THE MORNING RANT: End of Year Buck Shots (12/29/2023)

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States are Fighting Back Against Woke Capital

Whatever may play out in the national GOP presidential horse race, there are some elected Republicans at the state level who are actively fighting the culture war against the Bond villains of woke capital. Be it Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, or West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, these are warriors who don’t just spout platitudes, they are using the power of their offices to fight and inflict setbacks on the corporatist/communist alliance.

Add another one to this list – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, who is suing BlackRock on behalf of Tennesseans whose investment returns are being compromised by the investment giant’s commitment to Net Zero and ESG.

“Tennessee sues BlackRock in first-of-its-kind ESG lawsuit” [Fox News – 12/18/2023]

"Yet for years, BlackRock has misled consumers about the scope and effects of its widespread ESG activity," it adds. "BlackRock’s conduct concerning the marketing or sale of its investment products and services constitutes deceptive acts and practices under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act."
The lawsuit notes that BlackRock in recent years has joined activist organizations — namely the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and Climate Action 100+ — which require member companies and groups to make certain climate commitments.

It cannot be stated enough that it is at the state and local level that conservatives have actual political power. Thanks to Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans, freedom is on the march in the Sunshine State, and the woke left has taken some serious hits there. As much as I’d like to see Ron DeSantis in the White House, I’d like to see 30 more Ron DeSantises in governors’ mansions across the USA. We need several dozen more Republican attorney generals like Paxton and Skrmetti, who will aggressively target woke corporations and oligopolies. We need Riley Moores in every Treasury office denying woke capital the funds they need to do their evil work.

Let’s keep fighting nationally, but let’s keep winning locally.

And, yes, we are winning, and the Bond villains are scared of the state-level pushback against them. BlackRock and its CEO Larry Fink have suddenly started blanketing the media in Tennessee with ads, including full-page newspaper ads, and also ads on social media, like this one on Twitter.

This ad campaign won’t help. People are fed up with the woke/ESG insanity and they are fed up with Black Rock. I fully expect Black Rock to have to change its toxic name at some point, like so many of the tobacco companies ended up doing.

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Blue City Police Exodus

My suburban Tennessee town just hired a police officer with a couple of decades prior experience on the New York City Police Department. He is one of the police officers alluded to in this story:

“NYPD cops leave force in alarming rate — over 2,500 turned in badges so far in 2023” [NY Post – 11/25/2023]

This article mainly talks about the crushing workload on those officers who remain with the NYPD amid budget cuts and canceled police academy classes, but it must be incredibly demoralizing to try protect the citizenry from crime when the local district attorney is explicitly pro-crime, and the people whom the police are trying to protect vote overwhelmingly for pro-crime politicians.

One police officer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, told The Post he plans to leave the job this summer when he hits 20 years. “I keep in contact with the guys that I was in the police academy with and we all have the same notion,” he said of his 2004 class of 2,400. “I think maybe 95% of us are planning on leaving.”

My little southern town has also just hired a former Los Angeles police officer, and I have a new neighbor who took early retirement from another large California police department to move to Tennessee and seek other employment.

The good news is that these blue state cops fleeing to red states are bringing us more red votes. They’re predominantly conservative refugees coming to safe ground, not colonizers bringing hostile values.

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Dear Mega-Bank CEOs, I’m Sorry This is Happening to You

My pro-business, free-market, anti-regulation principles should lead me to care more about punitive regulations being imposed on Wall Street banks.

“Wall Street bank bosses warn lawmakers of economic toll from new rules” [Reuters – 12/06/2023]

The top bosses of JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and other major banks warned on Wednesday that capital hikes and other new rules will hurt lending and the economy during a Senate hearing…
The industry has been waging a fierce campaign to kill the "Basel endgame" proposal, which overhauls how banks must calculate their loss-absorbing capital, and as regulators roll out fair lending and fee cap regulations, among other rules.

But I have another principle, which is that those who align with enemies of my freedom, and who use their power, money, and influence in an attempt to deny me liberty and economic freedom, will receive nothing from me but laughter when the vipers they snuggled up with turn on them.

Those CEOs warning of the danger of new government regulations on their industry include Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase, Brian Moynihan of Bank of America, and the CEO of Goldman Sachs.

But look at which CEOs have been out urging Congress and the government to regulate away my rights and freedoms.

“Why bank CEOs are speaking out on guns, DACA and global warming” [American Banker – 5/06/2018]

But times are changing. CEOs such as JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan, Citigroup’s Michael Corbat and Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein are now taking stands on big, public-policy issues in part because key stakeholders expect them to.

These CEOs expect us conservatives to remain principled in protecting them on certain economic issues, while at the same time they align with communists in government to take away our guns and petroleum-based lifestyle.

I’ll offer up a compromise. I will lend my support to the regulatory agenda of JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs, if they will fire their CEOs for their role in pushing regulations that are contrary to my agenda. An apology for their role in pushing the communist agenda would also be warranted.

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Soft Bigotry

An Irish entertainer named Keith Barry recently had a tweet of his go viral for reasons he didn’t intend. His efforts to praise the work ethic of immigrants left no doubt where he resides on the leftist caste system, and where he believes those hard-working ~~servants~~ immigrants belong. He wrote: ”Today I was served my lunch by an immigrant, my coffee by an immigrant, met a concierge in a hotel who was an immigrant and had 3 hard working immigrant lads in my house putting in wardrobes and a new kitchen. They are all amazing and lovely people as well as hard workers.”

Auron MacIntyre succinctly captured the essence of this soft bigotry: “Nothing takes you directly into the progressive mind like this: ‘I was served by a poorly paid underclass today,’ posted without a shred of self-awareness.”

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Diversity Is Our Strength

Did you hear about the bigots down in Dixie who brutally assaulted a family member for converting from the family’s faith? Probably not.

“Tennessee Muslim family charged with assaulting son for converting to Christianity” [Fox News - 12/12/2023]

A Muslim family in Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested early Tuesday for allegedly assaulting their son for converting to Christianity, according to local reports.
Officers conducted a welfare check at the home after the victim’s employer called police with concerns.
Responding Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers were reported to have found the victim "trembling and wide-eyed" with "disheveled hair." The victim also appeared to have been "cut haphazardly" with lumps on his face.

#StopAntiChristianHate

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Washington Post or Babylon Bee?

This is a real snapshot of the top of the fold on page 1 of the Washington Post from this past week. This is not a Babylon Bee parody. Here are the three headlines:

• “A brutal struggle for queer Russians”
• “On the hunt for climate disease”
• “Vaccine foes are gaining power”

Curt Mills is correct, how would a parody version of this look any different? The only thing missing is a “We got him this time” headline about Donald Trump, but it’s probably safe to assume it’s right there below the fold.

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Something Lighter

Let’s wind down with a few smiles…

This struck a chord with me because there was a time back in my single days when I used a moving box as a “temporary” trash can in my bedroom…for several years. It lacked in appearance, but it did an excellent job, with much better capacity than your typical bedroom/bath trash can.

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A Texas Longhorn Viking helmet is such a great idea.

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If you had the head of hair to allow it, which ‘50s haircut are you going with? I still regret never going with a pompadour before my hairline started receding.

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New Year’s Thank You

Thank you wonderful morons for another fun year here at Ace of Spades HQ. Sometimes politics and the state of the world is frightening and discouraging, but this place is a wonderful refuge.

Thanks also to Ace for generously allowing me to write here, and to the Cobs for all their support.

And of course, the wonderful Mrs. Throckmorton, who, before I hit “Publish,” is kind enough to help me clean up poor grammar, challenge poorly reasoned arguments, and get me out of fights with strawmen before I take them public.

Enjoy your New Year’s festivities. See you in 2024!

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 Summoned the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 29, 2023 11:00 AM (qPw5n)

2 upright bass, so must be a quality rant!

Posted by: henry at December 29, 2023 11:02 AM (JMDly)

3 Seems like a bad idea to leave those Champaign glasses on the floor like that. Those dancers are gonna kick one over sooner or later.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 29, 2023 11:02 AM (sNc8Y)

4 Tripe Faced Boogie > Forward Comb Boogie

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:03 AM (QQ4PK)

5 All of those hair styles are stupid, if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:04 AM (9yWhg)

6 That Nightstand would be stronger if the ears were folded inside.

Do Better, men.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:04 AM (QQ4PK)

7 “On the hunt for climate disease”

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Hot pants is not a climate disease.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:06 AM (FVME7)

8 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:06 AM (J47y1)

9 ". . . and tonight my wife will be serviced vigorously by her immigrant bull named Paolo"

-- Keith Barry

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 11:07 AM (iFTx/)

10 All of those hair styles are stupid, if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:04 AM (9yWhg)

I don't see a Duck's Ass.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 11:07 AM (AwYPR)

11 No man-buns in the 50s?

Posted by: LOLGF at December 29, 2023 11:07 AM (vcOd1)

12 i have loved your posts all year long, BUck! Good close to the year.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2023 11:07 AM (i9ffA)

13 I will not soon forget the brutal struggle of queer Russians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2023 11:07 AM (vDyah)

14 Buzz cut

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 11:07 AM (Q4IgG)

15 All of those hair styles are stupid, if you ask me.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Son of a barber here. My dad had a very similar poster in his shop. (He also had Playboys but that's a different story.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:08 AM (FVME7)

16 How does this odious twat Keith Barry know that all these serfs serving him are immigrants?

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

17 I am going to be tedious today and post this over and over again

http://tinyurl.com/2th8va8s

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 11:08 AM (D7oie)

18 >> I will not soon forget the brutal struggle of queer Russians.

