was the purchasing agent for a biz way way back in my salad days, buying big tonnage of galvanized sheet in coil, for making our products, which were rollformed metal roofing and siding. The level used on power plants, manufacturing plants, big warehouses.

Among the stable of vendors, I had two Japanese suppliers, one was Nippon. I recall going to a Christmas party at their downtown Pittsburgh offices, one entire floor of the building, the most elegant table of sushi and other foods I'd ever seen. The requisite photo upon entry with the bossman from Tokyo, gorgeous women hostesses.

The building was the U.S. Steel building, the big cor-ten clad masterpiece of architecture in the Golden Triangle.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (KiBMU)

350 I was watching kabbadi the other day.

That shit is hilarious.

It's like a game of smear the queer breaking out in the middle of a gentlemanly game of tag.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (9UlRk)

351 336 Beach Boys were tight with Charlie Manson? Doris Day son also?
Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (33nmr)

Not really. He tried to cozy up to them. Being peace and loveniks, they at first were receptive. But it didn't last.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (FidzF)

352
National Pickleball League

Doof D. Doof, Commissioner

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM

If he could explain the pickleball scoring system in a single paragraph he'd get my vote.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (enJYY)

353 BU, BUUUUT!! Friens don't spy on friens !!

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (V13WU)

354 I kinda like Little Saint Nick. There. I typed it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (NBVIP)

355 Heh! If you think the big companies are run by smart people you only have to look at the auto companies losing their fukkin dumb asses on evs. I mean, seriously, If you know anything about their obvious limitations, you would be a fool to buy one, and a bigger fool to manufacture one.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (pohLc)

356 I really liked Medved when he used to fill in for Rush.

He and Tony Snow and Mark Steyn were my favorite guest hosts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:05 AM (9yWhg)

357 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
30m
BREAKING: Per CBP sources, there were more than 12,600 migrants encountered at the southern border in the last 24 hours, the highest single day total ever recorded. The true number is *significantly* higher because there are thousands still waiting to be processed in Eagle Pass and they do not count in the numbers until they are put into the computers.
The official numbers yesterday include over 11,000 Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants and more than 1,600 migrants encountered at CBP ports of entry.
This breaks the record of 12,000 encounters that was set just two weeks ago.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

358 328. GOP fought a new legis map in Va, and picked up a senate seat. They also knocked out the worst Soros DA in the Country

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 09:05 AM (33nmr)

359 'Entrenched management' is a thing, and never a good thing.

You hear this, that and the other thing here about "The American Worker."

But nobody, nobody trusts American supervision or management.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (FCs/J)

360 I hope you had a grand anniversary celebration on Sunday, or over the entire weekend, whichever was required.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

=========

And I hope that you realized the real reason for December 17:

Honoring the day The Return of the King came to theaters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

Eh, you could do worse than LOTR as a replacement for the Bible.

Our Betters are certainly working overtime at eliminating the Good Book and all associated with it.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (QzZeQ)

361 Politico reports while American officials say they withholding judgments in real-time about Israel’s observance of the laws of war, the gathered intelligence might allow it to make such assessments post-conflict as to the conduct of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in relation to international law." International law ? they one that says dead Jews are acceptable public policy ?? pedofiles are going to judge Israel on its war tactics ??
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM (V13WU)

My read on this is that it shows how many hard core Hamas supporters are embedded in our State Dep't and Defense industry now. They won't be able to actually do this (Israel does not and will never recognize any outside judicial bodies, especially not the ICC) but they still like to pretend they're doing something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

362 So maybe we are the Last Centurions after all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 08:54 AM (S6gqv)

I do my part trying to keep one of the last Foundrys alive every day.
Used to be there was a shit ton of these things.
Almost every mid sized city had at least one.
Hell they used to teach what I do in JR High.

There is literally nobody in my shop who knows Sand Casting from dirt to product. We have a million dollar machine to auto make molds and nobody knows how it works.They can run it but let it shift or mess up in any way and we have to call the factory.

Patterns for molds is an art form soon to be forgotten too.

Posted by: Reforger at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (8LN/r)

363 Medved is great if you have insomnia.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (R4t5M)

364 Watching/recording the original Red Dawn -- just started.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (2yu8s)

365 I live in Northern IL, yes I know, but I know Wisconsin. Not as well as Grammie and JJ, but Trump has a great shot of winning that again in 2024.

Posted by: Jonah at December 19, 2023 09:07 AM (33nmr)

366 more ,

"The outlet goes on to relate State Department officials are also collecting reports of alleged, potential Israeli violations through a system unveiled in August called the Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance, or CHIRG"

NEW SYSTEM. Unveiled in August...how peculiarly interesting...

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:07 AM (V13WU)

367 >>BU, BUUUUT!! Friens don't spy on friens !!

Jonathan Pollard has entered the chat.

