The Morning Report — 2/13/24

Good morning, kids. Went to bed early feeling very out of sorts and woke up with little improvement, so I'm going to shine the editorial and just leave you with links. Apologies in advance.

Hasta mañana.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "In it he discusses his 8-year-old lawsuit in Texas challenging the constitutionality of taxpayer funds being used to pay the salaries of union officials who represent public employees unions. It's not even union dues paying the union leaders' salaries, it's taxpayer money. Not only has the lawsuit drug out for 8 years, but left wing judges in blue Texas counties have fined the plaintiffs for filing the suit!' (Hat tip to Buck Throckmoron-jjs0
  Union Time on the Taxpayer Dime
• "Indigenous knowledge" posits that native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe and has been widely dismissed by experts as pseudoscience. The proposed guidelines point to other "non-traditional modes of science," including "citizen science, community-engaged research, participatory science, and crowdsourcing." Including these methods is part of the agency's "support" for "equity, justice, and trust," the document states.
  FDA and CDC Could Soon Employ 'Indigenous Knowledge,' Documents Show
  
• Dennis Prager: "Chaos is the normal state of the world. The second verse of the Bible states that the world was in a chaotic state. God then made order. Which is why the Left is undoing it.'
  The Left and Chaos
  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH
  • "Special Counsel Hur’s investigation revealed that Biden had a history of mishandling classified documents, dating back to at least 2010, when he misplaced a highly sensitive briefing book in the Hamptons, demonstrating a pattern of carelessness with classified materials contrary to his public stance on responsible document handling."
    Special Counsel ‘Unable to Determine’ Location of Top Secret Briefing Book Biden Misplaced While Vacationing in Hamptons

    AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

  • "Don't save him."
    Biden’s Botched Border Policy Reportedly Has Top Advisers at Each Other’s Throats
    
  • She also reportedly referred to Becerra as an “idiot.”
    Former Top Biden Adviser Susan Rice Reportedly Called Cabinet Sec a "Bitch-Ass"Over Handling of Migrant Shelters

    ISRAEL AT WAR

  • A National Security Council spokesperson told NBC News that the two world leaders have a “respectful relationship.”
    Biden Reportedly Calls Netanyahu an "Asshole" as Israel Support Begins to Crack
    
  • "Private meetings are different."
    KJP Forced on Defense After Reporter Raises Biden’s Secret Criticism of Israel
    
  • “The ‘innocent civilians’ are literally Hamas dudes holding Jews hostage after kidnapping them from their homes four months ago. And the ‘wave of attacks’ was Israel rescuing their citizens. WTF is this. Did you even read the article you linked? Maybe you think Hamas is going to pay for your legal fees. But the reality is they won’t make it,” Medvin said.
    Jamaal ‘Fire Alarm’ Bowman Scolds Israel for Daring To Rescue Hostages During the Super Bowl
    
  • "No amount of Israeli aid and good-will have ever lessened the hate.'
    Israel Should Stop Sending Aid to its Enemies
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  • "Francesca Albanese was banned from Israel for her comments."
    Harvard To Host UN Official Who Was Just Banned From Israel For Justifying Oct 7 Terrorist Attack

    WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

  • "The UK’s Muslim voters have a new advocate."
    A Step Forward for Islamic Influence in Britain?

    SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

  • Roman filed a motion last month claiming Willis benefited from appointing her romantic partner Nathan Wade as special prosecutor on the case against former President Donald Trump when he used funds earned from his “lucrative” contract to take her on vacations. McAfee said the evidence presented by Roman to date requires maintaining the hearing scheduled for Thursday to determine whether or not Willis should be disqualified from the case, though Willis urged him to dismiss Roman’s motion without a hearing.
    Judge Says Fani "Gotta-Be-Da-Butt-Bob" Willis’ Disqualification "Possible" Given Evidence Presented By Trump Co-Defendant

    CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

  • Someone — presumably Moreno — had also written “Free Palestine” on the gun she used in the attack, according to ABC News. ABC News added, “However, a motive behind the Sunday afternoon shooting has not been determined.” (It was a terrorist attack - jjs)
    Report: Female Church Shooter Formerly Identified as "Jeffery"
    
  • "Moreno, a woman, previously identified as Jeffrey Escalante, according to Texas Department of Public Safety records. She had a criminal history extending back nearly two decades to 2005 that included arrests for failure to stop and give information, assault of a public servant, assault causing bodily injury, forgery, possession of marijuana, theft, evading arrest, and unlawful carrying of a weapon."
    Child Critically Wounded In Church Shooting Is Son Of Shooter, ‘Anti-Semitic Writing’ Recovered: Police
    
  • “I think it’d be very disingenuous for myself or anyone for that matter to be like, ‘He’s for sure a federal agent,’ that would be wrong to say that,” Evans said, according to NBC News. “But I think it’s equally wrong to say he’s definitely not. I think it’s a fair question.”
    J6 Footage Shows Man Firing Gun into Air After Climbing Scaffolding
    
  • "Kendi declines my invitation to debate the history of slavery because, he says, 'many historians' have already said that he's right."
    "Antiracist Baby" Author Ibram "X. Krement" Kendi Refuses to Debate Matt Walsh After Viral Exchange on Slavery

    FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

  • "The grotesque imbalance of the NYT’s coverage of Israel - and of those who seek to destroy it."
    New York Times’ Ezra Klein Fails to Understand How Little He Understands

    THE ECONOMY, STUPID

  • "The index is well off the low of 78.6 in July 2022. The index hit its peak in January of 2020 at 147.8 during Donald Trump’s presidency but then tumbled under the weight of the pandemic. It recovered to a score of 126.4 by November of 2020 and then fell again when Biden was elected." (They all live in suburban DC, Bel-Air, the Hamptons, Palm Beach and Davos, right? - jjs)
    February Sees Surge of Democrats Saying They Like Biden’s Economy

    RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

  • "LCV Victory Fund, a super PAC affiliated with the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), has spent over $700,000 to support Democratic nominee Tom Suozzi and oppose Republican nominee Mazi Melesa Pilip in New York’s 3rd Congressional District ahead of Tuesday’s special election, according to FEC records."
    Dems Get Over $700,000 In Support From Environmental Group In Bid To Win Vacant House Seat
    
  • “In issuing a five-year program with the fewest lease sales in history, the administration is limiting access in a region responsible for generating among the lowest carbon-intensive barrels in the world, putting American consumers at greater risk of relying on foreign sources for our future energy needs,” API Senior Vice President and General Counsel Ryan Meyers said of his organization’s lawsuit. “Today, we are taking action to challenge this shortsighted program so that future generations of Americans will continue to benefit from our energy advantage for decades to come.”
    API Hits Biden Junta With Legal Challenge Over Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Schedule
    
  • Daniel Greenfield:" Biden’s climate envoy believes in UFOs. And he’s not the only environmentalist who does.'
    God, Global Warming and Little Green Men

    POLITICS

  • "A full 28 percent of black voters claim Trump as their 'most respected' leader, compared to just 25 percent for Biden…. Trump beats Biden on this question with black voters by three points."
    Donald Trump Is America’s "Most Respected" Leader (By a Wide Margin)
    
  • The former president then put his sights on Chris LaCivita for chief operating officer of the RNC:"
    Donald Trump Endorses Michael Whatley for RNC Chair, Lara Trump for Co-Chair (Wasn't he Ronna Romney's assistant? - jjs)cc
    Democrats Seriously Hate Third-Party "Spoilers"
    
  • "Both Paul and Gaetz said they believe Lake will be the perfect candidate to shake things up in Washington and defeat her Democratic opponent, Rep. Ruben Gallego."
    Kari Lake Lands Two Big America-First Endorsements From Sen Rand Paul And Rep Matt Gaetz

    THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

  • “Buried in the bill’s text is an impeachment time bomb for the next Trump presidency if he tries to stop funding the war in Ukraine. We must vote against this disastrous bill,” Vance posted on X.
    J.D. Vance Finds ‘Impeachment Time Bomb’ Aimed at Trump in Ukraine Aid Bill
    
  • "Putin did not become Russia’s leader because he is devoid of intelligence, charm, and strategy. Instead of a frothing-at-the-mouth dictator, we had a knowledgeable, sober, and cold-blooded person.'
    Putin Interview Refutes His Portrayal as a Cartoon Villain
    
  • "In the recent slow gains of territory that the Russians have achieved it could have captured terminals and begun using them, in their correct location. SpaceX would have no way to knowing who the user is."
    Ukraine: Russia using Starlink; Musk: No we don’t allow it

    FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

  • "If the expected trends play out, at the end of this century, Nigeria will have a population greater than China's."
    You Won't Believe What Country Will Overtake China in Population

    CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

  • Robert Zimmerman". . . we must express deep respect and congratulations to Holden’s parents. They have not let this disgusting incident fester in their son, but instead have addressed the issue boldly. Instead of wilting in fear against a modern media two-minute hate against themselves and their child, they have instead reacted fearlessly and defiantly, while gently and carefully teaching this young boy how to face his fears and hurts and overcome them."
    Pushback: 9-year-old slandered by left goes to Super Bowl wearing face paint
    
  • Christian Toto:"Big, noisy, overstuffed and, occasionally, spot on - advertisements capture a moment."
    Super Bowl Commercials Reflect Hollywood (That’s Not Good)

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  1 First

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:02 AM (cESVi)

  2 An early bird today!

  Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 13, 2024 07:02 AM (FmapG)

  3
  
  *hic*
  
  

  Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 13, 2024 07:06 AM (X4yCj)

  4 Good morning, and thanks for the links.
  Get some rest and feel better J.J.

  Posted by: spypeach at February 13, 2024 07:06 AM (UuB/1)

  5 Rest up and hope you feel better J.J.!
  
  Boar's Head Sausage Patty and a Biscuit.
  
  More coffee...

  Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 13, 2024 07:13 AM (JF/W5)

  6 Feel better
  
  

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

  7 Feel better JJ

  Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 13, 2024 07:15 AM (DpEcY)

  8 5 Rest up and hope you feel better J.J.!
  
  ditto

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 07:18 AM (eYF7X)

  9 People argue that French is the language of the future. The reason they argue this is the population of Africa is exploding and so many people in Africa have is at least a second language. They say in a decade to French will be spoken by over 500 million people.
  
  I like French I like studying French. As a hard-core conservative, right of Attila, the Hun, I enjoy that many on my side think Fritch is wimpy or uppity, or whatever. I would counter with the French foreign Legion, but also many other writers who say is the most militant of languages.
  
  So many say, French is the language of the future because of the exploding African Baby boom.
  
  I would counter with the fact that Africans hate the French more than they hate us. They are stupid in this, but that is the case even as we speak they are overthrowing French supported leaders. At most is the second or third language in Africa, it is, but how long will that last?
  
  Everyone knows English is the language you need to know, the French themselves teach their students to an English level even on our side would dream of. Francis large but it’s not growing the French language is growing only in Africa.
  

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:19 AM (cESVi)

  10 Thank you, JJ

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:19 AM (a1415)

  11 Fat Tuesday Wells

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:20 AM (ENQN6)

  12 I cannot express enough my extreme hatred and disgust for Bitch McConnell. I best stop before I get the hammer.

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 07:21 AM (eYF7X)

  13 But one of the worst things for Biden and funniest at the same time is how the second folder in a box with marked classified documents had Joe Biden's distinctive misspelling of Afghanistan, "Afganastan."
  
  FUN FACT: Joe Biden doesn't know how to spell Afghanistan.
  
  "Mr. Foreign Policy Expert" has been spelling it "Afganastan" since at least 1980.

  Posted by: Whitney Ellsworth at February 13, 2024 07:22 AM (FEVMW)

  14 "Indigenous knowledge" posits that native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe and has been widely dismissed by experts as pseudoscience."
  
  Reminds me of the time fossil fuel and agricultural expert AOC was yapping about shutting down pipelines and planting the areas with fruit trees which would be planted and cared for by by various indigenous groups and their tradition knowledge of such things. (She really posted this.)
  
  Besides all the stupidity in that concept I wonder if she even considered if indigenous people would like a life of working the fields without even the conveniences of electricity and gas?
  
  You have to wonder how we came to be governed by such incredibly ignorant and arrogant people.
  
  

  Posted by: Ripley at February 13, 2024 07:22 AM (JojsZ)

  15 FIRST!!!!!

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:22 AM (vf0Uk)

  16 Good morning horde!
  
  Feel better, JJ.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:22 AM (GYIa4)

  17 Get well soon JJ !
  
  Thank you (AGAIN !) and hiya !

  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 07:23 AM (T4tVD)

  18 JJ
  
  Good link for first item:
  
  https://lawliberty.org/
  union-time-on-the-taxpayer-dime/

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:23 AM (ENQN6)

  19 Indigenous knowledge" posits that native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe
  
  -
  
  So the exact same people are saying that racism is bad while looking at Two Dogs Humping and saying "His wigwam is haunted because its over an ancient burial ground and that's why he's a drunk who beats his wife."

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:23 AM (WF0+t)

  20 The beefiest content on the web has arrived!

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:23 AM (UjVYr)

  21 It's the stupidest strategy. Base everything thing you do on the sanctity of Science as some pure, unchangeable path to absolute objective knowledge, and in the same breath tell us that Science is now Whatever The Hell We Say It Is.
  
  Yeah, you think you're being clever and stealing a base, but you're really just sawing off the limb you're sitting on.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 07:24 AM (9UlRk)

  22 I think in Africa, it will be English that grows more than French, justice, English is growing as the international language all over the globe. Not denying that fridge is huge in Africa, but it is clear the Africans hate the French more than us. I love the French language language I love studying it, But since the French themselves speak English way better than the average American will ever speak French, and Africans are turning against the French as a language, and a polity, My view is the French language will become an affectation and not a required way of speaking. This is not a good thing, but it is what I actually see.
  
  Every other American says what you should learn in Spanish, but all those Americans never do it. There are some use for Spanish, but from what I have seen heads on right now, the average Spanish-speaking American has no interest in speaking, Spanish to a gringo.
  
  Not sure what all this means but I think about languages a lot. We should spend the time improving our own English, reading our poems, and getting the last nth from our mother tongue.
  
  I won’t follow my own advice. I will continue to study Spanish in French, but I do question the usefulness

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:24 AM (cESVi)

  23 An impressive round-up for a sick man.
  
  Have some chicken soup and get some rest, JJ.

  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 13, 2024 07:25 AM (Q0kLU)

  24
  Reminds me of the time fossil fuel and agricultural expert AOC was yapping about shutting down pipelines and planting the areas with fruit trees which would be planted and cared for by by various indigenous groups and their tradition knowledge of such things. (She really posted this.)
  
  I have seen some fascinating videos on X of modern agriculture and the machines being programmed for chores that *used* to require humans. Including an apple picker which I think the claim was could pick 50 apples a minute.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:25 AM (nIvob)

  25 Good morning again dear morons
  
  Feel better JJ

  Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 13, 2024 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

  26 Happy Tuesday, everyone. It's an early day for me as it's the wife's birthday.
  
  Yeah. I married a woman whose birthday is one day before Valentine's Day. I suppose it's being efficient.

  Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2024 07:26 AM (4olE8)

  27 It's the stupidest strategy. Base everything thing you do on the sanctity of Science as some pure, unchangeable path to absolute objective knowledge, and in the same breath tell us that Science is now Whatever The Hell We Say It Is.
  
  -
  
  And questioning it publicly or asking to see the data can now get people sued. The precedent has been set.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:26 AM (WF0+t)

  28 Particularly of French, the language I naturally prefer. And I do have strong positive feelings about Spanish. in some cases, Spanish makes sense is the one language you should learn in America outside of English. But in the real world what is it actually gonna do for you and is it better than studying in the other endeavor? All these are questions I’d love to hear someone else chime in on the subject.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:26 AM (cESVi)

  29
  Have some chicken soup and get some rest, JJ.
  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 13, 2024 07:25 AM (Q0kLU)
  
  
  Last time I was sick, First Lady made some fantastic chicken n' dumplings. MAN that was good.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:26 AM (vf0Uk)

  30 The opinion of the Third Court of Appeal rubber-stamped the trial court’s rulings in all respects. The case will be argued before the Texas Supreme Court on February 21. Local 975 is asking the Texas Supreme Court to not only ignore—or negate—the no-gift clause of the state constitution, but also to uphold a plainly nonsensical ruling under the participation-friendly TCPA that unionized government employees in Texas have legal rights that trump those of taxpayers seeking to vindicate the Texas Constitution.
  
  Some Animals moar equal clause.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:27 AM (ENQN6)

  31 I don't think there were any pre-columbian cultures who cultivated fruit trees.
  
  I could be wrong.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 07:27 AM (9UlRk)

  32 5 Rest up and hope you feel better J.J.!
  
  ditto
  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 07:18 AM (eYF7X)
  
  double ditto

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:27 AM (4I/2K)

  33 Feel better JJ.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:27 AM (0FoWg)

  34 Every other American says what you should learn in Spanish
  
  -
  
  Yeah, I can remember in 7th grade having the conversation with friends that was essentially "Wait, if they're coming over here then why the heck do I need to learn THEIR language?"
  
  In hindsight it's very clear. It was because the plan to keep them as an underclass, with underclass systems and needs, was in place from the get-go.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (WF0+t)

  35 New report has Cornell ranked first among Qatari bribe recipients at $1.79 Billion (!!) over the last 20 years. The next largest was Georgetown at $760 million.
  
  That might explain the antisemitism support among the Cornell administration.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (UjVYr)

  36 I hope the workers at the morgue in Houston remember to wash Genese Moreno's feet.

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (991eG)

  37 >I have seen some fascinating videos on X of modern agriculture and the machines being programmed for chores that *used* to require humans.
  
  
  There's a machine for harvesting nuts that literally grabs the tree and shakes it, and the nuts fall to the ground
  
  a day's work in seconds

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (geLO8)

  38 "As we reel from the shooting, we must band together and condemn transphobia." Kamala Harris. Maybe.

  Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (4olE8)

  39 The document is a proposed revision of scientific integrity guidelines for the Department of Health and Human Services, which encompasses the FDA, CDC, and the National Institutes of Health. Going forward, agency staff should employ "multiple forms of evidence, such as Indigenous Knowledge," when analyzing data, the document states.
  
  I sure read the goat entrails wrong on this one!

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:29 AM (ENQN6)

  40
  Conservatives: I believe everyone is equal and no one has any remarkable talent or detriment that exists entirely because of a superficial quality like skin color or hair texture.
  
  Communists: Conservatives are racists.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:29 AM (WF0+t)

  41 "So many say, French is the language of the future because of the exploding African Baby boom."
  
  10 years or so ago the schools here were pushing Mandarin. They even imported some Chinese teachers. Then the school director got caught in a $4 million dollar bribery scandal and that pretty much ended that.

  Posted by: Big Penguin at February 13, 2024 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

  42 Yes Africa is on pace outbreed the rest of the planet, cereris paribus. But those last two words are the problem. Static analyses are pretty dicey in the observable present, let alone some predicted future. The fragility of most African societies may make their growth self-limiting. Time will tell.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:31 AM (0FoWg)

  43 So now there are very few Mandarin penguins in inexistence.

  Posted by: Big Penguin at February 13, 2024 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

  44 Get well JJ.
  I started a cold/flu Sunday eve of last week and it left me finally this past Sunday. I still have the occasional cough. Didn't post or read much anywhere, even missed scoring on the Wall Of Shame.

  Posted by: Ciampino - Update #01 at February 13, 2024 07:31 AM (qfLjt)

  45 As a hard-core conservative, right of Attila, the Hun, I enjoy that many on my side think Fritch is wimpy or uppity, or whatever. I would counter with the French foreign Legion...
  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:19 AM (cESVi)
  
  Imma just point out that it's called the French Foreign Legion for a reason.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:31 AM (GYIa4)

  46 Off stinkin sock

  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

  47 I hope the workers at the morgue in Houston remember to wash Genese Moreno's feet.
  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (991eG)
  
  And his crank. Remember the USA $$$ to Africa to teach men to wash their junk in an effort to cut down on AIDS and STDs. We used to do great things like that.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (4I/2K)

  48 "I don't think there were any pre-columbian cultures who cultivated fruit trees.
  Posted by: Warai-otoko"
  
  
  Well, they probably have ancient expert knowledge about planting yucca, which will grow fine in Texas and North Dakota and Alaska All the same to AOC.

