The Morning Report (2/16/24) Seftonless Edition

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Good morning. Sefton has identified as a Lutheran and took the Ladies Aid hostage at the local church. He is demanding Matzo Ball Jello Salad. Negations are ongoing.

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Start your morning and/or end your evening with Paul Joseph Watson Language-Warning

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Although you and I are paying for it. We don't get to use it. Let us borrow money to pay for confiscated personal property of a foreign national. 'U.S. Taxpayers Have Paid Almost $20M to Maintain Super Yacht Seized from Russian Oligarch.

Sure why not? The US treasury is awash in money to waste. 'White House expands plans to cancel student debt'

When it comes to White Liberal Guilt it is hard to follow without a program. 'Plan to blend predominantly Black and White DC schools leads to tense debate in liberal neighborhood'

The ~~Stupid Party~~ GOP continues to display why we can't have nice things. 'Michigan GOP chair refuses to step down after party votes her out'

The Soros tentacles continue to stretch across our fair country. 'George Soros fund poised to take control of nation’s second-largest chain of radio stations: ‘This is scary’'

A strong and respected country with a competent Commander-In-Chief wouldn't be facing this issue. 'UAE restricts US ability to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Iran proxies'

Is the American Dream of owning a home dying? 'Wall Street Is Coming for Your Home'

I'm not a Financial Advisor nor do I play one on TV. But even I know handing cash over in a shoe box is not going to end well. This morning's Genius Award Winner.'‘Financial Advice’ Columnist Admits She Fell For Scam That Cost Her $50,000'

This sounds big, but how many aren't being apprehended? It must be staggering. '17 arrested in alleged scheme to smuggle drugs including fentanyl from Mexico to the U.S.'

Nimarata Randhawa Haley is having some problems in her home state. 'Haley Risks Humiliation at Home Despite a Flood of Spending'

Everybody is human and makes mistakes. But, without consequences, what difference does it make? Biden Staffer Who Mishandled China, Iran Secrets Retains High-Security Pentagon Job

The Feel Good Story of The Morning.'Dog missing for 4 years found 500 miles away'

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The following sketch is not very far from the truth.......

The MR will keep an eye on the negotiations with Sefton and The Ladies Aid. We are hoping JJ will be back on Monday.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 06:58 AM

Comments

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1 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 16, 2024 06:59 AM (pVWRI)

2 Others have been summoned.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 16, 2024 07:01 AM (qPw5n)

3 Thank you CBD

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:01 AM (a1415)

4 I typed "MisHum"

I swear it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:02 AM (a1415)

5 Good morning again dear horde and thank you mh

JJ a prayer for a speedy and complete recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

6 Such a great meme to start the political news day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:05 AM (qH41z)

7 We are so sorry our financial advise columnist got scammed out of $50,000 cash but we stand behind our integrity as a reputable and reliable source of information.

Posted by: New York Times at February 16, 2024 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

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3 Thank you CBD
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:01 AM (a1415)

4 I typed "MisHum"

I swear it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:02 AM (a1415)

The ways of auto-cucumber are inscrutable.

Good morning horde! Happy Friday.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:06 AM (zhLdt)

9 prayers for JJ!

and G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 16, 2024 07:06 AM (QwWES)

10 Hasn't SCOTUS twice declared the Junta has no authority to "cancel" student debts? Weird that the White House keeps doing it anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:07 AM (qH41z)

11 I think something big is going to happen today, just got a feeling.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2024 07:07 AM (XV/Pl)

12 What will Nikki Haley say to justify continuing her Quixotic candidacy after she loses hew own state?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

13 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:08 AM (ENQN6)

14 I for one am mostly shocked that the father of this buffoonish strumpet masquerading as a government official is an OG of the Black Panthers. That little morsel of detail had escaped my notice until now.

Explains everything.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:08 AM (9UlRk)

15 Is the SC primary next week? This foolishness has gone on far too long. I am so sick of hearing about Nikki Swift.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

16 Prayers for JJ's recovery and the well being of the entire Moron Horde.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at February 16, 2024 07:09 AM (gxokI)

17 What will Nikki Haley say to justify continuing her Quixotic candidacy after she loses hew own state?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

"Right or wrong, i will continue to do what is right!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:09 AM (9UlRk)

18 If figure that Biden informant they nabbed in Las Vegas will get a case of the suicides in jail. Unfortunately he will not be able to testify before the impeachment committee.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 07:10 AM (2fIO4)

19
The Soros tentacles continue to stretch across our fair country. 'George Soros fund poised to take control of nation’s second-largest chain of radio stations: ‘This is scary’'

Air America Part II. Like communism, they'll get it right this time.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 07:10 AM (nIvob)

20 "Is the SC primary next week? This foolishness has gone on far too long. I am so sick of hearing about Nikki Swift."

Early voting is already going on.

Cast our votes yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)

21 @17

>>"Right or wrong, i will continue to do what is right!"

Well, that, and she's also going to be rewarded handsomely for her treachery.

Probably get a board seat on Raytheon out of the deal.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2024 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)

22 > This morning's Genius Award Winner.'‘Financial Advice’ Columnist Admits She Fell For Scam That Cost Her $50,000'
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whaddya bet she keeps her job
I can't imagine being that monumentally stupid

Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2024 07:11 AM (geLO8)

23 'George Soros fund poised to take control of nation’s second-largest chain of radio stations: ‘This is scary’'

If those stations already carry Fox "News" Radio, I don't anticipate much change.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:12 AM (vFG9F)

24

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 16, 2024 07:13 AM (X4yCj)

25 Remain Calm!!!!

http://tinyurl.com/3he47475

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:13 AM (a1415)

26 The draft proposal released by the Biden administration would empower the Education Department to discharge the student loans owed by borrowers who are experiencing financial hardship and unlikely to be able to repay their debts.

The department proposed a one-time debt relief program that would automatically cancel debt in circumstances where its data suggests that borrowers are at least 80 percent likely to default on their debt.

I am a fucking idiot. I have now paid for almost 6 degrees with cash.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:13 AM (ENQN6)

27 So great to start the day laughing at Joey Choo Choo playing "Who Wants TO Be A Millionaire"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:14 AM (spa8z)

28 Fani keeps $50,000 cash in a shoebox at home. Doesn't everyone?

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

29 prayers for JJ!

and G'mornin' everyone!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Especially since (according to horde lore) it's JJ's birthday!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 16, 2024 07:15 AM (8quvU)

30 That debt is not "forgiven". It just goes on our balance sheet as debt. YOU owe that student debt now.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2024 07:15 AM (Fwuhb)

31 "The department proposed a one-time debt relief program that would automatically cancel debt in circumstances where its data suggests that borrowers are at least 80 percent likely to default on their debt. "

Can we do this with mortgages and car loans?

Cause if we can.....imagonna go shopping!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:15 AM (a1415)

32 It's disgust that she's playing the old "that's just what black fowk do" canard to excuse being a crooked squirrely piece of shit.

You do realize that saying that does not excuse *you* of malfeasance and perfidy, it just maligns and defames an entire chunk of humanity who have the misfortune of having at least some ancestors who shared an entire fucking continent with at least some of yours.

Stop doing that, you racist slack-crotched charlatan.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:15 AM (9UlRk)

33 "Especially since (according to horde lore) it's JJ's birthday!"

I thought it's tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

34
Wall Street could own 40% of the home rental market by 2030. People can’t afford to buy homes so companies are stepping in, and it might be bad for the country.

The average person with average lifetime earnings can not pay rent and buy groceries on average Social Security proceeds. They need to go into retirement owning their home to have half a chance.

But the (D)'s capture the youth vote thanks to Giraffe Neck Taylor Not-Too-Swift. Who can buy a thousand homes.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 07:17 AM (nIvob)

35 Also Fani evidently wore her stylish dress BACKWARDS yesterday. She's a peach.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2024 07:17 AM (Fwuhb)

36 Also Fani evidently wore her stylish dress BACKWARDS yesterday. She's a peach.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2024 07:17 AM (Fwuhb)
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It's a protest. Against the System.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 16, 2024 07:18 AM (0gvpA)

37 Morning Horde, thx for stepping in MisHum. Feel better JJ. Expecting consistent winds of 15-25 mph today with gusts 40-50. Howling out now. My morning two mile walk should be fun.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 07:19 AM (DgSZ/)

38 About MI GOP woes, Hoekstra is a DeVos establishment character. A lot of procedural shenanigans to oust Karamo. I suspect Trump is on board to make nice with the DeVos Republicans, but he is disappointing the MAGA Republicans.

Posted by: Brian D at February 16, 2024 07:20 AM (HsIVq)

39 Sure why not? The US treasury is awash in money to waste. 'White House expands plans to cancel student debt'

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Far be it from me to remember every rotten action going on from this phony idiot president, but didn't the courts tell him he could not cancel student debt? This sounds like it will be the 3rd? time he is just doing whatever the hell he wants. Feel free to correct me if my memory is wrong.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:20 AM (mupln)

40 The Hur article doesn't say if Kathy Chung started life as an American or Chinese national, and I've wondered. Either way, what are the chances China missed the years-long opportunity to copy every document Biden illegally stored in his various offices and homes?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:20 AM (spa8z)

41 You only have to hear Fani speak to see what a unintelligent person she is. She one of those people who is too dumb to know how dumb she is. She is a devious, conniving, dishonest, and corrupt person with a getto intellect.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

42 I saw Buffoonish Strumpets open for Insane Clown Posse at such a place and such a time.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at February 16, 2024 07:21 AM (0gvpA)

43 Soros is scum but if he wants to piss his money away on another failed leftist radio network , piss away Giorgi

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 07:21 AM (DgSZ/)

44 Fani keeps $50,000 cash in a shoebox at home.
Posted by: fd

The home where she left her kids and dad live because it was too dangerous to live there herself?
Or
Was it the hookup shack?

In either case she's pointed out a good place to rob...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 16, 2024 07:22 AM (8quvU)

45 "Palestine gets to be a country now!"

"That guy doesn't owe you the money he borrowed under very specific terms anymore!"

....

Who is you to make these declarations? How do they think they can merely speak into existence an entire nation? How does a third party get to nullify a contract they were never a party to anyway, and with absolutely no legal process whatsoever to determine some inherent disqualifying thing about the contract?

It's a petty dictatorship over grand concerns.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:22 AM (9UlRk)

46 Wall Street could own 40% of the home rental market by 2030. People can’t afford to buy homes so companies are stepping in, and it might be bad for the country.

Banks will need customers and guess who will be the customer??

HUD’s 2021 Interim Final Rule, “Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications,” requires program participants to submit certifications that they will affirmatively further fair housing in connection with their consolidated plans, annual action plans, and PHA plans. In order to support these certifications, the IFR creates a voluntary fair housing planning process for which HUD will provide technical assistance and support.

The IFR also rescinded the 2020 Preserving Communities and Neighborhood Choice rule, which caused program participants to certify “compliance” with a regulatory definition that is not a reasonable construction of the Fair Housing Act’s mandate to affirmatively further fair housing. With the IFR, HUD put itself and its program participants back in a position to take meaningful steps towards improved fair housing outcomes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:23 AM (ENQN6)

47 Headline about Taylor Swift- That's very true!
Thanks for filling in for J.J, MisHum. Hope he feels better soon. Am praying.

And on another note. Woman reunites with foster mother who had been so kind to her forty years ago when she had been a "wild child."

http://tinyurl.com/2nz2p4b6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2024 07:24 AM (iMnsF)

48 Also Fani evidently wore her stylish dress BACKWARDS yesterday. She's a peach.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2024 07:17 AM (Fwuhb)

That's unfair.

When did you ever see a potato sack with the word "FRONT" printed on it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

49 What will Nikki Haley say to justify continuing her Quixotic candidacy after she loses hew own state?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

Although the people of South Carolina are horrible racist, sexist, homophobes I hope that the rest of the country will eventually consider supporting me so that I unite us all in the common bond of obedience to an unelected global commu-blob.

-- Nikki!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:25 AM (zhLdt)

50 "Especially since (according to horde lore) it's JJ's birthday!"

I thought it's tomorrow.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)
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Official explanation of JJS' birthday schedule

https://shorturl.at/abpzR

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:25 AM (spa8z)

51 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 07:26 AM (Q4IgG)

52 Haley $8.4 Million

By contrast, Trump’s team has booked no advertising in the state, with Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC supporting him, spending just a modest $67,000 on text messages, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:27 AM (ENQN6)

53 I for one am mostly shocked that the father of this buffoonish strumpet masquerading as a government official is an OG of the Black Panthers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:08 AM (9UlRk)

Based on the use of the word "strumpet", I assume you're referring to Fani.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:27 AM (zhLdt)

54 14, yeah, don't it just, W-o?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 16, 2024 07:27 AM (QwWES)

55 Wall Street could own 40% of the home rental market by 2030. People can’t afford to buy homes so companies are stepping in, and it might be bad for the country.

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It's even a worse predicament when you consider that people who can afford homes are getting outbid left and right by these giant rental buyers the moment homes hit the market. People don't even have half a chance competing with these ruthless companies with endless money to spend in buying up the housing market. They're bought by the conglomerates the minute they hit the listings, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Doe unable to compete.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:28 AM (mupln)

56 "Official explanation of JJS' birthday schedule

https://shorturl.at/abpzR"

Thank you for that.

Now I understand.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:28 AM (a1415)

57 Well, that, and she's also going to be rewarded handsomely for her treachery.

Probably get a board seat on Raytheon out of the deal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2024 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)

I assumed something more along the lines of a kneeling pillow under the board table.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:29 AM (zhLdt)

58 It's LWML now, MisHum.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 16, 2024 07:29 AM (Angsy)

59 "Haley $8.4 Million "

Afternoon, evening TV is non-stop wall to wall Nikki ads.

As bad as all the Injury Lawyer ads during rush hour.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:30 AM (a1415)

60 Fani keeps $50,000 cash in a shoebox at home. Doesn't everyone?
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

While we all know it was a lie, over/under on how many times her home will be broken into over the next year?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:31 AM (zhLdt)

61 Here's a thought....

You think they're just going to forget that you owe that money?
You think they won't collect all of that student loan debt under a single pseudo-governmental entity in the public private complex, just for "efficiency" and "bookkeeping purposes", as they Abra-Cadabra and Presto it out of existence?

You think that they won't then say "my goodness what an emergency we're suddenly All In Together, gosh, looks like you'll have to start paying back that loan again after all. Sorry, you know, emergency. We'll just take it out of your account for you so you don't have to worry about it. America thanks you for your support".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:31 AM (9UlRk)

62 Reposting as this should be coming up today:
Atlanta DA Fani Willis' radical Black Panther father John Floyd, who lived w/ her & advised her when she indicted Trump, will be called as witness in her misconduct hearing Fri.
Floyd shacked up w FBI Most Wanted terrorist Angela Davis involved in fatally shooting a judge

http://tinyurl.com/3jep5wfp

Posted by: Ciampino - Such a notorious dad. I bet he got her the job at February 16, 2024 07:31 AM (qfLjt)

63 Far be it from me to remember every rotten action going on from this phony idiot president, but didn't the courts tell him he could not cancel student debt? This sounds like it will be the 3rd? time he is just doing whatever the hell he wants. Feel free to correct me if my memory is wrong.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:20 AM (mupln)
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Where is the conservative NGO suing them in a Hawaiian court?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

64 Probably get a board seat on Raytheon out of the deal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2024 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)
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Well, she did a fantastic job as a Boeing board member. Just look at the wild success of the 737-9 Max program.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:32 AM (spa8z)

65 It’s as if Supreme Court decisions only matter if the other branches of government like them.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 16, 2024 07:33 AM (ogTiX)

66 The average person with average lifetime earnings can not pay rent and buy groceries on average Social Security proceeds. They need to go into retirement owning their home to have half a chance.

But the (D)'s capture the youth vote thanks to Giraffe Neck Taylor Not-Too-Swift. Who can buy a thousand homes.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 07:17 AM (nIvob)

The young cannot imagine being old. Same as it ever was.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:33 AM (zhLdt)

67 Where is the conservative NGO suing them in a Hawaiian court?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

I thought Andy Ngo was Canadian.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

68 Early voting is already going on.

Cast our votes yesterday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)
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"Vote early! Vote often!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2024 07:35 AM (7fElN)

69 Hope Fanny will chimp out today, fling poo at the "judge" and have to be tazed off of the ceiling of the courtroom.

And it's all President Trump's fault.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 07:35 AM (JF/W5)

70 Far be it from me to remember every rotten action going on from this phony idiot president, but didn't the courts tell him he could not cancel student debt? This sounds like it will be the 3rd? time he is just doing whatever the hell he wants. Feel free to correct me if my memory is wrong.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:20 AM (mupln)

The funny thing is that he's doing this to buy the votes of people who would vote for him anyway. If you're stupid enough to go hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt to get a degree that would never, ever pay you enough to repay that debt... you're pretty much the perfect Dem voter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:35 AM (zhLdt)

71 Seattle high schoolers were told that “Worship of the Written Word” is white supremacy because it is “an erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.” By this definition, the very subject of World Literature and Composition is racist. It also chides the idea that we hyper-value written communication because it’s a form of “honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies.”

I saw this coming a thousand miles away. It is much like the new language in 1984. All information must be spoken or video as it allows the presenter to add nuances and suggestions that mold the message.
It also is the idea that one cannot discern on their own via written word study and that only the holyman may read and interpret the words.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)

72 "Where is the conservative NGO suing them in a Hawaiian court?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 16, 2024 07:32 AM (RIvkX) "

at a guess, soaking up rays in the USVI?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 16, 2024 07:36 AM (QwWES)

73 We own a Super Yacht now? That, somehow, we stole from some Russian guy? Maybe it could become the new HQ Blogging Platform.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:37 AM (spa8z)

74 SC's actual primary date is the 24th.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:37 AM (mupln)

75 Morning Horde.
Gotta make up an hour at work so I'm up at 4:30. Instead of laying in bed wondering why I am awake at 4:30 as usual.
Prayers for JJ. Get better and happy birthday.
Better get moving.
Later.

