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Wednesday Morning Rant
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.There is a reason why the Founders (James Madison, specifically) added this to the Bill of Rights. It was a direct response to the problems that the Quartering Acts in Britain caused in the Colonies. If there was no room in the barracks, colonists were required to open their properties to the Crown's soldiers. Initially, this was businesses, but that would change. Following the Boston Tea Party, the British expanded the Acts to include private homes. This expansion of the Quartering Acts was one of the "Intolerable Acts" that helped precipitate the American Revolution. The Quartering Acts are not merely historical curiosities because they are making a comeback in American cities.
Governments - especially local governments - are once again going down this road. This time it is not about regular soldiers, but irregulars. The press calls them "migrants" or "asylum seekers" or "undocumented immigrants" because they abhor the proper classification of "illegal aliens" - but regardless of the name, these are beneficiaries of the new 21st-century Quartering Acts that our governments are imposing.
It's starting the same way and developing along the same lines. New York City is an example of what happens in other cities. Running out of places to stuff illegal aliens, the City turned to hotels. They've set up the "New Ellis Island" - what a despicable perversion that title is - at the former Roosevelt Hotel. Other hotels have seen tremendous damage and decay as a result of being used for housing illegals and the payments made to them will never offset the costs of recovery. Running out of hotel space, the city opened more shelters at places like the cruise ship terminal in Brooklyn and in other locations - but the illegal aliens didn't like it:The site was the subject of controversy when the city first began moving migrants there at the end of January, with some advocates comparing it to a "detention center" and a group of asylum seekers temporarily refusing to move there from a hotel in Hell's Kitchen, citing poor conditions.But most of that is old news. The flood keeps coming, and places to stuff the invading hordes continues to run out. The problems have only gotten worse and the "solutions" get worse in turn. New York is toying with sticking them in private homes:
Mayor Eric Adams now wants to start paying every day New Yorkers to shelter migrants in their own homes -- as the Big Apple struggles to find beds for the thousands of asylum seekers still flooding into the city. In his latest attempt to battle the ongoing migrant crisis, Adams on Monday floated a half baked "private residence" plan, which could possibly see local homeowners getting compensation to put up asylum seekers.New York City isn't alone, though the agitators for these kinds of plans in other cities tend to be NGOs. An NGO for Africans wants to expand its private residence operations in Detroit. In Baltimore, one of the NGOs wants the city to refurbish abandoned properties and then make them available to illegal aliens so those aliens can "spur growth" in the city:
"The gradual receding population in Baltimore is a sad situation," said Pat Jones, executive director of the Immigration Outreach Service Center. "I think that it is one that could be greatly helped by opening up some of these vacant (properties), rehabilitating them, and making them available, either for purchase or rent, to some of our immigrants coming in to the city. It might create communities that would spur more growth in the city. I'd like to see that."Just like the British before them, America's cities are progressing down the path of the Quartering Acts. First it is businesses where the compensation will not offset the damages, but they still try to expand the operation. Now they're moving on to individuals. Put the aliens in hotels. Put them in properties with tax arrears. Ask people to put them up in their homes. Right now, of course, this is all technically voluntary - but as this problem continues to grow, they won't be content with merely asking.
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1st?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:00 AM (9yWhg)
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Yess! Hey, Mannix!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)
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Thirdish
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (AN/rm)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
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Well, the illegals might just be the junta's foot soldiers, so.....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 11:03 AM (Q4IgG)
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Mmm, fresh.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at January 03, 2024 11:03 AM (OUMaO)
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Just thinking the same thing. Nice rant.
Posted by: henry at January 03, 2024 11:04 AM (JMDly)
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A great many city folk are fucking retarded.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:04 AM (R4t5M)
9
NY have a covered stadium?
Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (AwYPR)
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Morning.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (ScoLf)
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I have bad news: the hotel owners don't care.
It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (IG4Id)
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Yeah, having violated every other one of the Bill of Rights, the Communists in charge, had to find some way to violate the 3rd also.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (CecP5)
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It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (IG4Id)
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And the insurance companies will respond by jacking up premiums or putting "shelter riders" or some such into the policies. The cost *will* be borne.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (IG4Id)
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And the insurance companies will respond by jacking up premiums or putting "shelter riders" or some such into the policies. The cost *will* be borne.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (WkNQM)
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"We decided it would be the right thing to put up Pedro in our spare bedroom. And then he unpacked the machete".
Some Woke People
Some Woke People
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (0EOe9)
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I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
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I am not taking in anyone
I doubt it will ever come to this, but still
Americans would never put up with it
right?
I doubt it will ever come to this, but still
Americans would never put up with it
right?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (geLO8)
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The solutions in life are so simple!
Evict everyone here who has NOT shown a passport to a CBP official at a port of entry, or if their visas have expired.
Problem solved.
Evict everyone here who has NOT shown a passport to a CBP official at a port of entry, or if their visas have expired.
Problem solved.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (Q9bls)
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Here's a crazy idea. Maybe we could, you know. Secure the border. Just throwing it out there as I hadn't heard that idea mentioned ever.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (4p0Xq)
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Oooh, sue government officials for violation of 3rd Amendment. I like this a lot. Only hurdle is to get a judge to agree these are troops, albeit irregular as Mannix points out. What's the red state equivalent to a Hawaii judge?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (fs1hN)
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Americans would never put up with it
right?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (geLO
PfffttttttHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
right?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (geLO
PfffttttttHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (ScoLf)
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Send ‘em to Disney World.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)
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It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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And probably loads of money laundering directly to friends and family.
There really is no downside for the hotel owners, is there?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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And probably loads of money laundering directly to friends and family.
There really is no downside for the hotel owners, is there?
Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (kIrFD)
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No offense to the big city denizens here, but my Give a Fux meter is not beeping.
I'm struggling to see the equivalence to quartering troops, but hey, go for it. Fight the fight.
I'm struggling to see the equivalence to quartering troops, but hey, go for it. Fight the fight.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (QBaJw)
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Yeah, having violated every other one of the Bill of Rights, the Communists in charge, had to find some way to violate the 3rd also.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (CecP5)
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They do sometimes even before.
When I was in CO, there was a wildfire and the county decided to set up their fire command center in someone's house because he had a good location in the area. No choice, they just had the sheriff drag him out and took over his house for the command post.
That struck me as a pretty brazen Third Amendment violation. They weren't soldiers, but they were agents of the state taking over a private residence without due process.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (CecP5)
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They do sometimes even before.
When I was in CO, there was a wildfire and the county decided to set up their fire command center in someone's house because he had a good location in the area. No choice, they just had the sheriff drag him out and took over his house for the command post.
That struck me as a pretty brazen Third Amendment violation. They weren't soldiers, but they were agents of the state taking over a private residence without due process.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (WkNQM)
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Baltimore becomes a giant favela.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (ScR16)
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The hotels are in on the scam. They're making yuge bank on these invading parasites.
Ditto the "private" property owners who will participate in this. They will be already suspect AirBNB-type properties that aren't really private residences at all, but essentially operate as illegal commercial hotels.
Illegal immigration will never end -- it will only grow bigger -- in part because it's a license to print money.
Ditto the "private" property owners who will participate in this. They will be already suspect AirBNB-type properties that aren't really private residences at all, but essentially operate as illegal commercial hotels.
Illegal immigration will never end -- it will only grow bigger -- in part because it's a license to print money.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (iFTx/)
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This is actually quite a brilliant tie in. Well done, Mannix. Well done.
For that, boobs!
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For that, boobs!
http://tinyurl.com/y47r5pyr
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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start with the politicians and bureaucrats personal homes. Next the heads of the NGOs (and their employees). They get the grift from all this.
Posted by: henry at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (JMDly)
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Replacement theory is totally not a thing.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (BI8w/)
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They destroyed the first amendment, and are trying their best to do so on the second, so it is time to attack the third.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (J0HRq)
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Send ‘em to Disney World.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)
Where do you think they came from?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)
Where do you think they came from?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
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The problem is it is not a strict prohibition- it just says you have to pass a law.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (zZu0s)
Posted by: CNN at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (2yu8s)
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I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
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Moo!
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
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Moo!
Posted by: Cowz at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (ScR16)
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I have bad news: the hotel owners don't care.
It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Just like the RCC. Another reason why I am angry at the bastards running it.
It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Just like the RCC. Another reason why I am angry at the bastards running it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (Q0kLU)
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I'm struggling to see the equivalence to quartering troops, but hey, go for it. Fight the fight.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (QBaJw)
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It's the same basic issue: the state demanding that you quarter someone you don't choose to quarter. They aren't troops in this case - and so a Third Amendment case would be hard to make - but they're essentially similar.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (QBaJw)
++++
It's the same basic issue: the state demanding that you quarter someone you don't choose to quarter. They aren't troops in this case - and so a Third Amendment case would be hard to make - but they're essentially similar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
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They used to send immigrants back from Ellis Island for serious contagious diseases. Nowadays, they don’t even give them one of those vaccines that Biden mandated for US citizens.
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (RHGPo)
38
NY have a covered stadium?
Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (AwYPR)
I'm assuming it's named after THE Madison? Same guy?
That would be ironic.
Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (AwYPR)
I'm assuming it's named after THE Madison? Same guy?
That would be ironic.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (QBaJw)
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Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
You didn't specify their gender. No doubt there are any number of fake women with big tits and long legs.
But seriously, I'm sure you wouldn't take in some sexy real dame if she was part of a drug cartel and was planning to shoot your head off when you were asleep.
You didn't specify their gender. No doubt there are any number of fake women with big tits and long legs.
But seriously, I'm sure you wouldn't take in some sexy real dame if she was part of a drug cartel and was planning to shoot your head off when you were asleep.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (vW5wl)
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http://tinyurl.com/y47r5pyr
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
GODDAMN, Sponge!
I think she needs a shoulder massage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
GODDAMN, Sponge!
I think she needs a shoulder massage.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (ScoLf)
41
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Posted by: Ciampino - SpaceX Rminder #1 at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (qfLjt)
42
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (fwDg9)
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As it stands now it’s voluntary and people will get paid, so no 3A violation.
But as we all know govt never stops it only advanced. And eventually the asking and paying part will not be part of it.
But as we all know govt never stops it only advanced. And eventually the asking and paying part will not be part of it.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (BI8w/)
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The problem is it is not a strict prohibition- it just says you have to pass a law.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (zZu0s)
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In war, it can be done with due process for soldiers.
This isn't a war, and these aren't soldiers. I'm not arguing - though I have perhaps failed - that this is a Third Amendment violation. It is in spirit, I think, but probably not in fact. It is, however, the same kind of shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (zZu0s)
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In war, it can be done with due process for soldiers.
This isn't a war, and these aren't soldiers. I'm not arguing - though I have perhaps failed - that this is a Third Amendment violation. It is in spirit, I think, but probably not in fact. It is, however, the same kind of shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (WkNQM)
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27 This is actually quite a brilliant tie in. Well done, Mannix. Well done.
For that, boobs!
http://tinyurl.com/y47r5pyr
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
____
Pointillism thread is below.
For that, boobs!
http://tinyurl.com/y47r5pyr
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
____
Pointillism thread is below.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (fs1hN)
46
None of this would be necessary if you:
A.) Close the border.
2.) Send all illegals back to their home country at cost to the home country.
III) Don't reopen the border to immigrants unless they offer a specific, needed service to US Citizens
A.) Close the border.
2.) Send all illegals back to their home country at cost to the home country.
III) Don't reopen the border to immigrants unless they offer a specific, needed service to US Citizens
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (rJ7Hd)
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It's the same basic issue: the state demanding that you quarter someone you don't choose to quarter. They aren't troops in this case - and so a Third Amendment case would be hard to make - but they're essentially similar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
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Emanations and penumbras, man. Emanations and penumbras.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
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Emanations and penumbras, man. Emanations and penumbras.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (ScR16)
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I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
If the Swedish Womens' Beach Volleyball team jumps the border here in Arizona, I will graciously let them stay with me for a while.
Seriously, though, those of us with seasonal homes in the USA are greatly at risk of having our homes used by a cynical State to quarter wetbacks. State-sponsored squatting.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
If the Swedish Womens' Beach Volleyball team jumps the border here in Arizona, I will graciously let them stay with me for a while.
Seriously, though, those of us with seasonal homes in the USA are greatly at risk of having our homes used by a cynical State to quarter wetbacks. State-sponsored squatting.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (tkR6S)
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It's the same basic issue: the state demanding that you quarter someone you don't choose to quarter. They aren't troops in this case - and so a Third Amendment case would be hard to make - but they're essentially similar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
Who was that several months (year or two) who was saying what he was seeing was a concerted invasion and speculated that it was the government's plan to use these troops against natives?
Was that Michael Yon?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
Who was that several months (year or two) who was saying what he was seeing was a concerted invasion and speculated that it was the government's plan to use these troops against natives?
Was that Michael Yon?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (zZu0s)
50
Settle illegal aliens into private residences, What could go wrong?
Posted by: Jewish Odysseus at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (bvp+i)
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____
Pointillism thread is below.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (fs1hN)
But THIS is the pointillism I can get into.
Pointillism thread is below.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (fs1hN)
But THIS is the pointillism I can get into.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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I have bad news: the hotel owners don't care.
It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (IG4Id)
My first thought was, how many of these people who own hotels are the same oligarchs who approved the flooding of our borders in the first place.
It's state-sponsored insurance fraud. They will collect all the reimbursement in the deal probably with insurance payouts as well. Refurb them and re-open at a higher price point.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (IG4Id)
My first thought was, how many of these people who own hotels are the same oligarchs who approved the flooding of our borders in the first place.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (QBaJw)
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This depressing topic needs a picture of a blond bombshell in a bikini showing she's not depressed at the thought of quartering my handsomeness. Instead I offer Mel Gibson.
https://t.ly/Znpj2
This depressing topic needs a picture of a blond bombshell in a bikini showing she's not depressed at the thought of quartering my handsomeness. Instead I offer Mel Gibson.
https://t.ly/Znpj2
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (3qE2b)
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I’ve wondered about housing them in hotels and puzzled why the owners don’t object. Because their presence is gonna make that hotel a very undesirable place for normal travelers/tourists to stay. How’d you like to shell out $200 a night for a vacation, show up and you’re in the middle of a 3rd world %#*-hole? You wouldn’t go back and me I’d ask for a refund and leave….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
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But seriously, I'm sure you wouldn't take in some sexy real dame if she was part of a drug cartel and was planning to shoot your head off when you were asleep.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (vW5wl)
Depends. Which head?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (vW5wl)
Depends. Which head?
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (ScoLf)
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Was that Michael Yon?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (zZu0s)
Speaking of.....what ever happened to Pat Dollard?
Was that Michael Yon?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (zZu0s)
Speaking of.....what ever happened to Pat Dollard?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
57
There's a chilly breeze in that photo.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (R4t5M)
58
Mayor Eric Adams now wants to start paying every day New Yorkers to shelter migrants in their own homes
Hey. Mayor Adams? Go phuck yourself.
This is how you get vigilante militias and dead body counts. Dumbassed libs.
Hey. Mayor Adams? Go phuck yourself.
This is how you get vigilante militias and dead body counts. Dumbassed libs.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (3CCua)
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This isn't a war, and these aren't soldiers. I'm not arguing - though I have perhaps failed - that this is a Third Amendment violation. It is in spirit, I think, but probably not in fact. It is, however, the same kind of shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (WkNQM)
I think this is one of those times when the Founders did not foresee the future well enough. They probably could not conceive of a time when the government would try to force people to quarter people in their homes who WEREN'T soldiers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (WkNQM)
I think this is one of those times when the Founders did not foresee the future well enough. They probably could not conceive of a time when the government would try to force people to quarter people in their homes who WEREN'T soldiers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (zZu0s)
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44 The problem is it is not a strict prohibition- it just says you have to pass a law.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (zZu0s)
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In war, it can be done with due process for soldiers.
This isn't a war, and these aren't soldiers. I'm not arguing - though I have perhaps failed - that this is a Third Amendment violation. It is in spirit, I think, but probably not in fact. It is, however, the same kind of shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (WkNQM)
It's similar in theme to emininent domain. The Constitution recognizes the need for lawful emergency acts, but is generally hostile to the non-emergency or unlawful seizure of property.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (zZu0s)
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In war, it can be done with due process for soldiers.
This isn't a war, and these aren't soldiers. I'm not arguing - though I have perhaps failed - that this is a Third Amendment violation. It is in spirit, I think, but probably not in fact. It is, however, the same kind of shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (WkNQM)
It's similar in theme to emininent domain. The Constitution recognizes the need for lawful emergency acts, but is generally hostile to the non-emergency or unlawful seizure of property.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (eYoxG)
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"it appeared to most, incorrectly, that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was indeed guilty of raping the maid"
Interesting. It never appeared to me to be anything but an obvious shakedown. Does anyone think rich guys like DSK decide to rape rando maids in hotels? If you do, then you don’t know how these things work. Rich guys who want to get laid have a dozen prostitutes on speed dial.
The DSK story was impossible to believe from the jump. Let's put aside how insanely nuts it would have been for a internationally-known star like DSK to risk it all to rape a maid. Her story made no sense. Not only was it another “he forced me to blow him” story – how is that even physically possible? – but her story kept changing. Then of course the inevitable civil suit. It was a shakedown arising from paid-for, consensual sex.
This was an early example of "me too" where everyone jumped to believe – or pretend to believe – the shaky (at best) story from a black female immigrant about how a white guy raped her. This is about the time I concluded that 99.99% of these "the rich guy raped me" stories were complete bullshit. These guys might well be lecherous pricks. But they aren't rapists.
Interesting. It never appeared to me to be anything but an obvious shakedown. Does anyone think rich guys like DSK decide to rape rando maids in hotels? If you do, then you don’t know how these things work. Rich guys who want to get laid have a dozen prostitutes on speed dial.
The DSK story was impossible to believe from the jump. Let's put aside how insanely nuts it would have been for a internationally-known star like DSK to risk it all to rape a maid. Her story made no sense. Not only was it another “he forced me to blow him” story – how is that even physically possible? – but her story kept changing. Then of course the inevitable civil suit. It was a shakedown arising from paid-for, consensual sex.
This was an early example of "me too" where everyone jumped to believe – or pretend to believe – the shaky (at best) story from a black female immigrant about how a white guy raped her. This is about the time I concluded that 99.99% of these "the rich guy raped me" stories were complete bullshit. These guys might well be lecherous pricks. But they aren't rapists.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
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Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (Q0kLU)
Then ignore the bastards running it. Don't give any money when the they take up appeals for anything than the local church, find a priest you like for confession and if it appeals to you go to TLM in your area if they have one.