  Posted by: Ripley at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (JojsZ)

  49 An illegal alien transgender with "Free Palestine" on hers stock shot up a church?
  
  This is the tragic merging of every nutty leftist meme there is. This exemplifies the society the left is working so hard to create.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (UjVYr)

  50
  Old: Content of character
  New: Color of skin, white is bad

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (nIvob)

  51 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NOVA C (IM-1)
  LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center
  Wednesday, February 14, at 12:10 a.m. ET
  
  http://tinyurl.com/mwe5rahk

  Posted by: Ciampino - Finally in Space again at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (qfLjt)

  52 I have seen some fascinating videos on X of modern agriculture and the machines being programmed for chores that *used* to require humans.
  
  
  -
  
  I went to our Lowes for the first time in a couple of months yesterday.
  
  There are no human cashiers in the main (non commercial, non garden) exit any longer. Eight to ten humans no longer needed. Jobs gone.
  
  I asked the customer service desk where the human was because I wanted to check out there and they told me and checked me out there. They said I'm not the only one, and that eventually it was going to be such an inconvenience to customer service that they'd be prohibited from doing it.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:33 AM (WF0+t)

  53 Boker Tov Patriots
  

  Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 13, 2024 07:33 AM (pVWRI)

  54 Ceteris paribus.
  
  Cereris? Damned autocucumber. I'm pretty sure that's not even a word, Motorola.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:33 AM (0FoWg)

  55 34, for sure, it is tired that every American high school students said Spanish with the language to take. How many of them learn the language to appoint where they could speak it?
  
  There is a site on the web where you can look up what was the most spoken foreign language in the US the year you were born. Said another way which language was spoken natively in the US the year you’re born outside of English. I was born in 1970, and for that year the language was Italian. So much is changed so quickly I would guess we would all assume it was Spanish, but that was not the case.
  
  
  There are arguments for Spanish for sure, as Biden has made clear that he will make Spanish native speakers 30 or 40% of the country. But if the language is useful to a native English speaker, that is another thing, for certain jobs for sure it is important. Medical jobs at the top maybe tree trimming also.
  
  
  I’m not trying to be I think Spanish is valuable, and I actually appreciate the language and the culture of Spain and Mexico in someways. But it does seem that Spanish has been forced upon so many many young people who never learned it anyways, it all seems a bit of a waste. They say the Italian

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:33 AM (cESVi)

  56 >>"In it he discusses his 8-year-old lawsuit in Texas challenging the constitutionality of taxpayer funds being used to pay the salaries of union officials who represent public employees unions. It's not even union dues paying the union leaders' salaries, it's taxpayer money. Not only has the legislation drug out for 8 years, but left wing judges in blue Texas counties have fined the plaintiffs for filing the suit!"
  
  Edited to read:
  
  In it he uses his 8-year-old to pay the union leaders' drug salaries.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:33 AM (5HQE5)

  57 I cannot express enough my extreme hatred and disgust for Bitch McConnell. I best stop before I get the hammer.
  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 07:21 AM (eYF7X)
  
  It sure does seem like every bill the Senate has worked on this year seeks, specifically, to enshrine into law things that Trump will oppose until after Trump is out of office.
  
  And, of course, he can always count on the GOPe to fall in line when it comes to a vote.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (GYIa4)

  58 The older Spanish illegals' kids speak English. This next crop I think will be militant against learning English. The cab drivers around here are French speaking Africans who are learning English.

  Posted by: Jamaica at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (IG7T0)

  59 The document is a proposed revision of scientific integrity guidelines for the Department of Health and Human Services, which encompasses the FDA, CDC, and the National Institutes of Health. Going forward, agency staff should employ "multiple forms of evidence, such as Indigenous Knowledge," when analyzing data, the document states.
  
  I sure read the goat entrails wrong on this one!
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:29 AM (ENQN6)
  ---
  Everyone knows that the entrails of a heron killed during the full moon on the spring equinox gives better results.

  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (7fElN)

  60 An illegal alien transgender with "Free Palestine" on hers stock shot up a church?
  
  -
  
  There was a link last night that no-joke said something about "authorities say there's no way to know if it's politically motivated"

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (WF0+t)

  61 Hiya Cap'n !

  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (T4tVD)

  62 Language is almost dead in America, yet when many of us were born, that was the most spoken at home foreign language in this country.
  
  

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (cESVi)

  63 native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe
  
  *******
  
  The giant tortoise carrying the world on its back has a fever! Gaia needs to smoke some peyote and hop in the sweat lodge for a couple hours of spirit vision cure.

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 07:35 AM (991eG)

  64 Get to feeling better JJ.

  Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (di6C2)

  65 You don't have to apologize, J.J. I think it's amazingly commendable that you're writing anything when feeling sick. I hope that you feel better soon.

  Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (nKjXM)

  66 ""I don't think there were any pre-columbian cultures who cultivated fruit trees.
  Posted by: Warai-otoko" "
  
  There was at least one that had perfected open heart surgery.
  
  

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (a1415)

  67 Language is almost dead in America, yet when many of us were born, that was the most spoken at home foreign language in this country.
  
  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:34 AM (cESVi)
  
  
  I've noticed the recent push on commercial TV lately catering to the illegals. Full commercials for local goods and services in Spanish.
  
  The left is DESTROYING this country. They won't like it when they're done.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (vf0Uk)

  68 Birdbath status?

  Posted by: Just Wondering at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (NBVIP)

  69 In it he uses his 8-year-old to pay the union leaders' drug salaries.
  
  -
  
  The trannies are taking theirs to megachurches to have an audience before shooting them in the head, so I guess this one would be better by default.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (WF0+t)

  70
  Hey brother, can you spare some bark from your willow tree? I have a tooth ache.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:37 AM (nIvob)

  71 > I have seen some fascinating videos on X of modern agriculture and the machines being programmed for chores that *used* to require humans.
  _________
  
  My wife has a phobia about "those grimy migrant hands getting all over her fruits and vegetables." Seeing how they actually harvest some things, lettuce for example, I would have to agree.
  
  It's why we unwrap the lettuce head and peel off the outer layer before washing it and putting in a container in the 'fridge.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)

  72 >>There was at least one that had perfected open heart surgery. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (a1415)
  
  This is known.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (5HQE5)

  73 Looks like Donald Trump will be making a visit to North Charleston later this week.
  
  Our early voting for the Republican Primary started yesterday.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

  74 Hey brother, can you spare some bark from your willow tree? I have a tooth ache.
  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:37 AM (nIvob)
  
  
  Wife's grandfather used to use creosote for that.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (vf0Uk)

  75 Last time I was sick, First Lady made some fantastic chicken n' dumplings. MAN that was good.
  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:26 AM (vf0Uk)
  
  In the glory days of MGM, the canteen always had chicken and matzo ball soup on the menu, from a recipe of Louis B Mayer's mother.
  
  Which reminds me of a story I'll tell when I have time.

  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (Q0kLU)

  76 One reason for the sharp decline is that China is running short of women of childbearing age, with "more than three million fewer than a year earlier," according to the WSJ.
  ____
  
  One way to solve the problem would be through conquering neighbors and taking their women. Chinese are notoriously racist though, would a Chinese man have a child with a foreigner? I suspect the natural drive will overcome any ickyness factor and the probable second class status of their offspring.

  Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (fs1hN)

  77 I've noticed the recent push on commercial TV lately catering to the illegals. Full commercials for local goods and services in Spanish.
  
  The left is DESTROYING this country. They won't like it when they're done.
  Posted by: Sponge
  
  --
  
  Re: Lowes trip
  
  They were advertising over the PA system for jobs in Mexican. 30-60 clips in a Spanish to hire employees, all while the cashiers had been removed.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (WF0+t)

  78 After pizzeria, most people would assume deli is an Italian word meaning deli. It is actually from the German word, delicatessen, delicate eats. English is an amalgamation of every culture it has come in contact with.

  Posted by: Jamaica at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (IG7T0)

  79 Speaking about elderly incompetent POTUS's
  
  https://youtu.be/b5wfPlgKFh8
  
  On SNL, Phil Hartmann portrayed Reagan as a buffoon in public, but an evil mastermind in private. Ronnie was actually a closet intellectual (a fan of Hayek ... not that Hayek, the other one).
  
  Reagan dealt with Iran/Iraq by selling arms to both and then getting them into a shooting war with each other. He then used the profits from the Iran sales to fund anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua which got him in trouble with Congress over Irangate.
  
  Marine Colonel Oliver North ran the operation but in the Irangate Congressional hearings he said it was totally his own idea, thus shielding Reagan.
  
  So Congress subpoenaed Fawn Hall, Ollie's secretary, to try to undermine Ollie's testimony. Draws dropped when this unknown walked into the Congressional hearings. She covered for her boss.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/4sdjj45z
  
  Fawn could have been in a ZZ Top MTV video, no?

  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (Gse2f)

  80 My wife has a phobia about "those grimy migrant hands getting all over her fruits and vegetables." Seeing how they actually harvest some things, lettuce for example, I would have to agree.
  
  It's why we unwrap the lettuce head and peel off the outer layer before washing it and putting in a container in the 'fridge.
  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)
  
  
  I'd rather have machines than the illegals shitting on the lettuce they're harvesting. Ask Chipotle how that works out......

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (vf0Uk)

  81 The plumage for Ivory Bill Woodpeckers were used by Native Americans to cure boils and promote fertility, and to wipe the thier butts. Well, mostly to wipe their butts. That other stuff generally took care of itself.

  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

  82 "As we reel from the shooting, we must band together and condemn transphobia." Kamala Harris. Maybe.
  Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (4olE
  
  Not a chance that Kamala would say that.
  
  1. Too few words.
  2. Insufficient meander.
  3. While a stupid statement, not complete gibberish.
  4. No cackle - and what is it with Dem women and cackling?

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (GYIa4)

  83 Edit: 30-60 second clips, not 30 to 60 clips. I was only there for 15 minutes or so, so I'm not sure how that could've even worked.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (WF0+t)

  84 The Biden administration released the plan for Gulf of Mexico leases about 500 days after it was supposed to publish it, according to API. The schedule breaks up the total acreage into three sales over five years, with no sales set for 2024, 2026 or 2028.
  
  That not was the bill says and this is impeachable offence.
  

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:40 AM (ENQN6)

  85 Indigenous knowledge and science is a fact, jack! Remember that documentary about the astro-nauts wherein the aborigine bonfire threw sparks into the sky that surrounded John Glenn's spacecraft Friendship 7 (fireflies!) as he made the first orbital flight over the Earth. Them bushmen had the right stuff, I tells ya.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:40 AM (4I/2K)

  86 My wife has a phobia about "those grimy migrant hands getting all over her fruits and vegetables." Seeing how they actually harvest some things, lettuce for example, I would have to agree...
  
  Posted by: Martini Farmer
  
  -
  
  Have you told her about every single fast food restaurant yet?

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:40 AM (WF0+t)

  87 KJP is being demoted, according to Faux News (or so my bride tells me). The scummy little shit, John Kirby, is getting her job. Or something.
  
  Personally I am sorry to see her go. Her total incompetence is perfect for the junta.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:40 AM (NOEBK)

  88
  Seeing how they actually harvest some things, lettuce for example, I would have to agree.
  
  It's why we unwrap the lettuce head and peel off the outer layer before washing it and putting in a container in the 'fridge.
  
  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:37 AM
  
  That was one of the videos I saw on X. Some sort of hydroponic salad growing system with mechanized harvesting. Unbelievable speed. It looked like about 100 heads being harvested in a few seconds. Pedro couldn't beat that system if his life depended on it.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:41 AM (nIvob)

  89 Did anyone see the Lahaina HI video before the Super Bowl? It was about the football team playing and winning their conference in spite of the massive fires. With the facts on the ground of the feds actions screwing those people over, I couldn't help but get the feeling that this was driven by the feds desire for propaganda to cover up their malfeasance.

  Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 13, 2024 07:41 AM (fs1hN)

  90 >>My wife has a phobia about "those grimy migrant hands getting all over her fruits and vegetables." Seeing how they actually harvest some things, lettuce for example, I would have to agree.
  
  Saw a video of a Taco Bell prole on the assembly line reaching into her brown polyester sans-a-belt trousers, scratching, and then retrieving her chipped-nail-polish hand and resuming her chalupa construction duties.
  
  Diablo sauce.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:41 AM (5HQE5)

  91 KJP was cute with that braided hairstyle. Definitely a 1

  Posted by: Jamaica at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (IG7T0)

  92 KJP is being demoted, according to Faux News (or so my bride tells me). The scummy little shit, John Kirby, is getting her job. Or something.
  
  Personally I am sorry to see her go. Her total incompetence is perfect for the junta.
  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:40 AM (NOEBK)
  
  
  Wait.....Black lesbian is being replaced by seemingly straight lily white guy?
  
  Oh, this shouldn't go over very well with the base.......

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (vf0Uk)

  93 Including these methods is part of the agency's "support" for"equity, justice, and trust," the document states.
  FDA and CDC Could Soon Employ 'Indigenous Knowledge,' Documents Show
  
  ==
  
  I can't say it loud enough: L-O-L
  
  It's not like I have anything but zero trust in the FDA or CDC anymore anyway, but still, it's a howler.

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (29Fas)

  94 Did anyone see the Lahaina HI video before the Super Bowl? It was about the football team playing and winning their conference in spite of the massive fires.
  
  
  -
  
  What fires? Did something happen in Hawaii?

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (WF0+t)

  95 Get well JJ. Can you recreate your momma's chicken soup recipe? It sucks to be sick on your birthday, eh?

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (991eG)

  96 Birdbath status?
  Posted by: Just Wondering
  
  Snowed in !

  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

  97 KJP was cute with that braided hairstyle. Definitely a 1
  Posted by: Jamaica at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (IG7T0)
  
  
  Good thing I haven't eaten today and have very little to throw up......

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 07:43 AM (vf0Uk)

  98 82
  Not a chance that Kamala would say that.
  
  1. Too few words.
  2. Insufficient meander.
  3. While a stupid statement, not complete gibberish.
  4. No cackle - and what is it with Dem women and cackling?
  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (GYIa4)
  
  That's a fair observation but we're limited in post size and a more accurate speech would end up being 3-4 posts.

  Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2024 07:43 AM (4olE8)

  99 Unarrested and unidentified man on video shooting (conveniently, a revolver) into the air is definitely a "Fed" in some manner. If he wasn't he'd be in a hole in Garland's torture basement.
  
  Hmmm...
  
  

  Posted by: pawn at February 13, 2024 07:44 AM (QB+5g)

  100 Fawn could have been in a ZZ Top MTV video, no?
  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (Gse2f)
  
  Rehdeaded (at the time) Smokeshow. Too bad she died in that kiln explosion.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:45 AM (4I/2K)

  101 "Private meetings are different."
  KJP Forced on Defense After Reporter Raises Biden’s Secret Criticism of Israel
  
  --
  
  "Private meetings are different." Unless they were conducted with President Trump, where they're secretly recorded and then fed to the NYT and WP for maximum damage.

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 07:45 AM (29Fas)

  102 Fawn Hall was the original Fox babe.

  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 07:45 AM (IG7T0)

  103 It's always a tough thing when you cultivate a foreign slave class. If they learn your language and adopt your customs, they'll get uppity and start demanding rights. If they don't, they become a tumor in your society, and eventually attempt its overthrow.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:45 AM (0FoWg)

  104 The food phobia goes beyond the harvesting....
  
  We quit eating out around the time of covid and never went back. Not only is the service shitty, so are the staff's hands.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

  105 Good morning!
  
  >>Someone — presumably Moreno — had also written “Free Palestine” on the gun she used in the attack, according to ABC News. ABC News added, “However, a motive behind the Sunday afternoon shooting has not been determined.” (It was a terrorist attack - jjs)
  
  Who was the Australian writer whose theory was eventually all Lefty issues will eventually merge into a single, incoherent blob? Yeah, we're there.
  
  But also, the "motive has not been determined" because they refuse to acknowledge the hatred of Christians is not only allowed, but fomented by our institutions and media. They can't identify the motive because they share it - every time they claim "Christian Nationalists are the biggest threat to Our Democracy."
  
  Hey, what about that Chatanooga shooter's manifesto - the leaked parts sure dissappeared fast, huh?

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 07:46 AM (RXyKO)

  106 Snow coming down hard, despite my earlier skepticism. Got a busy day ahead, so JJS bringing me up to speed on da newz is much appreciated, especially since he is so ill.
  
  Thank you JJS!

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:46 AM (NOEBK)

  107 I have a predilection for a certain type

  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 07:46 AM (IG7T0)

  108 >>103 It's always a tough thing when you cultivate a foreign slave class. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:45 AM (0FoWg)
  
  Challenge accepted.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:46 AM (5HQE5)

  109 Reading about the infighting in the F. Joe Maladministration: It's looking more and more like a junior high school homeroom overseen (in name only) by a senile substitute teacher.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 07:47 AM (omVj0)

  110 John Kirby was an admiral and he's being made not just a spokesman but an "aide" to Biden.
  
  My working theory is that he's meant to hold the "football" away from Joe as they work to get Joe's sorry ass out of the WH.
  
  Joe's a monster and capable of starting WWIII.

  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:47 AM (Gse2f)

  111 "I’m not trying to be I think Spanish is valuable, and I actually appreciate the language and the culture of Spain and Mexico in someways."
  
  
  Spanish can be pleasing to listen to when when spoken correctly, music and by pretty senoritas. However when it is is being spoken in one of its many slang (um, rural) dialects or used in angry political rants in front of crowds it is annoying to the extreme. Worse than chalk on blackboard.

  Posted by: Ripley at February 13, 2024 07:48 AM (JojsZ)

  112 I have a predilection for a certain type
  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction
  
  --
  
  I'm so happy we're made us this way. Otherwise we'd all be chasing the same 2% or so of women, and that would be even more miserable than it already is.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:48 AM (WF0+t)

  113 41, I believe you I’m sure what you said is exactly, correct. And I recall when people said our young people should learn Mandarin. no one mentioned it. A lot of educators realized that the Chinese would never let us in, no matter how we spoke, the language itself is very difficult, but the culture is 10 times worse, no matter what we do they will never let us in.
  
  The same could be said about Japanese, what is actually achieved by studying so hard for so long to learn that language? Everyone has to do who they are not to use modern terms I’m not telling anyone what to care about.
  
  And our own forefather studied foreign languages like Latin in French. There is something to be redeemed, simply about studying something. But if you look hard at languages, to me, it Hass to come down to French or Spanish. Both have value, but both can also be questioned particularly French. at least with Spanish you can speak to people who simply don’t know English and people who may be speaking around you depending on where you work. Is that a great reason to learn a foreign language? I don’t think so. You have to really love the language and really be all in for many many years. Most people

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:48 AM (cESVi)

  114 91 KJP was cute with that braided hairstyle. Definitely a 1
  Posted by: Jamaica at February 13, 2024 07:42 AM (IG7T0)
  
  Had a bit too much of the mindless cheerleader, vacant commie thing going on.

  Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 13, 2024 07:48 AM (di6C2)

  115 KJP is being demoted, according to Faux News (or so my bride tells me). The scummy little shit, John Kirby, is getting her job.
  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:40 AM (NOEBK)
  
  So they're replacing a black lesbian with a white guy?
  
  I guess the Biden Administration is racist, homophobic, and misogynistic.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:48 AM (GYIa4)

  116 I think an equal evolutionary case can be made for xenophobia and xenophilia.

  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 07:49 AM (IG7T0)

  117 >Rehdeaded (at the time) Smokeshow. Too bad she died in that kiln explosion.
  
  
  she was going to make me a pot... 😢

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 07:49 AM (geLO8)

  118 "KJP was cute with that braided hairstyle. Definitely a 1"
  
  They printed my letter in Penthouse: "A lesbian no more!"

  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:49 AM (Gse2f)

  119 107 I have a predilection for a certain type
  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 07:46 AM (IG7T0)
  
  *nods in understanding*
  
  Busty headcases who are going to kick the shit out of me.

  Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 13, 2024 07:49 AM (di6C2)

  120 She can speak into the mike.

  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (IG7T0)

  121 "I’m not trying to be I think Spanish is valuable, and I actually appreciate the language and the culture of Spain and Mexico in someways."
  
  -
  
  ASL is more valuable because deaf people in America are still English speakers and would probably like to be able to communicate with society at large and don't have the option of living somewhere for 20 years and refusing to assimilate or learn the language of the land where they've settled. But screw deaf people.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (WF0+t)

  122 >Reading about the infighting in the F. Joe Maladministration:
  
  ---
  
  it's un-Presidented

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (geLO8)

  123 That was one of the videos I saw on X. Some sort of hydroponic salad growing system with mechanized harvesting. Unbelievable speed. It looked like about 100 heads being harvested in a few seconds. Pedro couldn't beat that system if his life depended on it.
  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:41 AM (nIvob)
  
  Lucky for Pedro he'll be able to sign up for cradle-to-grave welfare and then return home (to the place he's a refugee from) and work a regular job while getting a bump from Uncle Sammy.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (GYIa4)

  124 I won’t follow my own advice. I will continue to study Spanish in French, but I do question the usefulness
  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:24 AM (cESVi)
  
  The language of the future is the Click Clack noise folks make in places like Botswana, Ubangi and Detroit.
  
  More coffee...or Clack Clack Click Clack in the vernacular.

  Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (JF/W5)

  125
  g'mornin', 'rons

  Posted by: AltonJackson at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (bEb2S)

  126 KJP's clothing choices were always oddly interesting, like she really was trying to look like Little Orphan Annie from the Broadway show.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:50 AM (NOEBK)

  127 Yeah. I married a woman whose birthday is one day before Valentine's Day. I suppose it's being efficient.
  Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2024
  
  ***
  I married one who had the same birthday as Richard Nixon

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 07:51 AM (omVj0)

  128 Hope you feel better JJ!

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 07:51 AM (BGQYY)

  129 I remember some Spanish from school days. Not a fucking chance I'll ever use it. I'm not born to accommodate them, no matter what our government might be telling them.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:51 AM (0FoWg)

  130 morning horde.
  
  hope you feel better JJ
  
  now off to the comments and coffee

  Posted by: SturmToddler at February 13, 2024 07:51 AM (nXhwP)

  131 I wonder if there's a term for invaders who are living somewhere for 20 years and refusing to assimilate or learn the language?
  
  We should ask the indians. I hear they're magic, so they could probably tell us if they know any words for that kind of action.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:51 AM (WF0+t)

  132 I think KJP is attractive looking, an attractive ditz who shouldn't be anywhere near any type of political power. If I saw her on the street I would think, cute woman. However she's a total idiot and way, way out of her depth.

  Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2024 07:52 AM (2NHgQ)

  133 Buried in the bill’s text is an impeachment time bomb for the next Trump presidency if he tries to stop funding the war in Ukraine.
  
  --
  
  Isn't it quite illustrative...these US Senators care far, far more about Ukraine (as in perversely obsessed) than they do the United States. At the very least, they all deserve a big phlegm wad spit on their faces. At the very most, and my personal favorite, is imprisonment for being traitors to their constituents and their own country.

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 07:52 AM (29Fas)

  134 KJP is no more dangerous than any Irish ginger.

  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 07:52 AM (IG7T0)

  135 Won’t do that and to be honest I don’t think they need to. The more I study foreign languages, and I know for me I will always study Spanish and French. But the more I study these languages the more I question the thousands of hours spit doing so. Sure there are jobs where someone might hire me because I speak Spanish in addition to English. But in this country, you’re not gonna see that with French very often..
  
  It’s a subject I think a lot about and I would be interested in other opinions. Because our language is not only the most dominant language in the world it is also the most beautiful the language of poetry and some of the greatest texts ever written. That is not excuse to not try to learn other languages, But at the same time, can we not improve our own and even if you’ve done that on a regular basis are there better pursuits for wealth and happiness than studying another language?
  
  I just thought about this recently, but even if you studied for many years, would you not be at the level of sixth grader from the country? If they are studying English from the earliest stages, what exactly are you accomplishing other than standing out as a traveler?

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:53 AM (cESVi)

  136 I remember some Spanish from school days. Not a fucking chance I'll ever use it. I'm not born to accommodate them, no matter what our government might be telling them.
  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 07:51 AM (0FoWg)
  ==============
  Oh I don't know...Galts Gulch might turn out to be in Chile or Argentina, and some Spanish could be a handy tool.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:53 AM (NOEBK)

  137 >>The language of the future is the Click Clack noise folks make in places like Botswana, Ubangi and Detroit.
  
  Xhosa.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:54 AM (5HQE5)

  138 I learned more Latin from Pliny than I did in school. I don't know how really useful it is though, other than knowing the roots of words. I took Spanish too, but didn't care enough to retain much, and still don't.

  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

  139 " I wonder if there's a term for invaders who are living somewhere for 20 years and refusing to assimilate or learn the language?
  "
  
  Colonists?
  
  
  You know, those folks that the Left tell me are inherently evil.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:54 AM (a1415)

  140 What fires? Did something happen in Hawaii?
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has
  ___
  
  I assume you're kidding. There has been a news blackout mostly. Most residents received $750 from the government and are still prevented from returning to their homes. And if their home is destroyed, their insurance company isn't allowed in to view in order to make the loss estimates to pay claims. And as far as I can tell, there hasn't been a full account of the missing, many of them children. Some of this is from reporting on X, so I don't know how much is verified true. Maybe it's nothing.

  Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 13, 2024 07:54 AM (fs1hN)

  141 I went to our Lowes for the first time in a couple of months yesterday.
  
  There are no human cashiers in the main (non commercial, non garden) exit any longer. Eight to ten humans no longer needed. Jobs gone.
  
  I asked the customer service desk where the human was because I wanted to check out there and they told me and checked me out there. They said I'm not the only one, and that eventually it was going to be such an inconvenience to customer service that they'd be prohibited from doing it.
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:33 AM (WF0+t)
  
  Lowes used toi be my go to blue big box hardware store. Then the stock changed and the prices went up and I could no longer find what I wanted at prices with which I was willing to part with pesos.
  
  So started shopping at the orange big box hardware store a block up the strip for commodity hardware.
  
  No human help in either store though. For that I go to Ace and smile as I pay their higher prices.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:54 AM (4I/2K)

  142 99 Unarrested and unidentified man on video shooting (conveniently, a revolver) into the air is definitely a "Fed" in some manner. If he wasn't he'd be in a hole in Garland's torture basement.
  
  I thought the revolver was a nice touch by Chris Wray. An autoloader would be too obvious. Keep up the good stage work my man.

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (eYF7X)

  143 47 I hope the workers at the morgue in Houston remember to wash Genese Moreno's feet.
  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 07:28 AM (991eG)
  
  And his crank. Remember the USA $$$ to Africa to teach men to wash their junk in an effort to cut down on AIDS and STDs. We used to do great things like that.
  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:32 AM (4I/2K)
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFtI4s5inDg

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (ENQN6)

  144 72 >>There was at least one that had perfected open heart surgery. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:36 AM (a1415)
  
  This is known.
  
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (5HQE5)
  ----
  ..... and without anesthetic!!

  Posted by: Ciampino - Finally in IndigenousSpace again at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (qfLjt)

  145 If you're not immersed your not learning a language. It's why wealthy people hire a person to visit the child and never speak english to the kid.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (WF0+t)

  146 >>>However she's a total idiot
  Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2024 07:52 AM (2NHgQ)
  ==============
  Summing up the entire Junta in a single phrase.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (NOEBK)

  147 Flush right comment boxes. Sounds like Paul is here already.

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (2yu8s)

  148 French, Belgians, Portugese, Spainish, Germans, Italians, Dutch, and British were brutal colonists and slave Traders way before we became a country.
  

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (BGQYY)

  149 Spanish can be pleasing to listen to when when spoken correctly, music and by pretty senoritas. However when it is is being spoken in one of its many slang (um, rural) dialects or used in angry political rants in front of crowds it is annoying to the extreme. Worse than chalk on blackboard.
  Posted by: Ripley at February 13, 2024
  
  ***
  Heinlein's Podkayne, I think, said that Spanish (or maybe it was Italian?) sounded like honey dripping from a jug, French like a catfight, and German like someone being strangled. Personally I think Spanish sounds like knives clashing. As for English, I don't know, having always spoken it . . . but I suspect that non-English speakers hear it as wooden castanets clacking.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (omVj0)

  150 KJP's clothing choices were always oddly interesting, like she really was trying to look like Little Orphan Annie from the Broadway show.
  
  --
  
  I have no love for this little commie twit, but she dressed quite well, imo. For the most part, nice and colorful outfits that suited her. She looks like a 12 year old, but she is a cute woman, despite the fact that I wouldn't throw a thimble full of water on her if she were on fire.

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 07:55 AM (29Fas)

  151 121 good point really. Make that a requirement and get rid of all the DEI bull crap. There is a point where just learning something for the sake of learning, it is useful. I would say American school should focus on history, bride be scared as hell about who would teach it.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (cESVi)

  152 Early in *biden's administration I think the idea was to pick the most unqualified, most outrageous, most mentally disturbed individuals for each position.
  
  On this metric they've exceeded expectations.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (Q4IgG)

  153 We were discussing Ukraine here last evening. Something like 400,000 Ukranian soldiers killed in a country of 30 ish million, with demographics that already skew old. In effect the USA and Zelensky have created a demogrphic bomb that will decimate the country.
  
  And our government still wants to spend more to kill more.

  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (Gse2f)

  154 When you look at the list of Rino's who voted for the Ukraine grab bag, notice how many come from Deep Red States.
  
  We can do better

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (BGQYY)

  155 JJ needs some buttons or shrooms and a few hours in the sweat lodge ---- CDC Indigenous Guidelines

  Posted by: Ciampino - Finally in Indigenous Space again at February 13, 2024 07:57 AM (qfLjt)

  156 "and without anesthetic!!"
  
  As we know, anesthesia comes with it's own built in risks.
  
  So in that regard, they're ahead of their time.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:57 AM (a1415)

  157 >>John Kirby was an admiral and he's being made not just a spokesman but an "aide" to Biden.
  
  An admiral? Not promoting their best, are they?
  

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 07:57 AM (RXyKO)

  158 Arrodillarse antes ZOD.
  
  Hazlo ahora.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:58 AM (5HQE5)

  159 137 >>The language of the future is the Click Clack noise folks make in places like Botswana, Ubangi and Detroit.
  
  Xhosa.
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 07:54 AM (5HQE5)
  
  There is a dead elephant down the road that will feed the village for weeks.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 07:58 AM (ENQN6)

  160
  No human help in either store though. For that I go to Ace and smile as I pay their higher prices.
  Posted by: Count de Monet
  
  -
  
  We've got a local 80 or so year old hardware store that I go to for everything I can. A little more expensive but not much, and the man that owns that place know so much and can tell you where every tiny thing in his store is, and how to use it if you've never done a job before. But his place is only so big and he'll send you to Lowes for some things. It's such a jarring difference and I always hate it.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 07:58 AM (WF0+t)

  161 "ADMIRAL Kirk?"

  Posted by: Khan at February 13, 2024 07:59 AM (5HQE5)

  162 Early in *biden's administration I think the idea was to pick the most unqualified, most outrageous, most mentally disturbed individuals for each position.
  
  On this metric they've exceeded expectations.
  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (Q4IgG)
  ===============
  How they missed hiring the angry transgender antisemite illegal alien in Texas mystifies me. She would have made a perfect Secretary of Phony Baloney Something Or Other.

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 07:59 AM (NOEBK)

  163 There's a machine for harvesting nuts that literally grabs the tree and shakes it, and the nuts fall to the ground
  
  a day's work in seconds
  Posted by: Don Black
  
  
  I don't want to see any industrial accident videos.

  Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 13, 2024 07:59 AM (2rS44)

  164 153. Ukraine needs to replace Zalensky , before there is any type of benefit of peace etc..
  
  He is seen as a grifter and a left wing weasel by the american public

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 07:59 AM (BGQYY)

  165 The French will laugh at you if you try to speck French in France.
  
  In other places they will attempt to communicate in French but in France it is the French who are superior and refuse to lower themselves by speaking with non-French French speakers in their own county.

  Posted by: pawn at February 13, 2024 07:59 AM (QB+5g)

  166 Indigenous scientists put a man on the moon using only slide rules, stone knives, and bear skins. The man didn't come back though, he's still up there.

  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

  167 She looks like a 12 year old
  
  -
  
  that's probably a complete coincidence and has nothing to do with anything in D.C. or how she has gotten employment and moved up the ranks.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 08:00 AM (WF0+t)

  168 "The UK’s Muslim voters have a new advocate."
  A Step Forward for Islamic Influence in Britain?
  
  --
  
  I wonder what this portends for the future of the Monarchy. As islam grows and grows and grows within the UK, I can imagine a time will come when their influence may have serious repercussions to King William (whom I believe is not far off from that title). But here I am just spitballing...

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 08:00 AM (29Fas)

  169 157. Kirby's new job is to change the depends

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:00 AM (BGQYY)

  170 >>“Buried in the bill’s text is an impeachment time bomb for the next Trump presidency if he tries to stop funding the war in Ukraine.
  
  
  WTF is it with these people and their love* for Ukraine?!
  When did it become a higher priority than the US?!?
  
  
  *Not love -- but some unnamed investment.

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:01 AM (RXyKO)

  171 Well, we can't claim this 'un didn't assimilate. He became a sex pervert, chopped his dick off, got jacked up on Leftist politics, and then offered up his child as a sacrifice in a war against G-d.
  
  That's all as American as apple pie. That attack is like a 21st century Rockwell illustration.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 08:01 AM (0FoWg)

  172 "but in France it is the French who are superior and refuse to lower themselves by speaking with non-French French speakers in their own county."
  
  
  I hate to say it, but I'm beginning to warm to the whole concept of this.
  
  Just with it being here, and english.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:01 AM (a1415)

  173 Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed
  BY BINAJ GURUBACHARYA; Updated 6:17 AM EST, January 25, 2024
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who died in the conflict, Nepal’s top diplomat said Thursday.
  
  The Russian army is estimated to have recruited more than 200 Nepali nationals to fight in Ukraine and at least 14 of them have died there, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said in an interview with The Associated Press.
  
  “We have asked Russia to immediately stop the recruitment of Nepali nationals in their army, immediately return those who are already serving in the army, repatriate the bodies of those killed, and treat and return those who were wounded in the fighting,” Saud said.
  
  Nepal is also seeking monetary compensation from Russia for the families of those Nepali nationals who were killed in the fighting, Saud said.

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 08:01 AM (2yu8s)

  174 "Indigenous knowledge" posits that native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe and has been widely dismissed by experts as pseudoscience."
  
  Using AOC's hermeneutics, we are talking about the wisdom of living in beat-up single-wide mobile homes constantly intoxicated on fire water and peyote paid for with welfare and casino proceeds.

  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:02 AM (IBtD/)

  175 Early in *biden's administration I think the idea was to pick the most unqualified, most outrageous, most mentally disturbed individuals for each position.
  
  --
  
  All hail the glorious equity!
  
  Coming soon to a cockpit or operating room near you!

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 08:02 AM (29Fas)

  176 Give Johnson credit. Ryan or Boehner would have fast tracked the Ukraine grift bag bill already. The Speaker is a border hawk, and know the issue is a gop winner in the Fall, despite the Deep State Rino Senators

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:02 AM (BGQYY)

  177 What fires? Did something happen in Hawaii?
  
  ___
  
  I assume you're kidding. There has been a news blackout mostly..
  
  Posted by: Chuck Martel
  
  -
  
  Yeah, it was a joke about the news blackout.
  
  Did they ever explain how they ran out of bodybags after 450 or so but only had 100 or so deaths?

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 08:02 AM (WF0+t)

  178 I married one who had the same birthday as Richard Nixon
  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
  
  Mrs B's birthday id D-Day-1, June 5. I forgot it one year by the -1. Also, it's her mother's birthday.

  Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 13, 2024 08:02 AM (Fwuhb)

  179 Early in *biden's administration I think the idea was to pick the most unqualified, most outrageous, most mentally disturbed individuals for each position.
  
  On this metric they've exceeded expectations.
  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (Q4IgG)
  
  You say that like it's a bad thing.

  Posted by: Luggage-stealing dog boy tranny in charge of nuke-u-ler waste at February 13, 2024 08:03 AM (4I/2K)

  180 169 157. Kirby's new job is to change the depends
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:00 AM (BGQYY)
  
  He loss the coin toss to either change Uncle Joe or hold Austins Piss bag.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:03 AM (ENQN6)

  181 Kirby's new job is to change the depends
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:00 AM (BGQYY)
  
  Does he get a pay raise? Does he get double pay for handling toxic substances?

  Posted by: dantesed at February 13, 2024 08:03 AM (88xKn)

  182 If you go on YouTube, you will hear foreigner, saying how easy English is compared to other languages. I have to laugh because they don’t understand their own self own. Sure English is easy if you don’t speak it correctly.
  
  I study Spanish and French on Duolingo. Now I have studied both languages for 30 years long before that app. The thing that scares me about the app is not the foreign language, but the English translations. Many have created this international English. That is almost a semi Esperanto. Would be calling it retarded English be out of line?

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:03 AM (cESVi)

  183 The last time I went into the local Home Depot, the only employees on the floor were pasty white noodle armed simps with piercings and lame arm tats. One girl had her hair dyed in rainbow. They looked totally put of place and useless in a hardware store. I left and went to Ace where the gut that helped me had on a camo ball cap. All the employees had American flag pins on their vests.
  
  

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 08:04 AM (eYF7X)

  184 Early in *biden's administration I think the idea was to pick the most unqualified, most outrageous, most mentally disturbed individuals for each position.
  
  Each and every one of them were blessed by a majority of senate Republicans.

  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:04 AM (IBtD/)

  185 So, story time:
  
  At Paramount, Cecil B DeMille's invariable lunch was a bowl of green pea soup. One day, the canteen was out of it and the manageress approached his table apologetically, saying "I'm so sorry, Mr DeMille, but we're out of pea soup today."
  
  "That's all right," De Mille replied. "As a matter of fact, I can't stand pea soup."
  
  "Why didn't you ever tell me?" the manageress cried.
  
  Smiling, De Mille answered, "You looked so happy the first day you gave it to me, I've never had the heart to tell you I hate it."

  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 13, 2024 08:04 AM (Q0kLU)

  186 I noticed that during the recent reporting on SecDef Austin, the term 'stripped of' began to be used by more than two reporting agencies.
  
  Talking points, I guess.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:05 AM (a1415)

  187 Ace hardware may not have the selection of an HD, but they are miles better in every other imaginable way.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 08:05 AM (0FoWg)

  188 hermeneutics!

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:05 AM (4I/2K)

  189 In it he discusses his 8-year-old lawsuit in Texas challenging the constitutionality of taxpayer funds being used to pay the salaries of union officials who represent public employees unions. It's not even union dues paying the union leaders' salaries, it's taxpayer money.
  
  --------------
  
  At least the U.S. taxpayer isn't funding Ukraine's entire civil service including pensions.
  
  Wait, wut?

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:05 AM (nCXDi)

  190 170. McConnell and the others want to have their feet in the door for the rebuild of Ukraine , Lizzy. Big gubmint contracts for cement etc..

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:05 AM (BGQYY)

  191 >>Nepal is also seeking monetary compensation from Russia for the families of those Nepali nationals who were killed in the fighting, Saud said.
  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 08:01 AM (2yu8s)
  
  AP: 89% Of Russians Believe That Nepal Poses 'A Very Serious Threat' To The Russian Homeland.
  
  WashPost: Biden Sniffs Young Girl, Asks For 'Nepal Ice Cream Cone'

  Posted by: Khan at February 13, 2024 08:06 AM (5HQE5)

  192 No Blood For Borscht

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:06 AM (9UlRk)

  193 "I married one who had the same birthday as Richard Nixon"
  
  How diabolical!
  
  Did you ever use it as a put down?

  Posted by: pawn at February 13, 2024 08:07 AM (QB+5g)

  194 Khan, ZOD, whatever.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:07 AM (5HQE5)

  195 The Duolingo ate my baby!
  -- Australian [Strine]

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 08:07 AM (2yu8s)

  196 What is the population of Nepal? Like, seven? Eight on the weekends?

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:07 AM (9UlRk)

  197 is it possible for Hawaii to ever have a Tsunami?