Posted by: Reforger at February 16, 2024 07:38 AM (WkkVy)

76 48

That's unfair.

When did you ever see a potato sack with the word "FRONT" printed on it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:25 AM (9UlRk)
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'THIS SIDE UP' ?

Posted by: Ciampino - Lumps on the upside at February 16, 2024 07:39 AM (qfLjt)

77 VIA, where did you do your early voting?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:39 AM (mupln)

78 @23, spot-on, fd. since the Great El Maha passed, my AM radio consumption has dwindled to almost nothing.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 16, 2024 07:39 AM (QwWES)

79 Seattle high schoolers were told that “Worship of the Written Word” is white supremacy because it is “an erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.” By this definition, the very subject of World Literature and Composition is racist. It also chides the idea that we hyper-value written communication because it’s a form of “honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies.”
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Sounds like someone asked ChaptGPT for an excuse they could use for not having done their writing homework.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:39 AM (spa8z)

80 morning horde

covfefe is ready...

"Hasn't SCOTUS twice declared the Junta has no authority to "cancel" student debts? Weird that the White House keeps doing it anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:07 AM (qH41z)"

third time's the charm? it's either that or they are following the insane definition....

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 16, 2024 07:40 AM (bving)

81 An adult who had been detained has been released from custody, police spokesperson Alayna Gonzalez told multiple media outlets Thursday. That leaves two juveniles detained.

"The two juveniles are currently being held in custody while we work with juvenile prosecutors to review investigative findings and determine applicable charges,"

They are going to be let off with a slap on the wrist.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:42 AM (ENQN6)

82 Insanity is watching someone else do the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:42 AM (9UlRk)

83 12 What will Nikki Haley say to justify continuing her Quixotic candidacy after she loses hew own state?

Quixotic? She's a deep state stooge running a splitter campaign. She is finished in the GOP I would think

Posted by: Ex GOP at February 16, 2024 07:42 AM (qS8WV)

84 "VIA, where did you do your early voting?"

Dorchester County, Summerville.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:43 AM (a1415)

85 Sancho Pantsuit

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:44 AM (9UlRk)

86 I'm not a Financial Advisor nor do I play one on TV. But even I know handing cash over in a shoe box is not going to end well. This morning's Genius Award Winner.'‘Financial Advice’ Columnist Admits She Fell For Scam That Cost Her $50,000'
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My fear is that every country gets the kind of leadership it deserves. This is an example of our expert class.

We be doomed.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2024 07:44 AM (1bNHn)

87 "They are going to be let off with a slap on the wrist."

All cultures being equal, it' simply the urban way of conflict resolution.

Who are we to judge?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:45 AM (a1415)

88 BTW, I am sick to death of both the two whose pics are at the top.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2024 07:45 AM (1bNHn)

89 64 Probably get a board seat on Raytheon out of the deal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2024 07:11 AM (XV/Pl)
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Well, she did a fantastic job as a Boeing board member. Just look at the wild success of the 737-9 Max program.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:32 AM (spa8z)
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Well all those 'journalists' that learned to code went to work at Boeing, right?

Posted by: Ciampino - can one code with minority-math? at February 16, 2024 07:45 AM (qfLjt)

90 BTW, I am sick to death of both the two whose pics are at the top.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2024 07:45 AM (1bNHn)

It's a big club.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 07:46 AM (R4t5M)

91 "My fear is that every country gets the kind of leadership it deserves. This is an example of our expert class.
We be doomed.
Posted by: Eeyore "

I am amazed that a person that stupid can come up with $50,000 cash. Easy come, easy go I guess.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

92 Good morning, good people of integrity! Stay straight today.

Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2024 07:47 AM (WsEMZ)

93 I am amazed that a person that stupid can come up with $50,000 cash. Easy come, easy go I guess.
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

Oh, to see a plot of high profile cases dropped against high value purchases made....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:48 AM (9UlRk)

94 East Palestine, the Palestine about which Biden could care less, still suffers a year after Pete Buttyjudge faled ot do his one job.

https://shorturl.at/eopqI

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:48 AM (eFLnD)

95 Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny drops dead in a Russian prison yesterday, per Swedish ministry. He was 47.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 16, 2024 07:48 AM (J7JR0)

96 Good morning and Happy Friday, Horde! And may JJ recover quickly and not see what we've done to the place

Posted by: NR Pax at February 16, 2024 07:49 AM (lXCUP)

97 "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure."

1 John 3:2-3

Posted by: Marcus T at February 16, 2024 07:49 AM (tU3dj)

98 LiB

https://scvotes.gov/voters/early-voting/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:49 AM (a1415)

99 Well all those 'journalists' that learned to code went to work at Boeing, right?
Posted by: Ciampino - can one code with minority-math? at February 16, 2024 07:45 AM (qfLjt)
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Probably as Cadre Commissars in the DEI apparatchiks

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:50 AM (eFLnD)

100 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 07:50 AM (9yWhg)

101 They're bought by the conglomerates the minute they hit the listings, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Doe unable to compete.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 07:28 AM (mupln)

Mr. and Mrs. Doe need to stop selling their home to these conglomerates for the easy cash. Our schools need to go back to teaching "there's no such thing as a free lunch", "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is", "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", etc.

Posted by: pookysgirl, staying in her home til she needs the nursing home at February 16, 2024 07:51 AM (dtlDP)

102 I'm wondering if that "Financial Adviser" got catfished by some dude and then made up this elaborate story to hide it.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

103 "Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny drops dead in a Russian prison yesterday, per Swedish ministry. He was 47.
Posted by: Jen the original"

Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

104 Jen the original, the days of allowing opposition languish in prison are disappearing fast. In the future it will be slave camps or summary execution. Probably.

Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2024 07:52 AM (WsEMZ)

105 Good pic of Tay Tay up top. Good hair.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 07:52 AM (9yWhg)

106 "Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny drops dead in a Russian prison yesterday, per Swedish ministry. He was 47.
Posted by: Jen the original"

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I'm told someone tackled him in between heartbeats.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 07:53 AM (0+Kup)

107 @89 the "learn to code" being applied to journalists is not a good idea. I would not want to use machinery or program they coded. Instant horrible death from incompetent coders

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 07:53 AM (DgSZ/)

108 Good morning horde TGIF I hope

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2024 07:53 AM (J4B1Q)

109 JD Davidson tries to explain to the Diminished Capacity Unipartiests why John Brennan is a traitorous fuckstick and should be dropped from a helicopter forthwith.

https://shorturl.at/izJRV

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:54 AM (eFLnD)

110 I am amazed that a person that stupid can come up with $50,000 cash. Easy come, easy go I guess.
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

Why does everything cost so much?

Publishers give out huge advances to people who's work will never repay that advance... because they want those people to have the money.
Spotify/Netflix gave out huge advances to people who's work will never repay that advance... because they want those people to have the money.
The government gives out huge contracts to companies which will never produce anywhere near that value... because they want those people to have the money.

I don't know who she had dirt on, or who she was blowing, but she had that money because someone with access to other people's money wanted her to have it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:55 AM (zhLdt)

111 Good morning rons and ettes!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 16, 2024 07:55 AM (iF0sF)

112 "Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny drops dead in a Russian prison yesterday, per Swedish ministry. He was 47.
Posted by: Jen the original"

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

It was the shot.

No, not the clot shot, the Makarov to the back of the head.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 16, 2024 07:55 AM (Angsy)

113 Bacon, eggs and grits with buttered toast this morning! Man,, do I feel great!!

LETS DANCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMJF37BVGTA

P.S. (I was there)

Posted by: Jim at February 16, 2024 07:56 AM (X4yCj)

114 because someone with access to other people's money wanted her to have it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 07:55 AM (zhLdt)

Bold. Underline. 48pt. Flashing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:56 AM (9UlRk)

115 94 East Palestine, the Palestine about which Biden could care less, .........

couldn't care less

Posted by: Ciampino - don't want to be pedantic but .... at February 16, 2024 07:56 AM (qfLjt)

116 Bartiromo earlier talked about Navalny dying. Reminded of Chevy Chase anchor on old SNL saying that Stephen Biko died during a hunger strike when prison authorities tried to force feed a frozen pot roast through the top of Biko's head.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 07:56 AM (DgSZ/)

117 I seriously doubt any current "journalist" has the intelligence to "learn to code."

They haven't the discipline.

Listening to one of them, even for a few seconds you get the impression they're scatter-brained beyond all help.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 07:57 AM (Q4IgG)

118
Mr. and Mrs. Doe need to stop selling their home to these conglomerates for the easy cash.

Posted by: pookysgirl, staying in her home til she needs the nursing home at February 16, 2024 07:51 AM

The realtors and the home inspectors and the banks put the home seller through an absolute wringer of rules and regulations. The problem is government interference in that process. All to make sure John and Jane Doe don't get sold a lemon and walk away sticking the bank.

The conglomerates have their own teams of foreign nationals who can come in and makeover a home in a matter of days at minimal cost. The seller pays no real estate commission and possibly nets a lot more. Conglomerate rents it out within a month and starts getting a return within weeks.

That's the other side of the coin.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 07:57 AM (nIvob)

119 Wall Street could own 40% of the home rental market by 2030. People can’t afford to buy homes so companies are stepping in, and it might be bad for the country.

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So people can't afford to buy homes, and people can't afford to buy cars:

"According to an October report by Market Watch, Americans needed an annual income of at least $100,000 to afford a car, at least if they're following standard budgeting advice, which says you shouldn't spend more than 10 percent of your monthly income on car-related expenses.

That means that more than 60 percent of American households currently cannot afford to buy a new car, based on Census data. For individuals, the numbers are even worse, with 82 percent of people below the $100,000 line."

http://tinyurl.com/yr2h7j63

(even crazier is to realize the auto manufacturers are not producing and selling cars for potential consumers)

Hmm, I wonder where this ends? Oh, wait, I sort of remember. "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 07:57 AM (0+Kup)

120 >>Who are we to criticize their culture?

Probably won't here a peep from Jeffrey Epstein.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 07:57 AM (LkLld)

121 This just in: Fox News calls South Carolina for Haley.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:58 AM (eFLnD)

122 Top ‘o the morning’! JJ went from flaming curds to matzo ball jello salad… variety FTW! Hope he’s feeling better

Regarding the show in Fulton County yesterday…. Firstly, Ace is hilarious. I was gasping for air. Along with whatever commenter coined “drillable hours”

But more seriously, Fani and Nathan and the whole crew are disgusting and an embarrassment. The judge was an embarrassment. People like this should be nowhere near positions of power; it’s depressing

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 07:58 AM (gqhqp)

123 I hope JJ’s OK.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 07:59 AM (9yWhg)

124 But more seriously, Fani and Nathan....
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 07:58 AM (gqhqp)

Be honest. Who else just went "Who? Oh, Sweetdick!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 07:59 AM (9UlRk)

125 Fani thought about sticking the cash in a freezer but that's been done already, no one would buy that twice.

Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2024 08:00 AM (J4B1Q)

126 My favorite part of the Showing Her Fani debacle is the part where they openly and willingly admit to driving two hours from Atlanta to Tennessee for lunch, then driving two hours back after eating. At least five or six hours total, probably multiple times per week.

I guarantee those hours were counted as work.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:00 AM (0+Kup)

127
Please excuse JJ from the blog today. He is sick.
- Epstein's mother

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 08:01 AM (nIvob)

128 People like this should be nowhere near positions of power; it’s depressing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 07:58 AM (gqhqp)

Positions of power should not have so much power that people like this can do all that much in them, because people like this will always find their way into them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:01 AM (9UlRk)

129 111 Good morning rons and ettes!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 16, 2024 07:55 AM (iF0sF)
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Hiya jewells, glad to see you on the blog.

Posted by: Ciampino - yeah we hate disease at February 16, 2024 08:01 AM (qfLjt)

130 I guarantee those hours were counted as work.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:00 AM (0+Kup)
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So was the lunch tab, apparently, as perhaps also was the Love Shack they rented.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 08:02 AM (eFLnD)

131 If I was hiding $50,000 in my place, the IRS and the FBI would be knocking at my door.

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2024 08:02 AM (88xKn)

132 hey jewells!!! great to "see" you!

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 08:02 AM (AcWfM)

133 Jewells, I saw your good news yesterday. Well done!👍

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 08:03 AM (9yWhg)

134 I hope JJ’s OK

Same here. Seems pretty serious is he's down this long.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 16, 2024 08:03 AM (vJSFc)

135 There is some kinda crud going around here that lasts for #twoweeks. Severe congestion, lethargic, fever, etc.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:03 AM (R4t5M)

136 2020. Fani Willis is asked why the people of Fulton County should support her for District Attorney.

"Because they deserve a DA that won't have sex with his employees, because they deserve a DA that won't put money in their own pocket."

Rule#1 Dont fuck the help.
Rule#2 Unless you want to.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:03 AM (ENQN6)

137 "Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny drops dead in a Russian prison yesterday, per Swedish ministry. He was 47.
Posted by: Jen the original"

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

A couple items of note:

1. He is spoken of in glowing terms in western media which, to my mind, makes him suspect although I know almost nothing about him. Near as I can tell, the most important character trait he has is that he opposes Putin.
2. Reportedly, he died of a blood clot. It should be noted that he was in Germany during the height of covid and may have been "vaccinated".

No doubt people will blame Putin for this, possibly correctly - who knows, but he wasn't scheduled to be released from prison until 2038 so I can't see any reason to bother.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:04 AM (zhLdt)

138 This morning's Genius Award Winner.'‘Financial Advice’ Columnist Admits She Fell For Scam That Cost Her $50,000'

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This is one of the experts you are ordered to listen to and obey.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:04 AM (lTGtQ)

139 I'm not sure why we need to have reparations when it has come to light that every black person has $50,000 stashed away in a cigar box.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:04 AM (2fIO4)

140 @23, spot-on, fd. since the Great El Maha passed, my AM radio consumption has dwindled to almost nothing.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 16, 2024 07:39 AM (QwWES)

Let's see.... my local Christian radio station got taken over by K-Love, my distant Christian radio station now plays Casting Crowns (a "Christian" band whose lead singer can't sing) every third song, my two reliable AM stations just have Clay and Buck (whose voices I can't tell apart) and no longer Bongino.

Yeah, I don't listen to the radio anymore.

Posted by: pookysgirl misses El Rushbo at February 16, 2024 08:04 AM (dtlDP)

141 I am amazed that a person that stupid can come up with $50,000 cash. Easy come, easy go I guess.
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:46 AM (vFG9F)
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Then it shouldn't be a problem for her to acquire $50K again....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2024 08:04 AM (7fElN)

142 "you shouldn't spend more than 10 percent of your monthly income on car-related expenses."

Uh oh. Well, maybe I can just write it off.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

143 I guess it never occurred to Ms. Financial Advisor that if these "CIA" agents were in fact legit, she could possibly pick up the phone and call official CIA offices and verify said persons?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 08:05 AM (mupln)

144 You deserve a DA who will have sex with HER employees!

oooooooOOOOOOOH!

And that money never saw the inside of a pocket. It went directly into a shoebox. A nice shoebox. Not some honkity ass Payless knock off Sketchers bullshit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:05 AM (9UlRk)

145 Love the meme picture at the top.

LOL.

Good morning.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:06 AM (HnUIn)

146 Warai-otoko — You’re right what was I thinking using “Nathan”… who is that? Sweetdick the horde knows who that is LoL

BTW…. It’s pronounced “Fawni” not “Fanny” (as in slang for buttocks)?? That’s no good it has to be the latter….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:06 AM (gqhqp)

147 Thanks guys, it's nice to be seen lol!

I usually hang out in the early Pixy thread but got up too late.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 16, 2024 08:06 AM (iF0sF)

148 Dating back to the release of the so-called “Nunes memo” in 2018 exposing the corruption of the FISA application process, senior intelligence officials, including Trump’s CIA Director, Gina Haspel, have repeatedly blocked attempts to declassify information about the Trump-Russia investigation.

They had good reason to obstruct the release of these documents.

Me thinks Matt T has seen part of the binder.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:07 AM (ENQN6)

149 Rush was buddy while traveling for work. He rejuvenated AM radio and I guess it will die with his absence.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:07 AM (R4t5M)

150 "you shouldn't spend more than 10 percent of your monthly income on car-related expenses."

Uh oh. Well, maybe I can just write it off.
Posted by: fd

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I think they're talking about normal people. Hobbyists get something like a $20K cushion.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:07 AM (0+Kup)

151 Fani keeps $50,000 cash in a shoebox at home. Doesn't everyone?

Posted by: fd

One would expect that well-placed competent lawyers like Willis and her boyfriend would have better stories to tell the judge, and probably have coordinated their testimony.