Then ignore the bastards running it. Don't give any money when the they take up appeals for anything than the local church, find a priest you like for confession and if it appeals to you go to TLM in your area if they have one.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (vW5wl)
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21 Send ‘em to Disney World.
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
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I’ve wondered about housing them in hotels and puzzled why the owners don’t object. Because their presence is gonna make that hotel a very undesirable place for normal travelers/tourists to stay. How’d you like to shell out $200 a night for a vacation, show up and you’re in the middle of a 3rd world %#*-hole? You wouldn’t go back and me I’d ask for a refund and leave….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
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There are tons of examples of this out there on the internet from this country and from others. Tourists who book a stay and find out when they get there that the hotel is a "migrant shelter" for most of its business.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
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There are tons of examples of this out there on the internet from this country and from others. Tourists who book a stay and find out when they get there that the hotel is a "migrant shelter" for most of its business.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (WkNQM)
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Technically, it is a fifth amendment issue, taking private property for public use.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (J0HRq)
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I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert
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Dirty little secret that isn't discussed:
Those eastern European white slaves work the coasts and resort communities. Upscale places where the residents don't want to see squat abuelas folding towels in the corridor, and where young attractive white ladies speaking European languages are more suitable to the wealthy guests.
Posted by: Robert
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Dirty little secret that isn't discussed:
Those eastern European white slaves work the coasts and resort communities. Upscale places where the residents don't want to see squat abuelas folding towels in the corridor, and where young attractive white ladies speaking European languages are more suitable to the wealthy guests.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (9cE5Q)
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I’m going to guess these “hotels” were already run down buildings. So the owners get a ton of money from the government while their properties aren’t that much worse off.
Pretty sure the illegals aren’t staying at the Waldorf.
Pretty sure the illegals aren’t staying at the Waldorf.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (BI8w/)
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I think this "voluntary" nonsense is more about the politicos in charge "volunteering" YOU to house illegals for a couple bucks than it is about YOU actually volunteering your space for a couple bucks.
I'm certain there are some people who'd think the virtue signaling is worth it, but those are going to be few and far between.
When the politicos get no takers they'll take the home instead. It's what they do.
I'm certain there are some people who'd think the virtue signaling is worth it, but those are going to be few and far between.
When the politicos get no takers they'll take the home instead. It's what they do.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (Q4IgG)
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But seriously, I'm sure you wouldn't take in some sexy real dame if she was part of a drug cartel and was planning to shoot your head off when you were asleep.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (vW5wl)
Dames? Lol. Nice, Fen. How are the stems on that little minx? Her peepers are just swell.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM (vW5wl)
Dames? Lol. Nice, Fen. How are the stems on that little minx? Her peepers are just swell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (zZu0s)
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Given the denizens of these cities vote overwhelmingly democrat, until they change themselves, I have very few fucks to give.
If that is tough, too bad, let them pressure their representatives at the federal government to do their jobs and enforce the laws currently on the books.
If that is tough, too bad, let them pressure their representatives at the federal government to do their jobs and enforce the laws currently on the books.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (gmo/4)
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck
That's goofy.
Posted by: andycanuck
That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
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5 Well, the illegals might just be the junta's foot soldiers, so.....
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Reinforcements for Obama's Domestic Army.
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Reinforcements for Obama's Domestic Army.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (LVNnd)
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Yeah, having violated every other one of the Bill of Rights, the Communists in charge, had to find some way to violate the 3rd also.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (CecP5)
They did violate the 3rd Amendment already
There was a case where the local cops set up in a person's house to surveil another property. Original homeowner objected. I don't recall the resolution of that case.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 03, 2024 11:05 AM (CecP5)
They did violate the 3rd Amendment already
There was a case where the local cops set up in a person's house to surveil another property. Original homeowner objected. I don't recall the resolution of that case.
Posted by: De at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (ufFY8)
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
Sounds like the opening scene in an episode of Midsomer Murders.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
Sounds like the opening scene in an episode of Midsomer Murders.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (AN/rm)
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Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM
In case you missed it - Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday so I'd expect Route 23 to be shut down most of the day in that area.
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:10 AM
In case you missed it - Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday so I'd expect Route 23 to be shut down most of the day in that area.
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
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That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
12 years? What the hell kind of Mickey Mouse outfit is that police force?
That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
12 years? What the hell kind of Mickey Mouse outfit is that police force?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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ted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (
Either one would not be pleasant/ either your penis is shot off or the head on top of your shoulders.
Either one would not be pleasant/ either your penis is shot off or the head on top of your shoulders.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (vW5wl)
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Well to Communists, property shouldn't be owned by citizens
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (fwDg9)
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III) Don't reopen the border to immigrants unless they offer a specific, needed service to US Citizens
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (rJ7Hd)
Which at this point would only include relatively inexpensive Russian "brides."
I'm so tired of the Ukrainian ones.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (rJ7Hd)
Which at this point would only include relatively inexpensive Russian "brides."
I'm so tired of the Ukrainian ones.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (QBaJw)
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Damn I missed the art thread. Though I’m not a big fan of pointillism , Paul Signac’s
The Bonaventure Pine is one of my favorite paintings. Photo of it is beautiful but still doesn’t do it Justice.
The Bonaventure Pine is one of my favorite paintings. Photo of it is beautiful but still doesn’t do it Justice.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (MNhXM)
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"Hi, Mr. Homeowner, meet Miguel. He's from Guatemala. Never mind the tattoos on his face and neck, he's really not in MS13. He speaks some English "You racist!" No, he doesn't have a family, but he likes yours. He'll be no trouble at all, barely an inconvenience. Oh, and put away all the sharp objects, he likes stabby things."
Posted by: your local housing commissar at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (MeG8a)
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It will turn into investment-fund-slum-lord. The cities will pay to house illegals in private homes. Investment funds will buy vacant decrepit properties and collect top-dollar for housing illegals while always promising to fix up the properties.
Posted by: Tom at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (ZvGil)
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Send me the young wemens. I will house them.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (uKeRS)
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64 I’ve wondered about housing them in hotels and puzzled why the owners don’t object. Because their presence is gonna make that hotel a very undesirable place for normal travelers/tourists to stay. How’d you like to shell out $200 a night for a vacation, show up and you’re in the middle of a 3rd world %#*-hole? You wouldn’t go back and me I’d ask for a refund and leave….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
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There are tons of examples of this out there on the internet from this country and from others. Tourists who book a stay and find out when they get there that the hotel is a "migrant shelter" for most of its business.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (WkNQM)
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Generally, the entire hotel is converted into a migrant shelter, so there are no remaining paying guests. That's what happened to the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC and several others. It's well known that migrants are such dirty, filthy undesirables and criminals that their presence in a hotel makes it poison for paying guests.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
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There are tons of examples of this out there on the internet from this country and from others. Tourists who book a stay and find out when they get there that the hotel is a "migrant shelter" for most of its business.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (WkNQM)
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Generally, the entire hotel is converted into a migrant shelter, so there are no remaining paying guests. That's what happened to the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC and several others. It's well known that migrants are such dirty, filthy undesirables and criminals that their presence in a hotel makes it poison for paying guests.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
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In case you missed it - Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday so I'd expect Route 23 to be shut down most of the day in that area.
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
If he recognizes his shadow, we get 12 more weeks of open borders.
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
If he recognizes his shadow, we get 12 more weeks of open borders.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (QBaJw)
Posted by: I've got bad news for you at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (vcOd1)
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How long before the involuntary quartering happens exclusively in Trump-voting households, you know, to keep an eye on things. Crazy paranoia? I'd have thought so before the last couple of years.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (CsUN+)
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Don't reopen the border to immigrants unless they offer a specific, needed service to US Citizens
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It's neat how it's a self-licking lollipop.
Ruin the black family, create conditions so that the black male is no longer needed for income, then convince black males that they are above manual labor. We've got to import workers or else!!!
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It's neat how it's a self-licking lollipop.
Ruin the black family, create conditions so that the black male is no longer needed for income, then convince black males that they are above manual labor. We've got to import workers or else!!!
Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (9cE5Q)
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82 It will turn into investment-fund-slum-lord. The cities will pay to house illegals in private homes. Investment funds will buy vacant decrepit properties and collect top-dollar for housing illegals while always promising to fix up the properties.
Posted by: Tom at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (ZvGil)
Yeah, I was thinking this is somehow tied to REIs.
Would explain a lot.
Posted by: Tom at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (ZvGil)
Yeah, I was thinking this is somehow tied to REIs.
Would explain a lot.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (XtkZj)
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In case you missed it - Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday so I'd expect Route 23 to be shut down most of the day in that area.
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
Will he be doing his best imitation of Adolf Hitler?
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
Will he be doing his best imitation of Adolf Hitler?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (AN/rm)
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I know HOAs are hated her. This is a good example of where HOAs will come in handy, to keep your sleepy neighbor from bringing in 5 illegals to sleep in the garage.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (BI8w/)
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It's the same basic issue: the state demanding that you quarter someone you don't choose to quarter. They aren't troops in this case - and so a Third Amendment case would be hard to make - but they're essentially similar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
Because the 3rd specifically says "soldier" the Left will say there isn't a Constitutional issue. So....the Right says something...something...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Oh Dear!!!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
Because the 3rd specifically says "soldier" the Left will say there isn't a Constitutional issue. So....the Right says something...something...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Oh Dear!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (W/lyH)
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82 It will turn into investment-fund-slum-lord. The cities will pay to house illegals in private homes. Investment funds will buy vacant decrepit properties and collect top-dollar for housing illegals while always promising to fix up the properties.
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We have more decrepit properties than people. We'll allow it.
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We have more decrepit properties than people. We'll allow it.
Posted by: East Cleveland at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (fs1hN)
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Generally, the entire hotel is converted into a migrant shelter, so there are no remaining paying guests. That's what happened to the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC and several others. It's well known that migrants are such dirty, filthy undesirables and criminals that their presence in a hotel makes it poison for paying guests.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
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Roosevelt was closed before it was converted (killed off by the COVID stupids). Outside of NYC, at least, some hotels are split. Some "migrant floors" and some for regular customers. It doesn't work out well.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
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Roosevelt was closed before it was converted (killed off by the COVID stupids). Outside of NYC, at least, some hotels are split. Some "migrant floors" and some for regular customers. It doesn't work out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (WkNQM)
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Big splody in Iran.
We're going to get hit soon, aren't we?
Posted by: I've got bad news for you at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (vcOd1)
The only reason that was able to happen in Iran is because half of the Iranian Guard is over here.
We're going to get hit soon, aren't we?
Posted by: I've got bad news for you at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (vcOd1)
The only reason that was able to happen in Iran is because half of the Iranian Guard is over here.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)
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It will turn into investment-fund-slum-lord. The cities will pay to house illegals in private homes. Investment funds will buy vacant decrepit properties and collect top-dollar for housing illegals while always promising to fix up the properties.
Yup. This is just another way for the Feds to bail out failing blue cities (which is all of them).
Yup. This is just another way for the Feds to bail out failing blue cities (which is all of them).
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (CsUN+)
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
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Zombie Ted Kennedy was unavailable for comment...
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
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Zombie Ted Kennedy was unavailable for comment...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:19 AM (7fElN)
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Americans would never put up with it
right?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM
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This one won't.
right?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM
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This one won't.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:19 AM (W/lyH)
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No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
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How bout this?
We're always at war, and the law is just an enabling act?
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How bout this?
We're always at war, and the law is just an enabling act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
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94 Generally, the entire hotel is converted into a migrant shelter, so there are no remaining paying guests. That's what happened to the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC and several others. It's well known that migrants are such dirty, filthy undesirables and criminals that their presence in a hotel makes it poison for paying guests.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
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Roosevelt was closed before it was converted (killed off by the COVID stupids). Outside of NYC, at least, some hotels are split. Some "migrant floors" and some for regular customers. It doesn't work out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (WkNQM)
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Those mixed hotels will eventually be all migrant, I reckon. Hotel owners would rather just collect yuge guaranteed payments from the government while providing zero services than deal with actual paying customers who expect something for their money.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
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Roosevelt was closed before it was converted (killed off by the COVID stupids). Outside of NYC, at least, some hotels are split. Some "migrant floors" and some for regular customers. It doesn't work out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (WkNQM)
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Those mixed hotels will eventually be all migrant, I reckon. Hotel owners would rather just collect yuge guaranteed payments from the government while providing zero services than deal with actual paying customers who expect something for their money.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (iFTx/)
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In case you missed it - Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday so I'd expect Route 23 to be shut down most of the day in that area.
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
I'm rooting for a Nor'Easter to take a big snowy dump on dynamo Joe.
Posted by: Joe Mannix I am Not at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (3qE2b)
I'm rooting for a Nor'Easter to take a big snowy dump on dynamo Joe.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (CsUN+)
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How bout this?
We're always at war, and the law is just an enabling act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
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That's your call. You wrote the damn thing!
We're always at war, and the law is just an enabling act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
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That's your call. You wrote the damn thing!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (WkNQM)
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94 Roosevelt was closed before it was converted (killed off by the COVID stupids). Outside of NYC, at least, some hotels are split. Some "migrant floors" and some for regular customers. It doesn't work out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (WkNQM)
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"Bottom line is still good, right?"
-The Corporation that actually owns the hotel
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (WkNQM)
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"Bottom line is still good, right?"
-The Corporation that actually owns the hotel
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck
That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
Do you think she made that sound Goidy does as she was sinking? You know the one, "Wahohohoyyyyyyyy!!!!"
Posted by: andycanuck
That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
Do you think she made that sound Goidy does as she was sinking? You know the one, "Wahohohoyyyyyyyy!!!!"
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (Fsf3w)
106
“We turned the city into a shithole, so it will be a great place to house illegals” is not the flex that Leftards think it is.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (uKeRS)
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If he recognizes his shadow, we get 12 more weeks months of open borders.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM
FIFY.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:17 AM
FIFY.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (jA9ul)
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Some of our legislators have suggested letting these asylum seekers join the military. Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
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103 How bout this?
We're always at war, and the law is just an enabling act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
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That's your call. You wrote the damn thing!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (WkNQM)
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It's amazing what I had to compromise with that tyrant Hamilton just to get the thing passed.
We're always at war, and the law is just an enabling act?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
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That's your call. You wrote the damn thing!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (WkNQM)
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It's amazing what I had to compromise with that tyrant Hamilton just to get the thing passed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (GBKbO)
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I know HOAs are hated her. This is a good example of where HOAs will come in handy, to keep your sleepy neighbor from bringing in 5 illegals to sleep in the garage.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (BI8w/)
The HOA will take a cut, and quarter the wetbacks in your home.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (BI8w/)
The HOA will take a cut, and quarter the wetbacks in your home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (tkR6S)
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Sounds like the opening scene in an episode of Midsomer Murders.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (AN/rm)
Midsomer Magic Kingdom
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 03, 2024 11:15 AM (AN/rm)
Midsomer Magic Kingdom
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ufFY8)
112
Goidy?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ScR16)
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106 “We turned the city into a shithole, so it will be a great place to house illegals” is not the flex that Leftards think it is.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (uKeRS)
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It's become, "Keep the illegals out of our shithole."
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (uKeRS)
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It's become, "Keep the illegals out of our shithole."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (GBKbO)
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Some of our legislators have suggested letting these asylum seekers join the military. Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
You're catching on.....
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
You're catching on.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)
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At Valley Forge Park there's a 'Visitors Center' with parking for maybe 100 cars and seating inside for maybe 100 people. Just the kind of tiny venue that Biden's people would want him to appear at.
Since it's on January 6th he may broach thetopic lie.
At Valley Forge Park there's a 'Visitors Center' with parking for maybe 100 cars and seating inside for maybe 100 people. Just the kind of tiny venue that Biden's people would want him to appear at.
Since it's on January 6th he may broach the
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (3qE2b)
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It's the same basic issue: the state demanding that you quarter someone you don't choose to quarter. They aren't troops in this case - and so a Third Amendment case would be hard to make - but they're essentially similar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
Yeah for the illogical legal profession who would make it unnecessarily hard. But to the logical layperson it’s not hard at all. Private property rights combined with the intentions of the 3rd amendment should make it a slam dunk.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:09 AM (WkNQM)
Yeah for the illogical legal profession who would make it unnecessarily hard. But to the logical layperson it’s not hard at all. Private property rights combined with the intentions of the 3rd amendment should make it a slam dunk.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (MNhXM)
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In a Constitutional republic America, rent control and zoning restrictions would be in violation of both the 3rd and the takings clause.
But in Clown America, it "helps the poor" so laws don't matter.
But in Clown America, it "helps the poor" so laws don't matter.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (TzW+Y)
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There was a headline a couple of days ago something like Biden Campaign Worried Voters Will Blame Democrats for Border Crisis. 🤣
Gee ya think?
Gee ya think?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (BI8w/)
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Goidy?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ScR16)
Close enough......
https://youtu.be/JR8k8jpT3tw
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ScR16)
Close enough......
https://youtu.be/JR8k8jpT3tw
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)
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“We turned the city into a shithole, so it will be a great place to house illegals” is not the flex that Leftards think it is.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (uKeRS)
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Shhhh! You're not supposed to connect the dots. Just approve the expenditure.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 03, 2024 11:21 AM (uKeRS)
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Shhhh! You're not supposed to connect the dots. Just approve the expenditure.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (WkNQM)
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The housing Gestapo could show up at my digs, drop off a couple illegals, and they would be packing their trash and moving down the road in hours. "Senor Guillermo, muy loco. Muchas Pistolas y la Vodka, la Vodka".
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (0EOe9)
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck
That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
*Ahem*
Posted by: andycanuck
That's goofy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:14 AM (R4t5M)
*Ahem*
Posted by: The Committee of Detail at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (Fsf3w)
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118 There was a headline a couple of days ago something like Biden Campaign Worried Voters Will Blame Democrats for Border Crisis. 🤣
Gee ya think?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (BI8w/)
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But Republicans hate the gays which is why they want "clean" elections.
Gee ya think?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:23 AM (BI8w/)
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But Republicans hate the gays which is why they want "clean" elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
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I’ve wondered about housing them in hotels and puzzled why the owners don’t object. Because their presence is gonna make that hotel a very undesirable place for normal travelers/tourists to stay. How’d you like to shell out $200 a night for a vacation, show up and you’re in the middle of a 3rd world %#*-hole? You wouldn’t go back and me I’d ask for a refund and leave....
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To aid hotels being wiped out by his lockdowns and travel restrictions, Justin started that here with both 'migrants' and for mandatory-quarantining victims back when the tests took three days to complete for those returning from abroad.