How you gonna keep them on the Content Farm when they've seen Bareback Vlad on Bear back?

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:09 AM (QQ4PK)

19 That is one big-ass upright bass.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2023 11:09 AM (vDyah)

20 My hair is really long so none of those cuts work for me . . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

21 How does this odious twat Keith Barry know that all these serfs serving him are immigrants?

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

Wearing turbans?

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

22 >>That is one big-ass upright bass.

The Headstock was made from Lief Erickson's Boat.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:10 AM (QQ4PK)

23 Buck Throckmorton

Thank you for posting. You bring another interesting view-point to the blog. And up-right bass.

FWIW, Grace Chatto of Clean Bandit uses a cello. Her group has some interesting music and videos. I especially like her early work, before her plastic surgery. Rather Be is her group's big hit, but I like Extraordinary better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 29, 2023 11:10 AM (u82oZ)

24 > I am going to be tedious today and post this over and over again

http://tinyurl.com/2th8va8s
Posted by: Kindltot
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Need to get some memes going on it...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 11:10 AM (Q4IgG)

25 Fag Russians have it much better than fag Muslims

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 11:11 AM (iFTx/)

26 Butch-cut guy looks like he may be having second thoughts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2023 11:11 AM (vDyah)

27 My nightstand has a Glock, a flashlight,and a tube of Ben Gay.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 29, 2023 11:11 AM (0EOe9)

28 Brooklyn Nets Star Mikal Bridges Claims He’s Eaten Chipotle Every Day for the Last 10 Years

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And nobody comes near him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:11 AM (FVME7)

29 And so Mike DeWine, to the surprise of no one, just showed that he's all on board with Team Tranny.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 29, 2023 11:11 AM (i9ffA)

30 Happy New Year's eve eve eve.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2023 11:12 AM (NBVIP)

31 The Hollywood is totes gay.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:12 AM (ErLti)

32 Sasha is a good name for a queer Russian.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 11:12 AM (x42Y3)

33 STRAY CAT STRUT (Live at Montreaux)

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=07BVrP5DbQA

Posted by: STRAY CATS at December 29, 2023 11:13 AM (QQ4PK)

34 Apparently, 2023 was a great year.

Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud of our work to build stronger partnerships and strengthen global peace and security.

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Piling triumph onto triumph!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:13 AM (FVME7)

35 It fight nice now or pay the price

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2023 11:13 AM (LQcGi)

36 Sasha is a good name for a queer Russian.
Posted by: Northernlurker

It is a unisex nickname. It can be used for either Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:14 AM (9yWhg)

37 My Tigers are playing Kentucky @noon...I should start drinking now.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 11:14 AM (AwYPR)

38 "Make up your mind, kid. Will it be the Forward-combed Booggie or the Flattop Booggie? I got customers waiting."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2023 11:14 AM (vDyah)

39 34 Apparently, 2023 was a great year.

Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud of our work to build stronger partnerships and strengthen global peace and security.

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Piling triumph onto triumph!

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dude, that's a manure shovel.

Posted by: henry at December 29, 2023 11:14 AM (JMDly)

40 Before I was in the Corps, I had hair to my shoulders....and an earring. After the Corps, I have always worn my hair uniformly cut using a No. 2 blade, all 'round with a blocked cut in the back. Mostly because my hair thinned on top due to the helmet rubbing my pate, but also because it's easier to say 'No. 2 all 'round, and don't touch the beard'. But, mostly because my hair thinned on top.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 29, 2023 11:14 AM (YRsIm)

41 Son of a barber here. My dad had a very similar poster in his shop. (He also had Playboys but that's a different story.)
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Did he have Argosy?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:15 AM (ErLti)

42 Be it Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, or West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, these are warriors who don’t just spout platitudes, they are using the power of their offices to fight and inflict setbacks on the corporatist/communist alliance.

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This is why all of the in-your-face stops were pulled out to overtly steal the AZ Governor's race from Kari Lake last year -- in full & proud partnership with the McCain GOPee crony machine (primarily in Maricopa and Pima counties.

She was, rightly, viewed as a serious threat to the Deep State, Junta, and establishment -- and likely would have started a brush fire that spread to other R-governed states.

Like Trump, no way they let her win the Senate race next year; I mean, who's gonna stop them from stealing it for a fifth election cycle in a row? *spits*

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 11:15 AM (SPXZh)

43 Those big ass hats are getting in the way of dance floor funny business.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 11:15 AM (x42Y3)

44 40 Before I was in the Corps, I had hair to my shoulders....and an earring. After the Corps, I have always worn my hair uniformly cut using a No. 2 blade, all 'round with a blocked cut in the back. Mostly because my hair thinned on top due to the helmet rubbing my pate, but also because it's easier to say 'No. 2 all 'round, and don't touch the beard'. But, mostly because my hair thinned on top.
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You do know the Comb Over Technology exists, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (ErLti)

45 Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud of our work to build stronger partnerships and strengthen global peace and security.

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Now do Afghanistan

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (vDyah)

46 I'm gonna bitch, butch was what I had to have when all the kids at school started wearing their hair longer. I'll never have that kind of cut again. The unkindest cut of all.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (Angsy)

47 Tripe Faced Boogie > Forward Comb Boogie
Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:03 AM (QQ4PK)

Indeed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (tkR6S)

48 Rep. Tlaib Claims Congresspeople Backing Netanyahu Are “Supporting a War Criminal”

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I love her calm, cool reasoning.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (FVME7)

49 A hearty "Hear! Hear!" for LEOs moving to my rural TN burg.

In my church alone, we have at least six former LEOs that have escaped blue enclaves; Two from NYPD, two DEA, one TX Ranger and an FBI agent. Not all have joined the PD force here, but all work in some sort of official LEO capacity. They took their money, families, patriotism and honor and brought it to a place that they knew would honor their values.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:17 AM (J47y1)

50 Tlaib's face is a crime against humanity.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:17 AM (9yWhg)

51 It's OK when we do it part 7,356,941.

Justice Sotomayor Takes More Gifts Than Anyone Else

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (FVME7)

52 Morning.

Haircuts?

Shave your head bald.

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (1Yy3c)

53 >>Rep. Tlaib Claims Congresspeople Backing Netanyahu Are “Supporting a War Criminal”

There's never an Honor Killing around when you most need one.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (QQ4PK)

54 Shave your head bald.
Posted by: Robert

Yep. Chicks dig the bald.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (9yWhg)

55 51 It's OK when we do it part 7,356,941.

Justice Sotomayor Takes More Gifts Than Anyone Else
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (FVME7)

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That may be true, but they're mostly donuts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (vDyah)

56 Auron MacIntyre succinctly captured the essence of this soft bigotry: “Nothing takes you directly into the progressive mind like this: ‘I was served by a poorly paid underclass today,’ posted without a shred of self-awareness.”

Remember when the left was complaining about income inequality?

What's the best way to *create* massive income inequality? Let in hordes of immigrants to push down the cost of labor.

Hell the GOPe is fairly open about this.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (XqcwY)

57 Shave your head bald.

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (1Yy3c)

Nah...more dimples that a golf ball.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 11:19 AM (AwYPR)

58 In high school and college I had long, shoulder length hair. But my hair was/is really thick and wavy so it was hot and sweaty most of the time. I seldom needed a hat.

Now, I still have a full head of hair at 60 mumble something but I have my wife give me a #3 buzz cut all over every month.

No fuss, no muss.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 11:19 AM (Q4IgG)

59 Justice Sotomayor Takes More Gifts Than Anyone Else
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:18 AM (FVME7)

It's nothing but sweet cakes and insulin injections.

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:19 AM (1Yy3c)

60 Did he have Argosy?
Posted by: Pudinhead

He had a bunch of men's magazines with manly men stories.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:20 AM (FVME7)

61 Did Buck commission an AI artwork?
Sure looks like it!

Lemme see... upright bass? check
odd placing of champagne glasses on the ground? check
all-american imagery as imagined by a computer? check

Should be the art thread piece for the day so everyone could say why they wouldn't hang it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (FCbAQ)

62 >>>And of course, the wonderful Mrs. Throckmorton

Thank you, Mrs. Throckmorton!

Posted by: m at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (4UYlo)

63 60 Did he have Argosy?
Posted by: Pudinhead

He had a bunch of men's magazines with manly men stories.
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Sweet. Argosy was very provocative in my yute.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (ErLti)

64 And so Mike DeWine, to the surprise of no one, just showed that he's all on board with Team Tranny.
Posted by: Tom Servo

One more reason Ohio is a good thing to see in the rear-view mirror.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (J47y1)

65 Why isn't the lady wearing cowboy boots?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (9yWhg)

66 A shaved head would suit Trump.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (x42Y3)

67
Men will just live like this for years

Yes, we will. And contentedly, too. What, exactly, is the problem with that, you materialist swine?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (xG4kz)

68 54 Shave your head bald.
Posted by: Robert

Yep. Chicks dig the bald.

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Yeah, the Mr Clean "I'm Not Gay" look.

Posted by: henry at December 29, 2023 11:22 AM (JMDly)

69 You do know the Comb Over Technology exists, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (ErLti)

My BiL had a comb-over that he stabilized with hairspray, until the one summer when he was driving with the window open and it broke loose and started slapping him on top of the head in the slip-stream.

He then buzzed it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 11:23 AM (D7oie)

70 I have a stack of shoeboxes for my bedside table.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 29, 2023 11:23 AM (63Dwl)

71 They took their money, families, patriotism and honor and brought it to a place that they knew would honor their values.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:17 AM (J47y1)

A cynic might also call that infiltrating.
Good thing I'm not a cynic.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 11:23 AM (FCbAQ)

72 Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!