Instead, they make up highly improbable stories on the fly.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:07 AM (lTGtQ)

152 BTW…. It’s pronounced “Fawni” not “Fanny” (as in slang for buttocks)?? That’s no good it has to be the latter….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:06 AM (gqhqp)

I call her "Phoney".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:08 AM (9UlRk)

153 Uh oh. Well, maybe I can just write it off.
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

You don’t even know what a write off is, do you?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:08 AM (gqhqp)

154 109 JD Davidson tries to explain to the Diminished Capacity Unipartiests why John Brennan is a traitorous fuckstick and should be dropped from a helicopter forthwith.

https://shorturl.at/izJRV
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:54 AM (eFLnD)

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I'm not sure why some lone wolf hasn't killed him yet. I seriously doubt there will ever be any type of organized armed resistance to the tyranny sweeping the country but that doesn't mean there couldn't be one off type of retributions.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:08 AM (2fIO4)

155 BTW…. It’s pronounced “Fawni” not “Fanny” (as in slang for buttocks)?? That’s no good it has to be the latter….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

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No, it's fanny. It's not my fault her parents named her like she was a pet. T-O-M is not town, and fani doesn't have a W in it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (0+Kup)

156 Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass guitar — dubbed “the most important bass in history” for its role in the creation and recordings of dozens of the Beatles classics — has been found over 50 years after it first went missing.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (tyM+O)

157 It's no wonder we're all feeling a lot better today.
We weren't mentioned in a Tucker Carlson interview.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (zdLoL)

158 Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Fani Willis. About April of 2025 after Retardo gets 200 million ballots.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (0EOe9)

159 Wall Street could own 40% of the home rental market by 2030. People can’t afford to buy homes so companies are stepping in, and it might be bad for the country.

Converting their laundered, inflated, soon-to-be-worthless fiat currency into real assets. Part of their eighty- to a hundred-year-old cycle.

I think we'll actually avoid the crash this time, but it's going to be frightening for a while.

Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (KfN19)

160 "You don’t even know what a write off is, do you?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt"

Only too well.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

161 When Willis took the stand Thursday, her response was ferocious. In long, filibustering answers, she not only rejected all allegations, she smeared the defense counsel, saying the questions were really trying to undermine democracy. (Wade, who testified before her, was much calmer. When he finished, Willis stormed into the courtroom, surprising everyone. She never calmed down.)

https://shorturl.at/fkU48
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Yesterday was classic Ace, but he had great source material! More coming today.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 08:10 AM (MXCid)

162 Didn't they announce that Joe was going to go to E. Palestine today.

Probably cancelled because it's bad optics when people start throwing eggs.

Posted by: pawn at February 16, 2024 08:10 AM (QB+5g)

163 This is one of the experts you are ordered to listen to and obey.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:04 AM (lTGtQ)

Urgent If it is an urgent matter they will send a cop.
Money If they need money then you need a bail bond.
Legal If it is a law matter then you need a lawyer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:11 AM (ENQN6)

164 No, it's fanny. It's not my fault her parents named her like she was a pet. T-O-M is not town, and fani doesn't have a W in it.

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Black Panther dad did not conform to the White Man's Alphabet and Standard Pronunciations when naming his little bundle of joy.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 08:11 AM (mupln)

165 Rolling Stone somehow thinks conservatives are enthralled with Kristen Stewart and their gay cover of her will really set them off.
Damn … are they desperate or what

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:11 AM (tyM+O)

166 Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass guitar — dubbed “the most important bass in history” for its role in the creation and recordings of dozens of the Beatles classics — has been found over 50 years after it first went missing.
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (tyM+O)

That's quite a stretch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:12 AM (R4t5M)

167 Not only is Fanny phony she’s also obviously a very angry person. I was amazed that the judge let her get away with so many outbursts… that IMO was disrespectful to the judge

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:12 AM (gqhqp)

168 156 Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass guitar — dubbed “the most important bass in history” for its role in the creation and recordings of dozens of the Beatles classics — has been found over 50 years after it first went missing.
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (tyM+O)

I told him to check behind the couch years ago.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 16, 2024 08:12 AM (lXCUP)

169 I think we'll actually avoid the crash this time, but it's going to be frightening for a while.
Posted by: t-bird

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The new attack ad against Trump is that he wants to increase taxes by 10% on everyone across the board.

(He suggested a 10% tariff on imported goods)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:12 AM (0+Kup)

170 I think Trump does have the binder and the government couldn't find it in the Maralago raid.

I figure he is hoping to win re-election and then expose the corruption that the binder documents.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:12 AM (2fIO4)

171 I keep a pretty sizable chunk of change on hand.
Wife wouldn't allow it for years, kept sticking my cash into the bank.
Then one day... Account suspended for fraudulent activity. A week with no bank account. Lots of faith in banks vaporized that week.
She lets me keep cash now. Stopped bitching about me not doing direct deposit as my check that week saved us.
Bought a decent safe and bolted it to the floor for her sanity. She wasn't a fan of the "hide it in the closet" security method

Posted by: Reforger at February 16, 2024 08:13 AM (dE25d)

172 A guitar made out of fish? What's next, drums?

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

173 The new attack ad against Trump is that he wants to increase taxes by 10% on everyone across the board.

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Is that before or after he pushes grandma off a cliff?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 08:13 AM (mupln)

174 "You don’t even know what a write off is, do you?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt"

Only too well.
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

I thought the answer was gonna be: No… but they do and they’re the ones writing it off LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM (gqhqp)

175 A guitar made out of fish? What's next, drums?
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM (R4t5M)

176 Converting their laundered, inflated, soon-to-be-worthless fiat currency into real assets. Part of their eighty- to a hundred-year-old cycle.

I think we'll actually avoid the crash this time, but it's going to be frightening for a while.
Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2024 08:09 AM (KfN19)

See my above write up that it will be laundered via HUD’s 2021 Interim Final Rule, Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
They will make 5 and 6 bedroom homes duplexes and triplexes right in your nice neighborhood.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM (ENQN6)

177 The realtors and the home inspectors and the banks put the home seller through an absolute wringer of rules and regulations. The problem is government interference in that process. All to make sure John and Jane Doe don't get sold a lemon and walk away sticking the bank.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 07:57 AM (nIvob)

Government interference?! On behalf of big banks and corporations?! Why, I've never heard of such a thing! /s

Still, I don't want people to take the easy way out, because it screws everyone else over (and probably themselves, not far down the road).

Posted by: pookysgirl, pounding delayed gratification into her kids' heads at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM (dtlDP)

178 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM (NBVIP)

179 Seeing the entitlement oozing from Fani and her entourage makes me wonder if she'll even be removed from Trump's case. Even if the judge rules against her I'd presume she'd fight it, assuming she can. Even if she can't I'd expect a massive amount of bitching about it.

In normal times I wouldn't be skeptical. But these are not normal times.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM (Q4IgG)

180 Did they find Paul’s guitar in Ed Driscoll’s closet?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 08:15 AM (9yWhg)

181 Russia is one of the few countries that can "muss our hair" in an open war because they have advanced capabilities in missiles and nukes. So why are we provoking them with a proxy war through Ukraine?

Officially collective casualties are over 500,000 per the NYT, which we can expect is an undercount. Ukraine's population of 37 million already skews old so this is a demographic time bomb. In a war of attrition, Ukraine bleeds out first.

But no leader in the West wants to give Putin an off-ramp from the madness.

Even if you put low odds on us getting in an open war with Russia, we've been asking for it, and it would be catastrophic.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 08:15 AM (Gse2f)

182 It is NOT warm out thar.

That's today's Accuweather.

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2024 08:15 AM (T4tVD)

183 Didn't they announce that Joe was going to go to E. Palestine today.

Biden would probably talk about Gaza refugees because he thinks it's the Middle East.

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2024 08:16 AM (88xKn)

184 I figure the 10-inch thick binder is at some friends brothers country house under the floor boards

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:16 AM (tyM+O)

185 170 I think Trump does have the binder and the government couldn't find it in the Maralago raid.

I figure he is hoping to win re-election and then expose the corruption that the binder documents.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:12 AM (2fIO4)

I think he has pieces and parts but not the entire roadmap.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:16 AM (ENQN6)

186 Retail sales tumbled 0.8% in January, much more than expected.

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And a little known fact, federal tax receipts fell from 2022 to 2023. Typically that indicates a recession coming up.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:16 AM (2fIO4)

187 "Student loan forgiveness," isn't about helping the borrowers, it's about the taxpayers bailing out the lenders.

Just like during the 'housing crisis'.

Posted by: davidt at February 16, 2024 08:17 AM (SYTee)

188 Not to worry, the binder will reappear just like the Rose Law firm records

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:17 AM (tyM+O)

189 147 Thanks guys, it's nice to be seen lol!

I usually hang out in the early Pixy thread but got up too late.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 16, 2024 08:06 AM (iF0sF)

Good morning jewells!! Hit the snooze alarm until it broke???

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:17 AM (PCK5/)

190 "According to an October report by Market Watch, Americans needed an annual income of at least $100,000 to afford a car, at least if they're following standard budgeting advice, which says you shouldn't spend more than 10 percent of your monthly income on car-related expenses. ...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 07:57 AM (0+Kup)
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Old Rules. Old Rules no longer apply. Just extend the term some more. Go subprime. No customers otherwise.

And how about housing, eh? The "Old Rules" for housing are:
* Price is around ~3x income
* 20% down
* 25% frontend ratio
* 33% backend ratio

So take the median household income for, say, Denver, CO. That's $87,619 per the Fed. So what does that buy in "Old Rules" housing?
* House of $263,000
* $52,600 down
* Mortgage payment ~$1,900 per month
* Total debt service, inclusive no more than ~$2,500 per month.

Denver's median house price is ~$530k per Redfin - almost double what the median income can carry under the Old Rules. Just the traditional Old Rules 20% down payment on that median house is almost 30% higher than the median income.

It ain't just cars. It's *everything.*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:17 AM (HnUIn)

191 Speaking of home sales....

I've been getting phone calls (that I screen to the voicemail) from randos wanting to buy my house. Sight unseen. For absurdly low prices.... cash.

Got a letter a few weeks ago with a form contract to buy it for $36K.

The property alone is worth 6x that.

It's all a scam.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 08:18 AM (Q4IgG)

192 107 @89 the "learn to code" being applied to journalists is not a good idea. I would not want to use machinery or program they coded. Instant horrible death from incompetent coders
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 07:53 AM (DgSZ/)
______

That's why I think they need to work in the mines. "Learn to coal."

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (1bNHn)

193 A lot of the tweets quoted by PJW in that video are very much in his camp. Yay!

Posted by: m at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (KpWJP)

194 I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the financial advice columnist story is bogus, and merely an elaborate clickbait article. Final sentence in the "article" is

You can read Cowles’ lengthy and wild column with more details on “Michael” and others here.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (991eG)

195 Today is Friday Fish Fry Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

196 "Moral Hazard"
"Made Whole"
"This Paste Is Delicious"

Get ready for all the old classics from 2008 to be trotted out again this year as they stink up the place with their baffling nonsense, fleece everyone raw, and create immortal inviolable new regulations that will hate-fuck the economy for decades to come.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (9UlRk)

197 Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to make real computers act like the ones in movies.

Posted by: Ciampino - yeah yeah yeah at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (qfLjt)

198 We live simultaneously in an age of no consequence and zero tolerance. There are a thousand representations of each operating side by side. The celebrated anarchist on one hand, the canceled patriot on the other.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (XAvg6)

199 It is NOT warm out thar.

That's today's Accuweather.
Posted by: JT at February 16, 2024 08:15 AM (T4tVD)

I’m in north Texas and the weather this month has been luxurious. It got to 70 yesterday. But we’re supposed to get a brief chill this weekend so when I do my usual Saturday morning run it’ll be hovering around freezing and… I’ll be freezing. I’m not really looking forward to it… especially as there’s supposed to be a stiff north breeze which is gonna make it feel even colder 🥶

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (gqhqp)

200 Here is how my bank got suckered:
I get an alert "Fraud Alert- did you charge $100 at apple.com? text CANCEL if you did not"
Knowing fraudsters spoof these texts, I checked my Apple account, no charge. I called my local bank branch (Small local county bank). They patch me through to their India fraud department.
I explain I checked my Apple account, no $100 charge, cancel it. He says "Oh, you have an Apple account? Well, then this must be legit, I will approve ALL OF THEM"
What? ALL? Yes $3200 worth in 13 transactions.
NO!!
Sorry, I approved all of them. Take it up with Apple.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (NYzgN)

201 She's fishing for eyeballs.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 16, 2024 08:20 AM (991eG)

202 the "learn to code" being applied to journalists is not a good idea. I would not want to use machinery or program they coded. Instant horrible death from incompetent coders

To them, "coding" means closing Ace's html tags. After doing it once, they'll graduate to "industry expert".

Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2024 08:20 AM (1dUol)

203 103 "Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny drops dead in a Russian prison yesterday, per Swedish ministry. He was 47.
Posted by: Jen the original"

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: fd at February 16, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)\

He shouldn't have messed with "The Last Defender of White Christianity".

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:20 AM (sm6Pk)

204 71 Seattle high schoolers were told that “Worship of the Written Word” is white supremacy because it is “an erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.” By this definition, the very subject of World Literature and Composition is racist. It also chides the idea that we hyper-value written communication because it’s a form of “honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies.”

I saw this coming a thousand miles away. It is much like the new language in 1984. All information must be spoken or video as it allows the presenter to add nuances and suggestions that mold the message.
It also is the idea that one cannot discern on their own via written word study and that only the holyman may read and interpret the words.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)

Go tell this to the people in Muslim-dominated countries. I double-dog dare you.

Posted by: Gref at February 16, 2024 08:21 AM (5fDan)

205 Wall Street could own 40% of the home rental market by 2030. People can’t afford to buy homes so companies are stepping in, and it might be bad for the country.

The average person with average lifetime earnings can not pay rent and buy groceries on average Social Security proceeds. They need to go into retirement owning their home to have half a chance. ...
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 07:17 AM (nIvob)
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Two things here.

1. No, Wall Street can't. Wall Street has an edge on access to liquidity, but the cap rates suck and as interest continues to rise - and they will - it's going to blow up a fair number of balance sheets in Wall Street real estate. They don't borrow at 30 years fixed. They get great rates, but it's corporate debt and usually also has various covenants. I doubt the Street can sustain its current portfolios for much longer, much less increase them radically.

2. Absolutely correct. For most people, an unmortgaged house is essential for retirement success. There are other ways to do it, but that's pretty straightforward plus leaves you with an asset you can cash out or leave to your kids depending on your needs and preferences.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:21 AM (HnUIn)

206 183 Biden would probably talk about Gaza refugees because he thinks it's the Middle East.
Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2024 08:16 AM (88xKn)

More than likely he'd talk about his days as a freight train engineer and how Beau died heroically as he saved some orphans tied to the tracks.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 16, 2024 08:21 AM (lXCUP)

207 Apparently the highway"s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive.

Posted by: Bruth Thpringthteen at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (8JB5s)

208 Is that before or after he pushes grandma off a cliff?
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 08:13 AM (mupln)

Is that after the cat food breakfast?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (ENQN6)

209 Interesting poll from Emerson.

Trump beats Mushead by 1. Ok not so interesting there. The interesting part is he beats Newsom by 10.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (d7yIy)

210 CNBC estimates Bezos saved $600 million in state taxes on his sales of Amazon shares this past month, by moving from Seattle back to Miami.

Coincidentally, his new yacht cost about $580 million. So, free.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (qH41z)

211 Here is how my bank got suckered:
I get an alert "Fraud Alert- did you charge $100 at apple.com? text CANCEL if you did not"
Knowing fraudsters spoof these texts, I checked my Apple account, no charge. I called my local bank branch (Small local county bank). They patch me through to their India fraud department.
I explain I checked my Apple account, no $100 charge, cancel it. He says "Oh, you have an Apple account? Well, then this must be legit, I will approve ALL OF THEM"
What? ALL? Yes $3200 worth in 13 transactions.
NO!!
Sorry, I approved all of them. Take it up with Apple.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (NYzgN)
++++
:: headdesk ::

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (HnUIn)

212 Whew! So happy I came by to read the Mis Hum Substitute Morning Report. I was about to go out in the street in my flannel PJs to hand over this shoebox stuffed with cash to a CIA "agent". Thanks for saving me!

Posted by: Future Financial Advisor at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (V5BDR)

213 Our Cold Civil War by Lawfare has ratched up.

"Now they're killing witnesses."

DOJ Special Counsel David Weiss has indicted Alexander Smirnov for false claims made in an FBI interview that the House Impeachment Committee just put into the record.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (Gse2f)

214 Sefton has identified as a Lutheran and took the Ladies Aid hostage at the local church. He is demanding Matzo Ball Jello Salad. Negations are ongoing.

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Can we send in grammie winger & Kyle Rittenhouse with their AR-15s?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (nCXDi)

215 One would expect that well-placed competent lawyers like Willis and her boyfriend would have better stories to tell the judge, and probably have coordinated their testimony.

Instead, they make up highly improbable stories on the fly.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:07 AM (lTGtQ)

She also doesn't have checks and, apparently, cannot use any of the smartphone based cash transfer apps that the kids today are so fond of.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (zhLdt)

216 It's also,
National Tartar Sauce Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

217
Still, I don't want people to take the easy way out, because it screws everyone else over (and probably themselves, not far down the road).

Posted by: pookysgirl, pounding delayed gratification into her kids' heads at February 16, 2024 08:14 AM

I got screwed over by a 'home inspector' once and if I can avoid stepping into the absolute cesspool which is going through the real estate market and the real estate agents again, I will if the price is right. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

Sorry neighbors if you don't like the south of the border renters who play their music at 120 decibels, have three families, and a half dozen cars in the driveway. More then half of you voted for Biden and his open borders policy.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (nIvob)

218 I figure he is hoping to win re-election and then expose the corruption that the binder documents.

For four years as CiC, he had the ability access, declassify, and then use the Oval Office to publish and push pretty much anything he wished. As far as I can remember, he didn't do that.
If he didn't do it then, why would he do it now ?

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (Tz9YE)

219 And a little known fact, federal tax receipts fell from 2022 to 2023. Typically that indicates a recession coming up.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

The recession, long denied and manipulated, officially started last October.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (lTGtQ)

220 Go tell this to the people in Muslim-dominated countries. I double-dog dare you.
Posted by: Gref at February 16, 2024 08:21 AM (5fDan)

I try it out on Catholics first.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (ENQN6)

221 It ain't just cars. It's *everything.*
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:17 AM (HnUIn)

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The looting of the middle class.