Every country that has the ability spies on everyone else. Always has, always will.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

368 Medved is still around? Have he and Hugh Hewitt started a consulting firm for RINOs?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 09:08 AM (FidzF)

369 My read on this is that it shows how many hard core Hamas supporters are embedded in our State Dep't and Defense industry now. They won't be able to actually do this (Israel does not and will never recognize any outside judicial bodies, especially not the ICC) but they still like to pretend they're doing something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

optimistic of you

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:08 AM (V13WU)

370 Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance ... Does that apply to the 1400 Israelis slaughtered by Hamas ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (n2vyf)

371 Does this mean we're getting California art today?

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (45fpk)

372 Going into Leave the World Behind, I knew that its executive producers were Barack and Michelle Obama, so I kept waiting for political messages. When they did come, I was reminded that back in the 1930s and 40s, Hollywood writers who belonged to the American Communist Party were under strict orders from Moscow to work Stalinist propaganda into their scripts, but not to be too heavy-handed about it.
==================
Well, that pretty much describes what's coming.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (8juNL)

373 >>“I don’t mean to laugh about it, but this is insane. You have somebody who’s a complete failure, who embarrassed the university, who cost them a billion dollars, who gets caught plagiarizing, and they’re going stand with her

Well, they stood with fake Native American Elizabeth Warren before Gay. Hard to pull back and enforce the rules after bending them so often for so many, I guess.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (izj35)

374 I've always said rich libs can afford go be socialists. The rest of us, not so much...
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Trump was the only Republican in the last 40 years that passed a tax change that went after almost exclusively rich Democrats-- the SALT reduction.

Never have the Republicans pushed a tax change that didn't also benefit the rich.
Never have the Democrats ever pushed a tax change that didn't almost exclusively punish conservatives and benefit the rich.

Nobody has been on the side of average, ordinary Americans, but Trump, for 40 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (TzW+Y)

375 Every country that has the ability spies on everyone else. Always has, always will.
Posted by: JackStraw

Why do you have all of these Dorito bags in your garbage?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:10 AM (9yWhg)

376 371 Does this mean we're getting California art today?
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (45fpk)

Nekkid lardass on an ottoman.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 09:10 AM (pohLc)

377 I like that Beach Boys song about the riot/student demonstration thing.

Hilarious!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 09:10 AM (puDky)

378 discarded with distain

You're doing great. Keep fucking that monkey.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 09:10 AM (FCs/J)

379 372 Going into Leave the World Behind, I knew that its executive producers were Barack and Michelle Obama, so I kept waiting for political messages. When they did come, I was reminded that back in the 1930s and 40s, Hollywood writers who belonged to the American Communist Party were under strict orders from Moscow to work Stalinist propaganda into their scripts, but not to be too heavy-handed about it.
***
Interestingly, some of very pro-American movies back then in were written by commies.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 09:11 AM (FidzF)

380 With the houthis shutting down the Suez canal and low water restricting the Panama canal, it is going to be an interesting shipping year.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (lTGtQ)

381 Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance ... Does that apply to the 1400 Israelis slaughtered by Hamas ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Of course not.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (R4t5M)

382 357 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
30m
BREAKING: Per CBP sources, there were more than 12,600 migrants encountered at the southern border in the last 24 hours, the highest single day total ever recorded.
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half the population of my town walked over the border, yesterday.

We are being Bidenized.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (8juNL)

383 Heh! If you think the big companies are run by smart people you only have to look at the auto companies losing their fukkin dumb asses on evs. I mean, seriously, If you know anything about their obvious limitations, you would be a fool to buy one, and a bigger fool to manufacture one.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (pohLc)
******
I think they're hoping Biden and the Democrats will give them a bailout because the Green New Deal scam is the Left's religion that they can't let go of.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

384 > My read on this is that it shows how many hard core Hamas supporters are embedded in our State Dep't and Defense industry now.
________________

Hard core Iranian supporters too. Some with direct connections to the Iranian government. As in spies.

Ariane Tabatabai, the Chief of Staff for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, was a founding member of the Iran Experts Initiative, a group of American policy analysts who worked with the Iranian regime to proliferate their false narratives regarding their nuclear program during the Iran nuclear deal negotiations.

- One, (1) example. There are others.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (Q4IgG)

385 rest easy world !

"Turkey said it had reviewed the financial activities of a company whose shareholders were sanctioned by the United States on the grounds of providing aid to Hamas and found there was no abuse of its financial system."

There is no abuse. Of course. It is well within Turkish law to finance Muslim Brotherhood terrorist offshoots like AK party and hamas.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (V13WU)

386 Among the stable of vendors, I had two Japanese suppliers, one was Nippon. I recall going to a Christmas party at their downtown Pittsburgh offices, one entire floor of the building, the most elegant table of sushi and other foods I'd ever seen. The requisite photo upon entry with the bossman from Tokyo, gorgeous women hostesses.

The building was the U.S. Steel building, the big cor-ten clad masterpiece of architecture in the Golden Triangle.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (KiBMU)

Sadly, no stash of bearer bonds were kept there.

Posted by: Hans Gruber at December 19, 2023 09:13 AM (4I/2K)

387 half the population of my town walked over the border, yesterday.