Posted by: Jimmy Durante at December 29, 2023 11:24 AM (NBVIP)

73 Dad did the hair cutting when us boys were young. I guess you could call them crew cuts with bits of ear and blood on the scalp when he was in a hurry. This usually led us to go to a barber there after.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 29, 2023 11:24 AM (kxx6d)

74 My coffee table consists of two boxes from RockAuto. And yes, the magnets are on the fridge.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (NBVIP)

75 A Biden Miracle-Taking TFG's destroyed economy and managing a "Soft Landing". Biden inherited a horrible economy from TFG. The COVID pandemic was still going and TFG had made no effective plans to distribute the needed vaccines. There was inflation due to disruptions of the supply chain and shortages of chips and key materials. Unemployment was high in due to the pandemic and supply side issues.

President Biden is on track to pull off a miracle of bringing inflation under control without a recession ("soft landing"). Even six months ago, economists said a "soft landing" seemed unlikely.

@RachelBitecofer Biden nailed the soft landing, bringing down the pandemic-caused inflation without causing a recession- something economists said would be impossible.

Biden has America’s economy leading the western world again.

History Repeats. D Presidents seem to have a habit of cleaning up after R Presidents.

Biden has proven himself to be the most capable and steady president this country has seen since...well, for-fucking-EVER, and my memory goes back a LONG way! Even Obama would back me up on that assertion, and he was GOOD.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (ycI94)

76 I thought the FloBee would be big.

Posted by: BignJames at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (AwYPR)

77 73 Dad did the hair cutting when us boys were young. I guess you could call them crew cuts with bits of ear and blood on the scalp when he was in a hurry. This usually led us to go to a barber there after.
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Yep. That was me until 63 when I was allowed to have a normal haircut.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (ErLti)

78 Before I was in the Corps, I had hair to my shoulders....and an earring. After the Corps, I have always worn my hair uniformly cut using a No. 2 blade, all 'round with a blocked cut in the back. Mostly because my hair thinned on top due to the helmet rubbing my pate, but also because it's easier to say 'No. 2 all 'round, and don't touch the beard'. But, mostly because my hair thinned on top.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 29, 2023 11:14 AM (YRsIm)

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* Leroy Jethro Gibbs has partially entered the chat at least around the sides *

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (ckGiT)

79 My Dad always used to laugh about how you spend good money for toys at Christmas just to have the kids end up playing with the box it came in.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (9yWhg)

80 One manly man story I remember was about a GI who had somehow gotten onto a Luftwaffe base as it was being bombed by the good guys. It was illustrated by a drawing of him sheltering beneath the wing of an He-111 with a hot chick he had acquired somewhere along the way. She had décolletage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:26 AM (FVME7)

81 Beartooth

My Dad saved money by cutting my brother's and my hair. He had a Japanese clipper set.

He would start out with long hair, but to make it even, he finally used the #2 clipper. I had a crew cut in youth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 29, 2023 11:27 AM (u82oZ)

82 Also, don't forget milk crates.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:27 AM (9yWhg)

83 Hiya

Posted by: JT at December 29, 2023 11:28 AM (T4tVD)

84 80 One manly man story I remember was about a GI who had somehow gotten onto a Luftwaffe base as it was being bombed by the good guys. It was illustrated by a drawing of him sheltering beneath the wing of an He-111 with a hot chick he had acquired somewhere along the way. She had décolletage.
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Yep. Argosy did those covers. I always like the NAZI's with Lugers and Chicks with Torpedo Tits.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:28 AM (ErLti)

85 >>Also, don't forget milk crates.

Those are for the records.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:28 AM (QQ4PK)

86 cinder blocks and boards

Posted by: henry at December 29, 2023 11:28 AM (JMDly)

87 I had a friend in college who made ALL of his furniture out of PVC pipes.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:29 AM (QQ4PK)

88 You do know the Comb Over Technology exists, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:16 AM (ErLti)

We had a guy in one of my squadrons who did that and he looked so silly when he took off his helmet, or was running PT and sweating, I swore I'd never wear my hair that way.

Short hair, long beard, mustache off the lip. That way, I can put lights in the beard and wear the Santa hat when I ride.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 29, 2023 11:29 AM (YRsIm)

89 cinder blocks and ~~boards~~ the old wooden side-boards of the waterbed I used to own

FiFY

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 11:30 AM (D7oie)

90 Isn't hair quality something passed down from the mother?

My mom's parents had good hair. Her dad had a full head until his death at around 95. Now, my son's mother's dad was balding (so was my dad) and my son ended up with the "spare tire" look at 22-23. My wife and I convinced him to just shave it all off. It's a better look IMO than that rim job he sported for a while.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

91 Are waterbeds still a thing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:30 AM (9yWhg)

92 Also, don't forget milk crates.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:27
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Wife and I furnished first apt. with milk crates. Made midnight run to local dairy to acquire. Spray painted them forest green. Quite fetching.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 29, 2023 11:30 AM (ViCCR)

93 Yep. Argosy did those covers. I always like the NAZI's with Lugers and Chicks with Torpedo Tits.
Posted by: Pudinhead

If the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance (WWII version) was in charge - those boobs would never have gone off either.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:31 AM (J47y1)

94
Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud...

Those three items are ACTIVITIES, not ACCOMPLISHMENTS, you babbling jackass.

By God, I am so sick of members of the governmental parasite class loudly tooting their Accomplishment Horns at every available opportunity.

What they MAY accomplish, far more by accident than design, are valued somewhere between DIDDLY and SQUAT.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 11:31 AM (xG4kz)

95 Men will just live like this for years

Yes, we will. And contentedly, too. What, exactly, is the problem with that, you materialist swine?

When I met my wife, I had a windsurfer in the apartment, a hand-built platform bed, and a cracked wooden bowl for my dinner service. My wife had complete suites of furniture.

My daughter was talking with her kindergarten teacher one day, and told the teacher that Mom said all Dad brought to the marriage was toys. Apparently all the other teachers had a good laugh at my expense.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 11:31 AM (CsUN+)

96 cinder blocks and boards
Posted by: henry at December 29, 2023 11:28 AM (JMDly)

absolutely nothing beats the classics!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 11:31 AM (FCbAQ)

97 OT rant: there is a city "No Parking" sign on the front of my property, just in from the sidewalk. There is a "Community Yard Sale" sign tied to its post with tie wraps, dated for this past Thanksgiving. Look, people, if you go around putting up signs for such events, come around and take them down later. Its.Not.That.Hard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 11:31 AM (tkR6S)

98 My little community benefited from the cop exodus from Seattle. So far doing a good job.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2023 11:31 AM (W/lyH)

99 RE: Intercepted DU Transmissions

There are none so blind as those that will not see.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:32 AM (J47y1)

100 Are waterbeds still a thing?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:30 AM (9yWhg)

I used to turn the heater off in the summer when I was working nights. It made me sleep like the dead.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 11:32 AM (D7oie)

101 I will always remember the Leave it to Beaver episode when Wally got the Jelly Roll hair style.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:32 AM (MNhXM)

102 Happy New Year, Buck!

My dad was frugal and used to give me and my 6 brothers haircuts at home. One brother was really into Indian culture and asked for a Mohawk haircut. Dad obliged him.

Much to our amusement.

Mom deleted the next 6 weeks from family photo albums.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 11:32 AM (991eG)

103 I still have the same bedside table I made from a fallen tree when I was 17. A simple Amish style thing. It is the only one I will own.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 11:33 AM (0FoWg)

104 98 My little community benefited from the cop exodus from Seattle. So far doing a good job.
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Sooner or later they will start throwing fish around.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:33 AM (ErLti)

105 I would only say tread lightly when hiring police officials who come from big cities. They are beneficiaries of, and are imbued with the notion that generous pensions, funded by taxpayers and disastrous to local budgets are necessary.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 29, 2023 11:33 AM (kTMWW)

106
Chicks with Torpedo Tits eschew botox ...

... you got that, Madonna, you poseur?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 11:33 AM (xG4kz)

107 Biden has proven himself to be the most capable and steady president this country has seen since...well, for-fucking-EVER, and my memory goes back a LONG way! Even Obama would back me up on that assertion, and he was GOOD.

It takes multi-gram quantities of acid to achieve the necessary levels of lunacy to say things like this.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 11:34 AM (CsUN+)

108 That's the rare five-quarter size bass. Used today mostly for smuggling immigrant families. There is a door in the back.
The true Texas models are whittled out of mesquite.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 11:34 AM (FCs/J)

109 Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud...

Those three items are ACTIVITIES, not ACCOMPLISHMENTS, you babbling jackass.

As I read somewhere today, Blinken is Neville Chamberlain with an I-Pad.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 11:34 AM (CsUN+)

110 I had long, bushy sideburns my senior year in high school. One of my friends jokingly referred to it as "the Amish farmer look."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:34 AM (9yWhg)

111 You can't spell Dumb with out DU.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (ErLti)

112 "My dad was frugal and used to give me and my 6 brothers haircuts at home. One brother was really into Indian culture and asked for a Mohawk haircut. Dad obliged him."

Wait. This has gone out of style?

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: Marcus T at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (kTMWW)

113 Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud...

Not as many miles as I traveled! I'm still the bestest Secretary of State EVAR!

Posted by: Hillary "Hic!" Clinton at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (ycI94)

114 27 My nightstand has a Glock, a flashlight,and a tube of Ben Gay.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 29, 2023 11:11 AM (0EOe9)
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Mistakenly uses Ben Gay instead of Preparation H.