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:07 AM (BGQYY)

  198 >>176 Give Johnson credit. Ryan or Boehner would have fast tracked the Ukraine grift bag bill already. The Speaker is a border hawk, and know the issue is a gop winner in the Fall, despite the Deep State Rino Senators
  Posted by: Jonah
  
  I may have to readjust my position on Mike Johnson.

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (eYF7X)

  199 The proposed guidelines point to other "non-traditional modes of science," including "citizen science, community-engaged research, participatory science, and crowdsourcing." Including these methods is part of the agency's "support" for "equity, justice, and trust," the document states.
  
  -------------
  
  How did they overlook the modern fad and now dominant method of pull-it-out-your-ass science?
  
  Dr. Faucistein hardest hit ...

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (nCXDi)

  200 I've often wondered what the rhythm of English sounds like to the ear of non English speaker, like how I can identify Japanese, Korean or French although I haven't studied them.
  
  Here's an EyeTie comedian with a fake English song.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8

  Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (Fwuhb)

  201 196. Katmandu is a big city

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (BGQYY)

  202 We were discussing Ukraine here last evening. Something like 400,000 Ukranian soldiers killed in a country of 30 ish million, with demographics that already skew old. In effect the USA and Zelensky have created a demogrphic bomb that will decimate the country.
  
  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (Gse2f)
  
  I saw a report which opined that General Zaluzhny (former head of the armed forces) was fired because he told Zelenskyyy that even if they went ahead with a general mobilization and threw 500K more men into the meat grinder that they would eventually lose and maybe it was time to start negotiating.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (GYIa4)

  203 >>native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe
  
  Sleeping in smallpox-blankets is not logical.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:09 AM (5HQE5)

  204 Yeah, it appears at this point that we've more or less bought out Ukraine entirely and their entire economy is now a plaything for the US defense establishment and their political cronies.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 08:09 AM (0FoWg)

  205 Indigenous scientists put a man on the moon using only slide rules, stone knives, and bear skins. The man didn't come back though, he's still up there.
  
  And their ancient legends read like Star Trek episodes.

  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:10 AM (IBtD/)

  206 is it possible for Hawaii to ever have a Tsunami?
  
  -
  
  I assume they use their indian magic to hold them back. I'm still unclear on what they got confused about with fire.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 08:10 AM (WF0+t)

  207 >>McConnell and the others want to have their feet in the door for the rebuild of Ukraine , Lizzy. Big gubmint contracts for cement etc..
  
  Makes sense, but I have to believe it's more than that.
  I recall Victoria Nuland admitting there are/were a dozen or more biohazard labs in Ukraine. What else are the US and NGOs doing there???

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:10 AM (RXyKO)

  208 After two years of a endless Vietnam type war in the Ukraine, the American public is tired of a blank check, while our Southern border is wide open.
  
  Putin is a scumbag, but not a threat to us. The cartels are

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:10 AM (BGQYY)

  209 Maelle Jacques, a Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore, jumped at 5’1,” an inch higher than any female student ever has.
  
  New Hampshire Male Track Athlete Favored To Win Girls State Championship Meet This Upcoming Weekend
  
  “Sophomore Maelle Jacques, a biological male, is ranked as the top high jumper in the division”
  
  Run Forestelle Run

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:10 AM (ENQN6)

  210 >>197 is it possible for Hawaii to ever have a Tsunami?
  Posted by: Jonah
  
  I wouldn't lose any sleep if the entire state was wiped off the map (except for Pearl Harbor). Can you imagine the ocean pollution from the floating Spam cans and rotting Poi. Ugh.
  

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 08:10 AM (eYF7X)

  211 Katmandu is a big city
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (BGQYY)
  
  Now I'm hearing Bob Seger's voice.

  Posted by: dantesed at February 13, 2024 08:11 AM (88xKn)

  212 When you look at the list of Rino's who voted for the Ukraine grab bag, notice how many come from Deep Red States.
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (BGQYY)
  
  Most people don't vote in primaries so they have to lie to fewer people.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:11 AM (GYIa4)

  213 We were discussing Ukraine here last evening. Something like 400,000 Ukranian soldiers killed in a country of 30 ish million, with demographics that already skew old. In effect the USA and Zelensky have created a demogrphic bomb that will decimate the country.
  
  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:56 AM (Gse2f)
  
  ---
  I don't think Russia is doing much better demographically. Both Russia and Ukraine are spiraling the drain. It's entirely possible neither nation will survive the war, regardless of who "wins."

  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 08:12 AM (7fElN)

  214
  I forget who said it but the average age of a Ukrainian soldier is about 45. I don't support them losing any more men in a battle they can not win. No more money, go to the negotiating table and accept that you lost 20% of your country.
  
  Before you lose the whole thing.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 08:12 AM (nIvob)

  215
  
  My African Blacksnake teach you the way of the Universe, ladies!
  
  Then, I cut off your clit with a piece of broken Coke bottle...

  Posted by: Prof. Jobobo, Afrophysicist at February 13, 2024 08:12 AM (EhnMH)

  216 196. Katmandu is a big city
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:08 AM (BGQYY)
  
  I think I'm going to Katmandu
  That's really, really where I'm going to
  If I ever get out of here
  That's what I'm gonna do

  Posted by: Bob Seger at February 13, 2024 08:12 AM (4I/2K)

  217 hermeneutics!
  Posted by: Count de Monet
  ------
  Do you "reach", Count.

  Posted by: space hippie at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (2yu8s)

  218 "And their ancient legends read like Star Trek episodes.
  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure"
  
  The one who is called Kirk shall save us.

  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (ArbhN)

  219 I noticed that during the recent reporting on SecDef Austin, the term 'stripped of' began to be used by more than two reporting agencies.
  
  Talking points, I guess.
  
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:05 AM (a1415)
  
  --------------
  
  Make "Gravitas" Great Again!
  
  /JournOList MDM-MSM Ministry of Truth since way before 2000 and even the interwebz ...

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (nCXDi)

  220 ">>native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe "
  
  It would reduce health care costs for America's First People.
  
  Minute Sweat Lodge starts putting up offices on the corner of every buffalo trail.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (a1415)

  221 GOPe wants cheap labor. Rats want to replace the population losses in the blue states. McConnel still thinks its 1985 and Reagan is President fighting the Soviets. Zalensky is skimming off the top like the KC Mafia.

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (BGQYY)

  222 Good morning, JJ, Horde. You know you're in trouble when H.P. Lovecraft makes more sense than the news.

  Posted by: callsign claymore at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (JcnCJ)

  223 Ace hardware may not have the selection of an HD, but they are miles better in every other imaginable way.
  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024
  
  ***
  Two of the Ace stores I relied on here for years have closed. The remaining ones are either a long drive, or are not open on Saturdays (!). We have a couple of True Value locations, I think.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (omVj0)

  224 John Kirby was an admiral and he's being made not just a spokesman but an "aide" to Biden.
  
  An admiral? Not promoting their best, are they?
  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 07:57 AM (RXyKO)
  
  He qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Aubrey Fitch before being designated as a restricted line officer, to service as a public affairs officer (PAO).
  
  Political drone moved up the line to grant him a fancy title to fool the rubes.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (GYIa4)

  225 Steve Cohen
  
  ‘Very very few stood at Super Bowl for “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. The Negro National Anthem. Not a pretty picture of Super Bowl crowd.’
  
  I am sorry, this anthem is cancelled.
  
  *slams door*

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (ENQN6)

  226 The skim our ruling class is raking off of the Ukrainian carnival of death has got to be a staggering sum.
  
  They're not not even really people. Just demons. Just ambulatory balls of deadly sin.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (0FoWg)

  227 They're always so hot and bothered to crow about how magical and advanced some people were, but then they completely ignore the fact that other ancient people were too. Greeks knew the earth was round. The Gauls had such an elaborate and intricate legal system that even the Romans made fun of it. Sure, cast off your blinkered presentism, but not with this cynical, racist, "Hey these inferior savages were akshully better than you think, you bigot" hypocrisy.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (9UlRk)

  228 I've often wondered what the rhythm of English sounds like to the ear of non English speaker, like how I can identify Japanese, Korean or French although I haven't studied them.
  
  --
  
  I saw a youtube video a few years ago with a man and woman from some country I forget. They went through each of the major languages (that they didn't know) and made up conversations based on what they thought those languages sounded like. It was pretty funny. It was amusing to me to hear how they interpreted what American English sounded like.

  Posted by: Lady in Black at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (29Fas)

  229 A Russia-Ukraine loss-loss would be a win-win.

  Posted by: ZOD Undershaft at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (5HQE5)

  230 I left and went to Ace where the gut that helped me had on a camo ball cap...
  
  ***********
  
  That typo perfectly rounds out the picture of the prototypical Ace Hardware employee.

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 08:15 AM (991eG)

  231 >>native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe
  
  
  Wheel??? What is wheel??

  Posted by: Amerindian at February 13, 2024 08:15 AM (4I/2K)

  232 70
  Hey brother, can you spare some bark from your willow tree? I have a tooth ache.
  
  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 07:37 AM (nIvob)
  ----
  Well, JJ may appreciate that willow bark .... or he could just use quaint 1880s native science (German) and take two aspirins without needing to call anyone in the morning.

  Posted by: Ciampino - Those native German chemists at February 13, 2024 08:15 AM (qfLjt)

  233 The one who is called Kirk shall save us.
  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (ArbhN)
  
  And fuck most of the tribes women.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:15 AM (ENQN6)

  234 Special Counsel ‘Unable to Determine’ Location of Top Secret Briefing Book Biden Misplaced While Vacationing in Hamptons
  
  --------------
  
  1. It was sold to Ukraine.
  2. It was sold to Chy-na.
  3. It was sold to Iran.
  3. Embrace the treasonous multiplicative power of *AND*

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:15 AM (nCXDi)

  235 214. Whole war started because Zalensky wanted to join Nato, and start legalizing social issues like Gay Marriage and Abortion. Eastern Ukraine is pro russian. Get rid of Zalensky and sue for peace

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:16 AM (BGQYY)

  236 The Aztecs invented the vacation.

  Posted by: Firesign Theater at February 13, 2024 08:17 AM (QB+5g)

  237 Morning Horde, thx JJ , feel better. I doubt the Nigerian population hitting that height. Why? The Muslim tribes in the north regularly attack and slaughter Christians and others. That will keep on growing. Unfortunately that also means Nigerians will flee the country, most to the USA.

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 08:17 AM (DgSZ/)

  238 "And fuck most of the tribes women."
  
  No Yellow!!!
  
  
  Just the green ones.
  
  : James Tiberius Hunter Kirk

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:17 AM (a1415)

  239 hermeneutics!
  Posted by: Count de Monet
  ------
  Do you "reach", Count.
  Posted by: space hippie at February 13, 2024 08:13 AM (2yu8s)
  
  I'm more of a Herbert.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:17 AM (4I/2K)

  240 > I noticed that during the recent reporting on SecDef Austin, the term 'stripped of' began to be used by more than two reporting agencies.
  
  Talking points, I guess.
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
  _________________
  
  Yea, about that.
  
  I noticed it yesterday and it was mentioned in the thread about his "medical issues" again. Dude's got some problems and his shit's all retarded.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 08:18 AM (Q4IgG)

  241 I always kinda thought English might sound a bit like Dutch, but less brutal. With all of our words that end in "nt", these fake English videos make it sound more like Latin.

  Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 13, 2024 08:18 AM (Fwuhb)

  242 >>The proposed guidelines point to other "non-traditional modes of science," including "citizen science, community-engaged research, participatory science, and crowdsourcing."
  
  
  Have we not just come out of 3+ years of the government actively censoring, and in many cases, destroying the careers of anyone who had a "non-traditional"/unconventional take on COVID-19? As in, doing your own research is bad, having an opinion without some sort of MD or advanced science degree is not valid, etc..
  
  They are toying with us.
  Seriously, the contradictions are too grand and enraging to be anything less than intentional, a way to break people. How do you know which rules you're supposed to play by at any given moment? Trust in Fauci, whatever the F he's preaching today, or hey, crowdsource and rely on commonly practiced and understood medicine? It depends on the whims and approval of. . . who, exactly?

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:18 AM (RXyKO)

  243 226. Agree. Imagine the grift at the Pentagon , who love endless wars. Their 20 year gravy train ended in Afghanistan, so they needed a new troff.
  
  They need war to justify their 6 figure salaries and hooker expense accounts

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:19 AM (BGQYY)

  244 229 A Russia-Ukraine loss-loss would be a win-win.
  Posted by: ZOD Undershaft at February 13, 2024 08:14 AM (5HQE5)
  
  At this point, I do kind of hope Russia writes down the win, just so Ukraine becomes their problem instead of ours. Our ruling class will go on a looting spree of epic proportions """rebuilding""" that country with our treasure. They'll squeeze blood from the taxpayer stone by the time their unslakable avarice exhausts itself.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 08:19 AM (0FoWg)

  245 >>The proposed guidelines point to other "non-traditional modes of science," including "citizen science, community-engaged research, participatory science, and crowdsourcing."
  
  Make Leeches Great Again!

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:19 AM (4I/2K)

  246 I saw Ambulatory Balls of Deadly Sin open for 10cc at The Tower Theater in '77.

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:20 AM (nCXDi)

  247 >>Nigerians
  
  https://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room.htm
  
  https://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
  
  You're welcome.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:20 AM (5HQE5)

  248 More than ever, love the vision/image of seeing Marxist Rats being stacked like cordwood, ready to be hoisted upon the nightly funeral pyres

  Posted by: From whence and to where at February 13, 2024 08:20 AM (92cxg)

  249 KJP hasn't been demoted. Yet.
  
  Lyin' John Kirby got a fancier title and higher job; now he's a Communications Advisor to FJB, not spokesman for Jake Sullivan.
  
  Expect Kirby to brief and take questions at more and more White House Press Briefings. Soon KJP may quit to "spend more time with family." Her optics value to the Junta as a diversity hire is now vastly outweighed by her bumbling job performance.

  Posted by: Gref at February 13, 2024 08:20 AM (5fDan)

  250 Happy Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras!

  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

  251 Our local Ace used to have a used gun cabinet. I don't think any sell guns or ammo now. Shame.
  

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 08:21 AM (eYF7X)

  252 Looks like Donald Trump will be making a visit to North Charleston later this week.
  
  Our early voting for the Republican Primary started yesterday.
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)
  
  Duck confit club sandwich at The Tattooed Moose??

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 08:21 AM (MtueO)

  253 Whole war started because Zalensky wanted to join Nato, and start legalizing social issues like Gay Marriage and Abortion. Eastern Ukraine is pro russian. Get rid of Zalensky and sue for peace
  Posted by: Jonah
  
  -
  
  You have to go back a step.
  
  Russia wanted to join NATO.
  
  But if they did, there's no longer any real reason for NATO to exist. And NATO is, at best, a money laundering operation. Russia is needed to have an excuse to continue laundering money.
  
  Heck, we're watching a non-NATO country be the focus of billions in laundering as we speak. Just imagine if Russia weren't a threat.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (WF0+t)

  254 >>native peoples possess hidden wisdom about the workings of the universe
  
  
  Wheel??? What is wheel??
  
  And horse. They didn't utilize critters until the paternalistic colonizers stopped by.
  
  I love he oohing and ahhing of visitors over Indigenous People's art, architecture, literature and engineering - none of them compare that work to the contemporary equivalents in continental Europe (circa 15th-18th centuries - the age of cathedrals)

  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (IBtD/)

  255 It's just a song why are you taking it so seriously you weirdo now stand for our song and kneel for yours or we will make your life not worth living.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (9UlRk)

  256 That reminds me, I need to change my name field back

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fort Sumter bad Texas good, Southern states bad Ukraine good at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (WF0+t)

  257
  "Joey B: Too Demented for Justice" Playing in theaters near you!
  
  There. Now it's a movie thread.

  Posted by: Auspex at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (j4U/Z)

  258 A. Biden campaign courts young voters by joining TikTok: ‘lol hey guys’.
  B. The ban prohibits the use of TikTok by the federal government’s nearly 4 million employees on devices owned by its agencies, with limited exceptions for law enforcement, national security and security research purposes.
  C. ha

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (ENQN6)

  259 Hope you feel better soon JJ

  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (1jdMT)

  260 I saw Ambulatory Balls of Deadly Sin open for 10cc at The Tower Theater in '77.
  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:20 AM (nCXDi)
  
  Were you walking in the rain and the snow?

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (MtueO)

  261 >>At this point, I do kind of hope Russia writes down the win, just so Ukraine becomes their problem instead of ours. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 08:19 AM (0FoWg)
  
  I don't mind subsidizing misery, but I'm a value investor in the slaughter market, and a perpetual "draw" on the cheap seems like must-watch to this viewer.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:23 AM (5HQE5)

  262 @249 KJP will step down to spend more time with her strap-on

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 08:23 AM (DgSZ/)

  263 Good morning.
  
  I hope you feel better, J.J. I'd hate to see you miss your birthday.

  Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (tT6L1)

  264 Antelope Freeway - 1/2 Mile

  Posted by: Firesign Theater at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (QB+5g)

  265 We'll take back penicillin, electricity, and the microprocessor.
  You're welcome.

  Posted by: The Patriarchy at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (NBVIP)

  266 I love he oohing and ahhing of visitors over Indigenous People's art, architecture, literature and engineering - none of them compare that work to the contemporary equivalents in continental Europe (circa 15th-18th centuries - the age of cathedrals)
  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (IBtD/)
  
  Europe's source of lead for many years was digging up Roman ruins.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (ENQN6)

  267 235 214. Whole war started because Zalensky wanted to join Nato, and start legalizing social issues like Gay Marriage and Abortion. Eastern Ukraine is pro russian. Get rid of Zalensky and sue for peace
  
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:16 AM (BGQYY)
  
  >>
  
  Too late. That little rat bastard's parents already built a $9M home in Israel and his whore wife has had many nips and tucks. Once these grifters get the taste of filthy lucre, they NEVER give it up.

  Posted by: From whence and to where at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (92cxg)

  268 I had a long-time girlfriend who shared a birthday with Adolf Hitler.
  
  That should have tipped me off...

  Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (gSZYf)

  269 "Wait, if they're coming over here then why the heck do I need to learn THEIR language?
  
  My son was looking for entry level office job.
  You would not believe how many listed Bilingual/Spanish as preferred/required.
  
  And its only going to get worse after the Biden rush at the border and our schools and hospitals are full of non English speakers

  Posted by: McCool at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (Vm5ir)

  270 In fact, Festung ZOD flies both a Russian flag and a Ukrainian flag.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (5HQE5)

  271 Make Leeches Great Again!
  
  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:19 AM (4I/2K)
  
  -------------
  
  "We're importing tens of millions of them! What more do you want?"
  
  -- The Parasitoidal Death Cult

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (nCXDi)

  272 DOOF!

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (a1415)

  273 241, Dutch in English can get really close. I always remember that scene in Breaker Morant. When the breaker asked the Boer, “what is your name?” in the translator said, “what is your nam”?
  
  For sure Dutch and English are very close in many ways. Then again, English is at least 30% French and then you add in 10% Latin. It is almost 40% French. That doesn’t make the languages mutually intelligible, because they are not.
  
  
  One that kills me is people who speak neither language, who say Italian and Spanish or so similar. The reality is Italian in French, or more similar than Spanish and Italian. Anyone who could look at a map could figure out why that is.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (cESVi)

  274 DOOF!
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (a1415)
  
  Howdy, brother!

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 08:25 AM (MtueO)

  275 Looks like Donald Trump will be making a visit to North Charleston later this week.
  
  Our early voting for the Republican Primary started yesterday.
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
  
  --
  
  I saw where he re-did and re-posted Nikki's "chicken" ad about how he's scared to debate her. It's part of his Indigenous American magic. No one outside of SC knew about that silly ad where she was pleading for a man to make her relevant, and now it's nationwide, but in an embarrassing way.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fort Sumter bad Texas good, Southern states bad Ukraine good at February 13, 2024 08:25 AM (WF0+t)

  276 261 >>At this point, I do kind of hope Russia writes down the win, just so Ukraine becomes their problem instead of ours.
  