We are being Bidenized.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (8juNL)

It's the Republicans fault... They won't pass comprehensive immigration reform !..... Amnesty

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 09:13 AM (n2vyf)

388 What's going on at the border is pure treason. The failure of the GOP is an abject, ruinous disgrace.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 09:14 AM (FidzF)

389 Roofers working on a house across the alley. No way would you ever get me up on a steeply-pitched roof like that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:14 AM (9yWhg)

390 The notion of an alliance between the parliamentary advocates of increased welfare spending and the captains of industry seemed a bit bizarre to Honor, but something was certainly giving them an awful lot of clout with the Opposition, for Countess New Kiev had decided to turn the screws on Dame Estelle to propitiate them.

—David Weber, On Basilisk Station

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (KfxQ9)

391 Paddles are better for artillery defense. They would repel the shrapnel, too.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 08:59 AM (9yWhg)

paddles are for pong.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

And Warlords! Also Kaboom.

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (+cH+C)

392 Good morning, JJ, Horde,

* skims news, comments *

Let's see ... dogs and cats living together ... mass hysteria ... but bourbon and steaks!

You know the upside of Francis' latest horrible deed? It's gonna put a spotlight on his illegitimacy. He isn't acting like a Catholic pope because he isn't a Catholic ... or the pope. Props to blogger Ann Barnhardt for making the case for that.

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (JcnCJ)

393 389 Roofers working on a house across the alley. No way would you ever get me up on a steeply-pitched roof like that.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:14 AM (9yWhg)

Which is why we need all those new "Americans"..

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (n2vyf)

394 “I don’t mean to laugh about it, but this is insane. You have somebody who’s a complete failure, who embarrassed the university, who cost them a billion dollars, who gets caught plagiarizing, and they’re going stand with her

Well, they stood with fake Native American Elizabeth Warren before Gay. Hard to pull back and enforce the rules after bending them so often for so many, I guess.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:09 AM (izj35)

I think this is more akin to that Old Democrat Favorite, Slavery.

If you dump an unqualifiedlunkhead into an important position,

it's because you want the UL to follow your strict instructions and if the UL doesn't follow your orders, they get the whip(ie. fired and banished)

It's a very sweet and soft and lucrative slavery, but slavery none the less.

Where is the Kunta Kinta of Our Betters Academic Slave Crew?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (QzZeQ)

395 I actually thought Medved had passed away for some reason, but per the Internet he is still alive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

396 Not really. He tried to cozy up to them. Being peace and loveniks, they at first were receptive. But it didn't last.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (FidzF)

The good looking Beach Boy who drowned partied with The Manson Family. He banged all the young broads and they gave him gonorrhea, or as Rush Bingbang used to say, Gongarrhea.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 09:16 AM (puDky)

397 half the population of my town walked over the border, yesterday.

They just wanted authentic Mexican cuisine.

Oh, wait. You mean the OTHER way.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:16 AM (9yWhg)

398 So, they released wolves into Colorado and our schlubby Governor was there to celebrate. It won;t be his livestock or family put at risk, so, totes cool, huh?

GRAND COUNTY, Colorado (AP) — Somewhere on a remote mountainside in Colorado's Rockies, a latch flipped on a crate and a wolf bounded out, heading toward the tree line. Then it stopped short.

For a moment, the young female looked back at it's audience of roughly 45 people who stared on in reverential silence. Then she disappeared into the forest.
She was one of five gray wolves Wildlife officials released in a remote part of Colorado's Rocky Mountains on Monday to kick off a voter-approved reintroduction program that was embraced in the state's mostly Democratic urban corridor but staunchly opposed in conservative rural areas where ranchers worry about attacks on livestock. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:16 AM (izj35)

399 On the long list of things that the GOPe hates about Trump is that he appeals to the working and middle class. They absolutely f'ing HATE those people. They would rather lose by 50 points with a pro-abortion diversity hire, because "she appeals to suburban women" than win by 5 with a pro-life MAGA candidate.

There are 10 times the votes to be gained from the working class than there ever will be among college grads.

This. Every GOP candidate pays a party-picked consultant who tells him "the key to winning is suburban women." Not because they have the most voting potential, but because the consultant wants the candidate to align with their values.

Working class men who don't participate in politics (because frankly they don't see politics offering them anything) would be low-hanging fruit for Republicans. But that would require policies the beltway political consultants find abhorrent; gun rights, immigration control, tax increases on the wealthy.

Republicans would rather be a minority party that futilely appeals to Karen McBoxwine than a majority party for Joe and Jose Beerwater.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 09:16 AM (9yUzE)

400 National Pickleball League

Doof D. Doof, Commissioner

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:03 AM

If he could explain the pickleball scoring system in a single paragraph he'd get my vote.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 09:04 AM (enJYY)

It's not really that difficult to understand. Makes far more sense than tennis.

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:17 AM (+cH+C)

401 half the population of my town walked over the border, yesterday.