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To aid hotels being wiped out by his lockdowns and travel restrictions, Justin started that here with both 'migrants' and for mandatory-quarantining victims back when the tests took three days to complete for those returning from abroad.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (2yu8s)
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All of my spare beds (of which I have none) are already reserved for Morons in Need.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (7fElN)
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spoiler: NYC will still vote 90% for Biden.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (BI8w/)
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Com"on guys. It's not as if the government is going to give you a choice- Would you like Miss Guatemala 202O or Miss Mexico - 2022.? You'd get dumpy 22 year old with her two kids and her cartel supporting husband who worships the devil.
Think with your large head, not the one on your penis. Yes; I realize you're kidding but the whole idea of quartering illegals on citizens is appalling.
Thanks for the thoughtful and well written essay, I'm getting irritable and think I will call it a day and look forward to a pleasant day with my family.
Think with your large head, not the one on your penis. Yes; I realize you're kidding but the whole idea of quartering illegals on citizens is appalling.
Thanks for the thoughtful and well written essay, I'm getting irritable and think I will call it a day and look forward to a pleasant day with my family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (vW5wl)
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>>Some of our legislators have suggested letting these asylum seekers join the military. Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
In a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
What would stop the people from going after their soft targets as easily as they would come after us?
In a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
What would stop the people from going after their soft targets as easily as they would come after us?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
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89 82 It will turn into investment-fund-slum-lord. The cities will pay to house illegals in private homes. Investment funds will buy vacant decrepit properties and collect top-dollar for housing illegals while always promising to fix up the properties.
Posted by: Tom at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (ZvGil)
Yeah, I was thinking this is somehow tied to REIs.
Would explain a lot.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (XtkZj)
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It's already being done at the AirBNB level. The fight between hotel owners and AirBNB was never about the guy who rents out a room to make ends meet. The fight was against developers and others who bought properties -- sometimes entire residential buildings -- solely to operate then through AirBNB as commercial hotels.
The industry is already in place to do the same to run-down properties, as you both suggest.
Posted by: Tom at January 03, 2024 11:16 AM (ZvGil)
Yeah, I was thinking this is somehow tied to REIs.
Would explain a lot.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 03, 2024 11:18 AM (XtkZj)
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It's already being done at the AirBNB level. The fight between hotel owners and AirBNB was never about the guy who rents out a room to make ends meet. The fight was against developers and others who bought properties -- sometimes entire residential buildings -- solely to operate then through AirBNB as commercial hotels.
The industry is already in place to do the same to run-down properties, as you both suggest.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
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This is a good example of where HOAs will come in handy, to keep your sleepy neighbor from bringing in 5 illegals to sleep in the garage.
They do it anyway, the neighborhood declines, and homeowners sell and move further out into the exurbs to get away from the decline.
They do it anyway, the neighborhood declines, and homeowners sell and move further out into the exurbs to get away from the decline.
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (25k9m)
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They will pin that death on Steamboat Willie. He just lost his protection.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ufFY8)
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No Quarter -- awesome Zeppelin tune. Tool does an outstanding cover version in concert.
Posted by: Doof at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (KiP3I)
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121 The housing Gestapo could show up at my digs, drop off a couple illegals, and they would be packing their trash and moving down the road in hours. "Senor Guillermo, muy loco. Muchas Pistolas y la Vodka, la Vodka".
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Just view the illegals as fertilizer and if the Feds ask you where they went tell them they really wanted to be in NYC.
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Just view the illegals as fertilizer and if the Feds ask you where they went tell them they really wanted to be in NYC.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (LVNnd)
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131 They will pin that death on Steamboat Willie. He just lost his protection.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ufFY
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I love the furor over the shitty horror movies and games that have just been announced where Mickey is a monster trying to kill people.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ufFY
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I love the furor over the shitty horror movies and games that have just been announced where Mickey is a monster trying to kill people.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
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In a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
I would like you to meet my sons.
Jose and Hose-B.
In a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
I would like you to meet my sons.
Jose and Hose-B.
Posted by: Mexican Firefighter at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)
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Think with your large head, not the one on your penis...
I'm getting irritable...
Really? We couldn't tell.
I'm getting irritable...
Really? We couldn't tell.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (CsUN+)
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Plenty of room in Lefty state capitals and legislature buildings. And put tents up on their grounds. All those nice pretty lawns.
Don't forget the porta-potties.
Don't forget the porta-potties.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (W/lyH)
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https://instapundit.com/624804/
It's Star Wars/Culture Wars bullshit but it's Ed Driscoll so it's at least entertaining.
It's Star Wars/Culture Wars bullshit but it's Ed Driscoll so it's at least entertaining.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (Fsf3w)
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What would stop the people from going after their soft targets as easily as they would come after us?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
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Absolutely nothing.
They cannot protect their loved ones 24/7/365 any more than we can protect ours.
That should keep them awake at night when they start contemplating going after Americans.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
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Absolutely nothing.
They cannot protect their loved ones 24/7/365 any more than we can protect ours.
That should keep them awake at night when they start contemplating going after Americans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (7fElN)
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Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
Good. When I shoot back, I'll do so with the clear conscience that I'm not killing my countrymen.
Good. When I shoot back, I'll do so with the clear conscience that I'm not killing my countrymen.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (gmo/4)
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We built this shitty on schlock and bull!
Posted by: Jefferson Davis Starship at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (tkR6S)
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Divers find body of woman in a vehicle in a pond near Walt Disney World, solving a 12-year-old cold case.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
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Zombie Ted Kennedy was unavailable for comment...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:19 AM (7fElN)
So they found the body, how does that translate into "solved?"
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:13 AM (2yu8s)
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Zombie Ted Kennedy was unavailable for comment...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:19 AM (7fElN)
So they found the body, how does that translate into "solved?"
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (QBaJw)
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To aid hotels being wiped out by his lockdowns and travel restrictions, Justin started that here with both 'migrants' and for mandatory-quarantining victims back when the tests took three days to complete for those returning from abroad.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (2yu8s)
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I think that was the vision, yes. "We wrecked the hotel business, so let's bail it out by shoving illegal aliens into hotels."
But a lot of these places get destroyed by it. The rates the hotels are being paid won't cover the damage and to ever get paying customers again, the properties will need major work after being used this way.
So it's either permanent and the hotel operates as an alien camp until it wears out and falls down and then the owner writes it off, or someone takes a huge bath to rehab the property, or the owner just abandons it afterward.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:24 AM (2yu8s)
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I think that was the vision, yes. "We wrecked the hotel business, so let's bail it out by shoving illegal aliens into hotels."
But a lot of these places get destroyed by it. The rates the hotels are being paid won't cover the damage and to ever get paying customers again, the properties will need major work after being used this way.
So it's either permanent and the hotel operates as an alien camp until it wears out and falls down and then the owner writes it off, or someone takes a huge bath to rehab the property, or the owner just abandons it afterward.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (WkNQM)
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They do it anyway, the neighborhood declines, and homeowners sell and move further out into the exurbs to get away from the decline.
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (25k9m)
I had a neighbor who did Airbnb. Strictly against hoa rules. The hoa told him stop it or we’re going to court. And he stopped.
They do it anyway, the neighborhood declines, and homeowners sell and move further out into the exurbs to get away from the decline.
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (25k9m)
I had a neighbor who did Airbnb. Strictly against hoa rules. The hoa told him stop it or we’re going to court. And he stopped.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (BI8w/)
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So, over a decade ago my family and I were house hunting in California for a home. One we looked at had a two car garage that had been converted into "living space."
For illegals. One big room with a separate bathroom and an open kitchen area. The garage door was still there, but nailed shut. A door was cut into it.
Then, there was this house in the 'hood we finally moved into that had a "parents shack" in the back yard. Basically, an oversized shed. Electric and water was there, but no bathroom.
This has been going on for a long time. But voluntarily and for money under the table.
For illegals. One big room with a separate bathroom and an open kitchen area. The garage door was still there, but nailed shut. A door was cut into it.
Then, there was this house in the 'hood we finally moved into that had a "parents shack" in the back yard. Basically, an oversized shed. Electric and water was there, but no bathroom.
This has been going on for a long time. But voluntarily and for money under the table.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (Q4IgG)
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Almost every government document in the United States with clear language has been disputed and the interpretation litigated. Shakespeare had a point.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (MNhXM)
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Mickey is a monster trying to kill people.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY8)
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>>That should keep them awake at night when they start contemplating going after Americans.
I think it does. They've been trying to take our guns for decades just as they do in a country that goes communist. Look at Venezuela.
I think it does. They've been trying to take our guns for decades just as they do in a country that goes communist. Look at Venezuela.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ZLI7S)
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This isn't a war, and these aren't soldiers. I'm not arguing - though I have perhaps failed - that this is a Third Amendment violation. It is in spirit, I think, but probably not in fact. It is, however, the same kind of shit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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There was a rare Third Amendment case stemming from Police commandeering a house as an observation post for investigating crime in an adjacent property. It was in Nevada http://tinyurl.com/2v827673
Judge ruled against the third amendment claim but that made the police liable under the 4th Amendment search and seizure provisions as well as other claims.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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There was a rare Third Amendment case stemming from Police commandeering a house as an observation post for investigating crime in an adjacent property. It was in Nevada http://tinyurl.com/2v827673
Judge ruled against the third amendment claim but that made the police liable under the 4th Amendment search and seizure provisions as well as other claims.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (8IKKJ)
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Now I understand why certain derelict towns and cities here and there in the USA haven't been torn down yet. They'll get cleaned up, renovated a little, then the "immigrants" will be moved into them. Nobody in the afflicted counties will be consulted in any way outside of the state capitol and county seat. But, like it's been said before "If (opposing) this be treason, then make the most of it!"
Posted by: exdem13 at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (W+kMI)
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Fox claims 100 dead, 140 injured.
If the Iranians numbers are anything like Hamas' involving the Al-Ahli hospital, the toll will be in the thousands within hours.
If the Iranians numbers are anything like Hamas' involving the Al-Ahli hospital, the toll will be in the thousands within hours.
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
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Some of our legislators have suggested letting these asylum seekers join the military. Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
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The only way I see this as viable is you take 20,000 from one country, train them, equip them, and send them back to the shithole they came from. Let that government deal with it.
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The only way I see this as viable is you take 20,000 from one country, train them, equip them, and send them back to the shithole they came from. Let that government deal with it.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (W/lyH)
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I have a weird feeling no AWFL with a “in this house we believe no human is illegal” sign is going to sign up for this program.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (BI8w/)
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138 https://instapundit.com/624804/
It's Star Wars/Culture Wars bullshit but it's Ed Driscoll so it's at least entertaining.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (Fsf3w)
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Dude who runs a Star Wars fansite (starwarsnews.net) is sick and tired, too:
"This is a disappointing statement from Sharmeen. If her focus is that she is a woman directing a Star Wars film, her focus is in the wrong place. If she was attempting to get the fans excited, she likely has done the opposite. This endless quest for virtue signaling has to end."
No idea the guy's politics, but someone who's still running a Star Wars fansite in 2024 has got to be at least open to how Star Wars has been run for the past decade. And if that guy is getting sick of this shit...
It's Star Wars/Culture Wars bullshit but it's Ed Driscoll so it's at least entertaining.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (Fsf3w)
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Dude who runs a Star Wars fansite (starwarsnews.net) is sick and tired, too:
"This is a disappointing statement from Sharmeen. If her focus is that she is a woman directing a Star Wars film, her focus is in the wrong place. If she was attempting to get the fans excited, she likely has done the opposite. This endless quest for virtue signaling has to end."
No idea the guy's politics, but someone who's still running a Star Wars fansite in 2024 has got to be at least open to how Star Wars has been run for the past decade. And if that guy is getting sick of this shit...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
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Joe thanks for heads up, hopefully won't need to go near the park
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (fwDg9)
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I'll quarter a few good men.
Posted by: Zombie Jeffrey Dahmer at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (hCzfy)
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As a category, are these folks 'Unhoused', 'Unhomed', 'Homeless', or 'Houseless'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (XeU6L)
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From the sidebar:
>Ever hear that thing that psychopaths show you their entire eyeball? That you can see white on all sides of their pupils, because they open their eyes wide like maniacs? I don't know if that's true but look at AOC and tell me she isn't psychopathic with her wild, possessed eyes.
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That's called sanpaku eyes.
>Ever hear that thing that psychopaths show you their entire eyeball? That you can see white on all sides of their pupils, because they open their eyes wide like maniacs? I don't know if that's true but look at AOC and tell me she isn't psychopathic with her wild, possessed eyes.
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That's called sanpaku eyes.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (AkTb4)
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Now I understand why certain derelict towns and cities here and there in the USA haven't been torn down yet. They'll get cleaned up, renovated a little, then the "immigrants" will be moved into them.
Centralia, PA would be a good place to start.
Centralia, PA would be a good place to start.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (9yWhg)
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If the Iranians numbers are anything like Hamas' involving the Al-Ahli hospital, the toll will be in the thousands within hours.
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
http://tinyurl.com/ycxjyt9s
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
http://tinyurl.com/ycxjyt9s
Posted by: Iranian Ministry of Propaganda at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)
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144
They do it anyway, the neighborhood declines, and homeowners sell and move further out into the exurbs to get away from the decline.
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (25k9m)
I had a neighbor who did Airbnb. Strictly against hoa rules. The hoa told him stop it or we’re going to court. And he stopped.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (BI8w/)
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Yes, this is how it works . . . until the HOA is controlled by owners who rent to AirBNB. That's already happened to some major condo developments in big tourist locations. The few remaining actual residents finally say "fuck it, if you can't beat em, join em" or just sell to owners who rent them out.
They do it anyway, the neighborhood declines, and homeowners sell and move further out into the exurbs to get away from the decline.
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (25k9m)
I had a neighbor who did Airbnb. Strictly against hoa rules. The hoa told him stop it or we’re going to court. And he stopped.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (BI8w/)
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Yes, this is how it works . . . until the HOA is controlled by owners who rent to AirBNB. That's already happened to some major condo developments in big tourist locations. The few remaining actual residents finally say "fuck it, if you can't beat em, join em" or just sell to owners who rent them out.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (iFTx/)
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Plenty of room in Lefty state capitals and legislature buildings. And put tents up on their grounds. All those nice pretty lawns.
Don't forget the porta-potties.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (W/lyH)
Hey, remember when the "Bonus Army" camped out on the Capitol grounds?
The government doesn't take kindly to uninvited guests on THEIR property.
Oh... they say it's the people's house? Tell that to the J6 prisoners.
Don't forget the porta-potties.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (W/lyH)
Hey, remember when the "Bonus Army" camped out on the Capitol grounds?
The government doesn't take kindly to uninvited guests on THEIR property.
Oh... they say it's the people's house? Tell that to the J6 prisoners.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (QBaJw)
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Fox claims 100 dead, 140 injured.
The story labels them as 'pilgrins'.
LOL
Well, I guess we have pilgrims that visit Graceland every August.
Sigh.
The story labels them as 'pilgrins'.
LOL
Well, I guess we have pilgrims that visit Graceland every August.
Sigh.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (ufFY8)
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If the supreme court of CO can find the 14th applies to the Presidency (despite previous unanimous caselaw that the President is not an officer of the US); if they can find Trump engaged in insurrection (despite never having been charged), then it is clear that "soldier" as used in the 3rd, means anyone directly or indirectly benefiting from a government law.
Thus, quartering applies to rent control, zoning, affirmative action and anti discrimination laws.
Thus, quartering applies to rent control, zoning, affirmative action and anti discrimination laws.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (TzW+Y)
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The latest after tearing down statutes are States changing their flags because they have been deemed ‘racist’. Couple of red states on the list.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (MNhXM)
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Dude who runs a Star Wars fansite (starwarsnews.net) is sick and tired, too:
"This is a disappointing statement from Sharmeen. If her focus is that she is a woman directing a Star Wars film, her focus is in the wrong place. If she was attempting to get the fans excited, she likely has done the opposite. This endless quest for virtue signaling has to end."
No idea the guy's politics, but someone who's still running a Star Wars fansite in 2024 has got to be at least open to how Star Wars has been run for the past decade. And if that guy is getting sick of this shit...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
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Other than the die-hard woke fanatics (NOT Star Wars fans), the rest of the Star Wars fandom is pretty sick of this as well. All we wanted was good storytelling. Not as hard as it seems, as there have been plenty of cool stories told in the original Expanded Universe.
"This is a disappointing statement from Sharmeen. If her focus is that she is a woman directing a Star Wars film, her focus is in the wrong place. If she was attempting to get the fans excited, she likely has done the opposite. This endless quest for virtue signaling has to end."
No idea the guy's politics, but someone who's still running a Star Wars fansite in 2024 has got to be at least open to how Star Wars has been run for the past decade. And if that guy is getting sick of this shit...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
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Other than the die-hard woke fanatics (NOT Star Wars fans), the rest of the Star Wars fandom is pretty sick of this as well. All we wanted was good storytelling. Not as hard as it seems, as there have been plenty of cool stories told in the original Expanded Universe.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (7fElN)
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As a category, are these folks 'Unhoused', 'Unhomed', 'Homeless', or 'Houseless'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (XeU6L)
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Illegals are in another category. If they were citizens, they'd be either "homeless" (old language) or "unhoused" or "houseless" (new language).
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (XeU6L)
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Illegals are in another category. If they were citizens, they'd be either "homeless" (old language) or "unhoused" or "houseless" (new language).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (WkNQM)
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Can we use this to prohibit quartering layabout crackhead foreign agents in the white house?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 03, 2024 11:31 AM (Dm8we)
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What would stop the people from going after their soft targets as easily as they would come after us?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
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Absolutely nothing.
They cannot protect their loved ones 24/7/365 any more than we can protect ours.
That should keep them awake at night when they start contemplating going after Americans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (7fElN)
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I've met a few legislators. They're pretty soft too.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
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Absolutely nothing.
They cannot protect their loved ones 24/7/365 any more than we can protect ours.
That should keep them awake at night when they start contemplating going after Americans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (7fElN)
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I've met a few legislators. They're pretty soft too.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:32 AM (W/lyH)
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Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 20m
BREAKING: An imam has been shot outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey and is in critical condition
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It's his own fault -- he asked for a Salami surprise!
BREAKING: An imam has been shot outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey and is in critical condition
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It's his own fault -- he asked for a Salami surprise!
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 11:32 AM (2yu8s)
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147 Mickey is a monster trying to kill people.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY
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I'm sure there was that well before the copyright expired . . .
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY
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I'm sure there was that well before the copyright expired . . .
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:32 AM (iFTx/)
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Unhoused undocumented future Democrat voters.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (BI8w/)
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So they found the body, how does that translate into "solved?"