  It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off.

  Posted by: Kramer at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (NBVIP)

  277 >>KJP will step down to spend more time with her strap-on Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 08:23 AM (DgSZ/)
  
  Pronhub search: 237 results.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (5HQE5)

  278 I'd laugh if KJP snaps and goes on an unhinged rant... "this guy is a fucking retard, what the hell is wrong with you people! I only did this shit because they were paying me and i took the job without asking enough questions! Holy shit this guy is a creep! I'm not even fucking gay! Aaaaargh! Get me out of here!"

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (9UlRk)

  279 Dammit. My work ip is banned again.

  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (r9ulo)

  280 266 I love he oohing and ahhing of visitors over Indigenous People's art, architecture, literature and engineering - none of them compare that work to the contemporary equivalents in continental Europe (circa 15th-18th centuries - the age of cathedrals)
  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (IBtD/)
  
  Europe's source of lead for many years was digging up Roman ruins.
  
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:24 AM (ENQN6)
  
  >>>
  
  Yeah, reminds you of the fascination that Pol Pot had with letting idiot children decide the fates/deaths of the decent citizens in the Killing Fields

  Posted by: From whence and to where at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (92cxg)

  281 269, you are right for sure. I would rather do French just because I like going against the grain. Don’t tell me what to do. And now Iberian Spanish is no good because that doesn’t count in America, and you can’t even do Mexican, Spanish unless you live in Texas. You have to study Latin American, Spanish as they call it. Like I’m going to spend a major part of my life, studying how they speak in Guatemala.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (cESVi)

  282 Lots of good indigenous horde knowledge was lost to the ban hole.

  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (r9ulo)

  283 The weather geniuses blew it again. Sunday night they were predicting 10+ inches late Monday night through Tuesday evening. It is flurrying out and at most we might get 1-2. But they can predict climate 50 years from now

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (DgSZ/)

  284 Nah. If Russian were to take over Ukraine, then it would be about the West funding Freedom fighters for 20 years

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (BGQYY)

  285 Fell better, JJ

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (R4t5M)

  286 I saw the Hermeneutics open for the New Christy Minstrels at a tent revival service in the dunes at Kill Devil Hills back in '74.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:28 AM (4I/2K)

  287 Mornin’, All. Hope you feel better soon, JJ.

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 08:28 AM (9yWhg)

  288 >>Indigenous People's art
  
  Native American "dream-catcher:" Twigs, twine, a gemstone, a feather.
  
  ZOD "dream-catcher:" Two-by-four, box of condoms.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:28 AM (5HQE5)

  289 Get better, JJ.!
  Chicken soup works wonders.
  

  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

  290 Kelce is a left wing S$$head. One of the first to kneel at a NFL game. Cant wait until the Nazi Barbie dumps him

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:29 AM (BGQYY)

  291 Like I’m going to spend a major part of my life, studying how they speak in Guatemala.
  
  Guatemalan.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:29 AM (R4t5M)

  292 "Wait, if they're coming over here then why the heck do I need to learn THEIR language?
  
  -
  
  My son was looking for entry level office job.
  You would not believe how many listed Bilingual/Spanish as preferred/required.
  
  And its only going to get worse after the Biden rush at the border and our schools and hospitals are full of non English speakers
  
  Posted by: McCool
  
  -
  
  Yep. That's the key to a permanent underclass.
  
  Press one for English was the plan all along. They knew what they were doing, and they disguised it as helping the poor bastards.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fort Sumter bad Texas good, Southern states bad Ukraine good at February 13, 2024 08:29 AM (WF0+t)

  293 ZOD "dream-catcher:" Two-by-four, box of condoms.
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:28 AM (5HQE5)
  
  ha
  
  Judges would have accepted Roofies.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:29 AM (ENQN6)

  294 261 >>At this point, I do kind of hope Russia writes down the win, just so Ukraine becomes their problem instead of ours.
  
  It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off.
  Posted by: Kramer at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (NBVIP)
  
  Never gets old. I think I just busted my gut laughing.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:29 AM (4I/2K)

  295 Wait, if they're coming over here then why the heck do I need to learn THEIR language?
  
  --------------
  
  [Dateline January 21, 2021 -- CNN:] "The Whitehouse.gov website was updated on Wednesday to reflect that Joe Biden is the new President of the United States, and it now also includes a Spanish language section which had been removed during Donald Trump’s tenure in office."

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:30 AM (nCXDi)

  296 STILL snowing !
  
  Where's all this Global Warmening ?

  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 08:30 AM (T4tVD)

  297 Russia wanted to join NATO.
  
  But if they did, there's no longer any real reason for NATO to exist. And NATO is, at best, a money laundering operation. Russia is needed to have an excuse to continue laundering money.
  
  Heck, we're watching a non-NATO country be the focus of billions in laundering as we speak. Just imagine if Russia weren't a threat.
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Scientists can't even figure out how many moons the Earth has at February 13, 2024 08:22 AM (WF0+t)
  
  Further, Russia has not caused issues for us since the fall of the Soviet Union yet we still have people, even here, telling us that Putin is the devil, Russia is evil, and we must go-go-go on crushing them.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:31 AM (GYIa4)

  298 The bus is here.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:31 AM (ENQN6)

  299 I had to spend 10 years in school to treat your medical emergency, and I also have to spend years learning your language to talk to you because in the 40 years you have lived here it was too much trouble for you to learn a single word of english, and because we are so accommodating, you haven't had any pressure to.

  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (r9ulo)

  300 The bus is here.
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:31 AM (ENQN6)
  ++++
  Don't get tossed under it!

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (yjAVs)

  301 Yeah, it's Pudgy Toosday for sure. When I was a kid, it was a second Halloween. As a young adult, it was a good excuse for Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 to wear scanty and sexy outfits. Now I just want to be away from crowds and traffic and refuse to pay for parking. Okay, if I lived within a couple blocks of a parade route, I might go. But I'm not going to battle for a parking space.
  
  The last times I enjoyed going to an outdoor event were in my Colorado years, when I attended the Highlands Street Fair in NW Denver. Early June there is hot but pleasant in the shade, it was possible to find parking without a struggle, and the crowds were manageable. I suspect, from what YD, Joe Mannix, and others have said, once-beautiful Denver is now a hellhole.
  
  I wish I'd grown up there or somewhere out West.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (omVj0)

  302 Looks like the DesRon 2 Commodore got shit-canned over the weekend.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (a1415)

  303 I had to spend 10 years in school to treat your medical emergency, and I also have to spend years learning your language to talk to you because in the 40 years you have lived here it was too much trouble for you to learn a single word of english, and because we are so accommodating, you haven't had any pressure to.
  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (r9ulo)
  ++++
  Assimilation and Americanization are racist, CAT.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (yjAVs)

  304 >>>>Indigenous People's art
  
  And it's cousin, unattributed African proverbs.
  
  What African tribe/people said "It takes a village to raise a child," Hillary?

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (RXyKO)

  305 IIRC Ukraine is a nexus for a lot of unsavory stuff our betters are into; child and woman trafficking, laundering lots of money, etc.
  
  Plus it was reported the government there has some, if not all, of the goods on the politicians who "do business" there.
  
  Including one named *biden.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (Q4IgG)

  306 Free Tibet!

  Posted by: Leftist Bumper Stickers You Don't See Anymore at February 13, 2024 08:33 AM (JF/W5)

  307 Dang climate. Keeps changing.

  Posted by: Lotsa white stuff at February 13, 2024 08:33 AM (NBVIP)

  308 100 Fawn could have been in a ZZ Top MTV video, no?
  Posted by: Ignoramus at February 13, 2024 07:39 AM (Gse2f)
  
  Rehdeaded (at the time) Smokeshow. Too bad she died in that kiln explosion.
  
  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 07:45 AM (4I/2K)
  ----
  Apparently she's still around!!
  

  Posted by: Ciampino - news of my demise ...... at February 13, 2024 08:33 AM (qfLjt)

  309 I don't mind subsidizing misery, but I'm a value investor in the slaughter market, and a perpetual "draw" on the cheap seems like must-watch to this viewer.
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:23 AM (5HQE5)
  
  We've sunk hundreds of billions of dollars that we don't have into this "slaughter market" and re-enforcing a policy of animosity with Russia, a country we should have embraced long ago as a partner against China.
  
  That's not "on the cheap".

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:33 AM (GYIa4)

  310 50 years from now:
  
  Washington DC, Weather Report...
  
  High tide this morning at the top of the third crack in that big white rock sticking out of the bottom of the crater.
  
  Radiation levels degreasing to 30 Roentgen by early morning.

  Posted by: pawn at February 13, 2024 08:34 AM (QB+5g)

  311 "What African tribe/people said "It takes a village to raise a child," Hillary?"
  
  Same folks that celebrate Kwanza?

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:34 AM (a1415)

  312 They said we were going to get certain death snowpocalypse, then they said, just kidding, only 4". I plowed 6" off of my road before I left for work, and in the 1/2 hr it took me to shower and get my work clothes on, there was another 2" on the road again.

  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:34 AM (r9ulo)

  313 I suspect, from what YD, Joe Mannix, and others have said, once-beautiful Denver is now a hellhole.
  
  I wish I'd grown up there or somewhere out West.
  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (omVj0)
  ++++
  Once-beautiful Denver is now a hellhole.
  
  And I can appreciate the sentiment. It was a wonderful place to grow up. I didn't grow up in town, but up in the mountains nearby. Denver was "down the hill" to the city. Went there a lot. It was nice. The mountains were nice. Too many too aggressive cops who just adore rent extraction through arbitrary traffic enforcement (and no other skills to speak of), but that was the only downside to where I grew up. It was good. It isn't anymore.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (yjAVs)

  314 It takes a village to raze a child.
  
  Tengri must be appeased.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (5HQE5)

  315 "I saw where he re-did and re-posted Nikki's "chicken" ad about how he's scared to debate her."
  
  One thing I learned from watching "Walker, Texas Ranger" is you never ask Chuck Norris "Is that all you got?".

  Posted by: fd at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (vFG9F)

  316
  I also have to spend years learning your language to talk to you because in the 40 years you have lived here it was too much trouble for you to learn a single word of english, and because we are so accommodating, you haven't had any pressure to.
  
  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM
  
  My wife took a college class in 'Spanish for medical personnel'. I think it was only one semester. It gave her just enough for her position.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (nIvob)

  317 Lots of good indigenous horde knowledge was lost to the ban hole.
  
  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (r9ulo)
  
  -------------
  
  I'm kind of surprised I haven't yet been sucked through the ban hole here.
  
  /Phrasing???

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (nCXDi)

  318 Serious question for the Horde what with the eclipse coming up:
  
  Do any of you remember when the sun was yellow?

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fort Sumter bad Texas good, Southern states bad Ukraine good at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (WF0+t)

  319 "Free Tibet!"
  
  Buy one, and get another of equal or lesser value.
  
  Collect the entire set!

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (a1415)

  320 They said we were going to get certain death snowpocalypse, then they said, just kidding, only 4". I plowed 6" off of my road before I left for work, and in the 1/2 hr it took me to shower and get my work clothes on, there was another 2" on the road again.
  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:34 AM (r9ulo)
  ++++
  Meh. Being off by 100% or more is just good forecasting!

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (yjAVs)

  321 297. Good point, considering our Pentagon is afraid of China

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (BGQYY)

  322 >>We've sunk hundreds of billions of dollars that we don't have into this "slaughter market" and re-enforcing a policy of animosity with Russia, a country we should have embraced long ago as a partner against China. That's not "on the cheap".
  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:33 AM (GYIa4)
  
  That "we" don't have?
  
  Kneel.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (5HQE5)

  323 I refuse to learn spanish. If me talking to you through the interpreter service harms you, that is your problem. Learn to speak the prevailing language of the country you invaded.

  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:37 AM (r9ulo)

  324 I'm more of a Herbert.
  --------
  Dilbert! Dilbert! Dilbert! Dilbert!

  Posted by: space hippie who likes earther comic strips at February 13, 2024 08:37 AM (2yu8s)

  325 >>>>>Indigenous People's art
  ---
  
  years ago I would go camping in Utah, and I liked to track down and photograph the different rock art sites (petroglyphs and pictographs)
  
  very interesting how those people interpreted human and animal figures

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM (geLO8)

  326 Meh. Being off by 100% or more is just good forecasting!
  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (yjAVs)
  
  And good budgeting! For certain goobermint budgets, it's close enough to be a dead on bullseye.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM (4I/2K)

  327 What African tribe/people said "It takes a village to raise a child," Hillary?
  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:32 AM (RXyKO)
  
  THe Fugowees

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM (ENQN6)

  328 >>My wife took a college class in 'Spanish for medical personnel'. I think it was only one semester. It gave her just enough for her position.
  
  
  Only takes one class to learn that loudly moaning "Ay-yi-yi! while dramatically swaying means "put me in the front of the line, gringo ER intake nurse. Have seen that one more than once.

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM (RXyKO)

  329 Was not expecting snow today but here we are.
  
  Feel better, J.J.

  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM (T+Iwg)

  330 With all of our words that end in "nt"
  ----
  Silly bunt!

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM (2yu8s)

  331 Seinfeld being off the air for 25 years, is still funnier than any of the PC crap today

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (BGQYY)

  332 Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

  Posted by: 704 Hauser Street at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (NBVIP)

  333 >>323 I refuse to learn spanish. If me talking to you through the interpreter service harms you, that is your problem. Learn to speak the prevailing language of the country you invaded.
  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:37 AM (r9ulo)
  
  How to speak to illegal aliens:
  
  [ ] Spanish
  [ ] Spanglish
  [ ] English
  [x] The lash

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (5HQE5)

  334 "THe Fugowees"
  
  Agarn!!

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (a1415)

  335 Meh. Being off by 100% or more is just good forecasting!
  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (yjAVs)
  
  "They're calling for two to four inches of snow to materialize on the ground and then fling straight up into the air this weekend. "

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (9UlRk)

  336 I'm not going to form an opinion about the J6er who shot into the air until Jaime Raskin assures me "He's one of your guys, leave him alone!"

  Posted by: Calling Myself the Tranboss Didn't Raise My Paycheck at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (vLkBj)

  337 It takes a village to raze a child.
  
  Tengri must be appeased.
  
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (5HQE5)
  
  ----------------
  
  Not kidding: have had an earworm ever since a few nights ago the ONT mystery click was to Carly Simon performing this song live in Grand Central Station -- and this morning lying in bed was imagining turning it into a similar parody around that word substitution:
  
  But you say it's time we moved in together
  And razed a family of our own, you and me
  Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
  You want to marry me

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:40 AM (nCXDi)