We are being Bidenized.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (8juNL)
*******
All Democrats in office are responsible for this. They know this allows them to cheat easier by registering these people to vote. All they need is a name and a fake address.
First they'll be allowed to vote in local elections then Federal.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

402 paddles are for pong.
Posted by: Sponge

Paddles are for Zoot. Naughty, wicked Zoot!

Posted by: Zoot at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (/5TNL)

403 Just the fact that Democrats and Republicans are meeting to "clinch an immigration deal" makes me sick to my stomach.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (9yUzE)

404 So, they released wolves into Colorado and our schlubby Governor was there to celebrate

I don't get it. What's the upside of releasing wolves?

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (45fpk)

405 They won't be able to actually do this (Israel does not and will never recognize any outside judicial bodies, especially not the ICC) but they still like to pretend they're doing something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

optimistic of you
Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:08 AM (V13WU)

One of the reasons I watch the situation over there is that Israel is quietly but determinably doing something they should have done long, long ago, which is preparing to stand completely alone, dependent on no other country. They are taking steps every day to toss the UN and all of its installations out of Gaza, and they have already told the EU to go piss off. They won't tell the US to piss off in the middle of a war, but they're making all the preparations.

There's a downside for the US in this, as a warning to those who hear this and think "Great!" Don't be surprised when a future Israel starts doing deals with Russia and China, because the US can no longer be counted on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (S6gqv)

406 Volksvagen's Instagram handle in Italy

Volkswagenitalia

Posted by: Ciampino - spell check that at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (qfLjt)

407 I once spent an entire J term shoveling snow off of roofs in a very wealthy suburb of Minneapolis. Made thousands of dollars. Fell of quite a few roofs but the falls were softened by the snow I'd just cleared off the roof. Good times

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (ZV+pB)

408 403 Just the fact that Democrats and Republicans are meeting to "clinch an immigration deal" makes me sick to my stomach.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (9yUzE)

As it should

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 09:19 AM (n2vyf)

409 Howdy, Doof

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 19, 2023 09:19 AM (JcnCJ)

410 Huh. You know I had not thought about it in this context before.

Remember the famous photo from Vietnam of the South Vietnamese guy executing the VC guy? I remember reading that the VC guy had actually been a member of a killing squad sent into the city and had murdered numerous people (including members of the Officer's family.) It was a general terror campaign that the VC had launched.

10/7 was just like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:19 AM (zZu0s)

411 Eylon Levy @EylonALevy 41m
OFFICIAL: Kamal Adwan Hospital director Ahmed al-Kahlout confesses Hamas used the hospital as a military base, recruited him in 2010 as a brigadier-general, and registered Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade members as medical staff.

Hospitals must be protected from Hamas!
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The UNWRA would walk a mile for a Kamal.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (2yu8s)

412 She was one of five gray wolves Wildlife officials released in a remote part of Colorado's Rocky Mountains on Monday to kick off a voter-approved reintroduction program that was embraced in the state's mostly Democratic urban corridor but staunchly opposed in conservative rural areas where ranchers worry about attacks on livestock. . .
Posted by: Lizzy

Shoot. Shovel. Shut up.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (/5TNL)

413 The US economy is now built on the assumption that every developed country will maintain friendly trade relations with us forever, and therefore we can just offshore any and all production since it gives marginal cost benefits.

The problem with this is the risks of course. Japan is unlike to cut off supplies, let alone go to war, but China is. And the EU is malevolent - look at what they are doing with Twitter...

And of course we are in a quasi-war with Russia.

A smart America would use tariffs to keep production of important things like...antibiotics or steel...domestic.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (XqcwY)

414 link in my nic to a disgusting local Philly story - trans activist just got arrested for violently raping young boys.

guess who "she" was best pals with? another LBGT activist? who maybe just got murdered by a young man who claims he was raped by him?

yep, "Kendall" was besties with Josh Kruger.

the homosexual community has a BIG PROBLEM with the trannies. they are - a lot of them - not right in the head. and aggressive; predatory.

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (AcWfM)

415
Democrats and Republicans are meeting to "clinch an immigration deal"

____________

From 1945: Eisenhower and Jodl are meeting to "clinch a peace deal".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (MoZTd)

416 Watching/recording the original Red Dawn -- just started.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:06 AM (2yu8s)

Good movie. Trivia tidbit -- that was the first movie released with a PG-13 rating, but not the first to RECEIVE the rating. The Flamingo Kid received the rating before Red Dawn, but Red Dawn was released in theatres before The Flamingo Kid.

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (+cH+C)

417 All Democrats in office are responsible for this. They know this allows them to cheat easier by registering these people to vote. All they need is a name and a fake address.
First they'll be allowed to vote in local elections then Federal.

Posted by: redridinghood

I don't think they care if the illegals vote. They count for representation whether they vote or not. It is easier to get a majority in a district where 30% of the voters are not citizens and aren't voting.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (lTGtQ)

418 It's not really that difficult to understand. Makes far more sense than tennis.
Posted by: Doof

That Calvin kid didn't write the manual, did he?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:21 AM (9yWhg)

419 Howdy, Doof
Posted by: callsign claymore at December 19, 2023 09:19 AM (JcnCJ)

Double C!!! Wow, it's been quite a while since we've crossed paths here. Hope all is well with you!