Ace briefly mentioned "elite overproduction" the other day. Concurrent with that is the "wealth pump" that is generated at the same time which basically means wealth being transferred from the poor and middle class to the elite.

The good old days of the rising tide lifting all boats or everyone getting a piece of the expanding pie are over (if they ever truly existed in my lifetime).

There is no doubt the system is rigged with a prime example being the Biden family.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:24 AM (2fIO4)

222 Seattle high schoolers were told that “Worship of the Written Word” is white supremacy because it is “an erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.” By this definition, the very subject of World Literature and Composition is racist. It also chides the idea that we hyper-value written communication because it’s a form of “honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies.” ...
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)
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Also persistence, but whatever.

There is, in my opinion, real value in understanding (at least academically) the methods and manners of communication and retention among preliterate peoples and societies. It is in fact quite different - even the minds work differently - from literate peoples and societies.

But the place for that is in anthropology, not high school language and communications.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:24 AM (HnUIn)

223 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

224 Has England replaced France of the land of fags?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

225 2. Absolutely correct. For most people, an unmortgaged house is essential for retirement success. There are other ways to do it, but that's pretty straightforward plus leaves you with an asset you can cash out or leave to your kids depending on your needs and preferences.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:21 AM (HnUIn)

Or not leave to them because they're lazy pieces of shit that you don't think worked hard enough to deserve it.

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (sm6Pk)

226 Still, I don't want people to take the easy way out, because it screws everyone else over (and probably themselves, not far down the road).
Posted by: pookysgirl

--

Decades ago we were in a bidding competition against three other people for our home. A couple of years later it came out who it was (all neighbors) and we laughed about it. We came out on top but it was just by a few thousand dollars, and it was an arbitrary amount not really guided by anything other than "let's try this" and desire for the home.

Normal people can bid an extra five or ten thousand dollars. The corporations can bid tens of thousands. The seller has no idea who is bidding so far as I know (they didn't in our case), but if a bidder can go $40K over another bidder, I know who every normal person will choose.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (0+Kup)

227 "There are other ways to do it, but that's pretty straightforward plus leaves you with an asset you can cash out or leave to your kids depending on your needs and preferences."

Can I interest you in a reverse mortgage?

Posted by: Tom Selleck at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (Gse2f)

228 “Student loan forgiveness," isn't about helping the borrowers, it's about the taxpayers bailing out the lenders.

.. since Obama, all federal student loans are with the Department of Education (sometimes called the 2nd biggest bank in the World, behind the Fed).
There are other student loans with private vendors but they aren’t federally guaranteed any more.
The DofE does contract out collections.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (RHGPo)

229 I called Apple, got a REAL person who confirmed that not only no charges, but they don't even have that card on file.
My account confirms $3300 out with another $900 pending. All even $100s. I call fraud guy back. Tell him about my call with Apple. Odd that they are all even $100s. Apple charges tax. "Your wife must be buying without telling you" IT IS NOT APPLE! Sorry, nothing more I can do. Take it up with Apple.
I go in to my local bank. They say "Sorry about your luck, the money is out of your account."
Look at my account balance. I will pull those hundreds of thousands out of your bank right now if you don't fix this.
Oh....Let me talk to the manager and see what we can do....
Money will be back in your account tomorrow. New card in 24hrs.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (NYzgN)

230 'Haley Risks Humiliation at Home Despite a Flood of Spending'

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (nCXDi)

231
I try it out on Catholics first.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (ENQN6)

Jesuits: "God gave us all the truth we could ever need in the Bible. I mean look at all those letters. There's like hundreds of them in there. You can rearrange them any way you like and get all kinds of fun truths out of there!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (9UlRk)

232
For four years as CiC, he had the ability access, declassify, and then use the Oval Office to publish and push pretty much anything he wished. As far as I can remember, he didn't do that.
If he didn't do it then, why would he do it now ?
Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (Tz9YE)

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Good question, but I don't think he had the binder info until later in his Presidency. I read that it was going through the formal declassification process.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (2fIO4)

233 To them, "coding" means closing Ace's html tags. After doing it once, they'll graduate to "industry expert".
Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2024 08:20 AM (1dUol)
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I don't think they would survive their time in "The Barrel" after they forget to close tags around here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (7fElN)

234 Why Speaker Johnson Must Allow a Vote on Foreign Assistance. The consequences of allowing Ukraine to fall would be catastrophic for American interests and could put American lives at risk.

TWENTY-TWO SENATE REPUBLICANS joined with Democrats to pass a foreign assistance package for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. Their action comes none too soon. Ukrainian soldiers are dying in greater numbers because of shortages of arms and ammunition.

...Blocking aid for Ukraine would mean betraying a U.S. commitment and making the world yet more dangerous for America. Last fall, Johnson opposed assistance for Ukraine unless it was packaged with steps to enhance security on the southern border. As the Senate produced a bill combining assistance for Ukraine and Israel with tough border security measures, Johnson talked to Trump, after which he opposed the Senate effort.

Helping Ukraine is not only the smart thing to do; it also upholds America’s word. Ukraine agreed to give up Russian nuclear weapons...asked whether the United States would respond if Russia violated that pledge. U.S. officials assured them the United States would take action.

Posted by: Intercepted The Bulwark Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (ycI94)

235 211 Here is how my bank got suckered:

When I am running things, all companies that outsource to India for their call centers will have their assets liquidated and distributed to companies that have call centers within the country AND have things set up to where you call the phone number you get a human.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (lXCUP)

236 Got a letter a few weeks ago with a form contract to buy it for $36K.

The property alone is worth 6x that.

It's all a scam.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 08:18 AM (Q4IgG)

Two or three years ago, we were getting mailers about every two weeks with "offers." Then suddenly the mailers stopped. I don't know if they decided that the approach wouldn't work anymore, if the local realtors told them to knock it off, or what the deal was, but I haven't seen an "offer" in a long time.

Posted by: pookysgirl still isn't selling at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (dtlDP)

237
I’m in north Texas and the weather this month has been luxurious.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (gqhqp)

We never did establish what part.

I'm near the Lewisville area.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

238 ... Ace briefly mentioned "elite overproduction" the other day. Concurrent with that is the "wealth pump" that is generated at the same time which basically means wealth being transferred from the poor and middle class to the elite. ...
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:24 AM (2fIO4)
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Yup. Plus, there is special hatred of the middle class(es), for two reasons:
1. They have something to steal, and so that makes the power class resentful. Only *they* should have something to steal, not a bunch of rubes. The poor are poor. They have little to steal. The middle is not-quite-poor, and so have plenty (in aggregate) to steal.

2. A middle class is hard to control because it has means of its own. The means may not be great, but they're non-zero and that gives them the ability to make choices or - horror of horrors - even disagree with the elite. Can't have that. Need to destroy them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (HnUIn)

239 Biden Staffer Who Mishandled China, Iran Secrets Retains High-Security Pentagon Job

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Next you'll be telling me there are known Chinese and Iranian spies in the Junta & Deep State (BIRM).

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (nCXDi)

240 Why Speaker Johnson Must Allow a Vote on Foreign Assistance. The consequences of allowing Ukraine to fall would be catastrophic for American interests and could put American lives at risk.

Explain to me how, exactly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

241 Or not leave to them because they're lazy pieces of shit that you don't think worked hard enough to deserve it.
Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:25 AM (sm6Pk)
++++
That falls under "preferences."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (HnUIn)

242 Trump's plans suck and he's been doing nothing but losing and bringing drama on himself ever since 2016, so I don't care about him fighting to get back in office with the binder so that the system can be exposed. I want normalcy again so I'm voting for Nikki Haley.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (0+Kup)

243 198 We live simultaneously in an age of no consequence and zero tolerance. There are a thousand representations of each operating side by side. The celebrated anarchist on one hand, the canceled patriot on the other.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (XAvg6)

See COVID
Citizen locked down, tested, jabbed, and scorned.
Illegal free, unknown identity and medicals, praised.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (ENQN6)

244 220 Go tell this to the people in Muslim-dominated countries. I double-dog dare you.
Posted by: Gref at February 16, 2024 08:21 AM (5fDan)

I try it out on Catholics first.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (ENQN6)

Hi rhennigantx - I didn't mean you, I meant the idiot in Seattle. I need moar coffee to awaken the writing part of my brain.

Posted by: Gref at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (5fDan)

245 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (ous9O)

246 But the place for that is in anthropology, not high school language and communications.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:24 AM (HnUIn)

These are the same people who try to teach projective geometry and algebraic ring theory to second graders.

Maybe let the kid figure out addition as a concept first before you dump a bunch of arcane crap on him that he'll never need to know ever again unless he goes to grad school for mathematics.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (9UlRk)

247 237 I'm near the Lewisville area.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

I'm so sorry.

(You live near one of the most obnoxious, useless human beings that I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. No, it's not somebody famous or even infamous, it's just a worthless lump of fat that refuses to ever work.)

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (sm6Pk)

248 That's sarcasm if anyone didn't notice. I think I'm one of the few people that has been pointedly called out here by the boss for supporting Trump, so I didn't think I'd need to say that but I don't want anyone to think I really do support that woman.

Did you know she was married?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (0+Kup)

249 It's also,
National Tartar Sauce Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (NpAcC)
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The Tartar Sauce cabal must be pretty powerful if they can get themselves their own national day of recognition...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (7fElN)

250 Moral: Don't use a debit card for everyday charges if you do not have leverage over the bank.

Use a CC, pay it off every month. Any fraudulent charges are the issuing banks problem because they can not just pull the money from your account and wash their hands of it.

Also, I have 2% cash back. The card cost me $0 interest, but I got $1500 cash back last year. Negative interest rate credit card. Sweet!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (NYzgN)

251 Yup. Plus, there is special hatred of the middle class(es), for two reasons:
1. They have something to steal, and so that makes the power class resentful. Only *they* should have something to steal, not a bunch of rubes. The poor are poor. They have little to steal. The middle is not-quite-poor, and so have plenty (in aggregate) to steal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (HnUIn)

You must be a Kulak or a Hoarder!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (ENQN6)

252 If Fani really wants to own the court she should lead off her testimony today with a twerk.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (LkLld)

253 I remember just a few short years ago.

We went from not being able to find toilet paper to not being able to afford it.

Elections have consequences.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (ous9O)

254
I'm so sorry.

(You live near one of the most obnoxious, useless human beings that I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. No, it's not somebody famous or even infamous, it's just a worthless lump of fat that refuses to ever work.)
Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (sm6Pk)

This must not me as I do not consider myself being all that fat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

255 213 Our Cold Civil War by Lawfare has ratched up.

"Now they're killing witnesses."

DOJ Special Counsel David Weiss has indicted Alexander Smirnov for false claims made in an FBI interview that the House Impeachment Committee just put into the record.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 08:22 AM (Gse2f)

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

Like I said earlier, he'll probably end up suicided in jail.

And a question: has an informant ever been arrested for making false statements to the FBI by the prosecutor charged with investigating the suspect the informant was providing information about?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (2fIO4)

256 Fani thought about sticking the cash in a freezer but that's been done already, no one would buy that twice.
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2024 08:00 AM (J4B1Q)

Idi Amin used to stick the heads of his enemies in his freezer.

Easy access to them when needed.

http://tinyurl.com/mryn2sm2

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (JF/W5)

257 The bus is here.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:31 AM (ENQN6)

258 246 These are the same people who try to teach projective geometry and algebraic ring theory to second graders.

Maybe let the kid figure out addition as a concept first before you dump a bunch of arcane crap on him that he'll never need to know ever again unless he goes to grad school for mathematics.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (9UlRk)

But you have to weed the true achievers out from the stupid early.

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:31 AM (sm6Pk)

259 If Fani really wants to own the court she should lead off her testimony today with a twerk.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (LkLld)

Did the big black woman twerking in her campaign ad get elected?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

260 One of my favorite photos is a team football of my 7th grade football team. The numbers on the front of the jersey were smaller than the numbers on the back. And yet there in the second row, is a kid named Thibideau with his jersey on backward. He is to this day maybe the stupidest person I've ever known that I knew for a fact was not retarded. I laugh at that picture all the time.

Now, on the biggest, most important day of her life, her star turn, Fani wore her stylish dress BACKWARD. What a maroon.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2024 08:31 AM (Fwuhb)

261 I think the members of congress have a mechanism to force a vote, so the speaker loses some procedural control of the situation.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:31 AM (NYzgN)

262 AND have things set up to where you call the phone number you get a human.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 16, 2024 08:26 AM (lXCUP)

I can understand Ranjiv and "Eustace" from Bengaluru just fine.

It's Daniquasha and La'Keebler from new jersey i can't understand a word out of.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:31 AM (9UlRk)

263 We went from not being able to find toilet paper to not being able to afford it.

Elections have consequences.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (ous9O)

It's better not to have nice things than it is to not be able to afford them.

- - - - Shit Joe Biden Thinks

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

264 Explain to me how, exactly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM

Shut up! they explained.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (Wnv9h)

265 Yup. Plus, there is special hatred of the middle class(es), for two reasons:

According to my reading of American History, the only time that America's Political Class ever spoke highly of the Middle Class was during the Cold War. Probably as an offset to the Soviet Proletariat.

But they sure do like plucking all those boys from the lower and now middle class to fight. Civil War, WW I and II, Korea, and 'Nam.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (Tz9YE)

266 Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to make real computers act like the ones in movies.
Posted by: Ciampino - yeah yeah yeah at February 16, 2024 08:19 AM (qfLjt)

Every new computer will come with voice access so we can say "zoom in, enhance" repeatedly to be sure we're seeing an actual nipple on one of Mannix's girls.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (zhLdt)

267 >>Did the big black woman twerking in her campaign ad get elected

Yes. State Senator Tiara Mack.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (LkLld)

268 The draft proposal released by the Biden administration would empower the Education Department to discharge the student loans owed by borrowers who are experiencing financial hardship and unlikely to be able to repay their debts.

How about discharging the debt when the borrower is deceased and the estate has nothing? Up until then, unless the borrower is doing life in prison or is institutionalized, how on Earth can a government agency predict the earning capability of someone five, ten or twenty years down the road?

We are talking about the same entity that is $33T in debt and climbing daily has neither the capacity or the judgement to determine "ability to pay".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (IBtD/)

269 38 About MI GOP woes, Hoekstra is a DeVos establishment character. A lot of procedural shenanigans to oust Karamo. I suspect Trump is on board to make nice with the DeVos Republicans, but he is disappointing the MAGA Republicans.
Posted by: Brian D at February 16, 2024 07:20 AM (HsIVq)

Whitmer, Nessel, and Benson have the next election fortified as Gibraltar. State House and Senate guaranteed as well as the Senate seat Debbi has become too senile to hold.

Posted by: Auspex at February 16, 2024 08:34 AM (j4U/Z)

270 So...DC libs are concerned about bussing black kids into their schools.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

1970s Boston is on the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2024 08:34 AM (Wnv9h)

271 Oh my goodness. I've had to zip my wife's clothes up for her a number of times.

High powered Black Atlanta Attorney of Color Fanny Willis Esquire really did wear that dress backwards, didn't she?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:34 AM (0+Kup)

272 To them, "coding" means closing Ace's html tags. After doing it once, they'll graduate to "industry expert".
Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2024 08:20 AM (1dUol)

Thought leader.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (zhLdt)

273 Every new computer will come with voice access so we can say "zoom in, enhance" repeatedly to be sure we're seeing an actual nipple on one of Mannix's girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (zhLdt)

You asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/gF_qQYrCcns

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

274 >>I think the members of congress have a mechanism to force a vote, so the speaker loses some procedural control of the situation.

Discharge petition.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (LkLld)

275 Remember Henry Cabot Lodge? GOP Senate Majority leader in 1919, who told Woodrow Wilson to F off on joining the League of Nations after WW1. Lodge did not want to give up US Independence. Back then they said the world would end too. Ukraine is a money pit, another Vietnam

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (BGQYY)

276 It's also,
National Tartar Sauce Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 08:23 AM (NpAcC)
---
The Tartar Sauce cabal must be pretty powerful if they can get themselves their own national day of recognition...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (7fElN)

They wanted a month but DEI has booked them all.

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (+3lgn)

277 Maybe let the kid figure out addition as a concept first before you dump a bunch of arcane crap on him that he'll never need to know ever again unless he goes to grad school for mathematics.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2024 08:28 AM (9UlRk)
++++
:: eye twitch ::

Yes. And a foundation of rote memorization. That sucks. It isn't fun and it's quite boring and kids hate it, but it works. You drill into them that 2+2=4 and 5x3=15 until they just know it, then get into how and why it works and how you can break up problems for mental calculation and find variables and the like. The rote piece sucks, but it lays a foundation. By fourth grade, you're ready to actually start learning because then notions like "addition is commutative" can be easily demonstrated from a shared knowledge base.

Math instruction has been destroyed, perhaps even more than reading instruction. From the "New Math" through Common Core and beyond, not one aspect of math instruction has actually improved as compared to pre-1960.

Tom Lehrer - New Math
https://youtu.be/W6OaYPVueW4

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (HnUIn)

278 Overall, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, there are an estimated 16.8 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. as of June 2023. Therefore, because every House seat represents 761,168 residents on average, the total number of illegal immigrants account for roughly 22 seats in the House.

That would be the 4th largest state.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (ENQN6)

279 Moral: Don't use a debit card for everyday charges if you do not have leverage over the bank.

Use a CC, pay it off every month. Any fraudulent charges are the issuing banks problem because they can not just pull the money from your account and wash their hands of it.