Posted by: Is this Ben Gay related to the Haavad Gay? at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (qfLjt)

115 waterbed boards? that was the "dining room" table.

Posted by: henry at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (JMDly)

116 It's a better look IMO than that rim job he sported for a while.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

*Blinks*

*Blinks*

*Blinks*

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (1Yy3c)

117 OT-Larry mendte-who is a conservative talk show anchor is filling in in NYC for Mark Simone, the conservative regular host for the morning show at 10:00. He just said how terrible it was the unelected Secretary of State for Maine just decided to remove Trump from the ballot. He encouraged everybody to contact the office to complain about this illegal action which is obviously lawfare against Trump

This is the e-mail address and phone number:

https://www.maine.gov/sos/contact/

In case it goes down the phone is : 207-626-8400.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 29, 2023 11:35 AM (RSbhh)

118 In my first apartment, I had a couch that I found at a garage sale and a bean bag chair. The 'table' the TV was on was two cinder blocks at each end with a 2X12 between them, and my kitchen table was wooden cable spool with two plastic folding chairs. But I did have a king sized waterbed. Covered with Mexican blankets.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 29, 2023 11:36 AM (YRsIm)

119 My nightstand has a Glock, a flashlight,and a tube of Ben Gay.

I'm not going to inquire why you have a flashlight and Ben Gay together next to the bed. I'm just not going to do it.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 11:36 AM (CsUN+)

120 118 In my first apartment, I had a couch that I found at a garage sale and a bean bag chair. The 'table' the TV was on was two cinder blocks at each end with a 2X12 between them, and my kitchen table was wooden cable spool with two plastic folding chairs. But I did have a king sized waterbed. Covered with Mexican blankets.
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No Elvis on Velvet paintings?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:37 AM (ErLti)

121 >>I'm not going to inquire why you have a flashlight and Ben Gay together next to the bed.

He meant Fleshlight.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:37 AM (QQ4PK)

122 Let he who never had a wooden cable spool table cast the first empty beer can.

Posted by: Roy at December 29, 2023 11:37 AM (z+ik4)

123 Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud...

Those three items are ACTIVITIES, not ACCOMPLISHMENTS, you babbling jackass.

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He apparently subscribes to the look busy school of accomplishment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:37 AM (FVME7)

124 The Bee needs to do a headline on DeWine.

Ohio Governor Vetoes Bill Providing Treatment For Teen Anorexia . Says Body Dysphoria is a God given right.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:38 AM (MNhXM)

125 Thanks, Buck! Loads of content….

As for haircuts I don’t have to go back to the 50’s…. I’ve had a flattop for 20+ years. Easy day to day maintenance…. The only downside is it needs to get cut once a month or it starts to look ridiculous (think boxing promoter Don King)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 29, 2023 11:38 AM (xT8gx)

126 Thanks Buck

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:38 AM (xcxpd)

127 My childhood friend's dad was a cop in the Bronx in the late 60, early 70s. He finally had enough and hauled his family out to Wyoming, joining the police force in our little town. He was a good guy, but scary tough. Kind of stood out from the Chief Wiggum donut eaters.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 29, 2023 11:38 AM (T/Lqj)

128 Obama must be pretty pissed actually. He killed America, but it actually died on Biden's watch, so he'll get to paint the silhouette on the side of his sweet 'Vette.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 11:39 AM (0FoWg)

129 107 Biden has proven himself to be the most capable and steady president this country has seen...Even Obama would back me up on that assertion, and he was GOOD.

It takes multi-gram quantities of acid to achieve the necessary levels of lunacy to say things like this.
Posted by: Archimedes

Absolutely. Not just the "best ever" part, but the cluelessness on Obama as well. Can you imagine him coming out and publicly saying "yes folks, I was good, but Biden is so much better than I was. He's saving the country in ways I never could! Best president in recent history!"

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 29, 2023 11:39 AM (ycI94)

130 This ad campaign won’t help. People are fed up with the woke/ESG insanity and they are fed up with Black Rock. I fully expect Black Rock to have to change its toxic name at some point, like so many of the tobacco companies ended up doing.

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Black Light FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 11:40 AM (ckGiT)

131 117. Interesting. I thought states elected their SoS folks cuz that is how it is in Colorado. I wonder what states mimic the federal system and the governor just appoints the 'cabinet' positions.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 29, 2023 11:40 AM (3cGpq)

132 Haircut styles missing that here in this post:

1. The Tennessee Top Hat (medium long on the top and in flowing in the back)
2. The Camaro Crash Helmet (Mullet)
3. The Horseshoe (You're bald, dude)

Posted by: Boswell at December 29, 2023 11:40 AM (K+UlC)

133 109

As I read somewhere today, Blinken is Neville Chamberlain with an I-Pad.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 11:34 AM (CsUN+)
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I think Neville was gullible and naive plus a peace-nick at any cost but still a patriot. Blinken is outright evil and a communist and is not working for us.

Posted by: Ciampino - Blinken & Nod ... you can't make it up at December 29, 2023 11:41 AM (qfLjt)

134 Legal Insurrection: “The Times viewed photographs of one woman’s corpse … with dozens of nails driven into her thighs and groin”
NY Times bears witness to evidence of Palestinian sexual savagery on October 7: “A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7.”

http://tinyurl.com/2x68rf3a

Via Sarah Hoyt at Instapundit

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:41 AM (1Yy3c)

135 Methodist Church Of Great Britain Says Terms "Husband" And "Wife" Are Offensive

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So just watch it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:41 AM (FVME7)

136 I'm most concerned about a NY State organized spreading out of the "Migrant Crisis (TM)" immigrants to my beloved eastern Upstate NY counties. They won't be happy until they've crappified and de-cultured every corner of heritage America.

Posted by: Zek at December 29, 2023 11:42 AM (5FPX4)

137 I thought every guy at one time had an empty giant wire /cable spool as a table.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:42 AM (MNhXM)