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:21 AM (+cH+C)

420 10/7 was just like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:19 AM (zZu0s)

The executor was the South Vietnamese Police Chief/General for that city if I remember right, so he had every right to be pissed off and in a killing mood.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 09:21 AM (puDky)

421 Good movie. Trivia tidbit -- that was the first movie released with a PG-13 rating, but not the first to RECEIVE the rating. The Flamingo Kid received the rating before Red Dawn, but Red Dawn was released in theatres before The Flamingo Kid.

The Flamingo Kid?!?!?

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:22 AM (AcWfM)

422 If Countess New Kiev ends up disciplining Dame Estelle, that's a novel I've got to read!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:22 AM (2yu8s)

423 =================
half the population of my town walked over the border, yesterday.

We are being Bidenized.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:12 AM (8juNL)

Enforcing the border is racist, dontchaknow. The new marching orders have been given.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

424 CNBC just informed me Biden approval hits a new low, at 35%. Then, the sad violin started playing.

That's before ballot harvesters do their nefarious work, but still, that's crazy-low.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:22 AM (X3mJX)

425 the homosexual community has a BIG PROBLEM with the trannies. they are - a lot of them - not right in the head. and aggressive; predatory.
Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (AcWfM)

You say that like the faggot community is right in the head. Care for a little turd tamping video in Senate chambers?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (pohLc)

426 I actually thought Medved had passed away for some reason, but per the Internet he is still alive.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

It was his relevancy that passed on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

427
Let the record show that doof did not try to explain the pickleball scoring system in one paragraph.

Impeach him!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (enJYY)

428 Good movie. Trivia tidbit -- that was the first movie released with a PG-13 rating, but not the first to RECEIVE the rating. The Flamingo Kid received the rating before Red Dawn, but Red Dawn was released in theatres before The Flamingo Kid.

I originally thought that was Temple of Doom, but I guess ToD was the movie that inspired the new rating, though it itself was PG.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (9yWhg)

429 It's not really that difficult to understand. Makes far more sense than tennis.
Posted by: Doof

That Calvin kid didn't write the manual, did he?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:21 AM (9yWhg)

Perhaps he had a little involvement. It can be a bit confusing at first, but no more confusing than what an "old thread" is around here!

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (+cH+C)

430 Dennis Wilson had some of the Manson women hanging out at his house for a few weeks, IIRC. Terry Melcher, Doris Day's son, was cajoled to go out to the Spahn Ranch and hear Charlie's music (there's a film or recording of that, IIRC). Melcher made dismissive noises, which Manson mistook for encouragement, and when no recording contract came through, he was furious with both Wilson and Melcher, which some say was the reason behind the Tate murders.

The Beach Boys did record one Manson song, "Cease To Exist," which they changed to "Cease To Resist."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (Q0kLU)

431 419 Yup, Doof. All is well, man. Hope you and yours are prospering.

Posted by: callsign claymore at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (JcnCJ)

432 Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:18 AM (S6gqv)
-

I so disagree with your assessment of Israel's military independence.

Go investigate the numbers. The article I linked to weeks' ago about the Israel/Egypt faux peace should have been enough to raise a mental alarm bell.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (zvEEc)

433 CNBC just informed me Biden approval hits a new low, at 35%. Then, the sad violin started playing

===

they are worried because math tells them that even with massive mail in campaigns they cannot reach the magic numbers

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (V13WU)

434 Democrats and Republicans are meeting to "clinch an immigration deal"
____________

Probably meeting in the Senate side. That's where America traditionally gets railed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (X3mJX)

435 I originally thought that was Temple of Doom, but I guess ToD was the movie that inspired the new rating, though it itself was PG.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (9yWhg)

Correct - Temple of Doom was the movie that led to the creation of PG-13

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (+cH+C)

436 >>This. Every GOP candidate pays a party-picked consultant who tells him "the key to winning is suburban women." Not because they have the most voting potential, but because the consultant wants the candidate to align with their values.

Trump is the first Republican in my lifetime who is actively playing on the left's turf not fighting a losing battle for AWFLs. Democrats have so badly screwed up the cities they dominate, especially with the flood of illegals, there are votes to be had there.

The DNC in Chicago is going to be very interesting next summer.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (ZLI7S)

437
Correct - Temple of Doom was the movie that led to the creation of PG-13
Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (+cH+C)

Because Heaven forbid PARENTS be allowed to determine what's best for their children. We need the MOVIE industry to help us out......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

438 GatewayPundit:

Former RNC Chair Reince Priebus Explains Trump’s Appeal to ABC News: ‘People are Looking for a Bigger Middle Finger This Time Than They Were in 2016’

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

439 Let the record show that doof did not try to explain the pickleball scoring system in one paragraph.

Impeach him!
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (enJYY)

Yup. I don't want to be commish - I'd rather be a player!