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (QBaJw)
Well, the mystery of her disappearance has been solved. And if circumstances showed it to be an accident, then I guess there is no crime to be solved. And if circumstances are such that the car wreck appears suspicious, well, at least it narrows down the list of potential perps.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:27 AM (QBaJw)
Well, the mystery of her disappearance has been solved. And if circumstances showed it to be an accident, then I guess there is no crime to be solved. And if circumstances are such that the car wreck appears suspicious, well, at least it narrows down the list of potential perps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (gmo/4)
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I had a neighbor who did Airbnb. Strictly against hoa rules. The hoa told him stop it or we’re going to court. And he stopped.
That's a good HOA. But that's easier to prove -- they could see his listing. Proving those 6-8 people that are always at your house aren't part of your family and that you're basically running a halfway house for illegals in violation of HOA rules is more difficult. But yeah, maybe it will at least be some defense.
I had a neighbor who did Airbnb. Strictly against hoa rules. The hoa told him stop it or we’re going to court. And he stopped.
That's a good HOA. But that's easier to prove -- they could see his listing. Proving those 6-8 people that are always at your house aren't part of your family and that you're basically running a halfway house for illegals in violation of HOA rules is more difficult. But yeah, maybe it will at least be some defense.
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (25k9m)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (ZLI7S)
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As of Monday Mickey is public domain IP.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (BI8w/)
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Well, the mystery of her disappearance has been solved. And if circumstances showed it to be an accident, then I guess there is no crime to be solved. And if circumstances are such that the car wreck appears suspicious, well, at least it narrows down the list of potential perps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (tkR6S)
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"I'm tellin' ya, ya got the wrong guy!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (tkR6S)
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"I'm tellin' ya, ya got the wrong guy!"
Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (7fElN)
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BREAKING: An imam has been shot outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey and is in critical condition
A man, wearing a MAGA hat and Trump 2024 scarf was seen fleeing the scene with an assault rifle with the chainsaw bayonet attached.
A man, wearing a MAGA hat and Trump 2024 scarf was seen fleeing the scene with an assault rifle with the chainsaw bayonet attached.
Posted by: Rueters at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
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Whoops.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
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"...so those aliens can "spur growth" in the city..."
Spur growth of bed bugs, lice, and 'eradicated' disease.
Spur growth of bed bugs, lice, and 'eradicated' disease.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (Rbu5d)
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Technically, only Steamboat Willie is public domain. Plus a couple other characters.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (ufFY8)
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They cannot protect their loved ones 24/7/365 any more than we can protect ours.
This is why civil wars are nasty.
This is why civil wars are nasty.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (W/lyH)
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165 The latest after tearing down statutes are States changing their flags because they have been deemed ‘racist’. Couple of red states on the list.
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Quite a lot of states feature the Confederate flag within their state flag. This should be interesting.
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Quite a lot of states feature the Confederate flag within their state flag. This should be interesting.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (LVNnd)
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How’d you like to shell out $200 a night for a vacation, show up and you’re in the middle of a 3rd world %#*-hole? You wouldn’t go back and me I’d ask for a refund and leave….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
Maybe... if you're rayciss.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 03, 2024 11:11 AM (MW0on)
Maybe... if you're rayciss.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (GYIa4)
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As of Monday Mickey is public domain IP.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (BI8w/)
I thought it was just Steamboat Willie.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (BI8w/)
I thought it was just Steamboat Willie.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
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It's more 5th (and 14th to apply it to the states) than 3rd.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (3cVAT)
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Institutional Insanity - a limerick
Is "migrant" an order? species? phylum?
We import 'em by the thousands and stockpile 'em
The vast invading hordes
Show we've lost our freaking gourds
It's so crazy we must grant them... er... asylum
Is "migrant" an order? species? phylum?
We import 'em by the thousands and stockpile 'em
The vast invading hordes
Show we've lost our freaking gourds
It's so crazy we must grant them... er... asylum
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (991eG)
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114 Some of our legislators have suggested letting these asylum seekers join the military. Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
You're catching on.....
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Tue that. Deep State can say what it wants, I've seen this history movie before, with the Alans and Franks sicced on the Bacaude in Gaul. Anti-regime "protests", even uprisings, by the plebs? No sweat, send in the barbs to teach 'em to obey.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
You're catching on.....
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Tue that. Deep State can say what it wants, I've seen this history movie before, with the Alans and Franks sicced on the Bacaude in Gaul. Anti-regime "protests", even uprisings, by the plebs? No sweat, send in the barbs to teach 'em to obey.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (W+kMI)
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"This is a disappointing statement from Sharmeen. If her focus is that she is a woman directing a Star Wars film, her focus is in the wrong place. If she was attempting to get the fans excited, she likely has done the opposite. This endless quest for virtue signaling has to end."
No idea the guy's politics, but someone who's still running a Star Wars fansite in 2024 has got to be at least open to how Star Wars has been run for the past decade. And if that guy is getting sick of this shit...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
He assumes her purpose is to entertain- the fans at least. If the past decade has taught us anything is that these commie/nomenklatura shits seek to wear the skin suits of the various popular franchises as a vehicle for their fantasies and political/social commentary. Nothing more or less. The reason they cannot write is because they are not writers, just as reporters these days are not reporters. They want to 'change the world' and this is the vehicle they have chosen to do it- not to entertain or inform.
"This is a disappointing statement from Sharmeen. If her focus is that she is a woman directing a Star Wars film, her focus is in the wrong place. If she was attempting to get the fans excited, she likely has done the opposite. This endless quest for virtue signaling has to end."
No idea the guy's politics, but someone who's still running a Star Wars fansite in 2024 has got to be at least open to how Star Wars has been run for the past decade. And if that guy is getting sick of this shit...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
He assumes her purpose is to entertain- the fans at least. If the past decade has taught us anything is that these commie/nomenklatura shits seek to wear the skin suits of the various popular franchises as a vehicle for their fantasies and political/social commentary. Nothing more or less. The reason they cannot write is because they are not writers, just as reporters these days are not reporters. They want to 'change the world' and this is the vehicle they have chosen to do it- not to entertain or inform.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (zZu0s)
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It's already being done at the AirBNB level. The fight between hotel owners and AirBNB was never about the guy who rents out a room to make ends meet. The fight was against developers and others who bought properties -- sometimes entire residential buildings -- solely to operate then through AirBNB as commercial hotels. ...
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
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And the governments can fix that fairly and easily. Those are commercial properties, so quit giving them residential tax rates. The big benefit to AirBnB is they can undercut the hotels by paying lower taxes and avoiding the hotel-related fees.
Start taxing them as the commercial properties they are and a lot of that goes away. The business model doesn't work without it except in its original form: I'm letting out a room in my house while I'm on vacation.
Sevier County, TN, I think, started doing this.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
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And the governments can fix that fairly and easily. Those are commercial properties, so quit giving them residential tax rates. The big benefit to AirBnB is they can undercut the hotels by paying lower taxes and avoiding the hotel-related fees.
Start taxing them as the commercial properties they are and a lot of that goes away. The business model doesn't work without it except in its original form: I'm letting out a room in my house while I'm on vacation.
Sevier County, TN, I think, started doing this.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (WkNQM)
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"The flood keeps coming, and places to stuff the invading hordes continues to run out. The problems have only gotten worse and the "solutions" get worse in turn."
More funding for border security will ease their plight.
More funding for border security will ease their plight.
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (JojsZ)
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I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY
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I'm sure there was that well before the copyright expired . . .
Posted by: Elric Blade
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Supposedly a couple of Disney animators screened a blue version of Mickey Mouse antics during the company birthday party for Walt Disney himself. He was not amused and fired the animators responsible.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY
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I'm sure there was that well before the copyright expired . . .
Posted by: Elric Blade
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Supposedly a couple of Disney animators screened a blue version of Mickey Mouse antics during the company birthday party for Walt Disney himself. He was not amused and fired the animators responsible.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (8IKKJ)
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ISLAMAPHOBIA!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (R4t5M)
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15 I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
There are none.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
There are none.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (Rbu5d)
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177 As of Monday Mickey is public domain IP.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (BI8w/)
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I'm really hoping that Disney's aggressive use of the later copyrights on small variations of Mickey ends up backfiring horribly, especially their insistence on using trademark as an endrun.
It'd be great if Alito wrote a SCOTUS opinion that said, "Much like how gun law out of alignment with original intent of the Second Amendment, so do we tear apart the modern copyright regime as out of alignment with the intended purposes of copyright as outlined in the constitution. The Sonny Bono Act is unconstitutional. Copyright is now 28 years with an optional extra 28 if applied for."
If we were at 28 years, the early 90s would be in the public domain. Imagine that.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:33 AM (BI8w/)
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I'm really hoping that Disney's aggressive use of the later copyrights on small variations of Mickey ends up backfiring horribly, especially their insistence on using trademark as an endrun.
It'd be great if Alito wrote a SCOTUS opinion that said, "Much like how gun law out of alignment with original intent of the Second Amendment, so do we tear apart the modern copyright regime as out of alignment with the intended purposes of copyright as outlined in the constitution. The Sonny Bono Act is unconstitutional. Copyright is now 28 years with an optional extra 28 if applied for."
If we were at 28 years, the early 90s would be in the public domain. Imagine that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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useless'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (XeU6L)
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Illegals are in another category. If they were citizens, they'd be either "homeless" (old language) or "unhoused" or "houseless" (new language).
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Excuse me, I speak woke.
"people experiencing homelessness"
(this is called "people first" language)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2024 11:30 AM (XeU6L)
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Illegals are in another category. If they were citizens, they'd be either "homeless" (old language) or "unhoused" or "houseless" (new language).
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Excuse me, I speak woke.
"people experiencing homelessness"
(this is called "people first" language)
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (PcoR0)
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Technically, only Steamboat Willie is public domain. Plus a couple other characters.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (ufFY
Mickey isn’t the same thing? Huh. Didn’t realize that. When does Mickey become public?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (ufFY
Mickey isn’t the same thing? Huh. Didn’t realize that. When does Mickey become public?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (BI8w/)
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Mayor Eric Adams now wants to start paying every day New Yorkers to shelter migrants in their own homes
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Hey. Mayor Adams? Go phuck yourself.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (3CCua)
How many are being housed in Gracie Manor? When the number goes above zero come see me again. Of course, even if I lived in NYC, I'd tell you to go f yourself but still...
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Hey. Mayor Adams? Go phuck yourself.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 03, 2024 11:12 AM (3CCua)
How many are being housed in Gracie Manor? When the number goes above zero come see me again. Of course, even if I lived in NYC, I'd tell you to go f yourself but still...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (GYIa4)
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BREAKING: An imam has been shot outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey and is in critical condition ——
Muslims are willing to set more reichstag fires than a pyromaniac in a match factory.
Muslims are willing to set more reichstag fires than a pyromaniac in a match factory.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (MNhXM)
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171 147 Mickey is a monster trying to kill people.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY
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I'm sure there was that well before the copyright expired . . .
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"Tijuana Bibles", they exist.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
I am sure there is already pr0n of Mickey fucking Goofy out there.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (ufFY
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I'm sure there was that well before the copyright expired . . .
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"Tijuana Bibles", they exist.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (W+kMI)
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182 Technically, only Steamboat Willie is public domain. Plus a couple other characters.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (ufFY
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There's caselaw about copyright that says that minor variations cannot be covered by copyright. So, Mickey's red shorts? They're not in Steamboat Willie. Are they covered?
It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (ufFY
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There's caselaw about copyright that says that minor variations cannot be covered by copyright. So, Mickey's red shorts? They're not in Steamboat Willie. Are they covered?
It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
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How’d you like to shell out $200 a night for a vacation, show up and you’re in the middle of a 3rd world %#*-hole? You wouldn’t go back and me I’d ask for a refund and leave….
that's what you get for booking a Carnival cruise
that's what you get for booking a Carnival cruise
Posted by: brak at January 03, 2024 11:37 AM (25k9m)
204
Quite a lot of states feature the Confederate flag within their state flag. This should be interesting.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (LVNnd)
Originally, that came from the democrat controlled legislatures in those states passing laws after the civil war.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:34 AM (LVNnd)
Originally, that came from the democrat controlled legislatures in those states passing laws after the civil war.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:37 AM (gmo/4)
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Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
Good. When I shoot back, I'll do so with the clear conscience that I'm not killing my countrymen.
Posted by: Archer
Fuck them anyway. My countrymen turn their arms against the citizens, double fuck them. I'll shoot back with a clear conscience.
Good. When I shoot back, I'll do so with the clear conscience that I'm not killing my countrymen.
Posted by: Archer
Fuck them anyway. My countrymen turn their arms against the citizens, double fuck them. I'll shoot back with a clear conscience.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2024 11:37 AM (aNhid)
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189 114 Some of our legislators have suggested letting these asylum seekers join the military. Which makes sense because when they turn the military against the citizens, our sons won't kill mom, dad and the people they grew up with, buy someone with no ties to this country will.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
You're catching on.....
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Tue that. Deep State can say what it wants, I've seen this history movie before, with the Alans and Franks sicced on the Bacaude in Gaul. Anti-regime "protests", even uprisings, by the plebs? No sweat, send in the barbs to teach 'em to obey.
Posted by: exdem13
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Too late for the junta to turn irregulars into a trained force. The money is running out and we are due for a big crash during the reset. A lot of those economic migrants will be heading home when the checks stop clearing and the hood rats start rioting because EBT doesn't work.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 03, 2024 11:22 AM (ZQo7S)
You're catching on.....
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Tue that. Deep State can say what it wants, I've seen this history movie before, with the Alans and Franks sicced on the Bacaude in Gaul. Anti-regime "protests", even uprisings, by the plebs? No sweat, send in the barbs to teach 'em to obey.
Posted by: exdem13
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Too late for the junta to turn irregulars into a trained force. The money is running out and we are due for a big crash during the reset. A lot of those economic migrants will be heading home when the checks stop clearing and the hood rats start rioting because EBT doesn't work.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (8IKKJ)
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"people experiencing homelessness"
Yeah, we had an interim pastor at my old church who used that circumlocution. Drove me nuts.
Yeah, we had an interim pastor at my old church who used that circumlocution. Drove me nuts.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (9yWhg)
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198 Mickey isn’t the same thing? Huh. Didn’t realize that. When does Mickey become public?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (BI8w/)
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Steamboat Willie is the earliest variation of Mickey.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:36 AM (BI8w/)
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Steamboat Willie is the earliest variation of Mickey.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (GBKbO)
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> As of Monday Mickey is public domain IP.
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And all the memes using him are "right wing" if you believe it.
But some are funny as shit.
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And all the memes using him are "right wing" if you believe it.
But some are funny as shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (Q4IgG)
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NYC and ngos are sending illegals into upstate NY . My area the mid Hudson , first overrun by NYC leftists fleeing the consequences of their votes, has also been overrun by illegals. There are parts of my city which look like central America and an article last night said Adams and NYC are goi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (z9oJe)
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would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
I think you will have to settle for big legs and long tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
I think you will have to settle for big legs and long tits.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (MNhXM)
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>>It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
You talking about Mickey or Michael Jackson?
>>It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
You talking about Mickey or Michael Jackson?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (ZLI7S)
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Mark Judge: From crucifying Kavanaugh to defending Hamas: The Left’s hypocrisy about sexual violence
http://tinyurl.com/z7pxda9p
Mark Judge is just a good writer.
http://tinyurl.com/z7pxda9p
Mark Judge is just a good writer.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (8yvSB)
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This brunette in a towel doesn't want to share her house with a bunch of illegal aliens:
https://shorturl.at/bpxY7
https://shorturl.at/bpxY7
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (WkNQM)
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Quite a lot of states feature the Confederate flag within their state flag. This should be interesting.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Georgia and Mississippi used to do so, but those last two were changed to remove that feature within the last couple of decades.
Quite a lot of states feature the Confederate flag within their state flag. This should be interesting.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Georgia and Mississippi used to do so, but those last two were changed to remove that feature within the last couple of decades.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (xG4kz)
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>>It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
You talking about Mickey or Michael Jackson?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (ZLI7S)
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Michael Jackson, duh.
>>It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
You talking about Mickey or Michael Jackson?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (ZLI7S)
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Michael Jackson, duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (GBKbO)
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Cont, going to continue sending illegals upstate. Oh joy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (z9oJe)
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a lot of states feature the Confederate flag within their state flag. This should be interesting.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Are there any left? I thought Mississippi was the last one and they got a new flag last year.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Are there any left? I thought Mississippi was the last one and they got a new flag last year.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (BI8w/)
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Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday
Wouldn't mind if 12,000 re-enactors emerged silently from the woods to stand ghostly vigil around the outside of the invited crowd. Extra points if they uncase the colors of the Second Pennsylvania Line, with its coiled-snake motto.
Now that, by God, is an insurrection.
Wouldn't mind if 12,000 re-enactors emerged silently from the woods to stand ghostly vigil around the outside of the invited crowd. Extra points if they uncase the colors of the Second Pennsylvania Line, with its coiled-snake motto.
Now that, by God, is an insurrection.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (FCs/J)
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195 15 I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
There are none.
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Alas! Most of the current batch let in by the Regime are young men, and therefore unappealing. If there are any girls they are lolis for the "pizza" trade.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
There are none.
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Alas! Most of the current batch let in by the Regime are young men, and therefore unappealing. If there are any girls they are lolis for the "pizza" trade.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (W+kMI)
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I hope they force all them Yankees to take in illegal invaders in New Yawk City.
Reminds me of that scene in "Dr. Zhivago" where the commie old bint was in charge of housing in what was not her house.
Nothing more miserable than an old commie bint in charge of anything which she doesn't own.
Reminds me of that scene in "Dr. Zhivago" where the commie old bint was in charge of housing in what was not her house.
Nothing more miserable than an old commie bint in charge of anything which she doesn't own.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (Edu7X)
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http://tinyurl.com/z7pxda9p
Mark Judge is just a good writer.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (8yvSB)
Beavis and Butt-Head is pretty funny.
Mark Judge is just a good writer.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (8yvSB)
Beavis and Butt-Head is pretty funny.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)
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191 It's already being done at the AirBNB level.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
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And the governments can fix that fairly and easily. Those are commercial properties, so quit giving them residential tax rates. The big benefit to AirBnB is they can undercut the hotels by paying lower taxes and avoiding the hotel-related fees.
Start taxing them as the commercial properties they are and a lot of that goes away. The business model doesn't work without it except in its original form: I'm letting out a room in my house while I'm on vacation.
Sevier County, TN, I think, started doing this.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (WkNQM)
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Sure they can. But they usually don't because (i) they are getting paid off big time by the app companies and (ii) people like the AirBNB model. I use AirBNB all the time myself, even though I recognize it's an unfair commercial operation in residential zoning. Kinda like if I opened a gas station on my residential property.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
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And the governments can fix that fairly and easily. Those are commercial properties, so quit giving them residential tax rates. The big benefit to AirBnB is they can undercut the hotels by paying lower taxes and avoiding the hotel-related fees.