  338 >>>Wasn't he Ronna Romney's assistant? - jjs
  ~~~~~
  
  He was/is Chair of the North Carolina Republican Party.

  Posted by: IrishEi at February 13, 2024 08:40 AM (BTgIn)

  339 This bill makes it illegal to cut the ears off of puppies. It also provides $100B to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan every year for the next 10 years and prohibits the president from making the funds contingent.
  
  Vote no!
  
  Why do you want the ears cut off of puppies!!!??

  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:40 AM (r9ulo)

  340 Ukraine GDP 2020
  
  Ukraine gdp for 2019 was $153.88B
  
  So we are burning around 220 B to save 153.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:40 AM (ENQN6)

  341 "They're calling for two to four inches of snow to materialize on the ground and then fling straight up into the air this weekend. "
  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:39 AM (9UlRk)
  ++++
  LOL
  
  This still isn't the least accurate forecast I've ever seen.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:40 AM (yjAVs)

  342 See if the question mark messes up the name field

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 08:41 AM (WF0+t)

  343 We should have gone back to 20th century Earth again and dropped those damn dirty hippies off in Eden Park.

  Posted by: Cap'n Quirk at February 13, 2024 08:41 AM (vFG9F)

  344 You want to marry me
  
  --------
  
  *You want to murder me

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:41 AM (nCXDi)

  345 Ukraine GDP 2020
  
  Ukraine gdp for 2019 was $153.88B
  
  So we are burning around 220 B to save 153.
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:40 AM (ENQN6)
  ++++
  In fairness, we've spent it over a couple of years so we've probably only dumped a third to a half of Ukraine's GDP into the country. Much less than that in cash. The rest has to be converted by reselling our weapons abroad, which will come with significant discounts as compared to list prices.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:42 AM (yjAVs)

  346 Snowing here. Huzzah!

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:42 AM (5HQE5)

  347 "You want to marry me"
  
  That song haunts me.
  
  
  Uuuuuughhh.........
  
  
  I'm out.

  Posted by: pawn at February 13, 2024 08:43 AM (QB+5g)

  348 We'll make it up in volume.

  Posted by: Yelling Janet at February 13, 2024 08:43 AM (NBVIP)

  349 Branches cracking. Lights flickering.
  
  It's a proper snow day here alright.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:43 AM (9UlRk)

  350 We'll make it up in volume.
  Posted by: Yelling Janet at February 13, 2024 08:43 AM (NBVIP)
  ++++
  It can't fail!

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:43 AM (yjAVs)

  351 278 I'd laugh if KJP snaps and goes on an unhinged rant... "this guy is a fucking retard, what the hell is wrong with you people! I only did this shit because they were paying me and i took the job without asking enough questions! Holy shit this guy is a creep! I'm not even fucking gay! Aaaaargh! Get me out of here!"
  
  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:26 AM (9UlRk)
  
  
  KJP answers every question about Joe's mental state and fitness for the job with some combo of the following -
  "He works HARD!"
  "He asks good questions!"
  "In the past month, he's gone to A, B, C, etc.! And talked with a lot of people on each of those trips!"
  "He talks with you guys (reporters) and takes your questions a LOT! Last week at A, he got ice cream and took some questions from you!" (Yeah, he flippantly answered one or two shouted questions)
  "His personal physician wrote a letter last year giving results oh his physical exam. The doctor wrote the President is fully capable of doing his job!"
  
  But never a word about Joe's mental state behind closed doors and how many hours a day he ACTUALLY does work. No reporter has been invited to follow along with Joe for a day in the WH. Usually a POTUS SOP.

  Posted by: Gref at February 13, 2024 08:43 AM (5fDan)

  352 331, my bro and I still quote it. I also loved Frasier wings and news radio from that era. But Seinfeld is the universal language of our people, Half of us are pro Fraiser and anti Fraiser but everyone who has a clue loves Seinfeld.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:44 AM (cESVi)

  353 I used to know the script of every i love Lucy episode verbatim.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (9UlRk)

  354 You know where it's NOT going to be snowing this week?
  
  Right here. In the Great Plains. Where I live. LOLOLOL
  
  New England, eat your heart out!

  Posted by: Gryph at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (aCVzN)

  355 Two hour delay because of climate change.
  Cantcha just Zoom?

  Posted by: I gotta ask at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (NBVIP)

  356 I don't know a number, but I'd be shocked if 5% of cash and goods actually reached the purported destination in Ukraine.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (WF0+t)

  357 I'm at a motel in Southern IL and the breakfast room is running local NBC affiliate TV news. Holy shit, do people really WATCH this stuff? Do people believe any of it? It's incredible. I haven't owned a TV in over 20 years so really don't keep up; don't watch TV unless it happens to be on in a bar, and that rarely features 'news'.
  
  It's nonstop idiocy, falsehoods, shrill screaming, and does not resemble reporting of facts in any way, shape, or form. Is this what people see?

  Posted by: LenNeal at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (x1qZd)

  358 @RNCResearch
  1m
  BREAKING: Inflation is up 3.1% over last year — "HOTTER than expected."
  
  Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/5fhnjuny
  

  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

  359 Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  
  It's more than that.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:46 AM (R4t5M)

  360 We should have gone back to 20th century Earth again and dropped those damn dirty hippies off in Eden Park.
  Posted by: Cap'n Quirk at February 13, 2024
  
  ***
  But Dr. Sevrin's disease might have infected and killed millions! REEEEE!

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:47 AM (omVj0)

  361 Colorado legalized pot, and every braindead zombie under 30 moved to Denver. Sad

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:47 AM (BGQYY)

  362 Do any of you remember when the sun was yellow?
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fort Sumter bad Texas good, Southern states bad Ukraine good at February 13, 2024 08:35 AM (WF0+t)
  
  The sun will kick your ass, buddy, I don't know that I'd suggest it was yellow... oh, you mean actually the color yellow... carry on.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:47 AM (GYIa4)

  363 357. Is this what people see?
  
  Between what passes for "news" and "education" these days, it's no wonder we've raised a generation of kids utterly unable to think critically.

  Posted by: Gryph at February 13, 2024 08:47 AM (aCVzN)

  364 359 Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  
  It's more than that.
  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:46 AM (R4t5M)
  
  Who's buying overalls these days anyway?

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:47 AM (9UlRk)

  365 It's nonstop idiocy, falsehoods, shrill screaming, and does not resemble reporting of facts in any way, shape, or form. Is this what people see?
  Posted by: LenNeal at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (x1qZd)
  
  Ummmm...Yes.

  Posted by: Smooth Brained NFL Watchers at February 13, 2024 08:48 AM (JF/W5)

  366 sp 500 down pretty good pre market

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:48 AM (BGQYY)

  367 Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  
  It's more than that.
  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:46 AM (R4t5M)
  
  Just look at the prices for eggs over past 3 years. Incredible.

  Posted by: dantesed at February 13, 2024 08:48 AM (88xKn)

  368 *It's nonstop idiocy, falsehoods, shrill screaming, and does not resemble reporting of facts in any way, shape, or form. Is this what people see?*
  
  Turn off the "news."

  Posted by: It's Pravda at February 13, 2024 08:48 AM (NBVIP)

  369 264 Antelope Freeway - 1/2 Mile
  Posted by: Firesign Theater
  
  Howdy neighbor

  Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 13, 2024 08:48 AM (JkCto)

  370 I love he oohing and ahhing of visitors over Indigenous People's art, architecture, literature and engineering - none of them compare that work to the contemporary equivalents in continental Europe (circa 15th-18th centuries - the age of cathedrals)
  ------
  It kills me about the U.S. Antiques Roadshow when Indian crap like pottery that was literally made for the tourist trade in the '20s or '30s, goes for $10s of thousands.
  
  Pre-Columbian artifacts; 18th Century real, everyday Indian items [I recall a tomahawk with some Geo Washington connection for example], fine; but it's a half-assed clay pot no matter what geometric, tribal pattern has been painted on it!

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (2yu8s)

  371 Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  
  It's more than that.
  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:46 AM (R4t5M)
  
  Just look at the prices for eggs over past 3 years. Incredible.
  Posted by: dantesed at February 13, 2024 08:48 AM (88xKn)
  ----
  Gas prices also went up again in my AO this morning...

  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (7fElN)

  372 The Lakewood Church shooter was an El Salvadorian immigrant who was detained by ICE. Genesse Moreno (Who also went by the alias Jeffery Escalante) had a voting record in the 2020 election.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (ENQN6)

  373 real inflation indicators are the prices at Walmart and McDonalds. Those business thrive on keeping costs low, and their products are thru the roof right now

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (BGQYY)

  374 Our local news tv channel actually does an admirable job of trying to be real news. Not perfect by any stretch, but it's a hell of a lot better than most.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (9UlRk)

  375 That "we" don't have?
  
  Kneel.
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:36 AM (5HQE5)
  
  I'm confused. Are you suggesting that we, as a country, are not $34T+ in debt and that we have all the money in the world to shove at Ukraine?

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (GYIa4)

  376 ... It's nonstop idiocy, falsehoods, shrill screaming, and does not resemble reporting of facts in any way, shape, or form. Is this what people see?
  Posted by: LenNeal at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (x1qZd)
  ++++
  It is. Local newscasts vary by market, but all suck. I try to tune in once or twice per week in the morning just to keep abreast of the lies of the week. It's an exercise in head-shaking. My local affiliate is meh. It isn't based and it isn't totally in the tank for the hard-left (just mostly in the tank). I'm in a small market that is pretty conservative.
  
  Once the local newscast finishes and it swaps over to the national morning show, it's like a train jumping off the tracks and smashing into your living room. It goes from a bunch of libs pretending to play it approximately straight to a bunch of Maoists beating you about the face and neck with the blunt end of the prog narrative. I refuse to watch the national morning show. The local news has some minimal value (traffic, weather, local stories with discernible biases that can be adjusted, etc.). The national morning show has zero value at best.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (yjAVs)

  377 Gas up 20 cents a gallon in the last ten 10 days.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (R4t5M)

  378 >>366 sp 500 down pretty good pre market
  Posted by: Jonah
  
  Dow futures down 300+.
  Gold is down also which is total BS.
  

  Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (eYF7X)

  379 Our local weather forecast office totally botched the snow we were supposed to get last night/this morning.
  
  Last Friday they forecast a dusting of wet snow. Then over the weekend it changed to "possibly 4 inches" and as late as Monday afternoon it was "heavy snow."
  
  We got nothing. Not even rain.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

  380 "Joey B: Too Demented for Justice" Playing in theaters near you!
  
  There. Now it's a movie thread.
  Posted by: Auspex
  ----------
  Biden: The Final Count... You Know, The Thing

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (2yu8s)

  381 264 Antelope Freeway - 1/2 Mile
  Posted by: Firesign Theater
  
  Oh, how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at aaaaaall....
  
  (bum, bum, bum)

  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (T+Iwg)

  382 Young people still pissed at Biden over his student loan scam, to help him in the 2022 elections.

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:50 AM (BGQYY)

  383 358 @RNCResearch
  1m
  BREAKING: Inflation is up 3.1% over last year — "HOTTER than expected."
  
  Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/5fhnjuny
  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
  
  Out 300 dollar food bill is now 400

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (ENQN6)

  384 Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  -
  
  That's hilarious. I understand why they keep pushing it, but still. Yes, I suspect if you factor in yachts and hot water heaters and stump grinders that is correct, but the things people buy every day have doubled.
  
  Heck, cars are up 50%. To the point that even the MSM are openly and willingly acknowledging that normal people in median income households can no longer afford to buy a car.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (WF0+t)

  385 "The Lakewood Church shooter was an El Salvadorian immigrant who was detained by ICE. Genesse Moreno (Who also went by the alias Jeffery Escalante) had a voting record in the 2020 election."
  
  Just doing the things that real American's won't do.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (a1415)

  386 my bro and I still quote it. I also loved Frasier wings and news radio from that era. But Seinfeld is the universal language of our people, Half of us are pro Fraiser and anti Fraiser but everyone who has a clue loves Seinfeld.
  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:44 AM (cESVi)
  
  Wings was a great show! Highly underrated. I recently acquired the DVD set of the full series. It's just an old school sit-com that doesn't try to do anything except allow you to leave your brain in neutral and laugh.

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (MtueO)

  387 After Have Gun -- Will Travel is over, time for a shave (a good three-day beard shave) and shower. If it warms to 60 today, I may go out and touch up some tiny nicks on the Buick that have been bothering me for a while. I might even take a pre-lunch walk over my usual walk/run stretch, or take a different route.
  
  Miss Linda is going over to see the Rex parade. I suppose she'll want me to pick her up at the ferry this p.m., and that's not going to be fun.
  
  And as I normally do on a Sunday, I need to prepare my salad and lunch for tomorrow's return to work.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (omVj0)

  388 >>I'm confused. Are you suggesting that we, as a country, are not $34T+ in debt and that we have all the money in the world to shove at Ukraine?
  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (GYIa4)
  
  I will show you. The United States is $34 trillion in debt. ZOD has all the money.
  
  Resume your toil.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (5HQE5)

  389 *Who's buying overalls these days anyway?*
  
  We've got a barn full of perfectly good potato sacks!

  Posted by: Grampa Simpson at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (NBVIP)

  390 I'm confused. Are you suggesting that we, as a country, are not $34T+ in debt and that we have all the money in the world to shove at Ukraine?
  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (GYIa4)
  
  I think he's saying that supply creates its own demand.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (9UlRk)

  391 real inflation indicators are the prices at Walmart and McDonalds. Those business thrive on keeping costs low, and their products are thru the roof right now
  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (BGQYY)
  
  Doesn't that placement make it harder on the elderly and infirm and ham-planet shoppers to put them in their hoveround baskets?

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (4I/2K)

  392 Lots of good indigenous horde knowledge was lost to the ban hole.
  
  Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 13, 2024 08:27 AM (r9ulo)
  
  Yes. Walking into Ace's living room and sh*tting on the coffee table is unacceptable behavior, regardless of how much one knows.

  Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (gSZYf)

  393 Morning TV ruined a lot of women. It is horrific.

  Posted by: Jamaica with a prediliction at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (IG7T0)

  394 "Joey B: Too Demented for Justice" Playing in theaters near you!
  
  There. Now it's a movie thread.
  Posted by: Auspex
  ---
  He takes on an aging, equally demented Steven Seagal...

  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (7fElN)

  395 I need more napping. See you all later.

  Posted by: Ciampino - Cats are asleep at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (qfLjt)

  396 378. Still not buying puts. Deep state financial scum on Wall Street and D.C are propping markets to help Biden

  Posted by: Jonah at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (BGQYY)

  397 The Lakewood Church shooter was an El Salvadorian immigrant who was detained by ICE. Genesse Moreno (Who also went by the alias Jeffery Escalante) had a voting record in the 2020 election.
  
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (ENQN6)
  
  ------------
  
  Over 1000 total votes (reparations!) @ about 100 votes in 10 different "battleground" states!
  
  /only half-joking

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (nCXDi)

  398 "Young people still pissed at Biden over his student loan scam, to help him in the 2022 elections."
  
  Yeh kids...you fcuked up, and trusted him.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (a1415)

  399 If you are going to do an indices based on the election, go with oil prices. Wall Street is dominated by hard-core leftists, that wasn’t the case back in the day, but it is the case now.
  
  Wall Street used to be blue collar, Italians, and Irish men doing the actual trading and hard-core conservatives like Rick Santelli, and Larry Kudlow. Today it is hard left. They mocked the crap out of the guy who predicted 36,000 but now it’s at 38,000. I don’t expect any help from the stock market going into the election.
  
  As a patriotic, American and consumer, I hope oil prices fall, but if one figure doom the Biden reelection, it has got to be oil not the stock market.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (cESVi)

  400 *Overall* prices are up 17.9 percent. If you leave out food and energy, that is "core inflation," you might be able to spin it to around 4-5 percent, which is still twice the Fed's goal of so-called "stable prices."
  
  If you look at food and energy, which are the two things everyone buys, they have nearly doubled. Inflation is worst in the sectors that hit the poor the hardest.

  Posted by: Gryph at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (aCVzN)

  401 358 @RNCResearch
  1m
  BREAKING: Inflation is up 3.1% over last year — "HOTTER than expected."
  
  Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/5fhnjuny
  
  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
  
  
  Looks like today Joe will work harder than ever to make voters pay no attention to the CPI inflation number, by going on TV and screaming about 'big brands' ripping them off on potato chips, using 'greedflation' and shrinkflation.' What a POS.

  Posted by: Gref at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (5fDan)

  402 Wings was a great show! Highly underrated. I recently acquired the DVD set of the full series. It's just an old school sit-com that doesn't try to do anything except allow you to leave your brain in neutral and laugh.
  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024
  
  ***
  And Crystal Bernard had the richest, sexiest hair in sitcom history.
  
  Fun Fact: Wings is set in the same universe as Cheers and Frasier. Norm and Cliff showed up in one episode to take a flight.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (omVj0)

  403 Two words
  
  Diesel and Trucks
  
  These are the lifeblood of our economy and every nickel and dime line item in our rules and regs adds $$$$$ to your everyday life.

  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (ENQN6)

  404 Holy F**kBalls, the app that The Junta Created to streamline asylum for illegals has been downloaded and accessed 64 F**king Million F**king Times.
  
  America has become a f**king flop house, citizen ship means jack sh*t nothing and American Taxpayers are the suckers paying for all of this bullsh*t.

  Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (XV/Pl)

  405 I liked Wings because they let every character take their turn at being the heel. Nobody was an untouchable paragon of virtue. Everyone had some foible that got everyone into hot water at some point or another.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (9UlRk)

  406 My favorite news story from the weekend must have been strangely overlooked
  
  https://shorturl.at/gowKT

  Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 13, 2024 08:54 AM (Z1hlx)

  407 404. America has become a f**king flop house, citizen ship means jack sh*t nothing and American Taxpayers are the suckers paying for all of this bullsh*t.
  
  Don't expect a nation of chestless cowards to actually step up and do anything about it.

  Posted by: Gryph at February 13, 2024 08:54 AM (aCVzN)

  408 "Joey B: Too Demented for Justice" Playing in theaters near you!
  
  There. Now it's a movie thread.
  Posted by: Auspex
  ---
  He takes on an aging, equally demented Steven Seagal...
  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (7fElN)
  
  ------------
  
  The estate of Charles Bronson sues as he's included in a #DeepFake cameo appearance.

  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:54 AM (nCXDi)

  409 Still not buying puts. Deep state financial scum on Wall Street and D.C are propping markets to help Biden
  Posted by: Jonah
  
  --
  
  The market isn't real. There is no real way for little fish to do well outside of dumb luck (Tesla, Nvidia, etc.). No humans decided that tech was bad and to collapse the sector, but an algorithm fired off an order for a huge trading company and other trading platform / hedge funds followed suit. The next day:
  
  "Investors soured on tech"

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 08:55 AM (WF0+t)

  410 Holy F**kBalls, the app that The Junta Created to streamline asylum for illegals has been downloaded and accessed 64 F**king Million F**king Times.
  
  America has become a f**king flop house, citizen ship means jack sh*t nothing and American Taxpayers are the suckers paying for all of this bullsh*t.
  Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (XV/Pl)
  +++++
  I should download it and pretend to be an illegal alien, use it to pick up subsidized housing and then illegally sublet it to another illegal alien so I can pocket the difference. I'll incorporate myself as a 501(c)3 called "Hyperlocal Housing Initiative."

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 08:55 AM (yjAVs)

  411 Sorry you're not feeling well J.J.

  Posted by: It's me donna at February 13, 2024 08:55 AM (Akjoo)

  412 He takes on an aging, equally demented Steven Seagal...
  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (7fElN)
  
  Training montage with Gary Busey

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:55 AM (9UlRk)

  413 "Joey B: Too Demented for Justice" Playing in theaters near you!
  
  There. Now it's a movie thread.
  Posted by: Auspex
  ---
  He takes on an aging, equally demented Steven Seagal...
  Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 13, 2024 08:52 AM (7fElN)
  
  ------------
  
  The estate of Charles Bronson sues as he's included in a #DeepFake cameo appearance.
  Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 13, 2024 08:54 AM (nCXDi)
  
  Can I get in on this action?

  Posted by: Harrison Ford at February 13, 2024 08:55 AM (4I/2K)

  414 @402 all of those shows started in Massachusetts, with Frasier relocating to Seattle

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (DgSZ/)

  415 I'm confused. Are you suggesting that we, as a country, are not $34T+ in debt and that we have all the money in the world to shove at Ukraine?
  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM (GYIa4)
  
  Ummm...Yes.

  Posted by: Medicare/Medicaid And Other Federal Moochers at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (JF/W5)

  416
  Genesse Moreno (Who also went by the alias Jeffery Escalante) had a voting record in the 2020 election.
  
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:49 AM
  
  Impossible. Experts have repeatedly assured us that voting fraud is non-existent in the USA.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (nIvob)

  417 386, Doof, some of the main people from wings were involved with Fraiser as well. I believe David Angell, was a producer of both shows at least he was a big wig. he was very highly respected, but he passed away on 9/11.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (cESVi)

  418 And Crystal Bernard had the richest, sexiest hair in sitcom history.
  
  Fun Fact: Wings is set in the same universe as Cheers and Frasier. Norm and Cliff showed up in one episode to take a flight.
  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (omVj0)
  
  Hmmm -- never got a ballot for that category. Will have to ponder it.

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (MtueO)

  419 >>Diesel and Trucks
  Posted by: rhennigantx at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (ENQN6)
  
  Rail and roads.
  
  The barrier to entry is awesome, and steel-on-steel remains the most cost-efficient, remunerative mode of freight transportation since the 1980 Staggers Act.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (5HQE5)

  420 Resume your toil.
  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 08:51 AM (5HQE5)
  
  I am not an Aztec. You have no authority here.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 08:57 AM (GYIa4)

  421 I so effing sick of this constant fawning over “indigenous” peoples. If they don’t want to get civilized, fine, they can stay in the forest and eat spiders. By the same token, they can shut up and stop hectoring the civilized about how “superior”
  they are. Shut up and eat your spider, savage.

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 08:57 AM (9yWhg)

  422 I have some sort of mental disorder where I think that attractive blonde from Wings is in almost every other show, even some that it's impossible for her to be in. Shows from the mid 2010s and such. She has that look to my brain. I liked that look a lot, too.
  