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (+cH+C)

440 As Yankee Land continues to collapse it insists upon its virtue. Money Lending and Propaganda is not the path to power.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (LVNnd)

441 Don't be surprised when a future Israel starts doing deals with Russia and China, because the US can no longer be counted on.

Any GOP candidate with balls should come right out and tell our 'allies' that ANY democrat administration will betray them and support their enemies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (Q0kLU)

442 the homosexual community has a BIG PROBLEM with the trannies. they are - a lot of them - not right in the head. and aggressive; predatory.
Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (AcWfM)
You say that like the faggot community is right in the head. Care for a little turd tamping video in Senate chambers?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 09:23 AM (pohLc)

You never know when a homosexual is out and about.

Avoid public restrooms and miniature golf courses.

Posted by: Boys Beware! at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (puDky)

443 embraced in the state's mostly Democratic urban corridor but staunchly opposed in conservative rural areas where ranchers worry about attacks on livestock. . .

If we ever end up with a Constitution v2.0 I suspect we need to specifically note that laws can only come into affect if an area votes for them. So if for example all of CO votes to reintroduce wolves into the rural counties, but the rural counties vote no...they don't get introduced there, though CO could instead let them lose in the suburban/urban counties that voted for it.

Yes, this would likely make living in blue shitholes worse but...that's just letting people have what they want to vote for...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (XqcwY)

444 Because Heaven forbid PARENTS be allowed to determine what's best for their children. We need the MOVIE industry to help us out......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

Tipper Gore's PMRC has entered the chat

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (+cH+C)

445
The DNC in Chicago is going to be very interesting next summer.
Posted by: JackStraw

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When the CPD beats the tar out of MAGA demonstrators the whole world won't be able to watch.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM (MoZTd)

446 438 GatewayPundit:

Former RNC Chair Reince Priebus Explains Trump’s Appeal to ABC News: ‘People are Looking for a Bigger Middle Finger This Time Than They Were in 2016’
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You think?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (LVNnd)

447 I am not Catholic and generally don't pay too much attention to the Pope's pronouncements. However, the gay marriage thing is interesting because the Catholic church has been tolerating gay clergy for years. Back in the early 2000's the WashPost did one of their big 3-day investigative reports on gays in seminary, with a lot of interviews with people heterosexual would-be priests who dropped out because they were constantly harassed/bullied, and in some cases, sexually assaulted. It gave the impression that the church was becoming primarily gay as the homosexual clergy dropped out. This was obviously pre-LGBT groups intimidating news orgs from any negative reporting on homosexual behavior, as well as pre-pedo priest blockbuster scandal.
So, it's been 20 years since that small view into Catholic seminary -- is there pressure from within the church to recognize gay relationships given how many of its clergy may well be gay?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (izj35)

448 440 As Yankee Land continues to collapse it insists upon its virtue. Money Lending and Propaganda is not the path to power.

ha ha it's done pretty well up until now!

but I do hope you're correct

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (AcWfM)

449 It's about my name, isn't it?

Posted by: Rinsed Penis at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (NBVIP)

450 Go investigate the numbers. The article I linked to weeks' ago about the Israel/Egypt faux peace should have been enough to raise a mental alarm bell.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 09:24 AM (zvEEc)

Almost amusing that the biggest military threat to Egypt now is the Houthi, not the Israelis.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (S6gqv)

451 Funny that bearer bonds have been all but illegal since the 1980s, due to tax law changes and money laundering lasws.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (lTGtQ)

452 Because Heaven forbid PARENTS be allowed to determine what's best for their children. We need the MOVIE industry to help us out......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

Temple is odd. It is far darker than the other two movies. Has a completely different tone. The romance is more about getting laid. It's darker, more... mean?

I think I remember hearing that both of them were going through divorces and that might have colored things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (zZu0s)

453 Former RNC Chair Reince Priebus Explains Trump’s Appeal to ABC News: ‘People are Looking for a Bigger Middle Finger This Time Than They Were in 2016’

The feral government is intent on making my life worse. I don't want a president that will compromise and only decrease my quality of life 50% of what Biden wants.

I want someone that will role back every law passed since 1991 - any that are of value can be re-debated/passed in congress.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (XqcwY)

454 Good ol' Rinsed Penis states the obvious. Now he can crawl back under his rock.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (R4t5M)

455 So, it's been 20 years since that small view into Catholic seminary -- is there pressure from within the church to recognize gay relationships given how many of its clergy may well be gay?

I think the pressure comes from how dependent the US RCC is on the govt largesse now

they don't care too much about the actual adherents and what we think

they care about Uncle Sugar

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (AcWfM)

456 I would like to assure everybody that places like Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta will vote for Dems. Soon GA will be gerrymandered into another Dem stronghold.

Posted by: runner at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (V13WU)

457 So, it's been 20 years since that small view into Catholic seminary -- is there pressure from within the church to recognize gay relationships given how many of its clergy may well be gay?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (izj35)

I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church left me.