Start taxing them as the commercial properties they are and a lot of that goes away. The business model doesn't work without it except in its original form: I'm letting out a room in my house while I'm on vacation.
Sevier County, TN, I think, started doing this.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (WkNQM)
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Sure they can. But they usually don't because (i) they are getting paid off big time by the app companies and (ii) people like the AirBNB model. I use AirBNB all the time myself, even though I recognize it's an unfair commercial operation in residential zoning. Kinda like if I opened a gas station on my residential property.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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Our "leaders" would never require a citizen to board an illegal alien in his own home as a condition of employment....would they?
Posted by: MATT GRAVER at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (0JbO3)
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Car blows up in NY...media crickets.
House blows up in Michigan...media crickets
Imam gets shot...I bet we see wall to wall coverage.
House blows up in Michigan...media crickets
Imam gets shot...I bet we see wall to wall coverage.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (W/lyH)
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There's caselaw about copyright that says that minor variations cannot be covered by copyright. So, Mickey's red shorts? They're not in Steamboat Willie. Are they covered?
It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Disney is reportedly trying a legal strategy of trademarking which has no end date unlike copyright and that is why Steam Boat Willie made a return at the start of a lot of Disney products.
IP law in the US is a mess because quite frankly none of our esteemed justices of Scotus spent much time at all dealing with such issues in their legal career other than what cases came before them.
It's an open question until Disney files suit, but I think the courts aren't going to be bullied into protecting Mickey's red shorts, or his white gloves, or his squeaky voice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Disney is reportedly trying a legal strategy of trademarking which has no end date unlike copyright and that is why Steam Boat Willie made a return at the start of a lot of Disney products.
IP law in the US is a mess because quite frankly none of our esteemed justices of Scotus spent much time at all dealing with such issues in their legal career other than what cases came before them.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (8IKKJ)
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Sure they can. But they usually don't because (i) they are getting paid off big time by the app companies and (ii) people like the AirBNB model. I use AirBNB all the time myself, even though I recognize it's an unfair commercial operation in residential zoning. Kinda like if I opened a gas station on my residential property.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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Yup. The vested interests are in favor of it.
The other option - probably a better one - is to knock down the tax rates and regulatory burden for actual commercial operators. There are two ways to level the playing field and zero interest in either way.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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Yup. The vested interests are in favor of it.
The other option - probably a better one - is to knock down the tax rates and regulatory burden for actual commercial operators. There are two ways to level the playing field and zero interest in either way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (WkNQM)
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Our "leaders" would never require a citizen to board an illegal alien in his own home as a condition of employment....would they?
Posted by: MATT GRAVER at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (0JbO3)
Whatever do you mean?
-Clot Shot Mandates
Posted by: MATT GRAVER at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (0JbO3)
Whatever do you mean?
-Clot Shot Mandates
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (BI8w/)
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195 15 I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
There are none.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (Rbu5d)
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"Never stick your dick in crazy . . . ."
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:06 AM (ScoLf)
There are none.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 03, 2024 11:35 AM (Rbu5d)
___________
"Never stick your dick in crazy . . . ."
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (iFTx/)
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I am waiting for the lawsuit from a bleeding heart, virtue signaling liberal who takes a family in to her home only to see it destroyed and the aliens refusing to leave. It will happen and we can sit back as this person tries to get the courts to evict the family. Good luck.
Posted by: Cheri at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (oiNtH)
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What would stop the people from going after their soft targets as easily as they would come after us?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
Because that's not who we are?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM (ZLI7S)
Because that's not who we are?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (Q0kLU)
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226 Disney is reportedly trying a legal strategy of trademarking which has no end date unlike copyright and that is why Steam Boat Willie made a return at the start of a lot of Disney products.
IP law in the US is a mess because quite frankly none of our esteemed justices of Scotus spent much time at all dealing with such issues in their legal career other than what cases came before them.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (8IKKJ)
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From what I understand of trademark, it only applies to things where people can reasonably think that the non-Disney product was created by Disney.
Disney's going to be real aggressive, I'm sure, but I don't think it'll work.
IP law in the US is a mess because quite frankly none of our esteemed justices of Scotus spent much time at all dealing with such issues in their legal career other than what cases came before them.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (8IKKJ)
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From what I understand of trademark, it only applies to things where people can reasonably think that the non-Disney product was created by Disney.
Disney's going to be real aggressive, I'm sure, but I don't think it'll work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
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If the Iranians numbers are anything like Hamas' involving the Al-Ahli hospital, the toll will be in the thousands within hours.
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
Not unlike supposedly right-leaning websites breathlessly accepting Ukraine's reports on Russian war casualties.
1000 a day! We swear, we counted them ourselves!!
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
Not unlike supposedly right-leaning websites breathlessly accepting Ukraine's reports on Russian war casualties.
1000 a day! We swear, we counted them ourselves!!
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (QBaJw)
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (WkNQM)
*Sacrifices a goat as a burnt offering in Mannix's honor*
*Sacrifices a goat as a burnt offering in Mannix's honor*
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (8yvSB)
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Originally, that came from the democrat controlled legislatures in those states passing laws after the civil war.
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Generally speaking, the Confederates didn't wage war using immigrants, so these flags have more meaning than the import flags.
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Generally speaking, the Confederates didn't wage war using immigrants, so these flags have more meaning than the import flags.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (LVNnd)
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230 I am waiting for the lawsuit from a bleeding heart, virtue signaling liberal who takes a family in to her home only to see it destroyed and the aliens refusing to leave. It will happen and we can sit back as this person tries to get the courts to evict the family. Good luck.
Posted by: Cheri at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (oiNtH)
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"They have every right to be there, and I don't want to kick them out. I just want the city to recompense me for the use."
Posted by: Cheri at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (oiNtH)
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"They have every right to be there, and I don't want to kick them out. I just want the city to recompense me for the use."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
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Yeah, we had an interim pastor at my old church who used that circumlocution. Drove me nuts.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (9yWhg)
"Pardon me, Pastor, but do you mean "bums?"
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:38 AM (9yWhg)
"Pardon me, Pastor, but do you mean "bums?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (tkR6S)
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I love the hotel thing. If I don't want to stay at a place loaded with foreign criminal freeloaders I'm a racist or bigot.
Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 11:42 AM (Z8Yh2)
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Reminds me of that scene in "Dr. Zhivago" where the commie old bint was in charge of housing in what was not her house.
Nothing more miserable than an old commie bint in charge of anything which she doesn't own.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (Edu7X)
There was room for twelve families in this house.
Nothing more miserable than an old commie bint in charge of anything which she doesn't own.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (Edu7X)
There was room for twelve families in this house.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (gmo/4)
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WSJ:
That’s the gist of a new report commissioned by the Pentagon in 2021 and released quietly with little notice in December. The result won’t surprise Americans who have spent time in uniform, but it should calm the media frenzy about right-wing radicals in the armed forces.
After reports that some service members participated in the Jan. 6 riot, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an independent study to get “greater fidelity” on extremism in the ranks. The think tank tasked with the report, the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), “found no evidence that the number of violent extremists in the military is disproportionate” to U.S. society. A review of Pentagon data suggested “fewer than 100 substantiated cases per year of extremist activity by members of the military in recent years,” the report says.
That’s the gist of a new report commissioned by the Pentagon in 2021 and released quietly with little notice in December. The result won’t surprise Americans who have spent time in uniform, but it should calm the media frenzy about right-wing radicals in the armed forces.
After reports that some service members participated in the Jan. 6 riot, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an independent study to get “greater fidelity” on extremism in the ranks. The think tank tasked with the report, the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), “found no evidence that the number of violent extremists in the military is disproportionate” to U.S. society. A review of Pentagon data suggested “fewer than 100 substantiated cases per year of extremist activity by members of the military in recent years,” the report says.
Posted by: SMOD at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (RHGPo)
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No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Well, whether a 3rd, or 4th or some other Amendment, this will be my bridge to far, my straw breaking the back, my line in the sand.
The day I am forced to give up my property for illegals is the day I...get really angry. I may even write strongly worded letters.
Well, whether a 3rd, or 4th or some other Amendment, this will be my bridge to far, my straw breaking the back, my line in the sand.
The day I am forced to give up my property for illegals is the day I...get really angry. I may even write strongly worded letters.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)
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Repost from last night.
Ckaudine Gay's book - worth a look: The 3-finger salute
https://t.ly/S6EvC
Ckaudine Gay's book - worth a look: The 3-finger salute
https://t.ly/S6EvC
Posted by: Ciampino - The 3-finger salute at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (qfLjt)
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Lawyers could make instructions on turning on a TV into a 1000 page document. Nothing is ever a clear yes/no legally speaking.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (BI8w/)
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Mickey isn’t the same thing? Huh. Didn’t realize that. When does Mickey become public?
Posted by: Montec
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Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: Montec
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Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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IP law in the US is a mess because quite frankly none of our esteemed justices of Scotus spent much time at all dealing with such issues in their legal career other than what cases came before them.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (8IKKJ)
You know who specialized in that and other business law? Harriet Miers,
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (8IKKJ)
You know who specialized in that and other business law? Harriet Miers,
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (MNhXM)
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"I would be happy to quarter some migrants, particularly ones with long legs and big tits.
Posted by: Robert"
The there are plenty with big boobs - that droop below the waist.
Posted by: Robert"
The there are plenty with big boobs - that droop below the waist.
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (JojsZ)
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In a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM
I'm sure the ROE here will not be as restricting as the ROE in Afghanistan.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM
I'm sure the ROE here will not be as restricting as the ROE in Afghanistan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (jA9ul)
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More 20's lingo:
http://tinyurl.com/5d544aa7
Some good stuff in here. I like 'wooden kimono' for a coffin.
http://tinyurl.com/5d544aa7
Some good stuff in here. I like 'wooden kimono' for a coffin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (zZu0s)
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>"people experiencing homelessness"
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like that drone in I, Robot
'you are experiencing an automobile accident'
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like that drone in I, Robot
'you are experiencing an automobile accident'
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (geLO8)
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Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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Or another thousand years if Disney gets its way...
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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Or another thousand years if Disney gets its way...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (7fElN)
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230 I am waiting for the lawsuit from a bleeding heart, virtue signaling liberal who takes a family in to her home only to see it destroyed
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They will never do it themselves. But they want to force YOU to do it. That’s how they think.
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They will never do it themselves. But they want to force YOU to do it. That’s how they think.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (BI8w/)
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230 I am waiting for the lawsuit from a bleeding heart, virtue signaling liberal who takes a family in to her home only to see it destroyed and the aliens refusing to leave. It will happen and we can sit back as this person tries to get the courts to evict the family. Good luck.
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The "In this house we believe..." sign out front has all the lines crossed out and a new one added "possession is 9/10s of the law, gringo!"
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The "In this house we believe..." sign out front has all the lines crossed out and a new one added "possession is 9/10s of the law, gringo!"
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (fs1hN)
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244 Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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The Fantasia look (wizard's robe and hat) for sure will get that copyright protection, but how materially different is the actual design of the mouse itself?
A little bigger here, a shorter neck there, and that's it? That's worthy of its own copyright? I really hope the courts go against that nonsense.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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The Fantasia look (wizard's robe and hat) for sure will get that copyright protection, but how materially different is the actual design of the mouse itself?
A little bigger here, a shorter neck there, and that's it? That's worthy of its own copyright? I really hope the courts go against that nonsense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
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Lawyers could make instructions on turning on a TV into a 1000 page document. Nothing is ever a clear yes/no legally speaking.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM
I suppose that depends.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM
I suppose that depends.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (jA9ul)
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In a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM
I'm sure the ROE here will not be as restricting as the ROE in Afghanistan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (jA9ul)
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That cuts both ways...
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:25 AM
I'm sure the ROE here will not be as restricting as the ROE in Afghanistan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (jA9ul)
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That cuts both ways...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (7fElN)
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So they found the body, how does that translate into "solved?"
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Oh I could tell you how. From my own personal experience. But I have been advised not to discuss it in public forums (fora?). Maybe soon though.
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Oh I could tell you how. From my own personal experience. But I have been advised not to discuss it in public forums (fora?). Maybe soon though.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (991eG)
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Baltimore becomes a giant favela.
Yup. And filled with "voters" who do as they are told by the jefe.
Yup. And filled with "voters" who do as they are told by the jefe.
Posted by: PJ at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (G1dq6)
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Set them up with "work houses" where in exchange a solid day's work they will be compensated with room and board in a dormitory. To ensure safety guards will ensure no one comes ar goes at odd hours.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (VoO2m)
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A friend of mine, a gentleman farmer who just amuses himself building things and digging stuff with one of those midget backhoes had an opinion or two on the invaders. First, send em back and lock down the border. If that doesn't work, put them to work, and here's how. Slavery is a blot on mankind, but maybe a little written contract on indentured servitude isn't so bad. Friend wants to put in a pond and a few drainage ditches, doesn't much care what the EPA says, and has a Serro Scotty trailer that could house a few good hands for, maybe, seven years.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (0EOe9)
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227 Sure they can. But they usually don't because (i) they are getting paid off big time by the app companies and (ii) people like the AirBNB model. I use AirBNB all the time myself, even though I recognize it's an unfair commercial operation in residential zoning. Kinda like if I opened a gas station on my residential property.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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Yup. The vested interests are in favor of it.
The other option - probably a better one - is to knock down the tax rates and regulatory burden for actual commercial operators. There are two ways to level the playing field and zero interest in either way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (WkNQM)
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[Hysterical laughter]
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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Yup. The vested interests are in favor of it.
The other option - probably a better one - is to knock down the tax rates and regulatory burden for actual commercial operators. There are two ways to level the playing field and zero interest in either way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (WkNQM)
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[Hysterical laughter]
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
Oh, that's funny. Of course he's sacred!!
This is America, this is the new religion. Those people who are going to use Mickey's likeness might not be gunned down like the Charlie Hebdo guys, but they will pay. For their insolence and blasphemy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
Oh, that's funny. Of course he's sacred!!
This is America, this is the new religion. Those people who are going to use Mickey's likeness might not be gunned down like the Charlie Hebdo guys, but they will pay. For their insolence and blasphemy.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (QBaJw)
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250 Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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Or another thousand years if Disney gets its way...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (7fElN)
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I heard a theory that Disney didn't fight that hard for another extension because Mickey had become such a small part of the Disney empire, going from something like 30% of its IP value in the late 90s to less than 5% today because of all the acquisitions.
I don't hate the theory.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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Or another thousand years if Disney gets its way...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (7fElN)
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I heard a theory that Disney didn't fight that hard for another extension because Mickey had become such a small part of the Disney empire, going from something like 30% of its IP value in the late 90s to less than 5% today because of all the acquisitions.
I don't hate the theory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
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If any of you are watching this season of "Fargo", please join our family in referring to the Nordic guy in the kilt as "The Illegal Alien".
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (Ya7DW)
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Here's a fun fact as we await Epstein's list.
In 2007 Epstein's lawyer sent a letter to the prosecution when Epstein was being tried on underage sex charges in Florida. The letter claimed that Epstein as part of the brain trust that helped conceive of the Clinton Global Initiative. The letter was designed to help Epstein get a plea deal.
The focus around Epstein almost always goes to his perverted sexual life and for good reason. But Epstein had another passion which rarely gets discussed. He loved science sexually and liked to surround himself with scientists and "philanthropists" that gave to scientific causes like Bill Gates.
What if they are trying to hide something that isn't about sex at all?
In 2007 Epstein's lawyer sent a letter to the prosecution when Epstein was being tried on underage sex charges in Florida. The letter claimed that Epstein as part of the brain trust that helped conceive of the Clinton Global Initiative. The letter was designed to help Epstein get a plea deal.
The focus around Epstein almost always goes to his perverted sexual life and for good reason. But Epstein had another passion which rarely gets discussed. He loved science sexually and liked to surround himself with scientists and "philanthropists" that gave to scientific causes like Bill Gates.
What if they are trying to hide something that isn't about sex at all?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (ZLI7S)
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Yeah, we had an interim pastor at my old church who used that circumlocution. Drove me nuts.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I've had to run *many* batch updates to Library of Congress subject headings for these types of changes, e.g., Disabled people -> People with disabilities
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (PcoR0)
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23 skidoo!
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (AkTb4)
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Oh sure.
But if I recruit a hot import lady all of a sudden, I'm "Trafficking".
But if I recruit a hot import lady all of a sudden, I'm "Trafficking".
Posted by: DaveA at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (FhXTo)
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134 I love the furor over the shitty horror movies and games that have just been announced where Mickey is a monster trying to kill people.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
Eh, not really furor. It's just tiresome.
Every time someone finds a silicone mask (usually from Immortal) out there that could vaguely represent some well-known character, they feel like they have to make a slasher film with it.
Mickey Mouse isn't sacred. He's a fucking corporate mascot. Cry harder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
Eh, not really furor. It's just tiresome.
Every time someone finds a silicone mask (usually from Immortal) out there that could vaguely represent some well-known character, they feel like they have to make a slasher film with it.
Posted by: XTC at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (sm6Pk)
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261 Oh, that's funny. Of course he's sacred!!
This is America, this is the new religion. Those people who are going to use Mickey's likeness might not be gunned down like the Charlie Hebdo guys, but they will pay. For their insolence and blasphemy.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (QBaJw)
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America was more America before Mickey Mouse became a pseudo-symbol for American culture. May he join the morass of crap.
This is America, this is the new religion. Those people who are going to use Mickey's likeness might not be gunned down like the Charlie Hebdo guys, but they will pay. For their insolence and blasphemy.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (QBaJw)
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America was more America before Mickey Mouse became a pseudo-symbol for American culture. May he join the morass of crap.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (GBKbO)
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an abbatoir beats a nice block of flats.
Posted by: cmeat at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (QBEAD)
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We are still litigating /interpreting an unambiguous one sentence amendment in the Constitution.
That sums it up completely.
That sums it up completely.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (MNhXM)
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n a nation with more guns than people I wonder if the military even without Juans and Pablos would do better here than they did in Afghanistan.
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They’ll blow up your house via remote control drones. All the guns in the world won’t do shit to defend against that.
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They’ll blow up your house via remote control drones. All the guns in the world won’t do shit to defend against that.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (BI8w/)
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From what I understand of trademark, it only applies to things where people can reasonably think that the non-Disney product was created by Disney.
Disney's going to be real aggressive, I'm sure, but I don't think it'll work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is my understanding as to the gist of trademark v. copyright but as I said, this is a highly esoteric IP matter and Scotus has demonstrated little aptitude for these cases. For example, in patent cases, Scotus is outright being stonewalled by the US Patent Office on a variety of issues.