Also, I have 2% cash back. The card cost me $0 interest, but I got $1500 cash back last year. Negative interest rate credit card. Sweet!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

This. My bank decided to give me a branded ATM card. I refused, and had them send me a plain card that only works at the machine. Use credit cards, and pay them off each month.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:36 AM (lTGtQ)

280 Every new computer will come with voice access so we can say "zoom in, enhance" repeatedly to be sure we're seeing an actual nipple on one of Mannix's girls.

Infinite Zoom is actually possible with AI. Of course what is being zoomed in on is completely generated.

I'll trust zooming in on Mannix's girls when AI quits putting six fingers on a person's hand.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 16, 2024 08:36 AM (IBtD/)

281 They just announced PPI and it's worse than expected. Also new housing permits went down 14%. Add that to the January buying decrease and things aren't looking too good.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 08:36 AM (DgSZ/)

282 We never did establish what part.

I'm near the Lewisville area.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

We’re just down the 121 near Frisco. Hey neighbor!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (gqhqp)

283 " there is special hatred of the middle class(es)"

Multipied for those with small businesses.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (Gse2f)

284 4 I typed "MisHum"

I swear it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 16, 2024 07:02 AM (a1415)

No prob, at least you didn't call me Late For Supper.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (QXQ4l)

285 Hoekstra is a good man. Was he not House Intel Chair after 9/11?

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (BGQYY)

286 It's also,
National Tartar Sauce Day.

Tartar sauce can be really good on fish. But some of those store brands are not too good.

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2024 08:38 AM (88xKn)

287 No, it's not somebody famous or even infamous, it's just a worthless lump of fat that refuses to ever work.)

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (sm6Pk)

Strong Sad: Awww, Strong Bad's right. I *am* a waste of space.

Strong Bad: No, I said you were a waste of FAT space!

Posted by: pookysgirl can't even remember what SBEmail that's from at February 16, 2024 08:38 AM (dtlDP)

288 284 No prob, at least you didn't call me Late For Supper.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (QXQ4l)

Begun, the "Dinner" vs "Supper" Wars Have!

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:38 AM (sm6Pk)

289 Way, way late....

Cereally, I hope J.J. is okay? The COBs would level with us if something was really up, right?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 16, 2024 08:38 AM (T+Iwg)

290 281. Yeah, but the 1% on Wall Street do not care. they love high interest rates. Get 5% on their Cash

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:38 AM (BGQYY)

291 I hope JJ gets well soon.

Thank you MisHum for stepping in.

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2024 08:39 AM (T4tVD)

292 Did the big black woman twerking in her campaign ad get elected

Yes. State Senator Tiara Mack.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (LkLld)

Then it's clearly a successful tactic and Fani MUST do this to survive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

293 289 Way, way late....

Cereally, I hope J.J. is okay? The COBs would level with us if something was really up, right?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 16, 2024 08:38 AM (T+Iwg)

Sure….

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (PCK5/)

294 But they sure do like plucking all those boys from the lower and now middle class to fight. Civil War, WW I and II, Korea, and 'Nam.
Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:33 AM (Tz9YE)
++++
During a draft, that is necessarily true. Most people are not rich, so most draftees will not be rich.

During the periods of all-volunteer armed forces and especially post-Vietnam, that isn't usually the spread. The poor are demographically underrepresented most of the time, as are Asians. The rich are slightly over-represented, as are blacks.

There is plenty of room for argument as to *why* that is. My guess is that some of the kids of wealthier families see military service as a good thing to have if they want to get into politics or work in affiliated industries or agencies. The over-representation isn't (or wasn't - it's about 10 years since I looked into it) that great, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (HnUIn)

295 Taylor Swift is 35 years old? Do the brain dead swifties know this?

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (BGQYY)

296 For most people, an unmortgaged house is essential for retirement success.

—

Better move is sell the house invest the proceeds, rent something small. People don’t need the 5 bedroom home in retirement. From a financial point of view it’s bad allocation of resources to sit on all that money.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (d7yIy)

297
We’re just down the 121 near Frisco. Hey neighbor!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (gqhqp)

We'll have to form a mini MoMe some time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

298 Did you know she was married?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (0+Kup)

And… Nikki’s husband is in the military so don’t you dare disrespect his service by even suggesting she might’ve been fooling around while he was gone…. You traitor!!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (gqhqp)

299 Taylor Swift is 35 years old? Do the brain dead swifties know this?
Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (BGQYY)

35 is the new 14, you bigot!!!!

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

300 Then it's clearly a successful tactic and Fani MUST do this to survive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:39 AM

She must go full Moorish National and declare the court has no jurisdiction over her. She'll have to get a fez first, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Wnv9h)

301 Multipied for those with small businesses.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 08:37 AM (Gse2f)
++++
There is nothing more subversive than a prosperous (or even just sufficient) family business. Too much independence is bad for the autocrat's soul.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (HnUIn)

302 It isn't fun and it's quite boring and kids hate it, but it works. You drill into them that 2+2=4 and 5x3=15 until they just know it, then get into how and why it works and how you can break up problems for mental calculation and find variables and the like.

Absolutely not how I ever taught it. You teach addition by counting upward. 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. and on and on. That's all the memorization you need. What's 2 + 3 ? 3 ... 4 ... 5.

Get that right as an ankle biter, and you're reading to start multiplying - by counting by 2s. 2 .. 4 .. 6 .. 8 .. and such. What's 3 x 2 ? 2 ... 4 ... 6.

Do it enough, and you just know it, much better than memorization. And you'll understand single variable algebra when the time comes. Taught both my kids, and several neighbor kids that way. Because it works.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Tz9YE)

303 Just looking at the Tay Tay pic… there’s something squinty and rodentian about her.. very offputting.

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

304 "Pinch hitting for Sefton, MisHum, Manny MisHum"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (DgSZ/)

305 Taylor Swift is a self made billionaire.
The Deep State/SOROS Will Fully weaponize her this summer.

Posted by: Paul banned at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Tjdj4)

306 280. I am old school. Still put black tape on the cameras of all devices

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (BGQYY)

307 Taytay hate is making the right look ridiculous.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (d7yIy)

308
Idi Amin used to stick the heads of his enemies in his freezer.

Easy access to them when needed.

http://tinyurl.com/mryn2sm2

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (JF/W5)

When Trump wins we need to get back to that, but we should practice now with looters.

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (+3lgn)

309 So some of you might remember I had said I was trying to get my second oldest son on SS disability as he is autistic (not the fake stuff called autism nowadays). After a year of going through the application and determination process he was approved yesterday.

Amount approved: $628 BEFORE any deductions (not sure if there are any).

Now I'm happy he is getting the money but TBH it seems like a slap in the face to a citizen of the United States considering the amount of money spent to support illegal invaders in this country.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (2fIO4)

310 Cat Ass. Yep, only use our debit card for the ATM and one grocery store that doesn't accept credit cards. We do not have a local bank since we use USAA so all cash comes from local banks through their ATM's. We do the same, credit card with cash back and pay the balance monthly.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (2NHgQ)

311 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (R4t5M)

312 Better move is sell the house invest the proceeds, rent something small. People don’t need the 5 bedroom home in retirement. From a financial point of view it’s bad allocation of resources to sit on all that money.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (d7yIy)
++++
Sometimes, if you can. Or sell the house and buy something smaller outright. But even that amounts to the same thing, and depends on significant equity if not outright ownership.

If you plan on *not* being able to do those things, live within your means, and have that mortgage paid off before retirement then you *still* have the option you're describing and if it doesn't work out, you're still okay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (HnUIn)

313 We'll have to form a mini MoMe some time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

Agree. That’d be fun

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (gqhqp)

314 Posted by: Paul banned at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Tjdj4)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

315 143 I guess it never occurred to Ms. Financial Advisor that if these "CIA" agents were in fact legit, she could possibly pick up the phone and call official CIA offices and verify said persons?
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2024 08:05 AM (mupln)

The story is really worth reading. The scammers told her to trust no one--no one at the CIA, and not even her husband.

Posted by: m at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (KpWJP)

316 Negations became negotiations.

Happy Friday!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (lf83v)

317 Filled with Cougar Pride, we celebrate Issac H., who has made history at Affton High School as the FIRST wrestler from our girls' team to become a District Champion and State Qualifier at the MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 Wrestling Tournament this weekend!

i will not waste the internet by posting a link

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (ENQN6)

318 305. Tell that to Phil Brendsen in Tennesee. Who she endorsed and campaigned for against Marsha Blackburn. Can you say a 20% loss

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (BGQYY)

319 @95: Kamala is on live TV blaming his death on Republicans.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (FD5dr)

320 The flu, both A and B are bad this year. Whatever they did with COVID really fucked up the flu cycle.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (NYzgN)

321 Just looking at the Tay Tay pic… there’s something squinty and rodentian about her.. very offputting.

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

Agree. Not attractive at all.

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (+3lgn)

322 307 Taytay hate is making the right look ridiculous.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (d7yIy)

Iconoclast is sort of in the job description…

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (PCK5/)

323 They just announced PPI and it's worse than expected. Also new housing permits went down 14%. Add that to the January buying decrease and things aren't looking too good.

Posted by: Smell the Glove

They ran out of ways to tweak the recession data last fall. It's on.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (lTGtQ)

324 All this special election BS. GOP held two state house seats in Purple Georgia Tuesday Night, and not a mention

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (BGQYY)

325 Do it enough, and you just know it, much better than memorization. And you'll understand single variable algebra when the time comes. Taught both my kids, and several neighbor kids that way. Because it works.
Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Tz9YE)
++++
It's another approach and it also works. I had sort of a mixture of rote and counting. Counting works well, especially for little kids but it hits effective limits fairly quickly because it takes too long and the numbers get too big. Then rote enters the equation. "You *could* count from 15 to 30, but it's easier if you just memorize it and you know it works and can check your work the slow way."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM (HnUIn)

326 Get that right as an ankle biter, and you're reading to start multiplying - by counting by 2s. 2 .. 4 .. 6 .. 8 .. and such. What's 3 x 2 ? 2 ... 4 ... 6.

Do it enough, and you just know it, much better than memorization. And you'll understand single variable algebra when the time comes. Taught both my kids, and several neighbor kids that way. Because it works.
Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Tz9YE)

I learned it all on schoolhouse rock. Three, it’s a magic number… 3 6 9…. 21 24 27….. 30!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM (gqhqp)

327 We'll have to form a mini MoMe some time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

How small do I have to be?

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM (+3lgn)

328 Blocking aid for Ukraine would mean betraying a U.S. commitment and making the world yet more dangerous for America.

Ironically, aiding Ukraine means betraying a U.S. commitment (that NATO would not expand towards Russia) and making the world yet more dangerous for America (by engaging in an unnecessary proxy war with Russia).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (zhLdt)

329 Hope Swift has a good makeup girl. She will need it after Kelce gives her a shiner

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (BGQYY)

330 Taytay hate is making the right look ridiculous.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (d7yIy)

I disagree. She's being shoved down our throats in some dystopian, 1984 cultish way and we're rejecting it.

Michael Jackson was the most popular entertainer on the planet at one time and he wasn't shoved down our throats in this way. People sought him out because they were genuinely entertained by him.

This shit is obnoxious and should be SOUNDLY rejected by the thinkers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

331 Fani wearing her dress backwards was a secret signal.

Posted by: Long Moustache John at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (SYTee)

332 Turns out I've got a very different idea of "self made"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (E0bF5)

333 I learned it all on schoolhouse rock. Three, it’s a magic number… 3 6 9…. 21 24 27….. 30!!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM

Figure 8 ftw!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Wnv9h)

334 328. Right. Pentagon said the same thing about Vietnam in 1964

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:47 AM (BGQYY)

335
How small do I have to be?
Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM (+3lgn)

Plankton.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

336 10 Hasn't SCOTUS twice declared the Junta has no authority to "cancel" student debts? Weird that the White House keeps doing it anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 07:07 AM (qH41z)

Buying votes on a massive - and unlawful - scale.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (DrHST)

337 Did you know she was married?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:29 AM (0+Kup)

Her campaign texted me that Trump had been mean to her warrior husband.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (zhLdt)

338 320 The flu, both A and B are bad this year. Whatever they did with COVID really fucked up the flu cycle.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (NYzgN)

What??? You don’t appreciate the Designer Viruses concocted in Mengele’s Labs??? Ingrate!

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (PCK5/)

339 4 All this special election BS. GOP held two state house seats in Purple Georgia Tuesday Night, and not a mention
Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (BGQYY)
******
It would be nice if we could flip some.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

340 Filled with Cougar Pride, we celebrate Issac H., who has made history at Affton High School as the FIRST wrestler from our girls' team to become a District Champion and State Qualifier at the MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 Wrestling Tournament this weekend!

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It there a Tranny Cougar fetish out there somewhere?

/Rule 34 -- and I denounce myself ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (nCXDi)

341 Math instruction has been destroyed, perhaps even more than reading instruction. From the "New Math" through Common Core and beyond, not one aspect of math instruction has actually improved as compared to pre-1960.

Tom Lehrer - New Math
https://youtu.be/W6OaYPVueW4
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (HnUIn)

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I have 4 kids and they have lived through that school hell.

The worst aspect is they attempt to teach multiple methods of solving math problems. What happens is the kids get very confused about how to solve a problem mainly because they move from one method to another before mastery.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (2fIO4)

342 All this special election BS. GOP held two state house seats in Purple Georgia Tuesday Night, and not a mention
Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (BGQYY)

Context? Were they deep red seats? Were they competitive? What were the results vs 2022?

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (d7yIy)

343 How small do I have to be?

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM (+3lgn)

Plankton.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

Lol. Only here. Amirite?

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM (+3lgn)

344 They just announced PPI and it's worse than expected. Also new housing permits went down 14%. Add that to the January buying decrease and things aren't looking too good.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 08:36 AM (DgSZ/)
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PPI doesn't look too terrible. +0.3% month-over-month in January, led by services (+0.6) and brought down by goods (-0.2). Up just under 1% year-over-year. Not sensational, but not a catastrophe.

The spread between goods and services is interesting, and is probably reflecting a decrease in goods demand due to strapped budgets. If you have to go to the doctor and pay the phone bill and are out of money, you're going to cut consumption somewhere else to make up for it.

It ain't strong, but it doesn't indicate another inflation surge a couple of quarters from now (at least, not on its own).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (HnUIn)

345 Just looking at the Tay Tay pic… there’s something squinty and rodentian about her.. very offputting.

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

I read that as squinty and rhodesian.

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (T4tVD)

346 Hope Swift has a good makeup girl. She will need it after Kelce gives her a shiner
Posted by: Jonah

I thought those boys were something, until they got a beer in their hand.

Mama Kelce has gotta be proud of the trailer park trash she raised.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (ous9O)

347 Nope, I think the progs are pushing the meme of the conservatives hate of tay tay. I could care less and most of my friends are the same way. tay tay is an op by the progs to try and sully our cause.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (2NHgQ)

348 i will not waste the internet by posting a link
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (ENQN6)

Ok. So. She's a dude.

Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

349 323. Financial Deep State will not allow a correction with a Dem Incumbent in a election year.

Fed, Treasury, Commerce etc.. are as corrupt as the DOJ and FBI

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (BGQYY)

350 Students in a Seattle English class were told that their love of reading and writing is a characteristic of “white supremacy,” in the latest Seattle Public Schools high school controversy. The lesson plan has one local father speaking out, calling it “educational malpractice.”

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

351 Just looking at the Tay Tay pic… there’s something squinty and rodentian about her.. very offputting.

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

I read that as squinty and rhodesian.
Posted by: JT

A ridgeback?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (ous9O)

352 It would be nice if we could flip some.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 08:48 AM

Flip 'em for real!

Posted by: Fenster at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (Wnv9h)

353 I saw a 20-something YT-er explaining that you buy a house with 20% down, rent it out so the mortgage is paid by the renter, then use the house as collateral to buy another, and rent that out. Then, when you have multiple properties, you combine them all together on a big loan to buy a multi unit property. Soon you have millions worth of property, all paid by renters, and you can periodically cash out equity to pay yourself! What can go wrong!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (NYzgN)

354 This shit is obnoxious and should be SOUNDLY rejected by the thinkers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

Concur. I don't want to see, hear or smell Tay Tay but here she is, like dog mess in the living room when you wake up and it hits your nostrils.

She needs to go away, far away but she won't. Like Madonna, she will still be around 50 years in the future.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (JF/W5)

355 Taytay hate is making the right look ridiculous.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:42 AM (d7yIy)
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to whom? I'm OK with Bud Lighting TSwift.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 08:51 AM (E7x/i)

356 The flu, both A and B are bad this year. Whatever they did with COVID really fucked up the flu cycle.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:44 AM (NYzgN)

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I'm surprised they're not calling them COVID-24A and COVID-24B ... yet.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:51 AM (nCXDi)

357 346 Mama Kelce has gotta be proud of the trailer park trash she raised.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (ous9O)

But hey, at least Travis got the vaxx 17 times, right?

Obviously, he didn't, or he wouldn't still be able to play in the NFL.

He's just a fraudulent PoS.

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:51 AM (sm6Pk)

358 I disagree. She's being shoved down our throats in some dystopian, 1984 cultish way and we're rejecting it.

She is constantly in news cycles for the music industry, entertainment industry, sports industry, news industry, and the government industry. Pretty vast. All contrived bullshit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:51 AM (R4t5M)

359 I'm reminded of the little Kardashian girl who had $7/hr people sending her money so she could officially be the world's youngest female billionaire.

No product or service. Just literally sending a multimillionaire money.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:51 AM (E0bF5)

360
Taylor Swift was born and raised in West Reading, Pennsylvania. I hope she doesn't campaign for SpongeBrain Biden in this state. Maybe that's the secret plan.