They don't have any bearing on my life whatsoever any longer. ESPECIALLY with this leftist commie as 'pope.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

458
Yup. I don't want to be commish - I'd rather be a player!

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 09:26 AM

Yeah, it's a good game and a good workout. But every time I read the scoring rules my eyes glaze over and I feel the need to take a nap.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 09:29 AM (enJYY)

459 You never know when a homosexual is out and about.

Avoid public restrooms and miniature golf courses.
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Don't hang around bus stations.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 09:29 AM (LVNnd)

460 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:29 AM (9yWhg)

461 I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church left me.

I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school.. I no longer attend services

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (n2vyf)

462 They don't have any bearing on my life whatsoever any longer. ESPECIALLY with this leftist commie as 'pope.'

While bears still sh*t in the woods, the old saw about "Is the Pope Catholic" isn't funny any more...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (XqcwY)

463 The UNWRA would walk a mile for a Kamal.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:20 AM (2yu8s)
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No kidding:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3un43j

(INN search results)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (zvEEc)

464 art hiking nood

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (2yu8s)

465 The US RCC left us all. They care only about money, and themselves.

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (AcWfM)

466 >>Yes, this would likely make living in blue shitholes worse but...that's just letting people have what they want to vote for...

Heh, if only! I have to admit that my fisrt reaction to Polis being there to celebrate the release was along the lines of "I hope a wolf mauls someone he loves." Not very Christian of me.

But if you ponder it for a minute, the Democrats are A-OK with releasing predators into their urban communities, too - the repeat violent offender types, illegal aliens, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (izj35)

467 >>When the CPD beats the tar out of MAGA demonstrators the whole world won't be able to watch.

I don't think it will be Juicy going off in Chicago. Black Democrats in Chicago are realizing they are no longer #1 on the victim totem pole in their own city and they seem a bit unhappy about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (ZLI7S)

468 If only Americans would take some responsibility for running off businesses like US Steel. But they won’t. They’ll bitch and blame everyone and everything else…

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (bmNfW)

469 Rashard Mendenhall has convinced me to support Planned Parent(in_the)hood in 2024.

Posted by: Marooned at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (kt8QE)

470 Almost amusing that the biggest military threat to Egypt now is the Houthi, not the Israelis.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 09:27 AM (S6gqv)
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Thank G-d for interludes.

But Egypt only had to let massive supplies through to Hamas via the joint Gaza-Sinai border, while all the while smiling at Israel as if nothing is happening.

I blame Israel. We let all of these things happen.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (zvEEc)

471 Former RNC Chair Reince Priebus Explains Trump’s Appeal to ABC News: ‘People are Looking for a Bigger Middle Finger This Time Than They Were in 2016’
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

That’s right where I am. I want Trump to win so very much for many reasons but the chief among them is the huge middle finger it would be to “elites” everywhere

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (9Tih0)

472 467 >>When the CPD beats the tar out of MAGA demonstrators the whole world won't be able to watch.

I don't think it will be Juicy going off in Chicago. Black Democrats in Chicago are realizing they are no longer #1 on the victim totem pole in their own city and they seem a bit unhappy about it.
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Blacks have consistently lost to Hispanics. Don't know how they are doing against the Bedouin.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (LVNnd)

473
Minnesota went full Somali

Never go full Somali

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (xG4kz)

474 Minnesota went full Somali

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (xG4kz)
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Somali like it hot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (zvEEc)

475 >>Former RNC Chair Reince Priebus Explains Trump’s Appeal to ABC News: ‘People are Looking for a Bigger Middle Finger This Time Than They Were in 2016’

Haha, no.
A "middle finger?" When Biden has been sending billions to Ukraine, flooding the country with illegal aliens, letting criminals loose while prosecuting grandmas for entering the Capital or praying in front of Planned Parenthood, overtly and actively grooming our kids for a lifetime of sexual perversion if not mutilation?

They'd be lucky to get the middle finger, Reince.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (izj35)

476
424 CNBC just informed me Biden approval hits a new low, at 35%. Then, the sad violin started playing.

That's before ballot harvesters do their nefarious work, but still, that's crazy-low.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 09:22 AM (X3mJX)

Biden is a voting machine algorithm' 'improvement' away from historically high 'votes'.

And the RNC has not a scintilla , no not even a smidgen of a scintilla, of a plan to counter ballot fraud.

But FNC ( aka Murdock/RNC) news says we have to vote harder.
F those guys in particular.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at December 19, 2023 09:38 AM (U7JaW)

477 473
Minnesota went full Somali

Never go full Somali
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Somalis came with federal funding cuz refugees. Minneapolis was all over that deal like stink on shit. Do you know how many Public Teacher jobs were saved by that influx? Dittos, municipal workers. California did this with Mexicans but they didn't come with big Fed bucks like the Somalis.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (LVNnd)

478 No one bothered to read the document. In paragraphs 5 and 38:

5. Such is also the meaning of the Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which states that the Church does not have the power to impart blessings on unions of persons of the same sex.