  Some sort of weird pareidolia (sp?).

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 08:58 AM (WF0+t)

  423 With proper planning, rail is by far the cheapest way to move freight.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 08:59 AM (R4t5M)

  424 They gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
  They said, "Steve you're way behind time
  This is not '38, this is old '97
  Put her into Spencer on time"
  
  Then he turned around and said to his big greasy fireman
  "Hey, shovel on a little more coal
  And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
  Watch old '97 roll"

  Posted by: Wreck of the Old 97 at February 13, 2024 08:59 AM (4I/2K)

  425 I have some sort of mental disorder where I think that attractive blonde from Wings is in almost every other show, even some that it's impossible for her to be in. Shows from the mid 2010s and such. She has that look to my brain. I liked that look a lot, too.
  
  Some sort of weird pareidolia (sp?).
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024
  
  ***
  She looks (or did then) like a lot of country women singers.

  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2024 08:59 AM (omVj0)

  426 358 @RNCResearch
  1m
  BREAKING: Inflation is up 3.1% over last year — "HOTTER than expected."
  
  Overall prices are up 17.9% since Biden took office.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/5fhnjuny
  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
  
  Kiss that rate cut Biden and his cronies were hoping to get to secure his reelection.

  Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 13, 2024 08:59 AM (N39Ws)

  427 I liked Wings because they let every character take their turn at being the heel. Nobody was an untouchable paragon of virtue. Everyone had some foible that got everyone into hot water at some point or another.
  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 08:53 AM (9UlRk)
  
  Good point.
  
  I need to find the episode where the guys were discussing the all-time worst smelling time in history. I think Antonio won with "summertime, bubonic plague, on Bring Out Your Dead Day".

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 09:00 AM (MtueO)

  428 22 RINOs helped pass that so-called border ill that did nothing for the border and gave away millions to asswipes in eUROPE.

  Posted by: vic at February 13, 2024 09:00 AM (A5THL)

  429 Overall prices are up 17.9%
  
  ********
  
  But pants are half off.

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 09:00 AM (991eG)

  430 Crystal Bernard. She had a window.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (R4t5M)

  431 Never gets old. I think I just busted my gut laughing.
  Posted by: Count de Monet
  ---------
  Do you even know what a 'write-off' is, Count de Monet?

  Posted by: jerry seinfeld at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (2yu8s)

  432 Using AOC's hermeneutics, we are talking about the wisdom of living in beat-up single-wide mobile homes constantly intoxicated on fire water and peyote paid for with welfare and casino proceeds.
  Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2024 08:02 AM (IBtD/)
  
  So, Alabama?

  Posted by: I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (iODuv)

  433 Exactly what I want to do. Use the medical and agronomy expertise of indigenous peoples living just above the poverty level. Yes, that will translate very well to our modern population size. Recently attended the funeral of a young woman with breast cancer who decided to treat it with holistic medicines. Holistic medicines may work for some things, however not all.

  Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (2NHgQ)

  434 Doof, some of the main people from wings were involved with Fraiser as well. I believe David Angell, was a producer of both shows at least he was a big wig. he was very highly respected, but he passed away on 9/11.
  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 08:56 AM (cESVi)
  
  Shamed a bit to admit, I never watched Frasier. I loved Cheers, but somehow did not follow the spin-off. Might have to remedy that.

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (MtueO)

  435 In recent military news...
  
  The naval version of the V-22 Osprey has been determined unsuitable to fill the roll of Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) due to multiple system failures.
  
  

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (a1415)

  436 Overall prices are up 17.9%
  
  ********
  
  But pants are half off.
  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 09:00 AM (991eG)
  
  
  HAHAHAHAH!!!

  Posted by: runner at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (V13WU)

  437 If you're in New York's 3rd Congressional district get out and vote for Mazi Philip even if it's a blizzard.

  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

  438 So, Alabama?
  Posted by: I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (iODuv)
  ++++
  ROLL TIDE
  
  I hear that any time Alabama is mentioned, one should yell that phrase to win friends or defuse conflict.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 09:02 AM (yjAVs)

  439 >>Seagal...Busey
  
  If you surgically attached Busey and Seagal at the mouth, you's have a piece worthy of MOMA installation.
  
  Artist's Statement: This piece is called 'Rescuscitation.' It is a psychosexual indictment of person-kind's exhalation of carbon dioxide and represents a model of proactive repair of our planet.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 09:02 AM (5HQE5)

  440 For several years now we've been discussing the possibility that common, everyday things would disappear from our lives. Whether by design/punishment is debatable, but what is not debatable is that it appears to be happening.
  
  As I predicted, the cost of ICE vehicles and their availability is one of the items I expected to become unavailable. Either through cost or supply.
  
  Pretty soon, if this trend continues, a lot of things are going to be too expensive, or simply unavailable to us.
  

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 09:02 AM (Q4IgG)

  441 For me, the big tell on the Ukraine situation is the junta is completely open about caring more about Ukraine’s border than ours. Their recently proposed bill had way more $$ for Ukraine than our own border! And then I remember this Vindman character was more loyal to Ukraine than the president whose administration he was supposedly serving in…..

  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:02 AM (1jdMT)

  442 Also, Today's the special election in NY to replace George Santos, it goes without saying this is going to be a pickup for the Donks as they are running well known Donk Tom Suazzi and have dumped millions of dollars into this race.
  
  
  Heckuva job, goofball, illegitimate political party.
  
  

  Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 13, 2024 09:03 AM (XV/Pl)

  443 Shamed a bit to admit, I never watched Frasier. I loved Cheers, but somehow did not follow the spin-off. Might have to remedy that.
  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (MtueO)
  
  Twice as good as Cheers. The rare spin-off that is better.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:03 AM (R4t5M)

  444 423.
  
  Rail is getting dangerous. It used to take a crew of five with a caboose, and someone constantly monitoring for hot boxes from the rear cupola.
  
  The train derailment in East Palestine was a direct result of corner cutting by rail company officials coupled with (no pun intended) negligence on the part of the two-man crew. As far as I can tell, no one's been held to account for that debacle yet, probably because it would be a tacit admission of how badly federal government oversight has failed the rail industry.
  

  Posted by: Gryph at February 13, 2024 09:03 AM (aCVzN)

  445 Wow. Crystal Bernard and Fawn Hall in the same thread. Mmmmmm…

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:03 AM (9yWhg)

  446 "With proper planning, rail is by far the cheapest way to move freight."
  
  Wait...I thought containerized Travois shipment was faster, and cheaper.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:04 AM (a1415)

  447 I loved Frasier, but hated cheers. Mostly because i have always despised ted danson. Even as a child. That dude has always mashed my Fuck That Guy button like a lab monkey jonesing for a rock.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:04 AM (9UlRk)

  448 I have some authority to address this:
  
  Peyote in Alabama is college kids and high school deadheads. The trailer park folks are almost exclusively drunks and meth addicts with maybe a little pot thrown in here and there.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:04 AM (WF0+t)

  449 Do you even know what a 'write-off' is, Count de Monet?
  Posted by: jerry seinfeld at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (2yu8s)
  
  Stop! I'm gonna pop a hernia from the laughing.

  Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2024 09:04 AM (4I/2K)

  450 >> all of those shows started in Massachusetts, with Frasier relocating to Seattle
  
  The bar that Cheers was built around used to be a locals bar in my hood. It didn't really look like the bar in Cheers and there was no Norm. They did make some pretty decent chili.

  Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2024 09:05 AM (LkLld)

  451 442 Also, Today's the special election in NY to replace George Santos, it goes without saying this is going to be a pickup for the Donks as they are running well known Donk Tom Suazzi and have dumped millions of dollars into this race.
  
  Stupid Repubs should have let him finish his term..

  Posted by: It's me donna at February 13, 2024 09:05 AM (Akjoo)

  452 And Bibi Neuwirth was a smokeshow. Damn.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:05 AM (R4t5M)

  453 She looks (or did then) like a lot of country women singers.
  Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
  
  -
  
  It became such a thing in our household that I will still jokingly ask my wife "is that the lady from Wings" on new shows.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (WF0+t)

  454 I so effing sick of this constant fawning over “indigenous” peoples. If they don’t want to get civilized, fine, they can stay in the forest and eat spiders. By the same token, they can shut up and stop hectoring the civilized about how “superior”
  they are. Shut up and eat your spider, savage.
  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 08:57 AM (9yWhg)
  
  Tell us how ya really feel !

  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (T4tVD)

  455 I never watched Wings but was (and am) a big fan of Cheers Frasier and Seinfeld. Two and a Half Men is hilarious (though only the seasons with Charlie Sheen)…. The rakish Charlie Harper is really a funny character when contrasted with his neurotic uptight brother, Alan…

  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (1jdMT)

  456 "No amount of Israeli aid and good-will have ever lessened the hate.'
  Israel Should Stop Sending Aid to its Enemies
  * * * * *
  
  Now let's talk about LBJ's Great Society.

  Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

  457 Alabama? The Klan's here. They're inbred. They sleep with their sisters.

  Posted by: Stan Rothenstein at February 13, 2024 09:07 AM (4I/2K)

  458 Wow. Crystal Bernard and Fawn Hall in the same thread. Mmmmmm…
  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:03 AM (9yWhg)
  
  Right?!? Late-teens and early 20s Doof says "Schwing!"

  Posted by: Doof at February 13, 2024 09:07 AM (MtueO)

  459 @426
  
  >>Kiss that rate cut Biden and his cronies were hoping to get to secure his reelection.
  
  At this point, a rate cut of a point or two is not going to do anything.
  
  We're far beyond f**king around about on the edges to get this rapidly falling apart husk of country back on track.
  
  You would either need to have a world wide, multi-year economic depression or somehow growing the US economy and global economy by 50pct, at a minimum, within the near term.
  
  One is possible, the other not within the realm of possibility.
  
  So we are f**ked, proper f**ked, for at least the next decade if not more.

  Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 13, 2024 09:08 AM (XV/Pl)

  460 >>The train derailment in East Palestine was a direct result of corner cutting by rail company officials
  
  Shareholder value.
  
  >>As far as I can tell, no one's been held to account for that debacle yet
  
  Shareholder value.
  
  >>a tacit admission of how badly federal government oversight has failed the rail industry.
  
  Shareholder value.
  

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 09:08 AM (5HQE5)

  461 Kutcher couldn't pull off the asshole vibe like Sheen.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:08 AM (R4t5M)

  462 Who would’ve thought Lowell, and Antonio from wings would be the breakout stars. Not huge, mega stars, but very highly respected movie actors. Certainly, they’re the most respected movie actors from that sitcom.
  
  I guess it’s cliché to mention how Joe Rogan was at least the fifth man in news radio. But I’m a legit fan and can stand by it because I have all five seasons on DVD.
  
  You never know who’s going to break out. Maura Tierney, will never be nationally known, but she turned out to be a great actress. Others as well, such as Stephen Root, who went onto basically being able to be in any movie, he wanted to be in. I think Dave Foley was great in the role but that was pretty much the end for him.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (cESVi)

  463 And Bibi Neuwirth was a smokeshow. Damn.
  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:05 AM (R4t5M)
  
  Yes… absolutely concur. But this was not a majority opinion amongst my pals in college curiously

  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (1jdMT)

  464 ... No other of the biggest developed country has had an economy for as well as the USA since Covid. US wages are still held down by all those low paying red states.
  Posted by: Cocksucker banned at February 13, 2024 09:07 AM (C0ck$)
  ++++
  If you're walking through the Red Light District and one of the women calls out to you and says, "Hey, sugar, I may have herpes but fear not because all the other whores here have AIDS," it is not actually a great sales pitch.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (yjAVs)

  465 >>LBJ's Great Society. Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (S6gqv)
  
  Robert Caro's bio of him is incredible.

  Posted by: ZOD at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (5HQE5)

  466 It's funny to know about Birmingham, Montgomery, etc. and to think "Klan" as the racial problem in post-2000 Alabama.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (WF0+t)

  467 Shut up and eat your spider, savage.
  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 08:57 AM (9yWhg)
  
  Tell us how ya really feel !
  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (T4tVD)
  
  I'm descended from the ones who said "Hey these house things are pretty fuckin' great, aren't they? Come here, paleface, let's make a baby."

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (9UlRk)

  468 I picture Ignatius Reilly in Confederacy of Dunces as looking like Roy Biggins from Wings.

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (9yWhg)

  469 Paul, if you weren't such a fool you'd be amusing.
  
  Wages are up 15% in three years? Real inflation has been 30% or better.
  
  Congratulations, dunce, everyone lost 15% of their purchasing power. In other terms, people lost 15% of their wages.
  

  Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 13, 2024 09:10 AM (tT6L1)

  470 Why am I worried about other nations?
  
  Also if inflation is 17%, why are we celebrating 15% wage increases?

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:11 AM (WF0+t)

  471 How much are wages up in 3 years? 15% ?
  
  Well, I don't work for the government and I don't make minimum wage so, for me, roughly 3%.

  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 09:11 AM (GYIa4)

  472 455, wings is great. It is funny that the so-called side characters of Antonio Lowell turned out to be the best movie actors going forward. Great show though as mentioned above, it wasn’t trying to break amazing new ground it was very comfortable. Looking at today very comfortable with something we would need but we certainly don’t have.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:11 AM (cESVi)

  473 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (a1415)
  
  I was a tiny cog in the osprey program many years ago. I pronounced it an unworkable piece of shit then, and I have had no reason to change my mind.

  Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 13, 2024 09:11 AM (pohLc)

  474 Yes… absolutely concur. But this was not a majority opinion amongst my pals in college curiously
  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (1jdMT)
  
  Back then, I didn't notice. Damn sure did when it went into syndication.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:11 AM (R4t5M)

  475 Russia has not caused issues for us since the fall of the Soviet Union
  
  Do go on you sweet sweet summer child.

  Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 13, 2024 09:12 AM (zdLoL)

  476 Shut up and eat your spider, savage.
  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 08:57 AM (9yWhg)
  
  Tell us how ya really feel !
  Posted by: JT at February 13, 2024 09:06 AM (T4tVD)
  
  I'm descended from the ones who said "Hey these house things are pretty fuckin' great, aren't they? Come here, paleface, let's make a baby."
  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:09 AM (9UlRk)
  
  Shitter's full!

  Posted by: Indigenous Cousin Eddie at February 13, 2024 09:12 AM (4I/2K)

  477 The original Frasier had some of the wittiest scripts in TV history, that was what made it so great.
  
  One of my favorite episodes, one I use as an example of great writing, is called "My breakfast with Niles" and has Niles and Frasier go to a coffee shop and have breakfast while they sit and talk. A couple other people stop by, but that's it - that's all that happens in this one. And it is one of the best episodes I've seen because the writing for that conversation is so incredibly good; something that most modern productions have completely forgotten.

  Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2024 09:12 AM (S6gqv)

  478 Mmm. Ham-planet.

  Posted by: homer simpson at February 13, 2024 09:12 AM (2yu8s)

  479 In recent military news...
  The naval version of the V-22 Osprey has been determined unsuitable to fill the roll of Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) due to multiple system failures.
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:01 AM (a1415)
  
  Nothing was wrong with the 46's and 53's but gotta spend money on new shiny shit that don't work.
  
  See also the F-35 shit show.
  
  Idiots.
  
  More coffee...
  
  

  Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 13, 2024 09:12 AM (JF/W5)

  480 "I pronounced it an unworkable piece of shit then, and I have had no reason to change my mind."
  
  The airborne equivalent of the LCC program.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:13 AM (a1415)

  481 Well, I don't work for the government and I don't make minimum wage so, for me, roughly 3%.
  Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2024 09:11 AM (GYIa4)
  ++++
  Yeah. It's all over the map. The Fed hasn't published 2023 figures, but real median income increased by under $500 per year from 2021-2022. 15% is a not-so-funny joke.

  Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 13, 2024 09:13 AM (yjAVs)

  482 LCC=LCS
  
  
  Dammit!

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:13 AM (a1415)

  483 The crossover from shows back, then were amazing. Certainly the NBC shows. One that also should be mentioned is just shoot me. I think every major character from News radio did a cameo on just shoot me. Also, on just shoot me they talked about Donald Trump all the time that should be worth something in our world.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:13 AM (cESVi)

  484 Frasier was a mixed bag IMO
  
  dad v son arguments got old
  the best parts IMO were Niles mooning over Daphne
  when the show finally let him catch her, a lot of the air went out of the show

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 09:14 AM (geLO8)

  485 Should Biden Step Aside?
  Plus: Trump sneers at NATO in South Carolina and serious Republicans keep retiring from the House.
  WILLIAM KRISTOL AND ANDREW EGGER
  
  I’d prefer to get to it by denouncing Trump or by lambasting Republicans. But today I feel an obligation instead to grasp an unpleasant nettle: Joe Biden’s age.
  
  President Biden is old. He seems frail. He’s running for another four-year term. Let’s be honest: It’s not obvious he’s up to that.
  
  I’ve believed a vigorous primary competition would have presented risks, but also showcased an impressive next generation of Democrats...All it takes is for President Biden to choose not to run again. I still think Joe Biden should make this choice.
  
  Power brokers would emerge, and to the extent that this gave the Democratic party establishment some influence over the nomination, that, too, might be to the good. As we have seen for the last three years, the Democratic establishment is fairly close to the center of American politics right now. In sum it would, I suspect, be an exciting and invigorating race that would culminate in an open, and perhaps multi-ballot, Democratic convention.

  Posted by: Intercepted The Bulwark Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 13, 2024 09:14 AM (JCZqz)

  486 The crossover from shows back, then were amazing. Certainly the NBC shows. One that also should be mentioned is just shoot me. I think every major character from News radio did a cameo on just shoot me. Also, on just shoot me they talked about Donald Trump all the time that should be worth something in our world.
  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:13 AM (cESVi)
  
  Worth the watch for Giancomo's melons.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:15 AM (R4t5M)

  487 I am very confused about macroeconomics. I was taught in college that budget deficits and printing money were both inflationary. And yet since Jimmy Carter we’ve been printing and spending like drunken sailors on a bender and I’m not seeing any Weimar type cliff. Yeah, inflation is pesky now but if what I was taught in college was correct we’d all be carrying wheelbarrows full of cash to buy bread at this point. The big crash isn’t happening…. I’m to the point where I wonder why we even pay taxes at all; seems to me the government can just print whatever money it needs to spend without consequence…. I know that’s not correct but I’ve seen no reckoning for reckless policies over 40+ years…. So I wonder about the premises

  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:15 AM (1jdMT)

  488 Power brokers would emerge, and to the extent that this gave the Democratic party establishment some influence over the nomination, that, too, might be to the good. As we have seen for the last three years, the Democratic establishment is fairly close to the center of American politics right now. In sum it would, I suspect, be an exciting and invigorating race that would culminate in an open, and perhaps multi-ballot, Democratic convention.
  Posted by: Intercepted The Bulwark Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 13, 2024 09:14 AM (JCZqz)
  -------------
  
  I just realized where MSM gets their talking points from.

  Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 13, 2024 09:16 AM (tT6L1)

  489 Nicole Eggert >>> Andrew Egger

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 09:16 AM (vf0Uk)

  490 How many different flavors of NCIS are there now?

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:16 AM (a1415)

  491 Slightly earlier then the sitcoms mentioned, but Taxi was a flat out classic. Great cast , scripts and an absurdity that was being a taxi driver

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 09:17 AM (DgSZ/)

  492 Trump endorsing a Bushworld lackey for RNC Chair tells me he has learned nothing.
  
  I'm sure the guy flatters Trump alot, which is why he was chosen.

  Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 13, 2024 09:17 AM (V6W16)

  493 I know that’s not correct but I’ve seen no reckoning for reckless policies over 40+ years…. So I wonder about the premises
  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:15 AM (1jdMT)
  
  Printing money is inflationary if you're not growing. If you are doing enough productive stuff for that money to chase around, inflation is manageable.
  
  When you keep doing it when nobody is doing anything, it isn't.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (9UlRk)

  494 In sum it would, I suspect, be an exciting and invigorating race that would culminate in an open, and perhaps multi-ballot, Democratic convention.
  Posted by: Intercepted The Bulwark Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 13, 2024 09:14 AM (JCZqz)
  
  Oh this is going to be good. They really think they can redo the 1968 Chicago Dem Convention and everything will work out just fine. Yeah, this is gonna be good!

  Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (S6gqv)

  495 Walking into Ace's living room and sh*tting on the coffee table is unacceptable behavior, regardless of how much one knows.
  
  Is that wrong? Should I not have done that? Because I gotta tell you. . .

  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (Q0kLU)

  496 How many different flavors of NCIS are there now?
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:16 AM (a1415)
  
  
  NCIS - Original
  NCIS - New Orleans (cancelled)
  NCIS - Hawaii
  NCIS - Sidney
  
  Not sure about any others.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (vf0Uk)

  497
  I loved Frasier, but hated cheers. Mostly because i have always despised ted danson. Even as a child. That dude has always mashed my Fuck That Guy button like a lab monkey jonesing for a rock.
  
  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:04 AM
  
  The show to me was Coach, then Woody, Norm, Lilith, Cliff, and Carla.
  
  "Sam" was annoying, as was "Diane".

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (nIvob)

  498 LCC=LCS
  
  
  Dammit!
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:13 AM (a1415
  ------------
  
  Wear that nic with pride!

  Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (tT6L1)

  499 In the beginning was the Plan.
  And then came the Assumptions.
  And the Assumptions were without form.
  And the Plan was without substance.
  And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.
  
  And they spoke amongst themselves, saying:
  "It is a crock of shit, and it stinketh."
  
  And the workers went unto their Supervisors and said:
  "It is a pail of dung, and none may abide the odor thereof."
  
  And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying:
  "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong,
  such that none may abide by it."
  
  And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying:
  "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."

  Posted by: The Plan at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (4I/2K)