138 In my first apartment, I had a couch that I found at a garage sale and a bean bag chair. The 'table' the TV was on was two cinder blocks at each end with a 2X12 between them, and my kitchen table was wooden cable spool with two plastic folding chairs. But I did have a king sized waterbed. Covered with Mexican blankets.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 29, 2023 11:36 AM (YRsIm)
~~~~~

You must have been roommates with one of my brothers.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 29, 2023 11:42 AM (8hcrc)

139 Posted by: Boswell at December 29, 2023 11:40 AM (K+UlC)

Also missing is my ability to spell...

Posted by: Boswell at December 29, 2023 11:42 AM (K+UlC)

140 Interesting. I thought states elected their SoS folks cuz that is how it is in Colorado. I wonder what states mimic the federal system and the governor just appoints the 'cabinet' positions.
Posted by: PaleRider at December 29, 2023 11:40 AM (3cGpq)

Texas SoS is appointed.

Posted by: Robert at December 29, 2023 11:42 AM (1Yy3c)

141 >>I thought every guy at one time had an empty giant wire /cable spool as a table.

I have a giant one as a table next to the Fire Pit, here.

Posted by: garrett at December 29, 2023 11:43 AM (QQ4PK)

142 Thx for all the posts this year Buck. A happy new year to you.
One look at those WaPo headlines and you realize the left lives in a completely different reality. Our great republic is being destroyed by these nitwits. Hopefully the new year will cause the left to implode completely, without too much collateral damage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 29, 2023 11:43 AM (iYJk7)

143 Heard Bernie Sanders announce to the world covid. Also that, fortunately, he has the vax.

In normal times this would become a comedy routine and any such idiot would never be elected to public office again.

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2023 11:44 AM (13idB)

144 Sooner or later they will start throwing fish around.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:33 AM (ErLti)

Only if they get FISH training.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 11:44 AM (D7oie)

145 Methodist Church Of Great Britain Says Terms "Husband" And "Wife" Are Offensive

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So just watch it!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:41 AM (FVME7)

That's right! It's "man and wife."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 11:44 AM (Angsy)

146 “A two-month investigation by The Times...

Yeah, I'm throwing the BS flag on that one. What they mean is "After trying to ignore for two months..."

Posted by: Oddbob at December 29, 2023 11:45 AM (sNc8Y)

147 Best way to get cheap/free furniture for boys starting out in life? Hang out around the dorms at your local college after the last day of classes. Alternatively, check want ads near your local military base.

Never had a spool table but always really wanted one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:45 AM (xcxpd)

148
That picture of the moving box as a nightstand is me. Moving boxes in the closet instead of a chest, and used food boxes (cereal, butter, chocolate, crackers, other lightweight and colorful boxes) tacked all over the walls for decor. Kitchen is very well appointed, however, and computer corner very glassy and high-tech.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 29, 2023 11:45 AM (n7rxJ)

149 I thought every guy at one time had an empty giant wire /cable spool as a table.

I had an aunt who worked in factory where they used those. She would give us empty ones. I think we had one of them upholstered and made into an ottoman.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 11:46 AM (9yWhg)

150 My nightstand has a Glock, a flashlight,and a tube of Ben Gay.

That slut! Ben's supposed to see me tonight!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 29, 2023 11:46 AM (ycI94)

151 "Biden has proven himself to be the most capable and steady president this country has seen since...well, for-fucking-EVER, and my memory goes back a LONG way! "

Is since you woke up this morning consider a long way to leftists?

Posted by: Ripley at December 29, 2023 11:46 AM (13idB)

152 My grandfather had a flat top with stark white hair.
As a young lad I thought he was the coolest looking grandpa in the whole world.
Wish I could rock the flat top.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at December 29, 2023 11:46 AM (Rn/yD)

153
Blue City Police Exodus

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Unexpectedly!

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 11:47 AM (ckGiT)

154 Any man’s bed stand checklist:

1. Holds my stuff at an appropriate level in relation to the bed.

2. There is no 2.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2023 11:47 AM (u73oe)

155 I think we had one of them upholstered and made into an ottoman.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Sounds splintery.

Posted by: Naked man sitting on an ottoman at December 29, 2023 11:47 AM (ycI94)

156 @136 Zek , I live in Ulster County. Parts of my city look like San Salvador or Tegucigalpa. The leftists who have moved up from NYC after deblasio think it's great. Diversity, yeah.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 29, 2023 11:47 AM (iYJk7)

157 WA State juvenile courts have banned 'mother and father' and replaced those terms with 'parent 1' and 'parent 2' in official records.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (xcxpd)

158
That's right! It's "man and wife."
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 11:44 AM (Angsy)

And curiously, animal husbandry, which might not mean what some folks think.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (FCbAQ)

159 What is the consensus here on nightstand guns? I'm thinking that the brass, and blued steel 1861 Remington New Army replica has a certain panache, and the .44 cal round ball could certainly spoil an intruders's entire day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (tkR6S)

160 My father always had a tube of brylcreem in the bathroom.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (MNhXM)

161 Hair when I was young in high school called a pretty boy and a faggot. Out of high school and no longer under my mothers orders to not shave my head I shaved it because of the harassment.
Now 55 years old still fit still muscular not overweight with man tiddies, six pack, goes to the gym, etc........old guy clinging to his youth or fitness guys are total vain faggots.

You can't "win".

Posted by: JROD at December 29, 2023 11:49 AM (IlL6s)

162 Never had a spool table but always really wanted one.
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Do you have a pickup?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:49 AM (ErLti)

163 It's the global warming!

BNO News
@BNONews
WATCH: Large wave hits Ventura, California, injuring 8 people

http://tinyurl.com/2s4avz9y

See also

http://tinyurl.com/3vj3vna4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:49 AM (FVME7)

164 160 My father always had a tube of brylcreem in the bathroom.
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My dad had the same bottle of Grecian Formula in the bathroom for at least twenty-five years.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:50 AM (ErLti)

165 159 What is the consensus here on nightstand guns? I'm thinking that the brass, and blued steel 1861 Remington New Army replica has a certain panache, and the .44 cal round ball could certainly spoil an intruders's entire day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (tkR6S)

I have an XD45 on the literal night stand. With a couple of rifles next to it. I should probably decided on AR 15 vs AKM at some point. If there's a loud bang downstairs, I may dither over which tool to choose...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:50 AM (xcxpd)

166
131 117. Interesting. I thought states elected their SoS
Posted by: PaleRider

================

We do in Cali.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 29, 2023 11:50 AM (n7rxJ)

167 And so Mike DeWine, to the surprise of no one, just showed that he's all on board with Team Tranny.
Posted by: Tom Servo

One more reason Ohio is a good thing to see in the rear-view mirror.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM

Sounds like the legislature might override his veto, no?

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 29, 2023 11:50 AM (SzI2j)

168 I have my 50 year old Living Bible , Glock 19 and cell phone on my nightstand. In the nightstand draw I have the flashlight.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:50 AM (MNhXM)

169 162 Never had a spool table but always really wanted one.
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Do you have a pickup?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:49 AM (ErLti)

No, sadly. Just a Toyota Venza.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:51 AM (xcxpd)

170 107>> I don't think for a minute that Bai-Den believes most of what comes out his mouth. He knows that by any measurable standard he's a mediocrity at best and a failure at worst. He's surrounded by boot licking sycophants and hanger's on that will discard him like a used condom the moment he leaves office. He knows that too. His only hope for some kind of relief is to become wealthy enough that he can always buy 'friends' and 'happiness'.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 29, 2023 11:51 AM (YRsIm)

171 I may dither over which tool to choose...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:50 AM (xcxpd)

Akimbo.

You know you want to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 29, 2023 11:53 AM (9UlRk)

172 My granddad was a barber. He used to work at a shop off the main lobby of the Strater Hotel in downtown Durango, CO.

I still have some of his old electric clippers, a couple straight razors and his state-issued barber's license. And his Depression deer riffle. (Wincheester Model 90 .22 WRF (aka .22 Special).

Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 11:53 AM (991eG)

173 Some deep red states don’t do very well with elected officials…. SC and Lindsey…. Mike DeWine… in my very own Texas John Cornyn…. I’m sure there are others…. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 29, 2023 11:54 AM (v6GK0)

174 169 162 Never had a spool table but always really wanted one.
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Do you have a pickup?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:49 AM (ErLti)

No, sadly. Just a Toyota Venza.
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Get a trailer and drive around the power company utility stations.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 29, 2023 11:54 AM (ErLti)

175 Why not have a tac light on the pistol or, better yet, a flashlight/lazer combo on the rail?

The only downside is finding time to practice "clearing" the house when others won't shit their pants.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 11:54 AM (FCbAQ)

176 Legal Insurrection: “The Times viewed photographs of one woman’s corpse … with dozens of nails driven into her thighs and groin”
NY Times bears witness to evidence of Palestinian sexual savagery on October 7: “A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7.”

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And coming in at (barely) under three months, it's the NYT!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (FVME7)

177 Methodist Church Of Great Britain Says Terms "Husband" And "Wife" Are Offensive

I wonder how that honors God and leads people to repentance and salvation.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (x42Y3)

178
Bob from NSA must be watching pron on his computer instead of activating my SIM card. Come on Bob break out the lube, wood ya?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (3qE2b)

179 Just a little dab'll do ya.

Posted by: Brylcreem at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (NBVIP)

180
When you have children of your own, or grandchildren, do you know what are the toys they like the most?

Empty cardboard boxes, especially ones into which they can crawl and curl up with their favorite books or toys. It is enlightening to experience this.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (xG4kz)

181 I live in Ulster County. Parts of my city look like San Salvador or Tegucigalpa. The leftists who have moved up from NYC after deblasio think it's great. Diversity, yeah.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 29, 2023 11:47 AM (iYJk7)

I loved that part of the Hudson valley. I lived in Dutchess County just off the Taconic Parkway in the early 90’s. I can’t imagine how they’ve destroyed it. Though Newburgh and Poughkeepsie have always been shitholes comparatively speaking.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (MNhXM)

182 “A brutal struggle for queer Russians”

There is also an article from the Moscow Times:

Why Doesn’t The Russian Opposition Talk About Climate Change?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 29, 2023 11:56 AM (YAtuc)

183 My night stand is only large enough for a lamp, and my APAP machine. So the shotgun leans up against it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 11:57 AM (Q4IgG)

184 Posted by: Muldoon at December 29, 2023 11:53 AM (991eG)

The Barber Pole would be the most valuable item.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:57 AM (MNhXM)