With the number of times Biden has campaigned or had appearances in this state I assume the polling numbers aren't looking so good and it's doubtful they'll be able to pull off the level of cheat they accomplished in 2020. Especially with RFK Jr sucking about 8% away from him.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 08:51 AM (nIvob)

361 Wall street is the only world safe haven for $$$ at this point.

European and Asian ballers, worry about accounts being frozen by covid type gubmints down the road

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (BGQYY)

362 How small do I have to be?
Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:45 AM (+3lgn)

Plankton.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

Nicely done. That really is a SpongeBob SquarePants reference…. The bad guy always trying to steal the crabby patty secret recipe. Yea my son loved that show when he was little so I saw a lot of it… I actually loved the movie with the musical number: Goofy Goober

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (gqhqp)

363
A ridgeback?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (ous9O)

Ridgeback > Swayback

Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

364 353 I saw a 20-something YT-er explaining that you buy a house with 20% down, rent it out so the mortgage is paid by the renter, then use the house as collateral to buy another, and rent that out. Then, when you have multiple properties, you combine them all together on a big loan to buy a multi unit property. Soon you have millions worth of property, all paid by renters, and you can periodically cash out equity to pay yourself! What can go wrong!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (NYzgN)

We could tell her about Amway…

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

365 Soon, all of the girls teams will be recruiting boys to remain competitive. The girls will join the boys teams because the boys teams will have nobody to fill their rosters.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (NYzgN)

366 Math instruction has been destroyed, perhaps even more than reading instruction. From the "New Math" through Common Core and beyond, not one aspect of math instruction has actually improved as compared to pre-1960.

One of the best set of math books I've ever seen was written by J.E. Thompson back in the day. Algebra for the Practical Man. Trig for the Practical Man. On and on. Better than any of the trash sent home with my kids.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (Tz9YE)

367 Oh look. Something else we all knew now is a news story.

Turns out Putin preferred Hillary to Trump. Unlike what Brennan said.

John Brennan was a liar. Huh.

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (IFNME)

368 tay tay is an op by the progs to try and sully our cause.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (2NHgQ)

Really? So this op started in 20years ago with a 14 year old unknown singer all with the goal of sullying the cause in 2024.

This is exactly what I’m talking about. Do you realize how insane shit like this sounds to an average person?

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (d7yIy)

369 I saw a 20-something YT-er explaining that you buy a house with 20% down, rent it out so the mortgage is paid by the renter, then use the house as collateral to buy another, and rent that out. Then, when you have multiple properties, you combine them all together on a big loan to buy a multi unit property. Soon you have millions worth of property, all paid by renters, and you can periodically cash out equity to pay yourself! What can go wrong!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (NYzgN)

"It's not the money, it's the Lifestyle". Who is that guy?

Posted by: Not this shit again at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (+3lgn)

370
Nicely done. That really is a SpongeBob SquarePants reference…. The bad guy always trying to steal the crabby patty secret recipe. Yea my son loved that show when he was little so I saw a lot of it… I actually loved the movie with the musical number: Goofy Goober
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (gqhqp)

Used to watch it with my daughter all the time.

Then, they changed Spongebob's voice. That's usually when I tune out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

371 360. Big difference from 2020, is that the incumbent cannot hide in the basement again

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (BGQYY)

372 This shit is obnoxious and should be SOUNDLY rejected by the thinkers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

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I think I see the problem with this formulation.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (nCXDi)

373
John Brennan was a liar. Huh.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (IFNME)

John Brennan was a traitor and should still be swinging from the noose as a lesson to all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

374 Just looking at the Tay Tay pic… there’s something squinty and rodentian about her.. very offputting.

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I suspect that's part of her being pushed to the top over other talent.

She looks like a child.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (E0bF5)

375 --------------

I think I see the problem with this formulation.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Demoralization Will Continue Until Morale Improves at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (nCXDi)

You're not a thinker? You refuse to use you brain for what it was designed for?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

376 347 Nope, I think the progs are pushing the meme of the conservatives hate of tay tay. I could care less and most of my friends are the same way. tay tay is an op by the progs to try and sully our cause.

exactly

the entire thing is a flex by the MSM - it worked so well it scared me

I could care less about Ms Swift - I know people who went to school with her semi-near here - she's nice enough. Just do not care at all.

but you see, not caring is BadThink now. I guess.

honestly the "right" did nothing and hardly said a thing. the MSM made the story.

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (AcWfM)

377 Don't forget that POS Clapper.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (R4t5M)

378 369. And then its 2008 again, and then say hi to chapter 11.

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (BGQYY)

379 > Students in a Seattle English class were told that their love of reading and writing is a characteristic of “white supremacy,” in the latest Seattle Public Schools high school controversy. The lesson plan has one local father speaking out, calling it “educational malpractice.”
_____________

I think the issue is that the so-called "educators" are too stupid to read, write or do math at the level they're supposedly teaching. So they make shit up to cover for their stupidity.

It wouldn't be unheard of....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (Q4IgG)

380 Big difference from 2020, is that the incumbent cannot hide in the basement again
Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:53 AM (BGQYY)

Wanna bet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

381 Why are they bothering with all this lying? Just lay it out "sure, we're corrupt, we had an affair, we stole money, we perjured ourselves, and so on. But if you don't let us off the hook, it will help Trump." There, case closed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (0FoWg)

382 365 Soon, all of the girls teams will be recruiting boys to remain competitive. The girls will join the boys teams because the boys teams will have nobody to fill their rosters.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (NYzgN)

I saw a college vollyball match the 1 team had 3 guys and the other had only 2 and they call the first as cheaters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (ENQN6)

383 Leave moomoo's girlfriend alone, guys.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (E0bF5)

384 They envision a world where there are no "girls' or "boys" teams. It is just the sports teams. Except in baseball, wrestling, basketball, football and swimming the varsity team will be all boys. And the girl sports like field hockey and softball will also be boys.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (NYzgN)

385 I suspect that's part of her being pushed to the top over other talent.

oh like BoyGenius? who sucks beyond the telling of it?

she's aces compared to that group

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (AcWfM)

386 I saw a 20-something YT-er explaining that you buy a house with 20% down, rent it out so the mortgage is paid by the renter, then use the house as collateral to buy another, and rent that out. Then, when you have multiple properties, you combine them all together on a big loan to buy a multi unit property. Soon you have millions worth of property, all paid by renters, and you can periodically cash out equity to pay yourself! What can go wrong!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:50 AM (NYzgN)
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Not a single thing. It's foolproof.

Unless you have too many (or perhaps even a single, depending on your margins) tenant fail to pay and refuse to leave.
Or unless interest rates go up when you have to refinance.
Or unless property prices go down when you are forced to sell to make up a shortfall.
Or rents decrease and your cap rate declines even more.

If you have the money to do it *and* don't have to commit fraud (e.g., lie about it being your primary residence) to get the mortgage and the rents can sustain it, this is perfectly sound - until you get to that "cash-out refi your property portfolio and pretend you're rich even though rents don't generate profits" part...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (HnUIn)

387 I think the issue is that the so-called "educators" are too stupid to read, write or do math at the level they're supposedly teaching. So they make shit up to cover for their stupidity.

It wouldn't be unheard of....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM (Q4IgG)

Closing the Education Colleges at Universities would much improve Education.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (ENQN6)

388 Like I said earlier, he'll probably end up suicided in jail.

And a question: has an informant ever been arrested for making false statements to the FBI by the prosecutor charged with investigating the suspect the informant was providing information about?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 08:30 AM (2fIO4)

I remember an exchange that took place during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The prosecutor (I don't recall whether it was Laurel or Hardy) was grilling a witness on the stand, who had made a written statement that Kyle had fired without being provoked in any way. His testimony on the stand contradicted that statement completely, and the Prosecutor was pissed. He challenged the witness, and said "do you know it's perjury for you to contradict a sworn statement?" And the witness said "well those weren't my words." The Prosecutor said "Why would you sign it if those weren't your words?" and the witness said "Because you wrote that up yourself and told me I wouldn't be allowed to leave your office until I signed it, so I did."
Yeah that was the end of those questions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (S6gqv)

389 288 It’s “supper.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (9yWhg)

390 382 365 Soon, all of the girls teams will be recruiting boys to remain competitive. The girls will join the boys teams because the boys teams will have nobody to fill their rosters.

check out DI practice players for field hockey. now it's boys (usually from overseas, so they can play, and bonus! also count for diversity b/c being Dutch is somehow Diverse).

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (AcWfM)

391 Montec. I did not say it started when she was 14. They took a current commodity, tay tay and are using her popularity to push their bullshit argument that conservatives hate and fear her. You're saying that conservatives are the ones using her, why am I insane and you're not?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (2NHgQ)

392 I'm reminded of the little Kardashian girl who had $7/hr people sending her money so she could officially be the world's youngest female billionaire.

No product or service. Just literally sending a multimillionaire money.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Alyssa Milano setting up a GoFundMe for her kid's baseball team to go to Cooperstown. Her & her husband's net worth in the the neighborhood of $20 million and she's begging single mom's for $20 bucks.

And I guarantee you those kids weren't rubbing elbows with the Bad News Bears.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (ous9O)

393 honestly the "right" did nothing and hardly said a thing. the MSM made the story.

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It will justify the 1% in the cities where the votes are needed.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (E0bF5)

394 You will be made to care.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (NYzgN)

395 They envision a world where there are no "girls' or "boys" teams. It is just the sports teams. Except in baseball, wrestling, basketball, football and swimming the varsity team will be all boys. And the girl sports like field hockey and softball will also be boys.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (NYzgN)
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Yup. A world without sex-segregated sports is a world with only male sports.

Kinda like it used to be. Odd, that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (HnUIn)

396 342. Semantics. A win is a win in a swing state.

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (BGQYY)

397
Alyssa Milano setting up a GoFundMe for her kid's baseball team to go to Cooperstown. Her & her husband's net worth in the the neighborhood of $20 million and she's begging single mom's for $20 bucks.

And I guarantee you those kids weren't rubbing elbows with the Bad News Bears.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (ous9O)

It worked out so well, Alyssa could afford to take her kid to the super bowl.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

398 I would love to know the net worth of ALL the parents on that team.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:57 AM (NYzgN)

399 Don't forget that POS Clapper.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 16, 2024 08:54 AM

I dunno...it's a silly product, but I wouldn't go that far.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2024 08:57 AM (Wnv9h)

400 Girls will have more time for home-ec.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (NYzgN)

401 I guess I’m in the minority in that I think Taylor Swift is fairly attractive. She’s tall and thin with a pretty good figure….. she’s not better than the average Mannix (or Fen!) girl but she’s not ugly or off putting by any means. I am kinda proud to say I’ve never heard any of her songs….. I’m just completely unfamiliar with her music and will remain in that state

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (gqhqp)

402 368 Really? So this op started in 20years ago with a 14 year old unknown singer all with the goal of sullying the cause in 2024.

This is exactly what I’m talking about. Do you realize how insane shit like this sounds to an average person?
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (d7yIy)

No, no, she's not even a real person.

She was grown in a secret government lab under the Pentagon with secret brainwashing powers to either put everyone under the Leftist thrall, or be so disgusted by it that the over-the-top rejection gives Leftists an enemy to point out.

Can't you see it, man?

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (sm6Pk)

403 The story is really worth reading. The scammers told her to trust no one--no one at the CIA, and not even her husband.
Posted by: m at February 16, 2024 08:43 AM (KpWJP)

They literally told her to not trust them. Listening comprehension failure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (zhLdt)

404 395. Good irony Joe. Cun$s like Steinheim, Allard, and Boxer wailed for years for women rights. Now stab them in the backs, to support the chicks with dicks

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (BGQYY)

405 @353 I have the urge to go all Rodney Dangerfield on the English economics prof in Back to School on that YouTuber. You don't include taxes, you seem to think that all your renters will pay, that government won't have another eviction moratorium that criminals won't destroy your property or that Section 8 rentals won't trash the place. Seems so easy if you ignore reality

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (DgSZ/)

406 TayTay promotes the fantasy of Girl Women getting the Most Popular Guy and then dropping them. "Next!"

"Getting Pinned" by the football hero and going to all his games is so High School. I doubt Travis gets her to the altar.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (Gse2f)

407 Soon you have millions worth of property, all paid by renters, and you can periodically cash out equity to pay yourself! What can go wrong!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Taxes. Insurance. Repairs.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (ous9O)

408 Yup. A world without sex-segregated sports is a world with only male sports.

Kinda like it used to be. Odd, that.

and honestly except for the margins that's where we're going. because frankly the only reason girls sports blew up was to help white girls get into college. now the colleges are full to the brim and don't need so many white girls, so the sports Diverse People don't play (like, say, field hockey) will get dropped to club only. girls' basketball and maybe soccer could stick around but the olympic sports other than track are going bye-bye.

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (AcWfM)

409 Boys in girls sports is just a way to force women back to the kitchen, where they belong!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (NYzgN)

410 391 Montec. I did not say it started when she was 14. They took a current commodity, tay tay and are using her popularity to push their bullshit argument that conservatives hate and fear her. You're saying that conservatives are the ones using her, why am I insane and you're not?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2024 08:56 AM (2NHgQ)

Shes a pop star dating a football player. That’s it. And yet somehow this is an op by the powers that be to sully the cause. Step back a second and think about that.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (d7yIy)

411 I think the issue is that the so-called "educators" are too stupid to read, write or do math at the level they're supposedly teaching. So they make shit up to cover for their stupidity.

I don't. I think they're just like every other public employee. Cop, fire-fighter, teacher, even the trash guy. They're all loyal to their pensions.

We've made up this mystique about these people, over generations. That's it's OK to give them power, because they've taken oaths and such. It's all a lie, and what's worse, we continue to tell the lie to ourselves.

Most teachers will do whatever those who hold their pensions tell them to do. Same as a cop - some of us see that now. Tell the fireman to let a certain neighborhood burn - most of them will. And on and on.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (Tz9YE)

412 I would love to know the net worth of ALL the parents on that team.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:57 AM (NYzgN)
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I would bet on "not great," and that most of it is illiquid, largely tied up in home equity (if any) and retirement accounts.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (HnUIn)

413 I guess I’m in the minority in that I think Taylor Swift is fairly attractive. She’s tall and thin with a pretty good figure….. she’s not better than the average Mannix (or Fen!) girl but she’s not ugly or off putting by any means. I am kinda proud to say I’ve never heard any of her songs….. I’m just completely unfamiliar with her music and will remain in that state
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (gqhqp)

It depends on who does her make-up. There are portions of that Capital One commercial where she's kinda hot.

That just means she looks 'chew your arm off' hideous the next morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

414 Fani wearing her dress backwards was a secret signal.
Posted by: Long Moustache John at February 16, 2024 08:46 AM (SYTee)
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What, she's trying to use "I'm incapable of dressing myself properly so I can't be held accountable for these other crimes?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (7fElN)

415 397. Milano was at the Super Bowl in Vegas too.

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 09:00 AM (BGQYY)

416 "Getting Pinned" by the football hero and going to all his games is so High School. I doubt Travis gets her to the altar.

guys Travis is gay tho

I mean Taylor has had lots of "guy trouble" and now she's settling for being a Beard. is that something young girls should aspire to?!?

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 09:00 AM (AcWfM)

417 NBC' newest explanation for migration from blue cities to red states is "poor air quality".

Yeah, that's probably it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (E7x/i)

418 A world without sex-segregated sports is a world with only male sports

The end result of a lot of Trans Inc is to bring back the pre-feminist status quo (eg gutting Title 9). I’m still not sure if that’s just because they’re dumb or if it’s intentional.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (FD5dr)

419 Buying rental properties is a great way to build wealth. But it’s not quite as easy as the YouTuber makes it seem. You still need the income to qualify for the next mortgage. Simply having assets doesn’t work.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (d7yIy)

420 Taxes. Insurance. Repairs.
Posted by: rickb223

Deadbeat renters. You have 20 units all dependent on the tenants paying their rent on time to pay the loans. Now add 3 tenants not paying rent and 5 others who are chronic slow pays....

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (NYzgN)

421 Hope J.J. is ok and on the mend.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (53oGX)

422 Then, with Taylor Swift, there's this......

https://is.gd/3Hztb5

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

423 Mockery of Media Darlings is fun and healthy…

Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (PCK5/)

424 Taylor Swift was born and raised in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
She went to school at the Wyndcroft School, established to school the children of the professors at The Hill School, where the two oldest Trump boys went to prep school.

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

425 Good irony Joe. Cun$s like Steinheim, Allard, and Boxer wailed for years for women rights. Now stab them in the backs, to support the chicks with dicks
Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 08:58 AM (BGQYY)
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Not at all surprising. Feminism was always (or arguably, from the "second wave" forward) just an op to break down families and promote socialist nonsense. It was highly effective, but it was an op and nothing more and had nothing to do with "equality for women" or other such claptrap. That was just the marketing. Those who followed it were rooked.

Steinhem was a CIA asset, for cryin' out loud.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:02 AM (HnUIn)

426 Unless you have too many (or perhaps even a single, depending on your margins) tenant fail to pay and refuse to leave.
Or unless interest rates go up when you have to refinance.
Or unless property prices go down when you are forced to sell to make up a shortfall.
Or rents decrease and your cap rate declines even more.

If you have the money to do it *and* don't have to commit fraud (e.g., lie about it being your primary residence) to get the mortgage and the rents can sustain it, this is perfectly sound - until you get to that "cash-out refi your property portfolio and pretend you're rich even though rents don't generate profits" part...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (HnUIn)

I used to dabble (very lightly) in real estate investing. I really love the concept. Was on this site called BiggerPockets and their whole shtick was that real estate investing is a get rich slow scheme.