  500 >>Recently attended the funeral of a young woman with breast cancer who decided to treat it with holistic medicines. Holistic medicines may work for some things, however not all.
  
  Sad.
  When my hubby had cancer he bought some weed to boost his appetite (chemo's a b#tch) and the dispensary dude went on and on and on about how pot cures cancer. Uh, duuuuuude, nope!
  
  The other interesting thing was how much we were warned by the doctor about people trying to get hubby to adjust his diet during chemo to fight the cancer - "What you don't need right now is anti-oxidants - ignore friends who push that."

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (RXyKO)

  501 And the Directors spoke amongst themselves, saying to one another:
  "It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very powerful."
  
  And the Vice Presidents went unto the President, saying unto him:
  "This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigor of the
  company, with powerful effects."
  
  And the President looked upon the Plan, and saw that it was good.
  
  And the Plan became Policy.
  This is how Shit happens.

  Posted by: The Plan at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (4I/2K)

  502 I’m to the point where I wonder why we even pay taxes at all; seems to me the government can just print whatever money it needs to spend without consequence…
  
  -
  
  This is correct. Taxes now are a system of punishment and reward. Child tax credits, etc. allow lottery winnings each year for people who don't pay anything, and people who do waste time and effort and worry to cross every t and dot every i in hopes of not being audited.
  
  And now people transferring rent to roommates using online exchange systems like paypal are getting 1099s for things that have nothing to do with business, just any transactions over $600 total for the year.
  
  Punitive to discourage activity. And it has worked.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (WF0+t)

  503 486, and well mentioned on that show many of time. I know they had Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Joe Rogan, at least on just shoot me there may have been more, but that is pretty much all the main characters other than Phil.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (cESVi)

  504 They did make some pretty decent chili.
  ---------
  Did the pressure cooker ever explode??

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (2yu8s)

  505 Only takes one class to learn that loudly moaning "Ay-yi-yi! while dramatically swaying means "put me in the front of the line, gringo ER intake nurse. Have seen that one more than once.
  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 08:38 AM
  ----
  
  Spansh heart attack? Somebody's been to an ER.

  Posted by: Darth Randall at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (xT7BI)

  506 @496 there was one in Los Angeles, with LL Cool Jay who I think may be in the Hawaiian one now

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (DgSZ/)

  507 wait, who got banned ???

  Posted by: runner at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (V13WU)

  508 "Indigenous knowledge" was coined when folks at the CDC and FDA personally discovered that peyote has mescaline in it. They'll come down eventually.

  Posted by: Roy at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (z+ik4)

  509 The other interesting thing was how much we were warned by the doctor about people trying to get hubby to adjust his diet during chemo to fight the cancer - "What you don't need right now is anti-oxidants - ignore friends who push that."
  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 09:19 AM (RXyKO)
  ---------------
  
  Sounds like a great doc that he was up on that stuff.

  Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (tT6L1)

  510 NCIS - Sidney
  
  -
  
  Wait, what?

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (WF0+t)

  511 *other than *Paul

  Posted by: runner at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (V13WU)

  512 487 I am very confused about macroeconomics. I was taught in college that budget deficits and printing money were both inflationary. And yet since Jimmy Carter we’ve been printing and spending like drunken sailors on a bender and I’m not seeing any Weimar type cliff. Yeah, inflation is pesky now but if what I was taught in college was correct we’d all be carrying wheelbarrows full of cash to buy bread at this point. The big crash isn’t happening…. I’m to the point where I wonder why we even pay taxes at all; seems to me the government can just print whatever money it needs to spend without consequence…. I know that’s not correct but I’ve seen no reckoning for reckless policies over 40+ years…. So I wonder about the premises
  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:15 AM (1jdMT)
  
  Short story, it's because the dollar is the reserve currency for the World, and the World soaks up all of the excess money we create so far, because every other option is worse. But if that ever ends - well basically America is over, overnight, when it does.
  
  And yes, Taxes have nothing to do with financing government anymore. Taxes exist only to push policy preferences and to punish enemies.

  Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2024 09:21 AM (S6gqv)

  513
  I saw Giancomo's Melons open for the Flying Burrito Brothers at an SF Coffeehouse in '69.
  
  

  Posted by: naturalfake at February 13, 2024 09:21 AM (nFnyb)

  514 >>As we have seen for the last three years, the Democratic establishment is fairly close to the center of American politics right now.
  
  House Oversight just released Rob Walker's closed door testimony transcript and at 10 am Tony Bobolinski gives his testimony.
  
  I still don't think Joe is going to make it to November but I almost hope he does. The media is ignoring the corruption but it's soon going to be front and center. The Democrats are nowhere near the center of American politics and people are pissed off at them This will be the cherry on the top of Joe's shit sundae.

  Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2024 09:22 AM (LkLld)

  515 500+ comments.
  
  The Horde is chatty this morning.

  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 09:22 AM (T+Iwg)

  516 NCIS - Sidney
  
  -
  
  Wait, what?
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (WF0+t)
  
  
  Yep. I've never watched one minute of it. Hawaii neither. New Orleans was pretty meh, so I gave up on them after that.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 09:23 AM (vf0Uk)

  517 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 13, 2024 09:12 AM (zdLoL)
  =====
  No one LOLs at Zod!

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 09:23 AM (2yu8s)

  518 Test

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:23 AM (9yWhg)

  519 NCIS Ukraine starred Beau Buydon.

  Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2024 09:23 AM (NxC5+)

  520 The end of NCIS last night hinted that Ducky's death will be dealt with next week

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 09:24 AM (DgSZ/)

  521 wait, who got banned ???
  
  Posted by: runner at February 13, 2024 09:20 AM (V13WU)
  
  
  Wasn't me. I haven't quoted Queensrÿche in a while.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 09:24 AM (vf0Uk)

  522 Is that wrong? Should I not have done that? Because I gotta tell you. . .
  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 13, 2024 09:18 AM (Q0kLU)
  
  That might be my favorite Seinfeld moment of all… and I love a bunch of them. But the way George says that just has me in tears….

  Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 13, 2024 09:24 AM (1jdMT)

  523 We love our 90s sitcoms. But don’t go after our ages that would be ageism and wrong.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:24 AM (cESVi)

  524 Same crime shows. One place has palm trees and some of the others don't.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:24 AM (R4t5M)

  525 Giancomo's Melons. Real and Spectacular. Lemme tells ya fellas. Brings out the devil in me they do.

  Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 13, 2024 09:24 AM (4I/2K)

  526 NCIS Space Force in near future

  Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 13, 2024 09:25 AM (DgSZ/)

  527
  500+ comments.
  
  The Horde is chatty this morning.
  
  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 09:22 AM
  
  Earlier start this morning.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 09:25 AM (nIvob)

  528 So Joe is too senile to be charged for having classified files ... I wonder will they use that with his having taken bribes from Foreign Countries through his Families grift ?

  Posted by: It's me donna at February 13, 2024 09:25 AM (Akjoo)

  529 I put red 🌶️ flakes in the morning SOS
  
  afterburn is about 5-7 minutes
  hoo doggies

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 09:25 AM (geLO8)

  530 Is that wrong? Should I not have done that?
  
  
  
  What had George done when he asked that?

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:25 AM (9yWhg)

  531 @512
  
  >>And yes, Taxes have nothing to do with financing government anymore. Taxes exist only to push policy preferences and to punish enemies.
  
  Well, they also "take money out of the system," if you didn't tax and continued to print money and spend, inflation would be at Zimbabwe level.
  
  
  The entire Western Economic System can best be conceptualized as a Clown Spinning Plates that are on fire, while riding a unicycle that's on fire and everything surrounding the unicycle is on fire too.

  Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (XV/Pl)

  532 523 We love our 90s sitcoms.
  
  __
  
  One of my kids binged all 10 seasons of Friends recently. Loved it.

  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (bWsRe)

  533 The end of NCIS last night hinted that Ducky's death will be dealt with next week
  Posted by: Smell the Glove
  
  Just like Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (R4t5M)

  534 Frasier was one of the most outstaning show in history. My favorite, except the y turned Dapne into a meanie.
  

  Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (x0n13)

  535 >So Joe is too senile to be charged for having classified files ... I wonder will they use that with his having taken bribes from Foreign Countries through his Families grift ?
  
  Posted by: It's me donna
  ---
  
  Joe's mush-headedness is like climate change- it explains all things

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (geLO8)

  536 530 Is that wrong? Should I not have done that?
  
  
  
  What had George done when he asked that?
  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:25 AM (9yWhg)
  
  Sex with the cleaning woman IIRC.

  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (T+Iwg)

  537 It's a little disturbing how every single "cops and robbers" show revolves around the same arc: This guy's a criminal. We don't have evidence. Oh wait we totally do. I mean we sort of do. Episode's almost over. Let's go murder him.
  
  The fuck kind of lazy gestapo are these mutants running, man?

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:27 AM (9UlRk)

  538 The left's spin is Hur is just a MAGA H8er and the real story is Biden is innocent, not the made up lies of Hur.

  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:27 AM (bWsRe)

  539 There IS something about the old ways. Like what plants have medicinal value.
  
  Indigenous knowledge is fancy speak for it.

  Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (Q4IgG)

  540 >>What had George done when he asked that?
  
  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
  ---
  
  I think he had familiar relations with a cleaning lady in the office
  
  unless I'm wrong™

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (geLO8)

  541
  Sex with the cleaning woman IIRC.
  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (T+Iwg)
  
  At work, after hours.

  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (bWsRe)

  542 I watched one episode of Friends and I've never laughed harder in my life. Because I was on mushrooms and literally couldn't stop giggling at how fucking stupid it was.

  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (0FoWg)

  543 Daphne got fat in last couple of seasons on Fraiser.

  Posted by: dantesed at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (88xKn)

  544 "The left's spin is Hur is just a MAGA H8er and the real story is Biden is innocent, not the made up lies of Hur."
  
  Evidence would suggest that we are at the 'That dog don't hunt' phase of that story arc.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:29 AM (a1415)

  545 It's a little disturbing how every single "cops and robbers" show revolves around the same arc: This guy's a criminal.
  
  -
  
  Now do "good guy is ALWAYS the government employee or someone who was a government employee and needs to return to the government to help"

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:29 AM (WF0+t)

  546 I enjoy listening to old radio programs on Sirius. Many Frasier episodes would work just fine as a radio program.

  Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 13, 2024 09:29 AM (0EOe9)

  547 except the y turned Dapne into a meanie.
  Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 13, 2024 09:26 AM (x0n13)
  
  
  Uggggh, the bitchwife trope. You have a damned scullery maid dressing down a literal genius for being stupid? Come on, teevee. Just, come on.
  
  Still like the show though.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:29 AM (9UlRk)

  548 King of Queens > Seinfeld.

  Posted by: redridinghood at February 13, 2024 09:29 AM (NpAcC)

  549 543 Daphne got fat in last couple of seasons on Fraiser.
  Posted by: dantesed at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (88xKn)
  
  Jane actually got pregnant and they wrote around her weight-gain.

  Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (T+Iwg)

  550 JJ wilts under pressure. This is not the JJ I know.

  Posted by: Pudinhead at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (DyHJQ)

  551 >>I still don't think Joe is going to make it to November but I almost hope he does. The media is ignoring the corruption but it's soon going to be front and center. The Democrats are nowhere near the center of American politics and people are pissed off at them This will be the cherry on the top of Joe's shit sundae.
  
  
  Eh, with the way things are going nowadays, the plan is a late in the campaign switch like they did with Toricelli.

  Posted by: Lizzy at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (RXyKO)

  552 So now there are very few Mandarin penguins in in existence.
  
  We need the CIA moved to Thule Antarctica to study this question, and find out if the Penguins are planning another attack like their one on Perl Harbor in December of 1941 - which they absurdly blamed on the Japanese Empire, instead of on Emperor Penguins.

  Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (CecP5)

  553 When shadow of wet bird fall on log-timeout for beaver.

  Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (V5BDR)

  554 Oh no, not Ducky. That poor guy/girl. You're giving up a LOT of royalties if you quit to try and move on to bigger and better things after being typecast in whatever role you've been in for the last decade or so.
  
  All that money. Wow.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (WF0+t)

  555 It's a little disturbing how every single "cops and robbers" show revolves around the same arc: This guy's a criminal.
  
  
  
  My favorite is how they're constantly breaking laws and hacking systems and such with nary a consequence and they arrest the bad guy using data they obtained illegally via hacking.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (vf0Uk)

  556 What had George done when he asked that?
  
  *******
  
  Got his ficus plant waxed by the cleaning lady.

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (991eG)

  557 the funny thing about NCIS is: why would anyone join the Navy, which seems to be a hotbed of crime murder death mayhem and spy stuff

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (geLO8)

  558 Oh no, not Ducky. That poor guy/girl. You're giving up a LOT of royalties if you quit to try and move on to bigger and better things after being typecast in whatever role you've been in for the last decade or so.
  
  All that money. Wow.
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (WF0+t)
  
  
  Him actually being dead might negate that.

  Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (vf0Uk)

  559 Noodus gratia artis

  Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

  560 Jane Leeves (Daphne) was a dancer on the Benny Hill Show.

  Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (0EOe9)

  561 Feb. 8-11 1,986 RV
  Morning Consult
  
  Trump:
  Favorable 45%
  Unfavorable 51%
  
  Biden:
  Favorable 43%
  Unfavorable 53%
  
  This is gonna the ultimate "voting for the lesser of two evils" election.

  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (bWsRe)

  562 542 I watched one episode of Friends and I've never laughed harder in my life. Because I was on mushrooms and literally couldn't stop giggling at how fucking stupid it was.
  ------------------
  Try riding in a cop car on acid. It will fuck you up.

  Posted by: Pudinhead at February 13, 2024 09:31 AM (DyHJQ)

  563 Oh no, not Ducky. That poor guy/girl. You're giving up a LOT of royalties if you quit to try and move on to bigger and better things after being typecast in whatever role you've been in for the last decade or so.
  
  All that money. Wow.
  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:30 AM (WF0+t)
  
  He's dead, Jim.

  Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 13, 2024 09:32 AM (R4t5M)

  564 Oh no, Ducky really died?!! Not ducky!

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:32 AM (WF0+t)

  565 I loath sitcoms. Never watched them. I figure any show that has to have a laugh track to tell you whats funny, ain't funny.

  Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 13, 2024 09:32 AM (pohLc)

  566 >Daphne got fat in last couple of seasons on Fraiser.
  
  Posted by: dantesed
  
  
  the actress got pregnant IRL

  Posted by: Don Black at February 13, 2024 09:32 AM (geLO8)

  567 Every indigenous culture has some amount of knowledge that is indeed of benefit.
  
  But that doesn't make the entire collection of 'The old ways' better than parts of another culture.
  
  For example, the native way of driving thousands of head of buffalo over a cliff in order to gather maybe five days of good meat for the tribe, before spoilage set in was replaced by refrigeration and gunpowder.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:33 AM (a1415)

  568 I wonder how those contracts work when actors die.
  
  Also I wonder if it will be a COVID death to remind people that it's still killing innocent, valuable people that could be solving crimes.

  Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 13, 2024 09:33 AM (WF0+t)

  569 What had George done when he asked that?
  --------
  He banged a Portuguese cleaning-lady on his work desk.
  
  George couldn't have sex for a time because his girlfriend had herpes or the like. Without being distracted by sex and his performance, his brain power was increasing, including learning Portuguese. He went stupid again after banging the cleaning-lady because smart-George calculated the odds of ever having that happen again, so he did her.
  
  BTW, Elaine got stupider when she had to give up sex for the same time frame as George.

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 09:33 AM (2yu8s)

  570 @551
  
  >>Eh, with the way things are going nowadays, the plan is a late in the campaign switch like they did with Toricelli.
  
  Perhaps, but unlike a corrupt state like NJ allowing the Torricelli Option, the constitution proscribes the succession process for President.
  
  So unless the plan also includes kicking Kamala to the curb, she's got to be the Donk Presidential Candidate and someone else is the VP candidate.

  Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 13, 2024 09:33 AM (XV/Pl)

  571 I quit watching anything where the criminal was always a white male. Law & order my ass.

  Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2024 09:34 AM (NxC5+)

  572 542 I watched one episode of Friends and I've never laughed harder in my life. Because I was on mushrooms and literally couldn't stop giggling at how fucking stupid it was.
  Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2024 09:28 AM (0FoWg)
  
  There are videos on U-Toob where they take the laugh track out of sitcoms. Friends without the laugh track is like that.

  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:34 AM (bWsRe)

  573 Andycanuck,
  
  I think you're mixing up two episodes.

  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:35 AM (bWsRe)

  574 Ask your medicine man if Sweat Lodge™ is right for you. Do not use Sweat Lodge™ if you are allergic to it or any of its components. Stop using Sweat Lodge™ immediately and contact your medicine man if you experience excess sweating or spirit visions. If you are unable to afford Sweat Lodge™ Abbvie may be able to help.

  Posted by: Muldoon at February 13, 2024 09:36 AM (991eG)

  575 There are videos on U-Toob where they take the laugh track out of sitcoms. Friends without the laugh track is like that.
  Posted by: Montec at February 13, 2024 09:34 AM (bWsRe)
  
  A lot of movies are like that in a way.... you'll never see a laugh track in a movie, but they still have to be crafted in such a way that it's like the movie is screaming "LAUGH NOW" at you.
  
  Ok, i say "craft", but.... you know.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:37 AM (9UlRk)

  576 It would be funny to see Antifa Man and the White Anglo Saxon Protestant overdubbed with a laugh track.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:38 AM (9UlRk)

  577 571, from what I hear it’s been going on two or three decades I still haven’t seen a single episode.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:38 AM (cESVi)

  578 At some point Law and Order changed from the show you watched when you're hungover, to the show you watched when you're stoned, to the show you watch between Dinner and Pudding Cup Time while they're getting your pills together.

  Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2024 09:40 AM (9UlRk)

  579 I am not gonna totally trash left tracks because people want to laugh. But they say the actors have to see their lines and away where they space them for the left so the actual language they speak is extremely unnatural.
  
  But if you want to go to deep, acting itself is a weird thing, but it’s something people have always appreciated. We could be going through a war, and all the worst atrocities imaginable, but we’ll still show up to a show about wars and atrocities. It is a human thing it’s just what we do.

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:41 AM (cESVi)

  580 Andycanuck,
  
  I think you're mixing up two episodes.
  Posted by: Montec
  -------------------------
  Yes, you're right.
  
  
  https://www.imdb.com/
  title/tt0697765/plotsummary/
  
  And:
  
  https://www.imdb.com/
  title/tt0697646/plotsummary/

  Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 13, 2024 09:41 AM (2yu8s)

  581 Muldoon @ 574-
  * If your medicine man leaves it sweat lodge to take a shower you in-ass that place riccky-tic.

  Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2024 09:44 AM (NxC5+)

  582 566, it happens in pretty much every sitcom that lasts quite a few years. I guess that is a good thing. It’s a heartening thing that people go on with their lives. But there are a few sitcoms of the modern area that lasted many years where you didn’t have an actress who had that they were pregnant.
  

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:44 AM (cESVi)

  583 Our hung over TV show was Dukes of Hazzard. Looking back there’s no shame in it it is for sure a great show when you’re drunk or hung over but better if you’re drunk..

  Posted by: Quint at February 13, 2024 09:46 AM (cESVi)

  584 >>So unless the plan also includes kicking Kamala to the curb, she's got to be the Donk Presidential Candidate and someone else is the VP candidate.
  
  Not really. Joe could "decline" to run for another term and the DNC could put their favorite candidate on the ticket. Harris being VP for this term does not mean she is automatically the choice for 2024.

  Posted by: JackStraw at February 13, 2024 09:51 AM (LkLld)

  585 "Harris being VP for this term does not mean she is automatically the choice for 2024."
  
  Black
  
  Female
  
  Currently the VP.
  
  
  To not put her up would be the most unforgivable of Leftist crimes.
  
  Their rules, not mine.

  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:55 AM (a1415)

  586
  To not put her up would be the most unforgivable of Leftist crimes.
  
  Their rules, not mine.
  
  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2024 09:55 AM
  
  By the same token they WILL DO ANYTHING to retain power. A temporary suspension of the rules IS allowable.
  
  See also: Islam where lying in furtherance of goal is allowed.

  Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 13, 2024 09:59 AM (nIvob)

  587 Get 'gooder', JJ.

  Posted by: Danimal28 at February 13, 2024 10:02 AM (klw0w)

  588 If they are going to use "indigenous" science then they don't get to use the wheel.

  Posted by: free tibet at February 13, 2024 10:09 AM (iNp3L)

  589 When I was a child, learning in school about the Holocaust, I asked myself how such a thing could have happened. I never imagined that I would live to see the day that the things happening in the world, the ideas, attitude, hatred, and treatment of Jews would mirror pre World War II.
  
  We actually had Bible teachers who took time in their classes to talk about Israel and the Jewish people, and with great reverence discuss things.

  Posted by: Menagerie at February 13, 2024 10:45 AM (n/MLA)

  590 Hope you feel better.

  Posted by: Ben Sears at February 13, 2024 10:47 AM (vM11h)

  591 Take care of yourself.
  
  Hope you're feeling a lot better soon.

  Posted by: L - And now the King of BS can't remember last evening so let it go at February 13, 2024 11:12 AM (GshMh)

  592 My wife has a phobia about "those grimy migrant hands getting all over her fruits and vegetables." Seeing how they actually harvest some things, lettuce for example, I would have to agree.
  
  It's why we unwrap the lettuce head and peel off the outer layer before washing it and putting in a container in the 'fridge.
  
  In many countries it is common practice to spray vegetables bought in markets with a dilute Clorox solution to kill things like ecoli to keep from getting...sick / dead.

  Posted by: waepnedmann: at February 13, 2024 11:36 AM (cOprd)

  593 One only need wonder at indigenous knowledge that designed, built, tested and launched the JWST. Crickets? Yeahh, them as well.

  Posted by: Ray Mota at February 13, 2024 11:46 AM (sw3xv)

  594 French is the language of diplomacy. German is the language of history. English is the language of business. Latin is the language you take to learn how to speak, write, and read English.

  Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at February 13, 2024 11:50 AM (ET1Q8)

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