185 Legal Insurrection: “The Times viewed photographs of one woman’s corpse … with dozens of nails driven into her thighs and groin”
NY Times bears witness to evidence of Palestinian sexual savagery on October 7: “A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7.”

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And coming in at (barely) under three months, it's the NYT!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:55 AM (FVME7)

Bull! That never happened!!! It's Joooo propaganda!!!!11

Posted by: Lefists Everywhere at December 29, 2023 11:57 AM (Angsy)

186 brutal struggle for queer Russians”

Doesn't that give them a chance to prove their awesomeness?

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 11:58 AM (x42Y3)

187 "Are waterbeds still a thing?"
If you're referring to the men will live like this photo, I think that's an air bed.
Different color but contours look pretty much just like mine,,, that I have to pump more air into every 4-5 days.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 11:58 AM (3K/9t)

188 *I have an XD45 on the literal night stand.*

What do you have on the figurative night stand?

Posted by: Grammar jerk at December 29, 2023 11:58 AM (NBVIP)

189 Taconic parkway is like a normal little back road pretending to be an interstate.

Off ramps? What's a off ramp? Just bang a right at the hole in the deer fence and mash it. You'll be fine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 29, 2023 11:59 AM (9UlRk)

190 Just a little dab'll do ya.
Posted by: Brylcreem

Now Daisy Sour Cream is up with "do a dollop of Daisy."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:59 AM (FVME7)

191 159 What is the consensus here on nightstand guns? I'm thinking that the brass, and blued steel 1861 Remington New Army replica has a certain panache, and the .44 cal round ball could certainly spoil an intruders's entire day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (tkR6S)

I have an XD45 on the literal night stand. With a couple of rifles next to it. I should probably decided on AR 15 vs AKM at some point. If there's a loud bang downstairs, I may dither over which tool to choose...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side

I always worry with magazine-fed weapons like this that they won't get mags rotated, and after a few years of sitting, they may not be as reliable. Unless you're planning on being diligent on rotating mags every month or so, a revolver is an option, although I think shotguns are probably the best way to go. Something stockless like the Mossberg Cruiser, or even the Shockwave with mini-shells.

Sure, they have a spring in the magazine as well, but I've rarely heard of the same issues with tubular mag springs that I have with detachable box magazines.

Posted by: Military Moron at December 29, 2023 11:59 AM (ycI94)

192 How does this odious twat Keith Barry know that all these serfs serving him are immigrants?

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 29, 2023 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

So...six jobs taken from Americans.
Right.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2023 12:00 PM (W/lyH)

193 I miss the rants by Captain Hate on DeWine.

I hope CH is doing OK.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 12:00 PM (R4t5M)

194 Before the thread ends I just wanted to say that is a great painting IMHO.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 12:00 PM (MNhXM)

195
Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 11:58 AM (3K/9t)

==============

Ooh! What brand do you have? I can't seem to find one that doesn't last more than a few months before I have to reinflate it every night.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 29, 2023 12:00 PM (n7rxJ)

196 Hearing what morons have on their nightstands makes me think of Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown…. You better take care if I find you been creeping down my backstairs 🎶

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 29, 2023 12:01 PM (v6GK0)

197 Ironically, that tweet would have been a pretty good Todd Barry joke.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 29, 2023 12:01 PM (9UlRk)

198 I’m sure there are others…. Sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Oklahoma and Lankford. Our other senator, Markwayne Mullins, sorta makes up for it. An MMA fighter with small business experience and Native American blood.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 29, 2023 12:01 PM (VYql4)

199
“Tennessee Muslim family charged with assaulting son for converting to Christianity” [Fox News - 12/12/2023]

---------------

"Ultra MAGA White Muslims!"

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 12:02 PM (F5hok)

200 161
‘ You can't "win".’

You win when you realize most people don’t have enough sense to pound sand in a rathole and stop giving a shit what they think.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 29, 2023 12:02 PM (jbnUc)

201 I miss the rants by Captain Hate on DeWine.

I hope CH is doing OK.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 12:00 PM (R4t5M)

I likewise miss CH. I haven’t seen him around here in about 2 years I wanna say

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 29, 2023 12:02 PM (v6GK0)

202 I don't do the nightstand gun anymore. Meddlesome 3yo.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 12:03 PM (0FoWg)

203 160 My father always had a tube of brylcreem in the bathroom.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (MNhXM)
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My Brylcream in Africa came in a jar with a wide screwtop lid. Used on hair upto early 60s then used it as a very effective suntan cream for many years.

Posted by: Ciampino - The cowlick Elvis style at December 29, 2023 12:03 PM (qfLjt)

204 Apparently, 2023 was a great year.

Secretary Antony Blinken
@SecBlinken
As I reflect on the miles traveled, countries visited, and intense diplomacy over the past year, I am proud of our work to build stronger partnerships and strengthen global peace and security.

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Piling triumph onto triumph!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 11:13 AM (FVME7)
***

Gad. The absolute definition of a self-licking ice cream cone.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 29, 2023 12:03 PM (W/lyH)

205 186 brutal struggle for queer Russians”

Doesn't that give them a chance to prove their awesomeness?
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 11:58 AM (x42Y3)

I mean, they're still Russians. They're still Nature's Chosen Badasses.

Posted by: XTC at December 29, 2023 12:03 PM (sm6Pk)

206 Taconic parkway is like a normal little back road pretending to be an interstate.

Off ramps? What's a off ramp? Just bang a right at the hole in the deer fence and mash it. You'll be fine.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 29, 2023 11:59 AM (9UlRk)

Hah . I took it to work everyday for 4 years ( north of 84) . South of 84 is a nightmare to me. Most stressed I’ve ever been was driving south of 84 at night in a snowstorm.

Posted by: Drive by at December 29, 2023 12:04 PM (MNhXM)

207 I used Wild Root as a kid.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 12:04 PM (x42Y3)

208 What is the consensus here on nightstand guns? I'm thinking that the brass, and blued steel 1861 Remington New Army replica has a certain panache, and the .44 cal round ball could certainly spoil an intruders's entire day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 11:48 AM (tkR6S)

If that's a black powder replica after a few rounds you can hide in the smoke

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 12:04 PM (FCbAQ)

209 Methodist Church Of Great Britain Says Terms "Husband" And "Wife" Are Offensive

I wonder how that honors God and leads people to repentance and salvation.
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Therein lies the distinction betweeh a church of spiritual activism, and a church of social activism.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 29, 2023 12:04 PM (XeU6L)

210 One more reason ~~Ohio is a good thing to see in the rear-view mirror~~ wherever my trailer dollies fell off this month is more virtuous than where your family spent the last couple of hundred years.

A 20-year AoS constant: The Shithole School (pronounced sha-thool-ie) of Geography. Dude, whatever it takes to make your loser excuse for a life bearable until the ass cancer sets in. Who do you think you are shitting here? You moved because some corporation transferred you. Try to put a smiley face on it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 12:05 PM (FCs/J)

211 And coming in at (barely) under three months, it's the NYT!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024

Well, we're giving up on Ukraine soon, and China's not QUITE ready to Invade Taiwan, so we need to keep Israel/Palestine going for a while as it's the only game in town.

Posted by: The Establishment at December 29, 2023 12:05 PM (ycI94)

212 I’m in the million mile club on American Airlines. When do I get to be Secretary of State?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2023 12:05 PM (u73oe)

213 I used Wild Root as a kid.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 12:04 PM (x42Y3)

I think that was Fearless Fosdick's hair pomade of choice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 12:06 PM (tkR6S)

214 Seems like it would be hard to shoot accurately if you've just awakened.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:06 PM (9yWhg)

215 Bull! That never happened!!! It's Joooo propaganda!!!!11
Posted by: Lefists Everywhere at December 29, 2023 11:57 AM (Angsy

You know that "Awaken With JP" guy who does YouTube parodies? I can't figure him out. He recently said support for Israel is the same "current thing" phenomenon as support for Ukraine. He says we're all sheep responding to propaganda.

And then he was also interviewed by Babylon Bee guys because he recently became a Christian. He sounded thoughtful and sincere. But in my experience, Christians feel a special bond with Jews and Israel, and it's weird to have him say it's just being manipulated by propaganda.

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:06 PM (Sf2cq)

216 210 A 20-year AoS constant: The Shithole School (pronounced sha-thool-ie) of Geography. Dude, whatever it takes to make your loser excuse for a life bearable until the ass cancer sets in. Who do you think you are shitting here? You moved because some corporation transferred you. Try to put a smiley face on it.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 29, 2023 12:05 PM (FCs/J)

The Corollary : If you can't get your ass to Texas, you're a weak sister that deserves everything bad that happens to you, you crypto-Commie.

Posted by: XTC at December 29, 2023 12:07 PM (sm6Pk)

217 Seems like it would be hard to shoot accurately if you've just awakened.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

A great reason to have the 12 ga. handy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 12:07 PM (R4t5M)

218 Hah . I took it to work everyday for 4 years ( north of 84) . South of 84 is a nightmare to me. Most stressed I’ve ever been was driving south of 84 at night in a snowstorm.
Posted by: Drive
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Heh. The West Virginia Turnpike...before it was widened.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 29, 2023 12:08 PM (XeU6L)

219 Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:06 PM (Sf2cq)

No, don't know him.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 12:08 PM (Angsy)

220 I always worry with magazine-fed weapons like this that they won't get mags rotated, and after a few years of sitting, they may not be as reliable. Unless you're planning on being diligent on rotating mags every month or so, a revolver is an option, although I think shotguns are probably the best way to go. Something stockless like the Mossberg Cruiser, or even the Shockwave with mini-shells.

Sure, they have a spring in the magazine as well, but I've rarely heard of the same issues with tubular mag springs that I have with detachable box magazines.
Posted by: Military Moron at December 29, 2023 11:59 AM (ycI94)

Pistol and rifle magazine springs are fine for long term storage. Shotgun springs, however, yes they do have a problem with long term compression.

I've stored magazines for 10 years and then tried them out at the range. Always worked 100%. But I stored a shotty fully loaded and the spring went bad on it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 12:09 PM (xcxpd)

221 A great reason to have the 12 ga. handy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Judge

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 29, 2023 12:09 PM (XeU6L)

222 I just was on the WV turnpike the other day. Props to them- it's going on 4 years without a rate increase.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 12:09 PM (R4t5M)

223 Awaken with JP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FEOFB3m2m8

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:10 PM (Sf2cq)

224 Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

A.: I'm stealing the plate that goes in the microwave oven.

(What would you steal?)

Posted by: Ciampino - I priced mine ... $30 at December 29, 2023 12:10 PM (qfLjt)

225 ... and get me out of fights with strawmen before I take them public.

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Where would my schtick be without strawmen?