They stressed following your numbers, never stretching yourself, etc. Was a great community and some really good lessons. People shouldn't scorn this type of investing. But they really should understand that it's a long-term plan that is anything but passive.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:02 AM (KbCG3)

427 So when does Tay Tay run for political office?

You know that’s coming.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 16, 2024 09:03 AM (9yWhg)

428 Nope, I think the progs are pushing the meme of the conservatives hate of tay tay. I could care less and most of my friends are the same way. tay tay is an op by the progs to try and sully our cause.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2024 08:49 AM (2NHgQ)

She has some songs I like. She has some songs I don't. As is the case with pretty much every other entertainer, unless I'm in the mood to listen to one of her songs that I like, I really don't think about her at all.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 09:03 AM (zhLdt)

429 Buying rental properties is a great way to build wealth. But it’s not quite as easy as the YouTuber makes it seem. You still need the income to qualify for the next mortgage. Simply having assets doesn’t work.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:01 AM (d7yIy)
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It does if you lie to subprime lenders who lie to their investors.

Works for a little while, anyway, before it all blows up and leaves a smoking crater for you to climb out of later.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:03 AM (HnUIn)

430 Unless you have too many (or perhaps even a single, depending on your margins) tenant fail to pay and refuse to leave.

I know four different people that were into renting properties. They all got out in the last two years.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 09:04 AM (Tz9YE)

431 The new Marvel movie Madame Web is so bad that even Sydney Sweeney's tits couldn't save it.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 16, 2024 09:05 AM (Gse2f)

432 Now add 3 tenants not paying rent and 5 others who are chronic slow pays....
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Bang 'em. Film it.
Put the videos up on Pornhub and make bank!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 09:05 AM (ous9O)

433 So John Paul watson (the British guy with the smirky delivery) is hawking cocoa flavinoids now. Yay, another magical food product guaranteed to reduce by 39% either your cardiovascular risk or your bank balance.

Everything is ~~an op~~ a superfood these days. It seems SuperBeets are now made out of SuperGrapes mixed with SuperTurnips.

Why just the other night at a restaurant the waiter asked me if I wanted the Super Salad with my entree.

(wait for it)

Posted by: Muldoon at February 16, 2024 09:05 AM (991eG)

434 At some point the girls teams have enough boys that switching teams doesn't provide an advantage.

Likely Congress will then pass a law requiring that sports and other opportunities for women be required to be equal....

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (IFNME)

435 They stressed following your numbers, never stretching yourself, etc. Was a great community and some really good lessons. People shouldn't scorn this type of investing. But they really should understand that it's a long-term plan that is anything but passive.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:02 AM (KbCG3)
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Yup. The rents have to work. You have to be able to pay your note, handle maintenance, handle unoccupied periods, etc. and still come out with profit. Then you have to be disciplined to aggregate enough of those profits to do it again and add to the pile. It's real work and it takes real capital to do it.

Small property empires are not stupid or impossible by any means. It is not, however, a game of riding values up and cashing out equity while all of your assets are essentially non-performing because your rents don't generate real profits.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (HnUIn)

436 Taytay has been deemed a 'vote getter' by the dems and she'll be ridden like a horse until she's no longer useful.

She's the next generation's Cindy Sheehan, only with a more marketable skillset.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

437 The judge in the Fani Willis case is up for reelection in 4 mos.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

438 They just announced PPI and it's worse than expected. Also new housing permits went down 14%. Add that to the January buying decrease and things aren't looking too good.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2024 08:36 AM (DgSZ/)

Rest assured that the announced PPI numbers, as well as the other bad economic indicators announced this week - will be revised next month. It's a lot worse out there than they want you to know. These big corporations aren't layoff off staff because the economy and Bidenomics is working great.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (N39Ws)

439 and honestly except for the margins that's where we're going. because frankly the only reason girls sports blew up was to help white girls get into college. now the colleges are full to the brim and don't need so many white girls, so the sports Diverse People don't play (like, say, field hockey) will get dropped to club only. girls' basketball and maybe soccer could stick around but the olympic sports other than track are going bye-bye.
Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (AcWfM)

I'm amazed how few people (especially women) seem to realize this, especially when it is so obvious. There will be a brief transition where there are Men's Sports, and Fake Women's Sports, made up of men who couldn't compete in the real sports leagues. But that will die quickly because no one wants to watch that shit; and we'll be back to pre-1940 sports rules once again, and everything in between will have been just a Bad Dream.

and how they will die - no young girl is going to put in hours of training and dedication into something where they are just going to be beat up by men wearing dresses.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

440 I have rental properties and I’ve hd every few problems with tenants over the years. The key is be very picky. And to be picky you can’t be desperate. Which means don’t be at the edge. If a unit goes a month without a tenant, so be it.

And also don’t invest in slum properties. My properties are middle class homes who are rented by middle class families. They tend to pay the rent on time and don’t damage shit.

And I treat my tenants well. Any time something needs attention it’s taken care of. It’s a two way street.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (d7yIy)

441 Blackrock wants individual landlords out of the business.

Everything is going WalMart/Amazon

Big company manages everything, no room for the little guy.

Much easier for the government to control big corp, and much easier for big corp to get what it wants out of politicians in return.

Kind of like fascism. A lot like fascism.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:07 AM (NYzgN)

442 It depends on who does her make-up. There are portions of that Capital One commercial where she's kinda hot.

That just means she looks 'chew your arm off' hideous the next morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Jennifer Garner >>>>>>>>>>>>>>TayTay

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 16, 2024 09:07 AM (T+Iwg)

443 suspect that's part of her being pushed to the top over other talent.

oh like BoyGenius? who sucks beyond the telling of it?

she's aces compared to that group
Posted by: BlackOrchidZ

*

I don't know who that is but it probably reinforces the initial point of one corporate advertising vehicle being chosen over another. If they wanted the other group to be the big time one they would be. They might be tomorrow, who knows.

Meanwhile people that have followings and who real people want to listen to are kept out of the charts and not promoted in streaming, even though people want to listen to the product. They are not of the body, so they fail.

Shapiros rap was an attempt to show the reality of this.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 09:07 AM (E0bF5)

444 Shapiros rap was an attempt to show the reality of this.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 09:07 AM (E0bF5)

Binary Ben raps? That's got to be the most monotone, boring shit ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

445 440 I have rental properties and I’ve hd every few problems with tenants over the years. The key is be very picky. And to be picky you can’t be desperate. Which means don’t be at the edge. If a unit goes a month without a tenant, so be it.

And also don’t invest in slum properties. My properties are middle class homes who are rented by middle class families. They tend to pay the rent on time and don’t damage shit.

And I treat my tenants well. Any time something needs attention it’s taken care of. It’s a two way street.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (d7yIy)

This is how it's done. Screen your tenants and stick to your criteria. The second you loosen up because you "have to get someone in there," you're screwed. Losing out on a months rent is nothing compared to losing on out on several months, litigation and a cleaning bill.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:08 AM (KbCG3)

446 The judge in the Fani Willis case has already been informed how he will rule if he knows what is good for him.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:08 AM (NYzgN)

447 TGIF, horde!

Get better soon, JJ - and happy birthday!!!

>>He is demanding Matzo Ball Jello Salad. Negations are ongoing

OK, how about a lemon jello mold with cubed lox and cucumbers?!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (RXyKO)

448 Unless you have too many (or perhaps even a single, depending on your margins) tenant fail to pay and refuse to leave.

I know four different people that were into renting properties. They all got out in the last two years.
Posted by: Watching It All Burn

First house I bought, I lived in for 31 years. In that time, the house directly across the street went from single owner to single owner to rental, rental, rental, rental & back to sinle ownership. And stayed single ownership for ten years until I sold and moved.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (ous9O)

449 How Woman's Sports could survive - I only see one way. Get Hispanic communities interested in getting their daughters involved, and let them hire MS-13 "enforcers" to break the knees of any trans man who tried to take the field against them, and burn down the house of any league official who said anything about it. That's about all I can think of.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (S6gqv)

450 I'm betting Tay-Tay doesn't know she's being used by politicians to project whatever bullshit they're plying.

Her agent might, but he's probably getting a cut.

Swift doesn't seem all that "swift" to me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (Q4IgG)

451 It depends on who does her make-up. There are portions of that Capital One commercial where she's kinda hot.

That just means she looks 'chew your arm off' hideous the next morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

The garter-wearing version of her was nice. The rest were annoying.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (KbCG3)

452 Binary Ben raps? That's got to be the most monotone, boring shit ever.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck

He did a thing with Tom MacDonald. It is as cringe as you imagine

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (NYzgN)

453
The 'rent moratorium' during covid probably destroyed a bunch of investors in real estate. One of my neighbors with rental properties was livid about it. Blamed Trump, but of course.

I don't remember Trump ever saying a word about it either way.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (nIvob)

454 Things that go wrong went being a Slum Lord:

1) Tenants who complain about everything and have the house cleaning skills of a hobo on crack.
2) Tenants who think they are part of your family and call, call, email, email and show up at odd hours to shoot the shit.
3) Tenants, who when evicted, take everything, outlets, fixtures, the shitters, carpet, you name it with them or throw in the back yard then punch holes in the drywall as the deputies are dragging them out.

Being a Slum Lord is hard work.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (JF/W5)

455 Turns out Putin preferred Hillary to Trump.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2024 08:52 AM (IFNME)

The woman who sold him half the uranium on the planet? That woman? Crazy talk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (zhLdt)

456 JJ, GET WELL.

I... don't think I've taken a good look at Taylor Swift before. That's... an okay face, I guess.

She's the one on the right, right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - go at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (D5F6I)

457 If Fani wore a fez, it would need to be a five-gallon bucket. She could keep cash in it.

Posted by: Trying to Help at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (V5BDR)

458 ... And I treat my tenants well. Any time something needs attention it’s taken care of. It’s a two way street.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (d7yIy)
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Exactly my experience as a renter. I was also a valuable renter. I'm the guy you're describing. A real job, paid on time, responsible, didn't wreck up the place. Since I was a valuable renter, I also got to be picky.

I only rented from local landlords with real people. No big property management companies. I wanted to know who I was renting from and have there be an actual person involved somewhere. If something goes wrong, having an actual relationship is helpful. It let me as a renter do both, "hey, the garbage disposal went out, so I went ahead and replaced it. You can come check the work if you want to" and build goodwill, and to say, "hey, I am going abroad for six weeks for work so I'd like to pay the rent a little bit late if that's okay" and have earned a bit of flexibility.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (HnUIn)

459 433 Why just the other night at a restaurant the waiter asked me if I wanted the Super Salad with my entree.

(wait for it)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 16, 2024 09:05 AM (991eG)

Ah, a joke older than JJ.

(And with the amount of birthdays he's had, that's saying something.)

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (sm6Pk)

460 Why just the other night at a restaurant the waiter asked me if I wanted the Super Salad with my entree.

(wait for it)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 16, 2024 09:05 AM

*slow clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (Wnv9h)

461 and how they will die - no young girl is going to put in hours of training and dedication into something where they are just going to be beat up by men wearing dresses.

Tom trust me when I say, when my daughter was going thru youth sports, the majority of girls didn't want to do ANY of it. (but she really did, she was in the maybe 5 percent who loved sports). these girls were made to, taken out of dance or cheer or whatever and forced to do some obscure sport to get a college slot. their parents pushed them so hard it was incredibly painful to watch. someday I'm gonna write a book!

meanwhile my sons actually enjoyed sports but we didn't start them at 3 years old so they were SOL. and sports don't help with getting into college for White boys anyway (unless you're really and truly amazing at certain ones). my one guy is really good at golf but I mean, there was no benefit to him to play in college other than just going out on the campus course and playing with his buds.

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 09:11 AM (AcWfM)

462 First house I bought, I lived in for 31 years. In that time, the house directly across the street went from single owner to single owner to rental, rental, rental, rental & back to sinle ownership. And stayed single ownership for ten years until I sold and moved.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2024 09:09 AM (ous9O)

There's a house across the street from me that's like that. Family had some trauma, then sold the house and moved away. Investor bought it and leased it. The lessees just moved out early, after completely trashing the place for years.

Now, after they've remodeled it again, I offered up a friend to lease the place with the possibility of a discounted rate if he maintains the place after finishing up the items remaining on the to do list. Leaser rejected.......

Whelp, you've proven yourself an ignorant renter, so good luck. Hopefully I'm not here when the next tenants trash the place yet again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

463 >>Likely Congress will then pass a law requiring that sports and other opportunities for women be required to be equal....

Maybe they can call it something like "Title IX?"

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2024 09:12 AM (RXyKO)

464 When did this become the Taylor Swift blog? Have we no loyalty to Bradley Cooper?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at February 16, 2024 09:12 AM (Oax+e)

465 Binary Ben raps? That's got to be the most monotone, boring shit ever.
Posted by: Sponge -

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Which was the point.

They were #1 and people wanted to hear their product, but they weren't promoted in streaming services. That was what they were hoping to show, and they accomplished it marvelously.

People forget that humans control the algorithms. It doesn't matter what you do if you aren't of the body.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 09:12 AM (E0bF5)

466 Odd that S&P futures are falling due to inflation and COIN is kiting itself up 14% on the open. Something is not right. How does a second high inflation report lead to COIN shooting up? Bueller?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 16, 2024 09:12 AM (Hpgos)

467 449 How Woman's Sports could survive - I only see one way. Get Hispanic communities interested in getting their daughters involved, and let them hire MS-13 "enforcers" to break the knees of any trans man who tried to take the field against them, and burn down the house of any league official who said anything about it. That's about all I can think of.

ha ha this is the future for girls' soccer probably!

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (AcWfM)

468 The only "exception" I know regarding rental properties is vacation properties. The few people I know into that are happy with the experience. I think it may be - as mentioned above regarding middle class rental homes - that vacation properties are "self-sorting" as well.

I've looked into it. Frankly, I'm too old. At 51 ? Probably wouldn't be around long enough to make my money back.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (Tz9YE)

469 454 Things that go wrong went being a Slum Lord:

1) Tenants who complain about everything and have the house cleaning skills of a hobo on crack.
2) Tenants who think they are part of your family and call, call, email, email and show up at odd hours to shoot the shit.
3) Tenants, who when evicted, take everything, outlets, fixtures, the shitters, carpet, you name it with them or throw in the back yard then punch holes in the drywall as the deputies are dragging them out.

Being a Slum Lord is hard work.

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 09:10 AM (JF/W5)

There's a reason I purposely didn't get approved to be a Section 8 property. And I had two Section 8 applicants come and check it out anyway.

One had a young, feral son. She spent a lot of time complaining about how her current landlord didn't fix things (which her son likely broke).

The other bragged about loving public assistance because she liked discounts and was trying to get her 20-year-old daughter approved for benefits as well.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (KbCG3)

470 100 is the rule of rent.

You need the property paid for in 100 months. Around here it is almost impossible. But with zillow you can find a zip code with
So that means rent would be around 2250.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (ENQN6)

471 Trailblazing US skier Katherine Rigby dies in Kosovo avalanche

http://tinyurl.com/yckxessm

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

472 437 The judge in the Fani Willis case is up for reelection in 4 mos.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

Gutless cuck is written all over him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (XAvg6)

473 Legendary U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper Charles Benjamin “Chuck” Mawhinney died at the age of 75 after an incredible life, both in the military and after. Mawhinney is famous for over 100 confirmed kills as a sniper in Vietnam. “I’m just a simple person, and in Vietnam, I was just doing my job.” Mawhinney once said.

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

474 They envision a world where there are no "girls' or "boys" teams. It is just the sports teams. Except in baseball, wrestling, basketball, football and swimming the varsity team will be all boys. And the girl sports like field hockey and softball will also be boys.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 08:55 AM (NYzgN)

Saw a video on youtube... what happens if the 47th ranked female player faces the 1145th ranked male player? She loses, straight sets. She did make a go of it though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (zhLdt)

475 Bradley Cooper dated Huma Abedin.

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (IFNME)

476 The blackrock thing is so fucking overblown. 90% of all rentals in the US are owned by investors who own 10 or fewer properties. In other words the mom and pop landlords. And 10% is owned by large corporations.

But hearing RFK Jr speak you’d think it was the other way around.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (d7yIy)

477 Brought up Caitlin (from the logo) Clark breaking the ncaa women's basketball scoring record last night. She did so when scoring her 8th point. Ended up dropping 49 on Michigan.
Around 120, I think, from The Pistol's record though no 3 point line while he was playing.

Science & Technology - Has there been a story around here on the "crisis in cosmology" the JWST has been causing? All those fully formed, even barred galaxies, way way out there, way way "back in time" when they were gonna be seen just beginning to form?

Posted by: TeeJ at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (o3xwr)

478 Big ten inch binder

Taylor's loyalties will switch
When Trump whips out his big ten inch

Posted by: Oglebay at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (ogTiX)

479 When I bought my property, there is a second house on it occupied by tenants. I immediately had them sign a 6 month lease and told them to start looking for a new place, as I wanted them out at the expiration of the term. They didn't pay a dime in rent, thinking they were covered by the eviction moratorium.
Nope, I could evict on the grounds that the lease was up. And I made it clear to the judge that the only reason they were being evicted was because of expiration of lease.
They had a free lawyer who had no counter argument to that.
Gone.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (NYzgN)

480 I remember when John Mayer dumped Swift. got around the sleazy Hwood media that he said she was a cold fish in bed.

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 09:15 AM (BGQYY)

481 Kasha Rigby's fiance attempted to resuscitate her

At the time of the tragic incident, the legendary athlete was with her British fiance Magnus Wolfe Murray.

The couple was in Brezovico when they encountered a small avalanche that swept Rigby into the trees.