We should really have a specialized court of appeals for such matters because quite frankly on Indian law or IP law, Scotus show little desire to actually deal with the complex legal issues from either source.
Disney's going to be real aggressive, I'm sure, but I don't think it'll work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is my understanding as to the gist of trademark v. copyright but as I said, this is a highly esoteric IP matter and Scotus has demonstrated little aptitude for these cases. For example, in patent cases, Scotus is outright being stonewalled by the US Patent Office on a variety of issues.
We should really have a specialized court of appeals for such matters because quite frankly on Indian law or IP law, Scotus show little desire to actually deal with the complex legal issues from either source.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (8IKKJ)
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268 Eh, not really furor. It's just tiresome.
Every time someone finds a silicone mask (usually from Immortal) out there that could vaguely represent some well-known character, they feel like they have to make a slasher film with it.
Posted by: XTC at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (sm6Pk)
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And it'll be forgotten in less than a year. No one will care about the slasher itself.
But, I swear, there are Disney shills who are really broken up about it.
Every time someone finds a silicone mask (usually from Immortal) out there that could vaguely represent some well-known character, they feel like they have to make a slasher film with it.
Posted by: XTC at January 03, 2024 11:47 AM (sm6Pk)
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And it'll be forgotten in less than a year. No one will care about the slasher itself.
But, I swear, there are Disney shills who are really broken up about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
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>>I'm sure the ROE here will not be as restricting as the ROE in Afghanistan.
If the government starts targeting me and mine, my rules of engagement are more ammo.
If the government starts targeting me and mine, my rules of engagement are more ammo.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (ZLI7S)
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273 That is my understanding as to the gist of trademark v. copyright but as I said, this is a highly esoteric IP matter and Scotus has demonstrated little aptitude for these cases. For example, in patent cases, Scotus is outright being stonewalled by the US Patent Office on a variety of issues.
We should really have a specialized court of appeals for such matters because quite frankly on Indian law or IP law, Scotus show little desire to actually deal with the complex legal issues from either source.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (8IKKJ)
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Thought...simplify the law?
We should really have a specialized court of appeals for such matters because quite frankly on Indian law or IP law, Scotus show little desire to actually deal with the complex legal issues from either source.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (8IKKJ)
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Thought...simplify the law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
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eah, we had an interim pastor at my old church who used that circumlocution. Drove me nuts.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I've had to run *many* batch updates to Library of Congress subject headings for these types of changes, e.g., Disabled people -> People with disabilities
Posted by: screaming in digital
And now I'm reading a book I got for Christmas that touches in one section on the Atlantic slave trade and insists on calling slaves "enslaved people."
It's otherwise a solid history, but this grates on me.
By the way, Happy New Year, SiD!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I've had to run *many* batch updates to Library of Congress subject headings for these types of changes, e.g., Disabled people -> People with disabilities
Posted by: screaming in digital
And now I'm reading a book I got for Christmas that touches in one section on the Atlantic slave trade and insists on calling slaves "enslaved people."
It's otherwise a solid history, but this grates on me.
By the way, Happy New Year, SiD!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (9yWhg)
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Mickey isn’t the same thing? Huh. Didn’t realize that. When does Mickey become public?
Posted by: Montec
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Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
You know, I really don't care. Mickey is Disney, and Disney is Mickey. Why are so many people anxious to see Mickey become public domain? Go create your own cartoon mouse.
Posted by: Montec
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Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
You know, I really don't care. Mickey is Disney, and Disney is Mickey. Why are so many people anxious to see Mickey become public domain? Go create your own cartoon mouse.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (tkR6S)
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Chicago's progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for causing 'chaos' by flying migrants to Windy City... despite previously painting it as welcoming haven for the undocumented
https://mol.im/a/12920511
So will the term Sanctuary City/State be disappeared?
https://mol.im/a/12920511
So will the term Sanctuary City/State be disappeared?
Posted by: Ciampino - The 3-finger salute ... at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (qfLjt)
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Thought...simplify the law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
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BLASPHEMER!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
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BLASPHEMER!
Posted by: Lawyer at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (WkNQM)
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I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade
JH skiing? Nice!!
You gonna do Corbet’s?
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade
JH skiing? Nice!!
You gonna do Corbet’s?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:50 AM (BI8w/)
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262 250 Think the current version of Mickey dates back to the original Fantasia in 1940 so it will be another twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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Or another thousand years if Disney gets its way...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (7fElN)
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I heard a theory that Disney didn't fight that hard for another extension because Mickey had become such a small part of the Disney empire, going from something like 30% of its IP value in the late 90s to less than 5% today because of all the acquisitions.
I don't hate the theory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
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Even 5% sounds high to me. I'm sure Mickey is still running around in costume at Disney properties, but otherwise what commercial value is there in an anthropomorphic giant mouse that 99% of kids today probably have no connection to?
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:43 AM (8IKKJ)
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Or another thousand years if Disney gets its way...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (7fElN)
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I heard a theory that Disney didn't fight that hard for another extension because Mickey had become such a small part of the Disney empire, going from something like 30% of its IP value in the late 90s to less than 5% today because of all the acquisitions.
I don't hate the theory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (GBKbO)
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Even 5% sounds high to me. I'm sure Mickey is still running around in costume at Disney properties, but otherwise what commercial value is there in an anthropomorphic giant mouse that 99% of kids today probably have no connection to?
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:50 AM (iFTx/)
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Oh I could tell you how. From my own personal experience. But I have been advised not to discuss it in public forums (fora?). Maybe soon though.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (991eG)
I'm just wondering at the use of the word "solved" here. Maybe there was a crime, and the body will tell much about the how and why... and by whom.
But there's a difference between, say, finding Amelia Earhart's body, and Jimmy Hoffa's. We already pretty well know how Amelia died (unless they find bullet holes in her plane or her body, I guess). Whereas Hoffa? If we found his body, we'd still not know exactly who whacked him. We might suspect, but it seems way premature to say the case is solved.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM (991eG)
I'm just wondering at the use of the word "solved" here. Maybe there was a crime, and the body will tell much about the how and why... and by whom.
But there's a difference between, say, finding Amelia Earhart's body, and Jimmy Hoffa's. We already pretty well know how Amelia died (unless they find bullet holes in her plane or her body, I guess). Whereas Hoffa? If we found his body, we'd still not know exactly who whacked him. We might suspect, but it seems way premature to say the case is solved.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:50 AM (QBaJw)
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IP law is fascinating. But complicated.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (9yWhg)
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"In case you missed it - Biden is supposed to appear at Valley Forge Park on Saturday so I'd expect Route 23 to be shut down most of the day in that area.
Posted by: Joe Mannix"
What he going to do, dedicate the destruction of some racist statue?
Posted by: Joe Mannix"
What he going to do, dedicate the destruction of some racist statue?
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (JojsZ)
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Thought...simplify the law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January
Go to hell asshole!!!
- Lawyers everywhere
Thought...simplify the law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January
Go to hell asshole!!!
- Lawyers everywhere
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (BI8w/)
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Ok. Can't do this anymore.
I'm going back to bed........
Laters, all. Be excellent to each other. Screw Kurt and Paul.
I'm going back to bed........
Laters, all. Be excellent to each other. Screw Kurt and Paul.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)
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Thought...simplify the law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
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That kind of crazy talk will get on on The List!
How many illegal aliens can fit in your new home?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
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That kind of crazy talk will get on on The List!
How many illegal aliens can fit in your new home?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (7fElN)
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[Hysterical laughter]
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
If it sounds too good to be true, it probibly is. - Guy renting out his condo that has installed hidden cameras and microphones throughout.
I'm watching, always watching you...fap fap fap.
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
If it sounds too good to be true, it probibly is. - Guy renting out his condo that has installed hidden cameras and microphones throughout.
I'm watching, always watching you...fap fap fap.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (gmo/4)
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Supposed to get heavy weather soon, should go get new tires, ones on truck are at end of usefulness
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (fwDg9)
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What if they are trying to hide something that isn't about sex at all?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (ZLI7S)
I knew it.
Aliens.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (ZLI7S)
I knew it.
Aliens.
Posted by: That Guy Who Thinks It All Cones Down To Aliens at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (z5XEC)
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More 20's lingo:
http://tinyurl.com/5d544aa7
Some good stuff in here. I like 'wooden kimono' for a coffin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (zZu0s)
Thanks! I can use that in my writing.
http://tinyurl.com/5d544aa7
Some good stuff in here. I like 'wooden kimono' for a coffin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (zZu0s)
Thanks! I can use that in my writing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (Q0kLU)
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278 You know, I really don't care. Mickey is Disney, and Disney is Mickey. Why are so many people anxious to see Mickey become public domain? Go create your own cartoon mouse.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (tkR6S)
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Because copyright in America is a complete fucking shitshow because of that fucking mouse.
Life +70 is complete garbage.
Not only are the people who actually created the IP dead and have been for decades, but it creates this massive black hole where something like 99% of the material made that's still technically in copyright can't be used by anyone except those who own the copyright and aren't doing anything with it.
Irving Brant's been dead for decades, and his six-volume biography of Madison as been out of print for almost as long. If I wanted to bring that to the masses, no publisher would touch it because they know someone else has the copyright. It would have to be the Brant estate, who doesn't seem to care. What good does that do?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (tkR6S)
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Because copyright in America is a complete fucking shitshow because of that fucking mouse.
Life +70 is complete garbage.
Not only are the people who actually created the IP dead and have been for decades, but it creates this massive black hole where something like 99% of the material made that's still technically in copyright can't be used by anyone except those who own the copyright and aren't doing anything with it.
Irving Brant's been dead for decades, and his six-volume biography of Madison as been out of print for almost as long. If I wanted to bring that to the masses, no publisher would touch it because they know someone else has the copyright. It would have to be the Brant estate, who doesn't seem to care. What good does that do?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
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>What if they are trying to hide something that isn't about sex at all?
Posted by: JackStraw
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Like a giant drill that goes into the earth and explodes, causing every volcano in the world to erupt with liquid hot MAGMA
Posted by: JackStraw
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Like a giant drill that goes into the earth and explodes, causing every volcano in the world to erupt with liquid hot MAGMA
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (geLO8)
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Reminds me of that scene in "Dr. Zhivago" where the commie old bint was in charge of housing in what was not her house.
Nothing more miserable than an old commie bint in charge of anything which she doesn't own.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (Edu7X
Commissare Woman: Either you spend the rest of your life in an efficiency apartment with seven dissidents and one toilet, or you gather your aristocratic shit together and split!
[storms out]
Nothing more miserable than an old commie bint in charge of anything which she doesn't own.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 03, 2024 11:39 AM (Edu7X
Commissare Woman: Either you spend the rest of your life in an efficiency apartment with seven dissidents and one toilet, or you gather your aristocratic shit together and split!
[storms out]
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (Z/09L)
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The NGOs pay the illegals to come.
The government pays the NGOs.
You pay the government.
A sick system isn't it?
The government pays the NGOs.
You pay the government.
A sick system isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (XqcwY)
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If I’m traveling solo I stay at hotels. If it a group, then Airbnb condos/houses.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (BI8w/)
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279 Chicago's progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for causing 'chaos' by flying migrants to Windy City... despite previously painting it as welcoming haven for the undocumented
https://mol.im/a/12920511
So will the term Sanctuary City/State be disappeared?
Posted by: Ciampino - The 3-finger salute ... at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (qfLjt)
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Nope, City Counsel wouldn't even allow a non-binding referendum on the ballot which asked residence if they wanted to stay a sanctuary city.
https://mol.im/a/12920511
So will the term Sanctuary City/State be disappeared?
Posted by: Ciampino - The 3-finger salute ... at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (qfLjt)
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Nope, City Counsel wouldn't even allow a non-binding referendum on the ballot which asked residence if they wanted to stay a sanctuary city.
Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (G0vdT)
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What is the conceivable benefit of having all of these people in the US? I haven't seen it written down anywhere.
Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (4UYlo)
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OT but I think I have found the perfect ballpoint pen
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (geLO8)
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The Warner Brothers cartoons were way smarter and funnier than anything that Disney did, anyway.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
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a blue version of Mickey Mouse antics during the company birthday party for Walt Disney himself. He was not amused and fired the animators responsible.
Posted by: whig
Harlon Ellison tells a similar story of him talking up a Mickey Porno in the Disney cafeteria and getting fired.
Posted by: whig
Harlon Ellison tells a similar story of him talking up a Mickey Porno in the Disney cafeteria and getting fired.
Posted by: DaveA at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (FhXTo)
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You know, I really don't care. Mickey is Disney, and Disney is Mickey. Why are so many people anxious to see Mickey become public domain? Go create your own cartoon mouse.
Disney has been at the forefront of getting copyright extensions pushed through. So for some people it's just a way to extend a middle finger to Disney.
Disney has been at the forefront of getting copyright extensions pushed through. So for some people it's just a way to extend a middle finger to Disney.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (dZVON)
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I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade
JH skiing? Nice!!
You gonna do Corbet’s?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:50 AM (BI8w/)
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Thanks! I did Corbet's once. It's not often open because it needs a lot of snow and is usually skied off by 10 am. But I saw my chance and skied it. Won't bother with it again. It's just a cliff. You don't really ski it as much as just grab your nuts and hold on.
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade
JH skiing? Nice!!
You gonna do Corbet’s?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:50 AM (BI8w/)
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Thanks! I did Corbet's once. It's not often open because it needs a lot of snow and is usually skied off by 10 am. But I saw my chance and skied it. Won't bother with it again. It's just a cliff. You don't really ski it as much as just grab your nuts and hold on.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
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301 The Warner Brothers cartoons were way smarter and funnier than anything that Disney did, anyway.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
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Tex Avery's anarchy is an American treasure.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
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Tex Avery's anarchy is an American treasure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (GBKbO)
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>>Like a giant drill that goes into the earth and explodes, causing every volcano in the world to erupt with liquid hot MAGMA
Or maybe something like a virus.
Or maybe something like a virus.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:54 AM (ZLI7S)
307
The Warner Brothers cartoons were way smarter and funnier than anything that Disney did, anyway.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
Especially those produced from 1940 through 1956 IMO.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
Especially those produced from 1940 through 1956 IMO.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:54 AM (gmo/4)
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303 Disney has been at the forefront of getting copyright extensions pushed through. So for some people it's just a way to extend a middle finger to Disney.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (dZVON)
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Without the Sonny Bono Act, we'd be at 1949 in the public domain.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (dZVON)
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Without the Sonny Bono Act, we'd be at 1949 in the public domain.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
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simplify the law?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
RACIST!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
RACIST!!!
Posted by: A Scumbag Lawyer at January 03, 2024 11:54 AM (z5XEC)
310
OT but I think I have found the perfect ballpoint pen
Posted by: Don Black
Um, don't we have a commenter here who's nic is "someassholestolemypen?"
I think we have figured out who stole it...
Posted by: Don Black
Um, don't we have a commenter here who's nic is "someassholestolemypen?"
I think we have figured out who stole it...
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (9yWhg)
311
289 [Hysterical laughter]
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
If it sounds too good to be true, it probibly is. - Guy renting out his condo that has installed hidden cameras and microphones throughout.
I'm watching, always watching you...fap fap fap.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (gmo/4)
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Half the condos at the development are being rented out this way. But you are taking a risk no matter where you stay, including in hotels.
I'm staying in an AirBNB next week at a luxury condo development in Teton Village. Full condo, 800 sf, private deck, access to private pool and hot tubs, etc. Costing me about half -- yes, half -- what it would cost me to stay in the lower-end hotels in TV. The highest end hotels are 4x the price. I'd be crazy not to stay at the condo.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
If it sounds too good to be true, it probibly is. - Guy renting out his condo that has installed hidden cameras and microphones throughout.
I'm watching, always watching you...fap fap fap.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:51 AM (gmo/4)
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Half the condos at the development are being rented out this way. But you are taking a risk no matter where you stay, including in hotels.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (iFTx/)
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307 Especially those produced from 1940 through 1956 IMO.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:54 AM (gmo/4)
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I never really liked the transition of Daffy Duck to Irritable Duck, though.
Posted by: Archer at January 03, 2024 11:54 AM (gmo/4)
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I never really liked the transition of Daffy Duck to Irritable Duck, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (GBKbO)
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I'm sure the ROE here will not be as restricting as the ROE in Afghanistan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (jA9ul)
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That cuts both ways...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM
*nods sagely*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:44 AM (jA9ul)
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That cuts both ways...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2024 11:45 AM
*nods sagely*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (jA9ul)
314
>What is the conceivable benefit of having all of these people in the US? I haven't seen it written down anywhere.
Posted by: m
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If you're a Democrat candidate- votes
I'm gonna explain illegal immigration for you all
If the voters aren't 'voting right', get new voters
hope this helps
Posted by: m
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If you're a Democrat candidate- votes
I'm gonna explain illegal immigration for you all
If the voters aren't 'voting right', get new voters
hope this helps
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (geLO8)
315
The focus around Epstein almost always goes to his perverted sexual life and for good reason. But Epstein had another passion which rarely gets discussed. He loved science sexually and liked to surround himself with scientists and "philanthropists" that gave to scientific causes like Bill Gates.
What if they are trying to hide something that isn't about sex at all?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (ZLI7S)
Embrace the power of "and."
There are plenty of accusations, of pointy headed perfessers from MIT and Stanford and other places, who were "guests" on the island. Girls have testified that some guy was introduced to them, they were instructed to service him, and after his 30 second pump and dump, they were sometimes sheepishly apologetic. And when they later found out who the guy was, some of these men are known to be very prominent in various scientific communities.
What if they are trying to hide something that isn't about sex at all?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 11:46 AM (ZLI7S)
Embrace the power of "and."
There are plenty of accusations, of pointy headed perfessers from MIT and Stanford and other places, who were "guests" on the island. Girls have testified that some guy was introduced to them, they were instructed to service him, and after his 30 second pump and dump, they were sometimes sheepishly apologetic. And when they later found out who the guy was, some of these men are known to be very prominent in various scientific communities.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (QBaJw)
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More 20's lingo:
http://tinyurl.com/5d544aa7
Some good stuff in here. I like 'wooden kimono' for a coffin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Miller's Crossing has some great ones.
http://tinyurl.com/5d544aa7
Some good stuff in here. I like 'wooden kimono' for a coffin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Miller's Crossing has some great ones.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (Dm8we)
317
Excuse me, I speak woke.
"people experiencing homelessness"
(this is called "people first" language)
Posted by: screaming in digital
Do "first peoples" use "people first" language?
Excuse me, I speak woke.