/rhetorical

Thanks for your advocacy here, Buck -- I, for one, look forward to it and always learn something new!

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 12:11 PM (F5hok)

226 Hillarhoid blazed the trail on claiming that sitting around getting shit faced on airplanes all the time is a diplomatic accomplishment.

As for Blinken, okay buddy: here's a question. Your chief hatchetcunt, the grotesque, toadlike warlord Victoria Nuland lost your puppet viceroy of Niger in a coup, and then the new leader unceremoniously booted her out of the country and told her to get onna weight loss program with the American $$$ he's saving us by no longer accepting them.

She flew there, presumably on something with extreme heavy-lift capabilities... Does that make it an accomplishment?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 12:11 PM (0FoWg)

227
We pretty much know everything the Times is finally reporting on, so I don't need a subscription to find out. I wish I could read the comments, though.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 29, 2023 12:11 PM (n7rxJ)

228 *Shakes ipad*

Wake up, Ace!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 29, 2023 12:12 PM (u73oe)

229 Hearing what morons have on their nightstands
Looks like an old person's night stand with all the prescription bottles. Also is two very old wood crates.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 29, 2023 12:12 PM (83sl1)

230 I always worry with magazine-fed weapons like this that they won't get mags rotated, and after a few years of sitting, they may not be as reliable. Unless you're planning on being diligent on rotating mags every month or so, a revolver is an option, although I think shotguns are probably the best way to go. Something stockless like the Mossberg Cruiser, or even the Shockwave with mini-shells.

Sure, they have a spring in the magazine as well, but I've rarely heard of the same issues with tubular mag springs that I have with detachable box magazines.
Posted by: Military Moron at December 29, 2023 11:59 AM (ycI94)

Books piled on books

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 12:12 PM (xcxpd)

231 What is the consensus here on nightstand guns? I'm thinking that the brass, and blued steel 1861 Remington New Army replica has a certain panache, and the .44 cal round ball could certainly spoil an intruders's entire day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I keep my Griswold & Gunnison here in the desk that this PC sits on. Because, Civil War spats.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 29, 2023 12:13 PM (XeU6L)

232 > Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?
__________

All the remotes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 12:13 PM (Q4IgG)

233 My dad always told the barber to cut my hair "Ivy League" when I was a kid.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 12:13 PM (gmo/4)

234 How about this for a hot take (I read it somewhere yesterday, forgot where)?

Palis are justified using terror because after all some Joo terrorists blew up the King David Hotel in 1946!

They thought they were making an argument ending point….. (more sighs)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (v6GK0)

235 > Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

Salt and pepper shakers.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (x42Y3)

236
If you choose to order a Queer Russian cocktail at a bar, you have no business asking the barkeeper, "What is the special liqueur that you added to this?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (xG4kz)

237
I was single when I bought my bedroom set. Very happily single. So I bought only one nightstand. Guess who has it now?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (3qE2b)

238 (What would you steal?)

Every remote in the house.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (Rn/yD)

239 Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

All their toilet paper? All the light bulbs in the house? All their key fobs for vehicles. All their underwear? Many possibilities. Could get really weird...

Their fusebox. AC/heater. Lol...hot water heater.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (ycI94)

240 Is the picture a Bob Wills album cover?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 29, 2023 12:15 PM (Dm8we)

241 My dad always told the barber to cut my hair "Ivy League" when I was a kid.

Posted by: Archer

When I would take my son to the barber, I would just tell him to give him a "standard little-boy haircut."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:15 PM (9yWhg)

242 224 Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

A.: I'm stealing the plate that goes in the microwave oven.

(What would you steal?)
Posted by: Ciampino - I priced mine ... $30 at December 29, 2023 12:10 PM (qfLjt)

AC disconnect fuses
Drivers side windshield wiper

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 29, 2023 12:15 PM (/6GbT)

243 239 Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

AA batteries

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 12:16 PM (x42Y3)

244 If you choose to order a Queer Russian cocktail at a bar, you have no business asking the barkeeper, "What is the special liqueur that you added to this?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (xG4kz)

It's just a special white russian.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 12:16 PM (R4t5M)

245 My dad always told the barber to cut my hair "Ivy League" when I was a kid.

Posted by: Archer
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The 'Princeton'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 29, 2023 12:16 PM (XeU6L)

246
Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

Either ALL their remote controls

- OR -

ALL their spindles for their toilet paper roll holders

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 12:16 PM (xG4kz)

247 Take the router and watch people lose their minds.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 29, 2023 12:17 PM (R4t5M)

248 Our nightstands are weird, because we wanted them to hold our water and facial tissues within reach, but they also needed to allow lower drawers from nearby wardrobe sections to open. So we got those C tables that you can use around a couch and scoot the base underneath the couch. But we have them beside the bed with the open part facing the drawers.

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:18 PM (Sf2cq)

249 233 My dad always told the barber to cut my hair "Ivy League" when I was a kid.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 12:13 PM (gmo/4)

"I'm sorry sir, but we're out of purple dye this week, and the hedge clippers are out for servicing."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 29, 2023 12:18 PM (9UlRk)

250 ALL their spindles for their toilet paper roll holders

Eh, I prefer just to keep a roll on top of the toilet tank.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:18 PM (9yWhg)

251 Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?

Oh fun! Let's see...anal beads, KY anal lube, ball gag....

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 29, 2023 12:18 PM (ycI94)

252 Happy New Year to all the morons.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 29, 2023 12:18 PM (We9fe)

253 Take their glasses

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 29, 2023 12:18 PM (x42Y3)

254 Blonde Morticia, tell your phone it's an Intex Dura-Bed Queen size.
Pro-tip. The built in air pump didn't fill it up firm enough. Had to finish it up with an already owned hand pump.
That's also how I refill.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 12:19 PM (3K/9t)

255 My dad always told the barber to cut my hair "Ivy League" when I was a kid.

Posted by: Archer

When I would take my son to the barber, I would just tell him to give him a "standard little-boy haircut."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:15 PM (9yWhg)

BTW it was the early 1960s. I don't know what an "Ivy League" haircut would be like today.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 12:19 PM (gmo/4)

256 Q.: You're a burglar but you can only steal things that inconvenience your victims. What do you take?
____________

Their Internet router.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

257 OR -

ALL their spindles for their toilet paper roll holders

?
That's why God gave us hands.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 12:19 PM (CsUN+)

258
We've been bedroom divorced for years now. I think it was after the great electric blanket incident where she flipped the blanket so the control on her side of the bed heated my side. She couldn't get warm so kept cranking the control. I woke up and the bed had to be 200 degrees hot, in a pool of sweat, tongue stuck to roof of mouth.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:20 PM (3qE2b)

259 Thanks all for the kind comments.
Biff: Much as I love Bob Wills that picture is a 2023 AI of how I see myself and my beautiful bride of 22 years.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 29, 2023 12:20 PM (+EZU4)

260 Set all the clocks in the house to slightly different times.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:20 PM (9yWhg)

261
BTW it was the early 1960s. I don't know what an "Ivy League" haircut would be like today.

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 12:19 PM (gmo/4)

Stoked to burstin' with rage and pro-Pali ardor ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 12:21 PM (xG4kz)

262 Palis are justified using terror because after all some Joo terrorists blew up the King David Hotel in 1946!

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The evil Jews also called ahead to warn everybody about the bomb.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 12:21 PM (FVME7)

263 I don't argue that people living in Communist areas are Communists. I argue that if they have the means and opportunity to leave, but remain instead, that they're making an exceedingly poor choice. Sentimental attachment to a patch of earth is no good reason to stay and be kicked around, particularly when the kicking gets harder every day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 12:21 PM (0FoWg)

264 "Give him the Richard Dean Anderson and an 80's hockey player had a baby and they donated it to science."

Posted by: Warai-otoko had an unconventionally rough childhood at December 29, 2023 12:22 PM (9UlRk)

265 Dad had a flat top, gave me a Butch when I was little.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 29, 2023 12:22 PM (ufFY8)

266 237
I was single when I bought my bedroom set. Very happily single. So I bought only one nightstand. Guess who has it now?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:14 PM (3qE2b)

Divide by Zero, you said something recently that has me puzzled. I'm doing mental inventory trying to come up with someone related to this website who can type 150 wpm with no typos. AtC, maybe?

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:22 PM (Sf2cq)

267 Seller on Walmart's web-site has had to recall these 5mm magnetic balls due to choking hazard.

I blame ICP fans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 29, 2023 12:22 PM (WperO)

268 I find the "Awaken With JP" guy kind of tiresome. He needs to shorten his videos and do better editing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (NBVIP)

269 My first apartment in college (1974):

1. Brand new mattress and box spring on the floor.

2. Second hand couch

3. A few grocery store pots, pans and dishes

4. Very expensive top of the line color TV and stereo system

Posted by: Archer at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (gmo/4)

270 And then he was also interviewed by Babylon Bee guys because he recently became a Christian. He sounded thoughtful and sincere. But in my experience, Christians feel a special bond with Jews and Israel, and it's weird to have him say it's just being manipulated by propaganda.
Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:06 PM (Sf2cq)

There is a tendency in the world of people who are deeply religious, have deep regard for Jerusalem and Israel, and who also hate politics based on warfare, and are also not particularly in favor of the Israeli government.

If you find someone talking about "the warfare state" you have most likely found one.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (D7oie)

271 Ace must still be deciding which pair of celebratory Crocs to wear for the blog's 20th anniversary.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (9yWhg)

272 Yud Communists are usually bottled up and not allowed to leave the People's Republic Utopia

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (LQcGi)

273 Since it's -9 this morning.

The thermostat face cover.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at December 29, 2023 12:24 PM (Rn/yD)

274
I'm doing mental inventory trying to come up with someone related to this website who can type 150 wpm with no typos. AtC, maybe?

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:22 PM

I think it was Ace, was who I meant.

I've seen him engage in threads once in a while and he types like a fiend.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:24 PM (3qE2b)

275 Divide by Zero, you said something recently that has me puzzled. I'm doing mental inventory trying to come up with someone related to this website who can type 150 wpm with no typos. AtC, maybe?
Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:22 PM (Sf2cq)

I knew someone who was about 100 wps. You go looking for a typist job at that time, they only wanted to pay $7/hr for 70 wpm. Never took one of those jobs, the standard was 40, don't know if it still is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 29, 2023 12:25 PM (Angsy)

276 I was thinking Ace with his last few posts of the year want to make them special

Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2023 12:25 PM (LQcGi)

277 Blonde Morticia, tell your phone it's an Intex Dura-Bed Queen size.
Pro-tip. The built in air pump didn't fill it up firm enough. Had to finish it up with an already owned hand pump.
That's also how I refill.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 12:19 PM (3K/9t)

Air beds are great; very comfortable. But mine invariably developed tiny leaks that I could neither find, nor fix.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 12:25 PM (tkR6S)

278
We've been bedroom divorced for years now.

She will not / can not go through a night without having the television on for at least some of the wee hours of the night.

"It's just background noise," said she.

"And flashing bright lights," said I. "Enjoy your evenings alone."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 29, 2023 12:25 PM (xG4kz)

279 272 Yud Communists are usually bottled up and not allowed to leave the People's Republic Utopia
Posted by: Skip at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (LQcGi)

I meant here. The regime hasn't gotten around to converting IDs into internal passports... Yet. There's still opportunity for people who want to get out of Big Blue.

I suspect that's a big part of the historically notable mass migrations of the last few years, that virtually nobody in the media has discussed, at all.

"Vote with your feet" time is here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 12:27 PM (0FoWg)

280 I've seen him engage in threads once in a while and he types like a fiend.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:24 PM (3qE2b)

Ah. I was thrown off the scent by the "no typos" criterion. Heh.

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:27 PM (Sf2cq)

281 61 Did Buck commission an AI artwork?
Sure looks like it!
Lemme see... upright bass? check
odd placing of champagne glasses on the ground? check
all-american imagery as imagined by a computer? check

Should be the art thread piece for the day so everyone could say why they wouldn't hang it.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 11:21 AM (FCbAQ)

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259 Thanks all for the kind comments.
Biff: Much as I love Bob Wills that picture is a 2023 AI of how I see myself and my beautiful bride of 22 years.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 29, 2023 12:20 PM (+EZU4)
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Damn. I hit that one like a jdam.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 12:27 PM (FCbAQ)

282 Ace must still be deciding which pair of celebratory Crocs to wear for the blog's 20th anniversary.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (9yWhg)

+++++++

The 20th anniversary stone is usually emerald.

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 12:28 PM (POaeK)

283 She will not / can not go through a night without having the television on for at least some of the wee hours of the night.

"It's just background noise," said she.

White noise generators have become very popular with new parents. She should try one of those.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 12:29 PM (CsUN+)

284 SpaceX Static Fire

If you are interested ....
They've already done two fires
SpaceX Dual Static fire of Booster 10 and Starship 28

https://rb.gy/4ouy75

Posted by: Ciampino - SpaceX stuff at December 29, 2023 12:29 PM (qfLjt)

285 So Crocs in a lichen color?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 29, 2023 12:29 PM (WperO)

286 White noise generators have become very popular with new parents. She should try one of those.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 29, 2023 12:29 PM (CsUN+)

Dat's rayciss!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 29, 2023 12:29 PM (tkR6S)

287 265 Dad had a flat top, gave me a Butch when I was little.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

What a coincidence! My dad gave me a butch babysitter when I was little. It was an awakening moment for me that made me the woman I am today!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at December 29, 2023 12:29 PM (ycI94)

288 Looks like folks are posting links to funny stuff. So here's one to a Russian parody that inverts the "Trump is a Russian plant, won the election due to interference, etc., etc." paradigm to mostly funny effect:

https://nitter.net/stillgray/status/
1739745249969471906#m

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 29, 2023 12:30 PM (/HDaX)

289 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: CBP sources tell FOX there have now been over 276,00 migrant encounters at the southern border in December, the highest single month ever recorded, breaking the prior record set in September at 269,735, and there are still 3 days of December left. Record is being shattered.
This new record number includes over 230,000 Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants in December, also the highest single month of apprehensions ever recorded for Border Patrol.
We are now at over 760,000 migrant encounters since October 1st, making the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 also the highest ever recorded. Thats a population size bigger than Seattle in just three months.
All records being blown out of the water under the Biden admin as the crisis gets worse - not better.

-
276,000 in a year would be an outrage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 12:30 PM (FVME7)

290 I often have trouble getting to sleep, so I will listen to an MP3 player to get me asleep. ear buds are getting more comfortable nowadays. It won't wake my wife when I can't get back to sleep at 3am. Tossing and turning will wake her up.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 12:30 PM (D7oie)

291 It seems the Ukraine - Russian war is in its "death throes." Russia unleashed a healthy missile attack on 6 different cities while Ukraine somehow launched a missile into Poland. Poland, being part of NATO, ain't pleased.

Meanwhile Miss Lindsey wants to nuke Iran.

Happy New Year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 29, 2023 12:31 PM (Q4IgG)

292 are also not particularly in favor of the Israeli government.

If you find someone talking about "the warfare state" you have most likely found one.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 12:23 PM (D7oie)

Thank you, Kindltot. That helps me understand. I'm a bit leery of their government over the shot mandates and the Oct 7 intelligence failures, but feel that Hamas has asked for a monumental smiting.

Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:32 PM (Sf2cq)

293
My dad gave me a butch babysitter when I was little.

Our family babysitter went on to infamy as 'Sue Africa' of MOVE. I think she was in jail at the time Mayor Goode bombed the MOVE hq.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:32 PM (3qE2b)

294 Ace is up. Nood.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 29, 2023 12:32 PM (9yWhg)

295 Our family babysitter went on to infamy as 'Sue Africa' of MOVE.

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Yer shittin' me... Wow.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 29, 2023 12:33 PM (0FoWg)

296 AOP, I'm on either my 4th or 5th in the last 20 years.
The discards make fine ground covers.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 29, 2023 12:33 PM (3K/9t)

297 Meanwhile Miss Lindsey wants to nuke Iran.

Happy New Year.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Look, Ukraine is ending soon, and Israel/Palestine is too one-sided and political to further interfere with, so we have to gin up a fight SOME where. I mean, you want global stability and peace? What are you, some kind of MAGA Trumper!?!?!

Posted by: Sen Graham at December 29, 2023 12:34 PM (ycI94)

298 276,000 in a year would be an outrage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 12:30 PM (FVME7)

These crazy-large numbers will be the standard by which other numbers are judged and that's not a good thing.
Especially with R's in charge, a drop of 20% would be praised by all, but in reality the numbers would still be huuuuge.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 29, 2023 12:34 PM (FCbAQ)

299
Air beds are great; very comfortable. But mine invariably developed tiny leaks that I could neither find, nor fix.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

==============

Same. I'm gonna try Teej's brand.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 29, 2023 12:35 PM (n7rxJ)

300 Looks like folks are posting links to funny stuff.

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I thought this was funny.

http://tinyurl.com/3t8w87vh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at December 29, 2023 12:36 PM (FVME7)

301 I think it was Ace, was who I meant.

I've seen him engage in threads once in a while and he types like a fiend.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 29, 2023 12:24 PM (3qE2b)

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* Mannix has entered the chat *

/I'm still not convinced he's not the perfect conservative AI ChatBot ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at December 29, 2023 12:36 PM (POaeK)

302 183 My night stand is only large enough for a lamp, and my APAP machine.

at-at > apap

Posted by: darth chronda at December 29, 2023 12:37 PM (M9Zwl)

303 Looks like folks are posting links to funny stuff. So here's one to a Russian parody that inverts the "Trump is a Russian plant, won the election due to interference, etc., etc." paradigm to mostly funny effect:

https://nitter.net/stillgray/status/
1739745249969471906#m
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 29, 2023 12:30 PM (/HDaX)

In one of the shots of the control room, there is a slightly out of focus poster of Nikki Haley.

russians seem to know cruel trolling.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 12:41 PM (D7oie)

304 Never had a spool table but always really wanted one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 29, 2023 11:45 AM (xcxpd)

You haven't lived until you get a spool table.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 29, 2023 12:44 PM (BdMk6)

305
White noise generators have become very popular with new parents. She should try one of those.
Posted by: Archimedes
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We use a pink noise generator.

Posted by: Mr. & Mrs. Pete Butterjug at December 29, 2023 12:45 PM (XeU6L)

306 My night stand is only large enough for a lamp, and my APAP machine.
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[squints]

Where do you put your glasses?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 29, 2023 12:46 PM (XeU6L)

307 if AC / DC covered stayni' alive

http://tinyurl.com/43mzaum9

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 12:49 PM (D7oie)

308 Regarding hairstyles.....had the "college contour" in the 50's as a kid. Had the typical "duck tail" in HS. Still carry a comb in my back pocket. Not bald yet.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 29, 2023 12:50 PM (iODuv)

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Posted by: nickname at December 29, 2023 12:54 PM (BdeAN)

310 Thank you, Kindltot. That helps me understand. I'm a bit leery of their government over the shot mandates and the Oct 7 intelligence failures, but feel that Hamas has asked for a monumental smiting.
Posted by: Emmie at December 29, 2023 12:32 PM (Sf2cq)

I think it comes down to the question of "is this a policy to achieve an end" or "is this the only method we have to keep this from happening again?" and the jury is still out on this one.

I joked once that the conservative attitude towards the concept of the ideal state as "the night watchman state"
is confounded by two schools of thought: one espousing the vision of Robert Nozick, and the others who follow the view of Alan Moore.

respecting individual rights, or kicking teeth in to make sure the offense is not repeated.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 29, 2023 12:59 PM (D7oie)

311 “My pro-business, free-market, anti-regulation principles“

Really? Since when?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 29, 2023 01:18 PM (Q9bls)

312 Carter Beat Biden is Polls Biden ready to Crash and Burn

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 29, 2023 06:01 PM (wGqjj)

313
https://www.rt.com/
news/
589720-rt-meddling-video-biden/

Video on nitter.net, X
and HERE, on RT
+gives more background of,
Tradition-

Posted by: zigzag at December 29, 2023 06:43 PM (8t8O3)

314 Excellent post, Buck! AoS IS a refuge...

BTW - Pfeiffer beer bottle cases(returnable) served as admirable nightstands for us single MEN!

Remember that most of the republican party primary candidates are funded by the oligarchs you rightly demean here and one of them is our blessed Florida governor.

God bless all of you at AoS! 2024 is going to be a very eventful year full of political chicanery...

Steady.

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