Within 20 seconds, Wolfe Murray reached Rigby and endeavored to resuscitate her. Regrettably, despite his efforts, they were unsuccessful.

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

482 The disturbing part is to consider how difficult it is for a straight white male with outstanding grades to get a scholarship to his school of choice. Then go down the list and make one change. Girl. Black male. Black girl. Etc

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Do you remember when our sun used to be yellow? at February 16, 2024 09:15 AM (E0bF5)

483 oh interesting TeeJ

Science & Technology - Has there been a story around here on the "crisis in cosmology" the JWST has been causing? All those fully formed, even barred galaxies, way way out there, way way "back in time" when they were gonna be seen just beginning to form?

and yeah Caitlin is great!

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 09:15 AM (AcWfM)

484 >>Then, with Taylor Swift, there's this......

LOL - do they have more than one picture of that Satanist?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2024 09:16 AM (RXyKO)

485 Need to make the girls use the regulation size basketball

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 09:16 AM (BGQYY)

486 Iran’s Navy commander announced in a televised broadcast last fall that the regime owns Antarctica and will build a military operation in the South Pole.

“We have property rights in the South Pole. We have plan to raise our flag there and carry out military and scientific work,” Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said.

ok

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 09:16 AM (ENQN6)

487 482 The disturbing part is to consider how difficult it is for a straight white male with outstanding grades to get a scholarship to his school of choice. Then go down the list and make one change. Girl. Black male. Black girl. Etc

yep yep and yep

except now the White girls are not really preferred as campuses are all skewing too heavily female.. and people are kind of ignoring Title IX now that things are a bit more tenuous...

Posted by: BlackOrchidZ at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (AcWfM)

488 The other bragged about loving public assistance because she liked discounts and was trying to get her 20-year-old daughter approved for benefits as well.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Some people are happy treating the social safety net as a hammock

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (NYzgN)

489 Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, the prison service has said.

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

490 475. Bet Huma has a treasure trail

Posted by: Jonah at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (BGQYY)

491 470 100 is the rule of rent.

—-

That’s way too simplistic. Many variables are involved including interest rates, risk tolerance, risk free return options, etc. there’s all sorts of research out there on optimizing rents and even they have competing theories.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (d7yIy)

492 468 The only "exception" I know regarding rental properties is vacation properties. The few people I know into that are happy with the experience. I think it may be - as mentioned above regarding middle class rental homes - that vacation properties are "self-sorting" as well.

I've looked into it. Frankly, I'm too old. At 51 ? Probably wouldn't be around long enough to make my money back.
Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (Tz9YE)

We fooled around with that for a few years. Maine Coast. Wound up breaking just slightly ahead of even and I consider myself lucky.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (T+Iwg)

493 Satellite photos show Egypt is building a wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive.
====
a) Further demonstration the Egyptians don't want them either; b) it looks like they don't care about the Israeli offensive's effect on 'civilians'.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (2yu8s)

494 Big difference from 2020, is that the incumbent cannot hide in the basement again
Posted by: Jonah

Pfffft

- 9:00 AM lids on the day and 40% 'vacation' time.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (Fwuhb)

495 Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani

Iran has a navy???

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2024 09:18 AM (88xKn)

496 Joe Biden Claims ‘More Mass Shootings in 2024’ than ‘Days in the Year’

.. I've only ever heard of a couple mass shooting at Catholic Mass

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

497 475 Bradley Cooper dated Huma Abedin.
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Didn't he also make a disaster movie with Lady GaGa? Guy has situational awareness problems.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 16, 2024 09:18 AM (Hpgos)

498 And on another note. Woman reunites with foster mother who had been so kind to her forty years ago when she had been a "wild child."

http://tinyurl.com/2nz2p4b6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2024 07:24 AM (iMnsF)

Thank you for the link! The hope is needed and appreciated.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at February 16, 2024 09:18 AM (JCLJi)

499 :: eye twitch ::

Yes. And a foundation of rote memorization. That sucks. It isn't fun and it's quite boring and kids hate it, but it works. You drill into them that 2+2=4 and 5x3=15 until they just know it, then get into how and why it works and how you can break up problems for mental calculation and find variables and the like. The rote piece sucks, but it lays a foundation. By fourth grade, you're ready to actually start learning because then notions like "addition is commutative" can be easily demonstrated from a shared knowledge base.

Math instruction has been destroyed, perhaps even more than reading instruction. From the "New Math" through Common Core and beyond, not one aspect of math instruction has actually improved as compared to pre-1960.

Tom Lehrer - New Math
https://youtu.be/W6OaYPVueW4
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 08:35 AM (HnUIn)

Soon to be willowed: You can prove it and then using rote memorization is more effective. I have three math-new homeschooled kids. I taught them addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with manipulative first to prove that 2+2 really does equal 4, AP then used drilling to get fast.

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2024 09:18 AM (ZSsrh)

500 The blackrock thing is so fucking overblown. 90% of all rentals in the US are owned by investors who own 10 or fewer properties. In other words the mom and pop landlords. And 10% is owned by large corporations.

But hearing RFK Jr speak you’d think it was the other way around.
Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (d7yIy)
++++
Yup. They're a marginal player and making it work through first access to liquidity. It could become a major problem (and it *is* a major problem in some specific spots where they're a dominant player), but I doubt that it will because the interest rate story isn't promising.

But from the renter's standpoint, there's often little difference. A lot of those mom-and-pop landlords don't manage their own properties, they farm it out to a mega-player like Renter's Warehouse and then from the tenant's standpoint, it's really no different. There's a firewall between you and the landlord, you're beholden to the management company and the costs of management are on you. When there's a big aggregate servicer involved, there's little difference to me as a tenant whether the landlord is a lady at my church or a suit in Manhattan.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:18 AM (HnUIn)

501 493 Satellite photos show Egypt is building a wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive.
====
a) Further demonstration the Egyptians don't want them either; b) it looks like they don't care about the Israeli offensive's effect on 'civilians'.
------------
There is this tactic called Hammer and Anvil.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 16, 2024 09:19 AM (Hpgos)

502 Science & Technology - Has there been a story around here on the "crisis in cosmology" the JWST has been causing? All those fully formed, even barred galaxies, way way out there, way way "back in time" when they were gonna be seen just beginning to form?
Posted by: TeeJ at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (o3xwr)

I heard the science was settled.

Actually people who follow science news have seen the science news. Cosmology has had a problem since they decided "well everything coming from nothing is just a property of the universe ".

Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2024 09:19 AM (IFNME)

503 488 The other bragged about loving public assistance because she liked discounts and was trying to get her 20-year-old daughter approved for benefits as well.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Some people are happy treating the social safety net as a hammock
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (NYzgN)

I just stood there thinking, "Bitch, that's my money you're talking about!" Wouldn't have mattered even if I said it out loud.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:19 AM (KbCG3)

504
LOL - do they have more than one picture of that Satanist?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2024 09:16 AM (RXyKO)

There are several.

https://is.gd/pzOTXy

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

505 Vacation properties should be treated differently. Prime goal is you owning and enjoying it. And if you can have some other people chip in and pay for it, great. But it’s hrs to make money on them, because typically the rental season for those properties is limited.

Posted by: Montec at February 16, 2024 09:20 AM (d7yIy)

506 One of the best set of math books I've ever seen was written by J.E. Thompson back in the day. Algebra for the Practical Man. Trig for the Practical Man.

Ooh, good recc. for me to look up. Trig explains so much about the world. I hope to teach it to my young nephew (whose parents didn't learn it).

Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2024 09:20 AM (T6h83)

507 Satellite photos show Egypt is building a wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive.
====
a) Further demonstration the Egyptians don't want them either; b) it looks like they don't care about the Israeli offensive's effect on 'civilians'.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (2yu8s)
++++
c) walls work

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:20 AM (HnUIn)

508 Iran’s Navy commander announced in a televised broadcast last fall that the regime owns Antarctica and will build a military operation in the South Pole.

“We have property rights in the South Pole. We have plan to raise our flag there and carry out military and scientific work,” Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said.

ok
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2024 09:16 AM

*chuckles evilly*

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 16, 2024 09:21 AM (Wnv9h)

509

Taxes. Insurance. Repairs.
Posted by: rickb223

I think the Utuber might be missing something that my mom taught me a *long* time ago.
The difference between renters and owners in the '40s, and '50s was saving the downpayment.

20% of homes in California? Yeah, that'll take a couple of years to save up on your barista salary.
20% at a ruinous loan rate to buy your first house will be a rough row to hoe as well.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (KXSjw)

510 >>We fooled around with that for a few years. Maine Coast. Wound up breaking just slightly ahead of even and I consider myself lucky.

Location is king. I had a rental property in Newport right next to the Naval War College. Officers go for courses constantly and need short term furnished rentals.

Never had any downtime, got actually more than the listed price and they were fantastic tenants. And complaints would go against their Navy record so the place was always immaculate and undamaged.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (LkLld)

511 >>There are several.

https://is.gd/pzOTXy

Yikes, looks a lot like Taylor.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (RXyKO)

512 NOOD - early art

Posted by: Doof at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (eNASR)

513 493 Satellite photos show Egypt is building a wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive.
====
a) Further demonstration the Egyptians don't want them either; b) it looks like they don't care about the Israeli offensive's effect on 'civilians'.

.. there is no doubt that the Egyptians don't want them. Not sure there is any Arab country who wants them (N.B. Iran is Persian not Arab).

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

514 Mawhinney is famous for over 100 confirmed kills as a sniper in Vietnam. “I’m just a simple person, and in Vietnam, I was just doing my job.” Mawhinney once said.
Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

I think Chuck set the record for kills in a single engagement. Caught an NVA platoon wading across a river and popped each one in turn in the head, the ones behind didn't know due to the dark and the water until they got popped. A legend.

RIP Sgt. Mawhinney.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (JF/W5)

515 "Soon you have millions worth of property, all paid by renters, and you can periodically cash out equity to pay yourself! What can go wrong!"

That works if you are a big bank and can "rehypothecate" the values of the homes multiple times, and create money out of nothing. Or something like that ... is like the 2008 housing crisis. One property was used multiple times as (hypothetical) collateral. As long as house values continued to skyrocket, all was well.

I'm not sure how Wall Street does it now, but I think they still "rehypothecate" to infinity. Investors have become so rich just by putting trust in BigTech (and government backstopping markets) that they think buying up private homes is great.

The biggest banks just count on government bailouts (too big to fail/jail), and the Fed Reserve has raised rates, but still has trillions "on its books".

Posted by: illiniwek at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (Cus5s)

516 479 Nope, I could evict on the grounds that the lease was up. And I made it clear to the judge that the only reason they were being evicted was because of expiration of lease.
They had a free lawyer who had no counter argument to that.
Gone.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2024 09:14 AM (NYzgN)

It loses some of the effect without a "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" at the end.

Posted by: XTC at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (sm6Pk)

517 NOOD - early art
Posted by: Doof at February 16, 2024 09:22 AM (eNASR)

ROOOOD!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2024 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

518 Trig explains so much about the world.

Spoiler Alert - what does every design engineer I work with use ? Algebra and Trig. Self included. I use Calc I maybe one day a month.

Posted by: Watching It All Burn at February 16, 2024 09:24 AM (Tz9YE)

519 507 Satellite photos show Egypt is building a wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive.
====
a) Further demonstration the Egyptians don't want them either; b) it looks like they don't care about the Israeli offensive's effect on 'civilians'.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 16, 2024 09:17 AM (2yu8s)
++++
c) walls work
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:20 AM (HnUIn)

"Sir, they're asking for money to complete their border wall."

"F*cking republicans and their damn wall. No!"

"Oh, sorry, I should say, it's for the Egyptians."

"Well that's a horse of a different color!"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 16, 2024 09:24 AM (KbCG3)

520 Housing Starts Collapsed In January - Biggest MoM Decline Since COVID Lockdowns

...and multi-family permits plunged (bad news for CPI as no rent-relief in sight)

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

521
There are several.

https://is.gd/pzOTXy
Posted by: Sponge

Based on those pictures she may have no teeth.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 16, 2024 09:25 AM (KXSjw)

522 So John Paul watson (the British guy with the smirky delivery) is hawking cocoa flavinoids now. Yay, another magical food product guaranteed to reduce by 39% either your cardiovascular risk or your bank balance.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 16, 2024 09:05 AM (991eG)

The guy hawks whatever he gets paid to hawk. Like pretty much every "influencer".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 09:25 AM (zhLdt)

523 Some people, like Haley, aren't capable of experiencing humiliation. She'll move on from this no problem.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2024 09:26 AM (XAvg6)

524 Producer Prices Surged In January As Services Costs Soared
teaser image

...core producer prices reached a new record high (reminder, disinflation does not mean lower prices), now up 17.4% since Biden was elected.

.. the PPI was the only index that HAD looked decent for Biden

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:26 AM (RHGPo)

525 Donald Sterling seemed to do pretty well as a slum lord…. Even owned the LA Clippers for awhile before the NBA forced him out for being raycist…. I’m not sure real estate is how he acquired his fortune but sports journos would often refer to him as a slum lord….. he had lots of dough

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 09:27 AM (gqhqp)

526 It is not, however, a game of riding values up and cashing out equity while all of your assets are essentially non-performing because your rents don't generate real profits.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2024 09:06 AM (HnUIn)

Unlike flipping real estate, which is foolproof.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2024 09:27 AM (zhLdt)

527 Corn Drops To 3-Year Low As Supplies Expected To Surge To 1987 Levels

What could reverse sliding grain prices? More Black Sea destabilization.

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

528 Special Counsel Casts Pre-Election Doubt On Biden 'Burisma Bribe' With Dramatic Airport Arrest

What did he have to gain from lying?

... a cynic would believe that the DOJ was trying to keep him from Congress

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:28 AM (RHGPo)

529 The satanists daughter does resemble TayTay, Sponge… ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 16, 2024 09:28 AM (gqhqp)

530 Thank you for keeping the information flow going, MisHum.

Another contender for feel good story of the day...
King Charles has stripped Meghan and Harry of their titles. The new Duchess of Sussex is Edward's daughter, Lady Louise.

Well done this time, Charles.

Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2024 09:32 AM (cTCuP)

531 UK Met Office Says It Can't Back Up Senior Meteorologist's Claim That Storms Are "More Intense" Due To Climate-Change

The Met Office has replied that it is unable to answer the request due to the fact that the information "is not held".

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

532 Biden Mental Decline Ascribed to Climate Change

Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

533 Is the American Dream of owning a home dying? 'Wall Street Is Coming for Your Home'

We've imported tens of millions of immigrants, put restrictions on building housing, increased the cost of housing through Bidenflation, AND clustered jobs near the big blue shitholes.

Of course the cost of housing is going to be unreasonable.

Though if you just send the illegals home and stopped the orgy of government spending you'd get to a more reasonable market pretty quickly.

Sometimes younger people will post an infographic of the cost of housing over time. Want those comparatively low housing prices the boomers had? Well you are going to have to go back to a culture and government like the boomers had.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ibTVg)

534 I hope JJ recovers from whatever it is that ails him. Please don't tell me he's stuck on the roof of the HQ.

http://tinyurl.com/5abcczas

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 16, 2024 09:33 AM (ynpvh)

535 >>They were #1 and people wanted to hear their product, but they weren't promoted in streaming services. That was what they were hoping to show, and they accomplished it marvelously.

People forget that humans control the algorithms. It doesn't matter what you do if you aren't of the body.
- - -
Kudos to Ben for showing this - again.
It was proven beyond all doubt with Cardi B. This incoherent former stripper/prostitute/theif (robbed her johns) has numerous awards and uniform love from the MSM. Here's her breakout hit for which she garnered 3 Grammy nominations (she's since won 2, but for later work): http://tinyurl.com/ywnbkttt

Awards: http://tinyurl.com/2mzvbsdb

Posted by: Lizzy at February 16, 2024 09:33 AM (RXyKO)

536 Jewels45: Way to kick cancer in the nutz. G-D speed and stay in good health.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at February 16, 2024 09:33 AM (JNTt1)

537 In a separate emailed statement, Ms. Karamo’s faction called the ruling against her “biased” and said it “further solidifies our position that the RNC has no authority to override the will of the MIGOP Precinct Delegates and State Committee members. Their blatant disregard for the MIGOP bylaws and procedures is a travesty.”

She's not wrong.

Posted by: The Gator at February 16, 2024 09:34 AM (aD39U)

538 Some people, like Haley, aren't capable of experiencing humiliation. She'll move on from this no problem.

She's getting paid very well for this operation. Most people would put up with this level of humiliation for the millions she is going to net.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2024 09:34 AM (ibTVg)

539 Nood art that's not actually nude

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2024 09:35 AM (ibTVg)

540 Good morning, all. Thanks, MisHum. You're usual, wonderful work.

Continued prayers & good wishes for J. J., too.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 16, 2024 09:37 AM (GshMh)

541 My, my how Harris is steamed up about the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, dropping dead in Russian prison.

Another call for money & arms for Biden's boy, and a lesson to the Russians to beat Vlad like a rented mule? (See PDT for a model.)

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun and bear, they only have to outrun us - for now at February 16, 2024 09:44 AM (GshMh)

542 .. the PPI was the only index that HAD looked decent for Biden
Posted by: Victims R Us at February 16, 2024 09:26 AM (RHGPo)

———

The PPI was higher than the CPI many times between 2021 and 2023

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2024 09:44 AM (++4z6)

543 You've got Michigan wrong. Look up the chair they are trying to shove down our throats. Deepstate Pete Hoekstra. He co-wrote the Patriot Act, and is a total RINO.

Michigan GOP fight is a coup.

Posted by: Kyle Coplen at February 16, 2024 10:50 AM (1T9sP)

544 At this time I am going to do my breakfast, after having my breakfast coming over again to read more news.

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