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38. For this reason, one should neither provide for nor promote a ritual for the blessings of couples in an irregular situation. At the same time, one should not prevent or prohibit the Church’s closeness to people in every situation in which they might seek God’s help through a simple blessing. In a brief prayer preceding this spontaneous blessing, the ordained minister could ask that the individuals have peace, health, a spirit of patience, dialogue, and mutual assistance—but also God’s light and strength to be able to fulfill his will completely.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (RHGPo)

479 FETTERMAN FOR PRESIDENT
FETTERMAN FETTERMAN THERE NEVER WAS A BETTERMAN

But seriously, there was no way on God's green earth the Dems were going to allow Dr. Oz into the Senate. A truly moderate Muslim is the last person they want to give a national voice. The Dems agenda is to stuff the country full of Muslims and brand themselves the anti-Israel party.

Posted by: Phil N Blank at December 19, 2023 09:47 AM (SV2Xx)

480 15 of the top 20 billionaires in the USA contributed to the GOP
Trump pushed through a trillion dollar tax cut of the richest Americans. Dems opposed it.
Lol
It wasn't that long ago that the rich were bring praised by the right wing nuts as the ",job creators' whose s pending would " trickle down " on us .

[Kurt you ignorant cum-stain. The "rich" that is entrepreneurs and corporations are the source of all jobs and real capital investment. When they are not in bed with big government - aka FASCISM - and when government stays out of the way of innovation and free enterprise, they are the source of all productivity that is the free market.

Cutting taxes frees capital for investment and, wait for it, JOBS. Thank Trump for the biggest economic boom of all Americans in history.

Now? Most are in bed, willingly or not, with the Leftist Junta that is DC. That I do denounce. Things are not static; they change naturally or otherwise. Go get your shine box. You embarrassed yourself yet again. And hit my tip jar you cheap Lefty asshole - jjs]

Posted by: Paul [Kurt, official dick-gargler of Fleet Week] at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (K0KNX)

481 If it takes you 38 paragraphs to articulate a position on gay shit, you probably shouldn't be running a church. Is there any sin that a church would bend this far backwards to address?

Posted by: isn't funny how certain churches just have to keep picking at homo stuff like a scab? at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (pjs7m)

482 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

Aljazeera, today, News/Israel-Palestine conflict
US announces 10-nation force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says coalition will include Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, UK and other countries. (i.e., the Seychelles)
It part, "The United States has announced the launch of a multinational force to protect trade in the Red Sea after attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels forced at least a dozen shipping lines to suspend operations."

Also, "Houthi attacks have effectively rerouted a significant portion of global trade by forcing freight companies to sail around Africa, imposing higher costs and delays for energy, food and consumer goods deliveries.

About 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea, which connects to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal, including 30 percent of container traffic."
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And another: Can the US-led maritime force stop Yemen’s Houthi attacks during Gaza war? The Houthis say they won’t stop attacking ships unless Israel stops its attacks on Gaza. So far, the shipping industry doesn’t appear convinced the task force can stop them.

Reminder: It's Fed party week.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 10:05 AM (GshMh)

483 Happy Tuesday, JJ! At least in around Memphis, Tennessee - a charming place I like to call "Detroit South" - it's cold but brilliantly sunny today. That's so until the Democrats (with Mr. Burns and Republican help) attempt to destroy the Sun. Lol!

As a reminder, today is December 19, only 19 days till the anniversary of the biggest inside hit job in American history upon U.S. citizens by their own government. And NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE the Republican's go-along, get-along part in betraying America's voters and laws. What a bunch they are. And here we are now. Don't let anyone tell you the G.O.P. is the answer to reverse the destruction of our nation. They helped cause this by aiding and abetting in a stolen election.
So Happy Tuesday all and Fuck the Republican Party.

TRUMP AND ONLY TRUMP IN 2024!

Posted by: Tracy at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (jgk75)

484 15 of the top 20 billionaires in the USA contributed to the GOP

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And 20 of the top 20 contributed to Dems.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2023 10:30 AM (IFLPB)

485 481 If it takes you 38 paragraphs to articulate a position on gay shit, you probably shouldn't be running a church. Is there any sin that a church would bend this far backwards to address?
Posted by: isn't funny how certain churches just have to keep picking at homo stuff like a scab? at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (pjs7m)

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Homo stuff is a scab on society.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 19, 2023 10:32 AM (IFLPB)

486 JJ - All the capacity will remain here - just under different ownership. The amount of reinvestment in the US is incredible right now, well except for Michigan which is about to dry up after repealing its right-to-work laws, but that is just the wicked witch of the north getting ready to turn Michigan into another Cal/Ill/NY shithole.

Posted by: Black JEM at December 19, 2023 11:17 AM (GZYu7)

487 486 Posted by: Black JEM at December 19, 2023 11:17 AM (GZYu7)

You're right and consider me duly chastised for not realizing it. That said, the psychological/historical/cultural aspect of such an iconic company being sold, as well as all the rest of my rant still stands.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 19, 2023 12:29 PM (x0n13)

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