"people experiencing homelessness"
(this is called "people first" language)
Posted by: screaming in digital
Do "first peoples" use "people first" language?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (63Dwl)
318
I heard a theory that Disney didn't fight that hard for another extension because Mickey had become such a small part of the Disney empire, going from something like 30% of its IP value in the late 90s to less than 5% today because of all the acquisitions.
I don't hate the theory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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From my limited understanding, the US was actually one of the outliers in international copyright using the older Paris convention instead of the more recent Berne convention on copyright. During the last extension of copyright in the 90's, the argument was that the US should follow the Berne convention instead Paris Act of 1971. The US joined the Berne Convention in the 80's and thus enabling legislation had to be passed by Congress to implement the Berne treaty and change existing US law.
That was the wedge to extend copyright law as the bill was considered must pass by the Administration and Congress.
I don't hate the theory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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From my limited understanding, the US was actually one of the outliers in international copyright using the older Paris convention instead of the more recent Berne convention on copyright. During the last extension of copyright in the 90's, the argument was that the US should follow the Berne convention instead Paris Act of 1971. The US joined the Berne Convention in the 80's and thus enabling legislation had to be passed by Congress to implement the Berne treaty and change existing US law.
That was the wedge to extend copyright law as the bill was considered must pass by the Administration and Congress.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (8IKKJ)
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I'm going to expand on a classic shtick:
Copyright Infringe Benefits - a limerick
Disneyland is getting sort of spoofy
Uncle Scrooge slipped Minnie Mouse a 'roofy'
Huey's scrwinng Dewey
While Plluto's humping Louie
And to top it off? Mickey's fucking Goofy!
Copyright Infringe Benefits - a limerick
Disneyland is getting sort of spoofy
Uncle Scrooge slipped Minnie Mouse a 'roofy'
Huey's scrwinng Dewey
While Plluto's humping Louie
And to top it off? Mickey's fucking Goofy!
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (991eG)
320
All the rich liberals should have to give up their second, third and fourth homes. And the. The vacation cabins. And the time shares.
As long as one person is homeless, no one should be allowed to own more than one home.
As long as one person is homeless, no one should be allowed to own more than one home.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (BL1uJ)
321
300 OT but I think I have found the perfect ballpoint pen
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (geLO
Please elaborate.
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (geLO
Please elaborate.
Posted by: Emmie at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (Sf2cq)
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Thanks! I did Corbet's once. It's not often open because it needs a lot of snow and is usually skied off by 10 am. But I saw my chance and skied it. Won't bother with it again. It's just a cliff. You don't really ski it as much as just grab your nuts and hold on.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Heh. The one time I was there it was closed. But it looks pretty tasty from the tram. One of those do it to say you did it things. Same with the triple diamonds at Big Sky.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Heh. The one time I was there it was closed. But it looks pretty tasty from the tram. One of those do it to say you did it things. Same with the triple diamonds at Big Sky.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (BI8w/)
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318 That was the wedge to extend copyright law as the bill was considered must pass by the Administration and Congress.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (8IKKJ)
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Squeezing unpopular stuff into must pass legislation by connected cronies is an old play.
It's what happens in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 11:55 AM (8IKKJ)
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Squeezing unpopular stuff into must pass legislation by connected cronies is an old play.
It's what happens in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (GBKbO)
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*nods sagely*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Be careful that TJM doesn't sue you for copyright infringement.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Be careful that TJM doesn't sue you for copyright infringement.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (9yWhg)
325
Right now, of course, this is all technically voluntary - but as this problem continues to grow, they won't be content with merely asking.
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I predicted this would happen a couple years ago in one of my usual hyperbolic comments.
How long before illegal aliens are offered billions of dollars in reparations? GO FOR IT, CALIFORNIA -- YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
/Salient rant, Mannix ...
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I predicted this would happen a couple years ago in one of my usual hyperbolic comments.
How long before illegal aliens are offered billions of dollars in reparations? GO FOR IT, CALIFORNIA -- YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
/Salient rant, Mannix ...
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (H6Tzf)
326
The Uniball Jetstream RT
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (geLO8)
327
324 *nods sagely*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Be careful that TJM doesn't sue you for copyright infringement.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (9yWhg)
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It's materially different from *nods sagaciously*. Fine by me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Be careful that TJM doesn't sue you for copyright infringement.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (9yWhg)
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It's materially different from *nods sagaciously*. Fine by me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (GBKbO)
328
The NGOs pay the illegals to come.
The government pays the NGOs.
You pay the government.
A sick system isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (XqcwY)
Lenin once said capitalists will sell you the rope used to hang them.
To paraphrase, we're paying for our own executioners.
The government pays the NGOs.
You pay the government.
A sick system isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (XqcwY)
Lenin once said capitalists will sell you the rope used to hang them.
To paraphrase, we're paying for our own executioners.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (QBaJw)
329
how dull is my life that I'm excited over a new pen
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (geLO8)
330
The Warner Brothers cartoons were way smarter and funnier than anything that Disney did, anyway.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
In the last six months I've gotten almost every Looney Tunes set Warners has released on DVD and Blu-ray except for, like, one I think.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
In the last six months I've gotten almost every Looney Tunes set Warners has released on DVD and Blu-ray except for, like, one I think.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (z5XEC)
331
You'll be wearing concrete galoshes!
Posted by: lt-cmdr montgomery scott at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (2yu8s)
332
Kick down on the pen.
Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (Z8Yh2)
333
Funny Micky is under public domain, another strike against Disney
Die, Mouse Die
Die, Mouse Die
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (fwDg9)
334
My life is duller.
Posted by: DOYLE at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (Z8Yh2)
335
And now I'm reading a book I got for Christmas that touches in one section on the Atlantic slave trade and insists on calling slaves "enslaved people."
Any book that uses "CE" and "BCE" grinds my gears.
Any book that uses "CE" and "BCE" grinds my gears.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (Q0kLU)
336
They’ll blow up your house via remote control drones. All the guns in the world won’t do shit to defend against that.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (BI8w/)
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The people running the drones live somewhere.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:48 AM (BI8w/)
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The people running the drones live somewhere.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 03, 2024 11:59 AM (B8LvX)
337
I saw Salient Rant open for The Plastic Ono Band at the Lyceum Theater in '69 (as a mere 7-year-old)!
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 11:59 AM (hsnER)
338
326 The Uniball Jetstream RT
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (geLO
Pilot > Uniball
As much as I liked Uniball's BLX line.
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (geLO
Pilot > Uniball
As much as I liked Uniball's BLX line.
Posted by: XTC at January 03, 2024 11:59 AM (sm6Pk)
339
Huh. Wonder what changed...
@BIZPACReview
New Philly mayor declares public safety emergency to counter crime - Dem seeks more cops on street
@BIZPACReview
New Philly mayor declares public safety emergency to counter crime - Dem seeks more cops on street
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (geLO8)
341
Any book that uses "CE" and "BCE" grinds my gears.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (Q0kLU)
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I had some back and forth with a professor about that when I was in school. I will not use those abbreviations. It's the Christian calendar. Deal with it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM (Q0kLU)
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I had some back and forth with a professor about that when I was in school. I will not use those abbreviations. It's the Christian calendar. Deal with it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (WkNQM)
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Yeah I don’t get the enslaved people thing. How’s that better than slave? Wait what am I saying. I’m asking for logic where there is none.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (BI8w/)
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If it sounds too good to be true, it probibly is. - Guy renting out his condo that has installed hidden cameras and microphones throughout.
I'm watching, always watching you...fap fap fap.
That's basically the idea behind the Gay Talese book The Voyeur's Motel - a man discovered a crawlspace above the rooms in his motel and spent years watching people have sex.
I'm watching, always watching you...fap fap fap.
That's basically the idea behind the Gay Talese book The Voyeur's Motel - a man discovered a crawlspace above the rooms in his motel and spent years watching people have sex.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (Q0kLU)
344
"How long before illegal aliens are offered billions of dollars in reparations? GO FOR IT, CALIFORNIA -- YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
Posted by: ShainS"
Oddly, the reparations push has gone quiet past few months. Dems must have told the activists to shut up, for now.
Posted by: ShainS"
Oddly, the reparations push has gone quiet past few months. Dems must have told the activists to shut up, for now.
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (JojsZ)
345
I couldn't care less about mickey mouse. I'm sick and tired of these G-d damned fascists getting special cutouts in the law. It's everywhere. People like the ones running Disney and their pets in Congress ruined this country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (0FoWg)
346
The people running the drones live somewhere.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 03, 2024 11:59 AM (B8LvX)
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+1
... and have families.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 03, 2024 11:59 AM (B8LvX)
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+1
... and have families.
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (hsnER)
347
Because copyright in America is a complete fucking shitshow because of that fucking mouse.
Life +70 is complete garbage.
-TJM
Some 'artist' wipes his own excrement on a canvas and that is protected for life +70. Some inventor develops a new life-saving device and has exclusive rights for 21 years.
Life +70 is complete garbage.
-TJM
Some 'artist' wipes his own excrement on a canvas and that is protected for life +70. Some inventor develops a new life-saving device and has exclusive rights for 21 years.
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (Ya7DW)
348
You know, I really don't care. Mickey is Disney, and Disney is Mickey. Why are so many people anxious to see Mickey become public domain? Go create your own cartoon mouse.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Many Disney stories were based on stories by others such as Cinderella, etc. Essentially, one of the ways Walt built the company was on the basis of Western fairytales available because any copyrights of collections or the original sources had expired.
Unreasonable copyright length has much to do with our problems in the US dealing with archival material. This is one of those matters where Scotus got it wrong as the length of copyright only rewards corporations, not the creative individuals that originated it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Many Disney stories were based on stories by others such as Cinderella, etc. Essentially, one of the ways Walt built the company was on the basis of Western fairytales available because any copyrights of collections or the original sources had expired.
Unreasonable copyright length has much to do with our problems in the US dealing with archival material. This is one of those matters where Scotus got it wrong as the length of copyright only rewards corporations, not the creative individuals that originated it.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
349
"...so those aliens can "spur growth" in the city..."
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Yes, I noted that. No hint of exactly what sort of 'growth' there will be.
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Yes, I noted that. No hint of exactly what sort of 'growth' there will be.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2024 12:01 PM (XeU6L)
350
And now I'm reading a book I got for Christmas that touches in one section on the Atlantic slave trade and insists on calling slaves "enslaved people."
It's otherwise a solid history, but this grates on me.
By the way, Happy New Year, SiD!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Yep, that's another fairly recent LCSH change, Slaves --> Enslaved persons
I guess it could have been worse, i.e., "People experiencing enslavement"
Happy New year to you!
It's otherwise a solid history, but this grates on me.
By the way, Happy New Year, SiD!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Yep, that's another fairly recent LCSH change, Slaves --> Enslaved persons
I guess it could have been worse, i.e., "People experiencing enslavement"
Happy New year to you!
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 03, 2024 12:01 PM (PcoR0)
351
OT but I think I have found the perfect ballpoint pen
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM
1980s era Parker refillable?
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM
1980s era Parker refillable?
Posted by: Doof at January 03, 2024 12:01 PM (KiP3I)
352
"opening up some of these vacant (properties), rehabilitating them, and making them available"
If he'd proposed making the illegal aliens rebuild the properties they were supposed to be housed in, I might be inclined to say "go for it".
If he'd proposed making the illegal aliens rebuild the properties they were supposed to be housed in, I might be inclined to say "go for it".
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 03, 2024 12:01 PM (ou9hh)
353
347 Some 'artist' wipes his own excrement on a canvas and that is protected for life +70. Some inventor develops a new life-saving device and has exclusive rights for 21 years.
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (Ya7DW)
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The disparity between copyright protection and patent protection is one of the most illogical things in government.
And I'm not a big fan of government.
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (Ya7DW)
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The disparity between copyright protection and patent protection is one of the most illogical things in government.
And I'm not a big fan of government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:01 PM (GBKbO)
354
>>There are plenty of accusations, of pointy headed perfessers from MIT and Stanford and other places, who were "guests" on the island. Girls have testified that some guy was introduced to them, they were instructed to service him, and after his 30 second pump and dump, they were sometimes sheepishly apologetic. And when they later found out who the guy was, some of these men are known to be very prominent in various scientific communities.
Yea, that's the obvious connection, sex. But what if that was only part of what Epstein was doing?
The various arms of the Clinton Foundation had a lot of ties to the NIH, to Fauci and to providing drugs during the HIV scare around the world. They made a ton of money doing that shit. Gates claims he went to Epstein for donations to his science plans which include mRNA vaccines. He was a huge cheerleader for vaccines during the China virus.
Maxell has strong ties to the intel community and for some reason Epstein was also protected by the intel community. There's a lot more to this story than just sex.
Yea, that's the obvious connection, sex. But what if that was only part of what Epstein was doing?
The various arms of the Clinton Foundation had a lot of ties to the NIH, to Fauci and to providing drugs during the HIV scare around the world. They made a ton of money doing that shit. Gates claims he went to Epstein for donations to his science plans which include mRNA vaccines. He was a huge cheerleader for vaccines during the China virus.
Maxell has strong ties to the intel community and for some reason Epstein was also protected by the intel community. There's a lot more to this story than just sex.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 12:02 PM (ZLI7S)
355
Shut the border down and kick the illegals out.
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at January 03, 2024 12:02 PM (gxokI)
356
Isn't this just part of the plot from Dr. Zhivago?
I wasn't wondering when we were going to get the reboot.
I wasn't wondering when we were going to get the reboot.
Posted by: MLCross at January 03, 2024 12:02 PM (Q2MxE)
357
Do "first peoples" use "people first" language?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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I dunno, because (as I've been informed) they have "different ways of knowing"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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I dunno, because (as I've been informed) they have "different ways of knowing"
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 03, 2024 12:02 PM (PcoR0)
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Squeezing unpopular stuff into must pass legislation by connected cronies is an old play.
It's what happens in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It is our legislative process. It could be curtailed significantly by simply requiring in Senate rules that any amendment must be germane to the topic of the bill which is the existing rule in the House.
It's what happens in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It is our legislative process. It could be curtailed significantly by simply requiring in Senate rules that any amendment must be germane to the topic of the bill which is the existing rule in the House.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (8IKKJ)
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348 Unreasonable copyright length has much to do with our problems in the US dealing with archival material. This is one of those matters where Scotus got it wrong as the length of copyright only rewards corporations, not the creative individuals that originated it.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
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how dull is my life that I'm excited over a new pen
Posted by: Don Black at January
I have a cup full of regular pens on my desk, with a note that says 'use these pens, not the one pen sitting by my computer'.
Which pen do the womenfolk invariably pick up and fail to return?
Posted by: Don Black at January
I have a cup full of regular pens on my desk, with a note that says 'use these pens, not the one pen sitting by my computer'.
Which pen do the womenfolk invariably pick up and fail to return?
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (Ya7DW)
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322 Thanks! I did Corbet's once. It's not often open because it needs a lot of snow and is usually skied off by 10 am. But I saw my chance and skied it. Won't bother with it again. It's just a cliff. You don't really ski it as much as just grab your nuts and hold on.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Heh. The one time I was there it was closed. But it looks pretty tasty from the tram. One of those do it to say you did it things. Same with the triple diamonds at Big Sky.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (BI8w/)
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Big Couloir is much more fun because, as steep as it is, you can actually ski it. Corbet's is just to say you did it, but even then some people don't believe you. I have pics and some were like "yea, but no videos so we don't know for sure you actually did it."
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Heh. The one time I was there it was closed. But it looks pretty tasty from the tram. One of those do it to say you did it things. Same with the triple diamonds at Big Sky.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 11:56 AM (BI8w/)
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Big Couloir is much more fun because, as steep as it is, you can actually ski it. Corbet's is just to say you did it, but even then some people don't believe you. I have pics and some were like "yea, but no videos so we don't know for sure you actually did it."
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (iFTx/)
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That's basically the idea behind the Gay Talese book The Voyeur's Motel - a man discovered a crawlspace above the rooms in his motel and spent years watching people have sex.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (Q0kLU)
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* The CIA and Zombie Jeffrey Epstein have entered the chat *
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (Q0kLU)
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* The CIA and Zombie Jeffrey Epstein have entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (hsnER)
Posted by: spindrift at January 03, 2024 12:04 PM (AA8bA)
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359 348 Unreasonable copyright length has much to do with our problems in the US dealing with archival material. This is one of those matters where Scotus got it wrong as the length of copyright only rewards corporations, not the creative individuals that originated it.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
Are you saying the property interest disappears at death, or that they money would have to go to the estate and be distributed from there?
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
Are you saying the property interest disappears at death, or that they money would have to go to the estate and be distributed from there?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:04 PM (eYoxG)
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358 It is our legislative process. It could be curtailed significantly by simply requiring in Senate rules that any amendment must be germane to the topic of the bill which is the existing rule in the House.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (8IKKJ)
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Congress people get $1 million bonuses for a Congressional session where nothing passes except a budget that lowers the federal outlay by at least 1%. For every extra 1%, they get another million.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (8IKKJ)
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Congress people get $1 million bonuses for a Congressional session where nothing passes except a budget that lowers the federal outlay by at least 1%. For every extra 1%, they get another million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
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I had some back and forth with a professor about that when I was in school. I will not use those abbreviations. It's the Christian calendar. Deal with it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I'd ask them why they aren't using the Vedic calendar and watch the gears grind.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I'd ask them why they aren't using the Vedic calendar and watch the gears grind.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 12:05 PM (IG4Id)
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230 I am waiting for the lawsuit from a bleeding heart, virtue signaling liberal who takes a family in to her home only to see it destroyed and the aliens refusing to leave. It will happen and we can sit back as this person tries to get the courts to evict the family. Good luck.
Posted by: Cheri at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (oiNtH)
I think that's the best-case scenario.
Someone gets raped & murdered in front of the rest of the family.
Posted by: Cheri at January 03, 2024 11:41 AM (oiNtH)
I think that's the best-case scenario.
Someone gets raped & murdered in front of the rest of the family.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 03, 2024 12:05 PM (Rbu5d)
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364 Are you saying the property interest disappears at death, or that they money would have to go to the estate and be distributed from there?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:04 PM (eYoxG)
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I'm saying that death of the artist puts the published art in the public domain.
The estate and family can still sell all they want of the art, but so can anyone else.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:04 PM (eYoxG)
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I'm saying that death of the artist puts the published art in the public domain.
The estate and family can still sell all they want of the art, but so can anyone else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:05 PM (GBKbO)
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Any book that uses "CE" and "BCE" grinds my gears.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM
I can't stand that BS PC convention.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM
I can't stand that BS PC convention.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 03, 2024 12:06 PM (jA9ul)
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OT but I think I have found the perfect ballpoint pen
Posted by: Don Black
Bics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Don Black
Bics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 03, 2024 12:06 PM (w9Wax)
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I remember there was some crazy Frenchman who claimed to be Hitler's illegitimate son (after Hitler's death). Apparently, one of his motives was getting the copyright to Mein Kampf.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (9yWhg)
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@BIZPACReview
New Philly mayor declares public safety emergency to counter crime - Dem seeks more cops on street
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (IG4Id)
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Philly D.A.: LOL
New Philly mayor declares public safety emergency to counter crime - Dem seeks more cops on street
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (IG4Id)
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Philly D.A.: LOL
Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (G0vdT)
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Some 'artist' wipes his own excrement on a canvas and that is protected for life +70. Some inventor develops a new life-saving device and has exclusive rights for 21 years.
Posted by: Candidus
Both were originally about the same in length though both were designed to a) reward the creator for useful additions to human capital and b) prevent competitors from unfairly taking an invention without any cost to them to the economic detriment of the creator. The Founders recognized that not many will create if everyone else can take that creation for free without regards to the sweat blood and tears of the creator.
Posted by: Candidus
Both were originally about the same in length though both were designed to a) reward the creator for useful additions to human capital and b) prevent competitors from unfairly taking an invention without any cost to them to the economic detriment of the creator. The Founders recognized that not many will create if everyone else can take that creation for free without regards to the sweat blood and tears of the creator.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (8IKKJ)
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Irving Brant's been dead for decades, and his six-volume biography of Madison as been out of print for almost as long. If I wanted to bring that to the masses, no publisher would touch it because they know someone else has the copyright. It would have to be the Brant estate, who doesn't seem to care. What good does that do?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
I fail to see a problem here.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
I fail to see a problem here.
Posted by: Claudine Gay at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (tkR6S)
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Huh. Wonder what changed...
@BIZPACReview
New Philly mayor declares public safety emergency to counter crime - Dem seeks more cops on street
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM
She's a conservative (D) African American married mom. Very rare species, considered extinct for the last fifty years.
Huh. Wonder what changed...
@BIZPACReview
New Philly mayor declares public safety emergency to counter crime - Dem seeks more cops on street
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM
She's a conservative (D) African American married mom. Very rare species, considered extinct for the last fifty years.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (3qE2b)
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326 The Uniball Jetstream RT
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (geLO8
I've heard good things about those pens.
In our household, we had been using an awesome brand of pen for years (maybe decades), Tul retractable roller gel from Office Depot, and then they changed the pens so that now they are crummy. I hate finding the perfect thing and then it gets changed or discontinued.
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2024 11:57 AM (geLO8
I've heard good things about those pens.
In our household, we had been using an awesome brand of pen for years (maybe decades), Tul retractable roller gel from Office Depot, and then they changed the pens so that now they are crummy. I hate finding the perfect thing and then it gets changed or discontinued.
Posted by: Emmie at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (Sf2cq)
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359 348 Unreasonable copyright length has much to do with our problems in the US dealing with archival material. This is one of those matters where Scotus got it wrong as the length of copyright only rewards corporations, not the creative individuals that originated it.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm OK with corps owning copyrights. But the copyright period is way way too long. Even in the case of individuals, it ends up rewarding third-generation cocksuckers who not only did nothing to make the IP valuable, but who actually shit on their ancestor who did. Case in point: Tolkein's shiteating leftwing descendants who are shitting all over him and his work ... while pocketing 100s of millions of dollars.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:00 PM (8IKKJ)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm OK with corps owning copyrights. But the copyright period is way way too long. Even in the case of individuals, it ends up rewarding third-generation cocksuckers who not only did nothing to make the IP valuable, but who actually shit on their ancestor who did. Case in point: Tolkein's shiteating leftwing descendants who are shitting all over him and his work ... while pocketing 100s of millions of dollars.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (iFTx/)
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Whereas Hoffa? If we found his body, we'd still not know exactly who whacked him. We might suspect, but it seems way premature to say the case is solved.
Posted by: BurtTC
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In the case I'm thinking of, the location where the body is found will provide the clinching bit of information that ties all the other circumstantial evidence together in a compelling, undeniable and damning way.
Posted by: BurtTC
*******
In the case I'm thinking of, the location where the body is found will provide the clinching bit of information that ties all the other circumstantial evidence together in a compelling, undeniable and damning way.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (991eG)
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I know already reported but...
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away."
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)
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379 I know already reported but...
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)
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This is proof that Kathleen Kennedy is actually a man.
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)
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This is proof that Kathleen Kennedy is actually a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
So video games seem to operate under copyright law. The provision that only individuals can own a copyright seems to present difficulties there.
If I were to be made king for a day, I'd make it so that copyright was only able to be owned by individuals. In addition, I'd make it so that they couldn't be transferred at all, even willed after death.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
So video games seem to operate under copyright law. The provision that only individuals can own a copyright seems to present difficulties there.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (eYoxG)
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I hate finding the perfect thing and then it gets changed or discontinued.
There's a BJ joke in there somewhere.
There's a BJ joke in there somewhere.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (Q0kLU)
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Is that as good as an astronaut pen??
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (2yu8s)
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If any of you are watching this season of "Fargo", please join our family in referring to the Nordic guy in the kilt as "The Illegal Alien".
Posted by: Candidus
Since you asked, it is because he marches into a stranger's house, looks the old lady owner straight in the eye, and announces 'I live here now'. And moves right in.
Posted by: Candidus
Since you asked, it is because he marches into a stranger's house, looks the old lady owner straight in the eye, and announces 'I live here now'. And moves right in.
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (Ya7DW)
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It's materially different from *nods sagaciously*. Fine by me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That's not how this works.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That's not how this works.
Posted by: Bottom feeder lawyer, sensing 'settlement' at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (XeU6L)
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381 So video games seem to operate under copyright law. The provision that only individuals can own a copyright seems to present difficulties there.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (eYoxG)
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I've thought about this with movies.
One person gets chosen to own the copyright. It would normally be a producer.
Is that any worse than the corporation owning the copyright?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (eYoxG)
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I've thought about this with movies.
One person gets chosen to own the copyright. It would normally be a producer.
Is that any worse than the corporation owning the copyright?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
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". Only hurdle is to get a judge to agree these are troops, albeit irregular as Mannix points out. "
I think what you would have to do is the "how much more. how much less" type of argument.
If the Federal government is forbidden from quartering its own soldiers - who are the American sons and friends and neighbors of the people whose homes they'd be occupying - in businesses and homes, how much more are they forbidden from quartering foreigners with no connection to the people whose homes they would occupy?
I think what you would have to do is the "how much more. how much less" type of argument.
If the Federal government is forbidden from quartering its own soldiers - who are the American sons and friends and neighbors of the people whose homes they'd be occupying - in businesses and homes, how much more are they forbidden from quartering foreigners with no connection to the people whose homes they would occupy?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 03, 2024 12:10 PM (ou9hh)
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Any book that uses "CE" and "BCE" grinds my gears.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM
Eh, that one I'll let slide, for reasons that I've stated here before. Would never use it myself, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2024 11:58 AM
Eh, that one I'll let slide, for reasons that I've stated here before. Would never use it myself, though.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 12:11 PM (9yWhg)
389
Ace is up.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 03, 2024 12:11 PM (u73oe)
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nods sagely*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
A timely reaction.
Posted by: spindrif
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Well, that's only partially true!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
A timely reaction.
Posted by: spindrif
*******
Well, that's only partially true!
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 12:11 PM (991eG)
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Newark Police said at approximately 6:16 a.m., Newark Police responded to an emergency call at the intersection of South Orange Avenue and Camden Street, where a male was reportedly shot.
The victim has been identified as the Imam of the Masjid Muhammad mosque, located at 197 Camden Street.
According to several sources, the Imam was preparing to engage in the Fajr prayer, the first of the five daily prayers in Islam, when the attack occurred.
It is reported that a gunman approached during this time of spiritual reflection and opened fire.
Following the incident, the Imam was urgently transported to University Hospital. As of the latest updates, he is in critical condition, fighting for his life.
This shocking event has rattled the local community, particularly members of the Masjid Muhammad mosque, where the Imam serves as a spiritual leader.
The victim has been identified as the Imam of the Masjid Muhammad mosque, located at 197 Camden Street.
According to several sources, the Imam was preparing to engage in the Fajr prayer, the first of the five daily prayers in Islam, when the attack occurred.
It is reported that a gunman approached during this time of spiritual reflection and opened fire.
Following the incident, the Imam was urgently transported to University Hospital. As of the latest updates, he is in critical condition, fighting for his life.
This shocking event has rattled the local community, particularly members of the Masjid Muhammad mosque, where the Imam serves as a spiritual leader.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:11 PM (2yu8s)
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Yea, that's the obvious connection, sex. But what if that was only part of what Epstein was doing?
The various arms of the Clinton Foundation had a lot of ties to the NIH, to Fauci and to providing drugs during the HIV scare around the world. They made a ton of money doing that shit. Gates claims he went to Epstein for donations to his science plans which include mRNA vaccines. He was a huge cheerleader for vaccines during the China virus.
Maxell has strong ties to the intel community and for some reason Epstein was also protected by the intel community. There's a lot more to this story than just sex.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 12:02 PM (ZLI7S)
Right, that's the point. It's NOT just about sex. Epstein was/is primarily a blackmail scheme. Who's doing the blackmailing? Well, who has possession of the thousands of hours of video and audio footage from all the cameras and microphones set up around his various properties?
The various arms of the Clinton Foundation had a lot of ties to the NIH, to Fauci and to providing drugs during the HIV scare around the world. They made a ton of money doing that shit. Gates claims he went to Epstein for donations to his science plans which include mRNA vaccines. He was a huge cheerleader for vaccines during the China virus.
Maxell has strong ties to the intel community and for some reason Epstein was also protected by the intel community. There's a lot more to this story than just sex.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2024 12:02 PM (ZLI7S)
Right, that's the point. It's NOT just about sex. Epstein was/is primarily a blackmail scheme. Who's doing the blackmailing? Well, who has possession of the thousands of hours of video and audio footage from all the cameras and microphones set up around his various properties?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (QBaJw)
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Congress people get $1 million bonuses for a Congressional session where nothing passes except a budget that lowers the federal outlay by at least 1%. For every extra 1%, they get another million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Your proposal is rational and quite good but would be hated by the general public because in part our political class is so despised and because of envy.
The state of Arkansas used to have a very low constitutional limit on pay as did a lot of other Southern states. What happened is that pols made their living via grifting of various sorts to make up the difference. The public was happy with that apparently.
Rationality and actual application of sound economics is something alien to a lot of folks despite the fact that public economists like Buchanan and Tullock have great insight in how to properly create incentives for government workers to do what is needed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Your proposal is rational and quite good but would be hated by the general public because in part our political class is so despised and because of envy.
The state of Arkansas used to have a very low constitutional limit on pay as did a lot of other Southern states. What happened is that pols made their living via grifting of various sorts to make up the difference. The public was happy with that apparently.
Rationality and actual application of sound economics is something alien to a lot of folks despite the fact that public economists like Buchanan and Tullock have great insight in how to properly create incentives for government workers to do what is needed.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (8IKKJ)
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386 381 So video games seem to operate under copyright law. The provision that only individuals can own a copyright seems to present difficulties there.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (eYoxG)
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I've thought about this with movies.
One person gets chosen to own the copyright. It would normally be a producer.
Is that any worse than the corporation owning the copyright?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
I'm not sure. I guess the designated individual could then contract exclusive rights to the company, but then how is that different from the corporation owning it?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (eYoxG)
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I've thought about this with movies.
One person gets chosen to own the copyright. It would normally be a producer.
Is that any worse than the corporation owning the copyright?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
I'm not sure. I guess the designated individual could then contract exclusive rights to the company, but then how is that different from the corporation owning it?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (eYoxG)
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Nood Edison, NJ.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (TI2lk)
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The recent 2 million migrants admitted into the USA has raised the total population by a whopping 00.6%
Is this sustainable ?
The total population of the NYC shelter system seems to have peaked at 89,000 last Dec. Migrants cycle out of the shelters just as fast as they come in
Is this sustainable ?
The total population of the NYC shelter system seems to have peaked at 89,000 last Dec. Migrants cycle out of the shelters just as fast as they come in
Posted by: Paul at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (ht6uV)
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I have a cup full of regular pens on my desk, with a note that says 'use these pens, not the one pen sitting by my computer'.
Which pen do the womenfolk invariably pick up and fail to return?
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (Ya7DW)
I have you beat. My supervisor sat down to visit with me at my workspace, picked up my mechanical pencil, and proceeded to put it in his mouth and chew on it.
No, he was not trying to pull a dominance move. He was just very eccentric (common among mathy people).
Which pen do the womenfolk invariably pick up and fail to return?
Posted by: Candidus at January 03, 2024 12:03 PM (Ya7DW)
I have you beat. My supervisor sat down to visit with me at my workspace, picked up my mechanical pencil, and proceeded to put it in his mouth and chew on it.
No, he was not trying to pull a dominance move. He was just very eccentric (common among mathy people).
Posted by: Emmie at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (Sf2cq)
398
Here I am in Chicago again.
Posted by: It's OK To Be gp at January 03, 2024 12:13 PM (2YIsM)
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In the case I'm thinking of, the location where the body is found will provide the clinching bit of information that ties all the other circumstantial evidence together in a compelling, undeniable and damning way.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (991eG)
Understood. I guess we shall have to wait for those details to emerge.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 03, 2024 12:07 PM (991eG)
Understood. I guess we shall have to wait for those details to emerge.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 03, 2024 12:13 PM (QBaJw)
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380 379 I know already reported but...
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)
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This is proof that Kathleen Kennedy is actually a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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Does anyone give a shit about Star Wars any more? Serious question. Disney fucked the franchise in the ass until it died, shit on its corpse, and threw the body outside in the dumpster. Seems the franchise exists solely to be fodder for leftwing diversity hires to ad to their shitty resumes.
End Wokeness @EndWokeness
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 03, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)
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This is proof that Kathleen Kennedy is actually a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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Does anyone give a shit about Star Wars any more? Serious question. Disney fucked the franchise in the ass until it died, shit on its corpse, and threw the body outside in the dumpster. Seems the franchise exists solely to be fodder for leftwing diversity hires to ad to their shitty resumes.
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 03, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)
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394 I'm not sure. I guess the designated individual could then contract exclusive rights to the company, but then how is that different from the corporation owning it?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (eYoxG)
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It's the difference between a license and a copyright. License is a contract. Copyright is a right granted by the federal government.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (eYoxG)
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It's the difference between a license and a copyright. License is a contract. Copyright is a right granted by the federal government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 03, 2024 12:13 PM (GBKbO)
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Right, that's the point. It's NOT just about sex. Epstein was/is primarily a blackmail scheme. Who's doing the blackmailing? Well, who has possession of the thousands of hours of video and audio footage from all the cameras and microphones set up around his various properties?
Posted by: BurtTC
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The FBI of course and most probably the CIA as well via various liaison agreements. British intel and perhaps Mossad may have copies of the originals as well which is probably why Randy Andy was forced to settle with Giuffre.
Posted by: BurtTC
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The FBI of course and most probably the CIA as well via various liaison agreements. British intel and perhaps Mossad may have copies of the originals as well which is probably why Randy Andy was forced to settle with Giuffre.
Posted by: whig at January 03, 2024 12:13 PM (8IKKJ)
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Fuck them. They voted these liberals into office so let them live with it. Wanna change then round up the illegals and deport them en mass. Otherwise you voted to be butt fucked so bend over.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 03, 2024 12:15 PM (tEB0M)
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Old M Mouse joke:
The judge says to Mickey, “I can’t grant you a divorce because you think Minnie is crazy.”
“I didn’t say she was crazy,” says Mickey, “I said she was fucking Goofy!”
The judge says to Mickey, “I can’t grant you a divorce because you think Minnie is crazy.”
“I didn’t say she was crazy,” says Mickey, “I said she was fucking Goofy!”
Posted by: Ciampino - The 3-finger salute .. at January 03, 2024 12:16 PM (qfLjt)
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Paul doesn’t understand how compound internet works.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 12:20 PM (bWsRe)
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405 Paul doesn’t understand how compound internet works.
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 12:20 PM (bWsRe)
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That's like braiding CAT 2 and CAT 5 cable together, right?
Posted by: Montec at January 03, 2024 12:20 PM (bWsRe)
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That's like braiding CAT 2 and CAT 5 cable together, right?
Posted by: Ciampino - The 3-finger salute . at January 03, 2024 12:25 PM (qfLjt)
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The Warner Brothers cartoons were way smarter and funnier than anything that Disney did, anyway.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
Agree 98%. (Mouseketeer Annette Funicello rocked.)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 03, 2024 11:53 AM (9yWhg)
Agree 98%. (Mouseketeer Annette Funicello rocked.)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 03, 2024 12:28 PM (BdMk6)
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395 Nood Edison, NJ.
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (TI2lk)
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2024 12:12 PM (TI2lk)
Posted by: m at January 03, 2024 12:30 PM (4UYlo)
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The old cliche was live boy/dead girl. I'm guess they've found multiple dead boys in Lindsay's closet.
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"Imagine '57 Shades of Gay' meets 'My Bloody Valentine.'"
-- Bob from theNSA Ministry of Truth
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"Imagine '57 Shades of Gay' meets 'My Bloody Valentine.'"
-- Bob from the
Posted by: ShainS -- I saw the Crotch Goblins open for Poetic Ammo at January 03, 2024 12:54 PM (0KeHU)
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It's only a small step from paying New Yorkers to house illegals in their homes to compelling New Yorkers to house them.
Government never stops; the Left never sleep. Everything they do is a slippery slope.
Government never stops; the Left never sleep. Everything they do is a slippery slope.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 03, 2024 03:16 PM (TOe+Q)
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No to UN Blue Helmets and No More United Nations Get Us Out
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 03, 2024 04:21 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 03, 2024 06:07 PM (Ndje9)
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Not only is that 'housing for migrants' a rather obvious violation of the 4th Amendment, but as a person who'd experienced Section 8 housing becoming common in my neighborhood, I can tell you that there are reasons - bad ones - for the reputation that Section 8 renters have.
They are in a neighborhood that they couldn't afford on their own. Their kids are used to the lax standards of conduct of the 'hood of their previous life. They bring in those standards, make those formerly affordable, and largely working class neighborhoods unliveable.
They are in a neighborhood that they couldn't afford on their own. Their kids are used to the lax standards of conduct of the 'hood of their previous life. They bring in those standards, make those formerly affordable, and largely working class neighborhoods unliveable.
Posted by: Linda S Fox at January 04, 2024 06:50 AM (I+Nd2)
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